Daily Archives: July 20, 2009

Say it ain’t so, Ron.

Color me depressed. The classy style of Ron Franklin, ESPN’s voice for Big 12 basketball and a longtime college football announcer, will be missed by sports fans if he goes through with plans to retire when his network contract expires … Continue reading

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Filed under College Football, ESPN Is The Devil

Do you know the way to San Jose?

San Jose State University has now dumped two schools it scheduled to play in 2010 in favor of two others willing to pay a bunch more money. A million dollars from ‘Bama and $900K from Wisconsin – there’s gold in … Continue reading

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Filed under It's Just Bidness

Monday morning buffet

Get your week started with these: People keep questioning the Mountain West Conference’s manhood.  Really, if the fight is over money, why would you think the MWC would walk away from it? Mark Bradley thinks Jim Donnan just needed a … Continue reading

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Filed under BCS/Playoffs, ESPN Is The Devil, Georgia Football, Media Punditry/Foibles, Stats Geek!, Tommy Tuberville - Mythical National Champ

The CliffsNotes Version of SEC Media Days

The fun begins Wednesday.  If you feel like it, you can find ten questions that’ll be asked at Hoover.  Or you can find five questions. The reality is, though, that eighty percent of what’ll be discussed there boils down to … Continue reading

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Filed under Don't Mess With Lane Kiffin, Media Punditry/Foibles, SEC Football, Tim Tebow: Rock Star