College Football

No preview shows this year. Just games. Sweet games. Fig Jam and I like Pac-10 teams to cover across the board….with a couple exceptions. Split decision on WSU @ Oklahoma State, and Arizona @ Toledo. I love game week. 09.01.10 Pac-10 Football Podcast (Right click save as to download for ipod use)
Read more »

Self quote self quote in your face, self quote in your face (from the podcast): Constable Echelon: “If Kavario Middleton doesn’t show up next season looking like a man…which he has not…you know he’s looked like a guy with a lot of talent, but still kind of, maybe, doughy, and still kind of looking...
Read more »

Fig Jam The line on the Arizona State v. Washington game this week opened at ASU -3.5.   As of this morning, it is ASU -6.5 .  So a lot of action on the Sun Devils in this one. Additionally, Ted Miller picked ASU to win the game 24-20, based largely on their talent on defense. ...
Read more »

Fig Jam Was someone looking for that Husky Arrogance that WSU fans are always complaining about?  Found it!  This week, as USC prepares to take on Washington State in the Coliseum, USC head Coach Peter Carroll (why doesn’t anyone ever call him Peter?)  may need to spend a little extra time working with his...
Read more »

Much to say as Washington gets their biggest win since Miami in 2000. Jake Locker came up with two throws on that final drive that Husky fans will talk about for years. UW’s previously maligned kicking game found a new Folk Hero (thanks Dr. Fig Jam) as young master Erik came of age in...
Read more »

Here’s the link. The bittersweet spoils of victory, but good for Jake.
Read more »

Oregon should be commended for taking swift action against LaGarrette Blount. If anything, they almost acted too fast and too strong. I don’t think anyone in the Pac-10 would have been shocked if he’d received a 4 game suspension and was back on the field for the conference stretch run. But hey, if Oregon...
Read more »

Fig Jam You can throw out the records when these two teams get together.  When the Texas Longhorns come to War Memorial Stadium on Saturday it’s going to be a slugfest, a matchup featuring hated rivals as the Cowboys seek to corral the Horns in what should be one of the biggest matchups in...
Read more »

Look at these jerseys in development over at OSU with… imaginary beaver tails on the shoulders?  It’s no Ed Hardy Duck Wing (seriously, you KNOW Jon Gosselin has one of those jerseys) but still.  What the fuck is going on in that state?  This shit wouldn’t fly in any other conference, and in 30 years...
Read more »

“An inauspicious start for Oregon under Chip Kelly.” -ESPN’s Mark Jones How could that have gone worse for Oregon? If you would have hit pause right as the clock hit all zeros of their 19-8 loss to Boise State, and then asked me what Oregon’s worst case scenario for the rest of the night...
Read more »