Archive for Archive for January, 2008

Saying Goodbye–Robert Jordan

Obviously one very prominent junior player is on his way to fulfilling his destiny as “the next Devin Hester”, and I’ll get to him later, but first we have to send off every big senior who deserves his due. I don’t get too misty-eyed sending off our seniors–they’re football players, they do their job, and […]

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Coaching…Overhaul?

(I’m in the process of moving out, so my posting will be sporadic for at least the next week or two. Since it’s the offseason now, there will be plenty of spare time.) A few weeks ago, I said the following. Wide receivers: Dan Ferrigno has produced outstanding receiver production for the second straight year, […]

Posted by: Avinash on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

On the National Championship

I will outline some criteria in future posts about what a satisfactory national champion would have to produce. I will say I’m picking Ohio State in that Golden Blogs pool because of two words: Les Miles. But not much more than that. Note these criteria are absolutely arbitrary. But just like any arguments brought up […]

Posted by: Avinash on Sunday, January 6th, 2008

On the BCS, Part III

And now we approach what will be college football’s extraordinarily feeble attempt to crown its champion in 2008. I broached this subject a month ago, but let’s draw some closure to the argument. When I think of a national champion in college football, I think the regular season matters far more than ANY other sport. […]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, January 4th, 2008

Armed Forces Bowl Torrent

Saw the ESPN replay last night–should have an abbreviated writeup soon. For now, click here and you can watch the whole game for yourself. Enjoy. (As always, special thanks to chicagoaubear from The Bear Insider) You will need some ISO burning software to view the files, which I guess could be either Nero or one […]

Posted by: Avinash on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008