Bittersweet. That’s how I would characterize this past weekend in college football around OTP Manor. To have great games on, beginning with Thursday’s Civil War is a fantastic way to spend a few days. To realize on Saturday as you’re soldiering through a Wisconsin-Hawaii blowout that after that there are only 35 FBS games left [...]
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Ready the obit writer in the college football world, since another head coach has met his untimely demise. This time, it’s a BCS conference school, but hardly a BCS caliber type team or talent, as the Virginia Cavaliers have given the old heave ho to Al Groh. Surprising no one, Groh was finally removed from [...]
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If OTP were a train, our actual real life function and existence Monday totally derailed the high hopes and expectations of the morning and afternoon. Post victory hangover? Perhaps. And while I wish we had all day to celebrate and mock since we have victory numero uno, part of me falls along the “Act Like [...]
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This weekend was clearly the media’s dream sort of day. Two top 5 schools facing off in Florida-LSU, the return of Sam Bradford, the Michigan-Iowa game garnering national attention because of the early season upsets provided by both. Has has been the case the last three weekends, both our Ball State Cardinals and the Kentucky [...]
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Better late than never, certainly, and the lack of which is making me reconsider heading to a distant road game in the future. On one hand, we have the delayed posting, the inability to get stuff done while traveling, etc. On the other, it’s southern barbecue, southern beauties, and maybe some of the nicest people [...]
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Apologies for the delay this morning… stupid real life. We’re back now, though, and playing catch up for most of the morning. The weekend itself was noteworthy more for what didn’t happen (Tennessee not getting destroyed, USC struggling, etc.) than for what did, but it’s another weekend over. Thankfully, the time for teams to load [...]
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Exciting weekend for college football, and sort of unexpected. Only one game between Top 25 teams (USC-OSU), and that one turned out to be a doozy. Upsets of Oklahoma State and Notre Dame, and the emergence of Tate Forcier as a Forcier to be reckoned with all made the weekend memorable. Ball State Report: The [...]
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With week one in the books, the football machine is now fully operational. But if you haven’t noticed, this week is a landmark occasion in the music world. The Beatles are set to release all their albums today, finally remastered on CD, as well as The Beatles: Rock Band video game. I have had a [...]
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Football is back, ladies and gents, and with it brings the return of the Weekend Carnage Report, your Monday Must Read for football goings on. While the weekend was short on major earth shaking upsets, there was excitement to be found throughout the land. Blocked field goals, overtimes, sucker punches… and this was all week [...]
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In an effort to provide coverage of teams outside of the OTP Preseason Top 25, we’ve asked some of our friends and fellow college football aficionados to follow our preview format for their team or go outside the box. This edition of The Homer Preview is courtesy of James Bond, yes… his actual name. 007 is not simply a famous Maryland alum and ardent Terp supporter, he’s also a lawyer who inevitably will save our ass whenever we need it. Hopefully with a passionate “Boom!! LAWYERED!” Giggity.
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