Well.  So it’s week one and according to some, the final scrimmage to prep for this game saw the second team defense outplay the first team offense… and the second team offense outplay the first team defense.  So what does that mean?  It means I have no good information to base a prediction off of.
Really, […]

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Well, at least until the fourth quarter. And to be honest, I guess that the title isn’t quite true since if I have to identify with either offense or defense… I’ve always had more of a defensive mindset and actually, I really did think that both defenses played a ‘Super Bowl’ caliber type game.
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Really?  Drunken masses of angry fans incite violent behavior?  What’s next? Televised golf puts people to sleep.
So for those of you thinking this ain’t rocket science, it was interesting to an economist who also figured out that violent movies=less violence.   So why the difference? The article covers it, but I think you may have guessed […]

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So for anyone not aware of what I’m doing this offseason - which you should because its consumed the majority of my recent posts - is I’m flipping a quarter and comparing it to Yahoo!’s NFL expert Chris Carter’s playoff picks. I chose Chris not to pick on him personally, but its his picks […]

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A few days ago, I proved that my North Dakota quarter was better at predicting the Wild Card round than Yahoo! Sports expert Chris Carter. That was done post-games, so who knows, maybe it was tainted. To test, this week I’m flipping the coin in advance to see if my quarter can, once […]

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Now this one is strange. The Seattle Times reported today, that UW alumnus, and multimillionaire, Ed Hansen had offered UW President Mark A. Emmert $100,000 in scholarhisps for the law school for the firing of Tyrone Willingham - and another $100,000 for the firing of AD Todd Turner - in his 1,000+ emails to […]

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You know, with the Chargers heading to certain victory against the Titans, I decided to look back and see how Yahoo!’s expert Chris Carter did at predicting the games. Well, here’s how he did: he was .500 on the weekend. Now, since I got an ‘A’ in my stats and probability class, I […]

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This is one of those times where this reinforces your opinion one way or another. Either this just confirms your belief system where Football comes first, or it scares you just a little that justice can wait for football.
A judge in Louisiana has agreed to postpone the start of a trial because… well, let […]

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When I read this post on the Freakonomics Blog, it hit home a little bit because of the fact that it is an idea I was toying with for coaching football. See, after putting countless hours into film study with the desperate hope of nailing down tendencies and thus strategies, I came to a […]

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So, if you follow the Cougars closely, I’m not telling you anything new when I tell you that Paul Wulff has been named the new head coach of the WSU Cougars football team. If you don’t, then certainly the question is, “who the hell is Paul Wulff?”
Well, Paul Wulff was once an offensive lineman […]

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