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Where Reality is Overrated

September 15, 2003

 

The next time you are in History 101 make sure you bring up that the North didn't beat the South badly, they just snuck out of the Civil War with a win.  Also, when the Allies won World War II they didn't push the Axis around, they just got all the breaks.  Or, if you get an average of 2.1 questions right on a series of tests convince your professor that you did pretty well.  If this doesn't work, just call Mack.  MORE

 

2003 College Football Preview

Ranking the Big 12

August 8, 2003

 

--Warning:  The following may not be suitable for children and some adults--  The Big 12 has three, yes three, teams in the ESPN/USA Today Preseason Top 25, the first time in the history of the poll that a conference has accomplished this.  Here's where the warning comes in, should all three be in the Top 5?  Let the mass criticizing begin.  More

 

2003 College Football Preview

Ranking the SEC

August 5, 2003

 

Welcome to the conference that started the madness.  The first super-conference, the first playoff, and the Bowl Championship Series are all products of the Southeastern Conference and Roy Kramer.  This year the SEC continues to flex its muscle with the constant rotation of power, but who owns the monster in 2003?  Click here for more!

 

2003 College Football Preview

Ranking the Pac 10

August 3, 2003

 

Every 8 to 10 years the landscape of college football makes a dramatic change to the new powers, the best young coaches lead in the new guard to college football's elite.  In 2003 the USC Trojans shifted the power in the Pacific 10 Conference back to the southern schools and this season, the southern hold gets stronger.  More

 

Sooners Edge Buckeyes

for Preseason #1, Pokes #24

August 1, 2003

 

Sooner fans finally got what they wanted, it just came two years late.  In what is sure to have caused a rage in Columbus, Oklahoma is the coaches choice for Pre-Season #1 in America by a narrow 29 to 28 margin in first place votes and 19 points overall.  The top three represent the last three national champions as Miami comes in at three, then the Big 12 rounds out the top five.  Click Here for More

 

2003 College Football Preview

Ranking the Big 10

August 1, 2003

 

Remember the one about the team that came out of nowhere and won a National Championship and returned a plethora of starters the following year only to be doubted by many to win their own conference?  Of course you do, it was a local story that has gone national and will be remade in 2003, will this one be more successful than the last?  More

 

2003 College Football Preview

Ranking the Big East

July 3, 2003

 

Welcome to the Big East, where it's just one big dysfunctional family!  This season is the climax to what has been an extremely predictable football conference, Miami & Virginia Tech have won or tied for the championship nine out of the 12 years the conference has existed.  Now, the parents are leaving town after 2003.  Party at Pittsburgh's!  More

 

 

ACC Invites a Change

in College Football

July 1, 2003

 

Can I get two hips and a hooray for the Atlantic Coast Conference as well as Miami and Virginia Tech!  In what was a small step for a playoff and a giant leap for college football, the University of Miami (Fl.) and Virginia Tech voted to join the ACC over the weekend and begin a new era of college football.  More

 

2003 College Football Preview

Ranking the ACC

July 1, 2003

 

There was a time when picking this conference was like picking whether to watch The Godfather or Cabin Boy.  Florida State was constantly bringing home championships and headlines, while the rest were fighting not to be the worst in the conference.  Yes, times have certainly changed in the old Atlantic Coast Conference.  More