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A Big Test for Florida Awaits in Week Two
The first weekend of college football has come and gone. We saw defending champion Alabama dismantle the #8 ranked Wolverines from Michigan is the marquee game of on Saturday night and Michigan State defeat a ranked Boise State team on Friday night. Other than those two games none of the ranked teams faced off against another [...]
TweetErnest Jones stable after Notre Dame in-flight scare
At Notre Dame, tragedy is never far from triumph. Just as the deaths of Fighting Irish legends George Gipp and Knute Rockne tempered the elation over undefeated National Championship seasons, the plight of Ernest Jones now dampers the joy of Notre Dame’s victory over Navy. Jones, Notre Dame’s director of player development and engagement for [...]
TweetDr. G’s Rant Sports Week Two College Football Top 25 Rankings
The Dr. is in. All the preseason talk, prognostications, and questions have been quelled by actual games. Week one of the 2012 college football season is under our belt. As far as surprises are concerned there really weren’t that many. The SEC still looks like the meanest conference in land up top, FCS schools still get smoked [...]
TweetGo Ireland! Notre Dame sinks Navy 50-10 in Dublin drubbing
Like Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly, I had an opening day dilemma. His was which of three inexperienced quarterbacks to start; mine (due to the unusual starting time) was whether to miss the Notre Dame game opening kickoff or skip the First Saturday Liturgy dedicated to none other than–Our Lady! But suddenly, I was filled [...]
TweetOhio State Football: Devin Smith One Handed Catch vs Miami OH
The Urban Meyer era is underway in Columbus, as the Ohio State Buckeyes battle the Miami, OH Redhawks. Meyer who won two BCS Titles at the University of Florida, came to Ohio State after a year hiatus, where he did some television work for ESPN. Miami, OH looked solid on their first two drives, as [...]
TweetNCAA Football: Against The Spread Predictions
Well it’s officially here, the first Saturday of the college football season. We kicked it off Thursday night with South Carolina squeaking out with a win on the road at Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt did get the cover as Vegas had them getting a touchdown. BYU hammered the Washington State Cougars to put a damper on the [...]
TweetSaving Pinkett AND Kelly: A Notre Dame vs Navy preview
Allen Pinkett, a commentator on the IMG Notre Dame Radio Network who made unacceptable comments this week about student athletes, will not be part of this weekend’s broadcast in Dublin. Don Criqui and Jeff Jeffers will handle the broadcast duties. Notre Dame taking on Navy at the Emerald Isle Classic in Dublin is an historic [...]
TweetNFL Draft: Prospect Recap – Washington State vs. BYU
Note: Only seniors are being observed at this point Washington State I didn’t get too far in this game, but I saw enough from some guys to get a strong opinion. Washington State QB Jeff Tuel did not impress me much. To sum up his evening, he was inconsistent. On one drive in the 2nd [...]
TweetThe Notre Dame Fighting Criminals? Winning one for Allen Pinkett
You can’t have a football team full of choirboys…you need a couple of criminals…[not] mass murderers or rapists…but a few that teeter on the edge, maybe get caught drinking underage…or get arrested in a bar fight, or cuss in public… –former Notre Dame Fighting Irish football star and current Fighting Irish radio analyst, Allen Pinkett [...]
TweetRick Reilly grown up? Rant’s ‘Rudy-esque’ response to ESPN’s anti-ND ‘man’
I once loved Notre Dame…I loved Lindsey Nelson telling me “…we move to further action in the fourth quarter” while my mom was yelling “Get ready for mass!” But I grew up. Notre Dame football has been living a lie, as Lou Holtz likes to say…That hurts your feelings? Watch ‘Rudy‘ ’til you feel better. [...]
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