Tag Archives: Football

A Touchdown-like Score

October 18, 2009 – 4:48 pm

Two field goals and a safety == two touchdowns + two kicked extra points.
All hail the Mighty Chieves! 14-6 winners of the Hapless Bowl against the Washington Redskins. Iff’en ya’ can’t score touchdowns, make the score look like ya’ did.
All this slobbering blogging about the Chieves springs in part from that we probably won’t get [...]

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The Comedy of Errors

October 18, 2009 – 3:06 pm

You are really scraping the bottom of the NFL Football Barrel when you watch the Washington Redskins and the Kansas City Chieves play in the Hapless Bowl, and the game is interrupted because of “technical difficulties”, after which the local CBS affiliate switches to Baltimore/Minnesota.
At least, the concept of a touchdown is known and [...]

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Flyin’ the Colors Early

January 24, 2009 – 5:47 pm

No doubt about it this year; the Pittsburgh Steelers are my choice in the Super Bowl. It’s no secret that I’m an AFC fan, so the Steelers get a +1 right out of the gate.
Still, this is the used-to-be-hapless Arizona Cardinals’ first shot at the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and it wouldn’t be the end of [...]

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The Faulkneresque Bowl Lives!

December 23, 2008 – 9:12 pm

And in another secular holiday tradition, the 4th annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl is on ESPN tonight. Boise State vs TCU. Post-season bowls evidently ring cash registers for advertisers, colleges, and a host of others.
I blogged about this game before; last year, I was in reduced blogging Twitter [...]

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Outstanding State-Line Performance

November 29, 2008 – 5:25 pm

Two of the best NCAA football games I’ve seen in a while were played today and yesterday, in what ESPN calls Rivalry Weekend. Last night, in a nail-biter if there ever was one, Nebraska prevailed:

One rarely sees a 57-yard field goal in the NFL, let alone the NCAA. But that’s actually what the Huskers’ [...]

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My State-line Roots Grow Deep

November 28, 2008 – 5:52 pm

On the teevee now: Nebraska/Colorado Football.
My Kansas/Nebraska growin’ up roots say:
Go Big Red!
And tomorrow, the KU/Mizzou border war. Two words define my sentiments there:
Rock Chalk!
I sincerely hope that everyone’s Thanksgiving is as joyful for them as mine as been for me.
-k-
Update: Even as the Huskers appear to be doing everything to [...]

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Post Turkey Day Geekage

November 28, 2008 – 1:14 pm

Listening to the EGC Clambake #231, logged on to IRC, chatting about Fedora, tweaking my F10 install on my 64-bit laptop, and sipping a cool one.
I ask you, how can it possibly get any better than that? Oh, yeah; college football in an hour or so..
-k-

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Another The Game

November 2, 2008 – 1:21 pm

I meant to blog this yesterday; the laptop upgrade intervened. In what is The Game for Kansans, expatriate Kansans, and fans of intrastate rivalries in general:
Kansas 52, Kansas State 21
Kansans realize that this is The Game; back in the day, it might be the only game either team would win all season. Both programs have [...]

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I Remember when it was The Game

November 1, 2008 – 5:47 pm

I’m watching the NASCAR race on ESPN, and the NCAA football scroll says that tonight is the Nebraska/Oklahoma football game.
I grew up on the Kansas/Nebraska border, on the Kansas side. We got more teevee from Nebraska-based stations than from Kansas ones, back in the day. So, it’s natural that I bleed a bit [...]

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Shoulda Retired, Brett

August 7, 2008 – 9:30 pm

Favre says he’s ready to help the Jets win
Taint your legacy now, while you still can.
-k-

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