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A Touchdown-like Score

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’ … Continue reading

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The Comedy of Errors

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 … Continue reading

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Flyin’ the Colors Early

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 … Continue reading

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The Faulkneresque Bowl Lives!

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 … Continue reading

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Outstanding State-Line Performance

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 … Continue reading

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My State-line Roots Grow Deep

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 … Continue reading

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Post Turkey Day Geekage

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; … Continue reading

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Another The Game

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 … Continue reading

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I Remember when it was The Game

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 … Continue reading

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Shoulda Retired, Brett

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

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