Writing the Pine

HOW DARE YOU LANE KIFFIN

Young and the Rest(less)

- #1 Alabama v. #2 Texas – not taking anything away from the other undefeated teams (TCU, Cincinnati) I think the BCS did get it right by pitting these two teams against each other.  I know I can’t wait for the Shipley/Arenas matchup on the outside. Interesting fact: Other than LSU’s Justin Vincent in 2004, no [...]

The Blind Side: A Review

The Blind Side begins with footage of LT coming in for a blind side tackle that ended the career of Joe Theismann.  It is accompanied by commentary by Sandra Bullock’s character, Leigh Anne, about how LT had forever changed the game and inadvertently changed her life as well. It follows the story of Michael Oher as [...]

UM vs OSU Part III – In Defense of RichRod, (Still) In Defense of Lloyd

These days we’ve been reading a lot about the uncertainty of Michigan’s current coach, Rich Rodriguez. We hear all these rumors, such as yesterday’s ridiculous statement by Michael Wilbon in which he said RichRod is done at Michigan. The pending NCAA investigation, along with the recent news that no workout logs was published, has [...]

UM vs OSU Part II – HOW ABSOLUTELY DARE YOU JUSTIN BOREN

I’ve waited about two years to write this article, so bear with me if I go on and on about my hatred for such a traitor. Your father played football under Bo in the 60’s.  You grew up a Michigan fan while living in enemy territory, and you committed to play for the University of Michigan. [...]

UM vs OSU Part I – We Must Win, We Will Win

So this is it. This is what it all comes down to. It’s Michigan-Ohio State week. For every day this week I’m going to fully disclose the state of the Michigan program and will also plead to you how important this game is for everybody, but most importantly Mr. Rich Rodriguez himself. This season has clearly not gone [...]

Who Ya Got? Ryan Mallett vs Jimmy Clausen

A look at who is the better NFL prospect - Ryan Mallett or Jimmy Clausen

ABC = Always Bashing Champaign?

What did you think about our performance in the national spotlight on ABC? I was pretty ticked off. I get it. We aren’t a 5-star program, Penn State has a much more glamorous and prestigious history. But there was so much fricking bias. Craig James was shamelessly plugging his new book which [...]

Weekend Sports Musings

  • Obama to Denmark to pitch Olympics bid President Barack Obama is headed to Denmark to go ice fishing and plead the case for Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Olympics.  “We need this Olympic bid badly,” said Obama to press reporters over the weekend.  From WTP, here’s to better luck than he has had pleading [...]

The Failing Illini

I don’t want to make any more excuses for my Illini.  We stunk it up.  Our “high-octane offense” hasn’t scored a touchdown in two of the three games played so far this season.  Today’s playing conditions were exactly the conditions that we would not be good against.  Despite our past success in running the football [...]