Ole Miss Is Overrated U

Published on: 11th October, 2009

Since the SEC championship game started in 1992, five teams have made the trip to Atlanta to represent the West. Of those five teams, Ole Miss isn't one of them, and not anytime soon, don't expect the Rebels to make the trip to Atlanta as a representative of the SEC West. Sure, ...

Georgia On’s Our Mind This Week: Week Five College Football Picks

Published on: 1st October, 2009

With all that happened last weekend, including my own personal meltdown after seeing the crapfest the University of Memphis' football program hosted against Marshall, I am a medicore 9-8 in my picks column. I went 4-4 last weekend, the big winners being Notre Dame, LSU, Alabama, and Va. Tech. So here ...

I Preach, I Cuss, I Don’t Care Anymore: Memphis’ Tommy West Sings the Boos

Published on: 28th September, 2009

My mother, a University of Memphis employee since the Chuck Stobart days, always had this saying when she used to lecture me. “I preach, I cuss, I hit,” she would say to me. While most of it knocked some sense into yours truly, the same thing didn’t register hasn’t registered for the ...

The Darth Visor Cometh: Week Four College Football Picks

Published on: 24th September, 2009

This is my second picks column of the 2009 season. Last week, the big winners were Memphis, Georgia, Florida (by the grace of Grace Walker), Kentucky, and North Carolina. I thought Michigan State was going to get another win against the Irish in South Bend, but Notre Dame found Touchdown Jesus when ...

Kiffin’s Humble Pie and Other Leftovers

Published on: 18th September, 2009

I originally wanted to start writing this article on my weekly picks when the season started two weeks ago, but with school and work as well as late-night messaging, I waited until this weekend to start with my picks column. Of course, in the world of college football, you never ...

The Time Is Now For Tiger Football

Published on: 15th September, 2009

About a month ago, a hayseed from Texas tried to test my fan-hood, something that in a city like Memphis, is somewhat hard to do. "You can't like Memphis basketball and dislike their football team," he said to me via the wonder that is Facebook. "Yes I can," I replied, "You're ...

So Who Is Really My Favorite College Team?

Published on: 14th September, 2009

As the son of a University of Memphis employee, I’ve seen my share of Tiger sporting events, ranging from baseball games at Nat Buring Stadium to football games at the Liberty Bowl. But in the 22 years that my mom has worked at the University of Memphis, the Tigers in that ...

Rich Rod: Down To The Fourth Quarter?

Published on: 30th August, 2009

The Michigan way, something that has been edified by coaches such as Fritz Crisler, Bo Schembechler, and Lloyd Carr, has been a way of clean play, staying loyal to the team concept of football, and being a representative of all that comes with being a Michigan man. Never in the long history ...