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Three & Out: Buckle Up Bye Week
A few thoughts heading into a nice, relaxing bye week... 1. Worth The Rest? Joe Paterno's teams have done quite well in games following a bye. Since 1980, Penn State is a very nice 17-9 coming off a bye. Five of those 30 seasons did not have a bye in the schedule (1983, 1988, 2006, 2007, 2009). Of...
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Gators?: Notes on Restoring Balance in the Georgia Bulldogs' Most Important College Football Rivalry (Part I)
Now that I have been forced back into the saddle by the compulsion of intervening events, I might as well begin trying to face up to, sort through, and come to terms with the ugly truth of last Saturday’s loss. I begin from the following premises, which I will accept as givens until and...
K-State Slate: 10.1.10
I cannot believe it's October... Football Instead of a true bye week, both K-State and Nebraska have 12 days to prepare for their upcoming clash in Manhattan. In surprising news, Bill Snyder makes a comment that sounds like he doesn't totally hate Thursday night games. Coach Franchione...
How Much Do Bye Weeks Matter?
I'm personally staying out of the debate about whether or not the SEC should move schedules around because Alabama is facing six teams coming off of a bye week. I haven't followed the whole process closely enough to give an informed opinion on it. What I can do is pull out some stats (and if you've...
How will the Virginia Tech Hokies finish the 2009 football season?
Give me your predictions on how the Hokies last five regular season games will go. I'll see you Sunday to recap the bye week and prepare for the game against North Carolina.
Bourbon Shots: Halfway There, Livin' on a Prayer Edition
Happy Bye Week, everybody! Hope you're enjoying yours as much as I am. Let's see what's going on in Hokieland, the ACC and the rest of the landscape. Virginia Tech Midseason report: Virginia Tech (Annette)"Quarterback Tyrod Taylor and his receivers have shown dramatic improvement this year, and...
2009 NFL Bye Weeks
I'm in the midst of an email fantasy football draft with some other bloggers and had a thought. An important issue in a fantasy draft is keeping in mind the bye weeks of the upcoming season and I find myself Googling this info every season. It's easy enough to find, but why not provide it for...
Sunday Morning Gameday Approximation #4 (Monday Edition)
And in the fourth week, the Saints rested. Because that's what bye weeks are for, and because they were fatigued from playing five preseason games.And in place of a game, the network played some religious programming. Because if they can't show Saints, they will show some facsimile. The affections...
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