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SB Nation BlogPoll Top 25: Preseason Ballot
It's time for wild guesses codified into impressive looking ranking formats meant to cow you into submission at our expert status that will have no bearing to what happens on the field when some dude puts the crown of his helmet into the quarterback's mouth. This is how 92 college football blogs...
The Rumors Of Auburn's Demise Are Not Exaggerated
Thought you all might enjoy reading my take on the prospects for 2011 Auburn Football that I put up on the Mothership. Though they're currently ranked in the AP, USA Today, and Sports Illustrated preseason polls, I think that's lazy halo effect and I believe they'll be fortunate to go 7-5 and...
Mike Leach. Spencer Hall. 8 hours on a boat off Key West.
Yeah, you probably need to read this. SB Nation friend and colleague Spencer Hall spends a magical day with Mike Leach assessing piscine intelligence, making lists like the record store employees in High Fidelity, discussing delightful bed and breakfasts, and positing that Free Bird should be our...
Jim Delany And The Art of Face Control
My weekly column on the SB Nation mothership is up. The highlights include mocking the credulous Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN, metaphors involving killer whale pods, vampire bats, and cover charges at Da Club. Here's your teaser: So Jim Delany has been feeling magnanimous. He is intensely interested...
Butler Boise St: Why Can't We Play Like That?
Here's my weekly opining at the SB Nation.com mothership. I explored some of these themes a while back, but after Stevens made another championship game run and Petersen's record now stands at 61-5, it's even more relevant today. The logic - promulgated by a media beguiled by the Great Man...
An All-Star Game story from way-back-when
Many people know I've been blogging a long time. In a couple of days (February 10th) I'll reach my eighth anniversary writing about the Tampa Bay Lightning in my blogging capacity. Yet, I got my appetite wet while writing about the Lightning before blogging entered the mainstream. There's a...
Cageside Seats, SB Nation and Vox Media Officially Oppose SOPA and PIPA
I'm sure there are plenty of you that get online and hit your usual stops like Facebook, Twitter, and, of course, CagesideSeats.com, without ever really traveling too far outside your bubble. And I don't blame you because there are a lot of times when I do the same. It's easy to get caught up in...
SB Nation/Vox Media Officially Opposes SOPA
This site rarely wades into any kind of political discussion (for good reason, we want to talk about horses, not policy) but recently there has been a lot of attention directed towards Washington from the internet community. I'm sure most of you have read at least something about the bills in...
SB Nation Android App Now Available For Download
So, back in August, we made the announcement that a new SB Nation iPhone application had been made available for the masses to download after it had been fully tested. Shortly after that, everybody was all, like, "Dude, where's the Android app?" And I was all, like, "Dude, slow your roll, they're...
"I read the news today, oh boy"; Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild preview
WHERE: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MinnesotaWHEN: 7:30 EST | | TICKETS: Check AvailabilityMEDIA: Versus / NBC Sports Net* (cable), 970 WFLA (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: Hockey Wilderness *Versus becomes NBC Sports Net on January 2nd, 2012. Yes, they will still employ Mike Millbury and Keith Jones. ...
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