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Brewers Howling at Wolf?

I know we are deep into the NFL season, college football bowl games are around the corner, and college basketball is off to a sizzling start but….
The Major League Baseball season never ends because the hot stove keeps us warm through the Winter.
Let’s get to what this post is about (if the title didn’t give [...]

Need a Good Pump-Up Before Sunday?

I came across this video, made by a former Wisconsin resident who is going to school for A/V in Los Angeles.

It is 9 minutes long, but very well put together and certainly sets the stage for Brett Favre’s return to Lambeau on Sunday. Funny to note that Favre’s Jets days were not touched at [...]

Favre Leads NFL In Incomplete Retirements

Okay, so I stole that title from Stephen Colbert.  It’s funny, and I could use a smile after just surviving one of the busiest days of my television career so far.  But I have had some time now to let this all sink in so here are my thoughts.
First of all since this is my [...]

Kampman’s Big Move

Welcome Dom Capers.  Welcome to outside linebacker Aaron Kampman.  In a move that was sort of anticipated the Packers announced that with Capers’s 3-4 defense Kampman will be moved from defensive end to linebacker.  Defensive linemen in the 3-4 scheme are pretty much responsible for simply taking up blockers.  That isn’t a very good assignment [...]

B(C)S Chamionship

Who’s your national champion in college football?  The easy answer is Florida right?  They did enough to have the BCS computers spit their name out a month ago, and now they’ve beaten Oklahoma (they were the other team name the computers spit out).  If you go back to my blog titled “College Football” you’ll read [...]