Tag: football
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Taking Cleveland All the Way in Retro Bowl
I mentioned there’s no sports to watch on TV, so I’m playing a lots of sports-themed video games these days. My current favorite: Retro Bowl. As their tagline says: play football like it’s 1987! Retro Bowl is a very charming “retro style” arcade football game for NFL fans and dreamers everywhere. You play a very…
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Watching the All-English Champions League Final
I’m watching the All-English Champions League Final being played in Madrid. It’s Liverpool vs. Tottenham in an all-English match. Neither team was expected to be here. Liverpool created a stunning upset of Barcelona, after being behind 3-0 following the first leg. At Tottenham put away a strong and young Ajax team. So far the match…
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Barcelona Wins Copa del Rey Again
Third year in a row for the Catalans. FC Barcelona won the Copa del Rey last night, 3-1 over heavy underdog Alaves. It must have been bittersweet for the team, though. They narrowly lost La Liga to arch-rival Real Madrid, and they’re missing out on the Champions League final to boot. It was the final…
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College Football Championship System
I think the college football championship system is going to improve now that the BCS is a thing of the past. A fan of the Boise State Broncos is surely tired of the idea of doing very well in the regular season and never really be considered for the national championship. I can just imagine…
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SuperBowl Thoughts
Did you watch this SuperBowl this year? Who didn’t really? I was rooting for the NY Giants to win and it was wonderful to see Eli Manning really come into his own. I think he proved once and for all that he is an elite quarterback. It was such a nice touch that he played…
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College Football is Underway
So glad to see that the college football season is finally underway. This off-season has been filled with so much scandal and bad news that it’s been sickening. Some of it was overblown, but there are definitely problems at the schools that need to be addressed. We’ve got to remember that college football is supposed…