______------******Preconc epting Premonition Sunday******------_______

NCAA YTD: 6-4 (-6.6 units)

NCAA POD: 2-1 (0 units)

Midre Cummings' Concrete Special (3-4 unit): 1-2 (-4.8 units)

Alpine Winners ( 5 unit): 2-2 (-1 unit)

Last play: Sat. night Bama -6.5 W 34-24

 

Random fact: Abraham Lincoln had a very vivid premonition of his death. Ten days before he was assassinated he dreamt he was in the East Wing of the White House where people were mourning. When he asked a soldier who had died, he was told "The President".

 

Pretty wild isn't it?  Makes you want to follow your gut when betting says this observer.  And avoid plays titled: Our American Cousin.

 

 

Betting wise I was a timid loser yesterday.  Three plays I fell in love with, including Stanford, BYU and California and refused to pull the trigger.  Instead, the trigger was pinned back on me.

 

Rule no. 39: Scared money seldomly makes money.

 

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____----*****Thursday Picks Today Then Time Travelers' Meeting Yesterday*****----____

(2008) Final numbers

 NCAA: 80-59-5

 NCAA POD: 23-12

Fausto Carmona Special (Bigger): 20-8-1

Alpine Winners ( Biggest): 15-4--1

Fausto has been retired but make way for the brand new (bigger) play to start this wonderful football season.  See below..

 

NCAA YTD: 0-0

NCAA POD: 0-0

Midre Cummings' Concrete Special (3-4 unit): 0-0

Alpine Winners ( 5 unit): 0-0

 

Welcome back friends!  It's been a while, but God bless , we are all back for another college football season.   90% of the world enjoys college athletics for the joy of the game.  That leaves the money part for the other 10% of us.   Before I get into my first picks of the season, I want to remind everyone that Big East Stock Report will be kickin' for football season as I did every week for bball.  I'll try to catch you up as much as I humanly can on everything Big East football for the year.   ---------------------Midre Cummings' Concrete Special-------------------   North Carolina State -5 (5... [More]

BIG EAST STOCK REPORT--WEEK ONE

As some of you might remember, I did this every week in the college basketball forum.   Obviously this is the first week, so everything is level.  As the season progresses, each team gets ranked by stats, injuries, wins, losses, etc, etc, etc.  Basically, week one is a VERY brief summary of what each team is working with after camp, and what to expect, for the most part, in the first week of action.  

*Stats used this week are from the 2008 season unless otherwise noted.

**As the season begins, stats will be from this, the 2009 year.

***Stock for all teams is level before the season starts.

1. West Virginia 0-0, (0-0), Stock: LEVEL

2008 final record: 9-4, (5-2)

Last game: (2008): W 31-30 in Meineke Car Care Bowl vs. North Carolina

Next game: Sept. 5 vs. Liberty

Strong Point: The Mountaineers return the best running back in the Big East and a Heisman candidate in Noel Devine. The junior Devine rushed for 1,289 yards and four touchdowns. He helped WVU to the 2nd best running game in the Big East in 2008.

Area of Improvement: The irreplaceable Pat White has graduated and WVU will be turning to senior signal caller Jarrett Brown. The problem is, Brown got just 30 attempts under center last year, passing for 114 yards, lacking experience.

Overall Analysis: West Virginia had a bend but don’t break defense last year, giving up just over 300 yards a game. The great news is t... [More]

Inside the Big (L)East--2009 Preview PT. 1

WOW!  This is the first time I've got to sit at home and clamor and yell football with you cats.   I've been to so many damn AAU circuits from Akron (LBJ skills) to Cleveland (King City Classic) to South Carolina (Peach Jam) and soo many more I couldn't bare to speak of because I'd run out of room and patience.   But now that I'm back home, and have been attending the past (and first) three days of Pittsburgh Panthers training camp, I guess it's time to break down the conference I know best for this season.   We'll start with the most polished terd, the Pittsburgh Panthers.  Because let's face it, all you are doing is dusting off the best dingleberry with this, the worst of the BCS conferences.   I'm going to profile ONE TEAM A DAY, as these will get very long with quotes, misc info, stats, blah, blah, blah.  Gotta go all out to gain the best advantage/perspective of what to expect and be prepared for this season.   (Order of how I VOTED in the 2009 preseason Big East poll)   1. Pittsburgh 2008 results RECORD: 9-4 BOWL GAME: Brute Sun Bowl L 3-0 vs. Oregon State Total points/points against: 352/279 BEST WIN: West Virginia 19-14 @ Heinz Field Turning point in season good/bad: The pinnacle awful moment came in the August 30th opener at Heinz Field in a 27-17 loss to Bowling Green.  The Panthers boasted a 14-0 lead within one minute in the second quarter, but would be melted down to a three point advantage... [More]

Pitt 2009-10 NON CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (hot off the press)

Thanks to Pitt media relations for this press release.

2009-10 PITT MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

(as of August 6, 2009; schedule subject to change)

 

Date                                    Opponent (TV)                                                Location                                              Time

 

Saturday, Oct. 3                BASKETBALL FAN FEST               &nb... [More]

Duquesne Dukes 2009-10 non-conference Schedule (LATE)

My bad for being so late with this!  (For the 2-3 people that actually care)

Thanks to goduquesne.com for some help with breakdown's.

Binghamton •
First meeting ... posted 23 wins on the way to earning the school’s first conference championship

(America East) and NCAA tournament bid ... return America East leading scorer D.J. Rivera (20.0 ppg.) who filed for early entry

to the 2009 NBA draft before deciding to return for his senior season ... Rivera is a transfer from Saint Joseph’s ... Binghamton

was the nation’s 18th-most improved team in 2008-09.

Canisius •
DU leads series 9-5 ... first meeting since Dec. 7, 1999 ... returns all five starters.

Illinois-Chicago • First meeting ... won six of its final eight games ... lost just two players from a 16-win team.

Iowa •
Iowa leads series 2-1 ... first meeting since Dec. 10, 1971 ... fourth meeting overall ... DU is 0-9 all-time in Big 10

arenas (0-2 at Iowa) ... 3-14 vs. Big 10 overall ... last win over a Big 10 team Dec. 28, 1973 over Illinois (85-83) in the

consolation game of the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden.

IUPUI • First meeting ... graduates just one senior from 16-win team that lost in overtime to nationally ranked Arizona State

in Phoenix and beat Seton Hall on the road last season.

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Keep an Eye on Holy Cross

_____-----******The 2008/09 Drizzles/Championship Farewell******------______

FINAL RECORD REGULAR SEASON NCAA Overall: 148-121-3 (+38.40 units) Alpine Wnners: 62-32-3 (+113.60 units) Fausto Carmona Special: 23-31-1 (-16.70 units) (Game of Year to Date) 3-4 (-9.90 Units)<<embarrasssing   Big East: 48-22 Big East Game of the Year (to date) 2-1: (+7.33 units) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference/NCAA/NIT/CBI Tournament: 28-25 (-2.20 units) Conference/NCAA/NIT/CBI Tourney Alpine Winners: 19-12 (+16.80 units) Big East Tournament: 4-4 (8.20 units)  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Here it is, the toughest time of the year to come to grips with:  The end of the college basketball season.  But we had fun, and my two FULL years of betting a season, this was by far the most profitable.  We stayed on a progressive system, and in the final two months of the regular season, we could've had a winning montage to a song like this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnjADNWuPvc.   Before the final picks of the year, here is a recap of some the highest and lowest moments of the year.  If you tailed me, you'll enjoy.    ALL REGULAR SEASON*   Best Win: Duquesne Dukes ML vs. Xavier, Feb. 7 (776.40 won total) Call that a homer pick, but it was an amazing game, an amazing atmosphere, and it was the only time I've ever seen a team--Duquesne--shoot... [More]

_______------******Bringing Out The Dead******------_______

UPDATED RECORD REGULAR SEASON NCAA Overall: 148-121-3 (+38.40 units) Alpine Wnners: 62-32-3 (+113.60 units) Fausto Carmona Special: 23-31-1 (-16.70 units) (Game of Year to Date) 3-4 (-9.90 Units)<<embarrasssing Big East: 48-22 Big East Game of the Year (to date) 2-1: (+7.33 units) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference/NCAA/NIT/CBI Tournament: 27-23 (+2.50 units) Conference/NCAA/NIT/CBI Tourney Alpine Winners: 19-11 (+22.30 units) Big East Tournament: 4-4 (8.20 units)  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   How do I know today will be "epic?"    I woke up to Dead Reckoning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqYcLsINsYU playing on TV (ending of Smokin' Aces).  Accidentally hit the DVD play button and what scene was paused and started back up but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itQWlQLHgY4.  That's right, RIGHT when Merrill beats the living hell out of that God damn camoflauge alien with a baseball bat.    I heard one whisper in my ear: Swing away drizzle; drizzle, swing away.        ------------------------------------Alpine Winnnnah-----------------------------------   Connecticut -4 (7.7 to win 7 units)   ----------------... [More]

_______-------*******Stra wberry Letter 23******-------________

UPDATED RECORD REGULAR SEASON NCAA Overall: 148-121-3 (+38.40 units) Alpine Wnners: 62-32-3 (+113.60 units) Fausto Carmona Special: 23-31-1 (-16.70 units) (Game of Year to Date) 3-4 (-9.90 Units)<<embarrasssing Big East: 48-22 Big East Game of the Year (to date) 2-1: (+7.33 units) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference/NCAA/NIT/CBI Tournament: 27-22 (+6.90 units) Conference/NCAA/NIT/CBI Tourney Alpine Winners: 19-10 (+26.70 units) Big East Tournament: 4-4 (8.20 units)  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Thanks Oregon State for making me feel what a CBI Tournament win feels like....absolute garbage.  Embarrassed for myself that I've stooped as low as to bet on a Tournament where the teams actually have to PAY MONEY just to get into.    ----------------------------------Alpine Spinnnnnah----------------------------------   Baylor -4 (5.5 to win 5 units)   One of those plays kids.  Just seems too good to be true.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... [More]

JAMIE DIXON LEAVES PITT, SIGNS THREE YEAR DEAL WITH ARIZONA!!

APRIL   FOOLS           UPDATED RECORD REGULAR SEASON NCAA Overall: 148-121-3 (+38.40 units) Alpine Wnners: 62-32-3 (+113.60 units) Fausto Carmona Special: 23-31-1 (-16.70 units) (Game of Year to Date) 3-4 (-9.90 Units)<<embarrasssing Big East: 48-22 Big East Game of the Year (to date) 2-1: (+7.33 units) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference/NCAA/NIT/CBI Tournament: 26-22 (+1.90 units) Conference/NCAA/NIT/CBI Tourney Alpine Winners: 18-10 (+21.70 units) Big East Tournament: 4-4 (8.20 units)  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------Alpine Spinnnnnah----------------------------------   Oregon State +10 (5.5 to win 5 units)   Please get this line while it is this ridiculously high.  When you get a line as absurd as this, you don't need a capper to tail.  Use your own logic.  I HAVE to believe this is Vegas' example of an April Fools joke.  Only logical way to understand something as stupid as this.  ... [More]

_______-------******White Hot Glistening Shadowy Fows******-------_______

UPDATED RECORD REGULAR SEASON NCAA Overall: 148-121-3 (+38.40 units) Alpine Wnners: 62-32-3 (+113.60 units) Fausto Carmona Special: 23-31-1 (-16.70 units) (Game of Year to Date) 3-4 (-9.90 Units)<<embarrasssing Big East: 48-22 Big East Game of the Year (to date) 2-1: (+7.33 units) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference/NCAA Tournament: 25-20 (+6.30 units) Conference/NCAA Tourney Alpine Winners: 17-9 (+22.20 units) Big East Tournament: 4-4 (8.20 units)  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Unfortunately I lost my first Big East game of year (to date) on the biggest of stages, the Elite Eight.  What is worse is being there on press row knowing you can't do ANYTHING to stop Scottie Reynolds from driving the length of the floor in just 5.5 seconds.  I knew the minute that play was setup by Dante, Pitt was in t-r-o-u-b-l-e.   Lovers, haters are welcome.  I banked on UNC and Mich State but didn't add to my record, because I never got a chance to post here, because SOMEBODY----M....E...--was held hostage in Laguardia Airport Sunday.  Was supposed to leave at 2:30 for Pittsburgh, ended up being delayed for 5 hours 45 minutes.  I watched the games on a fuzzy 10 inch tv at the biggest ripoff bar in the US Airway terminal charging 7.50 for a bottle of miller lite, an... [More]

_____------******The Live From Boston's******------_____

______------******The Live From Dayton's******------_______

REGULAR SEASON NCAA Overall: 148-121-3 (+38.40 units) Alpine Wnners: 62-32-3 (+113.60 units) Fausto Carmona Special: 23-31-1 (-16.70 units) (Game of Year to Date) 3-4 (-9.90 Units)<<embarrasssing Big East: 48-22 Big East Game of the Year (to date) 2-0: (+16.00 units) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference/NCAA Tournament: 15-14 (4.70 units) Conference/NCAA Tourney Alpine Winners: 13-7 (34.20 units) Big East Tournament: 4-4 (8.20 units)  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   I had the best/worst night last night.  It involved a great night out then falling asleep in the car in a pub parking lot and shooting up some irish car bombs through the asophagus.   Five hours later, he's a working class drizzle in the UD Arena   -------------------------Big East Game of Year (to date)------------------------   Pittsburgh -9.5 (8.8 to win 8 units)  

Just face it, Pitt is not going to come out and drop another egg.  They are a team that traditionally does not do that.   They have yet another chance to seize opportunities over an outmatched, undersized team.  OSU just doesn’t have what it takes to keep up with Pitt.  Many would THINK they could outhustle the Panthers, but it’s a fact that Pitt is one of the better transition teams in the cou... [More]

______-------*******A Drizzled NCAA Tournament*******-------______

REGULAR SEASON NCAA Overall: 148-121-3 (+38.40 units) Alpine Wnners: 62-32-3 (+113.60 units) Fausto Carmona Special: 23-31-1 (-16.70 units) (Game of Year to Date) 3-4 (-9.90 Units)<<embarrasssing Big East: 48-22 Big East Game of the Year (to date) 2-0: (+16.00 units) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Tournaments: 9-8 (14.70 units) Conference Tourney Alpine Winners: 7-4 (21.20 units) Big East Tournament: 4-4 (8.20 units)  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Alright you SOB's, it's time.  It's motherf**kin time for the NCAA Tournament.  I'm doing this nice and early as you will NOT HEAR FROM ME once this tournament comes.  I'll be going from Dayton to Boston to HOPEFULLY Detroit Rock City, with nothing but work to do.   Here we go mothaf**ka's.    Write ups (BIG WRITE UPS, DEDICATED WRITE UPS) are coming all throughout this week.     ------------------------------NCAA Alpine Winnnnah-------------------------------   Utah St. ML (6 unit play)   Robert Morris +17 (5.5 to win 5 units)   Arizona St. -5 (5.5 to win 5 units)   UCLA -7 (4.4 to win 4 units)   Tennessee -2 (4.4 to win 4 units)   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Pittsburgh -21 ... [More]

Atlantic 10 Championship Central TEMPLE VS. DUQUESNE

OFFICIAL BIG EAST TOURNAMENT GUIDE (PART TWO)

Here are all of the regular season award winners UP TO DATE.   Player of the year, Coach of the year, Rookie of the year and Scholar-athlet of the year will NOT be released until after the Tournament.   Defensive Player of the Year: Hasheem Thabeet (Connecticut)   Most Improved Player: Dante Cunningham (Villanova)   Best Sixth Man Award: Corey Fisher (Villanova)   Big East Sportsmenship Award: Alex Ruoff (West Virginia)  

2008-09 All-BIG EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS

ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM

Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut, C, Jr., 7-3, 263, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Terrence Williams, Louisville, F, Sr., 6-6, 210, Seattle, Wash.

Jerel McNeal, Marquette, G, Sr., 6-3, 200 Chicago, Ill.

Luke Harangody, Notre Dame, F, Jr., 6-8, 251, Schererville, Ind.

DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh, C, So., 6-7, 265, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Sam Young, Pittsburgh, F, Sr., 6-6, 215, Clinton, Md.

 

ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM

A.J. Price, Connecticut, G, Sr., 6-2, 181, Amityville, N.Y.

Wesley Matthews, Marquette, G, Sr., 6-5, 215, Madison, Wis.

Jonny Flynn, Syracuse, G, So., 6-0, 185, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Dante Cunningham, Villanova, F, Sr., 6-8, 230, Silver Spring, Md.

Da’Sean Butler, West Virginia, F, Jr., 6-7, 225, Newark, N.J.

 

ALL-BIG EAST THIRD TEAM

Deonta Vaughn, Cincinnati, G, Jr., 6-1, 195, Indianapolis, Ind... [More]

OFFICIAL BIG EAST TOURNAMENT GUIDE (PART ONE)

I have put entirely tooooooo much work into this, but I hope it helps a lot of you.  It should help you guys more than it helps the other places it goes too.  

Here is the stock report for the end of the regular season and start of the Big East Tournament.

 

 

*Rankings this week are according to the teams’ seed in the tournament

 

**All stats provided are conference games only.  They are the final regular season stats.

 

 

Louisville 25-5, 16-2, Stock: UP

 

National Ranking: 5

Last game: W 62-59 at West Virginia

Big East Quarterfinals vs. No. 8 Providence or No. 9 Cincinnati/No. 16 DePaul

Current Streak: W 7

Postseason Status: NCAA

Projected Big East Tournament Finish: Championship

 

Strong Point: Louisville finished the conference season with the second best defense, giving up just 63.2 points per game, and a field goal percentage defense of just 40.3%.  They held eight Big East opponents to 60 points or less, as well as holding Pitt, who was No.1 at the time, to just 63.

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BIG EAST STOCK REPORT: WEEK SIX

*All stats provided are conference games only unless otherwise noted.

 

Connecticut 22-1, 10-1, Stock: UP

 

National Ranking: 1

Last game: W 69-61 vs. Michigan

Next game: Feb. 11 vs. Syracuse

Current Streak: W 11

 

Strong Point: Connecticut’s defensive unit is one of the best in the country.  Surrendering just 61 points per game, they are first in the league in both field goal percentage defense (37.9%) and three-point field goal percentage defense (29.1%).

 

Area of Improvement: The Huskies gave up a season-high 17 turnovers vs. Michigan Saturday night, and 33 turnovers combined in the last two games.

 

Overall Analysis: The Big East is beco... [More]

TAKING A LOOK: NORTHERN IOWA PANTHERS

This is something I do every day with a different team on the upstart, with teams that range from Connecticut to Robert Morris for a VERY LOW PAYING blog lost out there in the internet.  I figure this stuff would get more play and be of better use here. 

Enjoy and hope this helps you with this team in the future!

Team: Northern Iowa
Conference/Standing: 1st Place in Missouri Valley Conference
Record: 17-6 (11-1)
Key Wins: 59-51 @ Southern Illinois, 69-66 @ Creighton, 61-58 @ Bradley, 59-55 vs. Illinois State
Key Losses: 84-85 vs. Indiana State (F/2OT), 77-84 @ Illinois-Chicago
Tournament Projection: NCAA

The Scoop

It seems every year Northern Iowa is one of a cluster of teams in the exciting Missouri Valley Conference that finds their names on the bracket buster list. This year they may very well be on the very top of that list.

Riding an 11-game winning streak, something that has not been accomplished by a UNI team since the 1963-64 season, the Panthers are extremely hot, taking wins in three of the most difficult gyms in America, including Southern Illinois, Creighton and most recently, a three-point thriller at Peoria, Illinois to take down Bradley, sweeping them in the season series.

Northern Iowa is led by their vicious backcourt tandem of point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe and shooting guard Ali Farokhmanesh. Between the two, Northern Iowa gets 21.7 points per game, with Ahelegbe chiming in with a solid as... [More]

THE STATE OF D-1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PT. 2

Awful recruits is your product.   Let's use Indiana's example of kids getting into so much trouble they are forced out, leaving the team with no scholarship players left.   Let's add coaches scarring programs prestige to the point where kids refuse to go there years after.   Add agents hovering over practices, bamboozling kids into leaving school early.   Add no more motivation in the classroom, which results in leaving early or just plain out flunking out.   Then bad behavior, only wanting a top-ten school or not going anywhere at all, lazy coaching staffs, leaving early despite grades or behavior, and just pure athlete laziness, and what do you get?   Kids that can't even hit free throws.  Kids that cannot and will not play simple zone defenses.  Kids that can't complete a simple give-and-go layup.  Things that we used to take for granted, are now things that scholarship athletes can't even accomplish (outside of the top-ten world).   Let's step away from the UNC's, the Michigan State's, the Pitt's of the world, and focus on the mid-majors and average big conference teams.   Is it possible that a team like Belmont can allow an 18-0 run to start a second half, after already being up by 18 points at halftime?    Is it possible that a Big East team like South Florida can lose to a team like Oral Roberts by double-digits?  Never having the lead for the games entirity?   It is possibl... [More]

THE STATE OF D-1 NCAA BASKETBALL PT. 1

Has anybody noticed this incredible drop-off in talent over the past few years, especially this year?   So many unders at ridiculous low numbers, teams with appalling offensive/defensive stats, and coaches that shouldn't be manning a cash register at a Piggly Wiggly, let alone coaching a Division-1 basketball team (white and black).   There are so many products to blame, including everybodys favorite, the NCAA-to-NBA one-year rule, a rule which allows your Kevin Durants and Michael Beasleys to jump to the league after one year of eligible academia level.  But what about other variables like Europe, and what I feel is the worst factor, agents?   I've watched the Duquesne basketball program rise up from the dead last year, only to be ripped right back up thanks to the departing of Guard Kojo Mensah and Center Shawn James, who was just one triple-double away from setting an NCAA record.   Why did these two leave so early?  STEVE CRONIN.  A dastardly agent with an infamous background of ripping teams apart.  He was a good friend of Duquesne coach Ron Everhart, when Everhart was in charge of Northeastern several years ago.  This just shows you how far a friendship can take you in the business world.   Mensah had no right forgoing his senior year at Duquesne, nor did James.  Two kids that desperately needed to spruce up their game, and wouldn't be apart of a 10th round in the NBA draft, had their been one.  Inste... [More]

Pitt Panthers Basketball Preview

A little late but so be-it.

 

To say that DeJuan Blair and the Pitt Panther basketball team wouldn’t like to make school history would be a lie before the basketball gods.

 

In fact, this year, anything less than a National Championship almost seems like failure according to the big man.

 

“At my house I have a picture of Detroit (2009 National Championship site), and I look at it everyday and say, I want to be there,” said Blair, Pitt’s sophomore center. “I want to play in front of all those people, all eyes on me and this team. We don’t think it can be done, more than we know that it can with all the hard work we’ve put in so far. That’s what we want.”

 

Blair, three other veterans and a crop of young, sparking talent will headline a hungry, all-or-nothing Panthers squad this year, a team that finished well above many predictions a year ago, winning the Big East Tournament with an overall record of 27-10.

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_______---------*******This a Drizzle Beat*******---------_______

NCAA YTD: 43-29-3

NCAA POD: 15-9

Fausto Carmona Special (Bigger): 4-2

Da Back Wudz Alpine Winners ( Biggest): 3-1

NFL YTD: 5-1

POD: 4-0

 

Two big plays on Thursday night?

 

 

--------------------------------------Alpine Winner-------------------------------------

 

 

NC State +11

 

-------------------------------Fausto Carmona Special-----------------------------

 

TCU +1

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, that JUST happened.

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Wannstedt out of Debt?

Figured I'd start a blog after the events I witnessed here in Tampa Bay last night.  Enjoy!

Do you remember four years ago?

 

The man with the worst approval ratings since Richard Nixon won the hearts of Americans for a second term. 

 

And while he has done far less damage than a Bush could accomplish, Dave Wannstedt, in that same year, found himself elected—in his first term—as the Pittsburgh Panthers leader, their coach.

 

Having a kid who grew up along the shores of the Allegheny River and right on the outskirts of Pittsburgh seemed the ideal man to hire, after previous head coach Walt Harris’s had led Pitt to five straight Bowl games.

 

Insert Good ole’ yinser Dave…no bowl games, not even close.

 

With an overall record of 16-19 coming into this season, Wannstedt had dragged Pitt through the ground on three straight seasons of .500 or less football.

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