Archive for September, 2004
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2004 at 10:46 pmI have wanted an MP3 player for a while, and my upcoming UK trip forced the issue – I do not want to get on another freaking plane without some portable tunes. I will cover this in more detail later, but I decided on an iPod 4G 40GB unit. Pricy, but ultimately super […]
NCAA Football 2005 - QB Sacks (and Cheating AI)
Sunday, September 19th, 2004 at 1:33 pmA lot of gamers have claimed that NCAA 2005 took a step (or three) backwards this year. Most of the problems center around passing problems; both the ability for human players to complete passes, the CPU AI’s lack of ability to come up with a half-way decent attempt to completion percentage, and super human […]
SEC Wrap Up - Week 4
Sunday, September 19th, 2004 at 8:30 amIt was a bad week for me as a prognosticator, finishing 5-4. I guess I should have learned my lesson about picking Vanderbilt; they just could not stop Ole Miss when it mattered. Maine over the Mississippi State Bulldogs? Ouch. Huge embarrassment for the SEC, not to mention that State must […]
SEC Roundup - Week 4
Saturday, September 18th, 2004 at 11:59 amTime is short, so I will get right to the picks.
Vanderbilt over Ole Miss. I still have confidence in Vanderbilt despite the thrashing they took at the hands of South Carolina a couple of weeks back, while the Rebels are still looking for an identity in the post Eli era.
Mississippi State will easily prevail […]
Jacques Villeneuve Returns to F1
Thursday, September 16th, 2004 at 7:08 pmTruth be told, when I started watching F1 in 1995 I fell in love with Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. Hill won the championship that year followed by Jacques in 1996. It looked like Villeneuve was set for even bigger things, but something went wrong on the way to paradise when he […]
Northeastern 14 - Navy (#78) 31 (NCAA Chronicles 2005, Season 1, Week 3)
Thursday, September 16th, 2004 at 3:35 pmAnother week, another infraction to take care of; this time CB #23 was recommended for a 3 game suspension due to academic infractions (bad grades). I said the heck with that - this is Navy, so I only suspended the guy for a quarter.
I did not know what to expect with Northeastern. I […]
Duke (#94) 14 - Navy (#88) 24 (NCAA Chronicles 2005, Season 1, Week 2)
Thursday, September 16th, 2004 at 8:29 amFirst let me get the preliminary stuff out of the way. I decided to go with Navy because in all my years of NCAA Football I have never played with them so Navy should be a fresh experience. Second, I like the idea of an independent school - I am not tied to […]
Ivan Is Coming …
Thursday, September 16th, 2004 at 5:56 amI have lived in Columbus, GA most of my life and last week was the first time that I can ever remember school being canceled due to a hurricane. Granted, most of the schools were without power, but Frances was not too nasty in my area - thunderstorms, rain, downed trees, and power outages. […]
SEC Wrap Up - Week 3
Wednesday, September 15th, 2004 at 8:36 pmLast week was fairly predictable. As expected Auburn blasted Mississippi State, Florida took care of Eastern Michigan, albeit by much less than expected. LSU blasted Arkansas State, Alabama easily took out Eli-less Mississippi, and Arkansas lost in a nasty battle to Texas.
Georgia took care of business at South Carolina despite spotting the cocks […]
SEC Roundup - Week 3
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 at 9:06 amSaturday, September 11, 2004 - A new weekend of SEC football is upon us, and life will be good as long as the Dawgs eat some fried chicken. I have been scared to death all week about visiting a stadium full of fighting gamecocks - South Carolina always plays Georgia close, and this year […]
24-14 (or Why I Love College Football)
Friday, September 10th, 2004 at 7:57 amLast night 17th ranked Missouri and Heisman Trophy candidate Brad Smith encountered more then they could handled from Troy State University - yes, it does appear that the Sun Belt does have what it takes to compete with the big boys.
The ESPN crew said it best, the scholarship limitations have started to equalize the “haves” […]
NCAA 2005 Schedule Bug?
Monday, September 6th, 2004 at 4:58 pmNow that college football has officially kicked-off, consummated by UGA’s 48-28 victory over Georgia Southern, I have decided to once again “chronicle” a NCAA Dynasty. Despite much clamoring on vagrant message boards about the brokenness of this years NCAA football title, I am finding much success, and once again enjoying the college football experience.
First […]
SEC Wrap Up - Week 2
Sunday, September 5th, 2004 at 9:43 amWin, some lose some. I called the Dawgs in a 20-point victory (33-13), but the actual score was 48-28. Better offense than I expected, but the defense was shaky against the option. So the 20-point margin of victory was spot on, but the results were slightly unexpected. Danny Ware made a […]
Now Drinking …
Saturday, September 4th, 2004 at 11:28 pmI figured I may as well go as far off topic from sports and whatnot as possible, and what better way than to talk about one of my favorite subjects – beer (and every now and again, wine)! I am going to start a semi-regular feature on what yummy adult beverage is being consumed […]
SEC Roundup - Week 2
Saturday, September 4th, 2004 at 10:50 amSaturday, September 04, 2004 - Ah, I love this time of year. Since I have to get the “honey-do” list out of the way, I will jump right in and get the 2004 season started.
Kick off starts in a little less than five and a half hours when the Dawgs take on Georgia Southern. […]