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Take a sport. Imagine its greatest champion of all time. Imagine they died yesterday. This is what just happened to soccer. Entire countries are grieving, and Naples - where Diego played, gaining, mostly by himself, the second and third national championship ever conquered by a team based south...

Teams are reporting to training camps and all the teams are tied (until the first game). What's got your attention from around the league!?

We don't have a thread I could find. It's silly season, what with the hype around signing recruits. USC always seems to have a top ranked recruiting class, and we can see how helpful that's been lately. They have been good, but hardly world beaters. Thinking about it is something to do...

We know who is in the playoff. The rest of the bowls will fall into place now. I'll be rooting for Oklahoma for national champions, and Washington wherever they end up. [edit] Ohio State and USC in the Cotton Bowl. I hope Ohio State mops the place with Sam Darnold. USC quarterbacks just...

The ink isn't even dry on week 13's upsets, but we may as well get started. I would like to see the mess get messier. My Dawgs are out until whatever bowl they are in, which means no dog in the fight. Which also means I'll be rooting for more spoilage in this endless spoiler of a season...

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USC and UCLA already played. Yale and Harvard already played. Stanford and Cal already played. So much for this week being rivalry week. Ohio State plays Michigan, and the one that really matters is this week - the Apple Cup. Here is where I officially tell Pilgrim that his father smells of...

Last weekend of Ivy League football coming up, including The Game. If Yale beats Harvard, they are Ivy champions. If Harvard beats Yale, it's what happens just about every year. I think that would make Dartmouth the Ivy champion if they beat Princeton. Mike surely knows. Washington washed...

Week 11 already. Washington has a short week and plays Stanford in Palo Alto. I feel better about their chances after Washington State bottled up Bryce Love this past week. Washington gave up close to 250 yards to Oregon, but only 3 points. Stanford is a different animal, though. Win out...

Week 10 already? I guess it's November, so it must be. Into the stretch, and the Pac-12 appears to be the odd league out. Or maybe the Pac-12 and Big-12 if Notre Dame gets in. Washington plays Oregon at home, so that's got my attention. Any time Washington beats Oregon, it's good...

Yeah, it's a little early, but the rankings are already out. So this coming week is fair game. The way the rankings shuffled is interesting. Notre Dame jumped and USC dove, as should be expected, but there were some odd movements, depending on which poll you look at. Enough of that. Huskies...

Washington gets a bye. After getting ground down by ASU, I need them to have a bye. Maybe they need it, maybe they don't. Dartmouth plays Columbia. Yale plays Penn. Harvard and Princeton play on Friday evening instead of Saturday afternoon. I wonder what that's all about.

Week 7 already. Washington goes down to the desert. If they are going to lay an egg, that's where they will do it. Wazzu gets Cal. Cal is all softened up, so I don't see the Cougs having much of a challenge with that one. In the world of real college football, Yale takes on Holy Cross in a...

Week six already? Washington State is for real. Washington still might be, but we don't know. Probably won't know after this week, either. Current projections show the Pac-12 being frozen out of the playoffs. Fortunately, there's a few more games to play before that's an issue. Ivies are...

WSU takes on USC in Pullman. That's going to be the big one for me this week. Washington plays Oregon State. They should arrive for the game awake this week instead of waiting until halftime. The conditions ought to be a bit better in Corvalis. That will help. Dartmouth starts their Ivy...

Washington plays Colorado. Time to see if either team is going to challenge like last year. Both have had soft schedules. If anything Washington's was probably softer. Over in the land of real college football, the Ivies start playing each other. Some of them, anyway. Dartmouth plays Holy...

OK, now the Ivy League starts. This week, not last week! Washington plays another cupcake, Clemson plays Louisville, USC plays Texas, Tennessee plays Florida, and otherwise we all take a nap.

Do we have a thread yet? We do now if we didn't. This is the first week of real college football, namely Ivy League football. Other than that, UW gets a patsy, and I'll probably take a nap for that one. Ohio State - Oklahoma will be a good one. No Uwe Von Schaumann this time, though. More...

Why not get started now for week one? We'll kick it off with the phrase of the day....moral turpitude. Hugh Freeze sunk his own boat. What a dummy, using an Ole Miss provided cell phone to call escort services. I like to think these guys in head coaching positions are intelligent, but time and...

There's a professional football game going on. It snowed quite a lot and the field is covered with snow. Now, there's an important play going on, and you gotta take down the QB. But he's covered, and you know you won't be able to get to him. So, being the genius you are, you decide to grab some...

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I always play (headset) during a patriots playoff game. The key to winning is picking the right bass with the most luck on any given sunday. To my fellow new england bassist pick up your bass and send the pats mojo! For the record, i will be playing my newly acquired mij mustang, this is the...

Anyone follow the Premier League? Chelsea FC fan here.

Since the regular season is pretty much over, I don't see much reason for more than one thread until the endless bowl games start. I won't be paying attention on Friday night when Washington and Colorado play for the Pac-12 championship, mostly because I'll be making noise with the big fat...

I may have got it right this time. Lucky 13. UW and WSU for the marbles in the north. This will be the one time this year I'm rooting 100% against the Cougs. And Pilgrim will be rooting 100% against the Dawgs. Nothing else matter in college football this week. It's just a fact, and I...

This is where we are: Except maybe Alabama.

This whole rooting for a winning team is getting stressful. I keep thinking Washington will choke, and they keep not choking. Is this healthy? USC this week. I don't know what to think. Petersen will have them ready and won't let them think about the upcoming Apple Cup. Washington State is...

Just because we need another week of college football. Alabama is back in action. Does it really matter who they are up against? Probably not, but LSU had the week off, too. Maybe Harvard could beat Alabama. At something, anyway. Washington goes to Cal. I would hope the Washington offense...

Week 9 already? Time flies. Washington plays Utah. We will see if the Pac-12 has a dominant team or not. No Lou Holtz griping this week, since Utah won't be a trap game for the Huskies. It will be a challenge. I expect they will be up for it, and so will Utah. It should be a good one. I...

Washington is back at it with Oregon State coming to town. That won't budge any needles. Alabama is the team going through what should be a tough stretch, but they sure don't seem to be having any issues. Clemson is at Florida State. They keep sneaking out of town with wins, so that's the...

UW has a bye week. I'll be taking a nap. After what they did to Oregon, I kinda need a nap. Washington State is looking pretty good all of a sudden. UCLA is struggling. That's going to make for some unpredictability. The Big 10 is still the Big 10, and Ohio State - Wisconsin should be a...

Because we need one for this week. Washington plays Oregon. I'm nervous, but maybe 13 is the lucky number.

I don't think I'm jumping the gun just yet. It's Monday after all. Plus, the Huskies play Stanford on Friday, so that's a day less to get all wrapped around the axle. Stanford is still the class of the Pac-12 North, but they can be had. Washington almost got had last Saturday in the desert...

It's Vol week for Gator fans. Florida wins again, even if Del Rio is out. Dartmouth heads to Worcester to play Holy Cross. Go Big Green! Wisconsin and MSU will start my day off right. Not sure who I like here, so whoever wins is fine by me. Maybe Penn State can sneak up and steal one from...

I love you Lamar Jackson. I am enjoying every minute of this. -Mike

Yeah, I know week 1 isn't even quite over yet, what with Sunday and Monday games, but this way we won't all forget to start a thread before games on some other oddball day. College games should be on Saturday, otherwise hidebound people like me get confused. Anyway, another patsy for the...

I'm a day late. I totally forgot about the Thursday games. Bummer Appalachian State couldn't hold on. -Mike

Do we have one of these threads? We do now. The usual suspects will still be around, but it's been amusing watching Chris Peterson swat away any hint of hype around the Washington Husky football team. By all rights, they should be good. The defense is back mostly intact, and the offense has...