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I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

WahooWA!!

By Paul Oyler / January 31, 2010 /

Virginia 75, Carolina 60 I don’t CARE that Carolina is having an off year; going into the DeanDome and handing the defending NCAA champs a smackdown is a beautiful thing. This team was picked for dead-last in the ACC, and they abused the Tar Heels. How sweet it is!

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Brett Favre is Discussing Retirement, Which Means…

By Paul Oyler / January 25, 2010 /

Absolutely nothing.

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What I Wrote August 18th

By Paul Oyler / January 25, 2010 /

“Yes, the Vikings are a better football team with Favre, but principally because their QB situation was woeful pre-Favre, arguably the worst in the NFL. At this point in his never-ending career, he’s not even an average NFL QB. I predict he will come in and win a game or two with his noble gunslinging,…

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Something USEFUL Comrade Obama Could Do

By Paul Oyler / January 7, 2010 /

Dan Wetzel has it right: Invite Boise State to the White House Contempt for the joke called the “BCS” is bipartisan. The Prez could actually do something of value simply by inviting the Broncos to join him alongside whoever wins tonight’s National Championship Game. UPDATE: Oh, and here, apparently, is the only American who likes…

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Who I'd Send to Cooperstown

By Paul Oyler / November 27, 2009 /

One of my favorite pastimes through the years, sports-wise and prior to my dimmed interest in baseball, was to project who belonged in the Hall of Fame, to argue the various merits and demerits of different players with regard to baseball immortality. The Hall of Fame is a funny institution with funnier ways of getting…

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