Tag Archives: Bobby Bowden
Weddings, anniversaries, handheld tv’s and national championships: A Thanksgiving tale
I’ve always hated going to weddings on important football weekends. Chalk it up to a conflict of interest. It’s bad enough most weddings already ridicule us single guys by gathering us into a circle of losers and making us pretend to want to catch a garter hurled into the crowd by the bride. While women [...]
Bobby Bowden, the Florida State Seminoles and the end of an era
Thanksgiving is a special time of year. It’s a holiday when family and friends gather round the dinner table and give thanks for everything they have. Back in the day, I used to dread that time of year for it meant the annual meeting between Florida and Florida State. Now all is good. Florida [...]
What to watch this weekend
Back by popular demand, sportschump.net has once again decided to preview the weekend’s most important match-ups. For those of you who don’t eat, drink and sleep SportsCenter, here’s what you should be watching this weekend. (10) Boise State at Fresno State – (Friday, 9:00 pm – ESPN – BSU minus 7.5) The Boise State [...]
Another Gator Title: So Close And Yet So Far Away
Less than one week ago, with what appeared to be three easy games remaining in their conference schedule, experts penciled in a then undefeated Penn State team into the national championship game. After all, how could the mighty Nittany Lions lose to either Iowa, Indiana or Michigan State. Well, they did. To Iowa. And that’s [...]
Separated At Birth; Bowden Fired, Tuberville Not Far Behind
You know how that old urban legend goes?Out of the blue, a woman feels a sharp pain in her left forearm. Three thousand miles away, a brother she never knew she had slices his arm in a wood-cutting accident. They simultaneously sense a connection and ultimately share a tearful reunion after discovering there’s a sibling [...]
Five For Friday: Oregon State plays giant-killer, Matt Millen gets the boot, Plaxico doesn’t answer his phone, and more
It’s actually not Friday anymore (not here, at least), but I’m getting this out a little later than I’d planned to since Friday was a busy day. Because there’s not enough time for me to always go through every headline and interesting story I come across in short order, I thought it’d be a good [...]
Rating College Football’s Bests: Which school has the richest tradition?
If you want to spark a debate among friends, or really piss off a sensitive message board poster, talking about a program’s tradition, or lack thereof, is one of the best ways to do it. With that in mind, what better way to kick off our ‘bests’ series than by taking a look at who [...]
College Football in Florida: A Ten Year Retrospective
The Sunshine State has long been a hotbed for college football. With an abundance of high school talent leaving for college every year, Florida schools have their pick of the litter of some of the nation’s best athletes. For as long as anyone can remember, at least one of the big three (Florida, Florida State [...]
2008 Florida State Seminoles Preview: Weatherford and a talented defense are the keys to FSU’s success
Florida State came into 2007 with a lot of promise, as the Seminoles were ranked in the top 20 heading into the season. But, FSU lost their season opener at Clemson, which knocked them out of the rankings. They did rebound from that loss with four victories to get back into the rankings, but were [...]
