What can you say, really, about the Ole Miss/LSU game that already hasn’t been said about a napalm strafing upon an a third-world orphanage filled with handicapped children.  FOTP was on hand for the blood letting, and by “on hand” I mean I spent 6 hours drinking in the Grove and one half of football…and [...]

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Every year, the end of the semester and the call of Spring brings various forms of sleepwear and coeds together for one glorious event, the Undie Run.  Arizona State, fresh off of rebranding, still stays with what works when it comes to running a 5K or there-abouts in your skivvies…less is more and modest surgical [...]

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This was probably the most anti-climatic last second field goal to win a championship in the history of football. But I’ll take it. Every Auburn fan will take it. Auburn is the BCS National Champion. Never thought I would never say those words. Well, I was there (Juice was too, somewhere) and did manage to take a few [...]

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Against all good judgment, I made it down to the BR for yet another Magnolia Bowl installment.  I arrived with no expectations whatsoever…except to drown this football season under Spanish moss and rum and Coke.  What I instead got was a totally unexpected game with completely unsatisfying results…but hey, Bogies was a good time at [...]

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March Madness is just not about the top seeds, the hot teams down the stretch, the sleepers, and the underdogs…its about the teams that have no chance whatsoever of making it out of the play in game, let alone the first round.  Its about a complete lack of fundamental basketball of any discernible kind.  Its [...]

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Ahh, living in the District of Columbia during the State of the Union Address. A night of reflection, a night of promise, a night of road closures, security measures, and an empty Camelot (sike!). Or an opportunity to go check out the only professional (cough) sports franchise in D.C. (lead by the badest, richest Ruskie [...]

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Out of a sense of obligation or perhaps morbid curiosity, FOTP made the trip to the Advocare 100 Independence Bowl for the final installment of SEC and Big 12 match-up  under the lights in the Port City. Its bittersweet really, theres something of a badge of courage for having to follow your team into mediocrity and the Fairgrounds in Shreveport.  [...]

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