After about a month of misfires, and hiccups Michigan announced Rich Rodriguez as their new coach on Sunday. They will formally announce it on Monday at a press conference. To take the job at Michigan, Rodriguez is leaving his post as West Virginia’s head coach, a job that he has held since the 2001 season.
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Michigan names Rich Rodriguez head coach
Monday, December 17th, 2007PPVJ (46 explained within post)
Friday, December 14th, 2007A bright 46 to you. Some buddies and I are competitively prognosticating how many points the Patriots will dump onto the Jets this Sunday. Following are our geusses (at first I was going to omit the names to protect the missed guessers, but since everyone still carries a nickname in their back pocket, they are [...]
Les Miles is ‘helping’ Michigan search for a new coach
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007So, let me get this straight. Les Miles doesn’t want to coach at Michigan, but he does want to ‘assist’ them in finding a new football coach, ‘as any loyal alumnus would’? Sounds a little fishy to me. Especially if I’m LSU AD Skip Bertman. All of this said while in the middle of a [...]
Cubs sign Japanese star Kosuke Fukudome
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007The Cubs have reached an agreement in terms with Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome. Fukudome will most likely play right field in Chicago, replacing the dearly departed Jacque Jones. He played centerfield in Japan, but will likely move to right because of Felix Pie. The good news is that if Pie sucks again this year, the [...]
If it’s bundled games your looking for, Comcast is the enemy…
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007I wrote extensively about my distaste for the NFL Network and the general crappiness of charging extra for games. Turns out, The NFL wants it’s service bundled within standard cable packages, and many (most?) cable, satellite, etc., carriers are doing just that. In this area, Cox Communications and Verizon FiOS both offer the NFL Network as [...]
Les Miles signs contract extension with LSU
Thursday, December 6th, 2007Well that certainly puts a dent in plans to bring Miles to Ann Arbor. Apparently Miles had no interest in the position. According to Skip Bertman, LSU’s Athletic Director, Miles never held that over their head. He sure could have. I’m glad to see that he didn’t.
One thing that causes me pause… Why? Did he [...]
Now the NFL Network is really pissing me off
Thursday, December 6th, 2007I’ve said it before, multiple times. The NFL Network Sucks! And this time I am not able to watch the beloved Bears because of their greed. It’s one thing to deprive a man of a good football game, it’s another thing altogether to deprive a man of watching the Bears.
Some might say that it’s actually [...]
Cubs deal Ohman and Infante to the Braves for a pitching prospect
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Omar Infante’s time as a Cub wasn’t even long enough for him to don a uniform. He and lefty specialist Will Ohman (6-8, 4.33 ERA for his career) were dealt Tuesday to the Braves for pitching prospect Jose Ascanio (1-1, 5.06 ERA in 2007). Ascanio is a 22 year old right hander with a “power [...]
First Annual Vigilante Sports College Bowl Pick’em Contest
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Gonna try something new around here. Gonna run a College Bowl game pick’em contest. We’re gonna use ESPN’s “College Bowl Mania” application. Click here to fill out your entry and join our Vigilante Sports group. We’ll have a banner on the sidebar here to click through to the contest page. Share this with your friends. [...]
Giants vs. Bears Week 13 NFL Recap
Monday, December 3rd, 2007The week of blown opportunities.
Devin Hester might be the best return man in the game, but he’s not even close to the top 4 wide outs that the Bears have. And that is not because the Bears receiving corps is anywhere close to good. They’re not. They’re actually not very good at all. Bernard Berrian [...]