If you’re like me, you’re pretty excited for tonight. Troy faces off against Central Michigan. Ok, I’m not excited either, but it’s better than watching Jay Leno make bad jokes he’s been recycling for the last 15 years. I was really hoping that lowercase had written a preview of the bowl so I could steal [...]
Archive for January 6th, 2010
Last Call: GMAC Bowl Excitement time!
Posted in Last Call on January 6, 2010 | 56 Comments »
The Management Carousel Keeps A-Spinnin’
Posted in English Premier League, The Championship, tagged Bolton, Burnley, Darren Ferguson, English Premier League, Owen Coyle, Peterborough, Preston North End, The Championship on January 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Before we get into the rest of the day’s stuff, we’ve got a couple of updates for you on the management situations at a few vacant clubs. One of those updates involves Preston North End, who according to The Guardian apparently just appointed Darren Ferguson to the position that was strangely vacant. Former Preston manager [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on January 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last week’s challenge was all about doing the “leg work”- if you were willing to sit in front of your computer for a long enough time, you could find all the answers. It was actually pretty easy if you already knew the one site to check…
Trickle-Down Soccernomics
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, Western Mass Pioneers, WPS on January 6, 2010 | 8 Comments »
To put it as kindly as I possibly can, professional soccer in the United States is in chaos turmoil flux at the moment. Let me see if I can walk you through what has happened since the end of the summer- the factual aspects of it, anyway. There’s more rumor, innuendo, and supposition involved in [...]
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