Posts by Shane Ryan
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Fantasy Fantasy Football: The Experts’ Week 9 Picks
It’s time again for the most important weekly feature on the Internet: Fantasy Fantasy Football. Throughout the NFL season, we’ll be evaluating five fantasy football gurus as they tell us who to start and sit each week. Using a highly flawed method based loosely on mathematical principles, we’ll attempt to reveal the one true football […]
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Grantland’s College Basketball All-America Preview: Part Two
Rounding out the selections with some more help from DraftExpress.
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About Last Night: Countdown to JoePa’s Exit
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Penn State trustees met regarding the scandal that has overtaken Penn State football. The New York Times reported that the university is planning Joe Paterno’s exit. Amid the growing furor on campus and around the country, Bobby […]
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About Last Night: Welcome Back, College Hoops
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Despite a shaky finish, the No. 16 Arizona Wildcats used 16 points from Kyle Fogg to defeat Valparaiso 73-64 on the first night of the college basketball season. “We’re not the 16th-ranked team in the country,” head […]
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College Football Recap: Crown the Tigers
Five titles for the book about the Alabama-LSU game: “The Questionable Classic” “Czar Nicholas Comes Unglued” “The End Zones Were Not Breached” “The Foster Debacle” “Catch the F*&%ing Ball, Michael Williams” Or maybe it should have something to do with soccer. Over the weekend, Twitter was afire with living room pundits comparing LSU-Bama to the […]
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About Last Weekend: Rolled Tide
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. In a battle of the top-ranked teams in college football, LSU beat Alabama 9-6 in overtime. The whole game was like a chess match, with both teams playing cautious, slow football with an emphasis on defense. […]
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2011-12 College Football All-Name Team, Part I
Here at the Triangle, we consider ourselves connoisseurs of a good name. That said, we’re ready to bestow this year’s awards for the best names in college football at every position. It’s like a Gold Glove, except way more legitimate. This installment covers the offense.
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About Last Night: Seminoles Fitted For Bowling Shoes
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. Florida St. scored 28 points in the first half to beat Boston College 38-7. With the win, the Seminoles qualified for a bowl for the 30th straight season. With three losses and their long fall out of […]
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Week 10 College Football Preview: Armageddon in Tuscaloosa
Well, friends and enemies, here we are. No. 1 LSU vs. no. 2 Alabama. The national championship play-in. We’ve been anticipating this game for so long that watching it will almost feel strange, as though, with all the buildup and the weight of our collective expectations, it shouldn’t actually happen. It would be like if […]
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About Last Night: How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. The NFL Injury and Safety Panel has instructed game officials to be on the lookout for concussion symptoms. As of this morning, 14 officials have separately reported Eagles head coach Andy Reid.
