Tag Archives: College Football

Episode #99: Shout Out To David Lee

Sports are back…The 2013 NFL Draft. New Big Ten football divisions. Chris’ sports power rankings. The NBA and NHL Playoffs. Visit our Facebook page Co-Host: Chris (http://twitter.com/LionEsquire) Running Time: About 31 minutes Download: Direct | iTunes Subscribe: iTunes | RSS … Continue reading

Move Big Ten Football Championship to Chicago

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com wrote this last month about the Big Ten Football Championship game: Attendance has been a challenge in Indianapolis for the first two Big Ten football championships – last year’s event drew only 41,260 – and also … Continue reading

Jim Delany’s Insane Plan To Fight Pay For Play

Andy Staples of SI.com: Delany insists that this is only his belief and that he has not polled his presidents, but he seems confident that if conferences began negotiating with players and schools began paying one type of player more … Continue reading

Pygmy Reviews #20: Sports Documentaries

Broke One Line Description: A look at how athlete’s end up in financial dire straits. Part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, this one is about athletes going, well, broke. It covered a range of athletes of varying success and … Continue reading

Episode #85 – Joey Tribbiani Had Alzheimer’s

The BCS National Championship. The Saturday NFL games. Chris sees Django Unchained. Boardwalk Empire season 3, finally. Pre-premiere talk about Girls, House of Lies and Shameless. Boardwalk spoiler talk time codes: 18:22 to 25:00 Visit our Facebook page Co-Host: Chris … Continue reading

College Football Playoff Mock Selection

A couple of months back, Sports Illustrated conducted a mock selection committee for the upcoming college football playoff: By the end of the 138-minute conference call, Livengood and the other athletic directors realized the myriad challenges that the selection process … Continue reading

Episode #84 – CFL Quarterback Whisperer

BCS National Championship preview. Bill O’Brien’s future. The other bowl games this week. The awkward NFL camera angle. NFL Playoff talk. Ray Lewis’ legacy. Joe Flacco’s standing. New Year’s Eve movie watching, both good and terrible. MTV’s Buckwild. Chris’ Boardwalk … Continue reading

2013 Under the Radar Heisman Candidates

Five Heisman Candidates This time last year, nobody was talking about Johnny Manziel, Collin Klein or Mantei Te’o as Heisman candidates. That’s basically three years in a row (RGIII and Cam Newton) where the winner basically came from nowhere. So … Continue reading

Episode #81 – The Goal Is To Eat As Much As Humanly Possible

The lack of snow in Chicago. Some talk about college bowl games. Our trip to Texas de Brazil. Christmas parties. Exchanging gifts are work. Non-spoilery predictions for Homeland finale. Visit our Facebook page Co-Host: Chris (http://twitter.com/cmwilliams51) Running Time: About 35 minutes … Continue reading

Episode #80 – A Flask of Diet Cola

Heisman winner Johnny Manziel. The New Orleans Pelicans. The Los Angeles Lakers see Lincoln. The British Royal Family. Schindler’s List. RC Cola. Old movies. Wedding Band. Visit our Facebook page Co-Host: Chris (http://twitter.com/cmwilliams51) Running Time: About 34 minutes Download: Direct | … Continue reading