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Florida Gators: Chomp! Chomp! Florida Hammers Florida State
Posted: 28th November 2009 by Alex Ferguson in NFL
On the weekend that saw Florida's BCS rivals Texas and Alabama (nearly) fall to in-state rivals, Florida showed how it was done against Florida State, hammering the Seminoles by the 'close' score of 37-10. Yesterday, we at the VFA made the point that winning rivalry games was often a question of who "wanted it more." Now, we'd like to correct ourselves. We're quite aware that both sides want ...
It was a good week from the View From North America. Angels got their wings because Michigan lostùand the fact that it was against Penn State life was so much better. The VFA gives out our Week Eight Awards. We don't give out helmet stickersùor anything elseùby the way. Performances of the week Award 1. Clemson upsets Miami in an overtime classic. 2. Penn State beating Michigan - ...
On Facebook thereÆs a game where you had to fill in the æTop FiveÆsports teams you hated, and Michigan was No. 3 behind Chelsea Football Club and the Boston Red Sox. After Monday night, the VFAÆs thinking of adding the Los Angeles Angels of Disney to that list, but thatÆs another story.
My hatred of Michigan didnÆt start until about 2005. Penn State was so awful in the 2003 and ...
Start Spreading the News: The VFA Week Seven Awards
Posted: 18th October 2009 by Alex Ferguson in MLB
Right, it's been an emotionally exhausting Week Seven for the VFA. When we weren't catching breath from swearing at the refs after their performance in the Arkansas vs Florida game, we were jumping up and down, and nearly in tears after the Yankees' 13th inning ALCS win over the Angels. Come on guys? You didn't just watch college football did you?
"What A Game" Award for keeping us breathless for 60 ...
The world is great again. The Penn State Nittany Lions have not had any problems, the defense is great, and we even love the special teams after Penn State beat the crap out of Eastern Illinois by the score of 52-3.Actually, the special teams - on the offensive end - could do with some work, and we still can't work out why in God's name Evan Royster is returning kicks. ...
Back after a lovely weekend in Athens, Georgia watching the UGA-LSU game, yours truly has a few awards to give out.
As we said, we're not doing booze. After a weekend in Athens, you can understand why.
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The "Sorry, did they just rush?" Award1. Penn Stateùfor putting up 338 on Illinois. That's pretty ****ing good. Not going to dust off my "Royster4Heisman" T-Shirt, but get this: him and speedster Stefphon Green are ...
Last week we were quite happy about nailing the Georgia Tech prediction, but less-than-happy about completely missing Ole Miss and, of course, Penn State...amongst others.Anyway, here's the VFA's thoughts on Week Five.Thursday nightColorado vs. West VirginiaLast year Colorado alum and ESPNer Chris Fowler was ready to wet his pants when the Buffs beat West Virginia in the Rockies. Don't worry Chris, it won't happen this year. Colorado is awful.Prediction: Bring ...
Sorry this is a little late, but we're going with the Awards Stuff again. No point in doling out the booze, since we're expecting so much of the damned stuff in Athens, GA when we hit up the LSU-Georgia game on Saturday."Wow, That Was Lucky" Award1. LSU's goal-line stand against Mississippi
2. Ole Missùthat South Carolina could have been better and beaten them into a pulp.
3. Michiganùonce again surviving, this time ...
Ever since two planes trainwrecked my American dream September 11 has always struck me. I don’t know what to say, what to do, or what to write.
So why am I bringing things up a week and eight years after the tragedy? At the moment I’m reading a book called “102 Minutes” about the moments around the attacks on the Twin Towers, when workers scurried to save themselves and their ...
I spoke to a friend of ours who's going to the Texas vs. Wyoming game and I asked him if he was excited about the game on Saturday.His quote? "It's only Wyoming". Methinks that a Tennessee fan might have said that on the eve of the Wyoming game last year. Didn't work too well for his team, did it?Anyway, onto another team wearing orange: Syracuse, a basketball school with a ...