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Don't Believe the Hype. Really.

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Last year, right around this time, Mark and I co-wrote an SEC Championship preview post entitled ‘ Don’t Believe the Hype’ . Clearly, we badly misinterpreted the planetary alignment and completely underestimated our awesomeness. What transpired was nothing short of extraordinary. After both ...

tjdoyl posted 17 hours ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Football Filler

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:22:00 +0000

Soccer, actually. Just a reminder that the 2010 World Cup draw takes place at noon EST. No, I don't know where it'll be carried. If you can't find it online, you probably shouldn't be using a computer. We're rooting hard for the U.S. to get slotted in a group with South Africa.

tjdoyl posted 21 hours ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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The Twelve Days of Gheorghemas, Day Two

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:07:00 +0000

On the second day of Gheorghemas, Big Gheorghe gave to me Two Recurring Features And a Doofus Dancing If you're a regular G:TB reader, you know that we've got a handful of recurring features that may or may not recur. (Also, if you're a regular G:TB reader, you should probably get out ...

tjdoyl posted 44 hours ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Hogan is Baxter. Baxter is Hogan

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:03:00 +0000

So our favorite ex-hippie sitcom Mom from the mid 80's is a lesbian . And our favorite crocodile-hunting Aussie star from the late 80's/early 90's has tax troubles . Now I can't speak for everybody, but I don't remember hearing about Paul Hogan or Crocodile Dundee until after Family Ties went ...

tjdoyl posted 47 hours ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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The Twelve Days of Gheorghe-mas, Redux

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:51:00 +0000

I'd hate to bump down a goalie getting blasted in the head by his teammate, but guess what kids, it's that time of year again.... Happy Gheorghe-mas To All The Twelve Days went over so well last year we just had to bring it back. Our crack staff has spent countless minutes preparing quality ...

tjdoyl posted 2 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Good Morning.

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:01:00 +0000

Just in case you missed this last night: Oh yeah...the guy who just saw smash his own goalie in the face, Keith Ballard, isn't going to be suspended. I understand that. Totally.

tjdoyl posted 2 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Just When I Thought You Couldn't Get Any Dumber, You Go and Do Something Like This . . .

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:24:00 +0000

I am a Mets fan. Note the present tense; yes, I'm still a fan despite the disemboweling Mets Township took this year at the hands of this once-proud franchise. Well, at least once- feisty . Now there are just thousand-yard-stares abound in both the organization and its fan base. By late August ...

tjdoyl posted 3 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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The LInk Below is Not a Typo

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:04:00 +0000

So somebody out there thinks there is hope in the 'Burg this year. Big thanks to official friend of G:TB SP for sending this link out this morning. He also provided the following insight that you just won't get from ESPN: "I think the Longwood and Vassar games will take the SOS numbers ...

tjdoyl posted 3 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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"Open" confirms that "image is everything" - Agassi really is as meatheaded as he appears

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:59:00 +0000

I've been watching tennis for over 30 years. It's the only sport about which I can speak with any valid authority. So don't try to argue with me when I say that Andre Agassi should have been the greatest tennis player of his generation, and that if he performed to his maximum potential, if he ...

tjdoyl posted 4 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Futile Superfan Saturday

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:48:00 +0000

After a tense Iron Bowl win for Alabama and a somewhat surprising hoops win for Florida over #2 Michigan State, a huge weekend of sports action for the G:TB family continues today. As usual, the center of the sporting universe is Williamsburg, VA, where William & Mary takes on Weber State ...

tjdoyl posted 6 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Happy Thanksgiving

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:04:00 +0000

The G:TB team is thankful for a great many things this year, but we missed an enormous opportunity last week that will haunt us for at least an hour or two. The Pontiac Silverdome sold at auction for $583,000 . That is not a typo - 80,000 seats, 127 acres for less than $600,000. Can you ...

tjdoyl posted 8 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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NME Magazine's Top 100 Albums of the Decade

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:20:00 +0000

Lists. They're objective, tough to categorize and create instant debate fodder. And it seems that the point of many of them is to push a controversial agenda and bring it into some sort of public forum. As I (struggle to) mature, I've found that it's usually best to ignore lists I stumble across ...

tjdoyl posted 9 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Dave Solves Problem-- Interviews Self

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000

I was recently interviewed by The Clarion, our school newspaper, on the topic of living overseas, and, now that I've seen an advanced copy of the article, I am unhappy with my performance during this interview. I wanted to sound funny and quotable, but I was preoccupied with drawing a cartoon on ...

tjdoyl posted 9 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Belated Happy B-Day, Early Happy T-Day

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:48:00 +0000

It was mentioned in the comments here recently, but it really should have been a bit more heralded. Gheorghe: The Blog turned 6 the other day. That’s about 96 in blog-years, but we’re still rolling along in this space and only peeing ourselves every once in a while. It’s hard to believe that ...

tjdoyl posted 10 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Tuesdays with Tenuta

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:00 +0000

What is a Tenuta? It's a sultry voice. It's a sexy accordion. It's a monstrous, saggy pair of breasts. And it's brilliance personified. With cartoon spaceships and planets.

tjdoyl posted 10 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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This should keep you all busy for a little bit

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:58:00 +0000

After the last set of Ghoogles, I was perusing algorenet for some college hoops knowledge, and ending up over at our friends Storming the Floor . The post wasn't so much hoops fodder as it was a suggestion that folks start using Google Analytics to track (tepid) action/traffic at your site. ...

tjdoyl posted 10 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Cracking Good Stuff

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:16:00 +0000

A little feel good fandom to start your Thanksgiving week.

tjdoyl posted 11 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Futile Superfan Sports Round-Up

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:17:00 +0000

Here’s my usual lone football pick of the week: Washington @ Dallas (-11) It’s Dallas week! If you can’t get excited about Redskins-Cowboys, well, then . . . okay, so much for this enthusiastic stuff. Those of you who don’t think that after last week’s inspired win Washington’s going to lay a ...

tjdoyl posted 13 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Flogging Mollie

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:00 +0000

So my local newspaper “sportswriter” has struck again. I promised I wasn’t going to browbeat the guy any more for his missteps, but . . . I guess I lied. In today’s Virginian-Pilot , Bob Molinaro has once again littered the Sports section with drivel, and in this case, it’s indefensible. From ...

tjdoyl posted 14 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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Fuck your shoe...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:47:00 +0000

I don't post hear often during the week because I'd have to get up extra early to beat the normal morning filler posts that TJ slaves over each night. Plus, between shaving my head, trimming my beard and electing a few popes, well my morning's pretty well full. However, I don't want you to think ...

tjdoyl posted 15 days ago from gheorghe77.blogspot.com

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