I welcome ANY and ALL "help, with my lil' brudder" - Ha ! Thanks for the feedback, bud; Good Luck with the 'Alvarez project'...hee friggin' hee. Tell him to "watch out for those FCS teams", from a Northern Iowa Panther !?! Catch ya down the road...

by the way...don't know if you might've read my comment (a few weeks ago) rebutting Barry Alvarez for stating that the B1G now "only wants to play Division I teams". guess our former IOWA assistant (to Hayden Fry) is unaware that programs like Northern Iowa are ALSO "Division I teams". the grouping is, however, broken down into FBS and FCS levels - could you "school" ol' Barry in the right direction, so that he at least sounds "educated" ? Thank You (not from my lil' brudder 'Turk' - who's plagiarizin' my original nickname, or "honoring" it...depending on his comment at the time - Ha !?!) !

Wow buddy - over a year after you did the fun article involving how several teams got their nicknames, someone must've responded to one of my multiple comments. of course - since there's no date to connect to, I don't know which comment was involved. Anyway - it gave me a good reason to visit that article all over again & it was just as enjoyable as the 1st time through. Hope all is well with ya.

Carl, I think you forgot to include Clemson in your list of programs built to compete with the SEC. Recent history shows that we can beat the SEC. Ask Auburn or LSU. I want to see how you react after Clemson opens the 2013 season against Georgia and sends the Daws back across the state line with their stub tails tucked.

Carl, There is no way Notre Dame belonged in any BSC bowl, let alone the Championship. Their Schedule was pitiable. They eked out a win over PItt, Who would have a tough time beating Austin Westlake High. Not all of their games were against the Little Sisters of the Poor Univ, but come on. Now you have them ranked as 4th for next year. Thats th eproblem with having the Journalists dept picking football teams rather than someone who actually played.

Hey Carl, it's definitely been a while. No problem as always on the edits, and happy holidays to you too!

No problem. Always glad to help!

Haha! I was merely referring to your live game report, of course.. :)

Mack Brown wouldn't have to go, if he had anyone with a modicum of ability to coach defense. Naming Manny Diaz as a replacement is absurd at best!

You've got a new fan, Buddy. Thank you for commenting on a rookie's article!