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B/R Vs. ESPN: Handicapping the Hidden Battle In Atlanta

You've probably heard every contrasting angle from the upcoming SEC Championship Game by now. Beauty vs. The Beast. Thunder vs. Lightning. The Butterfly vs. The Tootsie Roll. It's all been done...

Written by Eric Brown about 12 months ago 862 reads 1 comments
Weekly Wizard Haiku: Week 3

After a couple of weeks off, the third installment of haikus has returned to lead us back into discussion... "Please don't break my eye I need it to watch your games..." Boys will be boys...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 1,034 reads 5 comments
NCAA Strength Of Schedule: Ranking Blindfolded

I love debating schedule strength. Yeah, that's pretty lame, but I can't fight it any longer. And while a subjective ranking based on my biased perspective would generate tons of discussion and name calling, it really has no purpose beyond that...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 15,841 reads 29 comments
Weekly Wizard Haiku: Week 2

Another week has passed, and the Wizard returns! Wow. I just wanted to see if I could pull off a sentence using the 3-1/3rd person perspective, which is referring to myself in the third person ...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 1,784 reads 7 comments
Weekly Wizard Haiku: Week 1

Bleacher Report is a great site. We can all agree on that. But it's lacking one key element that I feel called upon to provide. Sports poetry. And not the fruity kind where you need to be alone to appreciate it...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 616 reads 15 comments
Percy Harvin: The Next Reggie Bush?

Do you miss Reggie Bush? Okay, perhaps I should clarify that question. Do you miss the collegiate version of Reggie Bush, prior to the alleged NCAA rule violations and butt-model arm candy? ...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 3,573 reads 30 comments
Bears Woes: Living Rex Grossman's Nightmare...in His Shoes

Get out, Rex. It's a trap.I can see how you might have once looked at your $3 million dollar contract extension as an invitation to sit with the cool kids at lunch, but beware...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 1,171 reads 10 comments
Spring game boredom? Not if Urban Meyer can help it.

When Urban Meyer's name is mentioned in college football circles, the emotions and comments that follow typically hang out on the far left or the far right end of the spectrum. There isn't a lot of gray area with that man...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 1,088 reads 4 comments
Rex back in Chicago? Not as crazy as you think

Albert Einstein once said that insanity was doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 677 reads 2 comments
Joakim Noah Fallout: Inmates Running the Bulls' Asylum

On the surface, Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah’s two-game suspension seems like a no-brainer. Noah had an altercation with his assistant coach. He had reportedly been late for team meetings and functions...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 1,828 reads 22 comments
A Very Early Look at the 2008 Preseason College Football Top 10

As the bowl games wind down and the 43-year-old accountant who "doesn’t even like football" sits safely atop your office pool standings, there becomes only one thing left for us non-Buckeye/Tiger fans to focus our attention on: next year..

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 5,306 reads 28 comments
The Orlando Magic: The Teams That Might Have Been

To some, it was an amazing slam dunk; the top play on a Christmas day filled with many to choose from. To others, it should have been called a charge. But to fans in Orlando, it was just another case of the ones that got away...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 1,390 reads 15 comments
SEC Football: Bobby Petrino Joins America's Best Conference

If you live outside of the Southeastern United States, you probably get a little tired of hearing about the SEC's being the toughest college football conference in the country. Too bad. It just got even tougher...

Written by Eric Brown about about 1 year ago 1,491 reads 4 comments
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Paging the Florida Gators

Even by Kentucky, UCLA, or North Carolina standards, the two-time National Champion Florida Gator teams of 2006 and 2007 would have been held in high esteem by their fans, perched proudly among the great championship squads of their past...

Written by Eric Brown about over 2 years ago 1,328 reads 10 comments

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Eric Brown Article Archive

B/R Vs. ESPN: Handicapping the Hidden Battle In Atlanta

Weekly Wizard Haiku: Week 3

NCAA Strength Of Schedule: Ranking Blindfolded

Weekly Wizard Haiku: Week 2

Weekly Wizard Haiku: Week 1

Percy Harvin: The Next Reggie Bush?

Bears Woes: Living Rex Grossman's Nightmare...in His Shoes

Spring game boredom? Not if Urban Meyer can help it.

Rex back in Chicago? Not as crazy as you think

Joakim Noah Fallout: Inmates Running the Bulls' Asylum

A Very Early Look at the 2008 Preseason College Football Top 10

The Orlando Magic: The Teams That Might Have Been

SEC Football: Bobby Petrino Joins America's Best Conference

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Paging the Florida Gators

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