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Coaches Poll: Who Is Actually Voting?

The first Coaches Poll has already come out, marking an end to the dead days of summer and the impending start of another beautiful autumn...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 635 reads 6 comments
Mike Hampton: Finally Healthy.....Sort Of

Much has been written about the return of Mike Hampton to the Braves, but the difference between many of those articles and this one is...wait for it.....

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 282 reads 1 comments
College Football Teams As Rock Bands

In the trend of humor articles about comparing college football teams to other groups or events, I began thinking of what some college football teams' counterparts in the rock 'n' roll world would be...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 15,712 reads 39 comments
Plagiarism and the Bleacher Report

Since I discovered this site back in the winter I have written a little over twenty articles and three times I have encountered interesting situations when it comes to my writing...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 588 reads 20 comments
How Steroids May Have Led to Bizarre MLB Season

Looking at the MLB standings this final week of May, the casual fan would find it impossible to resist doing a double-take. The Rays and Marlins are in first place. The Yankees and Tigers are in last...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 1,248 reads 9 comments
God Help Us: BCS Bowl Games Covered by "Jumper" Cam—AGAIN

You and I remember it well. During the BCS Bowl Bash, every game except for the Rose Bowl, meaning all the Fox games, had this awful thing called the "Jumper" cam. It was lousy. It looked awful...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 836 reads 1 comments
Spring Is in the Air: The Return of Baseball

Living on a sub-tropical island has its perks. One of them is the incredible weather. For instance, it was in the eighties just last week, and as I write this it is a beautiful spring day with the azaleas all in bloom...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 617 reads 2 comments
College Football Recruiting: The Flip-Flop

In politics it is called the flip-flop. We can thank John Kerry and the 2004 election for the term in this context. Politics and Football go hand in hand, and as is proven year-in and year-out, ...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 1,353 reads 4 comments
College FB Playoffs: Georgia Legislature an Embarrassment to America

Yesterday, the Georgia House, the legislative branch of the state of Georgia, voted 151-9 in favor of a resolution in favor of the NCAA to create a college playoff for FBS college football, formerly known as Division I-A...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 881 reads 10 comments
An Early College Football Top 25 List for 2008: Part Two

A few weeks ago, I drew out a Top-25 list for the 2008 college football season. Much like this list, the article was written way too early, and with plenty of changes remaining...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 3,647 reads 29 comments
Poor Arkansas Razorbacks: Karma Strikes Bobby Petrino

I couldn't stop laughing.Yesterday Brian VanGorder (formerly of the Georgia Bulldogs, Jacksonville Jaguars, Georgia Southern Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, and South Carolina Gamecocks) chose to ...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 2,687 reads 42 comments
Ohio State Football: Potential Recruiting Violation?

Much of the information in this article was gathered from University of Michigan websites. So take that for what it is.Rumor has it that Ohio State may have had some interesting encounters that involved super-recruit Terrelle Pryor...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 4,633 reads 26 comments
SMU Mustangs: What's Wrong with College Football

What's wrong with College Football?Let's start with SMU.You all know SMU. It is the only school in NCAA history to be given the 'death penalty...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 886 reads 9 comments
ACC Football: Glory Days Ahead

I may be what some people on this website would consider a SEC "homer"—but that wasn't always the case.I actually grew up in the heart of ACC country: Atlanta, Georgia...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 1,776 reads 6 comments
Ohio State Will Be Great...Next Year

It is the rallying cry of Ohio State Buckeye fans all over, including throughout articles and comments on this website: "We are going to win the National Championship next year!!!!" ...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 899 reads 19 comments
Ten Reasons the Big Ten Is Awful

As long as I am making lists, I might as well make one that people will get angry about and respond to...10. There seems to be an inability to count in the Midwest. It's eleven...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 930 reads 45 comments
College FB: Top 10 Reasons Big 10 Teams Don't Travel South

Move over, David Letterman—Rusi Patel has 10 good reasons Big 10 teams don't travel south.

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 712 reads 3 comments
Heat-Hawks: No Fair Mom, I Want a Do-Over!

I will be the first to admit. I barely pay attention to the NBA. It had something to do with the Atlanta Hawks, the team I grew up loving, giving the ultimate middle-finger to the fans in 1999...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 538 reads 0 comments
BCS Fix: Why a Playoff Won't Work

Full disclosure: I am a University of Georgia graduate. Yesterday, the school's president, Michael "I am hated by my entire University" Adams, made his own proposal for a form of NCAA sanctioned playoff in college football...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 911 reads 16 comments
2008 Georgia Preview: Channeling Larry Munson

Both ESPN and Sports Illustrated have put out polls for an early top-25 of next season placing the University of Georgia at the top. I am a huge University of Georgia fan, but I am going to pull a Larry Munson on this one...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 1,801 reads 3 comments
College FB Polls: The Art of Leapfrogging the Georgia Bulldogs

It occurred to me recently that the University of Georgia may have something quite unprecedented happen to it come Tuesday morning—and I thought I'd write about it here before it actually comes to pass...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 3,481 reads 115 comments
Sugar Bowl Fiasco 2.0: Bashing Fox, Not Hawaii

Let's be clear:I do not hate Hawai'i, as some Anonymous Cowards have commented.Personally, I like Hawai'i...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 3,058 reads 20 comments
BCS Championship Game: In Living Color

First, a caveat: I went to an SEC school.Twice.That said, I'm sick and tired of fans and the media dismissing Ohio State in the BCS Championship Game.....

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 1,217 reads 4 comments
An Early Top 25 for 2008 College Football Season

So having just seen another early Top Ten go up on this site I thought I would throw my hat into the fray to analyze what the top twenty-five of the next year should look like to begin the season...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 10,950 reads 37 comments
Sugar Bowl Fiasco: Blame the Voters, Bowls, and FOX

We have had three BCS games so far, and every single one of these snoozers has allowed me to sleep soundly. We were spoon-fed the "Hawai'i is this year's media darling" stories ...

Written by Rusi Patel about about 1 year ago 3,277 reads 38 comments

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Rusi Patel Article Archive

Coaches Poll: Who Is Actually Voting?

Mike Hampton: Finally Healthy.....Sort Of

College Football Teams As Rock Bands

Plagiarism and the Bleacher Report

How Steroids May Have Led to Bizarre MLB Season

God Help Us: BCS Bowl Games Covered by "Jumper" Cam—AGAIN

Spring Is in the Air: The Return of Baseball

College Football Recruiting: The Flip-Flop

College FB Playoffs: Georgia Legislature an Embarrassment to America

An Early College Football Top 25 List for 2008: Part Two

Poor Arkansas Razorbacks: Karma Strikes Bobby Petrino

Ohio State Football: Potential Recruiting Violation?

SMU Mustangs: What's Wrong with College Football

ACC Football: Glory Days Ahead

Ohio State Will Be Great...Next Year

Ten Reasons the Big Ten Is Awful

College FB: Top 10 Reasons Big 10 Teams Don't Travel South

Heat-Hawks: No Fair Mom, I Want a Do-Over!

BCS Fix: Why a Playoff Won't Work

2008 Georgia Preview: Channeling Larry Munson

College FB Polls: The Art of Leapfrogging the Georgia Bulldogs

Sugar Bowl Fiasco 2.0: Bashing Fox, Not Hawaii

BCS Championship Game: In Living Color

An Early Top 25 for 2008 College Football Season

Sugar Bowl Fiasco: Blame the Voters, Bowls, and FOX

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