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Living abroad as an expatriate can be a slightly disorienting experience and one of the ways of keeping one’s equilibrium is to surround oneself with the vestiges of home. Some expats take this to the extreme - making little replicas of their homeland wherever they go (this is why there are so many English pubs […]

 

 The Dandy Warhols - "Sleep" [5:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whipping post,
Tied to the whipping post,
Tied to the whipping post,
Good lord, I feel like Im dyin…”
-The Allman Brothers - “Whipping Post”
Better a bully than a Sooner. I guess this just goes to show you how absolutely wrong the BCS got it this year. Fortunately […]

 

 The Allman Brothers - "Whipping Post" [22:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Razzle ‘n’ a dazzle ‘n’ a flash a little light
Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss ah innocent sugar me, yeah…”
-Def Leppard - “Pour Some Sugar On Me”
Like all good Georgia Bulldogs fans I was thrilled by the way Coach Mark Richt and the Dawgs turned the season around after the […]

 

 Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar On Me" [4:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Well, as I slept the night away blissfully unaware in Blighty - the whole BCS system fell to pieces. Missouri saw its National Championship coach turn into a pumpkin in San Antonio with a beating down by the Sooners. All college football fans should be grateful to the Pitt Panthers or else you may have […]

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By the time the dust settles in places like San Antonio, Morgantown and Jacksonville on Saturday night we’ll know who will be playing for the NCAA football National Championship. For the first time since I have been an alum of any school, one of my alma maters has a shot at playing for the crown […]

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Today was a good day. In my last college football related post of the weekend, Chase Daniel and the Missouri Tigers had a great night in Kansas City with a decisive win over Kansas. Daniel connected on more than 80% of his passes for over 361 yards and three touchdowns - a performance that […]

 

 Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day" [4:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Seven in a row over the North Avenue Trade School. It was a wild and weird game - as Georgia - Georgia Tech usually is - but a solid win for the Bulldogs. Senior tailback Thomas Brown was the Big Dawg of the day with 139 yards rushing and one touchdown.
It’s a great way to […]

 

 The Georgia Red Coat Band - "Sweet Georgia Brown" [1:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Grudging congratulations to the Tennessee Volunteers, who knocked off Kentucky after four overtime periods to clinch their spot in the SEC Championship game. Damn. Well at least maybe the Bulldogs can start paying attention to these pesky Yellow Jackets and put them away!

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“It was still September
When your daddy was quite surprised
To find you with the working girls
In the county jail
I was smoking with the boys upstairs
When I heard about the whole affair
I said oh no
William and Mary wont do…”
What a year in college football! Both of my alma maters (or is it almas mater) are in the […]

 

 Steely Dan - "My Old School": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Thanksgiving weekend is one of the best for college football. It’s rivalry week - when passions are high and anything can happen on the field. It’s all about in-state and neighboring state rivalries - Texas vs. Texas A & M, Virginia vs. Virginia Tech, Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, Florida vs Florida State, Missouri vs. Kansas, […]

 

 Green Day - "Platypus (I Hate You)" [2:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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