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When I first heard of Destroyer I assumed, based on their name, that they were some sort of tongue-in-cheek 80’s hair metal revival act - something like The Darkness. But as I listened to the 2006 record “Destroyer’s Rubies” I quickly realized that I was dealing with a whole different kettle of fish. Destroyer is […]

 

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“Sara spelled without an ‘h’ was getting bored
On a Peavey amp in 1984
While Zak without a ‘c’ tried out some new guitars
Playing Sara-with-no-h’s favourite song…”
-Ben Folds - “Zak & Sara”
Ben Folds is one of the most entertaining live performers I’ve ever had the good fortune of seeing. He owns both his piano and the crowd, […]

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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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“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 […]

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I focus most of my sports blogging on my beloved Georgia Bulldogs my undergraduate alma mater. However, an academic like myself usually has more than one school under his belt and the University of Missouri granted me a Ph.D. a few years back. For various reasons, the Mizzou sports teams never really got my allegiance […]

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The Dawgs have the week off to prepare for Florida and the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party in Jacksonville next week. That gives me time to look at some of the other sport going on in the world and it’s a big day for it this Saturday.
In the world of college football there are a […]

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