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The Unbearable Joy of Taxes
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Ah, the opportunity to reflect on how craptacular our tax system is. Because of my stipend in grad school, there was no withholding, so we had to send in quarterly estimated taxes. Our Illinois state tax was always pretty close (last year it was only a $37 refund…that’s about as good as you can get). [...]
What Happened to the Buckeyes?
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That’s what we were wondering after going to see the Buckeyes and Illini play. In case you missed it, the Buckeyes made it out of Champaign with a 17-10 victory. The only answer we could come up with was that Ohio State was trying to avoid injury and limiting their play calling to avoid showing [...]
Thoughts on College Football
An eclectic mix of thoughts as Leigh Ann and I get ready to head to Memorial Stadium to watch the number one Buckeyes take on the non-so-number-one Illini this Saturday with my mom and some friends. Last time we saw the Buckeyes play here, they won the National Championship (2002)…hopefully history repeats this year . [...]
Pigskin Pick’Em
OK, after a few busy weekends, let’s try to pick some college football games again and see how I do. Illinois at Penn St.: (Line is Penn St. by 18.5) The Illini seem to have done better on the road. But, the Illini are just in shambles. Do I give them the line or not? [...]
Five Thoughts on the Weekend in College Football
I’m Slightly Better than Random in Picking Games: How’d my picks do? I went 6-4…slightly better than the 5-5 you would expect if you just picked a winner at random. OSU did about as I predicted against Cincy even if they were a little sluggish (and, surprisingly, they did when by exactly 30). I was [...]
Weekend Pickoff
So, tomorrow’s college football brings us seven games between Top 25 teams, which is the most in one day since like 1993. I’m going to try my hand at picking the games so everyone can tell me how dumb my picks were after the fact. I’ll do those seven games along with Ohio State, Illinois, [...]
Clemson Baseball Rocks!
Our alma mater, Clemson University, has the number one seed overall in the College Baseball World Series this year. Go Tigers! Hopefully this year the post-season will be kinder to them than it has been in years past.
2005 College Football Awards
Feel free to add your own awards in the comments! Irrational Exuberance Award: After the Illini started 2-0 by beating Rutgers and San Jose State, one of the local news stations led a segment with the title, “Feels Like 2001″. 2001, of course being the year that the Kurt Kittner-led Illini went 10-2 and earned [...]
College Football Lines
Here’s the lines for some of my teams this weekend: Ohio St. at Michigan: OSU by 3. I’d definitely take the Buckeyes with that spread. Clemson at USC: Clemson by 2.5. It’s close…Tommy has kind of pwned the Gamecocks…but I have a feeling Spurrier wins this one. Northwestern at UIUC: Northwestern by 14.5. Heck, I’d [...]
College Football Thoughts
The Buckeyes’ offense has actually looked pretty good the past couple of games (of course, as soon as I say this…). Ted Ginn is actually started to make some big plays…man, if he gets an opening on a kick, he can fly. Props to myself for calling Georgia’s imminent loss! I think I’ll apply for [...]
College Football Perspectives
We went to see the Illini play Michigan State this morning. Pretty much the worst beating I’ve ever seen live, I think (61-14). We were gone at halftime. Saw the fourth quarter of the Ohio State-Iowa game on TV. Pretty much the first time I remember seeing a Tressel-led Buckeyes team beat a ranked opponent [...]
This just in…
YAY! CLEMSON WON! From cnnsi.com: Pictures from the game are already posted. GO TIGERS!
Tailgating: Clemson vs. Texas A&M
Someone forwarded me this interesting comparison of the Clemson gameday experience versus Texas A&M’s (written from a Clemson perspective). He seems rather impressed at the Aggies’ atmosphere.