James Caughlin One thing that continues to amaze me year after year is how excited I get for the beginning of the NFL preseason because let’s face it, it’s been far too long since we’ve had any football. After a few drives by either side though I can’t help but get more than a little [...]
Archive for August, 2011
CFB’s 2011 Dirty Dozen Preview Part 10: Ten (Roughly) Heisman Candidates
Its now only 26 days until the first Saturday in the College Football season kicks off and we’re heading down the home stretch to what should be, as always, another terrific college football season. Last year saw Auburn come from the depths of nowhere to win the BCS National Championship game, led by the dominance [...]
Good Job, Nassau County: Don’t Pay for the Islander’s New Arena
I don’t hate the Islanders and I don’t want to see them move away from Long Island. However, the people who voted in the recent referendum on whether or not to allow the Islanders to borrow $400 million to revamp the Nassau Mausoleum, er, um, Nassau Coliseum as well as build a minor league baseball [...]
August Heats Up Rankings Race
Yeshayahu Ginsburg August is here again, which means that we are about to enter the home stretch of the tennis season. There is only one Slam and 4 Masters 1000 events left until the World Tour Finals, and starting this week we will play 2 Masters tournaments and the US Open within a month. That [...]
The TSHQ Gamblers Coaches Poll Reactions
What up TSHQ nation? The fall is around the corner which means you once again likely will be given an undeserving stream of cash by simply listening to K.M and I predict CFB games. Did we succeed last year? Well, him more than me, but both gave you an end of the year profit line, [...]
BCS Implications: Preseason
Yeshayahu Ginsburg Well, the first Coaches Poll of the season (or preseason) is out and that means that we already know who has an inside track to the BCS title game. Now, whether or not preseason polls should exist is an entirely different debate, but the fact is that we have them and they have [...]
Early Free Agency Winners
James Caughlin Well what the hell was that? Since the lockout ended there has been all sorts of crazy stuff going on as the 130+ days of action missed because of the lockout was condensed into a week. With the new salary cap and much higher salary floor in place teams have been throwing money [...]