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Instant Classic: Houston-Tulane

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There was a beautiful football game to watch last night. No, not the Minshew Mania Bowl, although that can be a different type of fun, because the Minshew Mustache Mafia is going to be a thing if I have anything to do with it. No, the Houston-Tulane game over on ESPN was much more entertaining, despite Houston trucking Tulane early and going up 28-7. I tuned into this one mostly because Houston quarter D’eriq King reminds me of Antwaan Randle El, Indiana’s greatest football player of my time. Tulane had never come back from more than 14 points down in … Continue reading Instant Classic: Houston-Tulane

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NFL Confidence Pools/Survivor Week 3

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Here are this week’s NFL Confidence Pool rankings for straight-up pick ’em confidence pools 16 at New England 15 at Dallas 14 at Minnesota 13 at Green Bay 12 at Tampa Bay 11 at San Francisco 10 at Philadelphia 9 at Buffalo 8 at Kansas City 7 at Seattle 6 Chicago 5 at LA Chargers 4 at Arizona 3 Tennessee 2 at Indianapolis 1 LA Rams Priority rankings for survivor pools, depending on who you have already used would go like this: Dallas>New England>Minnesota>Green Bay>San Francisco>Tampa. I only say Dallas over New England because of future value. If you are … Continue reading NFL Confidence Pools/Survivor Week 3

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Mules Lose Tiebreaker To Aces; Playing Without Conrad

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The Fairfield Mules golf squad were playing shorthanded at home Tuesday, but still tied the visiting Aces of Mt. Carmel. The away team won the tiebreaker, however, with a better fifth score. The Mules were without senior Maverick Conrad, out with a low back injury. Either Conrad or junior Noah McElravy has led the Mules scoring in every match this year. With Conrad out, McElravy stepped up and took medalist honors, shooting a 36 to win by five strokes. He had bogeys on three and four, but bounced back with birdies on the par-5 seventh hole and the par-4 eighth … Continue reading Mules Lose Tiebreaker To Aces; Playing Without Conrad

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College Football Power Ratings Week 4

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Here are my power ratings heading into the week four matchups. Ohio State is the big mover among the top 10 so far this year. I have them nearly 3 1/2 points better than my preseason rating. The other top gainer still is Wisconsin, who had moved up to number eight, despite admittedly a week schedule to start the year. That changes this week. Rank Team RTG 1 Alabama 0.0 2 Clemson 1.7 3 Georgia 5.4 4 LSU 7.5 5 Ohio State 7.7 6 Oklahoma 8.6 7 Auburn 12.6 8 Wisconsin 12.7 9 Notre Dame 13.0 10 Texas A&M 14.5 … Continue reading College Football Power Ratings Week 4

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Week 4 Betting Log

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MLB 9/17: NY Yankees -323 Win9/17: Cleveland -286 Win9/17: Minnesota -208 Win9/17: Oakland -256 Win9/17: Atlanta -189 Loss9/17: Boston -208 Loss9/18: Oakland -250 Win9/18: NY Yankees -278 Loss9/18: Cleveland -294 Win9/18: Minnesota -256 Loss9/18: Houston -455 Win9/20: Houston -333 Win9/20: Minnesota -263 Win9/20: Washington -233 Win9/20: Atlanta -208 Win9/20: Milwaukee -196 Win9/20: LA Dodgers -333 Win9/20: NY Yankees -294 Win9/21: Minnesota -303 Loss9/21: Oakland -270 Win9/21: Milwaukee -204 Win9/22: Minnesota -222 Win9:22: Houston -526 Win9/22: Washington -192 Loss9/22: Atlanta -208 Loss9/22: Milwaukee -294 Win9/22: LA Dodgers -345 Win9/23: NY Mets -2229/23: Washington -1929/23: Tampa Bay -189 NFL 9/22: Pittsburgh +7.5 … Continue reading Week 4 Betting Log

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Smoked Chicken

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We use to grab rotisserie chickens quite often, but have been buying whole chickens and cooking them in the Instapot mostly lately. We are able to get more meat that way, generally. But, I was able to get off work a little early and decided to smoke the one we grabbed this weekend. It was on the smaller side, and only took 2 1/2 hours to get to 165 degrees. I then threw it in the cast iron skillet and flash broiled it a couple minutes to crisp up the skin. I have a propane cabinet smoker, and I went … Continue reading Smoked Chicken

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Eastern Michigan, Really?

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Eight point favorites at home, and they lost to Eastern Michigan. This is such an Illini thing to do. Eight-point road dogs winning are not exactly rare, but this one will almost assuredly shake things up. When I started my new job, I had to go back to using a Windows laptop. That also meant moving on from the far superior Macbook Pro trackpad and going back to a mouse. I haven’t used a mouse since 2012. I also use a glass-top bar for my desk, so I had to borrow a mouse pad from my coworker. I’ve used it … Continue reading Eastern Michigan, Really?

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This Week in WTF Box Scores

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I scroll through box scores on occasion, looking for the weird and not repeatable. It helps to spot the outliers. One of my bets this week was Michigan State -14 vs Arizona State. They lost in heartbreaking fashion, making a game-thing FG before penalty negated it and then missed the retry. But it never should have been a game. The Spartans nearly doubled up ASU in yardage. They ran 22 more plays. They averaged 1.3 yards more per play. And scored seven points. ASU had a total of two scoring opportunities, and won. This gets an official WTF box score. Continue reading This Week in WTF Box Scores