Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
The Aftermath
Well I have tried to post since the Sugar Bowl, but I have just been unable to crawl out of…
Read more Putting an end to the myth
It’s the middle of the night right now. Three hours ago, I watched the final moments of LSU’s win over…
Read more Our Condolences…
Our condolences go out to Jeff Garcia and his family after the recent loss of a family member from the…
Read more Our Condolences…
Our condolences go out to Jeff Garcia and his family after the recent loss of a family member from the…
Read more National Holiday/ Quinns Last Stand
SUGAR BOWL This is the day that most of us out there have been waiting for. I’m sure some of…
Read more Sox Find Closer?
Joel Pineiro is close to a one-year deal worth $4 million to join the Boston Red Sox, ESPN reports. With…
Read more Turnbow was unlucky . . . and bad.
If you check out Baseball Prospectus‘ front page today, it looks like Derrick Turnbow was not only awful last year,…
Read more Mikko Koivu!
Last night, I had the privilege of attending a Wild hockey game, where the Wild played the Atlanta Thrashers. The…
Read more Bad Postseason Getting Worse??
Happy Holidays (and no, that’s not Tad after the Apple Cup……at least I don’t think so.) So, with Boise State…
Read more 2007, A Look Back
Well, what a year that turned out to be! Remember how warm it was at New Year’s? And the Blizzards…
Read more Some Thoughts on Field Conditions
The field at LP Field is atrocious. If I was an owner of Louisiana-Pacific, I’d raise hell with the Titans…
Read more UCONN Women Get By West Virgina
In a game they may have been overlooking, the UCONN Lady Huskies struggled to victory over the West Virgina Mountaineers…
Read more UCONN Men Subdue The Bulls
In front of a sell-out crowd an announced crowd of 15,174 at the Hartford Civic Center, the UCONN Huskies bounced…
Read more 3 of a kind
From Pro Football Weekly: “There is a school of thought that Hufnagel has hurt Eli Manning’s development because he too…
Read more Young Wins Offensive Rookie of the Year Award
Tennessee quarterback Vince Young has won the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. Young received 23 votes from…
Read more Apples and Oranges…PS2 Challenge
ORANGE BOWL This is a game that goes along with the comparative “Like apples and oranges”. Louisville has a dynamic…
Read more Optimism from a skeptic.
In honor of Jeff Sackmann’s first 2007 post, and McCalvy’s latest, I though I’d talk about something that I’m optimistic…
Read more Weekend sporting re-cap
I promised Ryan I would try not to abuse my privilege of posting to this blog to start my campaign…
Read more A good season for Gamecock Football to build upon
The bowl win provides enough momentum for USC to begin feeling good about itself heading into next season. The Gamecocks…
Read more UCONN Men’s BBall Game
vs South Florida at the Hartford Civic Center at 7:00 PM. The game is being televised locally on Channel 20.
Read more UCONN Women’s BBall Game
@ West Virginia at 8 PM. The game is being broadcast nationally on CSTV and locally in Connecticut on CPTV
Read more Not bad…..not bad
So far, I’m 16-11 in my bowl predictions. It’s not great, but I have a winning record and I’m pretty…
Read more Tiki 55 yard run
Tiki Barber’s legend is going to only grow when he is gone. On this play, where he ran for a…
Read more The Business Side of Things
As everybody probably knows by now, Bud Adams exercised the option to retain Jeff Fisher for 2007. The option calls…
Read more New Years Resolutions
2006 was an up-and-down roller coaster ride for our beloved Boston Red Sox. Expectations of a team hoping to make…
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