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Nothing like waiting till the last minute within the 24 hour time limit we set to answer this question, but quite frankly this about the first time I’ve really had the chance to respond. Yesterday, I spent the day at the Wisconsin State Fair, which meant that I spent the first part of the day eating things that no human should ever eat outside of the fairgrounds (a Krispy Kreme cheeseburger, chocolate covered bacon, fried butter, deep fried mac & cheese on a stick…crap like that) and drinking entirely too much beer. This also meant that I spent the second part of the day fully regretting the first part of the day. Such is life up in Dairyland.

So, here is the question that Randy asked me to respond to:

"Everyone is assuming that the ACC is Florida State's to lose this year. Who else is going to contend for the title and can the ACC finally get an At-Large bid to the BCS?"

To be quite honest, to do this question justice, I need more that the limits of the article. This should require a full-blown analysis of each ACC team, but alas, I’m not going to even try to pull that off here. Read the rest of this entry »

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I’m kicked back enjoying my first go through of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards. Not quite what I thought it would be, but quite surprising and actually a better film than the perception of it being solely a bloodbath without a good story. Not exactly a happy ending, but then I don’t think that would be true to the film or to Tarantino’s style. Eric is more of the film critic than I, so I’ll let him dissect the film and I’ll just say that it was pretty fuckin good.

"With Michigan struggling so much in recent seasons and Ohio State going through all their chaos, does this damage the "rivalry" from a national perspective?"

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