Akron lost on the road to Wisconsin today, 38-17.  Given a lot of the question marks that the Zips had going into this season, all-in-all, I’m not too disappointed.  The biggest concern was the play of the quarterback, as Chris Jacquemain was the returning starter after a very pedestrian year last year (about 1500 yards [...]

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I’ve participated in youth sports as a player, referee, and coach for most of my life.  I started in tee ball when I was 5 and competed in baseball until I was 13.  I played a year of flag football in 5th grade, and YMCA basketball in 5th and 6th grade.  I played basketball and [...]

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…the Football (soccer) Manager of (American) Football is NFL Head Coach 09 by EA Sports.  It has RPG-like coach/player development, player and front office personalities, strategies, time constraints, scouting, game-planning, injuries, free agent negotiations, trades and draft-day trades, and just about everything else you can imagine that you might have to deal with as an [...]

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…and I’m not just talking about the brown pants/brown socks combo the Cleveland Browns sported tonight in the “national spotlight” against the Giants… Yes, they made a game of it, but the damage was done when it was first team against first team.  The Browns fell down 30-3, and were absolutely beaten like a rented [...]

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I was recruited by everybody coming out of high school (well, virtually, in NCAA Football 09 for the Xbox 360).  As a running back, I led my team to the state championship, although I didn’t really put up eye-popping numbers (no games over 200 yards rushing, for example).  Trying to keep it as realistic as [...]

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It’s nice to end on a good note…  Gameshark has posted my Top Spin 3 review for the 360.  As I’ve eloquated here in the blog, Top Spin is an outstanding game – especially if you’re familiar with how to play tennis.  Your footwork, racket preparation, timing, and aim all factor into the quality of [...]

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It’s been a fun ride for 18 months, but I can no longer commit the time necessary to complete reviews for a “professional” website.  Looking at the kids’ upcoming schedules for this fall, plus with us trying to sell our house, makes it pretty tough to get in the required hours by a deadline to complete [...]

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We were up in Akron this weekend for my niece’s birthday party.  We also got to spend an evening alone, as the kids went to grandpa’s, which is a rare treat!  On the way home, Melissa and I decided to take the kids by the old alma mater to show them the stomping grounds of [...]

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I’ve been getting into this “LLAMA” (lower league management in Football Manager) thing lately.  Since the version of the game I’m using is called “Worldwide Soccer Manager,” I thought it would be cool to see if I could open up every league in the world (in the game) to play and see where it leads [...]

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HBO’s excellent Hard Knocks series is back again, featuring the Dallas Cowboys for the second time. For the uninitiated, Hard Knocks is a behind-the-scenes look at life in training camp for a professional football team. It not only gives you the perspective of the players, but of ownership and management as well, incuding segments regarding [...]

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