Category Archives: Sports

Thursday Pickin Season II, Week 5

Posted on October 1, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quotes of the Day: All of these gems appeared in last week’s Thursday Pickin commentary, and deserve to be honored by seeing them once again. “I have often felt that if we could track those LSU fans down and just … Continue reading →

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100 Reasons Why College Football Rules (60-41)

Posted on September 30, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Wrap it in maroon and white.” –Jack Cristil 60.  Desmond Howard strikin the Heisman pose 59.  The Option 58.  Howard’s Rock 57.  The Ramblin Wreck 56.  Joe Paterno coached against Bear Bryant who coached against Bud … Continue reading →

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100 Reasons Why College Football Rules (80-61)

Posted on September 25, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Because they wouldn’t let me go for three.” –Woody Hayes, when asked why he went for two in the waning moments of a 48-14 victory over Michigan 80.  The Texas backfield of Ham, Lam and Jam … Continue reading →

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Thursday Pickin Season II, Week 4

Posted on September 24, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I need to get married.” –King of the non-sequitur and blank stare creating Hall of Famer, Sweet Last week was one of the best ever here at Pickin for POTW’s with 14 coming in victorious against … Continue reading →

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100 Reasons Why College Football Rules (100-81)

Posted on September 23, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Sam Cunningham did more to integrate Alabama in 60 minutes than Martin Luther King did in twenty years.” –Jerry Claiborne, Alabama assistant in 1970, Kentucky Head Coach 1980’s 100.  The midnight Hawaii game 99.     … Continue reading →

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Thursday Pickin Season II, Week 3

Posted on September 17, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I way too loudly exclaimed, “I lost my virginity to this song!” –Samsmama, comment of the week, Thursday Pickin, Season II, Week 2 TB didn’t have much time for the internets last week while touring Maine, … Continue reading →

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Thursday Pickin II, Week 2

Posted on September 10, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Week: Humble, that’s me… Mr. Modesty. When it comes to humility, I’m the greatest.     —Bullwinkle Ok, TB gloated at the end of last year, all summer and just before the beginning of Season II. There … Continue reading →

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Thursday Pickin–Season Two, vol 1, (jackson 5, nikki 6)

Posted on September 3, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I ain’t here to give my opinion because I think I’m smarter than anybody else. I’m here to give my opinion because it rhymes.” –Todd Snider Before we start with the 2009 college football season, let’s … Continue reading →

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Football Season At Last

Posted on September 2, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “Time, as we age, is often damaging. But this was one of the Lord’s good days, resting for me forever in a kind of somnolent tenderness. I was thirteen and it was a golden, luminous November’s … Continue reading →

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Unrelated and Incomplete Things Pondered

Posted on August 25, 2009 by travellinbaen

Quote of the Day: “I’m a limousine ridin, jet flyin, kiss stealin, wheelin dealin son of a gun. Whooooo!” Ric Flair Did you know under the Obama administration if you and your spouse die the GOVERNMENT can decide who raises … Continue reading →

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