I am a huge fan of Darius Rucker and I have been even before he came over to the Country Music scene. I loved the music from his band Hootie and the Blowfish back in the day. But now, I have to take a step back on how I feel about the guy.
Early routs and late thrillers filled the NFL schedule for Week 9. Here’s a recap of all of the NFL action from Sunday:
N.Y. Giants 24 – New England 20
Eli Manning capped a game-winning, 80-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jake Ballard with 15 seconds remaining, and the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots, 24-20
It was a wild week in college football with a defensive showdown between #1 LSU and #2 Alabama, #3 Oklahoma State surviving an offensive shootout, and eight Top 25 teams going down. Here are all the highlights from this week in the AP Top 25.
A matchup of AFC leaders Pittsburgh and New England highlights the schedule for week eight of the NFL schedule. Soon, all teams will be through one half of the season, and playoff races will start to come into focus
Arizona dominated UCLA when they played Thursday night, but the big news was the large brawl right before halftime that was sparked when a fan streaked across the field.
Bethlehem Police have charged a 13-year old boy with arson for a fire last week behind the Bethlehem Middle School.
While many of this weekend’s games were just tune-ups for showdowns to come, there were several great battles to keep things exciting, including Michigan’s last-second win over Notre Dame, South Carolina’s shootout victory over Georgia and Auburn stuffing Mississippi State at the goal line to win their 17th straight game.
With that, here are the highlights from the top 25 and other games of interest this week:
The college football season is underway. Week one was mostly a humdrum affair, with Notre Dame and TCU suffering the biggest upsets among ranked teams. Here’s a complete look at how the top 25 did:
#1 Oklahoma 47, Tulsa 14
Junior walk-on RB Dominique Whaley rushed for 131 yards and four touchdowns in the top-ranked Sooners’ season opener. Any chance Tulsa had in the game vanished
She still has a ways to go before she matches the level of sports theme longevity enjoyed by Hank Williams, Jr., but when ‘Sunday Night Football’ returns on September 11, Faith Hill will be back, too.
Hill, returning for her fifth year with the show, has recorded a new version of the theme song, ‘Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,’ which sets football-themed lyrics to Joan Jett’s ‘I Hate Myself for Loving You.’
High Schools in this area are getting ready for High School Football but in some schools down south they have already started their season. They take their football seriously down there so I am not surprised they would start things a bit earlier
February 2, 2011 With Super Bowl XLV just around the corner, sports fans everywhere are securing their bets on whether the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Green Bay Packers will take home the trophy on Feb. 6. Recently, some of country music's biggest stars let it slip to TasteofCountry.com that they are also huge football fans.
I am not afraid to admit I am not a die hard sports enthuasist. I don't sit in front of the tv every time my team tosses a ball. I don't catch every play that is completed. However, I did grow up in a household where we were loyal to two teams through thick and thin. And of those years, there were more thick times than thin. Until now -- at least for one team.
