In an attempt to reconnect with the beautiful game, I've purchased a Slingbox and fixed my DVD recorder and gotten a DVR with more memory. Some might call that extreme, but with college football essentially ending on Saturday for me...

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What's most interesting to me is the focus on his "soccer-style" celebration after kicking a game-winning field goal in overtime last night to send Ohio State to the Rose Bowl. Bob Hunter in the Dispatch:

When Devin Barclay the football player made the biggest kick of his life, Devin Barclay the soccer player took control of his body.

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Elizabeth Lambert is a college football defender playing for New Mexico in the Women's Mountain West Conference college tournament. In the game against Bringham Young University (BYU), things got a little rough with Elizabeth. Things got so rough that she earned the nickname Elizabeth "cheap-shot" Lambert.

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As most of you know by now, the only place in town to watch tomorrow night's crucial World Cup qualifier between the USA and Honduras is at the Plaza 810 Zone. We want to take this time to encourage everyone to arrive early. 810 Zone is always a pretty hopping place on Saturday nights due to college football, and with the MLB playoffs going on, it will only be busier. Click to continue reading...

I didn't have much time to check out the MLS action this weekend. A certain nation-rattling college football upset had my attention on Saturday.
My opinions will have to be based on results and recaps.
We did have a GBS sighting as the Argentine scored two second-half goals to give the Crew a 2-2 draw at Chicago. Click to continue reading...

Thank god for the three points.
Amid a crazy awesome weekend of college football, I was very nervous/anxious for some World Cup qualifying.
And thankfully, the USMNT was able to overcome a crazy frustrating start (and a goal allowerd) to beat El Salvador 2-1.
Can't wait to get Gooch back. Click to continue reading...

Most people are stoked college football is back. I'm stoked because of these World Cup...

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 The Champions League group fixtures were decided earlier this week and Inter was handed the cruelest draw of anyone in the lottery by ending up in the same group as defending champs Barca. In fact when the announcement was made at the ceremony, groans quickly filled the room as club officials from all around the world whispered their fears of ending up in Group F.

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This is another WPS post, but I wanted to hit some other stuff first.
Chapka may be on to something, even though I couldn't naviagate the Buff site to save my life, and I couldn't figure out from the diagram how to make the pirate headband.
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For those who wonder about the idea of 'running the score up' against an opponent, read the AP wire report of a pre-season exhibtion between Villarreal and Navata. Where this seems to be a common practice in college football, this has reached a new level in soccer.
GERONA, Spain (AP) -- Villarreal has begun its Spanish league preparations with a 27-0 victory over minnows Navata in a preseason friendly. Click to continue reading...

It's almost Palin'esque in its sheer stupidity:
Quote: MLS probably feels it does not need to break for internationals at all, because some fans of league don't seem to be able to distinguish between a watered down product and the real thing. Thus with no mounting public pressure and a core of fans unwilling to criticize some of the league's decisions, it is no small wonder Don Garber feels he can pay lip service to outside critics while not actually taking the promised action. Click to continue reading...

No shame in silver when the average Joe is starting to actually care. (Getty Images)

We've seen a big jump in soccer talk in mainstream sports media over the last few days. Big reason is not just the results on the field by the US over world powers like Spain and the toe-to-toe final against Brazil but it is due to the average sports guy/gal gaining more respect for soccer as a whole.

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On the heels of successful coverage of the Confederations Cup, ESPN has announced more details regarding its coverage of the 2010 World Cup.

The 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa on June 11 and ends on July 11.

Here's what we can expect:

• ESPN will present all of its 2010 World Cup coverage from on-site in South Africa, totaling more than 65 hours of original content.

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He doesn't like the March to November deal.
The president of FIFA wants the U.S. to fit in with the rest of the soccer world:

"The result is, you will not attract star players from Europe to play six or seven months," Blatter said. He continued: "This is not the right solution for M.

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The US Soccer Bid Committee mailed letters last week to public officials and stadium operators in metropolitan markets across the United States in an initial and important step toward preparing a formal bid to play host to the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Springfield was not included in the list of over 70 venues.

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The US Soccer Bid Committee mailed letters last week to public officials and stadium operators in metropolitan markets across the United States in an initial and important step toward preparing a formal bid to play host to the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Springfield was not included in the list of over 70 venues.

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Suppose that you are a football coach and you are having an interview with an athletic director. "Vince," says the AD—in our fantasy your name is Vince, because you are a football coach—"this is a great opportunity for a young coach. The Mountain West Conference is an up-and-coming league with a bright future. Click to continue reading...

Colt McCoy threw a 26-yard touchdown pass with 16 seconds remaining as the University of Texas, which was snubbed for a spot in college football's championship game, defeated Ohio State 24-21 in the Fiesta Bowl. Click to continue reading...

Been a little behind on the blog in the past week with a busy time at the office as well as a couple of projects that I am currently working. But time to get the Tractor in gear and take a look at a busy sporting weekend. Not a bad past few days on the sporting front. Plenty of action on both sides of the pond, unless you happened to be watching the Premier League games on Fox Soccer Channel stateside, but that aside the rewind this week will try to touch most of the highlights. Click to continue reading...

So the weather outside is terrible and no games to go to, that can mean only one thing a few day of sports. Starting with some soccer Arsenal vs. Aston Villa and then moving on to college football. Here are my thoughts during the lazy day.
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A split on the football front for me this weekend and, with the inconsistent form of Ipswich combined with the plight of the injury decimated Seahawks, that's about the best I can realistically hope for on any given week.
Starting on the brighter side, the Tractorboys made it 7 points out of a possible 9 in their past 3 games with a solid 2-0 win at home against QPR. Click to continue reading...

As I develop this site we'll take a minute to look back over the previous weekend and get some regular themes established.
A royal blue weekend double for me as the Tractorboys got a rare win, romping past Plymouth 3-1, thanks to an Owen Garvan brace and a first in 11 games for Kevin Lisbie. Click to continue reading...

Thank you Nick Saban and John Parker Wilson. With absolutely no intention of watching MLS Saturday night, gearing up for the clash of the year in College Football I ended up watch more MLS than I have in about two months. That's because the Crimson Tide rolled all over Sanford Stadium making more of spectators [. Click to continue reading...

UEFA announced yesterday that next years it will rename its venerable UEFA Cup tournament the Europa Cup in an effort to boost is prestige and appeal. It will also feature a 48 team field with home and away matches plus a more concerted marketing effort, new sponsorship, and will be more widely broadcast in Europe. Click to continue reading...

As I've mentioned on here before, we're going to have a fairly major presence at the KC Irish Fest this weekend. Our 40X40 tent is right next to a major stage and bar area, so there should be a lot of traffic. Come see us throughout the weekend! Listed below is a schedule of events in our tent, including a watch party for our match Saturday night against San Jose, a showing of MU/Illinois before that and a showing of the Rockhurst HS vs Blue Springs South game this weekend on ESPN. Click to continue reading...

Last week, we went mobile, now we have decided to start a Twitter site that will allow us to send up dates to the site from a Blackberry or mobile phone. All of the updates will appear on the right hand side of the site, under the Twitter headline. We will be able to update from different tailgating events and even while watching games, so look out world here we come. Click to continue reading...

The Rutgers Football has a new fan and it's no other then Manchester United own Wayne Rooney. Who would have ever thought that the soccer star would be spotted walking around the Manchester area with a Rutgers hat on top of his ginger head (below).
When Greg Schiano took over Rutgers in 2001 little did he know that the "State of Rutgers" would include the greatest soccer team in the world. Click to continue reading...

Watching Russia play is a blast. Rush, rush, rush! All they do is attack and shoot at will. I love that!

Talking Heads: Rece Davis is rock solid as the lead studio host. I think soccer and college football have many similarities; they both have rapid fans, every locality plays it so there are lots of good teams and lots of bad teams, and finally both sports overstate the importance of coaches.

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For those who are in school or college, playing football game game is a passionateness and for their household members to be able to purchase college football ticket is something they enjoy. Most pupils play some athletics or the other during their school years and in America, football game is an obvious choice. This athletics looks to have got originated in England then moved to United States when some pupils from Princeton first began playing it in the college field.

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Is there para in the 2007 college football game season?

I believe so, given the fact that para intends equality in this case. The old proverb that any squad can beat out any other squad on any given Saturday have got never been more than apparent than this season.

My analysis shows only 10 of the initial AP Top 25 Poll squads have remained in the Top 25 during the first 9 hebdomads of the season.

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Most of us reading this blog are MLS fans - at least that's my assumption. Probably, our preoccupation in MLS ranges from a strong interest to an outright passion.
We're getting to the time of year, though, where our zeal will be tested. College football gets underway this weekend.
Now, I won't lie to you and tell you that part of my mind on Saturday won't be at the Coliseum, where USC will kick the crap out of Idaho. Click to continue reading...