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Postseason football variety

Posted to Football Variety Show by Kelly James Shirley on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 3:00 pm

It's going to be a quick one this week ladies and gentlemen, being as how as soon as I'm done with this I'm jumping in the car for a vacation.   SUPER BOWL WRAP-UP For once I am glad I was wrong. The Saints deserved to win. I'm sure by the time you read this you'll be over talking about it so I'm just going to offer a few thoughts. If I had to hear the announcers mention about how …

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Football variety: Super Bowl edition

Posted to Football Variety Show by Kelly James Shirley on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 9:00 am

Welcome, everyone, to Super Bowl Weekend. We have a lot to discuss so let's get down to it. NBA SNIPPETS The New Jersey Nets are 4-43. No need for me to make a joke. Kobe Bryant has become the career point's scorer for the Lakers. Becomes uber impressive when you consider that Magic Johnson, Jerry West, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have played as Lakers. What else has Kobe done that they didn't? He raped a girl.....so there's that.  

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Football variety: off-week edition

Posted to Football Variety Show by Kelly James Shirley on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 11:00 am

MMA Brock Lesnar will return to the sport, and he will do it this year. This is big news consider last November the UFC Heavyweight champion was questioning not only if he would return but if he could beat his ailment. You see, Lesnar was suffering from diverticulitis. Basically it's a bacterial infection in your intestines that kills your immune system and just sends your body on the fritz. The champ at one point in the sickness lost 40 pounds …

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The geniuses at the News-Gazette site have it all figured out. This happened because we don’t have the Chief!

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Why do I have the feeling we struggle to break 45 in at least one more (maybe 2) games this season? With a little perspective, both MSU and Wisky are among the top 5 in Kenpom’s defensive rating scheme.

Posted by SFJon to the entry 'Illinois bad, MSU worse, Izzo terrible on 02/01/12.
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My first thought was, “What the hell is Brad Miller doing at our game?” Of course, he now plays for the Timberwolves. Man, I miss him in a Bulls uni—even if we don’t need him as much this year. It’s cool that he’s saying hi to his…

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It’s no wonder we are having a problem recruiting solid players for our athletics programs - Look at what we have to compete with! http://deadspin.com/5879065/whatever-youre-doing-with-your-life-its-not-as-awesome-as-the-athletes-in-this-recruiting-video

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dAn insightful article, Rob.  Barring an very expected turn around, I think the odds are better than not that Weber will be shown the door at the end of the season.  We really haven’t played good team basketball for the entire season.  The results despite almost completely…

Posted by SFJon to the entry 'Recruits at the Wisconsin game on 01/24/12.
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Pamela - Are the roasteries in Seattle as clean as CSR?  It always disturbs me a little that it is so clean in there.

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Now you will be able to munch on pizza and shrimp cocktails in downtown Urbana (whilst a DJ spins?) after your dissolution of marriage http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/features/its-your-business/2012-02-05/its-your-business-new-pizza-place-downtown-urban     Is this a franchise of a Reno pizza joint, or just a coincidence of name? http://www.blackrockpizza.com

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Love CSR.  Apart from making my way through the regular roasts in 1/2 pound increments, I also like to pick up some of the little sample packets of the flavored stuff for when the lady and I feel like getting crazy.  Sticky Bun is pretty nice.

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HUUUUUUGE fan of their Black Velvet roast…It makes up about 75% of my coffee intake. LOL CSR is definitely one of those Champaign institutions that I brag about to people not from here. :-)

By Mertz to the entry 'Columbia Street Roastery blends with the best on 02/03/12.
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We like CSR too! We french press at home and I leave the lid off while it steeps—letting the ground beans bloom. Then, like in your tasting, I scoop off the top layer before pressing. We really need to invest in a burr grinder though, as I…

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