Tag Archive for 'big ten'
September 2nd, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
As I mentioned the previous week, I was busy doing a player profile for The Norman Einsteins’ “Incomplete and Completely Biased Football Preview.” Well, the article is finally up and the mystery player is none other than Josh Hull. You’ll have to scroll near the bottom of the page to find it, since the article [...]
August 21st, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
I apologize for the lack of posting the past couple of days, I’m currently battling a bout of laziness while at the same time writing up an essay on one of our current football players for the September issue of The Norman Einsteins. You’ll have to wait until September 1st to find out who, but [...]
August 13th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
It seems like every website is doing a Top XX players to look out for in 2009 these days, and one recurring theme I’ve noticed is that Terrelle Pryor gets ranked generously high on all them. It’s undoubtedly annoying, considering how shaky of a passer he was last season and has yet to prove himself [...]
July 29th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
Everyone by now has at least heard of Joe Paterno’s “tweedle-do” comments (in reference to Twitter) from Monday’s Big Ten Media Day, if not seen the clip numerous times (hell, it WAS the opening clip for the 11 PM SportsCenter that night). As you might be shocked to learn though, JoePa doesn’t have a monopoly [...]
July 27th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
The parade line of kickass recruits comprising the class of 2010 continues to get longer as 4-star tight end Kevin Haplea announced his intent to play for the good guys this morning.
As always, ESPN.com’s recruiting gurus have plenty to write about this kid:
Haplea is a good well-rounded prospect.
Actually, there’s a lot more than that, you [...]
May 1st, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
In a recent interview with ESPN.com’s Ivan Maisel, Joe Paterno mentioned that he’s been pushing hard for a 12th team to be added to the Big Ten, thus allowing the conference to hold a championship game during the first weekend of December and gain some valuable TV exposure instead of going into hibernation for more [...]
June 27th, 2008 by Happy Hour Valley
So I was recently welcomed into the secret society of the “Big Ten Bloggers.” However, it did come at a rather costly price as I was put through a brutal hazing process that included attending a lemon party.
No matter though, I’ve been initiated and thanks to fellow Northwestern blogger Lake The Posts, I was recently [...]
May 11th, 2008 by Happy Hour Valley
That’s right ladies and gentlemen: BEHOLD the triumphant return of the “Big Ten Power Rankings”, an HHV segment that over the course of last college football season became bigger than Jesus (Quintana). This time around, with spring practices/games having been completed and with a ridiculously long wait ahead until the start of this upcoming [...]