Published on: 16th July, 2010
We at the View From America went to go to "Inception" recently. A quick review: It's one of the best films of the summer. Is Christopher Nolan the new Stephen Spielberg? Probably not. But then again, he's an amazing director. If you haven't been told about the premise ...Published on: 14th July, 2010
Michigan's announcement that "The Big House" was now the biggest stadium in college football, and willl now house 109,091 soon-to-be miserable fans—was greeted with some derision. Our favorites? "If Penn State decreased their seats to eight inches, Beaver Stadium would hold 174,333. If Michigan increased ...Published on: 11th July, 2010
Mark Richt was swift to take action on two of his arrested players, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported . In a move that should put the fear of God into any footballer thinking of misbehaving again, he's suspended tailback Dontavius Jackson and split end Tavarres King from all team ...Published on: 10th July, 2010
After Georgia AD got caught drunk driving and backup quarterback Zach Mettenberger was booted off the team for sexual battery, you would have thought that any members of the Bulldogs team would want to keep their heads down. Well, no. ...Published on: 9th July, 2010
Well, the University of Tennessee Volunteers are back. While they haven't won a National Championship since 1998 (yes, we know, still longer than Penn State) or an SEC Championship since 1998 (Penn State last won a Big Ten title in 2008), or beaten Penn State since 2007 (well, they ...Published on: 6th July, 2010
I've got 10 college football wishes, which will hopefully come true before the start of the season.... 1) Pete Carroll and Reggie Bush 'come clean' about the USC incidents I love Pete Carroll because of his work in Los Angeles with gangs and suchlike. However, I'm not ...Published on: 5th July, 2010
Philadelphia Eagles WR Jordan Norwood read my reply (I Twittered it and placed a link on his Facebook page), and said this about the article Playing The Brain Carnage Game . "My thoughts: unfortunately, I feel like hits such as the one I took are just part of the ...Published on: 20th June, 2010
The VFA was just checking out a rather good article by Bleacher Report writer Trey Bradley on how Notre Dame may have dodged a bullet by not hiring Urban Meyer, who just saw his 28th person arrested under his guise as Florida Gators coach. While there is still the argument that ...Published on: 7th June, 2010
Now that this expansion business seems to be in full swing, with every "big swinging dick" (Michael Lewis' quote, not mine) in college football stating their opinion on where everyone will go, we think it's time—as mere blabbermouths, who've got far too much time on our hands—to give our opinion. ...Published on: 3rd May, 2010
As a Penn State fan, it's difficult to think of the words "FedEx Orange Bowl" without thinking back to THAT Penn State-Florida State game in early 2006 that sealed a wonderful 12-1 2006 season. Well, if Penn State gets there next year—that is, if the Lions don't get to ...