Category Archives: Football

Football And American Social Change

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Football And American Social Change”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOvert racism and segregation died when Paul Bear Bryant announced he would no longer coach a segregated team in 1971. By the following year, the entire SEC was integrated, and George Wallace had … Continue reading →

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Football is Progressive

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Football is Progressive”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI have to hand it to Bill Maher on this one: football is the most progressive sport ever, and the perfect rejoinder to anyone who tells you that socialism is un-American, or that it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Between Fail And Fiasco There Is Epic Fail

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Between Fail And Fiasco There Is Epic Fail”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMichigan State head coach Mark Dantonio after a disaster-themed 49-7 bowl loss to Alabama, via my local daily: “This game is a roller coaster,” he said. “You go into it … Continue reading →

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The Inflation of Steve Pierce

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Inflation of Steve Pierce”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSteve Pierce, whose time on the Florence City Council was marked by his “excitement!” over the Renaissance Tower and the city’s various and sundry infrastructure boondoggles of the 1990s, is just as “excited!” … Continue reading →

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Football-Time In Alabama

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Football-Time In Alabama”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail It is time to admit the drums and brass carried from down the street weren’t lying, that the crackle-and-grunt rhythm of the season punctuated by the screaming cicada is not your imagination. A goddess … Continue reading →

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Alabama’s Annual Archaeism

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Alabama’s Annual Archaeism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDespite its reputation as the buckle of the Bible Belt, Alabama’s de facto state religion is college football. Today will see the ritual battle of our two main denominations in what has come to be … Continue reading →

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Football Notes

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Football Notes”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHalfway through the NFL season, the AFC has nothing on the NFC while the Saints and Vikings are in charge of the latter. The NFC title match will likely produce a Superbowl winner, and that game … Continue reading →

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