Quick Hits #13 USC (3-1, 1-1 Pac 12) vs. Utah (2-2, 0-1 Pac 12) +12, 47 ½ O/U The Trojans hit the road on Thursday in Salt Lake City hoping to keep their Pac 12 title hopes alive.  Since 2007, the Utes are 25-5 playing at the friendly confines of Rice-Eccles Stadium.  However, last season [...]

Quick Hits Tennessee (3-1) vs. #5 Georgia (4-0) -14, 61 ½ O/U The Vols appeared sluggish during last week’s victory over Akron.  Even though Tyler Bray and company pulled away in the fourth quarter, the Zips still played them tough for most of the game.  Look for the Bulldogs to try and establish the run [...]

Melky Had Us All Fooled About three weeks ago, a rumor surfaced that San Francisco Giants All-Star leftfielder Melky Cabrera, had tested positive for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). I remember thinking to myself – there is no way he could be that foolish. Wasn’t the fallout from a decade worth of rampant drug use among [...]

#20 Nebraska Cornhuskers Coaching Staff Head Coach: Bo Pelini O-Coordinator: Tim Beck D-Coordinator: John Papuchis Game Changers Offensive: Rex Burkhead (Running Back-Senior) Defensive: Cameron Meredith (Defensive End-Senior) Overview: The Cornhuskers inaugural season in the Big 10 was a mixed one.  Although they finished a respectable 5-3 in league (9-4 overall), they failed miserably in road [...]

If you’re experiencing a heat wave where you live then you’re body is probably craving a refreshing and sensory fulfilling white wine to take the edge off after a long day or simply to relax with on the weekend.  For the years the Pomelo Sauvignon Blanc has been one of my go-to casual wines for [...]

Thirsty Thursday makes its first journey to Portugal this week with the 2009 Quinta do Crasto Reserva.  For those of you unfamiliar with non-Port wines from Portugal, nearly all are blends in one form or another of indigenous varietals.  And unlike French wines, one cannot identity the contents of a particular bottle simply knowing its [...]

This week’s Thirsty Thursday continues our look Pinotage and six expressions of South Africa’s native grape varietal (click here for Part I and a detailed discussion about Pinotage). Again, the following three wines are all uniquely different in composition and style, allowing any type of palate to enjoy Pinotage.  And although each wine reviewed is [...]