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Week 4 Vigor (opens the original)
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Our apologies to those who subscribe to For Vigor Premium. Our Florida-Auburn Under lock was both laughably wrong and a reminder that anybody who claims to give you a “lock” is blowing smoke up your ass. Don’t let them do that to your ass.When the dust is settled on Week 4, we’ll finally have a good data point from every team in the country. Let’s dig in.All Times Eastern.Thursday NightMain ScreenLiberty at Coastal Carolina - 7:30PM - ESPNYep, didn’t get this one posted in time. No worries thoug
After the Vigor - Week 3 (opens the original)
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Ole Miss won a game that will define an era.That was fun, huh? With sky-high expectations, it was going to be tough for LSU’s trip to Oxford to live up to the hype. It did. And then some. Everything that has defined this era of college football (to its detriment more often than not) was on display in the lead up to this game. A head coach who bailed on his players for greener pastures in the middle of a playoff run, a quarterback who had to fight a court battle to gain eligibility, and a school
Week 3 Vigor (opens the original)
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It’s a sleepy slate, as is often the case on Week 3. Us folks from the north raise hell about the SEC’s “SOCON Saturday” the week before Thanksgiving as a way to distract you from what this week has become for the B1G on an annual basis. On tap for the Big Ten: two sad excuses for conference games (USC-Rutgers and Purdue-UCLA, yuck), four MAC paycheck games, five FCS slaughterings (although someone is bound to fall on their face), two of the worst FBS teams in UTEP and WKU, and one of our school
Coping After the Vigor - Week 2 (opens the original)
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Five thoughts from our weekend in Austin, because unlike Matt Patricia, we would never bring just four.This is what college football is about.What was I feeling in the upper reaches of DKR on Saturday night as Texas was taking the field on their eventual game winning drive? A lot of anger towards the bull*** (family-friendly publication) playing out in front of me, but honestly… that rocked. That’s what college football is about. I am sick to my stomach, but I do have to admit that was a cool sc
Week 2 Vigor (opens the original)
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For Vigor is coming to you LIVE from a wonderfully decorated living room in the DFW metroplex, mere days before we hit the road and cover Ohio State’s massive clash with Texas on Saturday. A hefty thank you to readers G&K.R. for their hospitality.First impressions of the Lone Star State: It is uncomfortably hot. The conditions stepping out of the airport were jarring. We don’t have Hot Wind in the north. Let’s dig into this week’s offering.All times Eastern.Thursday NightMain Screen49ers vs. Ram
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