football
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The Staredown | A Crossover, Live CFP Reactions, & the Heisman…Oh My! | Episode 16
Hello all you crazy football fanatics, and other sports lovers! We’ve got another episode for you this week and let me just say, these guys make me look good! TD & Greg from Takin’ On Sports decided to spend an hour and half of their Sunday watching the CFP selection show with me and whoa…
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The Staredown |Mal Takes on The Big Apple and Big Blue| Episode 12
Autumn in New YorkWhy does it seem so inviting?Autumn in New YorkIt spells the thrill of first-nightingGlittering crowdsAnd shimmering cloudsIn canyons of steelThey’re making me feelI’m home… from the song “Autumn in New York” by Vernon Duke in 1934 (my favorite version is linked below) I honestly don’t know if there’s a better lyric to…
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Taking It Down 134: Blonde on Netflix, Dahmer, Andor, and House of the Dragon’s Sixth Episode
Taking It Down is the Alabama Take’s pop culture discussion podcast. Be sure to use the timestamps for the various segments to avoid any spoilers.
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Takin’ on Sports: Ravens’ Regression
While tales of Lamar Jackson’s demise are greatly exaggerated, the Ravens do have a problem with their passing game that needs to be addressed before it’s too late
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Takin’ on Sports: It’s… football season?
Forgive me for what I’m about to tell y’all, but I haven’t really gotten into football season. I know it’s happening, I even did my fantasy draft and have watched a few games, but it doesn’t feel like football season yet. Maybe it’s just another byproduct of 2020. The lack of a normal build-up, the…
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Takin’ on Sports: Fixing the NFL Schedule
Welcome back to Takin’ on Sports! Sorry for the hiatus, but I was busy working out-of-state and getting hitched. Tends to take up a large chunk of one’s time. If you’re new here, this a weekly-ish series where we talk, um, sports — sometimes current happenings, sometimes previews, sometimes irreverent takes on random sports-related topics.…
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College Football Predictions 2019: The Little Big Ten and a One-Team ACC
The Big Ten doesn’t show a lot of promise unless Ohio State wins out or there’s a surprise lurking elsewhere. The ACC is another of those that feels like a done deal, but how close can other teams get to knocking off the Tigers? We at The Alabama Take continue to give our modest predictions for…
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College Football Predictions 2019: An Obvious Big 12 and a Baffling PAC-12
Finally, it’s here: the first, full week of the college football season! (Please, for now, disregard Week 0 that’s the new fashion.) And although it doesn’t affect the weather outside a damn bit (thanks climate change), we like to think that the mornings now feel just a little bit more crisp and that the evenings…
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Taking It Down Podcast — Episode 03 — Once Upon a Time In Hollywood; Last Chance U; the end of Years and Years
It’s a jam-packed (and spoiler-filled) podcast this week! Special guest Kelly Duncan joins the pod to talk about her thoughts about Quentin Tarantino’s latest masterpiece Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood (0:30). Later on, cohost Adam Morrow returns from life on the road to dive into Netflix’s football documentary series Last Chance U (14:40)as well as discuss the ending of…
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Takes on College Football: Against the Spread, Championship Week
We are not experts (though our percentages are better than some of the experts, god dammit). If you go by these picks, you’re bound to be lose money. Though you never know! It’s entirely possible that you’ll be able to pay off all those student loans that you owe from going to these universities! Each…
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How to Make The College Football Playoffs That Much Better
Welcome to The Alabama Take’s week-long coverage leading to the kickoff of college football, some of our writers’ favorite time of the year! Both college and professional football definitely need overhauls (like CTE and Urban Meyer) that I don’t purpose to have fix for. What I am here to do in the week leading up…