Author: Fury Toad

  • Fury Toad’s Conference Preview: Iowa State

    Fury Toad’s Conference Preview: Iowa State

    Iowa State last season: Overall 3 Wins – 9 Losses (2-7, 9th in the Conference). Iowa State’s defense struggled mightily last year and surrendered more than 32 points per game.  They were last in the Conference in turnovers and gave up more passing yards per game than Texas Tech.  The offense wasn’t anything about which…

  • 13 Fun Facts from the 2007 College Football Season

    13 Fun Facts from the 2007 College Football Season

    While calmly awaiting the next devastating natural disaster that the media will largely ignore in favor of Olympic coverage, I ran across some interesting facts that were sent to me by one of my known accomplices, proud Canadian-American Grimson Haberchuk.  These great points are his with some of my emphasis quietly added.   -LSU was…

  • My Ten Least Favorite College Football Teams (Part 2):

    My Ten Least Favorite College Football Teams (Part 2):

    There have been many suggestions, but this is my list.  Feel free to disagree, post your own list or troll me online. #5: Ole Miss Highly biased opinions and outright fabrications:  For years I was indifferent to Ole Miss.  I was just happy that there was a landing spot for all the frat guys who…

  • My Ten Least Favorite College Football Teams (Part 1):

    My Ten Least Favorite College Football Teams (Part 1):

    Two weeks ago I sat in quiet solitude in the activity room here at the monastery and felt my mask of sanity slipping when I realized few YouTube rabbit holes remained after this summer’s thorough exploration.  I even purchased $25 worth of art supplies and painted along with Bob Ross one afternoon. Happy Trees. “Mountain…

  • Fury Toad’s NFL Draft – Live

    Fury Toad’s NFL Draft – Live

    We now gather to witness perhaps the biggest collective resource drain in the country among the key demographic.  Millions of wasted work hours have come to this and we’re here to cover it with our panel of total amateurs.  The annual football drought has taken a toll on all of us, but tonight we get…

  • Fury Toad’s Guide to Self Improvement

    Fury Toad’s Guide to Self Improvement

    Learn How to Cook – You only think you know how to cook.  In reality, no one gives a rip about the weird ingredient in your secret chili recipe.  Take the time to learn how to cook lobster or something else that’s mildly tricky to prepare but also super-tasty if well executed.  Nailing a seafood…

  • Josh Doctson is a Top 15 Pick: Combine Edition

    Josh Doctson is a Top 15 Pick: Combine Edition

    Trivia: What do Mel Kiper, Todd McShay, Solange Knowles, The Ghost of Christmas Past, Beethoven and I all have in common? Answer: We all have exactly the same amount of experience working for NFL teams.  Zero. Yes, it’s that time of year where fans of the NFL, in their eternal pre-Draft optimism, are bombarded with…

  • Defensive Tackle Bears All at the NFL Combine

    Defensive Tackle Bears All at the NFL Combine

    Chris Jones has been proving himself for years.  A relative unknown from a small Mississippi high school, Jones “exploded” onto the scene as a senior finishing as the composite #6 defensive lineman in the country for the 2013 recruiting class.  In college, Jones was productive that year earning 1st FR All-American honors after posting 3…

  • I’m suffering from Football withdrawal and all I could get my hands on was Varsity Blues

    I’m suffering from Football withdrawal and all I could get my hands on was Varsity Blues

    Not 24 hours removed from Cam Newton’s refusal to sacrifice his best dabbing arm in a live fire fumble recovery, I began to experience the first symptoms of acute football withdrawal.  Cold sweats followed the nervous twitches just like they have so many times before.  I anxiously searched for an appropriate backdrop to my afternoon…