Tag: Lang’s World
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Lang’s World: Alabama May Be Down, But Never Count Out Nick Saban
For very many years, college football fans clamored for a Playoff. The NCAA, in all of their infinite wisdom, finally said, “Sure! Oh, but only four teams can participate — after all, we can’t make this too fair!” So now this time each year for college football fans, Tuesday nights have become as important as…
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Lang’s World: Why I love Crocs
I still remember when it happened, a stroke of serendipity that changed my life forever. I was in Florida on vacation with my parents, and we ran into a few of their friends down at the dock. As I do with every person that I meet, I immediately surveyed the footwear of these people, and…
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Lang’s World: How do you make college football better? Tailgate
Football is not the only reason people go to football games. This may seem counterintuitive, which is understandable enough.There are many of us, after all, who attend football games for the express purpose of, duh, actually watching football. I am one of these people. I am one of these people. Most of the time, I…
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Lang’s World: Want to be a sports fan? Get ready to hurt.
Over the last few years, several electric scooter companies have flocked to Memphis. They cost a few dollars to rent for minutes at a time, and they ostensibly present a quick, sustainable way to get around town for short distances. I don’t live close enough to regularly ride a scooter to work, but a few…
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Lang’s World: Tennessee is in a bad place, but it’s not time to panic. Yet.
On Saturday morning, I had the rare luxury of having a few hours to myself. My wife was otherwise occupied, and with my son having an early afternoon soccer kickoff, I had the opportunity to do what I wanted, for a change. Shouts to Lil Uzi Vert. So I hopped in the car and hit…
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Lang’s World: The Atlanta Falcons may not be perfect, but at least they’re mine
Despite the Falcons playing lights out defense for most of the game against Philly, folding just seems to be what we do best. We can complete, we can make some big plays, we can even win big games from time to time, but time and again, we haven’t been able to seal the deal when…
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Lang’s World: The SEC All-Name Team
What’s in a name? Perhaps we should ask former Auburn running back Chandler Shakespeare, who shared a surname with the Bard, himself. Because when you really think about, there’s a lot in a name. So in the spirit of players from Barkevious Mingo to Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, I combed through all of the SEC rosters…
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UGA answers some, not all, questions in win over Vanderbilt
I never planned on becoming a Vanderbilt football season ticketholder. As an Atlanta native who grew up cheering for the University of Georgia and eventually going to school there, I’ve repped the red and black my entire life. But fandom makes even the best of us occasionally do some bass-ackward things in order to keep…
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Lang’s World: SEC Coach Power Ranking
I suppose you could argue that Saban is not the most creative or innovative coach in college football, but these days being a college football coach is as much about being the manager of a giant corporation as it is successfully installing a run-pass option.
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Lang’s World: Nick Saban has done it all. Now what?
Nick Saban is the greatest coach in college football today, and perhaps the greatest of all-time. As the head coach at Alabama, Saban enters this season with a record of 141-21 with the Tide. So what do you do when you’ve done all there is to do? What next?