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The Dash received interest from Yahoo! Sports. After careful consideration, The Dash applied for membership and was accepted by the worldwide leader in sports journalism.

Effective date: Nov. 1, 2011.


Exit fees from previous affiliation: zero.

The Dash is very happily back typing – same silly stuff, different web address. Let’s get back to it.

LSU-Alabama: Tale of the tape

And now, the event we’ve all been waiting for: Tigers at Tide (7), Saturday night. This game was circled on the calendar when the schedules came out, and the fervor has only intensified as both teams have taken care of business and others have fallen by the wayside.


For The Dash’s money, this is the biggest regular-season game in college football since Michigan-Ohio State in 2006 – and quite frankly, this one is more legit than that. Michigan wasn’t as good as its record that year, a fact that was revealed when the Wolverines were handily beaten in the Rose Bowl by a two-loss USC team.


This time around, neither team has left any doubt how good it is. They’ve both won every game by double digits, both handled ranked opponents with ease, both won as impressively on the road as at home.


And they have both beaten the daylights out of opposing teams with superior defense, ferocious hitting and dazzling speed. To borrow a Les Miles (9) catch phrase, there will be plenty of “sincere contact” Saturday night. This will be an old-school, no-frills, low-scoring slobberknocker.


To get you ready, The Dash has comprised 25 ways to compare and contrast the combatants:

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/13/pat-forde-is-leaving-espn-for-yahoo-sports-effective-nov-1/

Pat Forde is Leaving ESPN for Yahoo Sports Effective Nov. 1


Forde didn’t answer a phone call or reply to a text, and ESPN.com Editor-in-Chief Sr. VP of Editorial, ESPN Print and Digital Media Rob King refused comment when reached on his cell phone.

Forde’s departure, which is apparently amicable (unlike Bruce Feldman’s in September), has been rumored in nerdy sports media circles for months. Sources say Forde has long been unhappy with what he couldn’t report on or look into because of ESPN’s many conflicts of interest. Additionally, Forde might be the only ESPN writer to take a jab at the Longhorn Network, and sources say he wasn’t thrilled with the way the Feldman saga unfolded (Forde, obviously, wasn’t the only one).

I’ve got to be blunt: This is a massive, massive loss for ESPN. Forde was a staple on the radio and TV, and his Forde-Yard-Dash column was probably the .com’s most popular college football feature.