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Go Ducks Go Power Rankings: College Football Playoff Edition
The regular season has ended, bribes have been paid, threats have been made, and the ranking committee has now fully shared its illogical algorithm with the world (hint: there isn’t one). Before we dive into all the juicy matchups, and start making irreverent comparisons of players, teams, and coaches, let’s just talk for a moment…
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The Rank and File
SURPRISE! I bet nobody expected to wake up to 2000 words from the original Power Ranker. But congratulations, you now have something to read while you ignore a screaming toddler, sip your morning coffee, or perhaps sit on that cold white throne trying to squeeze one out before a shower. You’re excited now, but I’m…
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Bandon Boys 2025 Contest Overview
Reigning Champions: Individual: Jeremy “Sandy Shorts” Wearn Team: Americans: Chris Gram (Captain), Soroush Amali, Jeremy Wearn, Kyle Shepanik 2025 Teams: Team USA: Brennan, Connor, Jeremy, Chris Team Euro: Justin, Soroush, Alex, Max Format: Two teams of four players, competing in singles and doubles matches…
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2025 Bandon Boys Draft Guide
Well, almost a full 2 years have passed since I last took pen to paper on this once great but now defunct sports blog. Since that time I’ve won a fantasy football league, (this has nothing to do with Bandon, but worth mentioning I think) and captained the U.S. to perhaps the greatest Ryder cup…
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The Return: Week 11 Power Rankings
Ladies and Gentlemen! We are back! After a well-deserved Parental Leave of 7 weeks (which is approximately 6 weeks and 5 days longer than I took from my real job) I am returning to find a league pretty much exactly where I left it. TVBB is on a dominating run we might never see again…
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Week 4 Rankings: The Shawrank Redemption
Alright, at this point I think you all have realized (and I have probably written) that I fancy myself as a very poor man’s Bill Simmons. I sprinkle in topical references, my tone is consistently irreverent, and I use way too many parenthesis, footnotes, and other nontraditional writing mechanisms. So this week I’m going to…
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Guest Post: Bandon Boys Draft Guide
Authors note: All comments are in good fun, I hope nobody’s feelings get hurt. If I did hurt your feelings please let me know, because I want to make sure I’m not teammates with such a soft little b…. Chris Gram: 6.5 Index, A Flight Talks a big game and mostly (ok fine, sometimes) delivers……
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Week 3 Fantasy Football Power Rankings
Well, folks, we’ve already seen several weeks of gridiron action, and the fantasy football landscape has been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride. Unfortunately for many, that rollercoaster has careened straight off it’s rusty track and ended up in a horrifying wreck discussed by local anchors trying to hide their smiles on the 6 o’clock…
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Week 2 Power Rankings: Receipts, R&B, and Puns.
Am I doing this receipts thing right? Rank a guy 12th, he scores an abysmal number and then you celebrate your genius? Anyways, we are gunna cut to the punch line and put Jeremy 12th again… Now onto the rest, for one hot second I thought about making this week’s theme R&B songs, but these…
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2023 Week 1 Power Rankings
It is a crisp fall evening, and my house is quiet as I sit down to begin another year in a storied ranking career. As I reflect upon seasons past I wonder if this shall be the last opening chapter I write, but these thoughts are best saved for a man with more time and…
Go Ducks Go Power Rankings 