From the daily archives:

Saturday, November 7, 2009

A rare experience – Spiders deal with post-loss blues

November 7, 2009

The streak was nice. The University of Richmond football team won 17 straight games over two seasons, more than any team in state of Virginia Division I history.  Included in that streak was a sweep of four games in the 2008 Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.  The Spiders rose to No. 1 in [...]

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Villanova at UR In-Game UPDATE: 6:45 p.m.

November 7, 2009

UPDATE – UR moved the ball well but Andrew Howard pushed a 35-yard field goal wide left.  That’s the ballgame.  21-20 Villanova.  The winning streak ends at 17.  An incredibly entertaining game, particularly in the fourth quarter.   The Spiders will rue two blown extra points and they won’t be happy when the review the tape [...]

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FREE (for amusement only) – Derby Bill, football, horses

November 7, 2009

We’d like to claim this is late because William “Derby Bill” Watson was busy with his Breeders Cup picks.  And he was busy with that, but he also got his weekly picks for Virginia Sports Now – for amusement only – in on time.  The better excuse is this is late because someone was busy [...]

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