Georgia Bulldogs Top UWIRE’s 2008 Football Poll

June 14, 2008 - 12:30 pm , By Editor

UWIRE Football Poll: No. 1 Georgia

As college football teams around the nation launch into their sweltering summer workouts, UWIRE polled journalists from 58 schools to rank the top 10 teams heading into the 2008 season. Their week-long countdown of the top 5 teams concludes with the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs.

View UWIRE’s Top 10 Football Poll

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Partying With College Cheerleaders: Virginia Tech’s 2005 Squad at the NCAA Nationals in Daytona Beach

Looks like 2005 was a fun year for the Lady Hokies. Not only did they gear up to compete in the NCAA Championships in Daytona, they appeared to do a little partying as well.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with wrestling on the beach in a cheerleader uniform, is there? Nor is there anything wrong with carrying around a handle of Captain Morgan’s, right?

Man I wish these pictures were from 2008. These cuties from Virginia Tech would have a lot of explaining to do.

Watch these girls get hokie at UnCoached

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Colbert Denied Candidacy

November 2, 2007 - 9:45 am , By Mike - Montclair State U

Stephen ColbertThe word: unfortunate.

Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report was snubbed of his dream Thursday - the dream of running America.

After paying the $2,500 filing fee needed to run as a Democrat in South Carolina Colbert was to be considered a presidential hopeful, until South Carolina’s executive committee stunted his publicity stunt, with Carol Fowler (the state party Chairwoman) citing that “[the committee takes] their responsibilities seriously. Our rules are pretty specific about what makes a legitimate candidate.”

Was the million-and-change strong Facebook group and endless publicity all for naught?

Since Colbert also refused to pay the outrageous sum of $35,000 to run on the Republican ticket it looks like this fantasy is coming to an end. Read More »

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Colbert’s Facebook Group Soars Past 1,000,000 Member Goal!

October 26, 2007 - 1:30 pm , By Steve - Seton Hall University

Stephen Colbert USA

Good news for Colbert fans!

As we reported days ago in our article “Fastest Growing Groups in the History of Facebook,” Stephen Colbert’s Facebook group “1,000,000 Strong For Stephen T Colbert” is the fastest growing group in the social network’s history.

At it’s inception the groups goal was to reach 1,000,000 members in seven days.

The 1,000,000 member mark was crossed on Friday, October 27th at 4:30AM!

Facebook’s power to influence the masses is incredible and Colbert is the first Presidential hopeful to have success within this tech medium. Read More »

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