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Authors Articles by Declan Purcell '26

Declan Purcell '26

Declan Purcell '26
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It's hard to believe that when the Texas State Fair started, there were no wacky foods such as Fried Ice Cream, Frozen Chocolate Bananas, or Fried Butter, but it was indeed a horrible, horrible time. Food stands trotted out the same boring old food, year in and year out. However, in 2004, the Big Tex Choice Awards were established,...
PEZ is one of the only brands in the world that are not famous for their products, but rather how they package it. Just by showing you a goofy little neon-colored dispenser with a cartoon head on top, you automatically know that it is PEZ. Originally invented in 1927, in Austria by a man named Eduard Haas III and intended...
After a nail-biting Wild-Card Weekend featuring many insane twists and unexpected outcomes, the divisional round landed with... not as many good games. Let's go over them. Philadelphia Eagles 38, New York Giants 7 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia New York got a victory against Minnesota last week and decided that they had enjoyed enough success and would lay down and die against...
Colorado has long been the laughingstock of the PAC-12 for quite some time now. The Buffs finished with a 1-11 record last season, with their lone win coming against Cal in overtime of Week 5. The Rocky Mountain Rivalry was fizzling out, with Colorado State opting to not put Colorado on their schedule. Then came Prime. PRIME: Deion "Prime Time" Sanders...
Dallas is sitting pretty at 6-2 with the 5th seed at the bye. But are they for real? In this article we will go over 5 reasons to be optimistic about the Boys, and 5 reasons to be pessimistic about them.  REASONS TO DOUBT DALLAS Defensive Back With all the hype that the front seven for Dallas has brought in,...
The Fall of Rome. The Collapse of Alexandria. The Division of the Mongols. The De-Imperialization of the British. And now, the Implosion of the Packers and Bucs. In hindsight, we should have seen this coming. The Packer’s best receiver was a lizard (Allen Lazard) and Tampa Bay’s O-Line was made of Tristan Wirfs and Elmer’s Glue. We just didn’t...
NOTE: DUE TO INCREASED VIEWER RETENTION, ALL NFL REVIEWS WILL BE DONE IN POWER RANKING FORMAT FROM NOW ON. Big shake ups across the board today. NFC Powerhouses Tampa Bay and Green Bay both fell several spots, Denver and Indianapolis are back on the list, and Buffalo held on to the #1 spot. Let’s dive in. Buffalo Bills (5-1) Last Time’s...
This week, due to time constraints by the person writing, I will be just doing a Power Ranking. Next week we will go back to normal Review. Buffalo Bills (4-1) Last Time’s Ranking: 2↑ Game Result: vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1-4), W 38-3 Buffalo has seemed to have woken up on offense and defense, stifling Pittsburgh and forcing two turnovers with 3 sacks...

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