My thoughts by Paul M. Dugan

Dear Family & Friend’s…,     Thanks for all the birthday wishes.    I worked today by walking three dogs in the cold/ice snow that was in the cold.     I am relaxing before Super Bowl Sunday starts.    The sports that I will try to watch since my birthday started are college basketball, soccer,  Olympics , Super Bowl - football.    We will be having pizza, salad, hummas with pita bread,  Chips and salsa & some cake at the end while watching the Super Bowl  Sunday  - hope the game is very entertaining for us.    Take care & Be safe too. From…,    Paul P.S.     I know someone who went to the Duke @North Carolina Men basketball game on February 7th, 2026 around 6:30pm et ESPN.  The three point shot was used allot in this game.  The next match up will be pretty awesome too.  You think? I see that my favorite soccer team the Manchester United F.C. Red Devils ar...

Just my thought’s:   The quit is a calming place for me when I was a child so it’s my super power sometimes to let go of things from my past to better myself in the future to move on. A very big soccer topic is that the pricey FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets went before it starts this summer .  More World Cup details from sports illustrated right here .  Latest in the Premier League saga after the holiday break I guess.   Our Dad’s thoughts on the U.S. Government 2025 issues :  at a later time… NCAA or NCAAsports :  A different issue on another transfer window of thought for Men & Women Basketball.  Don’t know what this will do. My own topic about bowl season for collegefootballplayoff :  I am not sure how the ratings doing this time.  Any more thoughts about why ND football didn’t get into the playoffs?  Football program decided not to go bowling (maybe a non-playoff bowl game) this time.  Wow, the ACC for football decisio...

 More details about the 2026 WorldCup and more.   ‘The Dugan family statement that ND FOOTBALL should have being deserved to be included in this year college football playoff so the format picking the teams need to be updated’   Statement on ND on not going to a bowl game after not making the cfbplayoff.  It’s tiff with ACC (friendly fire) and others .  Coke Cola bowl schedule that’s still on at more bowls .   Bowl Mania for 2025 to 2026 season - predictions : LA Bowl - Washington versus Boise State Dec. 13th, 2025 on ABC around 12:00pm et - result Celebration Bowl - South Carolina state versus Prairie View A&M - result Salute to Veterans Bowl - Jax Sate versus Troy Dec. 16th, 2025 on ESPN around 8pm et - result StaffDNA Cure Bowl - Old Dominion versus South Florida Dec. 17th, 2025 on ESPN around 5:00pm ET - result 68 Ventures Bowl - Delaware versus Louisiana on ESPN 8:30pm ET - result Xbox Bowl - Arkansas State versus Missouri State Decemb...

Hi FIFA !!!  U.S. Soccer presents U.S. Men National Team group details .  Game will be on Fox TV, FoxSports 1& Fox Sports 2 to see them.  Articles:   winner&losers for the cup,  Fake  peace Prize,  USA prospects I guess,  WC toughest to easiest groups ,  Best top 10 matchups ,  ESPN predictions time,  MLS break for 2026 World Cup, USA preview and etc,  The Big Picture for the USMNT - USA Soccer,  4 takeaways for USA in Group D draw,   2026 World Cup group stage - schedule . Group A (preview): Mexico South Africa South Korea UEFA Playoff D Group B (preview): Canada UEFA Playoff A Qatar Swiss Group C (preview): Brazil Morocco Haiti Scotland Group D (preview): United States of America - USMNT Paraguay Australia UEFA Playoff C Group E (preview): Germany Curaçao Ivory Coast Ecuador Group F (preview): Netherlands Japan UEFA playoff B Tunisia Group G (preview): Belgium Egypt Iran New Zealand Group H (preview...

Preparing for Thanksgiving is hard but it worth the effort.  I made two pumpkin pies, corn soufflé & green bean casserole before the big day.  Trying to get into college basketball this days but college football is still going on at this point.  Got sick before Thanksgiving dinner but I am better after it happen. College football polls - US LBM USA Today (Nov. 23rd, 2025): Ohio state Indiana Texas A&M Georgia Oregon Mississippi Texas tech Oklahoma UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Alabama BYU Vanderbilt Miami (FL.) Utah Michigan Texas Virginia Tennessee Georgia tech University of spoiled children (south cal) JMU North Texas Tulane Pittsburgh SMU A.P. Poll (Nov. 23rd, 2025): Ohio state Indiana Texas A&M Georgia Oregon Mississippi Texas tech Oklahoma UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Alabama BYU Vanderbilt Miami (FL.) Utah Michigan Texas Virginia Tennessee University of spoiled children - south cal JMU North Texas Tulane Georgia tech Pittsburgh SMU College Football Playoff (Nov....

 More details later this week.   Thanksgiving right here!!!  Our political landscape has changed again.   Oh wow our Federal Government decided to stop the shutdown and get back to work I guess.  Hope it’s get better before Thanksgiving & Christmas come this year. Around the holiday I watch love movies on Hallmark channel tv.  Are you interested in this?   Updated College football playoff ranks & other polls to do so. ND football has won 8 straight games since losing first two games by close margins.  What do you think about this? Predicting details by ESPN.   A.P. College football poll as of 11/16/2025: Ohio state Indiana Texas A&M Georgia Ole Miss Oregon Texas tech (tied as #6 ranks) Oklahoma University of NOTRE DAME Alabama BYU Vanderbilt Utah Miami (FL.) Georgia tech Southcal - University of spoiled children Texas Michigan Virginia Tennessee James Madison - JMU University of North Texas Missouri Tulane Houston U.S. LB...