Blog Plastic Surgery

This is a very quick blog posting to let you know that the blog has undergone a major facelift. It's gone through a long-overdue template upgrade, reorganization of special features, and (the biggest job of all) undergone some "FCS Map Surgery" which involves my re-jiggering (a technical term) of the FCS Map to become a shareable map on Google MyMaps, which can then be ported to other websites. It will probably take some time to get all the data in there and make it look great.

Please leave comments on the new layout, the FCS Map, or anything else you'd like to see on this page.

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4:29 PM

Anonymous said…

Time to get rid of the picture of Eric Rath.

10:07 PM

Anonymous said…

Love the FCS map. Keep up the good work on that.

Agreed on the Rath picture. It is a good pic, but it is also an unpleasant reminder of a really bad loss. Blowing that 2TD lead... long drive home from Newark that night.

How about some pics of the better moments in LU football?

* Winning the D-II NCAA title in '77
* Klingerman catch against Lafayette in 1995
* Rabih Abdullah dropping that Bucknell DB in the open field with a stiff arm
* Anything from the playoff win at Western Illinois

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