About

Love Without Nagel is a classically trained sports analyst. His main focus is college and professional football. He also enjoys looking at the point spreads and statistics.

No topic is off limits or too zany for LWN. He regularly discusses, pop culture, television, movies, and other newsworthy topics. His true passion is hatching hair-brained schemes, uncovering conspiracies and ranting.

LWN has a masters degree in Sport Management from Indiana University – Bloomington, an undergraduate degree from the University at Buffalo. He is the self-proclaimed “#1 Handicapper in Marion County, Indiana.” On this blog you will find clever observations about every day topics, sports news, and non-sports related material.

The obscure moniker, “Love Without Nagel” was given to LWN by Experimental/Trip Hop/ Funkadelic musician Smokey McTrees, who wrote a song by the same title about the author of the blog.

Love Without Nagel draws all power from his moustache.

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THRILLHO (Nate) is not a ‘stat man’ (you can get those from LWN), but he knows what he likes, and what makes him angry. He is a fan of the heart-breakers. The Buffalo Bills and the Syracuse Orange are the two teams closest to his heart. He is also a UB alumnus and is in the same fraternity as LWN. He knows what it is like to hang onto false hope, and what it is like to stick with a team no matter how terrible they are. His sports peeves are vocal fans that are only on the bandwagon. As a bitter Bills fan, he feels that you have to earn your place as a fan, and he respects people that do. THRILLHO is currently living in Gainesville, FL with his wife, and has been a Gator football season ticket holder for the past 4 seasons. His hobbies outside of sports include Home Brewing, Video Games, and annoying his wife. THRILLHO’s contributions to the site will mainly come in administrative form; however his posts will mainly focus on his teams of choice, and random banter.

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The Ultimate Decider of Justice (UDOJ) established himself as the voice of reason and virtue so that you, the home viewer, may experience better living through the interweb. Specializing in statistics, professional football, baseball and hockey, racquet sports, and game theory in sport, you can be sure that the UDOJ is looking out for YOU (you). The UDOJ’s gambling prowess is second to many, but he is relatively good at convincing his bourgeoisie friends and colleagues that a mismatch exists, which causes them to lose money, which results in his true goal: wealth redistribution.

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Kaplan572 is a long way from home but hasn’t noticed yet. Instead he wanders thru the epinephrine filled vestibules with one foot on the fishing prowess and the other on ballyhoo. Some people think that if one rides the pestiferous jackal they will often endure the precipice of sanctity, but Kaplan572 tends to lean in the direction of nondisclosure. If it were up to him the many flagons of moral ineptitude would be salted by the winds of majesty till the towns of yore pontificate with glorious splendor. He also likes sports.

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Repoman 30 was born in the summer of 1965 in Corning, NY. Spent school age years in North Tonawanda, NY, a Division AA high school football powerhouse, (The Lumberjacks). Lettered in Baseball and Football. Led 1982 Lumberjacks in personal fouls, (7), including an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Lewiston’s effeminate Darryl Johnston, (I tried to knock him out of the game…didn’t work). Attended Indiana University, 1983-1985. Finished education at the University of Buffalo,1986-1989. Majored in Urban Economics, (don’t ask). Several minors, including Philosophy, Psychology and Anthropology. Semi-professional poker player, playing for over 20 years, with many tournament cashes, most notably a 2nd place finish at Seneca Niagara’s first WSOP satellite. Married in 2004, to wife Melissa, one daughter, 2-1/2 yr. old Leah, (already playing Poker), and one in the oven.

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Grlfrnd is just that…LWN’s girlfriend. Like LWN, Grlfrnd has a Master’s Degree in Sports Marketing & Management. With all of her education and talent she currently sells concrete blocks to a very interesting customer base in Indianapolis. LWN and Grlfrnd met while getting their degrees at Indiana University. Unlike most of Indiana, Bloomington is pretty cool. She’s a small town girl with “class”. More like a Tiffany’s taste on a Target budget. If sports are not on she enjoys relaxing, working out, pilates classes, reading the paper, and pestering LWN and Boss (their dog). She likes sports that are not as mainstream: bowling, cheerleading and running. Look for her to provide commentary about everyday life and things going on outside of the sports world.

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The Man of Cheese (Cheeseman) grew up in upstate New York throwing backyard fade passes to LWN and Kaplan572. He was a backyard football legend. He was known for his pinpoint passing accuracy, heartless chop blocks, and witty play calling abilities. Sadly, his backyard talent never fully translated to the organized game. TMOC graduated from East Carolina University in 2002 with a degree in Communications. He currently resides in North Carolina with his wife Ashley. TMOC is a life long fan of teams that most either love or love to hate – Notre Dame and The New York Yankees. He is also a strong supporter of the New York Giants, Knicks, and ECU. He knows his Horse Racing, and enjoys handicapping big races with LWN.TMOC enjoys watching action packed sporting events in his bar and game room located in his North Carolina home. Cheeseman does his homework, and spends much of this free time breaking down game film. Look for TMOC to provide sound gambling tips to complement LWN’s weekly selections.