It has been awhile since I did a Boilermakings, but that is mostly because football and basketball have occupied my time. I do want to announce that Hammer & Rails rated 17th out of over 90 SB Nation college sites in terms of traffic for the month of November with over 394,000 page views. We probably would have beaten the record of 407,000 set in March, but very few people came on Thanksgiving or the day after.

OMHR's propaganda rag had over 500,000, so we have a ways to go before we catch Pravda.

In the meantime, here are some links to discuss:

Bowl season brings choice matchups, duds - College Football - Rivals.com
Our bowl game is consistently rated as one of the worst.

College Bowl Games 2011: First Impression Picks Of All 35 Matchups - SBNation.com
See what I mean?

GoldandBlack.com - Ross suspended
O.J. Ross is suspended and his status for the bowl game is in question. If it is "failure to adhere to team policy and rules" he did something pretty stupid, because these rules are out there and well known. He knew them, and if he violated them he deserves whatever punishment necessary.

E’Twaun Moore gets a head start - BostonHerald.com
Smooge is coming back to the states

Johnson: 'It’s just all so fast' - Boston.com
Our JJ is all grown up!

Celtics rookie JaJuan Johnson ready to start - Sports - The Boston Globe
With players permitted to use their teams’ practice facilities Thursday, first-round pick JaJuan Johnson trickled in over the weekend to start his rookie season.