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Archive for October, 2010
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
This weekend was a big one when it came to scary, usually helmet-to-helmet hits in both college football and the NFL. The NFL responded on Tuesday by laying forth a new set of punishments to deal with those types of plays.
No longer will players be penalized simply by fines if ...
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
The Dallas Cowboys lead the race for the most disappointing teams in the National Football League. A playoff contender at worst heading into the season and a Super Bowl threat at best, Dallas is off to a 1-4 start that has many shaking their heads.
Consider Jerry Jones amongst those in ...
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Stan Van Gundy has emerged as one of the better NBA coaches in the league, but he also happens to be one of the best interviews and sound bites as well. Whether it’s his raspy voice in a press conference after the game or a radio interview, SVG usually has ...
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Look out NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers were already looking plenty formidable without their franchise quarterback at the helm. Now, with Ben Roethlisberger back from his four game suspension, the Steelers definitely look like the team to beat. For now at least. Roethlisberger looked fairly sharp in his debut, a 28-10 ...
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Football is a violent game and it is played by incredible athletes. Unfortunately when you combine those two things, tragic things can happen just like what happened this weekend to Rutgers Defensive Tackle Eric LeGrand. It was a scary, sad, and almost unwatchable scene on Saturday when LeGrand was laying ...
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Sunday in Denver, the New York Jets had a hard time with the Denver Broncos, but with a gritty performance from both, their offense and defense, the Jets squeaked out a victory and head into the bye week having won five straight games and in first place in the AFC ...
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
The first BCS standings came out on Sunday night and with them, the first round of speculation that goes along with them.
Would an undefeated TCU or Boise State play in a title game over a one-loss Alabama team? Could the top two teams, Oklahoma and Oregon, be supplanted without losing ...
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
In terms of concussions and injuries in the past, Chris Cooley says he has felt way worse. In fact, he passed a lot of tests by the Washington Redskins' staff at halftime after suffering a first-half concussion against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night.
He felt well enough to take the ...
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
For those of you who read here often, you realize from my post from Jim Tressel last week that I obviously had a rooting interest for Wisconsin in last Saturday's matchup with Ohio State. The fact that the Badgers pulled off the upset was fantastic in my eyes and was ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
Deion Branch might have needed a couple of quarters to get used to being in a New England Patriots uniform again. After that, it was like he had never left. Branch, who played for the Patriots for four seasons to start his career, was sent back after more than four ...
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