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Bad Beats In The NFL

About the same time that New Orleans Saints fans were wandering around in shock at their last second loss to Tom Brady and the Patriots, bettors holding a New England -2 and Over 51 tickets were just beginning to party. In one of the most dramatic finishes in recent memory, the Patriots shocked the Saints with a final drive to …

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by admin on October 24th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Playing The Heisman Shuffle

The leading candidate to win this year’s Heisman Trophy was probably last year’s winner, Johnny Football. Before then, we had some good looks at some very good players who might be up for the award, but no one that I saw could top Manziel until the Aggies lost to Auburn. Johnny Manziel put up 41 points and generally did everything …

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by admin on October 23rd, 2013 Leave a comment »

Good Luck Kicks Broncos Butt

Oh, my… what happened?  How in the heck?  Who beat WHO? Few football games in recent memory have received as much pre-game hype as the matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis when Peyton Manning returned to Indy to take on his old team, the Colts. The Denver Broncos arrived in Indy as one of only two undefeated teams in …

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by admin on October 22nd, 2013 Leave a comment »

SEC Refs Make Early Statement On Targeting

On the very first play of the game Missouri’s redshirt freshman quarterback Maty Mauk threw a 41 yard pass to L’Damian Washington, who was promptly slammed out of bounds by a Florida linebacker. Slammed so hard that the play drew a yellow flag, a 15 yard penalty and the defender was called for targeting and, by rule, ‘disqualified’ from the …

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by admin on October 21st, 2013 Leave a comment »

World Cup Line Changes

The World Cup is unique in team sports in that the world championship series only takes place every four years like the Olympics. Countries large and small from all around the world are busy trying to qualify for a berth in the big event. In the USA it is called Soccer but, for most of the rest of the world, …

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by admin on October 19th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Ticket Prices Escalating For NFL Games

It’s getting more and more expensive to go out to the ballpark these days. Back in the old days there used to be a lot of kids at the games, now the kids can’t afford to get in. Unless, of course, they go with Dad… if Dad can afford the tickets. For example, should an Eagles fan want to take …

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by admin on October 18th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Top Ten College Teams In Jeopardy This Week

Last weekend we saw three teams knocked out of the top ten rankings by underdogs. This weekend there may be more to follow.  Competition in the upper echelons of NCAA football is getting pretty stiff. Unbeaten SEC newcomer Missouri moved up to #14 in the AP Poll and goes into their game against a powerful Florida Gator team coming off …

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by admin on October 17th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Three NFL Games In London For 2014

There are a lot of NFL football fans ‘across the pond’… over in London town. Every time there has been an exhibition game played over there it has been a sellout and a roaring success.  The most recent contest saw over 83,000 ‘American Football’ fans jammed into Wembley Stadium to see the Minnesota Vikings take on ‘Big Ben’ Roethlisberger and …

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by admin on October 15th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Who Covered In Week 7 Of College Football

College football action heated up for Week Seven contests in which we saw three teams drop from the top 10 rankings. There were some big time inner-conference games between Texas & Oklahoma, LSU & Florida and Oregon & Washington. When the day was done previously undefeated Stanford had gone down to Utah and dropped out of the AP top ten …

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by admin on October 14th, 2013 Leave a comment »

The Who ‘Dats Are Movin’ On Up

The most surprising team to do well in the NFL so far this season has to be the New Orleans Saints.  After a terrible 2012 in which the Saints defense earned the dubious honor of being the worst defense in the entire history of professional football, the Saints are one of only three remaining undefeated teams in the NFL. The …

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by admin on October 12th, 2013 Leave a comment »