They call it gut-check time for a reason. It’s a time when you’re supposed to suck it up, go all out – balls-to-the-wall. It’s a time, unfortunately, that was missing superstar Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd late in the game in Thursday night’s bowl loss to Florida State. After[...]
Oops, ESPN thinks Champaign is a suburb of Chicago
During the first half of the rivalry basketball game between Illinois and Missouri, ESPN posted up a graphic, a map, illustrating how St. Louis is the middle point for the two schools. This is the reason they play in St. Louis. It is true that St. Louis is a middle[...]
Simulation: Alabama sneaks by Wisconsin with late game surge
The Alabama Crimson Tide played to win the game. Ahead 24-17 late in the fourth quarter, and following a Wisconsin onside kick, the Crimson Tide took the first play on offense as a play action deep pass to wide receiver Darius Hanks for a 42-yard touchdown and a 31-17 lead.[...]
Ray Lewis coming back, let’s honor him with a video of big hits
ESPN is reporting that Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will return Sunday from injury to play the San Diego Chargers. Lewis has been bothered with a toe injury for the past few weeks. Now, here’s a video of a ton of Ray Lewis-series hit sticks.
Simulation: Updated Bracket
Simulation: Landry spreads wealth as OU offense trumps Boise
In a first round battle between two high powered offenses, the Oklahoma Sooners proved to have more weapons in their arsenal, especially tight end James Hanna who caused a matchup problem for the Boise State defense. Hanna led the way for the Sooners attack with 6 receptions, 85 yards and[...]
Simulation: Another game defined by poor QB play, Georgia falls
Against an opportune Oklahoma State defense, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray threw four interceptions on 8-of-20 passing, as he single handedly cripple the Georgia offense, which was led by running back Caleb King who had 119 yards. Murray threw four interceptions, all of which were routes that were jumped by an[...]
Simulation: Browning & Co. knockout Spartans’ offense
Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins through 5 interceptions and zero touchdowns. The Stanford Cardinal defense scored four defensive touchdowns in a 31-0 rout of the Spartans in an embarrassing first-round loss. Nobody can beat Stanford if Andrew Luck, Stanford’s quarterback, doesn’t even have to have a good game to beat[...]
“Pujols turns his back on St. Louis” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Earlier this week, the St. Louis Cardinals’ new update Twitter feed (@SLCardinalsNews) tweeted that the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were out of contention for Albert Pujols. Today, Pujols signed a 10-year, $250 million contract with the Angels, contrary to what the Cardinals’ twitter said. Today, I[...]
J.R. Smith drops 52 in China
Who knew J.R. Smith on a bum knee was this good. I guess probably not the Denver Nuggets, but boy the Chinese caught on. On Dec. 2 Smith dropped 52 points on some team by the name of Bayi. But he didn’t just drop 52 points. He grabbed 22 rebounds,[...]