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Nick’s NBA Notes 10/30/2008

1. Lakers look dominant. Although the Los Angeles Lakers have only played two games this season, they seem to be proving preseason prognosticatorss to be correct by playing dominant basketball. On back-to-back nights, the Lakers have blown out the Clippers and the Trailblazers by an average of twenty-nine points per game. Thr Lakers have also [...]

College Football Weekly Roundup Week 6: Here Comes Alabama

With a tumultuous week filled with upsets and nine ranked teams losing. Who now leads the national title race and who gets the BCS shovel?

Missouri Tigers Football
Due to the losses of USC and Florida, Missouri moves up to number one in my poll after a bye week. Chase Daniel is the best quarterback in the [...]

Realignment: Making the Top Teams in the WAC and Mountain West Nationally Competitive

College football unlike any other major sport, lacks a playoff. In the current BCS system, due to polls and automatic BCS berths, only schools from the Pac-10, Big Ten, Big XII, SEC, Big East, and the ACC can compete for national titles. However, in recent years, the top teams in the WAC and Mountain West [...]

College Football Weekly Roundup I: ACC Disappoints Once Again

What happened to the ACC on week one? The ACC had possibly the worst opening week ever for a BCS conference since the start of the BCS. With the ACC going only 2-4 against bowl division opponents (Division-1A) the conference’s two preseason favorites losing to lower ranked teams, the ACC has lost all of [...]

Political Football Episode 6 (Season 1 Finale)

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Common Sense College Football Preview Part VIII: Top 25 and Key Non-Conference Games

The college football season kicks off today. The twelve game season has opened up BCS schools to challenge themselves in the non-conference. Also due to more games on the schedule, mid-major schools are raising the bidding price to take blowout losses from BCS powers. Because of these two factors, top ranked schools have cut back [...]

Common Sense College Football Preview Part VII: Analyzing The Non BCS Contenders

With the opening of a fifth BCS bowl game and the recent trend of non-BCS schools making BCS bowl games in three of the past four seasons (2-1 in those games), which team from outside a BCS conference has the most likely chance to make a BCS bowl game this season? Here is a list [...]

Common Sense College Football Part VI: Big Time Quarterbacking In The Big 12

The Big XII conference historically has been known for tough football and the running game. However, there might be a change in identity this season. Four All American caliber Chase Daniel, Sam Bradford, Todd Reesing, and Graham Harrell lead four of the nations top passing offenses. As a result, quarterback play will ultimately determine who [...]

Common Sense College Football Preiview Part V: ACC Preview

Despite bowl struggles, the ACC will still have a competitive race to reach the Orange Bowl. With Florida State and Miami facing down years, the ACC has its most wide open race in years. Can Clemson finally live up to its hype? With their talent and ability to win big games, Clemson should win [...]

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