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Take it to the Bank, Week 1 picks

New year, new name. Double Coverage has become Take it to the Bank. We’re picking winners every week, starting with week 1
MIKE KAYE
Saints @ Packers
Pick: Packers. I just feel the whole “Saints are awesome again” campaign is a little undeserved. Weren’t they the team that got embarrassed by the Seahawks (7-9 playoff team, give [...]

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50 Semi-Bold Predictions for the 2011 NFL Season

Are you ready for some football?  Here’s some predictions that may surprise you for 2011
MIKE KAYE
It’s Game Day as the NFL begins another season tonight.  Before New Orleans and Green Bay tussle on the grid-iron, here’s 50 well calculated semi-bold predictions for this year.  In case you forgot, we did this last year too.
01.  Plaxico [...]

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Sacked! Jags cut David Garrard out of freaking nowhere

David Garrard is out, Luke McCown is in.  With head coach Jack Del Rio looking for a 10th season in North Florida, it’s playoffs or bust for Jacksonville in 2011.

SCOTT JACOBS
The Jacksonville Jaguars are for all intensive purposes the forgotten step child when it comes to NFL franchises.  They have had success since their inception [...]

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Don’t pick the Bengals! Week 1 picks (Against the Spread)

With the NFL set to kickoff another season (What lockout?) Jim Rubera takes a look at the first week’s slate of games.  Hint hint: he’s not a fan of the new look Bengals
JIM RUBERA
(Rubera writes for The Spop)
It’s been a strange off-season for the NFL and a wham-bam-thank you ma’am, kind of pre-season.  But that’s [...]

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Actually Maryland’s new uniforms are kind of weird.

Since when did being a diva become more important than playing good football?
MITCH BLATT
Maryland went the Oregon diva-route with their new uniforms, one display in action for the first time tonight against Miami.
Maryland’s new uniforms (one style):

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The 10 Worst Heisman winners ever

Even college football’s best sometimes come with a question mark.  An interesting list for your consideration with college football underway
SCOTT JACOBS
On December 10th, 2011 New York’s Heisman Trust will hand out the Heisman Trophy to what is generally perceived as the best player in the land. It’s hard to ever argue that someone who won [...]

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