Archive for October 2011
You are browsing the archives of 2011 October.
Analyzing West Virginia to the Big 12, conference realignment with ESPN’s Dave Lamont
SCOTT JACOBS
Conference Chaos has reared its ugly head once again. West Virginia is officially off to the Big 12, further shaking up college football’s unstable landscape. To make sense of all the madness we caught up with longtime ESPN College Football play by play man Dave Lamont. What does [...]
Popularity: 2% [?]
West Virginia’s departure is final nail in Big East’s coffin
The Mountaineers are off to the Big 12, leaving the fading Big East a shell of its former dominant self
SHANE SMITH
With news of West Virginia collegiate sports jumping the sinking Big East ship to the Big 12, it is now inevitable that the Big East Football is going to plummet into the depths of the [...]
Popularity: 2% [?]
Week 8 Picks (Against the Spread)
JIM RUBERA
(Rubera writes for The Spop)
Last Week: 6-6-1 / Overall: 51-47-5 / Best Bets: 8-9-2 / Monday Night: 4-4 / Against Cincy: 1-5
Jacksonville +10.5 @ Houston
Gotta like the way the Jags handled themselves the last two games against Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The short week and road trip will be a factor and I [...]
Popularity: 2% [?]
Take it to the Bank, Week 8 picks
MIKE KAYE
Last Week: 7-6 (54%) / Season: 65-35 (65%) / Scott Pick: 2-4 (0-0)
A week full of blowouts and last minute scores is mercifully over, but we still have weeks 8-17 to play with. Let’s Take it to the Bank.
Cardinals @ Ravens
Pick: Ravens. The poor Cardinals can’t catch a break on their calendar. The [...]
Popularity: 2% [?]
College Football Schedule for October 28, 2011
Big 10 and Big 12 (either way you look at it) conference titles will be influenced this weekend.
MITCH BLATT
The college football schedule for this Halloween weekend of Saturday, October 28 brings us prime matchups that will determine who ends up winning the Big 10 and the Big 12.
First, Michigan State takes on Nebraska at noon, [...]
Popularity: 1% [?]
Choker LeBron James wants Steve Nash to come to Miami because he can’t win a championship with Wade and Bosh
LeBron James recruits Steve Nash and Jamal Crawford on Twitter.
MITCH BLATT
After guaranteeing the Heat would win at least 8 championships when he signed with them last year, LeBron James has now taken to Twitter to try to recruit free agents Steve Nash and Jamal Crawford to join him in Miami. As if three superstars weren’t [...]
Popularity: 2% [?]
Kemba’s gone, but UConn basketball is still loaded
Kemba Walker may have carried the Huskies to a national title, but an infusion of veterans and super blue chip recruits have UConn in position to dominate college hoops for years to come (including this season)
SHANE SMITH
The official start of college basketball is still a few weeks away, but with the recent release of the [...]
Popularity: 2% [?]
Still not jumping on the Tim Tebow bandwagon
SCOTT JACOBS
Let’s just get this out there — Tim Tebow is not a franchise QB. Not yet at least. And he’s not even close. No win over the ’so bad it’s actually kind of funny’ now 0-6 Dolphins will change my mind on that. Especially when for three quarters plus he took the term suckitude [...]
Popularity: 3% [?]
