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Last Week: 5-9-1  /  Overall: 77-74-4  /  Best Bets: 15-13-3  /  Monday Night: 6-6  /  Against Cincy: 2-8-2
JIM RUBERA
(Rubera writes for The Spop)
Green Bay @ Detroit +6.5
This is the game the Lions have been waiting for for decades.  They almost got caught looking ahead last week but came back and scored 35 points [...]

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John Elway is one of the best (if not the best) quarterbacks in the history of football, but it seems as though he has lost track of what is most important in sports: winning.
MIKE KAYE
An athlete plays professional sports to win. It is the goal of most (if not all) competitors to, [...]

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MIKE KAYE
Season: 99-54 (65%) /  Last Week: 9-4 (69%) /  Scott Pick: 3-7 (0-1)
Welcome to a Thanksgiving edition of Take it to the Bank. I hope you enjoy the holiday, because I will be working Thursday (an unfortunate side of working in the media). The meat and potatoes of the season starts right now and [...]

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SCOTT JACOBS
The world has gone mad.  First Rebecca Black’s horrific song, ‘Friday’ which spawned a plethora of hate and hilarious spoofs, and eventually got her on national news, has re-emerged just in-time for the holidays.  Black isn’t in Kohl’s new commercial, but the song is clearly molded in her well scolded name.  And trust me, [...]

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SCOTT JACOBS
MVP.  Most Valuable Player.  It does not stand for Most Valuable Pitcher.
That’s not a slap in the face to Justin Verlander, who had a remarkable season, in almost single-handedly willing the Tigers to the playoffs.  It’s a distinction.  Think about it for a second: You will never see a position player win the CY [...]

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JIM RUBERA
(Rubera writes for The Spop)
Last Week: 7-8  /  Overall: 72-66-6  /  Best Bets: 14-11-3  /  Monday Night: 6-5  /  Against Cincy: 2-8
This may be the worst slate of NFL games in the history of the league.  Just about every game is a battle of crap teams or a blowout waiting to happen. [...]

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What lockout? Rookie or not, this 2011 season has shown who put in the time this off-season, and who didn’t

SHANE SMITH
It’s interesting; Wasn’t the lockout suppose to prevent rookies from competing at a normal rate this year? Wasn’t the missed training camps and lack of opportunity with coaches suppose to seriously deter the progress of this [...]

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College football today is kind of bland in terms of top 25 matchups. In the Big 12, there are two games featuring top 25 teams with 3-3 conference records (Texas and Baylor). Oregon plays USC in the Pac-10 at 8, and USC has just two loses. Most of the big games are at 8, with [...]

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