Archive for December 2011
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Skelton Fever! Look out Tim Tebow, here comes Cardinals QB John Skelton
SCOTT JACOBS
To say Cardinals QB John Skelton has flown under the radar, would be the understatement of the year. The former Fordham star had some promise after being drafted in the 5th round in 2010, but to say that people thought he would be a comeback machine — well, no one [...]
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The Rise of the San Francisco 49ers and the Resurrection of QB Alex Smith
SCOTT JACOBS
After years of disappointment and failed coaches, the San Francisco 49ers have done more than just put themselves back on the football map in 2011 — they’ve put together the type of team that could (key word, could) contend for a Super Bowl title. After a work-man-like 20-3 drubbing of [...]
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Week 15 picks (Against the Spread)
JIM RUBERA
(Rubera writes for The Spop)
Last Week: 7-9 / Overall: 102-96 / Best Bets: 21-16-3 / Monday Night: 8-7 / Against Cincy: 4-8-1
Dallas -7 @ Tampa Bay
The Cowboys have too much talent and too much on the line to blow this game. I don’t feel good about it though. How could you after [...]
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Take it to the Bank, Week 15 picks
MIKE KAYE
Season: 132-65 (67%) / Last Week: 12-3 (80%) / Scott’s Pick: 4-8-1 (0-1)
Hope everyone enjoyed the last week of football, with another entry in the legend of Tim Tebow. With rookie QBs, the Packers undefeated, the Colts struggling to even get close to a victory and the aforementioned Tebow, it is hard to not to love [...]
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Chris Paul ACTUALLY traded (Hallelujah!)
SCOTT JACOBS
We just wanted to publish that sentence. It’s real! It’s really, really real!
Immediate thoughts:
- Bill Simmons must be jumping up and down right now. I know he’s a Celtics fan, but for years he’s publicized the fact that he’s held on to his Clipper season tickets. Well, what do you know, those tickets just [...]
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Some people are descending into mad anti-Christian hate and paranoia over Tim Tebow
MITCH BLATT
Its no secret that Tim Tebow is Christian. His strong religious feelings and his public expression and his open expression of feelings is one of the reasons some people are turned off by him.
The Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi expresses that position rather succinctly: “Tim Tebow’s hyper-Christian aw-shucks persona is not easy to like.”
But Taibbi [...]
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The Ryan Braun mess: Did PEDs lead to NL MVP?
CHRIS KNEPLEY
Ryan Braun has it all, he’s the reigning NL MVP, he’s got a sick scruff beard that would be the envy of any zit faced 13 year old boy, and according to Major League Baseball, he’s twice the man as you or me… no literally, he’s TWICE the man.
During a random drug test that [...]
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Tim Tebow’s not like other athletes and maybe that’s the point
SCOTT JACOBS
If the Tim Tebow parade started its initial descent after the highly-scrutinized ex-Gators QB, and former Heisman winner made a game of what seemed like a lost cause against San Diego, then at the time, I would have been the one sending the parade route the opposite way. Or like the epic end scene [...]
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