Expanding the MLB Playoffs – is it natural evolution or inevitable devolution?
SCOTT JACOBS
In 1939 college hoops instituted what would become the NCAA tournament, an 8 team single elimination playoff, to crown a champion. There were 3 rounds and none of the games were televised. Why? Well, television didn’t exist at the tourney’s birth. Twelve years later, the tournament was expanded to 16. A few years later [...]
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The sad farwell for Joe Paterno
SCOTT JACOBS
Throw out the record books, throw out the scandal, and throw out the fact that Joe Paterno is one of the most well known coaches on Earth. Throw out everything he’s accomplished, everything that eventually brought him down, and your opinions on what his legacy will come to be.
And focus on the fact that [...]
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Worst BCS Title Game Ever? Bama destroys LSU 21-0 in snoozefest
SCOTT JACOBS
The BCS Championship is over. Mercifully. Or to put it as the championship hats read: done! As in the SEC can have it’s moment in the sun, while it pours on the other side. Did LSU’s no-show, help propel us closer to a Plus-One? Did Alabama put up the greatest defensive performance in BCS [...]
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Forget the BCS Title game, LSU has already made their case for #1
SCOTT JACOBS
The top 2 teams in the land have arrived in New Orleans, where on Monday January 9th they will clash heads in a rematch of their scintillating (cue the sarcasm) Game of the Century: a bone-crushing 9-6 offensive shootout, which sent offense back to the 40’s (hey look, there’s Tim Tebow and the Broncos!)
And [...]
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Juiced Sports 2012 NFL Mock Draft, Take 1
MIKE KAYE
With some teams out of the playoff race and others holding on for their playoff lives, along with Heisman Trophy being awarded tonight, the first of many mock drafts is here. This year features many strong prospects despite Andrew Luck taking all the headlines. The new draft pay structure may be the cause of [...]
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Juiced Sports hands out our Heismans
SCOTT JACOBS
It’s been a fun, crazy, and as usual, controversial season in the wonderful world of college football. That didn’t just go for the teams involved. The Heisman trophy, the most coveted individual award in sports arguably is up for grabs tonight. The field has been narrowed to a fantastic five, but there were plenty [...]
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West Virginia last chance for Big East, Orange Bowl to save face
SCOTT JACOBS
West Virginia is not a football powerhouse. But the soon to be newest member of the Big 12 next year, is a name. They’ve been on the BCS stage before. Remember their 13-9 loss at home to Pitt? That cost them a berth in the national title game in 2007. Pat White and Steve [...]
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Tweet this! Mississippi State hashtags endzone #HAILSTATE
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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