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Would The Playoff Really Work?

Post author By collegefbfan
Post date December 29, 2006
2 Comments on Would The Playoff Really Work?

Most of the fans want a playoff in college football. They hate the computers having so much weight. It isn’t right that all of the other major sports (even college) have a playoff. Why doesn’t Division 1A college football create some sort of playoff or tournament? Well, go ahead and consider it. Should only conference champs go to this “playoff”? What about the mid-major schools? Are they included also? Isn’t this one of the main differences in college football? Division 1A has teams that belong to two separate groups: the BCS and non-BCS. Division 1AA does not have anything like this. Doesn’t Division 1A have its BCS conference teams and Notre Dame, while the Division 1AA teams are all treated the same? College football fans from all around want a playoff/tournament. Why can’t this happen?

Tags College Football, playoff

2007 BCS Bowl Preview

For all the attention that the BCS bowls get, it’s surprising how little is focused on the actual games. I’ve heard much more about proposed playoff systems that won’t happen then the games that will actually take place. And when people do predict the BCS games, it’s about 95% in favor of one team. This year, every BCS game but one features a heavy favorite. Can any of the underdogs win? Which team will surprise the most people? As we’ve seen countless times, great performance in a BCS bowl one year can lead to a national championship the next.

Tags boise state, florida, louisville, lsu, michigan, notre dame, ohio state, oklahoma, usc, wake forest

NFL General

2006 NFL Week 17 Picks

OK folks, it’s the last week of the season and one last chance to get to the top of your office pool. Here are the final week 17 picks from the Sportscolumn crew. Remember that a lot of games might be rendered meaningless because of playoff positioning so we kept that in mind when making our picks.

If you want to see how we stack up against all the experts, check out a very nifty expert picks compilation spreadsheet by our buddy Tokar.

You can download the podcast directly (running time 41 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

Tags gambling, nfl picks

New York Giants

Mbarone the GM: Fixing the Giants- Part Two (Coaching Staff and Defensive Solutions)

Post author By mbarone
Post date December 28, 2006
6 Comments on Mbarone the GM: Fixing the Giants- Part Two (Coaching Staff and Defensive Solutions)

Now that most of the team’s problems have been identified, we can examine potential solutions on the coaching staff and defense for the New York Giants. These solutions will not work overnight, but they will help the team in the future, and possibly get them to the Super Bowl in future years.

Boston Celtics

A Black Christmas for the Green?

Post author By Bruin81
Post date December 28, 2006
2 Comments on A Black Christmas for the Green?

by: Kyle Benson

Just when the Boston Celtics were starting to get hot, Paul Pierce got injured, for 3 weeks. The question in the minds of Boston fans is: What Now? Well the Celtics can not trade for Allen Iverson, who recently got traded to the Denver Nuggets, and there are no more than one or two star calibur players, including Pierce, on the Celtics. So what is going to happen over the next 3 long weeks? I’ve got the answers.

Tags boston, Boston Celtics, injury, paul, pierce, solution

Philadelphia Eagles

The Eagles Fly High…..again

Post author By uxley11
Post date December 27, 2006
2 Comments on The Eagles Fly High…..again

After watching the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboy’s at Texas Stadium on Christmas night, I now realize the Eagles are now the favorite to win the NFC. Philadelphia clinched a playoff berth with a 9-6 record, and with a win next week against Atlanta, they will clinch an NFC East title. This has been a major turn-around for a team that was considered “dead” after a primetime loss to Indianapolis. But that game truly was the beginning.

New York Yankees

Trading the Unit- filling first base- and defending Javy Vazquez [for no reason]

Post author By mw2828
Post date December 27, 2006
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As the new-year approaches, and the Jets, a punch line for ESPN lug heads [err, analysts] before the season began, continue to shock the football world, the Yankees made my Christmas, when their designs of trading the shriveling Unit leaked out to media outlets.

Why do I hate Randy Johnson?
Who should play first base for the Yankees in 2007?
Who the hell is Brad Halsey again?
The answers to these questions and more, right now!

Tags MLB, ny yankees

New York Giants

Mbarone the GM: Fixing the Giants- Part One (Problem Identification)

Post author By mbarone
Post date December 27, 2006
4 Comments on Mbarone the GM: Fixing the Giants- Part One (Problem Identification)

Here I am, the total New York Giants fan. I have sat through fifteen weeks of wins, losses, good performances and bad ones. I have sat through injuries, from Derrick Ward to Sinorice Moss to Michael Strahan. In vain, I have watched Tim Lewis set up a zone defense, one in which the middle of the field is exposed. Here I am, I have seen Eli Manning make mistakes, throw his arms up in the air, and look like a wounded puppy all at the same time. Yes, I have seen the worst tackle and best hug of all time, courtesy of Mathias Kiwanuka to Vince Young. I saw Martin Gramatica, out of the NFL for 2 years (prior to 2006) kick that game-winning field goal, in our house. Please, on behalf of all of us- it is time for a total overhaul.

Tags bob whitfield, coaches on the hot seat, eli manning, ernie accorsi, jeremy shockey, john hufnagel, kevin gilbride, mathias kiwanuka, michael strahan, NFL, ny giants, plaxico burress, re-building, sam madison, shaun o'hara, sinorice moss, tim lewis, tom coughlin, undisciplined

College Football

Feeling bad for Coker- a month later

Post author By bsd987
Post date December 27, 2006
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It’s been more than a month since Miami both fired head coach Larry Coker and made him continue working for the school through the end of the year, and I disagree with the move more than ever now.

No, not for making him coach the bowl game against Nevada, but for firing him in the first place because of one bad season.

College Football

Bowl Preview

It wouldn’t be the Holiday season with the college football bowl season, would it? Alex Ferguson looks at the biggest match-ups on the 2006-7 Bowl season calendar, which includes some monster match-ups….

Tags bowl previews, College Football