Breaking Up The Old Gang
Filed under: NBA, basketball, following the locals, sports
I realize that it had to happen. Had to go down this way.
I realize that Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood had to go. There was no way to keep playing out the charade of the Wizards being a viable playoff contender. Yet it doesn’t make it any easier to take. But the organization had to get what they could for them while their value was high. In what was becoming yet another lost season, the Wizards had to lick their wounds and come back to fight another day, even if that day is further in the distance than anyone thought.
I realize that only a cock-eyed optimist could see what was left of the Wizards after Gilbert Arenas’s departure and think that a playoff team was in residence. Even with Gilbert it was a stretch to believe it, given the way the team was playing. But as a fan, I had hoped for better. I hoped someone, somewhere would teach them how to defend. How to distribute the ball and get good, makeable shots. But it wasn’t to be.
And in a season that has seen the so-called “star” of the team suspended for what amounts to about 70% of the season for of all things, bringing his arsenal of weaponry into the locker room at Verizon Center-in what is not only a violation of Washington D.C. law, but the NBA’s own collective bargaining agreement-something drastic was going to happen. You knew it would, it was just a question of when.
The dominoes began to fall on Saturday of All-Star weekend, when general manager Ernie Grunfeld dealt Butler, Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson to Dallas for Josh Howard, Drew Gooden and a couple of other bodies, but no draft picks. Gooden never even set foot on the court for the Wizards, having been traded four days later to the Los Angeles Clippers as part of a three-team deal that sent Antawn Jamison to Cleveland to play with LeBron James. I can’t say how happy Butler and Jamison may be; both stated on several occasions that they wanted to win in Washington, but given the current state of the franchise they have to be happy that they have left basketball purgatory and now have a chance to play for a championship, something both of them have wanted to do. Haywood leaving doesn’t leave me feeling hot or cold; yes he was becoming a competent center, but I’ve never liked him all that much. Stevenson was never as good as he thought he was, in my opinion-so no real loss there. Grunfeld’s trade deadline dealing has freed up cap room for the Wizards to hopefully sign some decent free agents to begin the rebuilding process-if he is even around to do the rebuilding. No matter who the architect is that will attempt to rebuild this franchise yet again-who do they think they can bring in that would even want to play for the Wizards?
If you want to get an idea of what jazzes fans of the Wizards, the fact that there is talk of changing the team name back to the Bullets actually got people excited. They could be called Lez Boulet, it wouldn’t make them play any better. It’s the players IN the jerseys, not the name on the front that will make the team better. As for me, more losing is in store, for certain, but will I care? How much longer will I wait until the Wizards/Bullets/whatchamacallits finally climb back to respectability? If you know me, you know how I roll. I’ll stick with them no matter what. But this kind of rebuilding is hard to take. Especially since the brain trust would’ve had you believe that with Gilbert, Caron and Antawn the team was a few pieces away from contending for a championship. After Eddie Jordan took the fall last season despite not even having Arenas around because Grunfeld thought the team should have won more games-is Flip Saunders looking to get out or will he be pushed because the team should be better? No one could believe this team is better now than it was before Saturday-unless they are a cock-eyed optimist. Maybe if/when Ted Leonsis is given control of the Wizards a rebuilding we can believe in may take place. Or it just might be like I always say-the franchise is cursed.
At BSR: Quarterbacks
Filed under: ACC, MLB, NCAA Tournament, NFL, baseball, basketball, blogs, college basketball, football, sports, websites
This week at the Baltimore Sports Report, I try my hand at some analysis of the quarterback position for the Baltimore Ravens. Of course, most of that analysis begins and ends with Joe Flacco, but there are some points I make about Troy Smith and John Beck as well. This is yet another part in a continuing series where the writers at BSR have reviewed all positional groups on the team. You can find my post here. In the past week, the writers have taken a look at the Ravens’ special teams, linebackers and the offensive line. There’s even a post about last week’s State of the Ravens press conference. Now that football season is over, you can have a look back at the season that was through these and other posts.
However, that’s not all you can find at BSR. The site recently got an interview with Amber Theoharis, who just might be the busiest female sportscaster in the market. Also, features are starting to pop up on Baltimore’s other birds, the Orioles. Find out how our writers feel about the offseason moves as spring training approaches. There will be features and opinions thorughout the season, so stay tuned. There will be Terps coverage as well as we get closer to the ACC Tournament and March Madness.
If you are a fan of Baltimore sports, do yourself a favor and check out the Baltimore Sports Report (not because I said so, and not because my work shows up there from time to time-okay do it for both of those reasons). Do it because it’s a great site for getting a fan’s perspective on Baltimore sports (and be sure to comment).
The Love Of The Game Revisited
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Dear @tat2dsteelergal, @Tailgate365, @Pigsknlvnglady, @MDBirdLover, @steelergurl, @carolinaware and @thenflchick:
So What Do We Do Now?
Ladies and gentlemen, the 2009 NFL season has ended. The New Orleans Saints brought one home for NOLA and its thirsty for a championship fans, beating the favored Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV by a score of 31-17. With the final gun of the final game of the season, we are all left to football withdrawal for the next few months. Oh sure, the scouting combine is coming up shortly, the NFL Draft in a couple months and training camp a couple months after that.
But no games.
No Sunday afternoon communals in front of the tube or in the stands, or with friends or via internet meeting places. Sundays (and Monday nights) will be a lot quieter without NFL football.
No smack talk. No great hits, great plays and great laughs and sorrows to share.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure we all will be entertained in the months to come until the NFL ramps up again. Some of us will follow hockey, some college and NBA hoops, some with baseball, and some with all of those. And oh yeah, there’s the Winter Olympics about to begin too, if you’re interested. Life goes on for all of us outside of the sport we love; and we got to deal with that as well.
But the gridiron quiets down just a bit. The sporting passion of fans like yourself and many others recedes ever so slightly, only to build again as we inch ever closer to the beginning of another NFL season. As we move on to the next one, the sport faces an uncertain future: labor questions in the distance with the possibility of an uncapped year next season and a possible lockout for the season after that. Let’s not dwell on that; there will be time to focus on and discuss the possibility that after next season a football season won’t start on time, or at all.
For me, personally: I just want to thank you all again for making this season extremely enjoyable. First with your participation in my original Love Of The Game post, and throughout the season as we commiserated about the greatest game on the planet: NFL Football.
P.S. To so many others on Twitter that I shared Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and even Saturdays with over the past NFL season, thank you as well. I’ll try to name as many of you as I can, but if you think you should’ve been mentioned and you weren’t: hey, you know what I say-charge it to my head and not my heart.
@SidelinePass, @asportsscribe, @dfolkens, @cosadulce, @Inkognegro, @MkRob, @ltma, @brownsugar63, @ninerchick05, @cowboychick, @mrsFAB, @12kyle, @jeffw171, @GelaTrish, @edthesportsfan, @ay52, @stephsherman, @snwann, @khaijg, @Hail_Mary_Jane, @MDSteelerGal, @JUS_chillin, @BigDubz, @julythirteenth, @sbolen, @BMoreGoHard and @lovejonz618 (her Saints are champs at last!), thank you all.
Random Sports Thoughts 7
Filed under: MLB, NBA, NFL, baseball, basketball, college basketball, football, sports
Around and about in the world of sports:
- Congratulations to the seven members of the newest class of the NFL Hall of Fame: Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, John Randle, Rickey Jackson, Russ Grimm, Dick LeBeau and Floyd Little. Rice and Smith were no-brainers of course, and the other candidates deserved their nods as well. There is a backlog of great players that are eligible for the Hall; it will take some time to get all of them in. I would just like to put in a few words for Grimm. Given the fact that the Hogs were one of the best offensive lines of the last 25-30 years, it’s actually about time one of them got some recognition by the Hall.
- There was talk last week of the NCAA opting out of their contract with CBS and possibly expanding the NCAA basketball tournament from it’s current 65 team format to 96 teams. Okay, let me get this straight. No action is necessary for a college football playoff, but the greatest college event ever needs to break up the current format to let more teams in? I don’t think so…this thing reeks of a money grab. Not to mention, that if they really want to fix the tournament they should get rid of the play-in game, or at the least let the last two at-large teams play in that game. Don’t put a small school automatic qualifier in the game-they deserve the opportunity to have the full tournament experience much more than some BCS school mediocrity. Not to mention, if the tournament did include 96 teams, most if not all of those spots would be to BCS schools with unimpressive resumes.
- The days are growing short leading into spring training for another baseball season, and I wonder what exactly will the Orioles look like this year. I’ll have more to say about them as the season gets closer, but it has been a pretty quiet offseason for Baltimore’s baseball birds. For some fans, it has been too quiet. I’ll reserve judgement until things get going, but once again, I am hoping for progress. I’m not expecting a worst-to-first season, but at least be competitive past the All-Star break, and if possible, make an approach to .500.
- Gilbert Arenas was suspended for the remainder of this season, and has probably seen his last days as a member of the Washington Wizards. Has there been a more stunning fall from grace? Arenas was once the prince of the city; his blog was popular and his skills on the court made fans sit up and take notice. His absence serves as just a symbol of the Wizards’ season; where they were counting on him to finally be healthy enough to play, he ends up missing another large chunk of a third consecutive season. I don’t see how the Wizards can keep this core of players together, with Arenas surely gone it may be time for Ernie Grunfeld (or someone else) to blow this team up and build it back from the ground up. It will definitely be interesting to see how the Wizards proceed from here.
Maryland Terrapins: Time To Pay Attention
Filed under: ACC, NCAA, basketball, college basketball, following the locals, sports
With football about to go on hiatus (the games, not the business), the time has come for me to begin paying attention to college and pro hoops. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been kinda keeping an eye on both of them (the NBA due to the Arenas mess and the fantasy basketball league I’m in), but this post will be about ACC hoops in general and the Maryland Terrapins in particular.
Almost every year without fail, the ACC is generally acknowledged as one of, if not the best, college hoops conference. Football in the ACC is a secondary thought-the joke is that the ACC is a basketball conference that dabbles in football. That perception is primarily borne on the success of the two unquestioned powerhouses in conference-Duke and North Carolina. Year after year, these two programs are the marquee features in the league, with successful season after successful season. Their success is often a given in the league-almost every year one or the other is expected to win the league and claim its automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. This year was expected to be no different. However, this year the conference race is wide open. Duke, while still good, is still beatable with the same flaws that have shown up in recent years. North Carolina is suffering a hangover no one really expected, as their young players haven’t quite gotten up to speed with life in the ACC. Everyone else is up and down depending on the opponent.
As it stands right now, Duke is in front, with a one game lead over a surprising Maryland Terrapins squad that is tied with Duke in the loss column. If the Terps can beat North Carolina today, they will finish the first half of their conference schedule with a 6-2 record, which actually wouldn’t be too shabby. The two conference games the Terps lost could hardly be considered shocking: a 2-point overtime loss to an athletic Wake Forest team and a loss to Clemson, both on the road. The Clemson loss may represent the worst game the Terps have played in conference so far. The second half of their conference schedule features two games with Duke and Virginia, the conference’s other surprise team, as well as dates with Clemson, Virginia Tech, NC State and Georgia Tech. A 5-4 finish would get the Terps to 20 wins with 10 losses, and a 10-6 conference record. Granted, as a fan of the Terps you would want them to do better than that down the stretch, but that finish coupled with one win in the ACC tournament should be enough to get the Terps into the NCAA tournament for a second consecutive season. This time last year, Gary Williams was coming under fire for losing games and clashing with the administration, and yet this year, I’ve heard nothing about coaching, or problems.
So from this point forward, I’ll be giving college hoops greater attention between now and the NCAA championship game.
Good Greivis, Bad Greivis
Filed under: ACC, NCAA, basketball, college basketball, following the locals, sports
At his best, he is his team’s most versatile player. He is able to score, rebound and pass with skill and make the players around him better.
At his worst, he is a ball hog and an erratic shooter. A turnover-prone player who can come up small in the biggest moments.
Terrapins fans know that this is what you get with Greivis Vasquez. At times throughout his career at Maryland he has been capable of greatness (for example, the upset of #1 North Carolina last season). At times, he has been guilty of wretchedness (too many examples to name). When the Terps play on the road, it is Vasquez who is the focus of ire from the stands. Admittedly, he plays to the crowd and he loves to shut up opposing fanbases with good play. Yet when he messes up, he draws the scorn of those same fans, who love nothing more than to see him flop.
Even Terp fans are split on Greivis’s appeal. Some realize that he is willing to step up in the game’s biggest moments and have seen him make plays when it mattered. Others hate his style, say he tries to do too much and often plays out of control. He has also been one of Gary Williams’ biggest backers. When Coach Williams was getting repeatedly peppered with questions about his coaching and whether or not the team would make the NCAA tournament last season, it was Vasquez who was in the coach’s corner and rallied the team to the NCAA tournament, getting as far as the second round in a loss to Memphis.
This season has been the typical Vasquez rollercoaster. Early in the season, he was shooting poorly though he contributed with assists and rebounds. Now that he is scoring a bit better his confidence is high, even if his shooting percentage isn’t. A case in point is the Wake Forest game last Tuesday. Vasquez led the team in scoring with 30 points (on 9-27 shooting from the field) as the Terps fought from behind in the second half to get to overtime. But when Maryland needed a quality shot to try to extend or win the game, there was Vasquez with a crazy shot from the corner that hit the side of the backboard and a contested 3-pointer that was not close. There certainly was time in both instances to find a better shot.
On the other hand, yesterday’s win over Boston College showed how good Vasquez can be if he plays under control. While he scored only 17 points, those points were scored on better than 50% shooting (7 makes out of 13 attempts). He also added 9 assists, 5 rebounds and two steals, with only two turnovers for the game.
This Dr. Jeckyll-Mr. Hyde act is about to come to a close, with this being Vasquez’s senior season. So what are your feelings about Vasquez? Potentially great player if he knows his role and plays under control? Or a player with erratic skills who thinks he is a better player than he really is?
Light The Fuse…
Filed under: NBA, basketball, following the locals, sports
…and blow it up! Right now!
Given that we recently had a scare with a person who attempted to blow up a flight headed for Detroit on Christmas Day, that may be an unfortunate choice of words. But those are the words I thought of when thinking about the Washington Wizards, who now have been relieved of the services of one Gilbert Arenas, effective immediately, for an indefinite period of time. With the loss of Arenas, possibly for the remainder of this season though not specifically stated as such, any hopes the Wizards had of improving on last season’s debacle have imploded with his horrible sense of judgement. Given that the team wasn’t exactly setting the league on fire at the moment perhaps this is the impetus Ernie Grunfeld needs to tear down this version of the team, keeping only the real salvageable parts (if there are any) and start all over. Of course, that is if Grunfeld is even around to do the rebuilding. While I haven’t heard anything suggesting he may not be long for the general manager’s chair, with Ted Leonsis about to take over primary ownership of the team, anything is possible.
Back to Arenas’ suspension-I know that he has described himself as a “goofball,” but really-did he think this was something you could make jokes about? One day after being interviewed by law enforcement officials about bringing a gun or guns-never mind if it/they were loaded or not-in the locker room, he’s running around pointing fingers like they were guns at your teammates? Did you really find this funny, Gilbert? In a city where the murder rate was so bad, heck isn’t exactly great now, that the gun laws are some of the strictest in the nation (and of which you are probably in violation)? Where crime was so bad that the venerable Abe Pollin changed the team name from Bullets to Wizards because of the mere association of bullets to gun crime? I know how we all seemed to love Gilbert in his “Hibachi” days, scoring points in bunches, launching game-winning shots and turning his back on them before they fell through the net, blogging and generally being his off-kilter self. But guns are nothing to joke about-if nothing else Arenas appears to have been flouting the law and his own league’s collective bargaining agreement rules, which forbid firearms in team NBA arenas. Now there is talk that the team may try to void Arenas’ contract-a contract that was paying him over $16 million this season.
As for the team which must now soldier on without the one player they had been counting on returning to his pre-injury form…it doesn’t look like they are going anywhere anyway…so cut ties and start over. I know people have tried to convince me otherwise, but the franchise is living under some kind of curse. Perhaps the “Curse of Lez Boulez” is real…real enough anyway. Playoff appearances have been few and far between for the franchise, which hasn’t won an NBA title in over 30 years. Every few years there are glimmers of hope, only to see them dim. Who can forget the Chris Webber/Juwan Howard years? The playoff appearances that always seemed to hit a dead end against Cleveland’s Cavaliers? Fans were looking forward to better things this season, with Gilbert completely healthy for the first time in three seasons, the additions of Mike Miller and Randy Foye and a new coach in Flip Saunders. Despite all that, and Tuesday night’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers, the Wizards remain one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference, having won just eleven of thirty-four games so far this season. I don’t see things getting any better, but I have been wrong before. Even with Gilbert, the team played very little defense; and you’re not going to win many games in any league if you don’t do that.
Personally, I would love to see Gilbert back on an NBA court…but he has some serious growing up to do. He just turned 28, so he still has some time. But if he misses another season, how much harder will it be for him to return as good as he was, not to mention to get in the good graces of fans after this display of immaturity and foolishness? I know athletes are no better than regular folks; they are human after all. But at some point, most of us stop waving guns around because we get past playing cowboys and indians and war games (except on video screens). If and when he does return, what are the chances it is in a Wizards uniform? And if he’s in a Wizards uniform after missing the remainder of this season, who will he be playing with?
Am I too gloomy…are the Wizards about to turn things around? Will Gilbert return this season? Tell me what you think in the comments.
High Scorers: Time For Ed Reed To Retire?
Filed under: NFL, basketball, blogs, college basketball, football, high scorers, sports
Time for another edition of High Scorers:
Jarrett of Stet Sports Blog asks if it is time for Ed Reed to call it a career. Read why he believes it is.
The NFL Chick! gives her opinion on whether the Redskins’ removal of Vinny Cerrato was a good move. I believe it was a good first step, but see what she has to say.
Jeff at Bird Brains on the Half Shell recaps the Terps’ lastest success on the basketball court. Here’s hoping that the Terps have a good season; I’ll be writing more about them as the season heats up.
Steelergurl recently celebrated her one-year anniversary. Congrats to her and here’s her take on the upcoming Steelers-Ravens game.
MKRob’s Sports Blog recounts Ravens’ Ray Lewis’ partnership with Wal-Mart for a Christmas Giveaway. Read all about it right here.
Finally, see what Ed The Sports Fan has on his Christmas wish list.
A Wish List For My Teams
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Since it is Christmas Eve, I thought I’d take the time to write out a few wishes that I have for my favorite teams Most of these can’t be completed for Christmas, but are more long-term wishes that I will hopefully see come to fruition over the coming months.
For the Baltimore Orioles:
- A plan that makes the O’s competitive in 2010. I think I’ve given up hope on making the playoffs next season, but something other than a last place finish would be great.
- An effort to pry Adrian Gonzalez out of San Diego. If you’re looking for a power-hitting corner infielder, he fits the bill.
- Failing at #2, please find the following: some players with pop in their bats to play first and third base, a healthy complete season out of Adam Jones, and at least one frontline starter. Regarding the frontline starting pitcher, he may already be in the fold, but finding one, anywhere would be terrific.
- Hope. All we want is some hope that things will get better (a very common wish).
For the Baltimore Ravens:
- Playoffs! Of course, it may not be a long run when or if you get there, but still, I’d like to see you there-preferably while the hated Steelers stay home!
- Ozzie Newsome, please, please please find some playmakers…on both sides of the ball. While you’re at it, find some depth on the defense, the old stalwarts aren’t getting any younger. If Demetrius Williams is the playmaking wide receiver we all wanted around draft time, his grade is an incomplete. Dominique Foxworth has only recently been the cornerback we thought we were getting.
- Not much else, so there really isn’t a third wish.
For the Washington Wizards:
- It may be time to admit that this plan of Ernie Grunfeld’s isn’t working. To be fair, Flip Saunders needs at least one season to see what he can do with the parts he’s got, and it would be nice if those parts could stay healthy. Grunfeld fired Eddie Jordan because he didn’t win enough games at the start of last season, even though he didn’t have Gilbert Arenas healthy. Now Arenas is healthy and still the Wizards aren’t winning.
- Can someone on the Wizards brain trust teach these players how to play defense? The song still remains the same, this club doesn’t play defense worth a damn. Unfortunately, I don’t think any changes are going to be made to increase the importance of defense, so the Wizards are going to have to rely on outscoring foes yet again.
- Ted Leonsis, you are poised to take control of the Wizards. Please follow the hallowed footsteps of Abe Pollin and yet build upon the great foundation he laid. While Mr. Pollin was only able to witness one NBA title for his franchise, here’s hoping you can do what is needed to really build the team up for contention in the seasons to come.
- See Wish #4 for the Baltimore Orioles.
For the Maryland Terrapins (football and basketball):
- Ralph Friedgen, the ball is in your court. There has to be improvement in the football program immediately. 2-10 seasons are not going to cut it. Somehow, someway, you and your staff (those of whom are still around) have to find the players that will bring Maryland football back, if not to Orange Bowl or BCS levels, then at least to respectability. Goodness knows, Terp fans would like a diversion in the fall other than waiting for…
- Gary Williams and the basketball squad. Thank you for showing the fan base that indeed, you can coach. If you can take a team that had as minimal talent and no real inside presence to the second round of the NCAA tournament, imagine what you can do with this year’s team. I would advise you not to get close to the NCAA tournament bubble or suffer any losses “supposedly” beneath your level, though, or the squawking about whether or not you’ve lost it will begin anew.
- For both of you: recruit, recruit, recruit! You don’t necessarily have to get the best one and done players, but you do have to get some players in order to compete with the powerhouses. Maybe even a few victories against them wouldn’t hurt (that’s for the football team).
- See Wish #4 for the Orioles and Wizards.
Do you agree with the wishes? Do you have some you would like to add? Put them in the comments. Hope everyone out there has a very Merry Christmas!
Random Sports Thoughts 6
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Dusting off the Random Sports Thoughts post:
- First of all, prayers to the family of Chris Henry. Again, another young life in the process of turning things around has been cut short before its potential could be realized. Immediately upon hearing of the young man’s passing, I instantly thought of Sean Taylor, who was also in the process of getting his life in order when he suffered an untimely passing. These young men were going through life and had made some mistakes, but to dwell on the mistakes as the cause or symptom of their passing is misguided. Sure, the mistakes they suffered were part of their lives, and should not be excluded; but to harp on them at the expense of the turnaround that was taking place is short-sighted. It’s too bad we were not able to see what the lives could have been had the changes these young men were making had come to fruition.
- For the Redskins fans who stop by, I hope you are pleased that Vinny Cerrato has been shown the door. They call it a resignation, but he apparently was gone for a while, or Bruce Allen’s hiring and acquiring of the general manager title was the fastest in history. How is it that the supposed director of football operations has his resignation announced and within hours his replacement’s hiring is announced? Seems to me the deal was already in the works. Nevertheless from this seat, it looks like a good first step for the franchise. His next move should be to find a head coach he can work with-no scratch that. His first move should be, if he hasn’t already, gotten assurances that Dan Snyder will stop his meddlesome ways and let Allen and the new head coach (if indeed Jim Zorn is shown the door) can run the operation the way that they want with minimal or no interference. No one needs the owner to go on scouting trips, or playing fantasy football with the roster. That’s what got the Redskins in the mess they are in. As for a head coach, Mike Shanahan has been rumored to be the Redskins’ man, but it remains to be seen if he will take the job.
- Thanks to @Inkognegro on Twitter, I was convinced to sign up for a fantasy basketball league. I have to admit, I’ve enjoyed it (the 5-2 record so far may have something to do with that). What it has done is made me pay more attention to the NBA way earlier than I have in years. Usually, I’m still in football mode (pro and college) with a little college hoops thrown in. I usually give the NBA no attention until the Christmas Day games. Let me say that the NBA season so far has picked up where last season’s postseason left off. I am enjoying the games, as well as following how my fantasy players are doing. From Brandon Jennings, Tyreke Evans and Stephen Curry, to the work done by the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and the retirement and return of Allen Iverson, the League has provided lots of excitement so far. I had drifted away from the NBA to the college game; now I find I have to make room for both.
- Probably against my better judgement, I also entered the College Bowl Pick’em Challenge being run by Ed The Sports Fan. I’ve watched my share of college football games this season, but never have I picked winners, especially using the confidence system. Right off the bat, I’ve lost the top point total as Fresno State’s overtime loss to Wyoming has more than likely sunk my chances at victory. I did make some of it up, by picking Rutgers to beat Central Florida, so the first night of bowl games wasn’t a total loss. By the way, if you get a chance, check out the Ed The Sports Fan blog-it’s very good.
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- How well can Terps do in the NCAA tourney? March 15, 2010Y ou have your NCAA tournament brackets in front of you and a pencil in your stubby little fingers, and now you want to know about Maryland. […]
- NCAA TOURNAMENT Homegrown talent leads Morgan State March 15, 2010Bears make 2nd straight NCAA appearance Friday With homegrown talent such as Kevin Thompson (Walbrook), Reggie Holmes (St. Frances) and Troy Smith (Douglass), the Bears have taken a stranglehold on the MEAC with three straight regular-season titles and two tournament titles. […]
- Tiger Woods announces he'll return to golf for The Masters March 16, 2010
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