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Iowa Hawkeyes Off To Orange Bowl, BCS Gets It Right

I will be the first to admit I can’t stand the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system. I often think that the Bull Crap System would be a much better description...

Written by Michael Maxwell about about 5 hours ago 560 reads 6 comments
AFC Playoffs: Does Anyone BESIDES Indy Want In?

What a mess. With a convincing win over the previously hopeful but now realistically hopeless Tennessee Titans on Sunday night, Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts served notice that they ...

Written by Bryan Hollister about about 3 hours ago 106 reads 0 comments
After His Dominance of Texas, Ndamukong Suh is Perfect for the Cleveland Browns

After a thrilling end to Saturday night's Texas-Nebraska game (which had BCS implications), there is only one name that the Cleveland Browns need to learn (and learn to say), and that is defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh...

Written by Daniel Wolf about about 3 hours ago 148 reads 6 comments
Kentucky's John Wall the Difference Between National Title, Early NCAA Exit

Two 20-minute halves of basketball against last year's national champion is all Kentucky needed to demonstrate why it could be North Carolina's 2010 counterpart...

Written by Jameson Fleming about about 5 hours ago 160 reads 0 comments
NCAA Screws TCU and Boise State Yet Again

We all know that the NCAA is not fond of people questioning the validity of the BCS. They have done their best over the years to thwart any suggestions that center around a playoff system, and ...

Written by Eric Samulski about about 6 hours ago 479 reads 8 comments
College Football Heisman Race: Week 14

Each week, I'll break down who I think are the top 10 contenders for the Heisman and let you know who may have fallen out of contention...

Written by Eric Samulski about about 7 hours ago 513 reads 13 comments
Who Will Win the Muddled AFC East?

Suddenly, the AFC East is no longer a shoe-in for the New England Patriots. Once New England's third receiver, Sam Aiken, jumped into the air to catch Tom Brady's pass near mid-field, then got ...

Written by Michael Cohen about about 9 hours ago 144 reads 5 comments
Will Georgia Assistant Rodney Garner Seek Independence After Shreveport?

Tis the season for swirling rumors and the latest one rests on the fate of the lone, remaining, member of coach Mark Richt's defensive staff—defensive line coach, Rodney Garner...

Written by Kimberley Nash about about 4 hours ago 88 reads 0 comments
Ugly Bears Victory Does Little Beyond End Losing Streak

CHICAGO -- To find truth in the Chicago Bears' locker room, one must go to defensive players, and particularly, the defensive ends...

Written by Gene Chamberlain about about 5 hours ago 58 reads 1 comments
Chicago Blackhawks Trade Bait: Dustin Byfuglien

Chicago Blackhawks' Featured Columnists Tab Bamford and Michael Wagner will, over the coming week, evaluate and discuss potential trade candidates on the Blackhawks roster...

Written by TAB BAMFORD about about 6 hours ago 104 reads 1 comments
Georgia Tech Draws Iowa in Orange Bowl, Breathes Easier

(Anthony Allen and the Yellow Jackets got a pretty fair bowl draw with Iowa.) If defense truly wins championships, then the ACC is, once and for all, completely backward. Georgia Tech, now the reigning conference champions, have the BCS' worst defense...

Written by Zachary Osterman about about 5 hours ago 121 reads 0 comments
Trip Down Memory Lane: What Duke Team Will Show Up Next?

Duke fans everywhere understood that their early season win in the NIT Season Tip-Off over No. 13 Connecticut was a sign of how good the Blue Devils can be, both defensively and in the national spotlight...

Written by Tyler Lambert about about 6 hours ago 42 reads 0 comments
UFC: Is It Time For The Penalty Card System?

As always, the conclusion of another UFC event has brought with it a number of things that the fans and the media are going to complain about...

Written by Sterling Spiars about about 7 hours ago 150 reads 8 comments
Cowboys-Giants: Despite Loss To New York, Dallas Deserves Credit For Performance

Now that the Dallas Cowboys lost their first December game of the season, all the media will talk about for the next week is how Tony Romo and company are on their way to another collapse in the final month of the 2009 regular season...

Written by Dan Parzych about about 8 hours ago 186 reads 3 comments
A Slap in The Face To TCU And Boise State? Looking at the Fiesta Bowl

As hints and rumors started coming out about the 2010 Fiesta Bowl, college football fans around the country rose up in revolt...

Written by Pete Misthaufen about 39 minutes ago 33 reads 0 comments
Boise vs. TCU? The BCS Are Cowards!

Is the BCS really this pathetic? Are they so afraid of what the elite non-BCS teams have become that they would rather run and take cover than face a fight? All year we've heard from the BCS how the MWC was inferior, how Utah was "lucky", both times...

Written by Brian Nelson about about 2 hours ago 30 reads 1 comments
Top Five Hard Luck Boxers Of 2009

By any measure, 2009 was a fantastic year for boxing. Fans were treated to a number of exciting bouts, new stars were born, and the state of the sweet science feels healthier now than it did back in January...

Written by Nick Tylwalk about 20 minutes ago 2 reads 0 comments
Alabama's Heart, Discipline (and Talent) Too Much For Tebow's Gators

On Saturday morning, ESPN decided to add a little bit of fuel to the fire. On their popular pregame show, "College Gameday", ESPN has added a new gimmick for this year's season...

Written by Ingram Worley about about 1 hour ago 5 reads 0 comments
Making Sense Of The Spurs' Losses With Numbers, and Raja Bell Talk

I do not worship statistics the way John Schumann and John Hollinger do. However, I wanted to see if numbers might help me understand the San Antonio Spurs early season struggles...

Written by Robert Kleeman about about 2 hours ago 11 reads 0 comments
Jon Fitch: Unsexy, Unlucky, and Still Underappreciated

Nothing about Jon Fitch is sexy. He’s tall and lanky. He has big ears. He’s got shaggy brown hair and forgets to shave quite often. His game is consistent with his appearance...

Written by Derek Bolender about about 2 hours ago 9 reads 0 comments
BCS Bowl Selections: Did BCS Anticipation Crash Twitter?

The BCS craze has officially taken over the Internet, and it may have temporarily killed Twitter in the process. As the anticipation for the BCS Bowl selections began to boil, overzealous fans ...

Written by Bret Feddern about about 4 hours ago 56 reads 2 comments
Five Reasons the 2009 Patriots Are Struggling

The New England Patriots lost on Sunday to the Dolphins in Miami, falling to 7-5, and have now lost three of their last four games...

Written by Stew Winkel about about 4 hours ago 90 reads 0 comments
Pittsburgh Steelers Hit Rock Bottom...Again

When the Pitt Panthers suffered a heartbreaking, soul-crushing 45-44 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday afternoon in the Big East championship, it was rightly proclaimed one of Pitt’s toughest losses in years...

Written by Brian Lutz about about 4 hours ago 100 reads 0 comments
Donaghy Asks NBA Fans, “How Far Down the Rabbit Hole Should We Go?”

As I watched Broncos-Chiefs game today on CBS, I saw repeated advertisements for the Tim Donaghy interview on 60 minutes tonight, but didn’t think much of it...

Written by Rich Kurtzman about about 5 hours ago 176 reads 0 comments
Armed Forces Bowl: Can Air Force Shut Down Houston's Aerial Attack?

A year ago when Air Force accepted a bid to the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl, Falcons coach Troy Calhoun noted that “if we could go to this bowl 10 straight years, we would be very, very pleased...

Written by Jake Schaller about about 2 hours ago 7 reads 0 comments

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Opinion Article Archive

Iowa Hawkeyes Off To Orange Bowl, BCS Gets It Right

AFC Playoffs: Does Anyone BESIDES Indy Want In?

After His Dominance of Texas, Ndamukong Suh is Perfect for the Cleveland Browns

Kentucky's John Wall the Difference Between National Title, Early NCAA Exit

NCAA Screws TCU and Boise State Yet Again

College Football Heisman Race: Week 14

Who Will Win the Muddled AFC East?

Will Georgia Assistant Rodney Garner Seek Independence After Shreveport?

Ugly Bears Victory Does Little Beyond End Losing Streak

Chicago Blackhawks Trade Bait: Dustin Byfuglien

Georgia Tech Draws Iowa in Orange Bowl, Breathes Easier

Trip Down Memory Lane: What Duke Team Will Show Up Next?

UFC: Is It Time For The Penalty Card System?

Cowboys-Giants: Despite Loss To New York, Dallas Deserves Credit For Performance

A Slap in The Face To TCU And Boise State? Looking at the Fiesta Bowl

Boise vs. TCU? The BCS Are Cowards!

Top Five Hard Luck Boxers Of 2009

Alabama's Heart, Discipline (and Talent) Too Much For Tebow's Gators

Making Sense Of The Spurs' Losses With Numbers, and Raja Bell Talk

Jon Fitch: Unsexy, Unlucky, and Still Underappreciated

BCS Bowl Selections: Did BCS Anticipation Crash Twitter?

Five Reasons the 2009 Patriots Are Struggling

Pittsburgh Steelers Hit Rock Bottom...Again

Donaghy Asks NBA Fans, “How Far Down the Rabbit Hole Should We Go?”

Armed Forces Bowl: Can Air Force Shut Down Houston's Aerial Attack?

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