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The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week 12

Here is what we know: Florida, Texas, Alabama, TCU, and Boise State all beat inferior competition to remain undefeated, along with Cincinnati, who had a bye this week...

Written by Dan Smith about 5 days ago 394 reads 2 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week 11

The best story of the college football weekend was Stafon Johnson speaking and quoting his grandmother at a press conference On the field, Ohio State punched their ticket to yet another BCS bowl game with a thrilling overtime victory over Iowa...

Written by Dan Smith about 12 days ago 194 reads 0 comments
The NFL Second Quarter Report: The NFL Class System

The NFL this season, like the country that supports it, is broken up into classes. Representative upper and lower classes are ripping apart the middle class...

Written by Dan Smith about 15 days ago 30 reads 2 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week 10

The SEC is far and away the best conference in college football this season. Florida and Alabama have been top three teams all year long...

Written by Dan Smith about 19 days ago 284 reads 59 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Nine

USC busted into the the ranks of the unbeaten teams in last week's BCS standings. They were the fifth ranked team and ahead of TCU, Cincinnati, and Boise State...

Written by Dan Smith about 26 days ago 1,206 reads 0 comments
The Green Bay Fog: The Gunslinger Returns To Lambeau

Curly Lambeau coached his last game in 1949. He might still recognize the field the game is played on but the game on the field is so different than it was 60 years ago...

Written by Dan Smith about 28 days ago 186 reads 14 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Eight

SEC road games are the toughest games for top dogs like Florida to survive through. Home games aren't that much easier, just look at how Alabama blocked Tennessee from a stunning upset...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 621 reads 0 comments
A Letter to Danny Ferry: The 2009-2010 NBA Preview

To Danny Ferry: We are on the eve of another NBA season and I wanted to throw some kudos your way. Picking up Shaquille O'Neal instantly turned our weakness against Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic into a far more even matchup...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 264 reads 2 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Seven

Here is why we love college football: Miami beat Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech beat Miami. So when Georgia Tech beat Virginia Tech, we created a couple of conundrums...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 583 reads 5 comments
NFL First Quarter Report: The Winners, The Losers and The Raiders

With the bye weeks already starting, my quarter report might seem to be a week late. My excuse is that I wanted to wait until all 32 teams played their first four games, but we all know what excuses are like...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 339 reads 2 comments
The NBA Referee Lockout: David Stern Sees All the Angles

David Stern is a man that looks at all of the angles. As a leader, he does not make decisions on whims. His choices always come down to what is best for the NBA brand...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 177 reads 0 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Six

The greatest flaw in the BCS Regular Season Playoff System is the fluidity of the system itself. This was a normal week in college football, another top five team did lose but it was against the number one ranked team...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 98 reads 0 comments
It's Nifty When You're at 50: My Five Favorite Articles

George Blanda is what the Raiders are missing. A versatile Quarterback/Kicker type. Now that the odd choice of article photo has been explain, it's time to talk about me. I always think that my best article is my most recent article...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 79 reads 2 comments
Game 163 and The MLB Playoff Preview

In a season where pennant races were few and far between, the Twins did catch the Tigers to create a one-game playoff for the American League Central Division Title. The winner gets to go to New York to face the best team in baseball...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 208 reads 4 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Five

The nature of a round-robin tournament is to eventually lead to a true tournament. It happens in so many sports, including NASCAR, where they have the Chase for the Cup...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 622 reads 7 comments
The Green Bay Fog: There's No Fool Like an Old Fool

On October 10th, Brett Favre will turn 40 years old. In the grand scheme, Favre is still a young man since 40 is the new 30 or some nonsense like that. In football years, Favre is an old dog up to his old tricks...

Written by Dan Smith about about 1 month ago 552 reads 51 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Four

The big news is that Iowa went into a soggy Happy Valley and upset Penn State. Oh yeah, and Tim Tebow got hurt. Like everything associated with Tebow, the hits were both larger than life...

Written by Dan Smith about 2 months ago 339 reads 8 comments
The Big NFL Week Three Preview

The third week of the NFL Season is the first really important game. The 2-0 teams can go to 3-0. The 1-1 teams can go above or below .500. And the 0-2 teams are in must-win mode. Kansas City goes to Philadelphia in a must win game for both...

Written by Dan Smith about 2 months ago 147 reads 4 comments
The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week 3

It was a day of reckoning. Some of the teams escaped while others fell victim to eerily similar fates. An overthrown pass by Kirk Cousins, the quarterback from Michigan State, saved Charlie Weis's job at Notre Dame...

Written by Dan Smith about 2 months ago 633 reads 21 comments
The Sunday Afternoon BCS Report: Week 2

The two big games lived up to the hype. Michigan beat Notre Dame in an instant classic. Northern Ohio fans got to see yet another long, heartbreaking drive in the Trojans win over the Buckeyes...

Written by Dan Smith about 2 months ago 144 reads 0 comments
A Call For Change: The Cleveland Baseball Mascot

I know a Native American guy that says the mascot for the Cleveland baseball team is racist. He doesn't think that it is racist, he says that it is racist.I feel the same way and I am tired of it...

Written by Dan Smith about 2 months ago 55 reads 0 comments
The Sunday Afternoon BCS Report: Week One

The first weekend of the College Football Season started with the match-up of two top 20 teams in Boise, Idaho. The WAC beat the PAC-10 in a lack luster game...

Written by Dan Smith about 2 months ago 172 reads 2 comments
A Coaching Clinic: The 2-1-2 Hybrid Zone Defense

This is my 40th article at Bleacher Report, and I thought it to be a good time to share with everyone why it is that I feel that I have an expert opinion on sports...

Written by Dan Smith about 2 months ago 167 reads 0 comments
A 2009 NFL Season Preview

It's that magical time of the year when, as the immortal George Carlin once quipped, "Everything is dying." That's right NFL fans, the national pastime is back. Right now, everyone's picks are right...

Written by Dan Smith about 3 months ago 63 reads 0 comments
My Ideas for Tweaking the College Football Playoff System

For years, the saying was that people were always talking about college football. In the 90's the talk became toxic after a string of co-national champions. The bowl system was deemed to be too sacred for a complete reformation...

Written by Dan Smith about 3 months ago 44 reads 0 comments

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Dan Smith Article Archive

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week 12

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week 11

The NFL Second Quarter Report: The NFL Class System

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week 10

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Nine

The Green Bay Fog: The Gunslinger Returns To Lambeau

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Eight

A Letter to Danny Ferry: The 2009-2010 NBA Preview

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Seven

NFL First Quarter Report: The Winners, The Losers and The Raiders

The NBA Referee Lockout: David Stern Sees All the Angles

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Six

It's Nifty When You're at 50: My Five Favorite Articles

Game 163 and The MLB Playoff Preview

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Five

The Green Bay Fog: There's No Fool Like an Old Fool

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week Four

The Big NFL Week Three Preview

The Sunday Morning BCS Report: Week 3

The Sunday Afternoon BCS Report: Week 2

A Call For Change: The Cleveland Baseball Mascot

The Sunday Afternoon BCS Report: Week One

A Coaching Clinic: The 2-1-2 Hybrid Zone Defense

A 2009 NFL Season Preview

My Ideas for Tweaking the College Football Playoff System

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