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Mike Carley

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I'm 24 year old sports addict from Los Angeles, but currently living in Las Vegas. I attended the University of Pennsylvania and played (or more accurately practiced) football there for two seasons and part of my Junior year. I played (practiced) Tight End due to my ability to catch the ball, but my complete inability to block anybody bigger than a 4th grader ultimately led to my demise. I then devoted the rest of my time to graduating with honors with a degree in Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics, as well as imbibing alcohol at occasionally alarming rates. I never did any formal journalistic writing in either high school or college, but I love writing and I love sports, and feel like that's got to count for something. The most formal thing I've ever written was my honors thesis, which analyzed the inherent difficulties in the war in Iraq, and compared the theoretical solutions on how to overcome those obstacles to the actual methods being utilized both in the conflict and the drafting of Iraq's constitution.

I have moved tons of places and didn't really settle in one place until Los Angeles in 7th grade. That would explain my scattered allegiances, as my little brother was born in Dallas (Go Cowboys), my Dad and his family are from Chicago and I lived there from 1990-1993 (Go Bulls), and I really didn't give a whizz about baseball until high school when I lived in Los Angeles (Go Dodgers). Suffice it to say, it has been a pretty miserable decade to be a fan of those three teams. An unfortunate prerequisite in attending Penn is that you have to live in Philadelphia. So I want to say I have a soft spot in my heart for Philly's teams and fans, but I want to replace the term "soft spot" with the strongest possible term that means the opposite of "soft spot." To make a long story short, saying the Phillies knocking off the Dodgers in the playoffs and then having the Eagles obliterate the Cowboys out of the playoffs was a devastating 1-2 punch would be an understatement of biblical proportions.

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The Short List What Mike thinks about sport's most pressing questions

  • Favorite Athletes

    Michael Jordan, Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Chicago Bulls, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Dodgers

  • Favorite Coaches

    Roy Williams, Jimmy Johnson, Phil Jackson, Anybody Who Isn't Wade Phillips

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Jordan's game winning shot in Utah in Game 6 of the 98 finals, or Jordan's flu game

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Pats-Eagles Superbowl, Cowboys-Packers week 13 matchup in 2007 in Dallas when both teams were 11-1

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Eric Gagne's Steriod-Fueled Consecutive Save Record

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    please

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky from what I've heard

  • Pele or Maradona?

    scuse me

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    GET ER DONE

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    lost me on this one too

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

    ACC in basketball, Pac 10 in football

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  1. Week Nine is here! Check out what's in store for today's games and which undefeated team I think will go down today!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286460-sunday-morning-under-the-helmet-what-to-watch-for-in-nfl-week-nine/show_full

  2. Now that the offense is done, it is time for the defense :

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/284160-the-almost-all-time-tennessee-titans-defense

  3. Are Chris Duhon and Toney Douglas the answers to the Knicks' point guard woes?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/276444-knicks-still-struggling-to-find-the-right-point

  4. I worked really hard on this, so feedback would - as always - be appreciated. I decided to make a list of the top ten quarterbacks to ever play. Give it a look. Thanks as always!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/276217-nfl-who-are-the-top-ten-quarterbacks-of-all-time

  5. Week 5 here we go!

    Will the Chiefs do something for the first time in 32 years today?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/270113-sunday-morning-under-the-helmet-what-to-watch-for-in-nfl-week-five/show_full

  6. How deep do you think the Cowboys are?

    This article will test it.

    I really want some Cowboys fans input.

    I appreciate it.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/266993-it-could-happen-to-you-the-ballad-of-the-2009-seattle-seahawks

    sk.

  7. Sorry this article is so 11th hour. Had a family situation come up. Anyway...

    Find out how the Denver Broncos can prove they are for real this week against Dallas.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/265762-week-four-gameplan-broncos-vs-cowboys

  8. Cowboys turnovers destroyed any chance of a win against the Giants. Check out my recap.

    -JH

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/258643-inconsistency-plagues-cowboys-in-loss-to-giants

  9. Here is my take on the Power Ranking for week one of the NFL

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/254774-nfl-week-one-power-rankings

  10. 2009 NFC East Preview featuring me for the Eagles, Robert Allred for the Cowboys, and John Fennelly for the Giants.

    Check it out if you get a chance...

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/253162-a-writers-reflection-the-2009-nfc-east-preview

  11. Hey Mike,

    After yet another tough finish to the Dallas Cowboys season, I made a New Year's Resolution to be more proactive this year. So I've decided to try and set myself up for more dissapointment. The 10 most like scenarios to doom the Dallas Cowboys 2009 season- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/252958-the-top-10-most-likely-scenarios-to-end-the-dallas-cowboys-season

    Let me know what you think if you get a chance, if not no worries.

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