Mike Craig's Sportswriter Profile

Mike Craig joined August 2008

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About Mike »

Sophomore in college, I come from Oil City, Pennsylvania. Football is a big part of my life. In high school, I played in 9th grade. When I didn't start when I thought I should have, and because I didn't like the varsity coach, I decided not to play the following year. Instead I went to all of the games the Varsity and the JV teams had and cheered for our school. Or yelled when I thought the coach called a really dumb play. I always paid attention to the NFL. The Green Bay Packers have been my favorite football team since I was in the 2nd grade. Which at the point (I didn't know it) they had recently just won Super Bowl XXXI the previous year.

I didn't realize that becoming a Packers fan when I was 7 was going to turn into an obsession. Like mentioned before, since I was about 11 I have always paid attention to football. Then the Packers went 4-12. It was a wake up call to me. I started REALLY paying attention to football. So much that I knew what was going on not with just the Packers, but just about EVERY NFL football team.

I have changed my major to Journalism. It used to be Secondary Ed. Math. However this site has made me realize how much of a Sports Journalist I really want to be.

2008 NFL Season Predicting Record: 154-111-1
Best Week: 11 (13-2-1)

2009 NFL Season:
Week 1: (15-1)
Week 2: (12-4)
Week 3: (11-5)
Week 4: (9-5)
Week 5: (8-6)
Week 6: (0-0)
Week 7: (0-0)
Week 8: (0-0)
Week 9: (0-0)
Week 10: (0-0)
Week 11: (0-0)
Week 12: (0-0)
Week 13: (0-0)
Week 14: (0-0)
Week 15: (0-0)
Week 16: (0-0)
Week 17: (0-0)

Total: (55-21)

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Favorite Athletes

Brett Favre, Ryan Grant, Aaron Kampman, Greg Jennings, Mason Crosby, Chris Paul, Albert Pujols, Aaron Rodgers, AJ Hawk, Nick Barnett, Jericho Cotchery, Adrian Peterson, Hines Ward
Favorite Sports Teams

Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Cardinals, New Orleans Hornets, New Jersey Devils, UCONN Huskies
Favorite Coaches

Vince Lombardi, Mike Holmgren
All Time Sports Moment

All of Brett Favre's record breaking moments
Most Memorable Game Attended

It was a college football game just a couple days ago for my school Clarion. One of our receivers jumped up while being pushed by the defense and still caught the ball with his arms basically wrapped around the defender.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Most Starts in a row by ANY NFL Player
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth
Unitas or Montana?

Montana
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?
Federer or Sampras?
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger
Petty or Earnhardt?
Schumacher or Senna?
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Big East

Latest Articles »

2009 NFL Week Five Power Rankings

10/07/2009

319 reads 8 comments 0 likes

Packers-Vikings: The Anticipation Leading Up To The Game

10/05/2009

69 reads 2 comments 0 likes

Craig's 2009 NFL Week Four Predictions

09/29/2009

503 reads 11 comments 0 likes

2009 NFL Week Four Power Rankings

09/29/2009

624 reads 11 comments 0 likes

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JW Nix said...

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this man belongs in Canton :

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/265091-crazy-canton-cuts-don-coryell

130 days ago

Ray Tannock said...

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Yup, I'm a Packers' fan too. my predicts are so-so this year ( I am 32-14 with two to go )

I'll definitely check them out.

134 days ago

Ray Tannock said...

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I couldn't possibly explaine to you how odd it is to know someone ELSE with the name Mike Craig.

I have a very close friend from here in jersey who now lives in NY by the same name......very very odd man!

Thanks for the comment!

134 days ago

MJ Kasprzak said...

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A humourous take on the ongoing Favre saga: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/195059-favre-and-the-vikings-recorded-phone-conversation-obtained

245 days ago

MJ Kasprzak said...

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Read about our one good defensive unit: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/192742-green-bay-packers-position-analysis-volume-vii-defensive-backs

249 days ago

MJ Kasprzak said...

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Gotten a couple pick of the day votes on this one—hope to earn yours, too!
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/187443-green-bay-packers-five-positional-battles-to-watch

255 days ago

MJ Kasprzak said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/183560-green-bay-packers-coaching-staff-profiles-and-grades-defense

259 days ago

MJ Kasprzak said...

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Here's a look into one head of the NFC North's three-headed monster: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/181163-green-bay-packers-defense-3-4-brings-big-changes-to-defense

262 days ago

MJ Kasprzak said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/174554-green-bay-packers-2009-expectations/show_full

271 days ago

TJ Jenkins said...

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As part of the CBS application, we were all asked to submit a number of questions that we'd ask a player from our favorite team if we ever had the opportunity to interview him, I chose Santonio Holmes, let me know what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/173038-santonio-holmes-grilling-the-super-bowl-mvp

273 days ago

MJ Kasprzak said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/169137-why-the-green-bay-packers-are-the-best-franchise-in-sports/

274 days ago

Jersey Al Bracco said...

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Packers Community leaders have a Packers daft pick contest going. Here are the details:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/157126-br-contest-predict-the-packers-picks-win-a-cheesehead

298 days ago

Ryan Droege said...

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So slide shows have this odd rule where the introductory slide must be 300 characters long, so in order to save any edits, I had to make the intro at least 300 characters. Please look it over and suit it to your style and please don't take offense.

340 days ago

MJ Kasprzak said...

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Make sure you check out my first weekly installment of the Packers positional analysis...

386 days ago

Bryn Swartz said...

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/97473-heart-of-a-champion-the-story-of-rocky-bleier

One of the greatest sports stories ever...

408 days ago

Mike's Achievements & Awards (8) »

Great Debate [article title]

Great Debate: Silver Medal

Predicting the 2009 NFL Season

Received 50 comments • May 11, 2009
Hot Read [article title]

Hot Read: Silver Medal

2008 NFL Week 16 Power Rankings

Received 2,000 Reads • December 15, 2008
Hot Read [article title]

Hot Read: Bronze Medal

NFL Week 16 Predictions: It Ain't Over …

Received 1,000 Reads • December 23, 2009
Great Debate [article title]

Great Debate: Bronze Medal

The Top Five Repeat Super Bowl Teams

Received 25 comments • May 14, 2009
Hot Read [article title]

Hot Read: Bronze Medal

Predicting the 2009 NFL Season

Received 1,000 Reads • May 11, 2009
Great Debate [article title]

Great Debate: Bronze Medal

Ted Thompson Once Again Is Doing What H…

Received 25 comments • March 04, 2009
Hot Read [article title]

Hot Read: Bronze Medal

2008 NFL Week 17 Power Rankings

Received 1,000 Reads • December 22, 2008
Hot Read [article title]

Hot Read: Bronze Medal

2008 NFL Week 15 Power Rankings

Received 1,000 Reads • December 10, 2008

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Latest Articles »

2009 NFL Week Five Power Rankings

Packers-Vikings: The Anticipation Leading Up To The Game

Craig's 2009 NFL Week Four Predictions