Andrew Butler's Sportswriter Profile

Andrew Butler

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Davis Interviews Draft Prospects (Humor)
April 19, 2010

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2009 Big Board, Top 40 NFL Draft Prospects
March 15, 2009

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College Football Week 3 Picks
September 12, 2008

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Big 12 Dominates Any Conference This Season
September 8, 2008

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I am a sophomore college student at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire where I am obtaining a degree in economics, with a minor in sociology. I have considered graduate school but I will address it properly when the time comes. I was born in Anaheim, CA and that was where I became an Anaheim Angels baseball fan.

I have experience playing many sports including Swimming, Track, Football, Baseball, Soccer, Basketball, Golf, and I find them all interesting. I have adequate writing experience, but more importantly I like to first, try to understand where others perspectives on sports come from and second, see if they agree with my own from my experience.

If there's one thing that upsets me the most in sports, it's the culture of bad refferees in basketball, yes it is a culture, and with so many points being scored and the power of momentum on a strong run, the wrong calls can make all the difference. Which is why I don't understand why the officials use the review on such a limited basis, and why some refs will only call a foul when a kid gets ran over because it's noticeable, rather than rewarding those who grind it out and stay on their feet rather than selling themselves to a ref's call. I have all day to argue about basketball refs which is ony of my more controversial topics.

Favorite Athletes

Bob Sanders, Brandon Roy, Andre Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki,
Favorite Sports Teams

Anaheim Angels, San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills
All Time Sports Moment

Boise State's win against Oklahoma which lasted well past 11:30 p.m. just to find something to watch before I went to bed :-). Next would be the 1985 NCAA Basketball Championship 9 seed Villanova upsetting #1 (ranked) Georgetown with Patrick Ewing. Villanova missed 2 field goal attempts the entire game, none in the second half, that's perfection that's well past the NBA level.
Most Memorable Game Attended

I saw two of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL go at it, Elway v. Favre, how many people get to see that type of a showdown in their life, that's one for the record books. I remember watching the Packers blowout the Broncos, amazing, and at Lambeau Field, the Mecca for football fans, where it all began.
Unitas or Montana?

Joe Montana, the king of clutch in the Super Bowl.
ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

Big east, it may not have the best teams at times, but they certainly have the most competitive teams with each other, and more good teams than any other conference (mainly due to it's size). In football I like the SEC, they always have tough teams who grind it out with each other as well and makes it enjoyable to watch.

Richard Bowler posted 733 days ago

Check out round 2 of my mock drafthttp://bleacherreport.com/articles/344536-2010-nfl-mock-draft-round-2
Richard Bowler posted 735 days ago

I thought you might like this article
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/342807-the-10-worst-sports-broadcasters-and-commentators
Reggie Garcia posted 1022 days ago

Haha I did not see any either, kinda weird huh

Your funny, and your not a bad writer either

Have a good one
Reggie Garcia posted 1065 days ago

So your telling me in MY mock draft, I can not have a team choose one OR the other? As in, it could go either way. I changed it to say "or" for your sake. And where are these supposed "rules to a mock draft" located? I would sure like to see them.

Other than that, thank you for the comment
Dave Morrison posted 1165 days ago

Hey Andrew—Dave Mo here, a Bleacher Report Community Coordinator.

I've been spending time on our College Football page and read a couple of your old articles. Really on-point analysis...you do good work.

Given that you haven't written in a while, I thought I'd check in and see if you're interested in picking up your coverage again. What do you say?

If not, it would be great if you could give me some feedback on why you decided to stop writing and what we could have done to better serve you. If you wouldn't mind, please shoot me a line at dmorrison@bleacherreport.com with any thoughts.

Thanks so much,

Dave Mo
Molly Gray posted 1246 days ago

It's hard to keep up with everything going on with the Buckeyes, but I've done my best to wrap it up. Check it out!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/58978-controversy-injury-confusion-make-ohio-state-football
Joe Willett posted 1259 days ago

Sounds like you may have to be my go-to guy for fantasy advice.
gregory caldarella posted 1283 days ago

Ive been reading a bunch of your articles lately, you got some good points. Definitely one of my new favorite writers for the NFL