xtrapointfootball.com - 10/22/2009
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At this point, to call TCU, Boise State, BYU or Cincinnati sleepers would be redundant. They're not sleepers. Three of those teams are in the top 10, while the other started the season that way making it nearly impossible to label them sleepers. You might get away with calling them surprises, ...
News from The Associated Press
hosted.ap.org 10/21/2009 — NEW YORK (AP) -- Bowl Championship Series officials are considering hiring a permanent point person to be a full-time advocate for the often criticized postseason system. If a new position were created it likely would take over much of the ...
What’s next, playoff tea parties?
blutarsky.wordpress.com 10/23/2009 — I’m at a point where I confess that Clay Travis is one of those people whose reasoning is beyond my feeble mental ability to grasp. He’s pumped up about PlayoffPAC , and bully for him on that. But here’s why:
… The goal ...
Luck Ran Out on the Bengals This Past Sunday
nflgridirongab.com 10/20/2009 —
On Sunday, the Bengals came back down to Earth. After a miraculous four-week run that included an improbable sweep through the division and culminated in an emotionally-taxing week of shock, grief, and jubilation; the luck simply ran out. The Houston Texans, a sub-.500 team, entered Paul ...
Statement Game
deepintosports.com 10/27/2009 — We’re roughly two-thirds of the way through the college football regular season, smack dab in the middle of the conference portion of the season, a time when one has come to expect multiple Top 25 showdowns every week. Not so during Week 8, when only two such match-ups existed, and one of ...
Cardiac Arrest
bengalsgab.com 10/20/2009 —
On Sunday, the Bengals came back down to Earth. After a miraculous four-week run that included an improbable sweep through the division and culminated in an emotionally-taxing week of shock, grief, and jubilation; the luck simply ran out. The Houston Texans, a sub-.500 team, entered Paul ...
Football on the Fringe: The Path to Glory Takes Shape
thephoenixpub.com 10/22/2009 — The BCS Standings came out this week for the first time, and the non-BCS leagues have more contenders in the top 20 than I can ever remember. Boise State is at a tenuous #4, with TCU lurking at #8, and 3 more teams just below but in the top 20. ...
Feinstein On The Brink
feinsteinonthebrink.com 10/22/2009 — A story in yesterday's Sports Business Journal reports that the BCS is considering hiring someone whose job would be to defend the BCS against people like me--and many, many others--who think it is a complete and utter shame. In fact, John Marinatto, ...
Bengals in search of pressure
espn.go.com 10/20/2009 — Posted by ESPN.com s James Walker With Antwan Odom , the Cincinnati Bengals were third in the league with 16 sacks through six games. Without Odom, the Bengals would be ranked No. 28 in the NFL with eight sacks, one behind the lowly Kansas City Chiefs ...
College Football Betting Picks
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The BCS Committee Returns
gunaxin.com 10/13/2009 — Because College Football lacks a playoff system, every year there are a few teams that can claim they weren’t given a fair shake. Would Utah have beaten the Gators last season if they’d played head-to-head? Could Mark Sanchez have led USC to a title run if he’d gotten the chance? And why can’t ...
Source doubts a Gibbs return —
Redskins Insider 10/22/2009
There's buzz at Pro Football Talk about the possibility of Joe Gibbs returning to the Redskins in advisory/consultant role -- but not as a head coach. Gibbs had dinner with owner Daniel Snyder in Charlotte before the Redskins lost to the Carolina ...