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Eight Amazing Stats from NFL Sunday: Week 4

NFL NFL football is the greatest reality TV program of all time. The Giants and Colts made sure of that back in 1958. Each NFL fall weekend is a completely new and original experience for every player,...

33 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers

Big Ten Post-Week 5 Power Rankings

College Football In what was the best weekend of football the Big Ten has experienced all season, some order appeared to be restored. Iowa and Penn State both posted huge wins in league openers, indicating that the...

33 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Pac-12 Post-Week 5 Power Rankings

College Football This league seems to get deeper and deeper each Saturday. After another stellar weekend of action out West, six Pac-12 schools now reside in the AP Top 25. Washington and UCLA slide into the rankin...

33 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Cal Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

College Football Betting Against the Spread: Week 5

College Football Every Friday for entertainment purposes only, I will bring you my top college football picks against the spread. I do not condone, approve or encourage gambling on sports in any way. But if you are...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

NFL Week 4 Under Pressure: Michael Vick, Chris Johnson, Drew Brees

NFL Each week, Athlon Sports will highlight the three most important names in the NFL. Our editors debate which player must play his best this weekend. Who needs to step up the most in Week 4: Mich...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans

Pac-12 Week 5 Preview and Predictions

College Football The 2012 season is turning into one of the best fans have seen out West in years and it has a chance to get even better. Oregon State and Arizona State made huge statements last week, but both have...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

Big Ten Week 5 Preview and Predictions

College Football The Big Ten is having a rough year. Possibly its worst of the BCS era. But that doesn't mean there isn't great football still left on the schedule. Conference play begins this weekend with a trio o...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

College Football: Big Ten Facing Worst Season of BCS Era

College Football The Big Ten has two non-conference games remaining on the schedule: Marshall will visit Purdue this weekend, and Indiana will visit Navy on Oct. 20. Otherwise, Big Ten may breathe a sigh of relief ...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

2012 Heisman Trophy Contenders: Post-Week 4

College Football Each week, the Athlon editors vote on the most prestigious award in all of college football. A nine-man conglomerate of college football gurus from Athlon Sports voted this week for their top Heism...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Florida State Seminoles, Kansas State Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, West Virginia Mountaineers, Heisman Trophy

Roger Goodell needs to end NFL's replacement referee debacle

NFL I don’t blame the replacement referees. I don’t blame the angry coaches who are getting fined by the day. I don’t blame the fans. And I don’t blame the actual NFL refs who are holding out f...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL

8 Amazing Stats from NFL Sunday: Week 3

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings

Big Ten Post-Week 4 Power Rankings

College Football Big Ten fans have to be ecstatic that conference play is beginning this weekend. This has been a non-conference season from hell that can't end fast enough for most Midwestern college football fans...

Pac-12 Post-Week 4 Power Rankings

College Football Oregon and USC used stellar defensive performances to get key home conference wins. Oregon State and Mike Riley shocked the country once again with an upset win over a ranked opponent — this time...

34 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Cal Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

College Football Betting Against the Spread: Week 4

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

Big Ten Week 4 Preview and Predictions

College Football Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue, Iowa and Penn State all bounced back in Week 3 with wins. The problem, however, is that Utah State was the best win of the bunch and it took a missed field go...

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Pac-12 Week 4 Preview and Predictions

College Football The Pac-12 is a really good football league. And while Arizona State and Cal barely missed huge upset wins on the road in the SEC and Big Ten respectively, the league is still nipping at the heels ...

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

2012 Heisman Trophy Contenders: Post-Week 3

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, South Carolina Gamecocks, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, West Virginia Mountaineers

Giants' Tom Coughlin or Bucs' Greg Schiano: Who Was Right?

NFL The NFL isn't college football, or baseball for that matter. It's grown men playing a physical game for millions of dollars. There was a dust-up at the end of the Giants-Bucs game in Week 2 that ma...

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Dick Vitale's Weirdest Summer Tweets of 2012

Overtime Dick Vitale is one weird dude. He tweets about 1,000 times per day and has lots to say. He has done loads of great work in support of the fight against cancer, loves his Tampa Bay Rays, Notre Dame ...

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: Overtime

Big Ten Post-Week 3 Power Rankings

College Football After two concerning weeks of play in the Big Ten, the league watched many of its teams bounce back with easy wins. It finished 10-2 this week with losses to Notre Dame and Ball State, but what was...

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Pac-12 Post-Week 3 Power Rankings

College Football The Pac-12 continues to show its depth as the second-best league in the country. But it might have cost them a national championship contender. And Stanford was the culprit that both illustrates th...

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Cal Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

8 Amazing Stats from NFL Sunday: Week 2

35 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams, Washington Redskins

College Football Betting Against the Spread: Week 3

36 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football

Big Ten Week 3 Preview and Predictions

College Football Week 2 wasn't any better than Week 1 for Big Ten fans. In fact, it was much worse. As stated in the weekly Big Ten recap, the league is 2-7 against BCS conference teams and Notre Dame. Those two wi...

36 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Pac-12 Week 3 Preview and Predictions

College Football After two weeks of action, it has become clear that the Pac-12 is much better than originally believed. Week 2 featured landmark victories over major powers from the Big Ten (Nebraska, Wisconsin, I...

36 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

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