NCAA Football Preview: MAC Bowling Green O:5 D:5 The Bowling Green would have returned to the MAC Championship game were it not for a double OT loss against Toledo in their season finale, which capped the Falcons’ fifth straight winning season. Head Coach Gregg Brandon’s squad returns only 10 starters from last season but solid recruiting over the past few years and many of them should be stepping up this season.
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Lindstrom Reportedly to be Named Next Red Wing’s Captain According to a report in the Detroit Free Press, veteran defenseman and fan favorite Nicklas Lidstrom will be the next captain of the Red Wings. A source within the organization told the newspaper that the team will wait on making an official announcement, but no timetable was given. Lidstrom, 36, has been with the team since the 1991-92 season and has played his entire NHL career in Detroit.
Pinnacle Posts Heisman & BCS Odds Although the 2006 college football season doesn’t kick off until later this week, the national champion and Heisman Trophy debates are already heating up. Adding fuel to the pre-season NCAA football hype, PinnacleSports today released updated odds on who will be crowned the nation’s top collegiate player and which team will capture the BCS National Championship. The largest sports betting site on the Internet, PinnacleSports currently lists Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn as the pre-season favorite to become the Fighting Irish’s eighth Heisman Trophy winner at 3/1 odds.
NFL Preview: AFC South Jacksonville Jaguars The Jaguars were arguably one of the three best teams in the AFC during the regular season last year, only to have the misfortune of playing in the same division as an Indianapolis team that had the best record in football. Still this young club is loaded and only figures to get better, and we would not be surprised if it pulls off an upset in the playoffs out of the wild card spot this season.
NFL Preview: AFC West Oakland Raiders The Raiders had one of the highest payrolls in the NFL last season, yet they managed just four victories to show for it! A coaching change was inevitable after that debacle, so the hard-nosed Art Shell was re-hired to instill some discipline after the inmates ran the asylum here the last couple of years. While the Raiders should be more controlled this year, there is still an issue of talent and lack of youth. Except for running back LaMont Jordan, the rest of the key players on the roster are clearly past their prime,…
NFL Preview: NFC North DETROIT LIONS The Lions were rather lucky to win five games last season given their lack of talent, and this team will probably never succeed with its current blundering management team led by general manager Matt Millen. Millen and his trusted associates continue to make one bad personnel move after another, and they may have made their worst one yet in the first round of the draft. Remember that this club will begin this season with either Jon Kitna or Josh McCown as their starting quarterback, yet with a franchise quarterback like Matt Leinart still on…
Packers Take Beating in Cincy Falling 48-17 By all accounts the Packers are in big trouble. Brett Favre appears to of picked up right where he left off last season. Favre fumbled the opening drive which lead to a touchdown, was intercepted on the next series and was sacked 3 times when it was all said and done. In Carson Palmer’s first game back since his knee injury he was 9-14 for 140 yards and three touchdowns. Unless his knee has an unexpected setback, Palmer will start in Kansas City on Sept. 10.
Marlin’s Sweep The Brewers, Close to Within 2 Games in The NL Wild Card The Florida Marlin’s swept the Milwaukee Brewers Monday to extend their winning streak to 8 games and close the gap on NL Wild Card leader Cincinatti to just 2 games. Milwaukee was swept in a four-game series for the second time this season, Ben Sheets (4-6) gave up three runs, one earned and six hits in seven innings with six strikeouts.
Dolphin’s Betting Preview A general rule in gambling is to beware of the Trendy Team. The public usually gets it in its mind that this team or that team is going to have a "breakout" year or be a "sleeper" this season. The trouble is, when everyone thinks that about a crew they’re no longer a "sleeper". They’re shackled by the heavy, cold steel grip of expectations. That, and The Public is usually wrong. That’s where we’re at with Miami. They ran off six consecutive wins to end 2005, made a few high-profile moves in the offseason, and are now…
New England Patriots Betting Preview During their four-year mini-dynasty, the most distinguishing characteristic of the New England Patriots was that they were cunning beasts that could smell fear and desperation. They lived for it. Those Patriots preyed on weakness. They waited for you to make a mistake or put yourself in a position of vulnerability and then they would rip your heart out, show it to you, then feast on it. But the hunters have become the hunted.