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2010 NFL Scouting Combine: Free Safety Results

The NFL Combine is done and gone, but with NFL Free Agency talk sweeping the NFL buzz bin, it’s time to get our focus back on the 2010 NFL Draft. To start doing that, let’s wrap-up out Combine coverage with the two safety positions. Here, we analyze how the top free safeties fared in their [...]

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2010 NFL Draft: Offensive Guard Rankings

There are quite a few teams in the NFL that desperately need help on the inside of their lines to produce better results in their ground game. Here are this year’s rankings for the guys responsible for getting the ground game going. Read on for the top ten guards for the 2010 NFL Draft: 1. [...]

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College Football Picks (Week 13): Top 25 Games

There’s nothing like Thanksgiving week if you’re a college football fan, right? Not only does this week offer up the chance to get our fill on various delicious meats, sides, and desserts, but our sports appetite will be more than whetted as well, with several of college football’s top rivalries taking place throughout the weekend. [...]

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What to watch this weekend (Oct 3-5)

Last week, college football fans saw four top ten teams (Ole Miss, Penn State, Cal and Miami) lose in disheartening fashion.  While the upsets this weekend will likely not be as poll-shattering, Saturday’s slate features three crucial contests between ranked teams that will continue to add pieces to the puzzle that is college football.  Likewise, [...]

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What to watch this weekend (Sept. 26-27)

This week in college and professional football might finally shed some light on who’s good and who’s not, putting some distance between the contenders and the pretenders.  Below are some of the game you should be watching…   South Florida at (18) Florida State – (Saturday, 12:00 pm – ESPN – FSU minus 14) Once [...]

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What to watch this weekend

Back by popular demand, sportschump.net has once again decided to preview the weekend’s most important match-ups.  For those of you who don’t eat, drink and sleep SportsCenter, here’s what you should be watching this weekend.   (10) Boise State at Fresno State – (Friday, 9:00 pm – ESPN – BSU minus 7.5) The Boise State [...]

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Alabama vs. Virginia Tech Preview and Prediction

Alabama is favored by a touchdown for tonight’s primetime showdown at the Georgia Dome, but I’m high on the Hokies to take down the Tide. Yes, I know what happened last season when Alabama stomped on a highly-hyped Clemson team in Atlanta to kickstart their terrific season, but this Virginia Tech team is underhyped, if [...]

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The coolest headgear in sports, top NBA busts, Mets’ pitcher deals by running, and more

Here’s a look at some of the latest must-reads from some of our favorite sports destinations around the web: The Coolest Headgear In Sports (Sports Chump) – You know one of these lists can’t be complete without ‘The Visor’, especially when the list is compiled by a Gator. Top 10 NBA Busts of the Last [...]

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Who could be the Big Ten’s 12th team?

A couple of days ago, I discussed comments that Penn State coach Joe Paterno made about the Big Ten expanding to 12 teams, and I came to the conclusion that changes, in some way, do need to be made in order for the conference to return to being a real power on the national stage. [...]

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2009 NFL Draft Team Grades – NFC East

We’ve done our evaluations of how the AFC’s teams did in the 2009 NFL Draft. Now it’s time to turn our focus to the NFC, starting with the loaded NFC East. Dallas Cowboys Grade: C Best: Jason Williams, OLB, Western Illinois Williams gives the Cowboys the athletic linebacker they thought they were getting when they [...]

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