2013 College Football rankings 1-77

June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Welcome to the 2013 college football preseason! It officially starts today. Whatever keeps me from having to write about baseball; as that actually subtracts page views from my website- for whatever reason.

Sadly, the 2013 college football 77 in 77 does not include the Illinois Fighting Illini. We’ll rank and preview one team a day for the next 77 days, ending with #1 Alabama Crimson Tide on the Thursday before the 2013 college football season begins.

This is the first year I’ve done the 77 in 77 in which my alma mater, the Illini, are not included.

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2013 NBA Mock Draft- Second Round (6/12/13)

June 11, 2013 by 3 Comments

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Here is the second round of our updated 2013 NBA Mock Draft.  Click on the players’ name for a complete, in-depth scouting report.

(By the way, The Sports Bank was graded as the most accurate 2011 AND 2012 NBA Mock Draft on the web.)

CLICK HERE FOR THE FIRST ROUND

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2013 NBA Mock Draft- First Round (6/12/13)

June 11, 2013 by 14 Comments

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Here is our updated 2013 NBA Mock Draft.  Click on the players’ name for a complete, in-depth scouting report and the team for a complete guide to the NBA off-season team needs page.

(By the way, The Sports Bank was graded as the most accurate 2011 AND 2012 NBA Mock Draft on the web.)

GO HERE FOR THE SECOND ROUND

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Urban Meyer, OSU statements on Gordon Gee JUST HILARIOUS

June 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Urban Meyer and the rest of THE Ohio State University released their public statements early this morning on THE retirement of THE Ohio State University President: THE Gordon Gee. What makes THE (ok, I’ll stop now with the all caps on “the”) statements so unintentionally hilarious isn’t what’s being said; it’s the timing.

All of these public statements are prepared and crafted by PR reps; they’re not actual off-the-cuff quotes from interviews of the individuals. That’s true at every University athletic department or professional sports team Media Relations.

And as you expect, they’re all over-the-top glowingly positive.

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Ohio State’s Gordon Gee retires from being DUMB SELF

June 4, 2013 by 1 Comment

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Yes, Gordon Gee is as stupid as he looks. Or at least acts as stupid as he looks. Quite often. BUCKNUTS!!!!

He certainly says things equal in stupidity to his appearance in the above picture. The president of THE Ohio State UNIVERSITY apologized to the Big Ten Conference for remarks he made last year about a few athletic programs. And it’s all over Twitter now that Gordon Gee is retiring.

In a crafted statement Sunday, Gordon Gee said he made “misguided attempt at humor” in December. He says the Big Ten universities are “some of this country’s most highly accomplished research institutions” and he’s honored to lead a Big Ten school.

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2013 NBA Draft Combine nuggets and tidbits

May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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The NBA Draft Combine hit Chicago this week. Everyone who’s likely going to get picked in the NBA Draft comes to the Second City for workouts with NBA scouts and interviews with the media.

Here’s the list of all the former college basketball players who were invited to the NBA Draft combine. And here’s our latest 2013 NBA Mock Draft.

The NBA Draft combine is pretty much a beauty pageant for boys.

The 2013 NBA Draft is scheduled to be held on June 27, 2013 at the Barclays  Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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2013 NBA Draft Combine Participants

May 9, 2013 by

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The NBA Draft Combine hits Chicago next week.  It’s the most…..wonderful…..time……of the year!!!!!!! Ok, not really. But it’s still a pretty cool event. Most likely everyone who’s going to get picked in the NBA Draft comes to the Second City for workouts with NBA scouts and interviews with the media.

The invite list did not include the Gophers’ Rodney Williams (that’s fine, he really shouldn’t be picked anyway), Florida State’s Michael Snaer (surprising, I mean someone in the NBA has to play defense at some point), Alex Oriakhi (take it or leave it), Marquette’s Vander Blue (we’re very surprised) and Elias Harris of Gonzaga.

Like the late Nate Dogg said: “I don’t want to dream about getting paid,” and pretty soon these gentlemen won’t have to.

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Big Ten ACC Challenge match-ups announced

May 8, 2013 by

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This year’s Big Ten ACC Challenge will be Dec. 3-4. It features a lot of college basketball teams from the ESPN.com early preseason top 25: No. 3 Michigan State, No. 5 Duke, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 8 Syracuse, No. 9 Michigan, No. 11 North Carolina, No. 20 Indiana and No. 25 Iowa.

Three of the games will pit ranked teams against each other: No. 9 Michigan at No. 5 Duke, No. 11 North Carolina at No. 3 Michigan State and No. 20 Indiana at No. 8 Syracuse.

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Big Ten officially buries AWFUL “Legends” and “Leaders” Names

April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Yesterday, the Big Ten officially announced what we all knew for at least a week. However, for those who are oblivious I’ll reiterate: new realignment and division names starting in 2014 and nine-game conference schedules starting in 2016. Most important about this college football news nugget or tidbit if you will, the Big Ten has laid to rest the HORRIBLE division names: Legends and Leaders.

Thankfully we only suffered through that pathetic pablum masquerading as division names for just two years. With Rutgers and Maryland joining the conference, where’s Rebecca Martinson when you need here? I’d love to hear her SCREAM and CURSE LOUDLY IN ANGER at whoever came up with that Legends and Leaders garbage.

Moving on, the new division alignments are:

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UPDATED 2013-2014 preseason top 25 college basketball rankings

April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment

With the Louisville Cardinals cutting down the nets, the book was officially closed on the 2012-2013 college basketball season.  Hoop junkies like myself are already looking ahead to next season so allow me to present to you my updated way too early 2012-2013 preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings.

So here is my preliminary preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings for next season.  I have updated these rankings since the NBA Draft early entries list is complete and a number of transfers have since been announced.  There is still one major x-factor out there, the undecided Andrew Wiggins who is the #1 prospect in the 2013 class.  Leave a comment below if you think a team is too high, too low, not getting enough respect, or if you notice an error in a projected roster.  (Click here to see how my 2012-13 way too early preseason college basketball rankings turned out.)

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UPDATED 2013-2014 preseason top 25 college basketball rankings (part 2)

April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Here are teams 16-25 in my updated 2012-2013 preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings and other teams who just missed the cut.

CLICK HERE FOR TEAMS 1-15 IN MY 2013-14 PRESEASON TOP 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS

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