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Lovie Smith Already Inspiring Anxiety from Fans of Illini Rivals

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Lovie Smith is officially the new Illinois Fighting Illini Head Football Coach. (Here is a collection of some of the better Tweets that went up once the University made the announcement) However, there was a lot more out there than just Illini fans celebrating. Fans of Rival Big Ten schools wasted no time poo-poohing this move, and with that showcased their anxiety. What a … [Read more...] about Lovie Smith Already Inspiring Anxiety from Fans of Illini Rivals

Lovie Smith New Illini Football Coach; Best Twitter Reactions

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Former Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coach Lovie Smith is the next University of Illinois Head Football Coach. Monday morning the school made it official, and CBS Chicago called it first on Saturday. It's a vacancy that opened up early that morning when Bill Cubit was dismissed (details on that here). All morning, Bill Cubit was a top five trending term on … [Read more...] about Lovie Smith New Illini Football Coach; Best Twitter Reactions

Jaylon Smith to the Chicago Bears at #11; Not a Crazy Idea

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Like Curtis Conway told me at the NFL Network Draft Media luncheon in Chicago, Foxy will go heavy defense, let him go heavy defense. Let John Fox this team. Hence they should draft Defensive Best Player Available at the #11 pick next month. Given that the Chicago Bears desperately need to rebuild their linebacking corps, why not go Jaylon Smith, the early entry from Notre … [Read more...] about Jaylon Smith to the Chicago Bears at #11; Not a Crazy Idea

NFL Scouting Combine Begins Tomorrow; Yawn

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You're willingly tuning in to watch very large men run around cones and jump on mats? You're seriously excited about viewing men in shorts running around cones? Quoting Sideshow Mel "this endeavor, is the height of tedium!" The Scouting Combine is the most boring banal crap imaginable, and this coming from someone who updates their NFL mock draft weekly. I can't believe how … [Read more...] about NFL Scouting Combine Begins Tomorrow; Yawn

The Sports Bank: Five Greatest Hits Collection

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The Sports Bank turns eight years old today. Time to look back on our eight "greatest hits." These aren't the most viewed articles of all time. For that list, with links to all those stories, go here. That list is an exact science of boolean values, while this one is more subjective. Of all the stories that I broke first during the course of my career, these eight had the … [Read more...] about The Sports Bank: Five Greatest Hits Collection

Dowell Loggains officially named Bears next Offensive Coordinator

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(UPDATE: Monday January 11th, it's official now) Chicago Bears Quarterbacks Coach Dowell Loggains is the heir apparent to Adam Gase at the position of offensive coordinator. We all knew Adam Gase was leaving to take a Head Coaching gig since, approximately, November. Today, the Miami Dolphins made it official. However, the Bears have been planning for this day for a very long … [Read more...] about Dowell Loggains officially named Bears next Offensive Coordinator

Jay Cutler finally had his breakthrough year in 2015

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Jay Cutler has an infamous and well deserved reputation as a coach killer. Whether it's head coaches or offensive coordinators, "Cutty Does it," and by "it" we mean "gets them fired." Adam Gase is the man who finally reversed this trend; accomplishing something no one else really seemed to be able to do- get the most out of Jay Cutler. Gase inspired Cutler, who had his finest … [Read more...] about Jay Cutler finally had his breakthrough year in 2015

Dolphins hire Bears OC Adam Gase as new head coach

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Update- it's official, the Miami Dolphins have hired Adam Gase as their new Head Coach. Jay Cutler has an infamous and well deserved reputation as a coach killer. Whether it's head coaches or offensive coordinators, "Cutty Does it," and by "it" we mean "gets them fired." Adam Gase is the man who finally reversed this trend; accomplishing something no one else really seemed to … [Read more...] about Dolphins hire Bears OC Adam Gase as new head coach