Jason Taylor on Thursday scoffed at the notion that the Dolphins would be better off losing so they could get the No. 1 pick and draft Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck.
Via BCS Know How
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October 19, 2011
Seven weeks in the books, and the Heisman race is finally concrete enough to watch from an aggregate perspective.
With a clear preseason frontrunner in Andrew Luck, many Heisman analysts have stuck to Luck like glue in the early going, although Luck’s candidacy lacks a certain fire other Heisman winners have enjoyed.
The rest of the current leaders are muddled together. Yes, Trent...
Via Pro Football Talk
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October 19, 2011
As the “Suck for Luck” campaign moves from simmer toward full boil, there’s a caveat. If sucking for Luck creates the impression that the franchise sucks too badly, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck could make an Eli Manning-style power play. Albert Breer of NFL.com reports that some in league circles are concerned that Luck and his…
Via Talking Points
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October 19, 2011
Yeah, I can bet that a few NFL executives are watching Stanford’s Andrew Luck play nearly perfect football week after week and are wondering if he’ll try to use his elite status to hand-pick his professional landing place. They wouldn’t worry so much if they really knew Luck, who...
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Via sun-sentinel.com
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October 20, 2011
Add Jason Taylor to the growing list of Miami Dolphins players who has gone on record to say that ‘Suck for Luck’ is an asinine, embarrassing concept. Taylor didn’t use both those words on Thursday to describe his thoughts on Suck for Luck. But he did use one of them.
Asinine.
Dolphins linebacker Karlos Dansby spoke yesterday of the Suck for Luck talk and he strongly criticized...
Via Fox Sports
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October 21, 2011
The first ranked opponent for Stanford this season hardly figured to come so soon.
After rolling to a 41-0 victory last year in Seattle, Andrew Luck and the seventh-ranked Cardinal will host the surprising No. 22 Huskies on Saturday night in what amounts to an elimination game in the Pac-12 North.
Both Stanford (6-0, 4-0) and Washington (5-1, 3-0) still have home dates with No...
Via With Leather
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October 20, 2011
The Miami Dolphins are 0-5. In no sport is that a good way to start a season, especially in the NFL, where teams don’t have the luxury of needlessly long seasons like the NBA and MLB. So it goes without saying that as the New England Patriots have once again established themselves as the standard in the AFC East, and the Buffalo Bills have proven that a franchise can climb out...
Via Stanford University Athletics
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October 19, 2011
It could be worse, but Stanford's outstanding tight end corps has a nickname. Plus, Andrew Luck, Chris Owusu, and the Harbaugh handshake in this week's Stanford football notebook.
Via 85% Sports
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October 19, 2011
*Andrew Luck QB, Stanford
*Matt Kalil OT, USC
*Justin Blackmon WR, Oklahoma State
*Matt Barkley QB, USC
Quinton Coples DL, North Carolina
Brandon Thompson DT, Clemson
*Alshon Jeffrey WR, South Carolina
*Dre Kirkpatrick CB, Alabama
*Trent Richardson RB, Alabama
*Riley Reiff OT, Iowa – added this week
Michael Floyd WR, Notre Dame
*Jonathan Martin OT, Stanford
*Landry Jones QB, Oklahoma...
Via Rivals.com
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October 21, 2011
The first ranked opponent for Stanford this season hardly figured to come so soon. After rolling to a 41-0 victory last year in Seattle, Heisman Trophy hopeful Andrew Luck and the seventh-ranked Cardinal will host the surprising No. 22 Huskies on Saturday night in what amounts to an elimination game in the Pac-12 North.
Via Outside the Boxscore
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October 22, 2011
For Stanford Men's Basketball, this weekend is the Cardinals White Spring Game and the ad wizards over in Stanford decided that this homage to the Larry Bird/Michael Jordan McDonald's commercials was a good idea.
It features Stanford players Dwight Powell and Josh Owens along with cameos from Stanford alum Mark Madsen and current Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck:
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Via thepigskinreport.com
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October 22, 2011
Tony Dungy won a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts with Peyton Manning as his quarterback. While Dungy has moved on from coaching and took a job with NBC Sports as an analyst, is he now advising his former team to also consider parting ways with their best player in franchise history?
Manning has not played one down this season in Indianapolis following three neck...
Via Dan Shanoff
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October 19, 2011
*Cardinals in 7: All signs point to the Rangers winning the World Series -- that lineup! that bullpen! And yet, all signs have pointed to the Cardinals facing oblivion for months, and that hasn't stopped them from advancing. The irony is that "This Time It Counts" will actually... count.*Raiders trade for Carson Palmer: If Palmer is healthy? OK, maybe this works out...
Via NorthWest Sports Beat
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October 22, 2011
Kick your feet back, open up a cold one or a few, and let it ride this weekend. The Slouch is back with your Week 7 Free NFL football picks, and your Week 8 College football predictions. Washington vs. Stanford, Keith Price vs. Andrew Luck, and the Seattle Seahawks vs. Cleveland Browns (Charlie Whitehurst vs. Colt McCoy) are on the schedule this week.
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