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CFB Top 25 Picks: Ohio State Fail Edition
September 11, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Another early-season week, another week of cupcake match-ups (for the most part) that makes the rule of picking Top 25 games be "chalk." Obviously, USC-Ohio State is the headliner -- unless you've been paying attention to OSU in big games the last few years and recognize...
Friday 09/11 Quickie: NFL Week 1, SteelersUSC-Ohio St, Michael Jordan, Marlins, More
September 11, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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An aside: I was in Boston for business school on 9/11. Every year on this anniversary, I find it very difficult to express myself with any sense of the appropriate gravitas. This was my attempt back then. Back to regularly scheduled programming...*Hoops Hall induction: Is Michael Jordan...
Thursday 09/10 Quickie: NFL Opener,SB Pick, Georgia Tech, AI, USMNT, Oudin
September 10, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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So, not entirely unexpectedly, in today's SN column, I am picking the Pats to win the Super Bowl. I have done this almost every year since 2001, mainly as a defense mechanism.If they do win, I have prepared myself. (And, to be reasonable, in any given year, I'll bet on Belichick...
Tim Tebow on Running a Meth Lab
September 09, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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It takes a funny guy like Kenny Mayne to bring out the funny guy in Tim Tebow. There's an interview between them in this week's ESPN Mag, with one section I wanted to highlight:Kenny Mayne: The lack of privacy your generation faces is unbelievable. Does it ever get unbearable...
Wednesday 09/09 (/09!) Quickie: NFL Best,AP Top 25, MLB Wild Cards, Vick vs. Obama
September 09, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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I'm all for rankings. And I'm not even that put off by SN's "expert" list of the Top 100 players in the NFL being led by Peyton Manning.Out of curiosity (and to lead today's SN column), I compared that list to the Top 100 of the "Average Draft Position...
This Week's BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: BYU!
September 08, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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The BlogPoll ballot after the first week of the season is usually the wildest -- I like to lean heavily on what happened on the field, with weighting for teams that beat other good teams, that looked sloppy beating other good teams and generally just reward tough early-season scheduling...
Tuesday 09/08 Quickie: Bradford, Stafford,Oudin, BYU, Rays, Rockies, Pryor, More
September 08, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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My BlogPoll ballot will be up around 10, so check back to see how I handled the whole "BYU thing."I was inspired enough by it to lead today's SN column with a bit of Bizarro reality: Imagine the universe where Sam Bradford has just been named the Lions' starting QB...
Sunday 09/06 (CFB Openers!) Quickie
September 06, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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...Aaand there's your season, for Oklahoma fans. At least in terms of any hope of getting back to the national-title game.What a remarkable result in Norman -- one of the most remarkable we will see all season. It is a testament to college football's regular season as a de...
Saturday 09/05 (LeGarrette) Quickie
September 05, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Two words: Game. Day.Light post this morning, but I wanted to offer a quick take on LaGarrette Blount's suspension for the rest of the season. In short:How kneejerk, inappropriate and draconian. And wrong.Without digging into the mechanics of precisely what he did -- punching the...
Friday 09/04 Quickie: Blount, CFB Top 25,Vick, Goodell, Pedro, Red Sox, Weis, More
September 04, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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There is something about an athlete on the field breaking the invisible barrier between player and fan. Not "Lambeau Leap," but more "Boise Battlin'."LeGarrette Blount is the No. 1-ranked term on Google Trends this morning because he broke through that wall...
TimTeblog Today: Debunking Backlash Myth
September 03, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Two days before Florida's season opener, here are the new posts you can find on TimTeblog.com today:*Debunking (yet again) the Tebow "backlash" myth.(Interesting: I have heard from a bunch of folks questioning my take. Again: There are always going to be noisy extremists...
CFB Top 25 Picks: Thursday Night Edition
September 03, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Complete CFB Top 25 picks coming tomorrow, but I wanted to address tonight's games (home team in bold):14 Boise State over 16 Oregon19 Utah over Utah StateBonus! South Carolina over NC State
Excited for College Football Kickoff?
September 03, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Take a trip in the way-back machine to 2008, courtesy of Holly and EDSBS. The video is so well-done that it is worth revisiting today:
09/03 Quickie: Florida's "Win-or-Fail" Expectations, Schilling, Kazmir, Vick
September 03, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Today is more college football lead-up, and you'll have to indulge me for today's SN column lead, tied into SN naming Florida its No. 1 team in the country (kudos to the NYT's Paul Myerberg at the Quad for going against the grain and naming Texas No. 1 ahead of Florida...
Wednesday 09/02 Quickie: College Football,Rubio, Brady, Hamels, Goodell, FIU, More
September 02, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Let's set aside the next three days here to dig into the college football season, which starts tomorrow night and ramps up nationally on Saturday.Today's SN column leads with the Top 5 storylines I think will dominate the season -- obviously, the thrill of college football...
What Would Implode the BCS?Not Inequity, But SEC Seceding
September 01, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Ed Gunther has an interesting post yesterday ("How the BCS Will Die") about the scenario that would/could/should implode the BCS:To oversimplify his argument, the moment when one BCS league sees its unbeaten team shut out of a title game by others from the "better"...
Tuesday 09/01 Quickie: Favre, RichRod,Thome, USC, Rubio, Erin Andrews, More
September 01, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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I have no doubt that Brett Favre didn't intend to hurt Eugene Wilson. I don't think that notion is incompatible with the fact that it was a dirty play. Say the word: Dirty.As if Brett Favre could engender any more hostility from fans (at least the ones outside of Minneapolis...
Happy 3-Year Anniversary, DanShanoff.com
August 31, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Three years ago today, I filed the final edition of the Daily Quickie on ESPN.com and welcomed readers at a new blog: DanShanoff.com. And 2,137 posts later, things are still going strong.I say this on every anniversary of this date: What a truly amazing experience this has been (and...
Monday 08/31 Quickie: Brady, Cassel,Cutler, Michigan, NL Wild Card, Greinke
August 31, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Very big anniversary today around here. More on that later.Meanwhile, I lead today's SN column with an attempt at a unifying theory around the weekend's biggest NFL news: The injuries to Brady and Cassel.I am all for picking the Pats to win the Super Bowl -- I'm picking...
Breaking-ish: Taylor Mays Is...Jewish?
August 30, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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I presume that USC football fans knew this, but I didn't until I read about it in the New York Times' profile of Taylor Mays this morning: Taylor Mays is Jewish.Not "mom-is-Jewish-but-otherwise-nonobservant" Jewish, and he puts football ahead of the High Holidays...
Sunday 08/30 (Very) Quickie
August 30, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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NCAA violations at Michigan football? With RichRod, who DIDN'T see this coming?(Sounds like RichRod flagrantly violated the rules about how much time the players can spend working out in the summer. You always figured that most elite programs got around this by having the players...
Saturday 08/29 (Very) Quickie
August 29, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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So...um...any reasons to be concerned about Tom Brady's shoulder after Albert Haynesworth crushed it?Albert Pujols game-winning walk-off HR: It's not that Pujols is merely the 2009 NL MVP in a runaway... or the best active player in baseball, again in a runaway... I think when...
Today on TimTeblog: Thamel Does Work
August 28, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Today on TimTeblog.com, I am dissecting a double-shot of terrific work from Pete Thamel.The New York Times writer -- for my money, the best college football reporter in the country -- has a feature on Tim Tebow's philanthropic efforts (the most extensive I have read anywhere) plus...
DS Book Week 3: Clay Travis On Rocky Top
August 28, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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http://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Top-Front-Row-Seat-End/dp/0061719269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250601730&sr=8-1
Friday 08/28 Quickie: Vick, Barkley,Kinsler, LLWS, Bucs, Piniella, More
August 28, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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I could take or leave the actual way Vick played last night -- number of snaps, where he lined up, any productivity (not that any of us could watch it live). I was looking for one leading indicator:What would the Eagles fans do?And the standing ovation Vick got was the ultimate symbolism...
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