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09/03 Quickie: Florida's "Win-or-Fail" Expectations, Schilling, Kazmir, Vick
September 03, 2009 by
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Today on TimTeblog:Best Ever Talk, Plus How To Stop Tebow
August 27, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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So this morning kicked off with me playing off SN's magazine cover story by Tebow about Tebow -- yes, I talked about the "Best Ever" discussion, but on TimTeblog, I went into Tebow's essay to explain why the reasons he came back -- "platform" and "history...
Fantasy Football Draft ADP Question Answered
August 27, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Thanks to everyone who emailed off of this morning's request for best available ADP rankings for fantasy football. The one I ended up liking the most was Fantasy Football Calculator -- among other reasons, because it allowed me to sort by 14-team leagues. But even the best ADP...
Thursday 08/27 Quickie: Tebow, Vick,Papi, Dodgers, Pitino, Pryor, Kennedy
August 27, 2009 by
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I swear, I had no intention of leading today's SN column with Tebow -- I was saving that for next week, truth be told -- but SN.com led with a Tebow package, and the moment was here.It is the crux of TimTeblog.com -- and something you have seen a lot here over the last year --...
Preseason BlogPoll Top 25: Complete List
August 26, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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The official Preseason BlogPoll Top 25 is out. Poll administrator Brian Cook previews the Top 10. CBSSports.com has the full list. MGoBlog has the individual ballots, including mine.I will have a compare-and-contrast between the full BlogPoll and my ballot tomorrow. Just wanted to...
Huffington Post Sports: What Will It Be?
August 26, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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It has been talked about for a few months now, but the Wrap has confirmation that Huffington Post Sports will launch in October.So what might it look like and what will its impact on online sports media be?Let's start with this: It is a natural vertical for HuffPo to expand into...
Wednesday 08/26 Quickie: MLB Races, Vick,Rockies, Johan, Wagner, Oklahoma St, Plax
August 26, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Yes, it is a calm-before-the-storm news morning -- particularly in NFL and college football -- and based on last night's results, it felt like a signal moment in MLB's playoff races.It's not necessarily the "end" of the dog days of August or the "start"...
Today on TimTeblog: Why Do Fans Have An Allergy To Certain "Best Ever" Arguments?
August 25, 2009 by
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What you'll find today on TimTeblog -- more than just Tebow talk!*Why are people so resistant to "Best Ever" label?This post above is actually kind of a fascinating topic, and I'd love your take on it. Forget the "too premature!" argument for a sec; are...
Tuesday 08/25 Quickie: Plax, Lee, Rox,Rivers, Beasley, Tebow, GA Tech, Delaware
August 25, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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If the Plaxico Burress story was good for anything, it was the comedy gold that his "original sin" was wearing sweatpants out on the town.Beyond being a hilarious fashion faux-pas, it stands to reason that no sweatpants, no loose waistband; no loose waistband, no gun slippage...
Fanbase Launches With Some Fanfare, $5M(Verdict: Unimpressed. Where's the Need?)
August 24, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Quick take on Fanbase: If VCs are handing out $5 million investments (and the New York Times dishing out plum features) for an idea that is basically the Nth version of "Wikipedia for sports!" I would like to know where I might send my pitch for my own derivative product...
Monday 08/24 Quickie: Bruntlett, Smoltz,Daniel, Cowboys, Rockies, Florida, More
August 24, 2009 by
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So many storylines this morning that I had to lead today's SN column asking who the weekend's biggest winner was.It really has to be Bruntlett, if only for the novelty. Not just an unassisted triple play -- which is more rare than a perfect game -- but a game-ending UTP, which...
On Lou Holtz, Notre Dame and the BCS
August 23, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Give Lou Holtz credit: On the day the AP Top 25 came out, he dominated college football talk with a simple prediction that Florida would play Notre Dame in the BCS title game.Half his logic was not half-bad: Notre Dame's schedule is so easy that it could, in theory, cruise to an...
Sunday 08/23 (Very) Quickie
August 23, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Morning plan: Watching Spurs at a nearby bar that is a NYC home of Tottenham fans. If it's going to happen ANY time, this would be the moment, wouldn't it?NFL: You go, Jay Cutler... Do the Dolphins have a swine flu epidemic?... Josh McDaniels is going to be feeling the heat...
Shanoff BlogPoll Top 25 Preseason Ballot
August 22, 2009 by
Dan Shanoff
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Here is the CBSSports.com BlogPoll Top 25 preseason ballot I submitted, with your input:RankTeam 1 Florida 2 Texas 3 Penn State 4 Oklahoma 5 Southern Cal 6 Mississippi 7 Alabama 8 Georgia Tech 9 LSU 10 Boise State 11 Oklahoma State...
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