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Can The Big East Send 11 Teams Dancing?
Anyone who makes a bet on college basketball at BetUs during the next month will likely run across a team from the Big East, which has to be considered the best conference in the country. They already hold the record when it comes to having the most teams in the NCAA Tournament with eight in 2006 and 2008. This year, they look ready to shatter that with a mind-blogging 11 teams,...
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March 04, 2011
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Perfect Buckeyes Can Win Ugly Too
The Ohio State Buckeyes are 24-0 and are the No. 1 ranked team in the nation. Anyone who has been doing NCAA Basketball Betting at BetUs knows that to earn 24 wins in a row, it’s not always going to look pretty.The Buckeyes have mostly done the damage on the defensive end as they allow the fifth-fewest points in the country (57.8). That average also ranks them second in the Big...
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February 08, 2011
Best of The Big Picture: favorite posts and topics
Over the course of four years you're going to write some absolute crap. But every once in a while you pump something out that makes you think, albeit for a second, that you can actually do this whole writing thing.Then there are the go-to topics. Our favorite ideas, people and concepts that we often go to in order to put a smile on faces.Favorite posts:The anti-Jay Busbee campaignIf...
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December 03, 2009
Best of The Big Picture: series and features
Four years, you gotta get some staples down. To write about random stories everyday is pretty taxing, so we developed some reoccurring series and features as a way to help readers gain familiarity and to make planning content a little easier.Some of the features stuck, some didn't. Some got big, others were one-and-done.Here they are in all their glory:Would you do...Would you...
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December 02, 2009
Best of The Big Picture: most-read posts
There are occasionally things we write that other people think are good enough to share with their larger audiences. SI.com, Yahoo!, Deadspin and even The New York Times have linked to our work, which makes us feel mushy inside and brings many sets of new eyeballs to our site; and new people to tell us to go **** ourselves with a toilet plunger.Some of these high-trafficked posts...
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December 01, 2009
Best of The Big Picture Week
It's birthday week here. This site turns four on Saturday, so to celebrate, we'll be having a Best Of week.Our favorite posts, best series and funniest jokes will all be showcased this week in a nice, tidy package.We'll also have some friends stopping by to wish us a happy birthday. There will be cake, ice cream and maybe some pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. If you're...
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November 30, 2009
Jumping Stilts for all the bros out there
I found my way to this website for velocity jumping stilts. Not sure how; I must've been wearing my Etnies, drinking a Mountain Dew and feeling EXTREME. But nonetheless, I saw these things that were totally badass!They look super awesome -- can you imagine doing these plowed? It'd be called Velocity Jumping Stilts under the influence. Like a a VJSUI. That doesn't have...
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November 26, 2009
Allen Iverson has 3,000 new fans in another continent
Sounds great: new star in town, Jersey-promo night, butts in seats, right?What happens when the new star in town is off the team in 15 games or less? You get Allen Iverson jerseys in Tanzania.So what will happen to all of those unused Iverson jerseys? The Grizzlies plan to ship the jerseys to impoverished children in Tanzania -- the birthplace of rookie center Hasheem Thabeet. ...
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November 25, 2009
For ****'s sake, can I catch a break???
My fantasy team is ******* good. That's evident by all the points I score every week.My fantasy team is unlucky. That's evident by my 4-7 record and four-straight losses.The last three weeks:Week 9: Lose by LESS THAN A ******* POINT!!Week 10: Score nearly 90 points. Lose.Week 11: Score over 80 points. Lose.I am No. 3 in points in my league yet in seventh place. That sucks...
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November 24, 2009
LockerBlogger: all the cool kids are doing it
LockerBlogger is the new cool site, like Ballhype or Yardbarker, that does things that we don't really understand, yet other people seem to enjoy it. They have like real life athletes doing stuff which is ultimately why people get in the sports-blog game anyway.Our boy David Thompson has his own blog there where he writes about stuff that's funny because he's funny and...
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November 23, 2009
Morning Headlines: Detroit 38, Cleveland 37
Most mornings, we'll lead off the day with some AM headlines -- but not your traditional ones. Rather we'll focus on one game or story and write headlines that are completely inconsequential and insignificant to the outcome of the game. We'll give a few examples and then you'll play in the comments. Best headline (read: the one that makes us laugh the hardest) will...
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November 23, 2009
Pre-gaming: Wild Wild West
Welcome to the Pac-10, the only conference that actually matters this season.With things all but settled in all of the major conferences (and pretty much have been for weeks), we turn our attention to out own backyard where all hell has broken loose and we'll see the first non-USC BCS team since the Joey Harrington Years.My former colleague, Bud Withers of The Seattle Times,...
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November 20, 2009
Yankees vs. Canadiens: A case study in hate
The following is written by David Kamoe, a life-long sports fan whose sister is a close friend. David is an avid A's fan, wen to to high school with Drew Gooden and can't believe that Giants commentator Mike Krukow used to refer to the right-centerfield expanse at Pac Bell Park as "Finley Alley," referring to Steve Finley who remarkably wore a Giants uniform for...
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November 19, 2009
NFL's most disappointing teams
We're past the halfway mark of the season and we know that the Saints are good and the Browns could win their remaining games and STILL be the worst team to ever play tackle football.But sports blogs don't care about good teams. The media -- or in this case, a blog -- likes champions or complete, utter fuckups...like the Browns. It's not very fun to talk about how the...
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November 18, 2009
Nothing says college basketball 2009 like a 6 a.m. tip-off between Monmouth and St. Peter's
By the time you read this, ESPN will be about eight hours into their second annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon, a 24-hour NCAA basketball showcase featuring 12 live games.Included is an 11 p.m. contest between San Diego St. and St. Mary's and the aforementioned 6 a.m. call time for Monmouth and St. Peter's. We can't imagine the players and coaches are too thrilled...
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November 17, 2009
College Football uniforms
Watching plenty of Pac-10 action, we've probably seen more variations of the Oregon Ducks' uniform than actual games. Swear they change those ******* at halftime.While Oregon's uniforms are just awful -- really, horribly awful -- there are some FANTASTIC unis out there.Some of our favorites:-Texas' all whites-Penn State-Georgia's all blacks-Washington's home...
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November 17, 2009
Jason Snelling scored a touchdown yesterday. We know that because of NFL RedZone, the coolest thing to happen to the NFL since the forward pass
We just ordered the Comcast sports package which is AWESOME! Five bucks a month for NFL Network, Big 10 Network, CBS College, a bunch of regional FSN channels, some other, less awesome channels and the newly-launched NFL RedZone, the coolest thing to happen to the NFL since the forward pass (which we told you in the headline but merits a second mention BECAUSE IT'S SO AWESOME...
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November 16, 2009
Morning Headlines: Colts 35, Patriots 34
Most mornings, we'll lead off the day with some AM headlines -- but not your traditional ones. Rather we'll focus on one game or story and write headlines that are completely inconsequential and insignificant to the outcome of the game. We'll give a few examples and then you'll play in the comments. Best headline (read: the one that makes us laugh the hardest) will...
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November 16, 2009
Pre-gaming: The Miserable Life of the Collegiate Kicker
No one aspires to be a place kicker. You don't hear of kids who want to be kickers. Not even the kids who are always kicking balls want to be kickers. Everyone wants to be a quarterback, wide receiver or running back. NOBODY WANTS TO BE A ******* KICKER!The kids who like kicking things play soccer only to learn later that nobody likes soccer. Even then they don't want to...
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November 13, 2009
Bracketology in November: love it!
It's never too early to get Joe Lunardi going. Who are we kidding? The man finishes work in March and then takes a five-month vacation. Livin' the life...Nonetheless, most teams have played less than three games and we're already looking at seeds. Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and Texas all seem pretty safe as your November No. 1s. We love our Dawgs at a No. 3, getting...
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November 12, 2009
The Madden Curse now applies to real companies with real people who once had real jobs
We all know about the Madden Curse and how it turns a once healthy player into someone as brittle as a toothpick structure. Look at Shaun Alexander. He hurts his foot and seemingly forgets how to move more than two steps without falling down.But once a running joke and eerie string of coincidences has started affecting real people. EA Sports is taking all sorts of financial hits...
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November 11, 2009
The San Francisco Giants in the offseason: still can't take a walk
Our pal Simon from the cleverly titled blog SimonOnSports asked us some questions about a Giants team that makes us holler in joy and scream in agony. More often scream in agony.You can read all about the Giants here. To hear about a team who knows how to move a runner over with less than two outs, check back with SimonOnSports at a later date.
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November 11, 2009
Tiger Woods' new home is big, ugly
Tiger Woods has lots of money, little architecture experience and a wife who is hot. That last part doesn't have much to do with anything. But Woods is spending lots of money to build what appears to be a greenhouse. Or a motel.Is there any wonder that golfer Tiger Woods had everybody working on his new ocean-to-Intracoastal homestead on Jupiter Island sign a confidentiality...
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November 10, 2009
College Football teams we can all root against
We're filled with hate. We hate bland food, Gap commercials and many college football teams.Not really sure why we dislike certain teams -- do we root against uniform, players or both? Probably both. While every college football fan hates their rival, most fans can come together for some community hate.The top five teams that we all can root against every Saturday:5. Ohio StateWhether...
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November 09, 2009
Pre-Gaming: Where are all the good games?
It wasn't too long ago that we had weekends where there would be like 10 ranked teams playing one another. The M Zone, one of our favorite college football blogs (RIP), had a fun post one weekend in 2006 where there were seven games between two ranked teams.Now it seems these types of weekends are obsolete. Not really sure why. Perhaps with the emergence of strong non-BCS teams...
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November 06, 2009
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