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2012 NFL Draft Preview: The Quarterbacks

With the 2011 NFL Season behind us, and now that the New York Giants have been crowned Super Bowl Champions and will rightfully take the next few weeks to let their second championship season in five years really celebrate and resonate, 31 other franchises now turn their focus toward building a worthy challenger to overtake New York. The Giants have done an amazing job building their...
Via The Herd's Word  |  5 days ago
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Fireman Mike’s Super Bowl Bets

We roll into the Super Bowl with a 72-45-3 record, winning at a 62% clip. We’ll finish the season strong and I’ll do everything in my power to keep the money coming next year. Here we go!….-Fireman Mike Giants +3 vs. Patriots / OVER 53 A lot of people think Vegas is trying to outsmart everyone by setting this line but the truth is I thought it would be New England...
Via The Herd's Word  |  8 days ago
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Tampa Bay Bucs Hire Program Builder Greg Schiano

After backing an Armored truck up to Chip Kelly’s front door, only to receive a polite refusal, the Tampa Bay Bucaneers look like they’ve finally found their man. It was once again at the college level but this time it was at the oposite end of the country. Greg Schiano has agreed to become the next head coach of the Bucs, replacing Raheem Morris, who -after as promising...
Via The Herd's Word  |  17 days ago
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Fireman Mike’s AFC/NFC Championship Bets

When it comes down to it, we win. And win big. A perfect 5-0 record brough us to 70-45 on the season and bumped us past the 60% mark as well. With two games on the docket this weekend, we’ll try to finish this season with a bang. Here we go!….-Fireman Mike Ravens +7 @ Patriots We’ve become such a “What have you done for me lately?” society that it’...
Via The Herd's Word  |  22 days ago
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - NFL Divisional Playoff Edition

We keep things rolling into the Divisional Round, sniffing 60% for the season. It’s so damn close I can taste it but that might just be the crow I finished eating after Tebow stuck it to me last week. If the Broncos beat the Patriots, I’ll wear a Tebow jersey every day for the rest of the NFL season. I’ll include daily pictures. Enough of that bum, let’s talk...
Via The Herd's Word  |  29 days ago
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BCS National Championship Bets And Breakdown

Alabama -2 vs. LSU - OVER 40.5 BCS National Championship With an overall record of 64-44-3 (59%) we’re looking to pick up two victories tonight and hit our goal of winning 60% of our games as we head into the scond round of the NFL Playoffs. Anybody who watched the first installment of “The Game of the Century” took something different away from it. Personally,...
Via The Herd's Word  |  January 09, 2012
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - NFL Playoff Edition

We all know how hot we’ve been of late, so there’s no real need to elaborate on it. That said, the key is to focus on the next game when you get hot and believe me, that’s all I can think about. The NFL Playoffs -along with the BCS Championship Game- grace us with their presence this weekend and we’ll take full advantage. With a winning percentage of 60% ...
Via The Herd's Word  |  January 07, 2012
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The Herd’s Word Bowl Bets - Week 3

I’m not extremely overjoyed about my performance so far this Bowl season, but 8-6 will take the money and I’m looking forward to having a big week on the heals of a 4-1 record in the NFL’s regular season. If I don’t like a game today, or going forward, I’m not going to make a pick just for making a pick’s sake and I’m sure you guys understand...
Via The Herd's Word  |  January 02, 2012
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 18

Last week wasn’t very profitable but we’re still hanging in there with a winning percentage close to 60% (53-40-3). Luckily the last week of the regular season provides a bevy of matchups that actually mean something so guys will be playing for a hell of a lot more than pride. There are even a few games that might as well be playoff games this week, making things even...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 31, 2011
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The Herd’s Word Bowl Bets - Week 2

A 4-2 week was a hell of a way to kick off the Bowl Season and hopefully paid for some of the Christmas gifts you suckers picked up for your ladies. She’s still gonna ask where you’ve been going on Thursday nights but you’ve probably bought yourself a few weeks. The good news is we have a ton of games over the next few weeks and the bad news is football can no longer...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 26, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 17

We’re riding the wave of back-to-back successful weeks as well as a good start in the college bowl games that has brought our season reason to 47-33-3, winning at a 59% clip. The short week should favor some of the more well-rounded, healthier teams in the NFL and we’ll use that thinking to hammer the book come Saturday Night. Here we go!……..-Fireman Mike...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 23, 2011
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The Weekend That Should Have Been: 2011 College Football Playoffs

Instead of watching a couple mediocre college football teams battle for the rights to the Idaho Potato Bowl Championship this weekend we should have enjoyed the first round of the College Football Playoffs. Those who are against a playoff system are simply against the concept and don’t think about the entertaining mathcups the system would produce.Not to mention, there would probably...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 19, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 16

Our Sunday Night double dip capped off another winning weekend and the Giants now look to be back on track. But I’ve thought that before, only to be fooled. Is there any better team in a big game against a team with a winning record though? even when they don’t win, it’s cover city. Even though there are a multitude of Bowl games coming our way, the Fab Five will...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 17, 2011
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The Herd’s Word 2011-12 College Football Bowl Bets

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and there’s nothing better than cashing in on mediocrity, which is the basis for the college Bowl Season. We cleaned up during the 2010-11 postseason and the plan will stay the same. Break down every game as they come for the next three week. Here we go!…..-Fireman Mike Temple -7 vs. Wyoming - New Mexico Bowl The Owls enter...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 17, 2011
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In A Perfect World……The 2011 College Football Playoffs: The Seeds

This is a little something I like to do every year when College Football’s regular season comes to a heart-breaking end. And one day -if there is a God, which Tim Tebow has promised again and again!- maybe the powers that be in the NCAA Football office will come to their collective senses and do the same. Ready for it?I SEED THE NCAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TEAMS! Here’s what we would...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 10, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 15

Without any premium college football games to occupy my mind I had an extra day to break down the five game we’re going to take this weekend. A dominant 4-1 record propels us toward the 60% mark for the season with a 37-27-4 record and we’ve still got four weeks left in the NFL season and the playoffs to go along with EVERY college football Bowl Game. There is no trip...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 10, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 14

A winning weekend gets us back on track as we forge ahead to Conference Championship Games and the end of the NFL Season. This weekend features a few high-profiled college maatchups along with some seriously important NFL games. We’re 33-26-4 on the season, good for a winning percentage of 56%. That will improve as we sprint to the finish line. Here we go!…..-Fireman...
Via The Herd's Word  |  December 02, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s NFL Rankings

We’re deep enough into the NFL season to actually know what teams are made of. Everybody has played a number of quality opponents and nobody has proven to be susceptible in some way, shape or form. It’s almost comical to take a look back at some of the “experts” Top Ten lists throughout the season, namingly those at the beginning of the year when Pittsburgh...
Via The Herd's Word  |  November 26, 2011
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Top Heisman Trophy Candidates Down The Stretch

Due to some issues we haven’t been able to update some of the main stories on this site for a while but our picks have held us through. Now we’ll start getting deeper in to the bowels of the gambling scene as well as put together our Heisman Hopefuls and some Rankings as the the NFL and CFB seasons wind down.First we’ll take a look at the front-runners for the Heisman...
Via The Herd's Word  |  November 25, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 13

I hope everybody had a better Turkey Day than the Lions, who went down the toilet right after Ndamukong Suh decided to become a WWF bad guy. The Ravens took care of business in the Har-Brawl but we finished 1-2 overall. I took Houston earlier today in what seemed like a trap game but they proved to be too talented for Tulsa, winning 48-16. We’ll take the Holiday weekend to...
Via The Herd's Word  |  November 25, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Turkey Day Trifecta

After a weekend that included two sister-kissing pushes, we’ll start the rebound with a Thanksgiving Treat. Riding a 5-1 Turkey Day record into the 2011 Holiday Season, and considering every year some type of trend seems to take place -whether it’s all dogs covering, all road teams winning or something of that nature- we’re going to stick with the oldest adage in...
Via The Herd's Word  |  November 23, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 12

A terrible loss by the Lions combined with a huge mistake by me overlooking the Texans during the week led to a 2-2-1 weekend, bringing us under the 60% mark for the first time in a while. We’ll get back up there though, I promise you that. Somehow I neglected to catch Houston only laynig three points to a Tampa Bay team that really sipped their own kool-aid during the offseason...
Via The Herd's Word  |  November 18, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 11

As Joe Flacco hung up another floating long ball to Torrey Smith last Sunday Night I could feel all of your breaths being collectively held, not to mention the disappointing four-letter bombs that accompanied Smith’s spike after the touchdown. You weren’t alone fellas, but you won’t be alone cashing in from your book next week either. Our first losing weekend in...
Via The Herd's Word  |  November 11, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 10

Another winning week of plays keeps us at the 60% mark for the season and improves our overall record to 26-17-2 on the year and the money keeps piling up. Both the Gianst and Razorbacks came out on top during their games last weekend but both played with so little energy they couldn’t pull away until the end. This week we’ll hit a few of the biggest games on the college...
Via The Herd's Word  |  November 04, 2011
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Fireman Mike’s Fab Five Football Bets - Week 9

Baltimore pissed the bed on Monday night after Northwestern did the same in the second half on Saturday but another winning week was highlighted by Oklahoma State beating Mizzou by 21-points like we called it. A 3-2 record last week keeps us hoovering above the 60 percent mark for the season with a 23-15-2 overall record. This week we’re only gonna make one play against the...
Via The Herd's Word  |  October 28, 2011
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