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The MLB unveiled a rule stating that when a game goes into extra innings, there will be a runner automatically placed on 2nd base. The rule will be tested in the rookie leagues this season as part of an effort to reduce the total time of a game. The MLB has identified that the major…
Tomorrow, the Atlanta Falcons take on the New England Patriots in the biggest event that America has to offer, the Super Bowl. Two evenly matched teams that made it clear in the playoffs that they deserved to make it to Houston will be vying for the greatest achievement in football, to hoist the Lombardi Trophy….
Seeing as the Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event of the year, gamblers can’t get enough of it. In the weeks leading up to Super Bowl Sunday, people don’t only put money on winners and losers and points scored, they bet on some of the more obscure things relating to the game. Gambling website…
The Alabama Crimson Tide is going to the championship in hopes of keeping the trophy in Tuscaloosa for the second year in a row. Bo Scarborough drew comparisons to Derrick Henry, trampling the Huskies for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Scarborough proved to be a major part of why the Huskies are catching the next…
Today at 3:00, the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide and #4 Washington Huskies will kick off the College Football Playoff in a battle between SEC and PAC-12. Alabama enters the game with experience, having never been denied a berth in the Playoff. Last year, the Tide rolled through the semifinals with a 38-0 dismantling of Michigan…
In a game in which both teams are trying to bounce back from losses to top 10 teams, Minnesota will face off with Washington St. The biggest story of the game by far is Minnesota’s recently averted boycott over due process on campus. 10 players will not be playing due to accusations of rape, a suspension…
This morning, the Minnesota Golden Gophers agreed to play in the Holiday Bowl against Washington State, December 27. This put an end to the team’s boycott of all football activities due to the suspension of 10 players for an accusation that they had participated in a sexual assault. The whole problem started off on September 2nd,…
The switch to a four-team playoff from the BCS Bowl system was a much-needed one. Gone, we were told, were the days where a computer program chewed up and spit out rankings which unfairly put the wrong two teams in exclusive contention for the highest bowl in college football. However, I would like the Committee…
Written by Bentley Estell. We have had some technical difficulties. November 21, 2016. That is the date of the MGM Grand Event hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2-1 Alabama Crimson Tide will face off against the 3-1 Valparaiso Crusaders. The two teams are virtually polar opposites when it comes to past seasons. Valparaiso for…
Only two linemen have ever won the Heisman Trophy, the greatest individual honor in all of college sports. However just as Pac-12 fans might bring up East Coast Bias, I think that a bias is in place here. An unconscious discrimination now known as Ball-Watcher’s Bias. We will instinctively always watch the ball when it…
In the shadow of Williams-Brice Stadium, the South Carolina State Fair is taking place. Carnival rides, impossible “put-the-ring-on-the-bottle” challenges and fried food galore is populating the fairgrounds. However, this southern tradition will see a considerable drop in attendance at about noon tomorrow when the South Carolina Gamecocks take on the Massachusetts Minutemen. The game is…
Awaiting the Clemson v Louisville game, I have found myself watching the Harvard-Georgetown contest. While watching, I noticed that Harvard was ranked 19 in the FCS, something that is not unusual for the Ivy League powerhouse. However, the Ivy League has made it difficult for an Ivy League powerhouse to be a powerhouse in anything…
A loss to LSU last week sealed the deal: the Mississippi State Bulldogs will not be in the College Football playoff. They would have had a tough time coming back from an upset at the hands of South Alabama. Now, they seek to get back into the spotlight after two crushing losses. They will look…