NFL Postseason Matchups: Ravens vs. Patriots

New England has everything, they have a great defense, and the best offensive game in the AFC.  That being said, how do the Ravens have a chance at beating them?  One method may be to make them play sideline to sideline.  While this method wears out the linemen faster than any other play book in football, it also makes teams play their bench, to give the line a rest more often.  Baltimore has a better bench than New England, that is for sure, with much more depth than the other.  Sideline to sideline wearing out the endurance and stamina of the line.

So what does Baltimore have to do to help themselves to a Superbowl?  Ray Lewis and his band of merry men have to make Tom Brady less accurate, and the way to do that is to rapidly close the pocket around him.  It was seen and proven in the Texas game, that when Tom Brady is hurried and/or has to scramble out of the pocket, his accuracy goes dramatically down, spirally into the depths of garbage.

New England 28
Baltimore 17

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NFL Postseason Matchups: 49ers vs. Falcons

Definitely going to be touted as one of the most evenly matched teams to meet in the NFC Championship.

49ers - Frank Gore on the running game coupled with LaMichael James is one of the best running games in the industry.  Colin Kaepernick is the real deal, with weapons such as Randy Moss, Michael Crabtree, Vernon Davis, and Walker to round out the offensive threat. Defensively, the Smith brothers are back together, causing havoc and keeping half the offensive lines completely pre-occupied, so much so that opposing QB's have to look out for Patrick Willis coming straight up the middle one-on-one with the lethal linebacker.

Falcons - Also have the multi threat capability, but are more dependent on the air game than the run game.  Matt Ryan is a veteran and has the experience to put any team to the test, especially since the Falcons are the number one seed in the playoffs, stemming from an impeccable season.  I see the Falcons keeping the chip on their shoulder from not getting the respect they have earned throughout the season, and coming in with a large amount of vengeance.

It will be a great game, and a defensive battle.

49ers - 35
Falcons - 31

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Concussive Diagnosis of Players in Contact sports

Its a matter of cause and effect.  If a defensive football player hits an offensive player so hard that the person blacks out, throws up, loses his balance, or any of the myriad symptoms of a concussion, then the offensive player MAY have a concussion.  I say MAY because I am not a doctor, and therefore can't make diagnosis of what is going on with the player.

In recent months, the importance of focusing on concussions, with spear focus on Football players, is a good thing, and it puts the right light on organizations protecting the players from successive blows to the head that MAY lead to further brain damage.

But what about Hockey, Rugby, Lacrosse, Soccer? Basketball?  There are times where each and every sport, minus maybe Bowling, which I am not really sure is a fully fledged sport, that contact is going to be made between players.  A spike in Volleyball has a leather bound ball flying through the air at 70 mph with the possibility of hitting an inanimate target human head.

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The biggest point of this article stems from the study of Junior Seau's brain, which analysts have laid the blame of his suicide on repeated hits to the head.

The brain, or the study of it, called neurology is a science of unknown proportions.  This, in layman's terms means that the whole science is full of unknowns, making a diagnosis of suicide due to defensive lineman hits to the head, completely false.

Could repeated hits to the head have contributed?  Sure.  Could a bunch of other factors have contributed to the suicide, absolutely.  The only surefire way of finding out why a person takes their life into their own hands, is to ask that person, and unfortunately, and with all of today's technology, we still can't make the dead talk.

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NBA: UFC on Plywood

When I was growing up, the actions on and off the court for Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and the list goes on, was used as the example of how to be great, great in profession, and great in life.  This professionalism has evolved, and unfortunately, has been degraded over the years.  Now, professional athletes in the NBA are looked upon as plywood thugs, talking trash to each other, and getting away from the game to settle personal dislikes.
 
It is painfully obvious that the rivalries in the NBA are based on individual likes and dislikes, which is basically the same as who is the biggest bully on the street.

The NBA, compared with the NFL, MLB, and the NHL, is in my opinion the third rate professional sports program.  Due to this problem with populace favorite, the NBA is turning into the UFC of Professional sports.

Garnett and Anthony have made this what it is with their performance in the latest matchup.

In the early 90's, the East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry was based in large part to the influence and growth of the music industry, which propagated the rivalry on their own footing, and then fertilized it with professional sports.

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Notre Dame Irish - After hundreds of years of oppression by England, do the Irish now get a chance at true justice tonight?

Alabama - Is a Crimson Tide something that a woman experiences once a month?

Who would actually win?  A Seahawk in battle with a Raven?

What is more dangerous, a cheese packer, or a pack of San Francisco Miners?

Can you get any more National Pride then to have a Texan battle a Patriot?

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The San Francisco 49ers will play a bird herd in the NFC Championship at Candlestick, I think its safe to say that the miners will be shooting birds out of the sky

Here we go into the Sweet Sixteen, and the State of Kansas is contributing the Jaybirds and the Shockers, or maybe we should just combine them into a Shocked Jaybird?



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NCAA Football: 2013 National Championship

The months of awesome College football have come to end, and the National Championship between Alabama and Notre Dame is within 24 hours of kickoff.

The commercials and sports professional commentators have Alabama going the distance, with their high powered offense, and their soul shaking defense, Roll Tide is on the lips of most of the nation.

Notre Dame Irish, the title is synonymous with greatness.  Rudy, the movie that exceptionalized the Irish program, and the school is what people think of when "Irish" is mentioned.  As an independent institution, the Irish football team should feel like champions already, as they have played their hearts out, in a conference with no roots, no funding, and not a shred of motivation past the high expectations related to the academics of the school, and yet, here they are.

As a fan of College Football, I would like to see a high scoring, fan driven rivalry, but, as the realist that I am, I see this match up being a low scoring, grueling defensive battle.

My prediction for the end of the game is

Notre Dame    17
Alabama          10

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Currently, the Alabama Crimson Tide is favored by ten points, which just gives the Irish a ten point advantage in the casinos.  Ten points is a lot of points in a defensive battle.

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Not even close, a true to form blowout on a national stage and on an epic proportion.  Domination is the word that comes to mind, with the Alabama Crimson Tide showing why they are the three peat National Champions, right up until the center, Barrett gets embarrassed by AJ McCarron, and then throws hims him to the side.

Now, the only thing will remember about this dominating presentation, is the shove to A.J. McCarron, which will be replayed during Sports Center until exhaustion sets in, or the tape eats itself.

NFL Post Season Matchups: Redskins vs. Seahawks

Seattle vs. Washington

Seattle and Washington are both being led by Rookie QB's, but the supporting cast is far different.  Washington, I feel has the advantage by having all the right veterans in all the right places for success.  Seattle, led by Wilson has motivation and Pete Carroll, who, after leaving USC, has everything to gain, and nothing left to lose, by winning.  I expect to see Washington play a tactically correct game, and Seattle leave it all on the field, making a great game come forth, but with Washington the victor.

The second half is on the horizon with Washington leading by one point.  Key areas that will be addressed have to include that RGIII is still injured, and now Hauschka fro Seattle is too.  Impact, RGIII is injured and may have to alternate snaps with Cousins, who has proved that he is effective as a backup.  Hauschka on the other side, and with Seattle, isn't so lucky, with his backup having not been involved in the season, other than as holdier, due to the fact that kickers don't normally get injured, or can go years without one.

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Due to a lack of mobility by RGIII, the receivers have to break free, and I would suggest a short yardage, 12 yards per play offense for the Redskins.

On the Seattle side of things, Russell Wilson's mobility needs to be exercised more in order to keep the Washington secondary in check, forcing them to stay close to the line.

NHL Lockout

Now that more than half of the NHL season is over, and the players and owners have effectively locked out the fans, and businesses that make money off the season, the question that lays ahead now is, will the fans of the NHL lock out the NHL?  I mean, why not?  In a struggling economy, do people have the money to spend to watch Hockey players that don't want to spend the time entertaining fans?  I think this needs to be addressed, and will be when the NHL players and coaches find themselves alone in a stadium.

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NFL Post Season Matchups: Colts vs. Ravens

While I like to see the wild card games, the most interesting matchups between NFL teams comes before the playoffs.

Indianapolis vs. Baltimore

Ray Lewis is back and the Baltimore Ravens now have something to be motivated by and play for.  The news that this will be the last season for Lewis may mean that the Ravens want to send him off with a Superbowl.  Injuries and motivation are common with Baltimore as well as a slackening of the small details as the season progresses.  Andrew Luck and the Colts, however, are the opposite.  As the postseason heats up, so do the Colts, aided by the hottest rookie QB and the return of Chuck Pagano, the Colts are expected to be sluggish in the first half, and then explode in the second half.  For Indianapolis to seal the deal, the whole team concept has to come to bear with defense creating turnovers, and the offense turning small yards into large yardage gains.

At three minutes left in the game, it is very apparent that Andrew Luck came to play, but his receivers came to drop.  Thrown to multiple receivers, and out of five tosses, four are either dropped, or hit in the hands for incomplete passes.

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