The 10 Best High School Football Towns in America

The 10 Best High School Football Towns in America

They say football is king, and it’s not for nothing. And while Saturdays belong to BCS-beleaguered college football and Sundays to the bounty-placing, money-hungry NFL, Friday night is pure sport.  It’s the night when all over America young men step out onto the gridiron to fight for their old alma mater.  In an age of interstate highways and fading small towns, high school football has the power to ignite and unite a town like few things can.  Year after...

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Nebraska Coach’s Foundation Being Sued

Nebraska Coach’s Foundation Being Sued

Beverly J. Morgan is suing Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini’s charitable foundation (Bo Pelini Foundation, Inc.) for injuries sustained during an annual football clinic for women called Football 101. Back in June 2, 2010, Morgan, who was a participant in the Football 101 clinic, was partaking in a common football drill called the gauntlet (where a running back carries the ball through two-sided wall of defenders trying to strip the ball using blocking pads).  As such, when Morgan ran...

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NCAA Football Betting – Panthers Look To Rebound From Embarrassing Outing

NCAA Football Betting – Panthers Look To Rebound From Embarrassing Outing

There weren’t many big upsets in the first week of the college football season but one team that was embarrassed was the Pittsburgh Panthers. Pittsburgh was upended 31-17 at home to Football Championship Subdivision school Youngstown State. After that humiliating failure, the Panthers will try to pick up the pieces as conference play starts when they visit Cincinnati this Thursday. Pittsburgh Panthers @ Cincinnati Bearcats Betting Line: Bearcats -3.5 It’s surprising to see Cincinnati only laying 3.5 points considering...

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Be Cautious When Purchasing Picks

Be Cautious When Purchasing Picks

If you don’t know the name William Walters you are not a true sports gambler.  Walters is arguably the most revered gambler in the business who makes frighteningly accurate bets raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time.  Well the world’s top sports gambler is making another bet that will surely land him a significant financial gain. Earlier this week, Walters sued Cooper’s Picks, LLC and its owners/operators for unlawfully using his name and image to lure...

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50 Critical Tips for Landing an NCAA Scholarship

50 Critical Tips for Landing an NCAA Scholarship

So you want to be a college sports star? If you’ve got the goods, an athletic scholarship can be the ticket (or at least part of a ticket) to a fantastic education. Since you’re reading this article, we’ll assume you’re not the next Cam Newton. You’re a solid lineman or shooting guard or golfer who doesn’t have coaches beating down his door. While the odds of landing a scholarship to an NCAA program are not in your favor, these...

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How Will “Paterno” Be Remembered?

How Will “Paterno” Be Remembered?

Vince Lombardi once said “Winning isn’t everything—but wanting to win is.”  It seems longtime Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and Lombardi admirer, will forever be remembered as the coach who turned a blind eye to a defensive coordinator who turned out to be a serial child molester of boys all in the name of winning.  In Joe Posnanski’s new biography “Paterno” the author regales the reader with an inside look at the life of Penn State’s iconic coach....

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Three Key Games To Check Out In Week One Of College Football

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Three Key Games To Check Out In Week One Of College Football

The college football season officially kicks off this week, and that means a full slate of games on Saturday. To help kick off the season, here is a look at three games to watch. These games are selected for the noon, afternoon and night time slots on the East Coast, meaning fans can catch all three of these games in their entirety. Ohio @ Penn State (noon EDT, ESPN) Everyone knows what Penn State football has been through in...

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