What a year we have in prospect and the NFL Superbowl odds reflect how close this season will be. For those of us that like to bet on the NFL it is a minefield to pick out who will make the playoffs, never mind the Super Bowl or be crowned winners! You are able to rate your team’s NFL Super Bowl chances at the nflonlinebetting.com sportsbook to help you see how likely they are to make the Super Bowl....
Reigning Heisman Trophy Award winner Johnny Manziel faces a lot of pressure heading into 2013. Texas A&M has their eyes set on making a National Championship run, and anything short of another Heisman campaign from Manziel would be considered a disappointment. However, a lot of talk surrounding the redshirt sophomore will be his transition from college to the pros. It is widely speculated that, given he has a healthy and productive 2013 season, Manziel will declare for the NFL...
In a case of mistaken identity, Iowa football tight ends coach DJ Hernandez was the subject of a restaurant brawl in a West Harford, Conn., diner around 3 a.m. this past Saturday. DJ Hernandez, brother of disgraced former NFL star Aaron Hernandez who is facing a murder charge, was dining at the Gold Roc Diner when a patron shouted to DJ, “Hey, Aaron Hernandez!” thinking it was actually Aaron. At that point, another customer who was with DJ chimed in...
Nittany Lion head coach Bill O’Brien takes home another accolade for Penn State’s successful 2012 football season as he won the Big Ten Network Men’s Team Coach of the Year award. This is O’Brien’s sixth coach of the year award to include the Maxwell Football Club, ESPN, both Big Ten coaches and media, and the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year award. The BTN Coach of the Year award comes at the heels of O’Brien receiving a $1 million pay raise...
What a year this promises to be in the NCAA it’s left me pondering the NCAA rankings and my thoughts on wagering. When composing this piece about the best quarterbacks who will grace our college football fields this year, I continually changed my mind. I had a look at the wageronsports.com website to see what the site recommend, but I was still unsure as to who would come out top dog. I finally settled on three quarterbacks who I...
In a shameful, embarrassing and disturbing act, former Syracuse media director, Roger Springfield, was sentenced to five years’ probation for secretly videotaping more than 100 male athletes in the Carrier Dome’s locker rooms. Springfield was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty earlier this year to second-degree unlawful surveillance, a Class E felony, for hiding cameras in locker rooms to record football, lacrosse and soccer players undressing. As a result of the plea, the district attorney requested that Springfield, who’s...
Matthew Thomas, a Booker T. Washington product, was ranked as one of the best linebackers in the class of 2013. He was heavily recruited by every major program. Last week he announced and signed his LOI with the eagerly awaiting Florida State Seminoles. Now the youngster is having second thoughts, but FSU will not release the five-star prospect. FSU AD Randy Spetman stated that he has no intentions of releasing Thomas. This is where FSU is wrong. The NCAA...
