Thursday, October 20, 2011

My NFL Picks Week 6

Atlanta at Detroit
My Pick: Detroit

Chicago at Tampa Bay
My Pick: Chicago

Seattle at Cleveland
My Pick: Cleveland

Denver at Miami:
My Pick: Denver
This is Tim Tebow's first start this season at the Broncos. Orton was benched after a disappointing start to the season. Tebow gets his first start against a winless Dolphin team who had quarterback issues of their own. Look for Tebow to get comfortable early and get a few touchdown passes in his opener on UF day at SunLife Stadium

Houston at Tennessee
My Pick: Tennesse

San Diego at New York Jets
My Pick: San Diego

Washington at Carolina
My Pick: Carolina

Kansas City at Oakland
My Pick: Oakland

Pittsburgh at Arizona
My Pick: Pittsburgh
This is a rematch of Super Bowl 40, where Pittsburgh fought at late comeback from the Cardinals. Two players on the Cardinals team were on the Steelers winning team. Joey Porter and Clark Haggins are linebackers currently on the team. Arizona's QB Kolb has not filled into his role now and has his team 1-4. The Steelers just passed the Jags last week. Look for the Steelers to win big in this one. Roesthlisberer is healthy and Mendenhall had a big game last week earning him the AFC offensive player of the week.

St. Louis at Dallas
My Pick: Dallas

Green Bay at Minnesota
My Pick: Green Bay

Indianapolis at New Orleans
My Pick: New Orleans

Baltimore at Jacksonville
My Pick: Baltimore
This is yet another boring Monday Night Game, Jacksonville went 8-8 last year and is hosting the same amount of MNF games that the defending Super Bowl Champions have (Green Bay, 1 at home) and more than the AFC Champions do (Steelers, 1 away)

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Each week, Just Another Sports Show picks a great moment and an equally awful one, plus a key matchup that is not to be missed.

Most Amazing
The unranked Pittsburgh Panthers running back Ray Graham ran for 226 yards and scored 2 touchdowns on 26 carries against #16 University of South Florida Bulls. Graham averaged 8.5 yard per carry in a huge win against a Big East opponent

C'Mon Man!
You saw Hank Williams Jr blow up on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends" where he compared President Obama to Hitler on live television. But Williams released a statement saying after a lot of thought he is one deciding to part ways with ESPN.

"After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run." Williams posted on his website
For more on the story click here

Watch 2 Watch 4
#15 Auburn at #10 Arkansas
Razorback Stadium, 7pm, ESPN
Auburn, unranked at the time, took down the previous #10 team South Carolina last week, but the new #10 Arkansas had a big win over #14 Texas A&M last week. Both teams looks to climb even hire in the rankings in a night game in Fayetteville, AR.

My NFL Picks Week 5

For a list of ESPN's expert picks click here

Philadelphia at Buffalo
My Pick: Buffalo

Cincinnati at Jacksonville
My Pick: Cincinnati

Tennessee at Pittsburgh
My Pick: Pittsburgh

Kansas City at Indianapolis
My Pick: Indianapolis

Oakland at Houston
My Pick: Houston

Arizona at Minnesota
My Pick: Arizona

New Orleans at Carolina
My Pick: New Orleans

Seattle at New York Giants
My Pick: New York Giants

Tampa Bay at San Francisco
My Pick: Tamps Bay

San Diego at Denver
My Pick: San Diego

New York Jets at New England
My Pick: New England

Green Bay at Atlanta
My Pick: Green Bay

Chicago at Detroit
My Pick: Detroit

Bye Week This Week: Cleveland, Dallas, St. Louis, Miami, Washington, Baltimore

2011-2012 NHL Preview

The hockey season starts with a puck drop of the defending Stanley Cup Champions, Boston Bruins, hosting the Philadelphia Flyers at 7pm on Versus.  The Flyers made a lot of offseason moves including Jaromir Jager, making his debut back into the NHL tonight, but face a Bruins team poised to repeat.

The 10 o'clock slot holds the Western Conference Champion, Vancouver Canucks, host the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Canucks are looking to put a Stanley Cup lost behind against the Penguins without Sidney Crosby

For a list of picks from experts from ESPN click here
For a list of picks from experts from NHL.com click here

My Picks:
Central Conference Winner- Chicago Blackhawks
Northwest Conference Winner- Vancouver Canucks
Pacific Conference Winner- San Jose Sharks

Atlantic Conference Winner- Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeast Conference Winner- Buffalo Sabres
Southeast Conference Winner- Washington Capitals

Eastern Conference Champs- Buffalo Sabres
Western Conference Champs- San Jose Sharks

Stanley Cup Champion- San Jose Sharks

Monday, October 3, 2011

Monday Night Football Pulls Opening Song

For the first time in 20 years, Monday Night Football did not open with a song by Hank Williams's Jr. The country singer turned MNF star was on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends" Monday morning when a simple politics talk turned offensive when Williams compared President Obama to Hitler. The newscasters were stunned and almost speechless after hearing this rant. ESPN immediately posted a statement saying they will not open Monday's game with Williams's song.

For the complete ESPN story click here

Below is a video uploaded by 68Truthseeker of Hank Williams's rant on television