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Super Bowl is over, time for the Draft posted on 02/03/2009

Well, Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl again.  Santonio Holmes won the MVP, which makes me happy as we are fellow Buckeyes from the same years.  After the Super Bowl, I always get excited for the Draft (no, I don't care about the Pro Bowl).  This year, however, I started gearing up for the Draft in about the first week of January.  I don't know where the new focus came from, but I have been checking big boards/ espn.com/ watching a lot of College Football Live to get a glimpse about who will go where.  I of course am a Bengals fan, so I've been looking to see who they would draft.  I really think that OT is the best bet, despite what many people on bengals.com have been suggesting (RB, WR, DE).  I can understand taking a DE if some of the OTs are off the board, but it simply won't help, as the O-Line was putrid last year.  Stacy Andrews is worthless, overpaid, and very injured, thus I feel he won't be back.  Levi Jones is best suited as a backup, as his age is starting to show.  Anthony Collins and Nate Livings played well in fill-in spots, but they're untested. 

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Steelers' cheap shots posted on 01/19/2009

So after watching the Steelers/ Ravens game, I have noticed one thing about Pittsburgh... they are a dirty team.  Ryan Clark hit Willis McGahee helmet-to-helmet in the closing minutes of the Fourth Quarter to force a fumble, which was recovered by the Steelers.  Unfortunately for the NFL and for fans of the game, the referees did not call the hit illegal.  A very similar hit was called illegal (and a fine was given) earlier this season on Anquan Boldin, which knocked him out for several games.  These hits are very dangerous and can cause paralysis.  The league needs to be more uniform in the hits they call.  There are less calls made against offensive players making helmet to helmet blocks (see video of Hines Ward breaking Keith Rivers' jaw in a game against Cincinnati).  Also less frequent are helmet-to-helmet hits on running backs from defenders.  It's like the league feels that defensive players deserve to get hit this way, and since running backs are naturally taking the most hits, they deserve it in a way.  Receivers and quarterbacks are too fragile to allow these hits to be put on them, so the league fines players for hits on these guys.  Come on!  The reason some are called illegal is "to prevent injury".  All of these hits, regardless of position, can injure the guy.  (Did you see McGahee carted off the field on a stretcher, or Keith Rivers get his jaw broken?)  Bottom line, both of these hits referenced were by Pittsburgh Steelers players, and neither were fined or even called as penalties.  I feel like the NFL gives Pittsburgh a free pass because they have a reputation as a physical, hard-hitting football team.  The league needs to get their act together and fix this very baised system. 

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2 in a row against the Eagles? posted on 11/14/2008
So, how about them Bengals??? Winning streak of 1 game! I'm calling it! two games will be the streak after this week. Fitz will get his swagger going early, and Chad should have a good game.  I think Philly will do well this week, but I think Cincy will keep up their winning ways this week and rise to 2-8. McNabb has been struggling as well as the entire Philly offense.  They do not have many weapons beyond Westbrook, so I think Cincinnati will take out that weapon by spying him often.  Jonathan Joseph should flourish against young and untested wideouts.  All in all, I see Cincinnati winning this game 31-27 in a fun game. 

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Alright, everyone get ready... OSU WINS!!! posted on 10/24/2008

So the Penn St. fighting teddy bears (as i judge by their mascot) come to c-bus to try to get their first win at OSU in a very long time.  Not happening this year!  Pryor will have a great game with 3 TDs and 2 more rushing, as OSU goes toe to toe with PSU for the first 3 quarters before the defense shuts Daryl Clark down in the 4th quarter.  I think Buckeyes win 41-28.  The Bucks' D has made great strides after starting slow against Wisconsin and looked absolutely dominant against a VERY good back in Javon Ringer.  I see Tressel putting Freeman or Laurinitis as a spy on Clark at all times and letting the studs in the secondary take the interceptions.   Bottom line: Penn State still has yet to play a non-soft team.  Bucks should get back in the Top 5 after beating the Nittanys this week!! O-H-I-O!!!!

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Bengals will win this week! posted on 10/24/2008
alright, now that I have your attention, I feel that Cincinnati will win this weekend.  They are playing the soft Texans (one of their wins came last week against the Lions (the only team worse than cincy)).  While the Texans have a decent pass rush in DeMeco Ryans and Mario Williams, i think that Cincy's improving run game with Cedric Benson will help open up the passing game, not to mention Fitzpatrick is getting better each week.  The amazing thing about this season is not so much Cincinnati's record (0-7) but the defense (ranked in the top 20 in most categories).  the young group of defenders keeps getting better, and the more games they play, the better they'll be.  Zimmer is a fantastic addition to the team, and should be promoted to head coach next year if t

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