Thursday, January 26, 2012

Looks like Rutgers Coach Greg Schiano is going to take Bucs Job


Greg Schiano has coached Rutgers since the 2001 season and has compiled a 68-67 record there, with winning records in 6 of the last 7 seasons. Schiano in recent years has turned down some high profile coaching jobs in college like Michigan and Miami. Before the Penn State scandal, Schiano was also rumored to say that Penn State was his dream job. Rumor also has it that the Glazer family, the Bucs owners conducted a massive amount of research, reaching out to various NFL people. One of the people they called was Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who spoke highly of Schiano. In recent years, Schiano has produced a lot of NFL talent. Some of these high profile names are WR Kenny Britt, RB Ray Rice, OT Anthony Davis, FB Brian Leonard, CB's Jason and Devin McCourty, and DT Eric Foster.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Gronks Ankle leading up to the Super Bowl


It looks like Gronkowski suffered a high ankle sprain after getting tackled by non- other then Safety Bernard Pollard who infamously was the tackler on Tom Brady and Wes Welker's knee injuries. Gronkowski was able to come back in the game but was held with out a catch for the remainder of the game and was seen after the game in a walking boot. This injury was very similar to that of QB Ben Roethlisberger's ankle injury towards the end of the season. Roethlisberger was able to manage the pain and was able to play through it even though you could tell he was not as mobile. Because the Super Bowl is in 2 weeks not 1, Gronkowski has the benefits of more rest and more treatments for it. He stated he was ready to go after the game and if I were a betting man I would guarantee he will be out there Super Bowl Sunday.

Knicks win by 33 and Carmelo has 1 point...Wait what?



Carmelo Anthony had a career low 1 point last night as the Knicks trounced the Charlotte Bobcats 111-78. Tyson Chandler had a great game against his old team scoring 20 and following it up with 17 rebounds. Stoudemire and Fields both had 18 points in the blowout."Sometimes defenses are going to load up on him(Anthony) because they understand he's our number one option," said Chandler. "So when they load up and he hits the open guy like he did tonight, we're still effective - and he's still effective - because of that."

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Super Bowl 46



Many SB blogs to come in the coming days leading up to the rematch of the century...Toms Legacy, Eli better then Peyton, both Defenses playing well and others.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

AFC Championship - Who's got the Edge?


The Baltimore Ravens will come into Foxboro on Sunday to take on the New England Patriots. Sports Media Pros will discuss who has the edge at various Positions.

Quarterback
NE Tom Brady vs BALT Joe Flacco
Tom Brady owns more quarterback record then all active quarterbacks combined. His playoff record speaks for his self at a 15-5 record, 6 AFC championship appearances, and of course his 3 Superbowl rings. When it is all said and done, Brady might go down as the greatest to ever play the game. As for Flacco, he has a pretty good accurate deep ball but has problems staying consistent and tends to get easily rattled in games.
Edge : Patriots

Running Back
NE BenJarvis Green-Ellis, Stevan Ridley, Danny Woodhead vs BALT Ray Rice
The Patriots as of late have not really had any recollection of a running game with rookie Ridley getting the bulk of the carries but he has fumbled the ball lately. Ray Rice is a jack of all trades back, great down hill runner, and great in the passing game after leading all AFC running backs in all- purpose yards this year.
Edge: Ravens

WR/TE
NE Wes Welker, Deion Branch, Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez vs BALT Anquan Boldin, Torrey Smith, Dennis Pitta
Wes Welker lead the league in catches with 122, Gronkowski is an unstoppable force that lead the league in touchdowns with 17 and broke the tight end yards record. Hernandez is a hybrid that plays multiple positions for the Patriots. For Baltimore, rookie Torrey Smith has been a great deep threat this year even though he didn't have a particular good 1st playoff game.
Edge: Patriots

Defense
The Patriots defense especially the pass defense was a league worst this year, but has played well as of late especially with the return of Safety Patrick Chung. The Ravens on the other hand have been in the top 3 in total defense the entire year lead by Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, and Ed Reed.
Edge: Ravens

Coaching:
Bill Belichick vs John Harbaugh
Belichick has won 13 or more games with the Patriots 5 out of the last 9 seasons, a level of consistency that is unmatched with anyone in the league. He has taken some heat though this year for his defense being a league worst considering he has been known as a defensive guy. Harbaugh has also been recently consistent making the playoffs every season he has been the head coach, this being the only season he has won the division.
Edge: Patriots

NFC preview Tomorrow

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Recap Of A Crazy Divisional Weekend



San Francisco 49ers 36 New Orleans Saints 32
San Fran capitalized early on with turnovers taking a early 17-0 lead, then Drew Brees roared back and cut the deficit to 3 at half-time. In the 4th quarter with 2 minutes left and the Saints up 24-23, 9ers QB Alex Smith scampers for a 28 yard rushing td. About 15 seconds later, the Saints get the ball back and Drew Brees heaves up a prayer to Tight End Jimmy Graham who comes down with it and runs for a 66 yard touchdown to put the Saints up 32-29 with 1:37 left. Alex Smith and the 9ers then drove down the field and with 14 seconds left, Smith threw a dart to Tight End Vernon davis for the game winning touchdown.

New England Patriots 45 Denver Broncos 10
This game was over 1:50 into the 1st quarter when Brady drove the Pats down the field and threw the first of his 6 td passes, this one going to Wes Welker. Tight End Rob Gronkowski would catch 3 others. As for Tim Tebow, he was getting chased around all night and got dropped 5 times.

Baltimore Ravens  20 Houston Texans 13
Baltimore took at 17- 13 lead at half-time and after that it turned into a defensive struggle between two great defenses. Baltimore forced rookie QB T.J. Yates to throw 3 interceptions including the last one which occurred with 2 minutes left in the 4th in the end zone to safety Ed Reed.

New York Giants 37 Green Bay Packers 20
The Giant defense harassed the once vaunted Green Bay offense all day by forcing 4 turnovers, 3 of them forced fumbles and sacking Aaron Rodgers 4 times. On offense, the GMEN also succeeded with Eli Manning having a great day, throwing for 330 yard and 3 tds, one of them coming on a Hail Mary to end the first half that Hakeem Nicks caught. The Green Bay Packers in my opinion were not ready to handle the cold that is the Frozen Tundra at Lambeau after the last two years having all their playoff games on the road.

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