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Bears accuire lineman

Jerry Burns — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:25:22 +0000

The Bears website is repoting that the team has accuired offensive linemen Dan Buenning from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for an undisclosed 2009 draft pick. The Bears waived 5th round cornerback Zackary Bowman in order to make room for Buenning. This will now give the Bears seven lineman on the roster.

USC new #1

Jerry Burns — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:11:02 +0000

The AP poll and coaches poll came out today, and revealed to little surprise of nobody, that USC is now the no. 1 team in the nation, dropping Georgia down to the second spot. No. 9 Clemson has dropped completely out of the standings after Saturday nights lost to Alabama. Illinois is no. 24 after losing to Missouri on Saturday night. They are the only top 25 team to lose their opener and remain ranked.

Bears captains named

Jerry Burns — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:03:12 +0000

The Bears have picked who will be wearing the ‘C’s on their uniforms for the 2008 NFL campaign. Kyle Orton on Olin Kruetz will be the captains of the offense, while Brian Urlacher and Mike Brown will be the defensive captains. Pat Mannelly will be captain of the special teams (the longsnapper).

It will be interesting to see how many of the captains will actually be on the field throughtout the year, seeing Kyle Orton is by no means a definite starter and Mike Brown is long term injury prone.

Franchitti leaving NASCAR

Jerry Burns — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:56:27 +0000

Dario Franchitti will be leaving NASCAR and returing to Indy Car after only one year. His Ganassi NASCAR team folded due to lack of sponsorship and funding. He will be returning to Indy Car starting next year, where he will continue to drive for Chip Ganassi, and replace Dan Wheldon in the Target car.

Manning finds home in St. Louis

Jerry Burns — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:45:31 +0000

Ricky Manning Jr, has signed with the St. Louis Rams. He has spent the last two years as the Bears nickelback until issues with coaching staff this offseason earned him a termination of his contract.

Patch honoring Upshaw

Jerry Burns — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:56:55 +0000

The NFL revealed that the players will wear a patch this season on their uniforms in honor of the late Gene Upshaw. Upshaw was the leader of the NFL Players Association, and played for the Oakland Raiders as a guard. The patch will be worn on the left side of the chest of the uniforms, and will display his playing number, 63.

Gene Upshaw died August 23rd from pancreatic cancer.

Feagin to redshirt

Jerry Burns — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:53:06 +0000

Espn.com is reporting the Michigan quarterback Justin Feagin will redshirt his freshman year. That leaves Steven Threet and Nick Sheridan to lead the Wolverines at quarterback. Coach Rich Rodriguez has not yet stated who will start against Miami(OH) this weekend. Sheridan and Threet both saw playing time in this past weekends loss to Utah.

NCAAF – Week 1 Thoughts

Jerry Burns — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:49:03 +0000

The first week of college football is always an interesting one, because your never really sure what to expect. Some of what you see will foreshadow what will come during the season, while other moments were mere glips on the college football radar. This past weekend certainly offers up some interesting theories on whats to come this season.

Georgia over Georgia Southern

For a team that is ranked no. 1, and is considered to be one of the best defenses in the league, they sure gave up a lot of points to Georgia Southern. I understand that it is the first game of the year, and with a victory in hand, coaches like to play kids lower on the depth chart to give them some field time, but Georgia Southern should not have scored more than six, instead they leave the stadium with 21. With the injury to starting defensive tackle Jeff Owens, that could be potentially season ending, I would be a little concern Coach Richt.

Michigan loses back-to-back season openers

Boise St, Hawaii, Rutgers, South Florida. These are a few of the surprise teams that have been emerging through the last couple of years, making strong runs for BCS bids. Many people believe that this year that team could be Utah. So far they are proving those people correct as they took down Michigan at Michigan. Meanwhile Michigan and new coach Rich Rodriguez have alot to prove especially with the newly installed spread offense.

Clemson fails

Many people thought that Clemson vs Alabama would be the game of the week for week 1 football. Afterall this was suppose to be Clemson and Bowdens chance to show that they were for real, and would not crack under the pressure of a high profile game, while it was Nick Saban and Alabamas chance to show that they were ready to once again enter the national championship picture. The game not only went to Alabama, but they ripped it out of Clemsons hands. Clemson has alot of improving to do, while Alabama is ready to once again shine in the national spotlight.

Auburn’s season over?

While Auburn absolutley dominated L.A. Monroe, they suffered some heavy losses early in the season. Losing three wide recievers and one quarterback, it will be interesting to see how Auburn is able to respond to the rest of the season, especially when LSU comes to town in just a few weeks.

USC is scary good

USC is always a national champion contender heading into the season, but after this week there is little doubt that they are the early on favorite to win it all. They outscored their ACC opponent Virgina 52-7. As Mark Sanchez not only made it known that he will be the QB for the Trojans, but that he will contend for the Heisman as well. The biggest part of the game for the Trojans was that no reciever or running back scored more than one touchdown despite the 52 points put on the board by USC. That means Sanchez has a lot of talent to spread the ball around to.

White Sox call up players

Jerry Burns — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:14:32 +0000

With the expansion of MLB rosters beginning today, the White Sox have wasted no time in beginning to call up players from Triple-A Charlotte, and activating others from the DL. So far they have activated Scott Linebrink off the DL, along with calling up pitchers Mike MacDougal and Ehren Wasserman. Outside of pitchers the White Soxs have also called up outfielder Jerry Owens, with infielders Josh Fields and Chris Getz set to join the team tomorrow. Chicago has also purchased the contract of catcher Paul Phillips.

All of this can be found on the White Soxs website.

Griffey scratched

Jerry Burns — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:07:37 +0000

Ken Griffey Jr. was scratched from the White Soxs lineup tonight due to tightness in his lower back. It does not appear serious though, as the White Soxs say he is still available for tonights game.