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Passing the Guard: MMA Power Rankings October 2013

Music to listen to: Vital Signs by Rush Time for some MMA rankings: Heavyweight: 1) Cain Velasquez 2) Junior Dos Santos 3) Fabricio Werdum 4) Daniel Cormier 5) Antonio Silva Outside: Josh Barnett, Frank Mir Thoughts: Velasquez defended his UFC title against Dos Santos at UFC 166 with a fifth round stoppage, dominating from…
Zone Blitz: NFL Picks Week Six

Music to listen to: Live from the Grove-11 by 3:33 Here are my NFL picks (home team in CAPS) Last week: 6-7-1 Total : 18-27-1 KANSAS CITY (-9) Oakland: As I stated in my power rankings earlier this week, if you can run the ball, play defense and not have turnovers, you’ll win the majority…
Zone Blitz: NFL Power Rankings

Music to listen to: Inventions by Maserati We’re six weeks into the NFL season, so the time seems right to do my first edition of the Power Rankings. I’ll give you my individual thoughts on the top-10 teams and sprinkle some commentary when deemed necessary for the rest. 1) Denver Broncos (5-0): When Peyton…
Zone Blitz: Week Five NFL Picks

Music to listen to: Roulette Dares (live) by The Mars Volta Last week: 6-9-0 This week: 0-1-0 Season: 12-21-0 As you can tell by the numbers above, its been a rough two weeks of NFL picks for me. To make things even better, I picked Buffalo over Cleveland last night, which was a…
Gridiron Blitz: NFL Picks Week Four

Music to listen to: Midnight in a Perfect World by DJ Shadow Last week: 5-11-0 Season: 5-11-0 As you can tell, I didn’t have the strongest start to my NFL picks last week. Who was I to expect a professional NFL team to cover a 20-point spread on the road (Jacksonville) or a…
College Football Preview: Week Five

Music to listen to: The Secret to Quiet by The Mercury Program Television networks like to college football weekends catchy titles to promote the contests such as Redemption Saturday, Revenge Saturday, Rivalry Week and Upset Week. Looking at the slate of major contests on the schedule for week five of the season, I’m seeing…