Online NASCAR wagering fans will have the pleasure of enjoying one of the most storied races on the Sprint Cup schedule on Saturday. Yes, it will be a good ol fashioned night race! Under the lights just like the races daddy used to take you to. And indeed, experience and family ties will both play a key role in this weeks clash as we look at the six must-haves for Bristol!
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
As if you couldnt pinpoint that segway before. His pops could sure race at Bristol, and he passed the genes down to No. 88! Junior has finished eleventh or better in each of his last ten races at Thunder Valley, and thats unlikely to change this week. Another thing that runs in the family: A flare for the dramatic. Whats more dramatic than a night race at Bristol? The image itself just screams NASCAR! As long as he avoids a wreck, bettors should look for him to be in contention all night long.
Greg Biffle
Nobody has a better average finish at Bristol than the Biff (9.7). The No. 16 driver is the kind of no-nonsense, aggressive driver that is traditionally successful on short tracks. He also has six top tens in his last seven starts here, and true to his style, hes not going to take his foot off the gas this week! Biffle should offer some nice value for a racer that is a very legitimate threat in this race.

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KNIGHTS IN THE PROS
Eleven former Rutgers baseball standouts dot the rosters of nine Major League Baseball organizations this season. Here is a look at each individual and their progress as a professional.
Headlining the group are a pair of players who are in the big leagues in Kansas City Royals' starting outfielder David DeJesus and Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jason Bergmann.

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KNIGHTS IN THE PROS
Eleven former Rutgers baseball standouts dot the rosters of nine Major League Baseball organizations this season. Here is a look at each individual and their progress as a professional.
Headlining the group are a pair of players who are in the big leagues in Kansas City Royals' starting outfielder David DeJesus and Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jason Bergmann.

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spot with the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Georgia. In eleven years, the same period in which the pursuit of “excellence” in big time sports been a priority, Rutgers has plummeted 14 positions in academic ranking. This drop in academic standing is measured against the expenditure on “big time” sports during this period of over $100 million. In chasing “excellence” in sports, Rutgers has rerouted enormous sums of money from academics to athletics, resulting in an ongoing academic decline measured in larger class sizes, decaying learning facilities, and fewer ranked departments. Tellingly, Rutgers increasingly cannot offer scholarship packages to top students even while it increases its funding of athletic scholarships. Simply, in pursuing big time sports on a limited budget, Rutgers has weakened its academic mission.
Rutgers is committed to a successful and accountable athletics program. The recent success of the athletics program is a major point of pride for New Jersey and the university. The university’s national visibility has risen dramatically.


Certainly, the students chanting “f**k navy”, made the papers and gathered Rutgers free publicity, but not of the kind the apologists for football like to discuss. Beyond such incidents, it shouldn’t have to be pointed out that Rutgers’ sacrifice of its academic standards in pursuit of “pride” supposedly derived from football is a betrayal of the university’s purpose and mission.

Coach Greg Schiano is recognized as one of the best football coaches in the nation.
Only by those at Rutgers that sign off on his massive salary. He has a lifetime losing record and has never even won the Big East.

“RUTGERS’ ATHLETICS PROGRAM IS EXCEPTIONALLY INCLUSIVE”
It is not. Six sports have been reduced to club status to pay for the ever-growing demands of football.

Rutgers saved more than $700,000 from reduced expenses associated with the transition of the six varsity sports to club status, even after increasing women’s athletics scholarships.
This is highly dubious in itself, and dismissed by Board of Governors member George Zoffinger, among others. Even if it were true, the money saved is less than the amount Rutgers will pay Kent State for a single football match in 2012. This gutting of some of Rutgers oldest and most proud sporting traditions to fund the football money-pit is in itself an indictment. That the McCormick administration would rather use $750,000 to fly in a football team than provide opportunities for scores of real student athletes to compete and better themselves, reveals the talk about “inclusivity” to be an utter mistruth.

RUTGERS STADIUM EXPANSION

The expansion project is self-supporting – no taxpayer or tuition dollars are being used.
Rutgers can neither know or guarantee this, and therefore, this claim is simply PR rubbish. Rutgers has borrowed $72 million in the hope that the new stadium will continue to sell out, even with inflated ticket prices, for 15 more years. This gamble is set across the backdrop of the current stadium being undersold far more times than it has sold out. Simply put, the McCormick administration borrowing on pure hope. If Rutgers cannot meet the steep debt service on the stadium, the money to meet payments will obviously have to be taken from other areas within the university. Like the construction budget, or academics. This habit of making claims of self-sufficiency with zero supporting evidence is central to the PR spin that the McCormick administration practices in its attempts to protect the football program.

The university will continue to manage the project responsibly and make changes to ensure it is completed without exceeding the project budget approved by the Rutgers Board of Governors.
All evidence points in the other directions, and the administration’s refusal to provide details of the budget should give even the most gullible cause for concern. According to the Star Ledger, the first phase of construction is already $18 million over budget, and the $30 million that was supposed to be raised by Jon Corzine is, in the words of Raymond Lesniak, unlikely to top $10 million. Here, any administration cognizant of its responsibilities to the fee-paying students and the New Jersey taxpayer would call halt to assess the situation. President McCormick has offered no plan to the university community to bridge this disastrous shortfall in capital funds, and Robert Mulcahy seems intent to build on and let taxpayers and students pick up the tab. Conceived in secret, voted on without any meaningful consultation with the university community, and seemingly proceeding without any fiscal accountability, the expansion project has been an unmitigated disaster.

To go into further details of, for example, the utterly specious reasons advanced for the “beneficial” relationship with Nelligan Sports Marketing, will require a separate piece. However, it is enough to say that the desperate spin that the Rutgers PR department attempts here is yet more evidence that this university is utterly contemptuous of the very community it is supposed to serve. President McCormick has made dishonesty, evasion and concealment a hallmark of his time as President. That his office goes to yet-greater lengths to try and convince the community that the secrecy and scandal that accompanies the athletics buildup at Rutgers somehow equates to “accountability” should, unfortunately, come as no surprise.

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KNIGHTS IN THE PROS
Eleven former Rutgers baseball standouts dot the rosters of nine Major League Baseball organizations this season. Here is a look at each individual and their progress as a professional.
Headlining the group are a pair of players who are in the big leagues in Kansas City Royals' starting outfielder David DeJesus and Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jason Bergmann.

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ESPN.com has been asking its visitors a number of questions about Big East football and the University of Louisville football team this week.

The first thing you have to remember about Internet polls is they are far from scientific. One guy with a hyperactive mouse can skew the results.

With that warning issued, these polls are still items that can provoke conversation, especially when they occur on ESPN.com, the Big Dawg of sports internet sites. ESPN attracts traffic.

I'll pass along results from several ESPN.com polls that I saw today.

They asked people to rank the eight football teams in the Big East. I can't find the latest results on the site, but this is how it was looking around 2 p.m.

1. West Virginia

2. South Florida

3. Rutgers

4. Pittsburgh

5. Louisville

6. Cincinnati.

7. Connecticut

8. Syracuse.

They asked for the names of the players who will be missed the most in the Big East this season.

1. Ray Rice, Rutgers, running back, 34 percent

2. Brian Brohm, Louisville, quarterback, 29 percent

3. Steve Slaton, West Virginia, halfback, 25 percent

Best running back in the Big East this season.

1. Noel Devine, West Virginia, 51 percent

2. LeSean McCoy, Pitt, 25 percent

3. Mike Ford, South Florida, 14

Is Steve Kragthorpe a good fit at Louisville?

1. No, 58 percent.

2. Yes, 42 percent.

Will Syracuse football ever return to national prominence?

1. No, 69 percent.

2. Yes, 31 percent.

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As I begin to look at the Orange football team I've thought about where I should begin, and of course there could only be one place, or better said, one player: Andrew Robinson (junior QB, 6'3"/220 lbs.). In a year where the future of the head coach is uncertain, it has to be his quarterback that needs to be talked about first and foremost. With the Mike Williams incident it seems to me that it's going to be the junior gunslinger that will have the most pressure on him.

The main problem with all of this is that Andrew Robinson is going to need a lot of help from the weakest link of this football team, the offensive line. Add to the mix the fact that the best threat in the air is probably not going to be on the field and this means that opposing defenses are going to force the young man from Maryland to be the one to make it or break it for the Orange. Then, in a scenario that has become way too constant on the hill, a new playbook and a new Offensive Coordinator, makes it yet again a bit harder for the whole team to have any consistency coming from last year.

I thought it was ironic that the Spring Game at the Carrier Dome was nothing more than a glorified practice so that the offense would remain a "mystery" and then with Mike Williams not being part of the team and one of the newest members of the team, Leavander Jones, wide receiver of the 2009 class, talking about how the Orange will be a spread out offense the mystery of this offense might just have disappeared. And in my personal opinion, spread offense or not, the reality is just one, it's going to be the line being able to hold and the wide receiver being able to get open, or Andrew Robinson will be facing 8 or 9 in the box for most of the game.

So, while for most fans this is the season where head coach Greg Robinson either shows them something or he should be gone, the reality is that this team is going to have to overcome losing their best offensive threat and adjust once again to playing against defenses that will push them into throwing the ball. If that sounds like an easy task, I believe it's not. This is going to have to be a year where Andrew Robinson takes full control of the team and makes sure that he is seen as the only leader of the team. He's going to have to make the right decisions/choices and make sure that anytime he has the possibility of making a big play he takes it. That is a ton of pressure for a player that isn't helped much on any level, be it by a line that hasn't held off anyone since ARob has been at the `Cuse, or a core of WR that has been depleted by Taj Smith going to the NFL and Williams not being on the roster.

But can Andrew Robinson get the job done and open up the defenses so that the three headed monster of running backs thrive as much as possible? He has the skills, as was shown in the last game of the 2007 season, when he threw for 419 yards and three touchdowns. But he also had three games where he threw less than 100 yards, UConn (8 for 21, 59 yds, 0 TD/1 INT), Pitt (4 for 9, 46 yds, 0 TD/0 INT) and Iowa (7 for 20, 79 yds, 0 TD/1 INT). In all the junior gunslinger had 2,192 yards, 13 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. With much less at the wide receivers and much more at the running backs and with the same ole unknown at the offensive line, I have to say that right now the future of this team and their quarterback is pretty much up in the air.

I personally believe that Andrew Robinson in the right situation would do a great job, not just good, but great. However, this team isn't the right situation, not by a long shot. While offensive coordinator Mitch Browning has pledged to fix the offensive line, how much can one do in the time he's had? So, what does all of this mean for the offensive general of the `Cuse?

I think that it means that Andrew Robinson has to improve his game and Syracuse has to come out of the starting gate strong. This is a team that hasn't been able to have any positive momentum in the Greg Robinson era. This year it has the possibility to have that if they can win the first game of the season, a road game at Northwestern. More than any other sport football, in my opinion, carries the emotions from game to game. For that offensive line, a win in the first game of the season will mean a lot, even if beaten up by the opponent. On the other hand, a loss would mean both a bad beginning and the memories of the `07 season are right back in the spotlight.

It's all up to Andrew Robinson to make sure that this game is a win. A win would give the Orange a shot at a 3-1 beginning, as Syracuse can easily beat Northeastern (Division IAA) and Akron, while probably losing to Penn State. But 3 wins would mean that in 2008 Greg Robinson, and his pupil Andrew, would have almost 1/2 as many wins in this season as the head coach has in the first three at the helm of the team. Basically, what I am trying to get at is that for Andrew Robinson his biggest stat will be how good he is as a leader more than the yards and touchdowns he throws.

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The New Jersey Nets signed both Jarvis Hayes and Eduardo Najera this week. That means they are no longer interested in keeping Bostjan Nachbar, Nachbar is not a house hold name but their is every reason to believe he could be a valuable asset to the Jazz. Nachbar is 6 foot 9 221 pounds and could play both a stretch the floor 4 a la Vlady Radmanovic in LA or he could play the Jazz three like Matt Harpring.
Nachbar was orginally a first round draft pick of the Houston Rockets. In the circles I talk in the NBA he is always mentioned as a hard nosed, plays the game the right way and lot more valuable than most people realize.
In six seasons in the NBA he is a career 37% shooter from three. In the last two seasons he averaged 9 points and 3 rebounds off the bench playing about 21 minutes a night.
Defensively last season the Nets were a better defensive team when he was on the bench, but the previous year he made the Nets better defensively.
He didn't have a good year last year for the Nets. Which is why he is available.
Some other negatives, he is a bit of gunner taking a shot every 2 minutes and 25 seconds he is on the floor. The exact same rate as Matt Harpring. Last year he used his possessions below the league average, but year previous he had a very efficient year.
He has a nice mix of outside shooting and going to the line. Last season he used 33% of his possessions on three's and a year before he used 41%. Yet, in both years he went to the line 10% of his possessions.
The only other players in the NBA to do that over the past two years are Linas Kleiza (both years) and James Jones last season.
Harpring's contract expires in 2010 when the Nets are trying to clear space it would be interesting to know if they would be willing to do a sign and trade with Nachbar.

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While I was listening to local sports talk show Dunaway and Brown here in Birmingham, they started talking about the best dynamic duos in the SEC.

That got me thinking, in the spirit of the recent superhero movie phenomenon, about who the best offensive dynamic duos are in college football. Which two players on offense team up to do some serious damage to opposing defenses?

So here's a list of the top 10 offensive dynamic duos in college football.


10. RB P.J. Hill and TE Travis Beckum, Wisconsin Badgers

These two guys combined for over 2,000 yards of offense last year and 20 touchdowns. Hill went for over 1,200 yards and 14 touchdowns last season, even while banged up some. Beckum is perhaps the best tight end in the country and proved it last year with almost 1,000 yards receiving and six touchdowns.


9. QB Max Hall and RB Harvey Unga, BYU Cougars

A relatively unknown duo, Hall and Unga tore up the Mountain West last season. Hall was a first year starter and threw for over 3,800 yards and 26 touchdowns, while Unga rushed for 1,227 yards and 13 touchdowns as a freshman. Unga also had over 600 yards and four more touchdowns receiving.


8. QB Cullen Harper and RB James Davis, Clemson Tigers

Harper had a breakout season last year, finishing with 2,991 yards, 27 touchdowns, and a higher quarterback rating than even Boston College's Matt Ryan. Davis had a big year as well, with over 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns. C.J. Spiller is normally thought to be the other part of the duo with Davis, but he had an average season last year, and Harper took his place.


7. QB Todd Boeckman and RB Chris Wells, Ohio State Buckeyes

All this duo did last year was lead their team to a national title appearance. You know what you are getting with Chris Wells: 1,609 yards rushing last season with 15 touchdowns. Boeckman is a little underrated, but he is an extremely productive quarterback, throwing for 2,379 yards and 25 touchdowns last season to lead the Buckeyes.


6. QB Sam Bradford and RB DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma Sooners

Bradford had a huge freshman season, throwing for 3,121 yards and an NCAA freshman record 36 touchdowns. He also led the nation in passing efficiency. Murray got limited carries last season as a freshman but still amassed over 700 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns. Murray should have an even bigger season this year, and he also returns kicks.


5. QB Pat White and RB Noel Devine, West Virginia Mountaineers

Once again, Pat White is blessed with a great back behind him to run the spread. White passed for 1,724 yards and rushed for another 1,335 yards while accounting for 28 total touchdowns. Noel Devine, backing up Steve Slaton last year as a freshman, rushed for 627 yards and six touchdowns. With Slaton gone, look for Devine to have a big season with his great speed and quickness.


4. QB Chase Daniel and WR Jeremy Maclin, Missouri Tigers

The Tigers return quarterback Daniel and Mr. Do Everything Jeremy Maclin. Daniel threw for over 4,000 yards last season while racking up 37 total touchdowns. Meanwhile, Maclin accounted for over 1,000 yards receiving, almost 400 yards rushing, and over 1,000 kick return yards. He had 16 total touchdowns.


3. QB Matt Stafford and RB Knowshon Moreno, Georgia Bulldogs

Stafford made a lot of improvement from his freshman season to his sophomore season, throwing for 2,523 yards and 19 touchdowns last year. He was limited in the number of times he needed to throw because of his backfield mate. Knowshon Moreno burst onto the scene last season as a freshman, rushing for 1,334 yards and 14 touchdowns. Moreno might be the best back in the nation in '08.


2. QB Graham Harrell and WR Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Harrell returns to lead the most high-powered offense in the land, and the best yet under Mike Leach...and that's saying something. Harrell threw for a ridiculous 5,705 yards and 48 touchdowns last year. Crabtree only had the best freshman season of all time for a receiver with 1,962 yards and 22 touchdowns.


1. QB Tim Tebow and WR Percy Harvin, Florida Gators

The reigning Heisman Trophy winner leads this duo for the Gators. These two guys could run an entire offenseyou have a quarterback, a receiver, and a running back all in these two guys. Tebow threw for over 3,000 yards last season, rushed for another 900, and accounted for an incredible 55 touchdowns. Harvin split time at receiver and running back with 764 yards rushing and 858 yards receiving. He also had 10 touchdowns to his credit.

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The controversy surrounding the of rosters has been in the public eye more so this year than any before. That in itself threatens the future of having an editing option in games such as EA Sports NCAA Football and NCAA Basketball. This year with the addition of the EA Locker feature and the following announcement hopefully that is about to change.
I can now state that the first and only fully named roster file for NCAA Football 09 on the Xbox 360 currently resides in my EA Locker.
I am choosing not to release the file for download at this time as it would just offer the opportunity for certain people to nab it in advance and use it for their own profit. However it is publicly available via the Locker to those who have the game and will remain that way.
I apologize to PS3 gamers as I do not have that roster available. Keep an eye on NCAA Strategies and freencaa09rosters for updates on that. The same circumstances will apply with a fully named roster available for free through the EA Locker, though the timing of when it will be available can not be determined at this time.
So now for 360 gamers there is no waiting around after release for rosters to be completed and no wondering where to get them from. The first time you fire up the game youll be able to grab the complete named roster from my locker. Even if youre one of the lucky ones who manage to find the game early!
Spread the word that rosters are free and easier to obtain this year than ever before. Just head into the EA Locker section of NCAA Football 09 and search the gamertag pastapadre to get them instantly!
Title updated to more accurrately reflect the current situation. The rosters can now be found in other lockers as well.

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June 11, 2008


Head Coach: Jamie Dixon
2006-2007 Record: 27-10 (10-8 in Big East), Big East Tournament Champions, NCAA 2nd Round

Returning Players:
Sam Young, Senior (Forward)
Levance Fields, Senior (Point Guard)
Tyrell Biggs, Senior (Forward/Center)
Gilbert Brown, Sophomore (Guard/Forward)
Austin Wallace, Sophomore (Center/Forward)
DeJuan Blair, Sophomore (Power Forward)
Brad Wanamaker, Sophomore (Guard)
Gary McGhee, Sophomore (Center)

Incoming Freshman:
Nasir Robinson, Small Forward
Ashton Gibbs, Shooting Guard
Travon Woodall, Point Guard
Dwight Miller, Power Forward

Eligible Transfers:
Jermaine Dixon, JUCO (Guard)


Graduated Players:
Ronald Ramon, Senior (Guard)
Keith Benjamin, Senior (Guard)
Mike Cook, Senior (Guard/Forward)

Transfers Out of Program:
Cassin Diggs, Junior (Center)

Open Items/Issues:
The Panthers have applied for a 6th season for Mike Cook, who was injured last season in the 11th game of the season. Cook's paperwork was filed by the program and they expect to receive a decision by the end of the month. It is rare that the NCAA would allow a 6th season in this instance, but Pitt is going through with the process on behalf of Cook.

Pittsburgh is also currently looking to fill a spot on their basketball staff after assistant Orlando Antigua left the Panthers for a similar position on John Calipari's staff at Memphis. Coach Jamie Dixon immediately promoted Brandin Knight from the Director of Basketball Operations position to a full-time assistant, opening the administrative position on the staff.

Reserve center Cassin Diggs is no longer with the basketball team, otherwise the spring has been quiet as the Panthers look forward to the 2008-2009 season.

Summary:
It was more of the same for the Panthers in 2007-2008 season, another 10-win conference season (seven in a row), a spot in the Big East Tournament Championship game (7th time in 8 years) and an earlier than expected exit from the NCAA Tournament (2nd round against Michigan State). However, the 2007-2008 season would hardly be remembered as ho-hum to Panther fans.

When Levance Fields nailed the game winning three-pointer in Madison Square Garden to lead Pitt to a thrilling overtime win over Duke, the Panthers were considered the team to beat in the Big East. However, test revealed the worst of their fears on Mike Cook's knee as he would be lost for the season. Their next time out, they were crushed by the Atlantic 10's Dayton and suffered another injury blow as Levance Fields went down with a broken foot and his return in the regular season was in doubt.

Like they always do, Pitt soldiered on, posting an 8-4 record without Fields (and Cook) and 7-4 in the Big East. Fields returned to the line-up and helped lead the Panthers to a Big East Tournament championship with four wins in four nights.

Now, Pittsburgh returns a healthy Fields, along with Sam Young and DeJuan Blair to give Pitt three players at, or near, the top of the Big East at their respective positions. Adding to a dangerous starting line-up is sophomore G/F Gilbert Brown, who looks to be Pitt's next star. The bench is highlighted by senior Tyrell Biggs and sophomore Gary McGhee up front.

The position creating the biggest question mark for the Panthers is at shooting guard. With Ronald Ramon and Keith Benjamin (and most likely Mike Cook) exhausting their eligibility, Pittsburgh will have to reload at the off-guard position. Holdover Brad Wanamaker struggled at times as a freshman and he will compete with incoming JUCO recruit Jermaine Dixon, younger brother of former Maryland star Juan Dixon, and freshman Ashton Gibbs for playing time. Another possibility is moving the tremendously athletic Gilbert Brown to the guard position and inserting Tyrell Biggs into the starting line-up or freshman Nasir Robinson.

Levance Fields' return to health was a key to Pitt's run in the Big East Tournament and the addition of Travon Woodall from the powerful St. Anthony's team of last season solidifies the point position for another four years for the Panthers.

All in all, it looks like another typical Panther squad. They have a mix of veterans and youngsters waiting for their turn to keep Pitt in the upper echelon of the conference. This team features a little more athletic ability and flair than many of the previous teams, but the Panthers are definitely capable of continuing the impressive streaks of championship game appearances, 10-win conference seasons and a Big East-best seven straight NCAA appearances. In fact, this might be the best of the bunch that has made four trips to the Sweet 16 and won two Big East Tournament titles the last seven years.

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Summertime is great for a lot of things, but not for football (and please do not say "Arena football"). Baseball is all over the tube, but if you don't like it you're in trouble! Golf is in its glory right about this time of the year as the days are long and you can get in 9 or 18 holes after work, but again, if you don't like it you're in trouble. Hey, there is tennis and of course NASCAR, and many, many other sports, but if you don't like them? Well I have the solution for all of you football fans that just want the gridiron 24/7.

I am going to simulate the 2008 season for the Tar Heels to see how they will do. There are a couple of problems with making this totally authentic however. First, the site I use doesn't have McNeese State on it as it keeps rosters of only Division IAA teams, and secondly (for now) they only have the 2007 rosters available, so you're going to see this year's schedule with last year's team. On the other hand, it is (simulated) football, and for us gridiron junkies, that should be enough to get us over the summer and into the fall and the real season.

After a long and hard look at all the Division IA teams, I decided to swap out McNeese St., who had a record of 11 and 1 last season) for Army, who's record was 3 and 9, what I believe most Division IAA would be about in their first year up. So, starting tomorrow you are going to have the chance to watch, well I should say, read about what the Tar Heels did in their games. I will try to do one game per day and of course give the full details (from the stats to play-by-play) of each and every game that the team plays.

And once we are done with the season, who knows, I might redo it (hopefully with the update rosters) in a post before each game this fall.

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  Cumberland gradute Kye Butler, who is headed to play football at Indiana State University received the Sir Thomas Automotive scholarship at halftime of the fourth annual Wabash Valley Football Caoches Association All-Star game Saturday. Butler had two receptions for 17 yards and classmate Kenny Flood completed 12 of 18 passes for 146 yards, but the South team lost 32-27.

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the preseason polls, but with a game in New Jersey on September 1st. However, as we've said before, the Bulldogs' presence in the preseason polls could catapult the Scarlet Knights into the first regular season rankings if the Knights pull off the nationally-televised "upset" to start the season. Even though the Knights started at 16 in the AP poll last August and may very well be unranked this August, I have a much better feeling about 2008 with Rutgers playing a real threat in the first game. It was harmful to the 2007 team to begin with Buffalo and Norfolk State; they felt invincible by the time they met Maryland, when, at 3-0, they hadn't even been challenged yet. If the healthy passing game of Mike Teel to Britt, Underwood, Brown, Campbell et al. opens up the running game for Kordell Young, Mason Robinson and friends, we could find ourselves in a good mood leaving the Stadium on the first.

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So now we're in June, the time when kids start leaving school for summer. For me, though, I'm getting prepared for August, when once again, college football sucks me in. As a tradition every June, I bring you guys my picks of the most exciting games for of the year. And, this season, I found at least one possible season-changing game for 119 of the 120 Division I-A schools (sorry, Syracuse). So, without further ado, here are the 2008 college football games to watch for.

August 28
Oregon State at Stanford
Troy at Middle Tennessee
UTEP at Buffalo
Vanderbilt at Miami (OH)

August 29
Southern Methodist at Rice
Temple at Army

August 30
Illinois vs. Missouri

August 31
Kentucky at Louisville

September 1
Tennessee at UCLA

September 5
Navy at Ball State

September 6
Air Force at Wyoming
Minnesota at Bowling Green
New Hampshire at Army

September 12
Kansas at South Florida

September 13
California at Maryland
Hawaii at Oregon State
Navy at Duke
Ohio State at USC
San Diego State at San Jose State
Toledo at Eastern Michigan
UCLA at Brigham Young
Washington State at Baylor

Spetember 17
Kansas State at Louisville

September 18
West Virginia at Colorado

September 20
Akron at Army
Arizona at UCLA
Central Michigan at Purdue
East Carolina at North Carolina State
Florida at Tennessee
Florida Atlantic at Minnesota
Georgia at Arizona State
Idaho at Utah State
Iowa at Pittsburgh
Louisiana-Monroe at Tulane
LSU at Auburn
Miami (FL) at Texas A M
Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech
Notre Dame at Michigan State
Vanderbilt at Mississippi
Virginia Tech at North Carolina
Wake Forest at Florida State

September 26
Connecticut at Louisville

September 27
Bowling Green at Wyoming
Colorado vs. Florida State
Fresno State at UCLA
Houston at East Carolina
Illinois at Penn State
North Carolina at Miami (FL)
Purdue at Notre Dame
UCF at UTEP
Virginia at Duke
Wisconsin at Michigan

October 4
Army at Tulane
Boston College at North Carolina State
Florida State at Miami (FL)
Illinois at Michigan
Indiana at Minnesota
Iowa at Michigan State
Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Oregon at USC
Texas at Colorado
Wyoming at New Mexico

October 9
Clemson at Wake Forest

October 11
Arizona State at USC
Boise State at Southern Miss
East Carolina at Virginia
Eastern Michigan at Army
Iowa State at Baylor
LSU at Florida
Michigan State at Northwestern
South Carolina at Kentucky
Tennessee at Georgia
Texas vs. Oklahoma
Washington State at Oregon State
Western Michigan at Buffalo

October 18
Akron at Eastern Michigan
Arkansas at Kentucky
California at Arizona
Marshall at UAB
Miami (OH) at Bowling Green
Michigan at Penn State
Missouri at Texas
North Texas at Louisiana-Monroe
Purdue at Northwestern
San Jose State at New Mexico State
Toledo at Northern Illinois
Virginia Tech at Boston College
Wake Forest at Maryland

October 23
Auburn at West Virginia
New Mexico at Air Force

October 25
Boston College at North Carolina
Bowling Green at Northern Illinois
Cincinnati at Connecticut
Colorado State at San Diego State
Georgia at LSU
Illinois at Wisconsin
Kent State at Miami (OH)
Louisiana Tech at Army
Mississippi at Arkansas
Northwestern at Indiana
Notre Dame at Washington
Oregon at Arizona State
Rutgers at Pittsburgh
Texas Tech at Kansas
UCLA at California
Virginia at Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech at Florida State

October 26
Nevada at Hawaii

November 1
Central Michigan at Indiana
Colorado at Texas A M
Florida vs. Georgia
Florida International at Louisiana-Lafayette
Kent State at Bowling Green
Rice at UTEP
Texas at Texas Tech
Tulsa at Arkansas
Washington State at Stanford

November 2
East Carolina at UCF

November 4
Miami (OH) at Buffalo

November 5
Toledo at Akron

November 6
TCU at Utah

November 8
Army at Rice
Clemson at Florida State
Colorado State at Air Force
Louisiana Tech at San Jose State
Louisville at Pittsburgh
Memphis at Southern Methodist
Purdue at Michigan State
Southern Miss at UCF

November 11
Ball State at Miami (OH)

November 14
Cincinnati at Louisville

November 15
East Carolina at Southern Miss
Georgia at Auburn
Mississippi State at Alabama
Nebraska at Kansas State
North Carolina at Maryland
Notre Dame vs. Navy
Ohio State at Illinois
Oklahoma State at Colorado
Rutgers at South Florida
Texas at Kansas
Tulsa at Houston
UAB at Tulane

November 19
Ball State at Central Michigan

November 20
Miami (FL) at Georgia Tech

November 21
Buffalo at Bowling Green

November 22
Akron at Ohio
Arkansas at Mississippi State
Brigham Young at Utah
Colorado State at Wyoming
Florida State at Maryland
Indiana at Purdue
Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State
Louisiana-Monroe at Florida International
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
UCF at Memphis
UNLV at San Diego State
Washington at Washington State

November 25
Western Michigan at Ball State

November 28
Akron at Temple
Colorado at Nebraska
Fresno State at Boise State
Kent State at Buffalo
Mississippi State at Mississippi

November 29
Arkansas State at North Texas
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By JIM ROBINSON
Special to SportsDay
In what has been a bumpy season the Tampa Bay Storm, Head Coach Tim Marcum and the players look to end the season on a high note and finish at .500 as the team takes on the Los Angeles Avengers Saturday, June 21 at the St. Pete Time Forum.
Despite falling to the San Jose SaberCats last week the Storm offense has been explosive averaging 70.5 points the past two games.
During those games Brett Dietz has thrown for 18 touchdown including a franchise and personal-high 10 again the Sabercats. He has completed 49 of 75 passes for 607 yards. His two primary targets have been Hank Edwards and Lawrence Samuels.
Edwards has 16 receptions for 296 yards and nine touchdowns while Samuels 15 receptions pushed him past 1,000 career receptions. Samuels is the first player in the AFL to reach that milestone and the sixth in professional football history. He currently has 1,007 career receptions, fifth most all-time.

Tampa Bay and Los Angeles last met in Week 11 last season at the Staples Center, a thrilling, 40-37, Storm victory. Tampa Bay won as the Avengers missed a last second field goal attempt to tie the game fell short.
The Avengers are led by quarterback Sonny Cumbie and multi-threat Timon Marshall. Cumbie, who has had an up and down season, leads the team with 2,325 yards and 45 touchdowns as he has split time at quarterback with Tim Hicks (1,837 yards, 36 touchdowns).
In 2007 the Storm defense held Cumbie to 197 yards and four touchdown s passes as he completed less than 48 percent of his passes. Interestingly, Cumbie graduate from the very same high school as Storm Head Coach Tim Marcum in Snyder, Texas.
While Sedrick Robinson became the League’s all-time kickoff return leader last week against the SaberCats with 208 return yards the Avengers Marshall is just as explosive. Marshall has 1,608 kickoff return yards on the season and 1,253 yards receiving as he trails only one player in all-purpose yards this season.
Defensively the Storm will look for Traco Rachal, the league leader in special teams tackles, and Jeroid Johnson to contain Marshall. Johnson has four interceptions in the past five games while Traco Rachal has three fumble recoveries in the past five games.
With 19 points, the Storm will set a season franchise record for points scored. Currently at 831 points the franchise season-high is 849 points scored in 2003.
Single tickets and tailgate packages are on sale now at the McDonald’s Box Office at the St. Pete Times Forum, ticketmaster.com and through Ticketmaster by phone at 813.287.8844 or 727.898.2100, or by calling 813.301-6600.

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Rutgers isn’t your grandfather’s football program anymore. In fact, it’s not even the same one I started following as an undergraduate on the Banks of the Old Raritan back in the 1980’s.
Ten years ago I was writing and publishing my own college football newsletter. Pre-blog-proliferation. While I enjoyed it, it was hassle city. Spent two years and a lot of money getting about 50 people to subscribe.for free! Anyway, at that time, one of the things that drove me crazy was the Rutgers football helmet. The state of New Jersey, in its sage-like way had passed a law requiring that anything that had to do with Rutgers, had to make mention of So the helmets (and anything related to the RU sports programs had to have an insignia to go along with anything that referenced ) had an along with a New Jersey below it. It was embarrassingly ludicrous and bespoke of a real identiy crisis. I called for, back then,  a return to the simple block which the school had used on its helmets prior to the 80s. When Greg Schiano took over the reigns in Piscataway, one of the first changes I noticed, was the move back to the original block that you see today. It was a good sign of what was to follow.
Now all that may seem a bit trivial, but I believe strongly that at the highest levels (of anything), it really is the little things that arent so little and make THE difference. When Coach Schiano convinced whoever he had to convince to go back to the block he was making a statement. It said that re Rutgers and we expect you to recognize who we are by one letter. Now thats what were talking about.
Old Queens is the signature building on the Rutgers campus. It also reminds me of the unique place that RU has in the world of college athletics. A place that it shares with only one other school. That school is Princeton and the is that these two schools played in the very first college football game. So as an alumnus of Rutgers, its pretty cool that RU is the Birthplace of College Football.
Every RU student, past and present and every fan of Rutgers should feel a tremendous sense of pride that their school holds a special place in sports history. We should be promoting this significance every opportunity we get. Many more successful programs have been built on a whole lot less.
Rutgers 2008-2009 Spring Football Preview:
Overall:
Rutgers was recently ranked number 22 in the Athlon Preseason Magazine. Junior center Ryan Blaszcsyk was named to the Rimington Award Watch List as one of the top centers in the country. The award is given to the nations top center each year. This is important news for a team which will rely heavily on its passing game for the upcoming season.
Three of the more significant developments out of Rutgers this off season occurred off the field. First, the Rutgers football program was awarded a number 3 ranking by the NCAA in its Academic Progress Rate. Rutgers was cited behind Stanford and Navy and tied with Duke, just ahead of Air Force. Secondly, the Rutgers Stadium expansion continues to unfold. 1,000 additional seats will be added to its capacity for the 08-09 seasons with another 10,000 seats to be added by the 09-10 season. Upon completion, Rutgers Stadium will boast a seating capacity upwards of 55,000 seats. In a final development, Rutgers pulled out of a potential home and home schedule with Notre Dame when RU declined to move its game to the Meadowlands.
Team Overview:
The Rutgers offense will be lead by returning starters Mike Teel (one of last years top quaterbacks in the Big East) and star receivers Kenny Britt and Tyquan Underwood. The biggest challenge facing the Rutgers offense will be trying to replace Heisman contender Ray Rice (rb) who opted out of his senior year to enter the NFL. Possible replacements include Kordell Young, Mason Robinson, Jourdan Brooks, and Joe Martinek. Young, while injured for some of the spring schedule, played often and, at times, very effectively, last year.
Defensively the Scarlet Knights must shore up a unit that allowed over 300 yards of offense per game and often put too much pressure on its own offense to win high scoring games. Word out of Piscataway indicates that the defense worked very intensely during its daily practice regimen.
Outlook:
Theres little doubt as to the strength of the 08-09 Rutgers football team: its offensive unit. If, and its been this programs Achilles heel for quite some time, the defense can improve over last year (and play more like it did in 06-07), Rutgers will be a force in the Big East this year.
2008 Schedule
UPDATED 6/5/08 TO INCLUDE 2008 SCHEDULE WITH TV COVERAGES NOTED:
Monday, September 1
Fresno State at Rutgers
ESPN 4:30 PM
Thursday, Sept. 11
North Carolina at Rutgers
ESPN 7:30 PM
Saturday, Sept. 20
Rutgers at Navy
CBS CSN 3:30 PM
Saturday, Sept. 27
Morgan State at Rutgers
Saturday, Oct. 4
Rutgers at West Virginia*
Saturday, Oct. 11
Rutgers at Cincinnati*
Saturday, Oct. 18
Connecticut at Rutgers*
Saturday, Oct. 25
Rutgers at Pittsburgh*
Saturday, Nov. 8
Syracuse at Rutgers*
Saturday, Nov. 15
Rutgers at South Florida*
Saturday, Nov. 22
Army at Rutgers
Thursday, Dec.

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