Archive for April, 2008
Brian Uslacher is still holding out, and the Chicago Bears don’t look likely budge… at least not yet. The 2 sides are talking over the contact problem, but Urlacher is under contract, and the Bears really don’t have to offer him anything more then they already are. Personally I hate player holdouts like this. I reminds of the whole T.O. drama years ago.
It sounds like the Dallas Cowboys are still interest in the Pacman and all this problems, but smartly aren’t willing to give up very much for the guy. On the other side of the coin, the Tennessee Titans have made it pretty well known that he is for sale, and at this point, they kind of have to move the guy. The Cowboys have upped their current bid to a fourth round draft pick, but the Titans are still asking for more for a guy that might not even be allowed to play in the NFL this year, and could very well be banded for life on any given night in Vegas…
Of course the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts are favored to win the next Super Bowl. I wrote the other day how someone has already picked Dallas to win the Big Game in 2009. Personally, I think it’s too early to bet the Super Bowl, but some gamblers do. If you do, I wish you good luck and would love to hear your pick. shoot an email to admin at bet-the-nfl-super-bowl dot com.
April 14th, 2008
People think that the Baltimore Ravens will draft another quarterback in this years’ draft. The Ravens took Troy Smith (a quarterback) last year with their 5th round pick, but now they are meeting with college quarterbacks again and might draft 1 in the 1st or 2nd round. That’s bad news Troy Smith, but good news for the QBs in this draft. If Matt Ryan drops to them in with their 8th overall pick, they will probably take them. If they don’t get Ryan, and they probably won’t, they’ll have to wait until the 2nd round to pick up a QB, and who knows who may or may not still be available then.
The Super Bowl Champs New York Giants Center, Shaun O’Hara, is looking to replace NFL Players Association Executive Director Gene Upshaw. O’Hara is the Super Bowl Champs team representative in the players union and he’s opinion means a lot.
“I’ve been defending him for years, and he’s not helping us,” O’Hara said this week. O’Hara joins Matt Stover, the Baltimore Ravens representative is calling for fresh blood in the player’s union.
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April 13th, 2008
This morning Dolphin’s full back Reagan Mauia was arrested for pushing a guy in the face and “causing the victim to pass out and fall to the ground.” The Dolphins have yet to comment and probably won’t.
Scout.com has already picked the Dallas Cowboys to win Super Bowl XLIII. This predraft prediction includes the players that Scout thinks the Cowboys (and everyone else) will take in the this year’s draft. The current odds for the Cowboy’s to win the Super Bowl are 10/1. That could be a nice pay off if you are looking to bet the Super Bowl this early. Personally, I can’t take any team to win the Super Bowl until I atleast know who is on the team. And we won’t know this until after the NFL draft.
April 12th, 2008
Well, it’s no surprise who the Dolphins are taking with their number 1 draft pick. The worst team in the NFL has already begun negotiations with the player that they intend to draft first. That’s right, offensive lineman Jake Long from the U of Michigan is their intended pick. He is currently the only player that they are talking to; making it pretty safe to say that he will go number 1. Virginia defensive end Chris Long was once also thought to be on Miami’s short list of #1 players, but it looks like he got pushed down the board.
NFL rules state that the team with the first NFL draft pick can start contract negotiations before the draft. This rule only applies to the team with the first pick. Overall, it is a good move to ensure that once drafted, the pick is signed right away and won’t hold out through training camp.
Other NFL news: The Houston Texans are holding the cheerleading tryouts this weekend. (Visit their website for more info), and Donovan McNabb wants to play for 7 more years… yeah, we’ll see.
Super Bowl news: Nothing much. Arizona is shoring up their room situation for Super Bowl 2012 bid. They have until April 23rd to get it all sorted out or else they probably won’t get the super bowl. They are competing with Indy and Houston. I would bet that Arizona doesn’t get it.
April 10th, 2008
According to Yahoo, Joe Girardi is thinking about playing A-Rod at short stop if Jeter is seriously hurt. Jeter left yesterday’s game after the 3rd and didn’t play in their lose today to Kansas City. Betemit started for the Bombers at short today in place of the injured captain, but he is not a long term answer. A-Rod is probably the best player in baseball and as long as playing SS doesn’t hurt his batting, I think it’s a good and creative solution to big problem. The Yankees can play Ensberg, a nature 3rd baseman, at 3rd if Rodriguez shifts over.
Brian Urlacher is still holding out for more money. The Bears said today that they are advising his people to take another look at his current contract because it is really good. It sounds like this is their first stab at not having to renegotiate.
Some nerd from Ball State predicts that if Indy gets to host the 2012 Super Bowl, the economically impact to the city would be $365 million. I’m not too sure how he came up with that number, if it takes inflation into account, or if he just looked at a calender. Anyway, I think he is trying to justify the $1.5M of taxpayer money that the city would have to spend in order to complete for the Super Bowl. I wonder he will will Bet the Super Bowl 2012?
April 8th, 2008
Some NFL happenings-
The Jets might draft Matt Ryan with their sixth overall pick. At least that is what the NFL network thinks. Most people see them taking a defensive player that can help out right away with their first round pick, but the Jets do need a long term solution at quarterback and if Ryan drops to them, they might be tempted to grab him. Currently it’s expected that they won’t take a QB in the early rounds of this draft and let Chad Pennington and Kellen Clemens fight it out for the starting job this year… After watching Pennington struggle to throw down field last year, I think Clemens will be named the starter with Chad acting more as a mentor this year.
The NFL was debating re-seeding the playoff seeds going forward, but only 3 teams supported the move. The thoughts behind this were that wildcard teams could get a first round playoff bye if they record was better than a divisions winner. This could force division winners into the 1st rounds and potentially force teams that have clinched playoff births to play to win in week 17 in order to get a bye in the playoffs. While the idea would benefit the fans who would be more interested in a last regular season game that matters, the owners don’t seem interested in forcing division winners into the first round of the playoffs.
It looks like Brian Urlacher will be skipping some of the Bears opening off season workouts. It’s contract negation time for the Urlacher camp, and he is refusing to participate in the early practices until he gets a new deal. We see this every year with players who are trying to get more cash or contract extensions, and while Urlacher has been doing this quieting, it’s bee reported that his camp has been negotiation with the Bears for at least the last 6 weeks.
More Super Bowl news–
The city of New Orleans did not submit a bid to host the 2012 Super Bowl even though they said earlier in the year that they would. Currently the 3 cities that have bids in are Houston, Glendale, and Indianapolis. While missing the cut off of 2012, New Orleans is expected to submit a bid for the 2013 Super Bowl, and I would expect them to get it. After all, who doesn’t like to party in Big Easy?
April 7th, 2008
Another rough day today… Big Brother is on, so I’ll leave it at that.
In football news (kinda) I hear Leatherheads sucks. I’m not surprised.
That’s it for today…
April 6th, 2008
And it’s a great day! This site is back in google and yahoo, and even though it lost a little in rankings for the search term ”bet the super bowl”, at least it’s back.
I hate the rain, and the cold. It’s been nasty in NYC the last 2 weeks. It sucks. I can’t wait for Spring to hurry up and warm up this city. Global Warming has not been successful. We need to warm the global some more!
I can’t get over the Marlins having a cheer leading squad called the Marlin Mermaids. Baseball with cheerleaders, I love it. If I lived in the area, I would go to a Marlin’s game just to see this.
I just read that a judge the other day ripped Chris Henry a new one for his behavior and ruining the Bengals best chance at winning a Super Bowl. Apparently this judge thought pretty high of Henry’s play. I wonder where he was drafted in the judge’s fantasy league?
Another Super Bowl Ring was stolen. Just getting some new this week, Charlie Babb had his 1972 Super Bowl ring stolen from his car during a charity golf tournament in December. He also had a watch and an autographed helmet stolen from the car at the same time. The ring would be worth a lot as memorabilia, and I’m not sure what Super Bowl rings looked like in the 70s, but if they are anything like those given out today’s, I think the thieves could get some good money by just chopping it up for the gold and diamonds.
I bought some headphones on ebay about a month ago, and still haven’t gotten them. Damn Ebay…
April 5th, 2008
The Florida Marlins have Cheerleaders! And some of them are hot! The Marlins Mermaids are new this year and are an obvious ploy to try to get more people in the stands. I have to admit, I like baseball a lot more with cheerleaders. I wonder which will be the next team to follow suit? My guess would be the Devil Rays.
Chris Henry – Bengals wide receiver. What a train wreck. He was arrested again in Cincinnati a few days ago. The Bengals finally cut him, and it looks like he will never play in the NFL again. That is unless Dallas makes a play for him, like they are doing for Pacman Jones. I think this would be a risky move through. Henry was already suspended for 8 games last season. If he is on a roster in 2008 he could very well be suspended for the whole year if not indefinitely (aka forever). Would any team or coach really want to deal with that?
It looks like the NFL hair rule will not happen. The rule to not allow players to grow their hair long enough to cover their names on their jerseys was table at the NFL owners meeting. But for some reason the Chiefs are still trying to force this rule through. Those Chiefs must really hate long haired hippies.
April 4th, 2008
Thank you for the line George Clooney. And thank you Google for bringing this site back from the dead. Just a minute ago I typed - bet the super bowl - into Google, not expecting to come even close to my site. The next thing I know, I see is this page ranked 5th on the list! It looks like all my clean up helped. Now if we could only get Yahoo to stop being to short sighted :O)
The NFL owners are meeting in Florida this week, and they decided that the forced out of bounds rule (a relatively new rule) will no longer be. Now the league rewinds a few years, and receivers must now have 2 feet inbounds to have a catch even if they are forced out.
LJ Smith signed with the Eagles again for 1 year… shocker.
Not much else interesting happening with the NFL these days. The Pats signed a new corner back. The Titans are still shopping Pacman Jones. The 5 yard face mask penalty has been eliminated (it’s now only a 15 yarder). You know, the same old stuff.
There is probably more Super Bowl news today…
Big news for the show “The Office”, it will have the post Super Bowl spot on NBC, Probably one of the best time slots on TV.
Also Houston submitted a bid for the 2012 Super Bowl today. A lot of other cities have already put in bids, and can continue to due so until May 9th. The next 3 Super Bowls will be in Tampa, Miami and Dallas. I’ve heard about betting on the Super Bowl. Maybe someone will bet on the Super Bowl city too.
Well that’s all for today. I’m loving Google. Come on Yahoo.
April 2nd, 2008
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