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Moneyball star actor Brad Pitt does a fantastic job representing Oakland Athletics Billy Beane in both the personal and professional aspects of his life.Beane is a man obsessed with living up to his predictions, and using statistics and mathematical formulas to determine which players can be successes in Major League Baseball.Pitt plays this role perfectly, and really gives us a sense of how difficult Beane's life was as he rose to prominence among the ranks of baseball's great minds.Beane's struggles as a general manager, father, and husband are well played throughout, and the film is as much about losing and ...

With Notre Dame it's all about trust. I am about to step back on the Fighting Irish bandwagon and trust that they have learned from their past mistakes. The Pittsburgh Panthers are no pushovers. This is a game that Notre Dame could easily lose if they allow themselves to. The Irish can be a sloppy team, something we learned very early on in their loss to USF. That lackluster performance may have ruined the season, but Notre Dame holds out hope that a string of wins can offer some modicum of redemption. That is the only way they can build up that trust ...

These lines will not hold. Saturday gives us three games we should be suspicious of. Whether it be shoddy play on the side of the favorite, or a surging underdog, the spread will be covered in what should be some exciting games. You can never take anything for granted in college football. The next few selections are as close as you will come. We have dissected the matchups and come to the stark realization that the underdogs are not as bad as the lines would have you think. Don't be afraid to take a chance on some otherwise middling teams. The good people in ...

The Eastern Michigan Eagles travel to Beaver Stadium to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions. A game that should be a cakewalk, but won't. They say that defense wins championships. Well, the Nittany Lions are just hoping that it wins a few more games. Or they hope it holds together long enough for their stagnant offense to catch up to their nationally-famed defense. Eastern Michigan should lose this game, but there certainly are ways for this one to become a scary affair for Penn State. Let's delve deeper into this Saturday clash.  Where: Beaver Stadium, Happy Valley, Pennsylvania When: Saturday, September 24, noon EST ...

The Georgia Bulldogs take on the Ole Miss Rebels in what will be a game only a fan could love. Both teams are on the wrong side of momentum, putting the cross hairs on their respective coaches.  Mark Richt and Houston Nutt have done such a bang up job at tearing these programs to smithereens in the last couple years that this game has a delightful moniker.  Media and fans have taken to call this the "Hot Seat Bowl." That means the losing coach inches closer to the axe. If only all college games could have these high stakes.  Let's delve deeper ...

This is a big weekend in the college football world. Four games this weekend will feature Top 25 teams facing off against one another.That means four teams will make a convincing statement, and four will walk away with their hopes at a National Championship fading.Here are predictions for the four Top 25 games this weekend. Arkansas Razorbacks at Alabama Crimson TideRight now, every team ranked in the top five has a legitimate argument for deserving the spot at the top of the rankings. Alabama is no exception.The Crimson Tide defense may be the best that the college football world has seen ...

I have been a fan of hip hop and football ever since I can remember. I was the one that recorded songs onto a cassette tape straight from the radio, and put the headphones in while I warmed up for my pop warner football game. So I wanted to have a little fun and construct a football team with guys that are or have been in hip hop.   The criteria to build this Ultimate Hip Hop Football Team are: It doesn’t matter if the artist is dead or alive Size is in consideration for what position I put them in. ...

Last night, The History Channel's Top Shot continued to showcase some of the country's best marksmen competing in challenges that would make anyone look like an amateur shooter. Going into last night's episode, the teams were split evenly, with five members on red and five members on blue. This would not remain to be the case, however, as one of the contestants was forced to leave the competition. Billy Rogers joined the competition after agreeing with his wife that he would miss the birth of their upcoming child in order to try to win the Top Shot title and the ...

By now, the New England Patriots are used to being heavy favorites whenever they get to face the Buffalo Bills. Given the rut the Bills have been in over the last decade, the true wonder is why the oddsmakers even bother with a spread.As such, it's no surprise the Patriots are favored over the Bills by nine points for this Sunday's clash at Ralph Wilson Stadium. That's just how things are.But this year, things are a little different. Both the Pats and the Bills have won their first two games, and it seems there might be something special happening in ...

In 1967, the Red Sox adopted a song from Man of La Mancha, and everyone sang “The Impossible Dream.” This year, the Red Sox fans are torn as to their new theme song. Red Sox fans don’t know whether we should sing “The September Song” or “Send in the Clowns.” Perhaps fans already know which one is more appropriate. Every other game we find ourselves humming the tunes apropos, like we did during the Golden Age of Losing at Fenway. Oh, it’s a long, long way from April to October, but the days grow short when you reach September. When the ...