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I think that Boise State is the best college football team in the country, but I don't know this for a fact. They won't have a chance to play for a national championship, and I'm sure you're all aware why. The BCS favors schools from traditional powerhouse conferences, as well as those with a rich history. Boise State has neither of those things going for them. It looks like they'll have to keep winning to eventually get a shot at the crystal football. Beyond going undefeated this year and only losing once last year, Boise will have to run the table next year, again, to qualify under the BCS's biased ranking formula. That would be a run of roughly 35-1[...]
Well, this is getting ridiculous. In a story that doesn't seem to be getting as much publicity as arguably it should, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set another world record today, this one in the 200M final at the world championships with a time of 19.19 seconds.Incredible. Talking with a colleague, I learned that Bolt wasn't even trained in the 100M and 200M before a year or so ago, when he was readying himself for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. But since then, he's dominated every race he's competed in. He's 5-5 in major sprint events, and he's set a world record each time. Bolt sets another record in the 200M[...]
If you spent the weekend adjusting your hot routes and setting your custom audibles, you know, by now, that Madden 10 is definitely amongst one of the best sports games ever made. Visually, the graphics are stunning, and with much-needed tweaks to the gameplay, it finally looks more like real football than video game football. But if Mike Vick signing with the Eagles last week, or Favre re-unretiring (we should urban dictionary that word and get it tied to B. Favre), got you anxious to play with the Birds and Vikes, you're in luck. Today, the second roster update for Madden 10 is available for the PSN and XBox Live, and it's free, as are all the others that are[...]
Tomorrow, I'll be on a flight out to Vegas to prepare for a photo shoot on Thursday involving former UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture, Fox Sports NFL Insider Jay Glazer, and some top-notch NFL talent. Since I just plunked down the cash for a Blackberry, I should be able to tweet, providing a few snippets of interesting (or altogether useless) information.I haven't updated consistently, well, ever, but now that I have a big-kid phone, I think I'll be able to check in and at least pass along a quote or two. Maybe even some actual insight. Who knows? Anything's possible.Follow me @BrandonGuarneri, and let me know what you think.[...]
Do you realize that we're, what? A month from real, live, actual football? Four short weeks (or so) from that amazing first full-slate Saturday? Well, we are. And yes, it's awesome. There's something about the start of college football season, the endless possibility that any one of the 120 teams in the FBS can win a national championship (unless, of course, they don't play in a BCS Conference) that makes it more fun than pro football, in it's own weird, round robin kind-of way. Hitting the gym early in the day and loafing around the rest of the afternoon, flipping between games, catching a second wind just in time for the west coast games to start? That's the good stuff.[...]
Thursday, June 2nd As I made the now familiar treck down to Guerrilla Fitness: CrossFit Montclair, I had a sentimental feeling knowing it would be the last WOD in my one month CrossFit experiment. When entering the gym, I greeted fellow warriors Caitlin, Gregg, Carlos, and other CrossFitters warming up to routine death metal. Before embarking upon the prescribed warmup, there was unfinished business I had to attend to. I ritualistically rolled up my sleeves and chalked my hands as if I was preparing armor for war. Before attacking, I stared loathingly up at my nemesis: pull up rings, highly intimidating in their gross simplicity. They returned my glare, twisting subtly back and forth in the still air of CrossFit[...]
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