The New England Patriots Will Win The AFC East
The New England Patriots have returned with Tom Brady and a less than stellar defense in 2009 and gotten off to a 2-1 start after losing to division rivals, the 3-0 New York Jets. The rest of the AFC East falls behind New England with the Buffalo Bills at 1-2 and the returning AFC East [...]
NFL Week 3 Predictions
After last week’s 10-6 performance, my record against the spread this season has moved up to 17-14 (.548), which isn’t too bad, but still not up to snuff. Week two provided me with some confidence and some good foresight on how to pick during week 3. There are a larger than liked amount of games [...]
Utica College Pioneers Can't Hold On Late
The Utica College Pioneers have been hit hard for the second week straight. After last weeks breakdown in the kicking game against RPI, the Pioneers came out firing against the Ithaca College Bombers this weekend. Utica was in control the entire game, largely through the air with freshman quarterback Andrew Benkwitt (32-51, 329 yds, 2 [...]
John McElwain; Autism Awareness
John McElwain is known for his 20 point game for Greece Althena High School, 6 straight three-pointers, one to beat the buzzer. Jason is also know for having autism. This video is from over a year ago, but I wanted to share it after seeing it again at a training on Wednesday. It speaks for [...]
4 More Awesome Boston Sports Blogs
1. Julia’s Rants – Julia rants about the Boston Red Sox on a daily basis and covers the team game by game. Julia also puts her own personality into her writing, making for great content. 2. Wicked Pissa Dude – These four dude’s cover all sports Boston, similar to someone you may know. They do [...]
The Magic Number
After the Boston Red Sox swept the Baltimore Orioles, the magic number for the Sox at the time was 9. After the weekend, the magic number has become 6. Before the sweep of the Orioles, I was always aware of the magic number, I knew what it meant and how it worked, I could just [...]
NFL Week 2 Predictions
After a slightly under .500 week 1, finishing the day 7-8, I’m going to improve my record this week. There were some tough games to choose from this week with close spreads, meaning oddsmakers are doing a fantastic job, but I can do much better than 7-8. Due to some constructive criticism I’ve made it [...]
Utica Pioneers Lose A Heartbreaker To RPI
The Utica College Pioneers traveled to ’86 Stadium this afternoon in hopes to have their first 3-0 start in team history. The game ended in regulation with a 17-14 loss to RPI and I can only try to think of how close they came to making history. It’s saddening to see Utica lose such a [...]
Younger, Fresher, Faster Defense In New England
Jerod Mayo was named the defensive captain this season and was given the green dot on his helmet. The green dot is the radio transmitter that would have left Mayo responsible for calling the defensive plays in the huddle. After suffering a grade three MCL sprain, Jerod Mayo will be out approximately 6-8 weeks, but [...]
Dice-K Back From DL
Dice-K returned to the Red Sox last night and pitched for the first time at the major league level since June 19 when he got shelled by the Atlanta Braves allowing 6 runs in 4 innings. We all know that Dice-K has struggled in every game started this season and the blame has been on [...]
Revisiting The Madden Jinx
As you may know, Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers has graced the cover of MADDEN 10 along with Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals. For the past decade, some of the top players in the NFL have been asked to be on the cover of the Madden football video game and majority of them [...]
Did The Commissioner Cheat?
As Eddie wrote about the other day, a few of the writers and community members at Sports Fan 4 got together to create a Fantasy Football League. Having not played fantasy football in a few years, it was exciting to get in a league with friends. I was pumped to talk some friendly trash talk and take [...]
NFL Week 1 Predictions
Atlanta -4 v. Miami – Miami may have the Wildcat Offense, but Atlanta has a solid sophomore quarterback in Matt Ryan and a top three wide receiver in the league, not to mention, they also have Michael Turner in the backfield. I don’t care how many formations and sets you can run on offense, a [...]
Utica College Pioneers Start Season 2-0
The Alma Mater took it to Castelton State with a 62-10 win in their second consecutive blowout win of the 2009 season. Utica hasn’t started a season 2-0 since the 2005 season when we defeated Becker College followed up by a victory against Husson. The Pioneers finished the 2005 season with a 6-4 overall record [...]
Utica College Defeats Becker College 64-7
The Utica College Pioneers were just a building program back in 2002, my freshman year. Things hardly ever went our way and we took more beatings than Whitney Houston. Playing against top D-III competition, Ithaca, St. John Fisher, Cortland and RPI, we got stomped out so many times. Wins were limited and it was extremely [...]
Are You Ready For Some Fantasy Football!!!
With the football season just around the corner, the boys here have started the inaugural season of the Sports Fan 4 Fantasy Football League. The league consists of twelve teams vying for the top prize of being the biggest football geek among us. The league plays one quarterback, two running backs, three wide receivers, one [...]
Running Back By Committee
The New England Patriots haven’t had a solid starting running back since Curtis Martin played from 1995-1998. In his three years with New England, Martin rushed for 3799 yards with a 3.9 YPC average and 32 touchdowns. After Curtis Martin left New England to play for the New York Jets, Robert Edwards was expected to [...]
BREAKING: Patriots Trade Richard Seymour for First Round Pick
Boston.com is reporting that the New England Patriots have traded Defensive End Richard Seymour to the Oakland Raiders for a First Round Draft Pick in 2011. ESPN and the Boston Herald web-sites are also reporting that the trade has happened. Richard Seymour’s Patriots Career Seymour was drafted by the New England Patriots as the sixth [...]
Who Will Win The AFC East
With football season starting next week, the questions becomes: Last year the Miami Dolphins upset the New England Patriots by winning the AFC East and keeping us out of the playoffs. This year Tom Brady returns for New England and has some unfinished business to take care of. With a plethora of running backs to [...]
The List Should Be Released
The SportsFans have spoken and the decision by the people leans in favor of publishing, completely, the list of 104 players that tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003. With a few players including Sammy Sosa, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez, the public is thirsty for more. I’ve vented my thoughts on [...]
Rookie Hazing
I know when I was playing a few years back that the NCAA decided that hazing would be illegal, well guess what, it isn’t illegal when you don’t get caught. I don’t believe in hazing and I don’t even think it’s all that funny, but it does build a team relationship in some awkward way. [...]
