Shoutout to Bench fan Curt Budosh for the ask on this one! Some key takeaways – I’m sorry this isn’t prettier, but Excel and WordPress aren’t the best of friends. No trade in our mocks and I mocked around the idea of what the team would actually do with their selection (sprinkled in with aContinueContinue reading “Deke’s 3 Round Mock”
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NFL Draft will be “Fully Virtual”
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1247231339994234880?s=20 For anyone that was holding out for some form of the extravagant adventure we were going to receive in Vegas, I’m sorry to break your heart but that was never happening with the big Rona rolling around. In a world where sports is one of the last things we should be worryied about, aContinueContinue reading “NFL Draft will be “Fully Virtual””
Black Mamba, Duncan and KG to the Hall
Man…some good news. I am so glad that this is the current class, mainly because these dudes are the best of an era. These guys were just unreal, having moments that not many humans get to experience. News broke today that Kobe Bryant Tim Duncan and Kevin “Anything is Possible” Garnett will all enter theContinueContinue reading “Black Mamba, Duncan and KG to the Hall”
Steelers 7 Round Mock
I can only plug this site so many times in a day, but I LOVE http://www.fanspeak.com. This site, along with http://www.first-pick.com have pretty much set up my mock draft situations for about 4 years now, so if you need to kill some time I would HIGHLY recommend playing along. For this mock I went withContinueContinue reading “Steelers 7 Round Mock”
NCAA Shuts Down Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence's GoFundMe for Coronavirus Victims
At a time in the world where the NCAA LITERALLY HAD NO WAY TO PISS ME OFF, they did it. This was the one time that the NCAA could just sit back and not screw up. They literally just had to do nothing. The tournament was cancelled and they just had to sit tight, butContinueContinue reading “NCAA Shuts Down Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence's GoFundMe for Coronavirus Victims”
Todd Gurley HAS to be Happy he's Cut After Rams Logo Reveal
I mean, COME ON. Find me one person that likes this, because I am fully committed to the thought process that Todd Gurley is happy to be away from this franchise, simply based on this super weird logo. I’m not a designer, I get it. But what I am is a man who loves branding,ContinueContinue reading “Todd Gurley HAS to be Happy he's Cut After Rams Logo Reveal”
P.J. Walker signs with the Panthers and now I'm confused
SPORTS NEWS GUYS, REAL ACTUAL SPORTS NEWS! If you have been a fan of the XFL (which, why wouldn’t you ve) you absolutely know the name of former Indinapolis Colts QB P.J. Walker. Walker, a former Temple starter, for his rise in the XFL thanks to one Mr. Andrew Luck. Luck told his dad OliverContinueContinue reading “P.J. Walker signs with the Panthers and now I'm confused”
Patriots Lose System Quarterback
Got you to click it, didn’t I? This morning, Tom Brady (GOAT) announced that he will not be returning to the New England Patriots next season, a move that shocked NFL fans and players. https://twitter.com/TomBrady/status/1239895289424642050?s=20 We all sort of expected it, but until the king is dead, the kind isn’t dead. This means a fewContinueContinue reading “Patriots Lose System Quarterback”
NBA Season Postponed due to Coronavirus
Last night during the Mavs v Nuggets game we all got a glimpse into the reality that is the Pandemic label on a virus we know nearly nothing about. Yes, I’m aware that we all have our own news sources we trust and our own perspective on the matter that is so accurate we can’tContinueContinue reading “NBA Season Postponed due to Coronavirus”
Coronavirus Hits the Sports World
It’s insane to imagine that in a world where we demand instant reactions from our biggest athletes that we won’t be getting our beloved media for a while now. Earlier this month Seria A, Italy’s top-flight soccer/football league banned fans from attending games in an attempt to quarantine the disease. Naturally, that didn’t stop oneContinueContinue reading “Coronavirus Hits the Sports World”
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