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View from the Couch – NFL Playoffs Opinion

Jan 7th, 2009 – Heads or Fail

One day after Peyton Manning was named the NFL’s MVP, the league let him down with a toss of a coin.

It has been a long-time rule that tied NFL playoff games end in overtime with the first score. After Saturday, that rule has got a lotta folks all upset like.

San Diego took the ball after regulation and then proceeded to march down the field and score on their first possession of overtime allowing the Chargers to move on. The Colts were sent home without the league’s MVP having the opportunity to touch the football.  

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View from the Couch – Year In Review

Dec 31st, 2008 – A Year Sports Fans Might Want to Skip

On the morning of September 15th, 2008, the news from Wall Street was disastrous. Later dubbed as another “Black Monday” by the media, John McCain insisted in a speech that same morning that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.”

With those seven little words his run for the American Presidency effectively was over.  

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Political Commentary – betED Sportsbook

Nov 12th, 2008 – Obama had a Tiger in his Tank

The most famous person in the world right now is the new American President, Barack Obama, but just a few days before Election Day, it was another young man of mixed ethnicity, Tiger Woods.

A co-inky-dink you think? Not really as it was athletes like Tiger who helped pave the way for America to get over itself and elect a visible minority to the White House.

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View from the Couch – 2008 NFL Betting Week 7

Oct 14th, 2008 – Dissing-Parity

The Tennessee Titans are now the top ranked team in the NFL – and they attained that lofty status by taking the week off.

Welcome to the National Floccinaucinihilipilification League.

Floccinau-what? With 29 letters and 12 syllables, “floccinaucinihilipilification” is the longest non-technical word in the English dictionary and it is defined as “the act of describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by depreciation.”

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2008 MLB Playoff Predictions

Sept 30th, 2008 – The Regular Season is Over. See You Next Spring Baseball

Let’s say you are one of those rare individuals who still have a job.

That means, almost no matter how hard you try, probably for you watching baseball is over for this year.

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betED’s PGA Lines – 2008 Ryder Cup

Will Europe Retain the Cup

Yes -150
No +120

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2008 – 2009 Heisman Trophy Odds From betED

2008 – 2009 Heisman Trophy Odds From betED.com Sportsbook

Odds to win the 2008 Heisman Trophy

Chase Daniel +400
Chris Wells +400
Colt McCoy +1100
Cullen Harper +1100
DeMarco Murray +1100
Eric Berry +4000
Graham Harrell +800
Jake Locker +2000
Jeremy Maclin +4000
Joe McKnight +1500
John Parker Wilson +3000
Juice Williams +2000
Kellen Lewis +3000
Knowshon Moreno +500
LeSean McCoy +800
Mark Sanchez +1500
Matt Grothe +4000
Matthew Stafford +800
Patrick White +800
Percy Harvin +800
PJ Hill +1000
Rudy Carpenter +2500
Sam Bradford +1500
Noel Devine +1500
Tim Tebow +250
Todd Boeckman +3000
Todd Reesing +1500
Tyrod Taylor +4000

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