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Archive for April, 2011

Greatest College Football Upsets of All-Time

Posted by deaconcat08 on 25th April 2011

1   Stanford over USC (2007) 2   Appalachian St. over Michigan (2007) 3   Temple over Virginia Tech (1998) 4   Oregon St. over Washington (1985) 5   Pitt over West Virginia (2007) 6   BC over ND (1993) 7   Ohio State over Miami-FL (2003) 8   Syracuse over Louisville (2007) 9   [...]

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Greatest Cinderella Stories of All-Time

Posted by deaconcat08 on 24th April 2011

  Greatest Cinderella Stories of all-time         1 US Hockey Team wins Winter Olympic gold (1980)     2 Buster Douglas beats Mike Tyson (1990)     3 George Mason makes it to the Final Four (2006) 4 Villanova Basketball wins national title (1985) 5 Northwestern Football makes it to the Rose Bowl (1995) 6 New York Mets [...]

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Top 50 Greatest Athletes of All-Time

Posted by deaconcat08 on 23rd April 2011

In continuing my series of sports lists, here is my list of greatest athletes of all-time.   Greatest athletes of all-time     1   Michael Jordan 2   Babe Ruth 3   Jim Brown 4   Muhammad Ali 5   Wayne Gretzky 6   Jim Thorpe 7   Jack Nicklaus 8   Joe Montana [...]

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Top 50 Greatest Sports Moments of the 1980s and 90s

Posted by deaconcat08 on 22nd April 2011

Here now is my list of the 50 greatest sports moments of the 1980s and 90s.  Please feel free to comment.  Also, give my any suggestions you may have for other lists you’d like for me to put together.   Rankings of Cinderella stories, athletes, rivalries, and more will be coming soon.   Greatest Moments 1980-2000     [...]

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Top 50 Sports Moments from the 2000s

Posted by deaconcat08 on 21st April 2011

I posted a series of lists around this time last year, and in hopes of generating some interest and discussion during this rather dull time in sports (especially college sports), I thought I would post several of the lists again and also create some new ones for you to enjoy.  I’ll start off with the [...]

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68 & 16 College Sportscast: NBA Playoffs Picks Edition

Posted by deaconcat08 on 20th April 2011

Major college sports are over for a few months, but luckily the NBA playoffs have 16 teams. Brad and I fill out our NBA brackets all the way through to the NBA finals. We predict each winner and the amount of games in each series. If you are an NHL fan, then tune in for [...]

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68 & 16 College Sportscast: Coaching Carousel Edition (Apr. 8)

Posted by deaconcat08 on 9th April 2011

Justin and I are back for our final college basketball podcast of the season.  The national championship did not play out the way we hoped.  We analyze Butler’s historically poor performance and discuss whether they can do it again next year.  Also, we break down the current coaching landscape in college basketball.  http://68and16sportscast.tumblr.com/

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College Basketball Season in Review 2010-2011

Posted by deaconcat08 on 5th April 2011

I wrote a college basketball season in review column last year, and because of its success, I thought it would be good to do another one.  Oddly enough, my 2010 article began with the phrase “mourning a Butler national title game loss”.  Well I’m once again the same boat as the Bulldogs laid a golden egg last night [...]

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68 & 16 College Sportscast: Final Four Edition

Posted by deaconcat08 on 1st April 2011

The most improbable Final Four is only a few days away.  Our brackets are busted and now it is time to focus on the biggest tournament story lines.  Tune in as Justin, Rob, and I analyze the Final Four games and predict our national champions.  We also discuss the current men’s basketball coaching vacancies and [...]

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