The Skinny: Hittin’ The Road
August 31, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
•Three places we wish we had been:
ATLANTA: Coach Nick Saban led No. 24 Alabama to an upset of No. 9 Clemson Saturday at the Georgia Dome.
RENTSCHLER FIELD: UConn, which visits Temple Saturday, opened with a 35-3 victory over Hofstra…
Brett Favre’s season debut with the New York Jets at Miami Dolphins is the big event this week
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The Big Event: NFL
We’ve all heard about the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The concept is that it’s a small world, and that any actor/actress could be linked to the famous Footloose actor. The same idea can be put forth on Brett Favre and the three NFL…
Garcia near ‘100 percent’ as Bucs carry high hopes
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TAMPA — Like all the other starters on the Tampa Bay roster, Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia didn’t play in Thursday’s exhibition finale at Houston. It wasn’t like he got the night off, either.
Garcia was on the field more than two hours…
A look at the NFC North
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Sixth in an eight-part series as Times NFL writer Sam Farmer analyzes the league by division. Today, the NFC North:
Story lines
1 As if replacing a legend weren’t hard enough, now Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers will be judged in part by how well Brett…
Jets leave Hofstra with nothing but memories
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There was no remorse the last time the Jets changed facilities. Hofstra looked like the Taj Mahal compared to the place where they had been practicing.
“Peekskill Military Academy. It was awful. The bugs were unbelievable,” said John Schmitt, who was…
Jets hang on to all four quarterbacks
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Eric Mangini said it’s hard enough for an NFL team to find three quarterbacks it likes. So with the Jets liking all four they had in camp this summer, they decided to keep them all.
“It’s unique and it’s different, but all four of them are guys that we…
Favre, Faneca fuel Jets’ hopes
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It all started out as a pipe dream for Mike Tannenbaum.
The Jets general manager knew his team’s chances of bringing Brett Favre to New York were slim, but he feverishly began making calls anyway. His cell phone became a constant companion as he tried to…
What a rush for Vikings
August 30, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
When Jared Allen found out the Vikings were interested in trading for him, he became excited. Really excited.
The Vikings, he thought, were a team on the cusp. A team that could be one pass rusher away from accomplishing big things.
“The talent here…
For Tillman, family come first
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Charles Tillman will be traded for Brett Favre.
Charles Tillman was arrested for driving under the influence and faces jail time.
Charles Tillman was involved in a domestic dispute.
Charles Tillman failed a drug test.
Name a rumor and either Tillman…
Chatham, Poteat Cut
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Veteran linebacker Matt Chatham and cornerback Hank Poteat were among the Jets’ final roster cuts Saturday.
Chatham was a special-teams standout in two seasons with the Jets, and was familiar with coach Eric Mangini from their years in New England from…