College Football Conference Championship Games: Ranking Them From Best To Worst

Big 12: Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
SEC: Georgia vs. LSU
Big Ten: Wisconsin vs. Michigan State
MAC: Ohio vs. Northern Illinois
Conference USA: Southern Miss vs. Houston
ACC: Virginia Tech vs. Clemson
Big East: West Virginia at South Florida

Jaguars fire coach Del Rio

The Jacksonville Jaguars fired coach Jack Del Rio on Tuesday after a 3-8 start.

Urban and Victoria Secret

Mr. Myer is going to coach Ohio St. Dont care about it. They will always cheat so it doesnt matter. ( the Victoria fashon show was very nice very good marketing tool)

Ndamukong Suh

Ndamukong Suh once deemed rookie of the year, last season, has now gained the label "Dirtiest Player in the NFL". He has made a full apology for his actions that threw him out of Thanksgiving Day Packers and Lions game, when he stomped the arm of Packers' guard Evan Dietrich-Smith.

victorias secret fashion show

the show was very short but there were some interesting things that i know matt will be ordering

MLS Champs

The LA Galaxy won the MLS Cup after winning 1-0 against Houston Dynamo on November 20 with Landon Donovan scoring in the second half.

NFL's dirtiest player takes a bath

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/articles/2011/11/30/column_nfls_dirtiest_player_takes_a_bath/

Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions was labled the NFL's Dirtiest Player for throwing Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton to the ground in a preseason game, then this past week Suh bounced Packers guard Evan Dietrich-Smith's head into the ground three times, then stomped on his arm. On top of being thrown out of the game Suh faces a suspension of two games costing him $165,000.

NBA players can use team facilities beginning Thursday

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nba-labor-20111130,0,7224795.story

Beginning tomorrow players in the NBA can start using team training facilities voluntarily. No coaches or team officials are allowed to be in attendance or have much interaction.

Penn State spreading to Syracuse

The assistant coach for Syracuse's basketball because of allegations of child molestation.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news;_ylt=AvZTPQcJAWexGUQZv4NW6iY5nYcB?slug=pf-forde_syracuse_boeheim_scandal_missteps_112911

New Manager

Bobby Valentine is the new Red Sox manager

SEC Title game

LSU and Georgia square off on Saturday in the much anticipated SEC Championship game. LSU is favored in the contest.

NFL's Dirtiest Player takes a bath

Ndamukong Suh was once a level-headed, back when he started with the NFL a season and a half ago; however, now he's not so level-headed. At the end of a play against Green Bay on Thanksgiving, Suh bounced Packers guard Evan Dietrich-Smith's head into the ground three times, then stomped on his arm. He is suspended for two games,

Texans lose Leinart

Texans are on their 3rd string QB after Schaub and Leinart go down.

NBA Lockout Over

The NBA has come to an agreement with play taking a 50% of all profits which dropped from 57% of profits the seanson should be starting Dec 25 with a triple header and will be a 66 game season. Even though they took a pay cap owners are aloud to make other price for merchandise and concessions higher to be able to get free-agents.

Inside NCAA Football | Explaining the staying power of the BCS

The Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl were designated as the four BCS bowls, and each plays host to the BCS National Championship Game every four years. The champions of the six BCS conferences — the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac−12 and SEC — are guaranteed appearances in one of the BCS bowls.

The Jets

The Jets still have play-off potential after a 28-24 win against Buffalo

Black Friday deals may not be the best

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/business/fridays-deals-may-not-be-the-best.html?_r=1&ref=blackfriday

This article discusses a man who has created a scientific method of determining the best times to shop for certain types of products.  While Black Friday gets lots of press and attention, there are better times to shop for certain deals.  dd

http://dealnews.com/

http://decide.com/

black Friday

Went to wal-mart, best buy, and target bought some movies for 1.96 a peice.

Tebow Afair

Tim Tebow doesn't claim complete victory for himself. He gives some credit to Von Miller for good defensive stops. The remaining scedual seems favorble to Tebow. He might Win out depending on how it goes.

In the Face

Some lady somewhere in a Walmart, pepper sprayed adults and their children.

Woman surrenders in Black Friday pepper spray incident

A woman in Southen California turned herself in after pepper spraying 10 people in a Walmart elcetronic section on Black Friday. No arrests have been made.

5 Tips for Marketing to Sports Fans on Facebook

Mashable spoke with representatives from the Professional world of sports marketing, including:

Christy Berkey, social media manager for the Patriots
Jim Spinello, SVP of Marketing Communications
Dan Lobring, PR and social media director of rEvolution World
Laura Clemente, corporate communications assistant of the New York Jets
Kristen Baier, Marketing Coordinator of NETS Basketball

These people said:
1. Invite Everyone to the Game
2. Initiate a Round-the-clock, full-court press
3. Offer Exclusive Content
4. Get Payers Involved
5. Have a Game Plan and Play to Win

NBA deal not perfect but sides can go with it

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/story/2011-11-27/NBA-deal-not-perfect-but-sides-can-go-with-it/51428032/1

The NBA players and owners finally came to an agreement to end the lockout. The players went from 57% to about 50% of baseketball related income. The players are taking a hit but will atleast get a paycheck this season. Also the schedule was only reduced 16 games, from 82 down to 66 games for this season. The season will start christmas day.

There is going to be a NBA

The owners and the players agreed on 49/51 money spilt. 49% will go to the players and the rest to the owners. The season will start in December.

Black Friday

I heard there was a line at Best Buy that went down the sidewalk to macys and then all the way down the sidewalk in front of macys

No prize, Just Pride as USC upsets Oregon

USC upset Oregon on saturday night 38-35.

NFL Results

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/20/SPR91M1TRA.DTL


Cowboys 27, Redskins 24:
Dan Bailey kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime giving Dallas the win over Washington. Cowboys are now 6-4 while The Redskins lost their 6th straight game.

MLB deal includes HGH testing, $480k minimum

Baseball's new labor contract will include blood testing for human growth hormone, a rise in the minimum salary to $480,000 and luxury taxes on both amateur draft signings and international free agents coming to the major leagues

Suddenly, the Dolphins are breezing to three wins in a row

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-farmer-nfl-week-11-20111121,0,1454323.column

The Miami Dolphins won their third consecutive game after starting a 0-7 season. This is the third time in history a team has started with losing 7 games in a row to win 3 consecutive games. They beat the Buffalo Bills yesterday 35-8.

Michigan Wins

Michigan beat nebraska and has a slight chance to play in the big ten championship

Nebraska Sucks

Nebraska lost their third game of the season to Michigan on Saturday. The blackshirt defense had no answer for the multi-demensional offense of the Wolverines. Officiating was a serious problem, as the refs didn't seem to know what the hell was goin on the whole game.

Kindle fire

The Amazon kindle fire has a made a tent into the apple ipad 2 market share. Its claims are close to the reality and are expected to increase in the market share soon.

Green Bay Has to face History.

49 years ago from next sunday the Green Bay played the Lions and lost. On that day the Packers were 10-0 and NFL Champs the year before. Next Sunday the Lion will face the Packers.

Cowboys Redskins

The Cowboys Dan Bailey kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime to beat the Redskins 27-24

MLS cup

The LA Galaxy beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 in the MLS cup final last night.

NFL results, Nov. 20

This article, having barely anything to do with scores, spoke mostely about the highly esteemed football team The Greenbay Packers. He states how "Poor" Aaron Rodgers missed a few throws, and managed to throw an interception. He also states how the Greenbay Packers would "Remain perfect at 10-0, even if their quaterback walked away..."

Penn State's Sales

Penn State's merchandise sales are down 40% from last years sales, due to the scandal with Jerry Sandusky.

Jacksonville(3-6) @ Cleveland(3-6)

When it comes to NFL experience, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert is still wet behind the ears. But even a rookie with a half-dozen starts under his belt knows when his best move is to take the snap, turn to one side and hand the ball to a proven load- carrier. It will be a head to head game.

Venezuela baseball attracts MLB players

Players have been moving to the new Venezuela baseball team. Such as Wilson Ramos

Future of Cole Hamels

With the signing of Jonathon Papelbon it is unclear what will happen to Cole Hamels.

Carolina and Detroit

Carolina (2-7) and Detroit (6-3) get ready to face-off. Detroit has hit a rough patch after coming out of the gate 5-0 and now have lost 3 out of 4 games since. Lion's quarterback Matthew Stafford threw 4 interceptions with 2 of them being touchdowns in their last game with the Chicago Bears.

Keeper of the year

Kasey Keller was nominated the MLS goalkeeper of the year this season.

Tiger

Tiger Woods wishes that he didn't even open in the presidents cup.

NBA lockout: Questions and answers

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57326656/nba-lockout-questions-and-answers/

It looks like the NBA players and owners negotiations may go on for months if not years. The players disbandoned the union to take owners to court.

Google launches iTunes rival Google Music

Google has signed more than 20 music labels, and has built a library of more than 13 million songs. These can be baught and downloaded through android devices and Google TV.

Thursday Night Football is Back

The Broncos are taking on the Jets tonight at home! The Jets are a four point favorite!

Thursday night football

The Broncos play the Jets tonight. The Broncos will probably try to run it the whole game again

NFL

In the power rankings the packers are still on top while the 49ers are a suprising 2nd. They are 7-1

Packers

The Packers (9-0) still remain the NFL's lone un-beaten team after a 47-7 destruction of the The Vikings.

Comback Player

David Beckham was giving the comback player of the year award this year after his performance with the LA Galaxy.

Packers stand 9-0 after a 45-7 destruction of Vikings

http://www.freep.com/article/20111115/SPORTS01/111150458/NFL-roundup-Packers-stand-9-0-after-45-7-destruction-Vikings?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs

After beating the Vikings 45-7, Green Bay now stands 9-0 with Aaron Rodgers throwing 4 touchdown passes.

NFL investigating NY Jets coach Rex Ryan over cursing out fan

NY Jets coach is now under investigation.

NBA Lockout Takes Bad Turn, Union Decertification Begins: A Fan’s Take

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-10439581

The playrs have rejected the last negotiations from the owners on Monday, November 14th. They will now bring owners to court for anti-trust lawsuits. This can probably be looked back to the day that the 2011-2012 season was dissolved.

There are flags

Eric Decker was penalized on verterans day for saluting the troops while on one knee.

Packers

The Packers are stilll undefeated after they beat the Vikings last night.

Green Bay

Green Bay is half way there to an undefeated season!!

No Clutch Browns

The Cleveland Browns miss short field goal to go for win over Rams. Rams win 13-12

iCrossing Kicks Off Connected Digital efforts for AEG

iCrossing, a global digital marketing agency, announced that it has been selected by Anschutz Entertainment Group, one of the leading sports and entertainment companies in the world, they hope to help connect with entertainment lovers by driving awarenemss of AEG's new entertainment and ticketing platform.

MLB celerbrates Veterens Day

MLB will be honoring all of are Veterans today. Lets honor are Veterans too

Joe Paterno out at Penn State

Penn state coach Joe Paterno was fired wednesday.

The MLB on Veteran's Day

The MLB will honor the troops today. Welcoming back veteran's will be the primary focus of today's memorial.

Ohio State now faces 'failure to monitor'

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7217079/ncaa-slaps-ohio-state-buckeyes-failure-monitor-charge

Ohio State will take away 5 football scholarships in the next 3 years due to the further alleged violations.

Oscars' ups, downs have marketers spinning

The Oscar's lost their producer Brett Ratner and their host eddie Murphy. Oscer organizers are scarmbling to revamp their marketing strategy with a different host, Billy Crystal, and their new producer Brian Grazer.
Last year, their marketing strategy with James Franco and Anne Hathaway was to get the younger viewers to tune into the event.

New York Espansion

MLS commissioner Don Garber said the league is still focused on putting an expansion team in New York, but reiterated that the biggest hurdle is getting a stadium, not finding suitable potential owners

Oregon v. Stanford

This might be the second biggest game of the season. Both of these teams could play in the title game!

Pujols to meet with Marlins, possibly Saturday

Albert Pujols is going to meet with the Florida Marlins on Saturday. The Marlins are moving to a new stadium and their payroll will increase dramatically. The Marlins are also looking at Mark Buehrle and Jose Reyes.

Raiders send reeling Chargers to 4th loss in a row

Palmer threw two touchdown passes and Michael Bush ran 30 times for a season-high 157 yards and one touchdown to lead the Oakland Raiders to a 24-17 win over San Diego on Thursday night, the Chargers' fourth straight loss.

NBA lockout

There is still no deal after another marathon negotiating session between NBA players and owners.

Joey O'Conner

4 star recruit Joey Oconner has withdrawn from penn state. Good for him

Former NBA center Shawn Bradley riding high again after police recover stolen oversized bike

Former NBA center Shawn Bradley, who is 7'6'', he has everything made custom to his fitting. Doorways, chairs, etc. Last Friday his custom made bike was stolen in Murray, Utah. It was later found by a residence in the town where Shawn lives.

Baseball player Wilson Ramos kidnapped in Venezuela

Baseball player Wilson Ramos, who features for the Washington Nationals in the US, has been kidnapped from his family home in the Valencia, Venezuela. The kidnapping ensures the issue of crime and security remains a key concern in Venezuela, reports the BBC's Will Grant.

Pujols in Florida?

Albert Pujols has started talk with Florida marlins for a possible fanchise now that he's a free agent

Black Eyed Peas...Switch Up

the black eyed peas might replace Fergie with Ashanti....BOOOOOOOO!

Duquette

After a decade of Dan Duquette not being in major league baseball. He is now back as the Orioles' new executive vive president of baseball operations.

McCourt could ignore Kemp before selling Dodgers

Since the Dodgers are already in debt, they can't decide whether to extend Matt Kemps' contract. The fear is that it could send the Dodgers into even more debt.

Penn State Scandal Makes It Difficult To Defend College Football

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/11/9/2547176/penn-state-scandal-jerry-sandusky-joe-paterno

Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State assistant was charged with a litany of felonies for child rape.

prediction

Houston will be the LA Galaxy in the MLS Cup final and Beckham will cry

Penn State Scandal Makes It Difficult To Defend College Football

It takes a lot to utterly shock college football fans these days. But as the curtain continues to be pulled back, exposing the seedy underbelly of the sport, it becomes harder to defend the game.

Michigan ranked in top 25

In college basketball michigan is ranked number 18, thats a first. North Carolina is number 1 what a suprise

Britain War Rememberance Denied

Britian wished to wear embroidered poppy jersey's to remember the veterans of war was denied by FIFA today.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10764769

Sports and Entertainment Marketing classes visit WXII

Starmount High School's sports and Marketing classes went on a tour of WXII in Winston-Salem. WXII is a noon newscast, and the students were able to observe live, meet the anchors and weatherman. They got to see the master control room, production room, editing room, and where the Marketing Personnel worked, also see the mobile trucks/vans.

Penn State

The Penn State Football is in serious trouble. They might loss several coaches due to some of the actions.

Prediction?

The prediction for the final in the MLS cup is the LA Galaxy will win 3-2 in injury time.

Penn State. What now?

The entire coaching staff isunderblame right now for not doing something about the incident. What is to happen now.

NBA Talks Getting Nowhere

NBA players reject the most recent offer from the NBA owners. This shows that the 2011-2012 season is most likely gone. The owners keep giving reasonable offers, so they too can make money.

Paterno

Paterno is gonna get fired. That's my queery

Broncos. A College Football Team?

The Raiders vs Broncos game this sunday set a remarkable historic game as Tebow and McGahee combining for about 298 rushing yrds! But it wasn't just them two that were the factors. The offense played a more Tebow type offense. The Defense played with a bigger intensity throughout the game.

Willis Mcgahee

Willis McGahee ran a 60 yard touchdown to tie the game Sunday for the Broncos. This was the first 50+ yard run since 2008 for the Broncos. He ended with two touchdowns and 163 yards.

Let Denard RUN

Michigan Lost to Iowa this weekend. WOW, they had 4 chances to score from inside the 5 but didnt. Should of let denard run

BestBuy buys new phone for $1.3 billion

The electronics retailer Best Buy agreed on Monday to pay $1.3 billion for full ownership of a fast-growing American cellphone joint venture from its British partner, the Carphone Warehouse Group.

MLS cup final

Houston will play Los Angeles in the MLS cup final on Nov. 20 in California

Orioles ridiculous search for GM luckily ends with Dan Duquette

After interviewing 8 different guy for the position of GM for the Orioles, they finally get Dan Duquette to agree to be GM.

NFL Round-Up

In the NFL this week different events happend like Eli Manning and the Giants faced and beat the Patriots again since the Superbowl of 2007. Also the Chargers lost once again letting the Packers become 8-0. The Baltimore Ravens also once again beat the Pittsburgh Steelers for the 2nd time this season

NFL Round Up

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2011/11/07/nfl-round-up-new-york-new-york-on-top-romo-bounces-back-tony-gonzalez-keeps/

The New York Jet beat the Bills 27-11. The Giants beat the Patriots. The Falcons won easily against the Colts. Packers beat the Chargers, walking away undefeated. Cowboys beat the Seahawks. The Philadelphia Eagles face the Chicago Bears tonight in Philly.

Giants on Top After a Come-back Victory

In the 4th quarter The Giants's Hernandez scored a touch down and tied up the score. In the few final seconds of the game Manning led the team down the field to win the game. (24-20)

Manchester United Falls behind

After a 6-1 defeat to Manchester City, Manchester United has fallen behind in the premier league and now takes 7th place.
http://www.premierleague.com/page/FormGuide

How about those Broncos

The Broncos pull a bunny out of a hat in the 4th quarter against the Raiders yesterday. This all started when they ran a punt back for a touch down followed by another defensive stop. Then Tebow complimented it with another town to seal the deal.

Houston Dynamo in Final

The Houston Dynamo defeated Sporting Kansas sunday and are now heading into the final.

NFL Preview - Chicago (4-3) at Philadelphia (3-4) (ET)

The Philadelphia Eagles are prepairing for their next game against the Chicago Bears. Both teams are on a two game winning streak, and the author of the article seems to favor the Philadelphia Eagles.

Huskers Upset

Nebraska was upset at home this week against Northwestern. The defense had no answer for the Wildcat's multiple weapon offense.

Houston leads the Union

The Houston Dynamo beat the Union in a 2-1 game in the first leg of the semifals. They head into the 2nd leg with a 1-0 lead over union

NFL Game Refs aren to look out for concussion symtoms.

Kris Dielman for the San Diego Chargers suffered a Grand Mal Seizure after his game to New York. He was still played throughout the course til the end of the game. The NFl has cautioned refs to take notice for any concussed symtoms

MLB agree to process to sell Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Major League Baseball reached an agreement late Tuesday to sell the club, ending a seven-year tenure that was recently mired in legal troubles capped by its filing for bankruptcy protection.

Cheap Shot

LAst weekend in the Arknsas Vanderbilt game the punt returner got jacked. he fair catched and before the ball was close the guy hit him he was suspended for 1 game.

Rapids

The Colorado Rapids were trying to become the first back-to-back MLS cup champions but they lost in Kansas City

Miami at Kansas City

Miami (0-7) and Kansas City (4-3) get ready to play eachother. Both teams have shared their hardships over this season. Kansas City has had two season ending knee injuries to two of their key players, but the Chiefs have been very resilient.

Free agents

There are several big MLB names going for free agents. Big names such as Albert Pujols and Prince Feilder might not be with the same team neaxt season.

NFL: Referees to monitor players for concussions

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2011-11-02/officials-concussions/51049582/1

The NFL informed the referee's to watch for concussion symptoms for players. This was said, "Ten days after San Diego guard Kris Dielman sustained a head injury against the Jets and later suffered a seizure on the team's flight home from New York."

2011 NCAA College Football – Week 10 Preview

#1 Louisiana State (8-0) at #2 Alabama (8-0)
#17 Kansas State (7-1) at #3 Oklahoma State (8-0)
#4 Stanford (8-0) at Oregon State (2-6)
#5 Boise State (7-0) at UNLV (2-5)

Dodgers

The LA Dodgers owner has decided to sell the team. Earlier this year the team filed for bankcuptcy and the team is probably going to be auctioned off at $800 million to $1 billion and up. Possible buyers include Ron Burkle, Mark Cuban, Steve Garvey, and Orel Hershiser.

Late Hits in College Becoming a Big Deal

During the last weekend there were major late hits in the Vanderbilt and Ark. game. The occured on a punt. I believe there should be a higher punshiment.

Big Bad Detroit Lions?

As NFl talk spokemans evaluate the detroit lions, one thing they can say is they are gaining a reputatuion of the "trash talkers" but the fans aprrove of this act of the lions. Such as the Big BAd RAiders of the old football days they are gaining that reputation.

Trade Ships

Not every consumer thinks about this, but almost every good or product has been shipped overseas. Meaning this ships keep major global trading running smoothly.

Bad Boys

As of recent the Detroit Lions have been given the title of being the new bad boys of the NFL for reasons like trash talking or taunting and having many fines and penalties against Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, also from incidents from week 6 against the 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh.

Detroit Lions Branded “Bad Boys” of NFL: Fan Reaction

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ycn-10339947

The lions are the team to fear. Their defense is strong and their offense is capable of killing most opposing defenses. Not to mention a coach who believes in the team and will not take the disrescept opposing players/coaches show to the Lions.

Semi Finals 1st Leg

In the first leg of the semi finals in the MLS cup the New York Red Bulls took on the LA Galaxy, but lost 1-0.

Chargers blow it!

The chargers bet KC in overtime last night 23-20.

New Confrences in NCAA

In the predicted new confrences they would remove the Big 12 and make the Great Midwest, It would have
Air Force
Boise State
Brigham Young
Colorado
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Utah

Detroit Lions Branded "Bad Boys" of the NFL

The Detroit Lions have fastly become one of the gutsiest and hard-working teams in the nfl. Some say the bad boy name is unfair, but fans think they should run with it because of their winning attitude and how well they are climbing up the ladder.

La Russa Retires

After 33 years of managing Tony La Russa retires with over 2,728 wins as a manager.

Hugh Jackman is back on Broadway

Hugh Jackman is back on broadway! He is in a new show titled "Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway", and--so far--for the first week in preformances, he racked in a total of $1.2 million. This amount put the new show in the same league as the musical blockbusters "Wicked" and "The Book of Mormon".
A ticket for this show coasts on average about $136.85, the most expencive seat is $350.
These prices will rise, because the show is still in the "previews time".
This show will open on Nov. 10 at the Broadhurst Theatre.

NBA fines Heat owner $500,000

The NBA fined Miami Heat owner on Monday for comments on his Twitter about the lockout. This broke the leagues censure on speaking about the lockout. He was fined $500,000, one of the largest fines given from the NBA.

Best game of the year?

LSU and Alabama has the entire nation wating for thier game this saturday. LSU is ranked #1 and Alabama is #2. Some are saying that this is the prelude to BCS championship game.

Rex Burkhead

Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead has been Nebraska's go-to workhorse in the running game the past 3 games. Burkhead had 134 yards on 32 carries in last weeks dominating performance against Mich. State.