Pick: Kansas outline 104.1 rickey smiley CityPittsburgh at ricky smiley observes Baltimore (+3)The Liver’s roommate Chris, a Steelers fan, had this to say after the overtime loss in Arrowhead; “You know how you like to throw things at the T.V. and f**k up the apartment when you watch Cowboys games? That’s how I feel about this Steelers team They’re not making the playoffs. And Mike Tomlin is just another George Seifert.” I know I sound like a broken record here but Roethlisberger is questionable with concussion problems. Think the Ravens defense will be looking to knock him around if he plays? I know Baltimore hasn’t beaten a good team this year, expect for MAYBE the Broncos, but I just don’t trust this Steelers team right now. Pick: BaltimoreMonday, November 30New England at New Orleans (-3)You don’t think the Pats are going into this looking to end the Saints perfect season? New Orleans has been more or less slumming the last MONTH and will have to play UP to their competition here. That crowd should be a huge factor here though and New Orleans has one of the best home field advantages in football Pick: New England. Ugly win? Yes it was Under achieving? Perhaps it was that too.

But there are five good reasons why this game could actually help Alabama in it’s quest forcontinuing wins this season and next. 1 It was a win When it’s all said and done that’s number one 97.9 the beat rickey smiley . For Alabama to play in the BCS national championship game all it has to do is win rickey smilely . This ugly win could slip Alabama back behind Texas, but it doesn’t matter if they just keep winning.If they beat Florida, no matter how ugly, they will play for a national championship and that is the goal of this team. 2 rickey smily . Greg McElroy erased any doubters that he can lead this team back from behind to a late game comeback win.That last drive showed McElroy could not be flustered, even after some wicked sacks jim rickey . He simply showed his cool, calm manner and went about his business taking what the defense would give him, draining both the clock and Auburn’s hopes of winning the game.This kind of comeback will give the whole team confidence, not just McElroy that they can will win these kinds of games if they keep their cool and do their jobs. 3. We can win when our “star” is having a bad game, and let’s face it, Mark Ingram had a bad game. Auburn’s game plan was simple, follow Mark Ingram.They had someone in his face following him everywhere except the Alabama bench and the locker room at half time, and it worked.So we had others step up.

This is a lesson will that keep the team frompanicking if another “star” goes down. 4 comedian rickey smiley . This game may have kept Mark Ingram from winning the Heisman, and if it did that, it may be the reason to end any speculation of him leaving at the end of the season for the NFL.Not that any hint of this supposed early leaving has come from Ingram, but it should end that speculation by the press and fans alike.Now Alabama will come back with theplay makers from this offense intact for next year and that can’t be a comforting thought for the rest of SEC. 5 skaggs family . It shows this team once again how important it is to take every team seriously and take advantage of every scoring opportunity to earn seven points and not three.This is a game that while giving a win, gives the coaches much to point to for improvement and gives the players a reason to listen to the advice.In all, it may have been ugly to some, but it was a thing of beauty to others. rick smiley morning show . The Thunder finally gets a game on national television. I’m really excited to watch this game because I finally get a chance to watch a full game of Brandon Jennings go up against quality defenders.The Bucks have easily had the easiest schedule this year only paying three teams with a .500+ winning percentage.I’m looking for Kevin Durant to absolutely shred the Bucks tonight.  They have nobody to match up against him. He will be able to get open looks from the perimeter and will be able to drive to the basket with Krstic being able to stretch out the defense.Russell Westbrook versus Brandon Jennings is easily the most interesting match up oftonight’s game.They are both athletic and very quick.  However, I have to get the nod to Westbrook because he is a quality defender that Jennings hasn’t seen all year comedian smiley . Plus, Westbrook has one more year of experience and knowledge that Jennings doesn’t have yet.Plus, Jennings will also see possessions where he will be going up against Thabo Sefolosha and he will have a tough time getting any points at all against him. Sefolosha is quickly becoming the top defender in the league and will have another key match up tonight. And let’s be honest, if Sefolosha can contain players like Kobe and D-Wade, he’ll for sure lock up Jennings tonight.The only match up the Bucks have a favor in would have to be the bench.  The Thunder have signed waivers with Ryan Bowen. Also, Sean Livingston, Kevin Ollie, and Kyle Weaver are all hurt which puts a damper on theback court.However, James Harden could easily play the pointguard position with his on-court IQ while Westbrook can catch his breath.The Bucks will have a tough go tonight against a prime defensive team.Also, they will have to play in one of the loudest arenas in the NBA.My Pick : 107-91 Thunder. A canon is a collection of the best of what’s around.

It is formally defined as “a compendium of the greatest works of artistic merit”.Boxing, throughout its long and rich history, has been able to amass both quantity and quality of historical moments that have become part of its identity darius bradford on rickey smiley . These moments define the sport, give it a heritage and a tradition, and set it apart as a cultural phenomenon that permeates all societies which it comes to inhabit.Boxing can be traced at least as far back as Ancient Greece rickey morning show . And it’s no surprise it is one of modern society’s oldest sports Boxing is primitive, but it is also the sweet science It is violent, but it is also tactical warfare rickey van shelton . It is about physical attributes and performance, but also about intelligence and discipline.Boxing combines and depends on both the most primal and the most advanced traits found in man rickey ullman . By the time the present year comes to a close, the decade spanning from 2000 to 2009 will have added ten chapters to boxing’s ever expanding canon.

These fights define what the sport of boxing has meant to its followers ever since its beginnings.Therefore, they serve as a reminder that some things never change . Boundless displays of courage, wits, heart, skill, and hope are common throughout all these encounters, just as they were in the Fights of the Year that preceded this decade.This particular decade has the peculiarity that only eleven different fighters put together these ten additions to the canon One fighter appeared in three different Fights of the Year Five fighters appeared multiple fights rickey scaggs . Further, three of these fights are a rematch or rubber match of a previous Fight of the Year within the same decade.What this means is that these warriors were not only born to fight, they were meant to be loved as fighters.Drama is a common feature of these additions to the canon as well ricki smiley . It has a big stake in separating a good fight from a great fight, and a great fight from a Fight of the Year . Drama arises out of the degree of competitiveness of the fight, which is itself a product of the skill and will displayed by both fighters.A Fight of the Year never allows us to know the outcome of the fight beforehand. And when we think we do know it, a Fight of the Year has a way of throwing us off track, slapping us around, and taking us for a ride, all before that grand finale explodes in our faces Fights of the Year can’t be scripted.