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Evan Weiner, sports writer for NewJerseyNewsroom.com joins us to talk about his most recent article Is high school football an endangered species?  .

 

Tim Bielik beat writer on the Browns and Buckeyes from the Loraine Morning Journal joins us to talk about the upcoming seasons for both.

 

Chris Rolling feature writer on the Bengals for the Bleacher Report joins us to talk about the Cincy draft and plans for 2012.

 

Samantha Bunten, co-host of https://www.blogtalkradio.com:443/wrestlingperspectivenetwork joins us to talk about the Browns draft and the Indians fast start to 2012.

 

 

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Cincinnati to grow as Polo Capital

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Cincinnati will soon grow to be the capital city for playing polo as per the initiative taken by Mark Sedacca. In July, Mark Sedacca who was being elected as the governor of the U.S. Polo Association’s Mid-States Circuit said that he wants Cincinnati to become a central place for conducting polo games such that players after playing in their own respective regional areas can come here to compete as finalists. Two polo fields, one in Warren County and one other in Clermont County have been chosen to conduct tournament games of polo throughout the summer. Yet another appeal of these counties to potential buyers looking into Mason OH homes for sale.

In summer, along with the tournament games, Miami Meadows Park is going to conduct championship polo games. Miami township trustees can allow playing regular tournament games here in the park from next summer once the first ever played polo game takes place. Cincinnati home buyers can add the attraction of polo games to the arsenal of entertainment this area of Ohio has to offer. Four players in every team with about 8 horses in each game score more than 6 to a maximum of 12 goals. One of the … Read more at FryingPanSports

Niblets for April 2010

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Best comment of the month: 96 Teams in the NCAA Tournament is the worst idea since the BcS selection process.

Crime Scene Cleanup Tucson said “I completely agree with you..More teams is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Gotta be the money…”

CSC you hit it on the nose. The plan that came out after my editorial was that the NCAA planned to bid out every game between the 5 networks to increase the take. Check out the update below.

Updates on FPS Stories:

96 Teams in the NCAA Tournament is the worst idea since the BcS selection process.

The NCAA announced this week that they had scrapped the 96 team plan. They will add 3 play-in games for the spots to play the top seeds in each region. That is a much better solution. Let’s hope that the NCAA Executive committee stays away from the funny mushrooms.

The Steelers are having off field problems with their players.

The Ex-Steeler now Jet Santanio Holmes had another run in with authorities. According to the airline personnel he refused to turn off his iPod when the plane was landing. He claimed and the police report confirms that he turned it off but … Read more at FryingPanSports

Who SHOULD the Browns draft?

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The first round of the Draft is Thursday so it is time for my “fearless” predictions of what the Browns won’t do in the draft.

Round 1: No. 7 overall There has been some talk about the Browns trading with the 49ers for their 13th & 17th picks. The value of this pick is 1500. The 13+17 equal 2100. To do the deal the Browns would have to give their 2nd pick (#38 520) and their last pick in the 3rd (#92 132). They would likely get an early 5th round back as part of the deal. In short, I doubt this deal gets made.

Another rumor is that they would trade up to 5 and give the Chiefs 7 and #72 in the third round. I don’t like this deal because I don’t see that much difference between Berry and Thomas. I would take Thomas and save the 3rd round choice.

S Earl Thomas Texas The Browns need a FS badly. It is looking like KC will take Berry or Thomas at 5 and if they pass on him the Seahawks might grab one or the other at 6. If Berry is there, they would take him. However on … Read more at FryingPanSports

Unexpected consequences of the uncapped 2010.

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There are many things that will happen in the 2009-2010 off season that are directly resulting from the inability of the NFL owners and NFLPA to come to a Collective Bargaining Agreement before Mr. 5.

Without a cap, poor teams will dump high cost players.

Teams that are in financial trouble will be able to dump high cost players and replace they with minimum salary guys. Teams like Buffalo and Jacksonville have been losing with their current players so there is no reason to keep them. The end of the cap means there is no longer a minimum amount that teams must spend. Look for a number of bottom end teams to dump expensive players.

High price players in the last few years of their contract can be dropped without penalty.

Even middle of the road teams and upper level teams will drop some high priced players that they do not intend to resign when their contracts expire. Rumors have the Panthers cutting DE Peppers; the Cards cutting S Rolle; the Packers cutting OL Colledge; the Jets cutting OG Faneca and OB Gholston; the Raiders finally cutting QB Russell. Those are just a few of the name players that will … Read more at FryingPanSports

What to look for in New Years Day bowl games.

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OUTBACK BOWL Northwestern 8-4 Auburn 7-5

This game pits the Big 10 vs. SEC. NW wins over two ranked teams (Iowa and Wisconsin) in the last two games gave them hope they can break a 6 bowl losing streak. This is the first New Year’s day bowl since 97. QB Kafka has thrown for 2898 yards but only 12 TDs and 7 picks. He has to produce the majority of the O because the running game has struggled. RB Fields has averaged just 3.0 per attempt this year. The NW D is solid and is led by DE Wootton who should be a top 15 pick in the NFL Draft. The NW D will have to find a way to contain the Auburn running game or it will be a long day.

Auburn had its usual fast start 5-0 only to lose 5 of their final 7 games. QB Todd had a nice season with 2377 yards 21 TDs and just 6 picks. He was able to take advantage of opponent defenses focused on stopping the 13th best running game in Division 1. RB Tate is the key. He ran for 1254 yards at a 5.8 per attempt and … Read more at FryingPanSports