Author Archives: Nicholas Cicale

An NCAA Player Money Article

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) With the Johnny Manziel autograph controversy of the summer coming to an almost comical resolution (he’ll be suspended for the first half of the season… opener, even though the NCAA determined he didn’t get paid for signing autographs) on the eve of the college football season, I thought now would beContinue reading “An NCAA Player Money Article”

My favorite movies of the 2000s

List will be updated each December and does not include the current year’s movies. The Departed  – 2008 (97) The Dark Knight – 2008 (97) Django Unchained – 2012 (95) The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers – 2002 (95) The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of The King – 2003 (95) MoonriseContinue reading “My favorite movies of the 2000s”

My 2013 Preseason NFL Awards Predictions

MVP 1. Tom Brady, QB Predicted Stats: 4600 passing yards, 39 passing TDs, 10 int It’s really, really hard to go against Tom Brady or Peyton Manning in the preseason for MVP, because come the end of the year you know they’ll be getting votes.  Brady loves to show off whenever the Patriots are facingContinue reading “My 2013 Preseason NFL Awards Predictions”

NCAA Football: 2013 Preseason Top 25 Deli Poll

There’s the USA Today Coaches Poll, The Harris Poll, The Legends Poll, and now, one week before the start of college football, I would like to introduce The Deli Poll, the newest measure of college football success. 1)   Alabama 2)   Ohio State 3)   Stanford 4)   Georgia 5)   Texas A&M

Kicking Off the Preseason the Right Way: Five reasons the Pro Bowl should be moved to the NFL preseason.

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) Two weeks into the preseason and I’ve already watch more sports over the last two weeks than I did almost all summer.  The games are meaningless and might not even feature everyone’s favorite teams, yet millions are tuning in to see whatever game their local cable provider decided to air because,Continue reading “Kicking Off the Preseason the Right Way: Five reasons the Pro Bowl should be moved to the NFL preseason.”

MLB’s Not-So-Instant Replay

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) So baseball,  you finally decided to use instant replay to your advantage. Just like everyone’s been saying you should for the last 10 years. Oh wait; you can only challenge certain plays? Oh, a coach only has restrictions on what inning and how many times he can challenge a play?

2013 Predicted NFL Standings

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) Step 1. Print out the 2013-14 NFL schedule. Step 2. Grab a pen and circle the teams you think will win each week. Step 3. Tally up the results. (D) Marks division winners while marks the wild cards.  It’s that simple. NFC AFC Preseason Power Rankings will come in the nextContinue reading “2013 Predicted NFL Standings”

What a Quarterback’s Worth

by Nicholas Cicale (@nickcicale) With all of the contract extensions given out this off season to big time quarterbacks, like Tony Romo, Joe Flacco, Matt Stafford, Aaron Rodgers  and now Matt Ryan, I decided to compare how much the QBs around the league are worth.   (I didn’t taking the rookie wage scale into account)Continue reading “What a Quarterback’s Worth”