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2013 NFL Draft Buffalo Bills team needs

Posted in NFL by Seth Cox on April 15th, 2013

2013 NFL Draft Buffalo Bills team needs

What could the Bills be looking for on draft day?

Here is my list of 2013 NFL Draft Buffalo Bills team needs and a couple prospects that could fill those needs:

Wide Receiver- Tavon Austin (8), Quinton Patton (41), Robert Woods (41), Justin Hunter (41), Da’Rick Rodgers (71)

The Bills need weapons in Doug Marrone’s new offense. While Cordarrelle Patterson could be an option at eight, I can’t see him going that high.

Linebacker- Kiko Alonso (71), Sio Moore (71), Sean Porter (105), Zavier Gooden (105)

The Bills need athletic linebackers in their defense.

2013 TSHQ CFB Preseason Top 25: #8 South Carolina Gamecocks

Posted in CFB Offseason, College Football, Poll, predictions, SEC Football, SEC is the bomb diggity by Bryan Doherty on April 13th, 2013

As another off season of College Football material kicks off, this year marks the third year I’ll throw my hat in the ring and look at a number of topics and categories. In the process I’ll look to do everything from predicting next year’s 25 best teams, identify the games of the year, narrow down the Heisman field, identify those replacing 2012′s stars and ultimately make predictions for each league, culminating in a national championship pick. They’ll be many things I’ll be ridiculed for. There will be a number of things that will surprise some people. Ultimately you’ll come away from the next 6 months of material as ready for the college football season as I can possibly make you. While I’ll be sure to miss on things I would like to remind the skeptics I did correctly predict the same number of bowl teams preseason as Phil Steele a year ago as well as top him in BCS Bowl participants predicted before the year. Nonetheless I’m not putting out any magazines soon so keep buying his for the top preseason coverage available.

The key in any top 25 poll is understanding the premise on which the poll is based because not all top 25 polls are built the same way. Some people choose to rank teams 1-25 based on where they think teams will be ranked at year’s end. If they think a team will lose 5 games they won’t rank them. While that may seem logical I’ve never been a proponent of that style of poll and it has never been, nor will ever be, how I choose to do my top 25 polls. My polls reflect the 25 teams entering 2013 who I think are the top 25 teams on a neutral field if the country played a round-robin. If a team is likely to max out at 7 wins that doesn’t give me the urge to rank a nine-win team over them if the nine-win team is from a much weaker league. With that covered, let us continue the top 25 for 2013 as the official kickoff of the off season coverage here at The Sports Headquarters.

*Returning Starters Figures from Phil Steele’s Blog

Teams already ranked:

Kevin Kolb’s fit with the Bills

Posted in NFL by Seth Cox on April 12th, 2013

Most know of my undying love for Kevin Kolb the player.

Well undying may be a bit strong, but he was the best quarterback on the Cardinals roster for two seasons, and it was never more apparent than the last ten games of the 2012 season when the Cardinals tried and failed three times to find someone, anyone that could replicate what Kolb was doing to start the season.

Now Kolb is heading to Buffalo, where he will compete for the starting job with Tavaris Jackson and likely a rookie quarterback, to be the Bills signal caller in new head coach Doug Marrone’s Frankenstein West Coast offense.

Can Bills fans expect anything other than a few flashes of good, some bad and then a season ending injury?

What does Kevin Kolb bring to the Bills?

Let’s take a look at Kevin Kolb’s fit with the Bills.

The Marrone offense

Arizona Cardinals 2013 Draft

Posted in NFL by Seth Cox on April 11th, 2013

Over the last two months I have had the honor of working over at arizonaports.com, one of the better sports sites dedicated to all things sports related in Arizona.

While working there I have put out a litany of Arizona Cardinals 2013 Draft related work, answering all of the questions you may have about prospects, fits, and what the Cardinals could do come draft day 2013.

Well, it dawned on me that I could link all of my work from my site here to my work at AZSports, updating it with new pieces daily, in order to always keep you updated on the Arizona Cardinals 2013 Draft.

Cardinals Big Board

2013 TSHQ CFB Preseason Top 25: #9 Clemson Tigers

Posted in #goacc, Bryan complaining about Clemson, Bryan....saying nice things about Clemson?, CFB Offseason, Clemson Tigers, College Football, Poll, predictions by Bryan Doherty on April 10th, 2013

*Returning Starters Figures from Phil Steele’s Blog

Teams already ranked:

National Title Podcast: Louisville vs Michigan

Posted in College Basketball, Podcasts, The Guru by Bryan Doherty on April 7th, 2013

Louisville and Michigan meet up Monday night in College Basketball’s National Championship Game so Gus Elvin and Bryan Doherty preview the Championship as well as look back at Saturday’s semifinal games. Topics include the matchup at guard, Louisville’s press vs a Michigan team who aced that test vs VCU as well as some predictions. Was either willing to pick against the number one seed?

2013 TSHQ CFB Preseason Top 25: #10 LSU Tigers

Posted in Bryan....saying nice things about Clemson?, College Football, Poll, predictions, SEC Football, SEC is the bomb diggity by Bryan Doherty on April 6th, 2013

*Returning Starters Figures from Phil Steele’s Blog

Teams already ranked:

Final Four Preview Podcast: Syracuse vs Michigan

Posted in College Basketball, Podcasts, The Guru by Bryan Doherty on April 5th, 2013

The second national semifinal on Saturday night features the Syracuse Orangemen and Michigan Wolverines. Gus Elvin and Bryan Doherty look at the 2-3 zone of Syracuse against the offensive stars of Michigan, some must have scenarios for each team, an X-factor and ultimately some picks for Saturday Night.

Final Four Preview Podcast: Louisville vs Wichita State

Posted in College Basketball, Podcasts, The Guru by Bryan Doherty on April 3rd, 2013

Gus Elvin and Bryan Doherty look at the first semifinal in Saturday’s Final Four featuring Louisville and Wichita State. While most of the country is writing Louisville’s ticket to the title game, Wichita State will look to pull one more major upset in its cinderella run. A look here at the matchups, keys to the game and ultimately picks for this Final Four game.

Orlando Magic Center Nikola Vucevic Worthy Of NBA Most Improved Player Award

Posted in Magic, NBA by Mike Gillmeister on April 3rd, 2013

In just his second season, Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic improved his stats by 7 points and 6.7 rebounds — three of the top-30 scoring centers in the league don’t even average that. The former USC Trojan averages 12.5 points, 11.5 rebounds for a truly underachieving Orlando Squad.

Vucevic has the advantage of being a 7-footer but his agility and shooting touch is almost incomparable. Not to mention it took Vucevic just 31 games in an Orlando uniform to pull down a franchise-record-setting 29 rebounds in a single game, a record previously held by a guy named Shaquille O’Neal.