The official SSE coverage of the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl

Kansas 24 Virginia Tech 21 Final

Recap

Game Preview - GameDay

Kansas & The Week in Miami

Virginia Tech & Orange Bowl Commitee

If you look at the history of Quniton "Rampage" Jackson's history in mixed martial arts (mma) you'll definately see a few interesting facts.  For starters Rampage has a TKO over reigning UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Chuck Liddell. Rampage isn't just the last man to be The Iceman he's last on Chuck's list of 3 career losses.
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This years draft went as most experts predicted with few exceptions. When the surprises did come however, they were monumental shocks.
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Big Ten Tournament Bracket

Ohio State Defeats Wisconsin 66-49 to Claim Big Ten Title & clinch #1 Seed in the South Regional

Alando Tucker (UW) and Drew Neitzel (MSU) made their final arguments for Big Ten Player of the Year Saturday afternoon, by willing their teams in the final minutes of the clash in Madison ultimately going to Wisconsin 52-50 on a final seconds Cameron Taylor 3 pointer. Coach of the Year is also up for grabs after a Purdue resurgence, and a Michigan State head turner.

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While most of the sports websites have the Big Ten pegged for 5 teams now, we here at SSE are still unsatisfied.  Being from the Midwest and mostly exposed to the regional action of the Big Ten, Big East, and Atlantic 10 conferences, we have a reason and a right to be biased (uh-hmm Dickie V and the ACC)
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ESPN.com analyst Joe Lunardi runs the weekly series on the NCAA Tournament Brackets called Bracketology, and has had a season long gripe with with Big Ten Conference.  In the latest released report (Feb 18th), Lunardi has the Big Ten pegged to have only 4 teams in the Big Dance, while other power conferences such as the ACC, PAC 10, and Big East have at least 6 teams invited.  What gives?
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Both the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts started the season 9-0, and both finished with 4 losses. The Colts just happened to win 1 more game than the Bears did. The big game. Coming out of the AFC Playoffs as the #3 seed the Colts finally silenced the Manning critics 29-17, the final score of SuperBowl 41 over the Chicago Bears #1 out of the NFC.
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Final Thoughts on The BCS National Championship Game

Florida 41 Ohio State 14

Troy Smith 4-14 35 yards 1 int, 1 fumble

Orange Bowl: Louisville 24 Wake Forest 13 Final - GameZone

Sugar Bowl: LSU 41 Notre Dame 14 Final

Rose Bowl: USC 32 Michigan 18 Final

Fiesta Bowl: Boise State 43 Oklahoma 42 Final

** SSE Bowl Game Central **

Cincinnati's playoff hunt took a major hit Sunday night, after a bad snap on the extra point in the game's final minute nullified a tie, and sent the Bengals home with a 24-23 loss to the Denver Broncos, who are a step closer to clinching a Wildcard in the AFC Playoffs.
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The first suprise of the day was when at the 17:00 mark of the 1st half Florida coach Billy Donovan barked out the signals to his team, and Al Horford came trotting to the scorers table to check into the game
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The 2nd Annual Source S&E College Football Awards were annouced minutes ago from Orlando, Florida. From a remote office location in Villa Del Sol the awards were announced with just a few suprises....
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Sunday night saw the 2006 version of the BCS announced, and depending on what part of the country you're in, you may or may not have liked the Title Game selections. What are you supposed to do when you are the second ranked team in the nation for almost half the season, and get leap frogged in consecutive weeks to finish out of the BCS Title picture?
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The game of the year was just that, the game of the year. Ohio State stood tall when it was all said and done, winning 42-39 in Columbus, and perhaps setting up one of the most ridiculous BCS scenarios in history
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The Dallas Cowboys rebounded from a good buttkickin, by soundly defeating the Carolina Panthers 35-14. The start, a success for new starting quarterback Romo who threw for 270 yards and a touchdown, leading his Cowboys to 25 4th quarter points and the win.
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Widely recognized as the nation’s top-ranked football team, the Ohio State Buckeyes, and widely recognized as the second ranked squad, the Michigan Wolverines, have now come full circle in terms of where the SSE Power Ratings have them placed.  The new #1 Ohio State absolutely crushed Minnesota......read more >

See also: "Countdown 2 The Game" Weekly Update

If it were completely up to my thinking, the year of 2006 has been, well, pretty uneventful.  The St. Louis Cardinals have, well, should I say “outlasted” the rest of major league baseball.
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Game 1: St. Louis 7 DETROIT 2, STL Leads Series 1-0

Game 2: DETROIT 3 St. Louis 1, Series Tied 1-1

Game 3: ST. LOUIS 5 Detroit 0, STL Leads Series 2-1

Game 4: ST. LOUIS 5 Detroit 4, STL Leads Series 3-1

Game 5: ST. LOUIS 4, Detroit 2, STL Wins Series 4-1

As we made our way to the arena, the Chevy Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, we got lost a few times, had to turn aound because we forgot some documentation, and thought we were extremely late for the undercard.
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The NY Giants have silenced some critics by defeating the Dallas Cowboys and staking claim to the NFC East lead 36-22 on Monday night. Tiki Barber rushed for 114 yards and Plaxico Burress caught 2 passes for 94 yards.
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Michigan State pulled off the biggest comeback in the history of NCAA D-1 football Saturday when trailing 38-3 at Northwestern, they rallied for 38 unanswered points in a quarter and a half. Winning 41-38 doesn't get the coach, John L Smith, off the hotseat yet, it just further fuels the fire of what this Spartan team is capable of......
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See also: "Countdown 2 The Game" Weekly Update

Mike Tyson: "I'm happy to be here, starting my world tour in Youngstown. It's been a little nerve-racking, but I'm ready to get it started. I'm a little nervous. The people here have been great. I lived approximately 18 miles from here
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The St. Louis Cardinals clinched a spot in the Fall Classic Thursday night defeating the NY Mets 3-1 in game 7 of the NLCS, to win the series 4-3. Yadier Molina slammed a 2 run homerun in the top of the 9th inning to push the Cardinals ahead 3-1, and rookie Alex Wainwright pitched himself out of a bases loaded jam in the 9th inning by striking out Carlos Beltran to seal the National League Title.
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The Cincinnati Bengals lost a tight one to Tampa Bay 14-13, and it just so happens the final drive of the Bucs, the winning drive, had a bad call. I'm not an advocate for wining loser bad mouthing the ref type of people, but.......
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This weeks college football came to a close as Miami Ohio knocked off Buffalo for their first win of the season 38-31, improving them to 1-6 on the season and 1-2 in the MAC, still a chance lingers for their MAC future.
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See also: "Countdown 2 The Game" Weekly Update

A big stand out in my anal retentive opinion was those Dayton boys going by the name of Silk Abrasion.  With searing guitar riffs and chunky bass lines they are sure to leave a permanent scar on the feeble minds and eardrums of the masses.  read more >

Once in a great while along comes a great punk show that will go down in lore for years to come among punker circles.  Unfortunately this wasn’t one.  Among the things lacking at this show were raw talent, throngs of dirty, greasy punkers, ample cheap booze, and in one instance..... read more >

The stage went dark, their was a soft voice coming from the sound system. The fog was rising from the corner of the drum set. Then out came the first band, one by one. Then some soft riffs from the lead guitar was heard throughout the building.
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The Cincinnati Bengals lost a tight one to New England 38-13, while the Cleveland Browns gained a game back, dominating Oakland 24-21. Of course, I am just being fesicious, as the Bengals were manhandled in the last 17 minutes of their game against the Patriots, turnovers, and bad field position haunted the Bengals throughout the 2nd half as, NE pulled away for a convincing victory.
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Ohio State solidified its claim to the #1 ranking by defeating Iowa soundly 38-17 on Saturday night, as another week of college football action ends with more questions answered, and many more left unanswered.  Looking up in the national outlook are teams such as:  Ohio State, USC, Auburn, Florida, and Michigan, while teams and fans left shaking their heads include:  Iowa, TCU, Michigan State, and Sam Houston State.
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See also: "Countdown 2 The Game" Weekly Update

UPDATE: For all those who were writing the Cincinnati Reds off (including myself) over the past couple weeks, bingo, the Reds have climbed back to within 2.5 games of the Cardinals in the NL Central race after being as many as 7 games back last week.
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The Cincinnati Bengals returned to Pittsburgh with clear intentions Sunday. To prove who is the best team in the AFC North, and Cincy came out on top, 28-20. The Cincinnati Bengals move to 3-0 on the young season, and a full 2 games in front of 1-2 Pittsburgh, who is struggling out of the gate.
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After a couple convincing wins most people had Michigan State tabbed to upset the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in Spartan Stadium on Saturday night, and for 3 quarters the Spartans had. Notre Dame was beat, Charlie Weis was slapped by a phantom Spartan, and it all came crashing down with about 6 minutes left.
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See also: "Countdown 2 The Game" Weekly Update

Hey all! Mr. Critic here. I know that I have not been writing in a long time, but trust me I have still been around. This summer has been jam packed with me traveling all over to hear some local talent. I am going to start off my little portion of SSE Online with a plug for a little band out of Coldwater, Ohio that I happened to run into one night in a little town
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Sorry about the late review on this one, I just received the PreReleased Album from J Records today, and the album is due out everywhere next Tuesday Sept 12th. So...........here we go:
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What a show it was, speaking of "the shock", Woodshock 2006. I'm going to cut straight to the chase. It has been about a week since the festival ended, and I am just now getting to write about it. I am not going to write about all the bands that performed, or about everything that happened that was important there at Zanes Caverns, in Bellefontaine, Ohio. I will give my top 5 bands of the festival, based solely on their performance at Woodshock, not based on reputation. Then I will finish up with the 2 most overrated bands, or worst there, based on hype and lack of performance.
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Well, yesterday I observed an ebay auction for michigan state - ohio state tickets in which the seller (tammy.h) was asking 325 bucks a pop!! So I honestly asked her 'are you nuts, 325 each?", and she responded with "You obviously don't have the money to go to a game so please keep your comments to yourself and be content to listen to the game on your radio as I bet you don't even own a T.V."
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The only reason this concert was rated a B+ and the sole reason it was not an A is because they played only 1 hit from the 80's. Hard to Say I'm Sorry. The 80's were Chicago's "ballad" years, and thus their top billboard hit singles were produced there. However, I am not totally sure why they didnt perform songs like: "You're The Inspiration"...............
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As I took my 4th stroke on hole 16 playing Golden Tee Live last night, Dwayne Wade was at the free throw line with 9.1 seconds left in the 4th quarter missing both foul shots that would have iced the title for the Miami Heat. I missed my stroke, and went on to bogey the hole, while Jason Terry missed his last second three to tie the game. The Miami Heat are the NBA's new champion 95-92, as they win the series 4-2, after being down 2-0 and completing one of the greatest turnarounds in Finals history. More

The Stanley Cup Champions for the year 2006 are the Carolina Hurricanes!! The Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup title, beating the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 in Game 7 on Monday night, taking the series 4-3. read more >

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