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Message from J Russell Peltz: Bennie Briscoe, one of the best never to win a world title (when world titles meant something) and the man who presided over the last Golden Age of Boxing in Philadelphia (the 1970s) passed away today at 5.52pm EST. He had been in Temple University hospital for about a week before being moved to hospice. His wife Karen, who I have been in contact with over the last two weeks, called my at about 6.20pm EST to give me the …
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MAC Title Game: Sleeper Sneaky Entertaining Friday Night Game
Miami (8-4, 7-1 MAC) vs. Northern Illinois (10-2, 8-0 MAC)
Yes, that is the Chad Spann that scored 20 TD this year for the Top 25 Northern Illinois Huskies. (Icon SMI)
Friday, December 3, 2010 • 7:00 pm ET • Detroit, Mich. • Ford Field (65,000)
ESPN2 • Announcers: Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Rodney Gilmore (analyst)
The Huskies have not won the MAC title since 1982 but based off of their end of year performance of just flat out crushing people, you have to believe that the 28-year old cold spell is coming to an end.
Don’t count out Miami though; this is a very resilient team that will be well prepared for this contest.
Nick’s Pick: NIU 31 – Miami 24
More facts to impress your friends at work Friday after the jump.
Miami University
Head Coach: Mike Haywood
Career: 9-15 (2nd year); at Miami University: 9-15 (2nd year)
Offense Leaders:
Rush: RB RB Thomas Merriweather (138 att., 736 yds., 8 TDs)
Pass: QB QB Zac Dysert (343 att., 222 comp., 2,406 yds., 13 TDs)
Rec.: WR Armond Robinson (76 rec., 805 yds., 5 TDs)
Defense Leaders:
Tackles: LB LB Evan Harris (81 tackles, 8.5 tfl, 1.0 sacks, 5 INT)
Sacks: LB Jerrell Wedge (79 tackles, 14.0 tfl, 3.5 sacks, 2 ff)
Int.: DB Dayone Nunley (47 tackles, 6.5 tfl, 4 INT)
Miami is the Nation’s Most Improved Team: With an 8-4 record during the regular season, Miami posted a seven-win improvement over last year, the best mark in the country. A total of 47 teams increased their win total from 2009 with six of those gaining at least four more victories.
Miami’s Ranking in MAC Games: Miami improved its MAC record from 1-7 in 2009 to 7-1 in 2010, the best single-season improvement in the conference’s 64-year history. The reason for that improvement was on the defensive side of the ball where Miami allowed 90.7 fewer total yards and 15.5 fewer points per game. Turnover margin was a third category in which the RedHawks dramatically improved.
Road Worthy: Miami was victorious in all four of its Mid-American Conference road games—at Central Michigan (27-20), at Buffalo (21-9), at Bowling Green (24-21) and at Akron (19-14)—its longest streak since the end of the 2005 season. In those four MAC road games, Miami outgained its opponents, 385.5 yards to 301.0 yards. Its average winning margin in those four games was 6.8 points.
Northern Illinois University
Head Coach: Jerry Kill
Career: 127-72 (17th year) at Northern Illinois: 22-15 (3rd year)
Offense Leaders:
Rush: RB RB Chad Spann (226 att., 1,239 yds., 20 TDs)
Pass: QB Chandler Harnish (238 att., 157 comp., 1,949 yards, 17 TDs)
Rec.: WR Willie Clark (34 rec., 444 yds., 6 TDs)
Defense Leaders:
Tackles: LB Alex Kube (68 tackles, 3.0 tfl, 1 ff)
Sacks: DE Jake Coffman (32 tackles, 9.5 tfl, 4.0 sacks)
Int.: DB DB Tyrone Clark (62 tackles, 1.5 tfl, 0.5 sack, 4 INT)
Nine in a row: Northern Illinois enters the MAC Championship game riding a nine game winning streak, the school’s longest as an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) program. The 2010 Huskies have not lost since Sept. 18 when they dropped a 28-22 decision to Illinois in Champaign, reeling off wins over Minnesota, Akron, Temple, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Toledo, Ball State and Eastern Michigan. The Huskies’ nine-game winning streak ties Coach Howard Fletcher’s 1965 squad which posted an undefeated 9-0 regular season before losing to North Dakota in the Mineral Water Bowl. That streak actually reached 11 games as NIU won its final two games in 1964 in addition to the perfect 1965 regular season. Northern Illinois started play in what is now Division I FBS football in 1969.
Ranked: After earning its ninth consecutive win and 10th victory of 2010, Northern Illinois entered both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches Top 25 rankings this week. Northern Illinois checked in at No. 24 in the Associated Press poll and is 23rd in the USA Today/ Coaches list. The Huskies are ranked by the coaches for the first time since Nov.7, 2004 when NIU spent two weeks in that ranking. The last time the Huskies were ranked in the AP Poll was Nov. 9, 2003 when NIU was 9-1. Northern Illinois was ranked as high as No. 12 that season after starting 7-0 with wins over Maryland, Alabama and Iowa State. The Huskies also achieved a BCS rating of No. 10 in 2003.
Perfection: Northern Illinois completed the first perfect (8-0) Mid-American Conference campaign in school history with its win at Eastern Michigan. In 25 seasons in the MAC, Northern Illinois had never gone undefeated in league play, including in the 1983 championship season when the Huskies were 8-1 versus MAC competition with a loss to Central Michigan.
Never Before: The 2010 Northern Illinois team is bidding to become the first team in school history to win 11 games in a single season. The win over Eastern Michigan matched the 10-win seasons posted by the 2003, 1983 and 1963 Huskie teams.
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Remillard Wants a Title Shot in 2011
Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard Targets 2011 world title fight:
America’s leading American featherweight, unbeaten NABF and NABO champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard, has targeted a 2011 world title fight. The 24-year-old Remillard (23-0, 14 KOs), currently a promotional free agent, won all three of his 2010 fights by knockout. He has climbed the ratings systems to No. 3 in the WBO, No. 6 in the WBC, and No. 7 in the WBA.
“Ratings do mean something because I’m eligible in three major boxing organizations to fight for the world time,” Remillard said. “At No. 3 in the WBO, I’m so close that I need to stay ready in case I get a call. If either one of the two fighters rated higher than me (No. 1 Daniel Ponce De Leon and No. 2 Chonlatarn Piriapinyp) fight for another title, lose, or get injured, I move up and then I’m even closer to a mandatory shot.
“I may be the only person getting in the ring to fight, but it takes a successful team to win a world title, and everybody has to be focused on the same thing (prepared for a world title shot). My manager, Bret Hallenbeck, has done an outstanding job and I don’t think he’s received the credit he deserves. I’m very happy with my team and everything going on in my career. I will have a new promoter in 2011 that will help me get a world title shot.”
Due to promotional problems, Remillard only fought three times in 2010, stopping Rafeal Lora for the NABF title and Carlos Rivera in a NABF title defense and for the vacant NABO belt. In his last fight November 20, Matt overcame two cuts resulting from forearms to easily win an 8-round decision (80-72, 80-72, 79-73) against Oscar Cuero (13-3).
“This has been a tough year because of my promotional problems,” Matt remarked. “I would have liked to have fought more often; I’m a fighter and I love to train. I don’t have control over that, though. All I can do is get better each fight. I look at it as I’m another year closer to my ultimate goal – fighting for and winning the world title. It’s not going to be easy because my division is hot.”
Despite having had only three fights for a total of 15 rounds this year, Remillard has become more of a complete fighter, improving his boxing skills while further developing an already lethal left hook to the body. “I’m also much more comfortable fighting in the ring having faced adversity – cut in two different fights – and gotten through it both times,” Matt added. “Now, I know getting cut isn’t a big deal and that I can take a punch with blood dripping in my eyes. I’m comfortable getting cut, or hurt, and I’ve learned that it’s all about adjusting to each situation. You can’t really train for that but, if put in that situation again, I know what it’s like.”
Chelsea Title Challenge Continues To Cool With Draw Against Newcastle
Kalou missed a sitter to pile on the misery at Chelsea
The problems at Chelsea continue to mount as a draw in the North East allowed Manchester United to overhaul the champions at the top of the table for the first time this season.
With an important month in the title race about to begin injuries, backroom drama and poor performances have left confidence shattered at a club that has only collected four points from a possible fifteen.
Injuries and Suspensions With all the problems around the club it would be easy to forget that Michael Essien, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Alex and Didier Drogba have either been unavailable or not fully fit over the last month or so.
This constitutes the spine of the first team and it is clear that with the loss of Deco, Joe Cole, Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Ballack the depth is not what it needs to be for the club to overcome injury blights unaffected.
Ray Wilkins Nobody truly knows what happened and the reasoning behind the decision to axe a winning back room figure, but it will clearly have drained morale and it must be a contributing factor to recent results.
With the next month or so crucial for the first time in over a year Chelsea look vulnerable something that was unthinkable just a few months ago, when the Blues raced out of the blocks with six wins in a row. Significant changes in luck around injuries and the defining moments in games are required if Chelsea are to remain in the title race come January.
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George Sotiropoulos fighting at least one more time before title shot
With eight consecutive victories, seven of which have come in the Octagon, George Sotiropoulos likely earned the right to compete for the UFC’s lightweight title in the eyes of many after submitting Joe Lauzon in the second round of their bout at “UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida”. However, the promotion has already promised a crack [...]
Five Ounces of Pain
SEC: Auburn-South Carolina to meet in title game
(AP photo/Phil Sandlin)
SEC links for Sunday:
- Cameron Newton handles distractions and wows the fans in Auburn’s 49-31 win over Georgia, writes Mark McCarter of the Huntsville Times.
- Auburn puts Newton saga aside to wrap up SEC West, writes Brad Zimanek of the Montgomery Advertiser.
- South Carolina blows out Florida 36-14 to win the SEC East, reports Robbie Andreu of the Gainesville Sun.
- Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel writes that Steve Spurrier is the Swamp Fox once again.
- The Chicken Curse is officially dead, writes Ron Morris of The State.
- Big plays lift Alabama to a 30-10 thumping of Mississippi State, reports Cecil Hurt of the Tuscaloosa News.
- Drained Mississippi State couldn’t keep up with Alabama, writes Brandon Marcello of the Clarion-Ledger.
- Many gaffes for Ole Miss in 52-14 loss to Tennessee, reports Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger.
- Tennessee jumped all over the routed Rebels, writes Mike Strange of the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
- LSU rolls over UL-Monroe 51-0, reports Randy Rosetta of The Advocate.
- Arkansas stretches win streak to four with 58-21 win over UTEP, reports Robbie Neiswanger of the Arkansas News.
- Will it ever get better for Mark Richt at Georgia? asks Mark Bradley of the AJC.
