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Luxury Super Bowl XLIV Travel Packages

This is a pretty amazing deal if you have the cash for it. Here's the details:

Classic Super Bowl Package
(per person)

Four days/ 3 nights accommodation during Super Bowl 2010 at the Crest Hotel Suites – South Beach or Shula's Hotel and Golf Club from February 5, 2010 to February 8, 2010

Free round-trip airfare from anywhere in the Continental United States departing on February 5, 2010 and returning on February 8, 2010

One Upper Level ticket to Super Bowl XLIV taking place in Miami, FL on February 7, 2010 (Custom Ticket Upgrades Available)

Luxury bus transportation to and from the Super Bowl

Round-trip airport transfers in Miami

Access to NFL Gameday Fan Plaza

Concierge and personal representative service to help make your Super Bowl trip as enjoyable as possible.

Welcome Gift and Complimentary Beverage upon arrival to hotel

Complimentary Breakfast Daily

All taxes and service charges

Double Occupancy: $4,350.00
Single Occupancy: $4,850.00

You can check it out HERE .

There are a few other more expensive packages too, if you have the means.

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ESPN To Create A 3D Channel

I love this idea. The downside is that most people will need to upgrade their TV to even see the game. However, when they tested this out during the USC vs. Ohio State game, they showed it in several movie theaters. I'd be more than happy to hit a local theater that serves food and beer to watch the game.

Here's the details from ESPN:

Sports broadcasting will enter a new dimension in 2010 … the third dimension, as ESPN will unveil the industry's first 3-D network.

ESPN 3D will showcase a minimum of 85 live sporting events during its first year, beginning June 11 with the first 2010 FIFA World Cup match, featuring South Africa versus Mexico, ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer announced.

Other events to be produced in 3-D include the 2011 BCS National Championship Game, college basketball and football contests, up to 25 World Cup matches and the Summer X Games. Additional events will be announced at a later date.

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Last Weekend’s Football Picks

I was pretty much terrible last week in my football picks,going a whole 1 for 4. I'm going to have to work a little harder on these.

I was surprised that Penn State chocked again against Iowa. That was just terrible. ND won the game, but didn't cover the point spread as I was afraid they wouldn't They're still playing down to their competition. Florida State losing to South Florida was something I would have never guessed. On the up side, I'm pretty sure that the Saints are a lock for the rest of the year until the point spread starts getting around 15. 

Hopefully I do a hell of a lot better next weekend.

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My Weekend Football Picks

Saints vs. Bills

The Saints have a couple of running backs out, and T.O. is always a problem for people, but I still really like the Saints in this one. I think they just have too high powered of an offense to be slowed down too much by the Bills.

Pick: Saints at -7

Florida State Seminoles vs. South Florida Bulls

The line on this game is -15 right now for Florida State. I think this should be a pretty easy game for them. I don't think the 15 points is really that bad. I might put this one in a Parlay though, and take six points, putting the game at -9 for FS.

Pick: Florida State Seminoles at -15

Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Iowa Hawkeyes

The great thing about Penn State I like is that they go out ready for each game. Iowa isn't terrible, but I think Penn State is on a good roll, and will win this one by a few touchdowns.

Pick: Penn State -10

Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Purdue Boilermakers -7 1/2

I'm a little hesitant with this pick, but I'm going to go with it. ND seems to have a bad habit of playing down to their competition, and this might be no different. I think the line is a little soft on this one though, because of the last second ND win last week against the Spartans. I think ND is going to take this one by 10 or more.

Pick: Notre Dame Fighting Irish at -7 1/2

Well, there you are. Not a lot of upsets in there or anything, just sticking with the favorite who should beat the spread. I'll try to make it a point to write something up Monday on how I did.

As always, if you have an opinion, feel free to leave a comment. Your comment won't pop up right away, but I'll make sure they get posted, and I'll try to respond.

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Odds for this weekend

I know, I totally missed posting anything last week on football. I wouldn't worry about it too much though, Notre Dame killed me.

Below is this weeks odds, and I'll try to get some picks in tomorrow. There's a few games missing because it's early in the week, and I'll try to get the, up if they're relevant. As always, your feedback is welcomed, Here they are:

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Two For Two This Weekend

Didn't do so well this weekend, going two for two. In my defense, no one could have seen Bradford going down. Though BYU did look really good.

I won with Auburn and Nebraska this weekend, Oklahoma of course lost, and LSU won but came no where close to covering the spread.

I'll try to get next week's list and picks up around Wednesday, and we'll see if I can do better than 50% next weekend.

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My WAY Late Picks

I promise that I'll get my picks up much earlier, and I'm hopefully going to set it up to where you can vote on teams.

Anyway, here are my top four:

BYU Cougars +23      Oklahoma Sooners -23

Pick: Oklahoma -23  -  I really think Oklahoma is going to come out firing, and put up some big points on BYU.

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs +13½    Auburn Tigers -13½

Pick: Auburn -13½  -  This should be a pretty good game, and that half a point might come into play. Overall though, I like Auburn, and think they should win by 14 or more. 

LSU Tigers -19    Washington Huskies +19

Pick: LSU -19  -  I like this pick, but Washington could show up and make it interesting. I'd still bet it, but not throw a bunch of money on it.

Florida Atlantic Owls +23½    Nebraska Cornhuskers -23½

Pick: Nebraska Cornhuskers -23½  -  This might actually be a 40+ point win for Nebraska. Even if Nebraska is looking ahead to next week, I still think they can win by 30.

So there they are. Nothing all that fantastic in there, but it's the first week of football, and I haven't seen many of the teams play. The first week, you always take those games taht should be a lock. The LSU – Washington game is a little shady, but if LSU plays just ok, it should be fine.

Games I stayed away from:

Ohio State vs. Navy – OSU needs to win this one by 23. Totally possible. It's the first game though, and as much as I hate to say it, the Buckeyes could already be looking to USC next week. IfOSU starts out a little slow, and take it easy on Navy late in the game, this could also easily be a 17 point game. I would pick OSU though it I had to.

Western Michigan Broncos vs. Michigan Wolverines – Yeah, not going to touch a Michigan game all year. 

Nevada Wolf Pack vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish – ND could have a pretty good year. I really need to see how ND plays on defense first, before I start picking for or against them.

Georgia Bulldogs vs, Oklahoma State Cowboys – Way too early to pick a close game like this. This is totally a coin flip. I'd like to see Georgia win it though.

Again, I'll post my picks a lot earlier next week, and post how I did come Monday morning. I'm also looking forward to throwing in the NFL games into the mix next week.

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Peter King Challange Las Vegas Contest

Pretty decent contest here, but you do have to work at it. 

The idea is pretty simple. You pick the right team each week, along with the home team score, away team score, and how many first downs there will be. If you're the winner at the end of the season, you win the Grand Prize.

The Grand Prize is a 6 days/5 nights trip for winner and guest to Wynn Las Vegas Hotel, in Las Vegas, NV. Trip includes round trip coach air transportation for winner and his/her guest to Las Vegas; hotel accommodations for five nights; ground transportation to/from airport (while in Las Vegas) and breakfast daily for winner and his/her guest.

They're also giving away a 32GB iPod Touch for each of the weekly winners.

You can enter the contest at the FanNation site HERE.

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The Steelers Super Bowl Rings

The Pittsburgh Steelers rings for their 2008 Super Bowl win are pretty impressive.

The Steelers logo on the top of the ring is all made of precious stones, and are surrounded by six diamonds to represent their six title wins. There are also seven diamonds on each tip for the teams seven AFC Championships. Add them together, and you get fourteen which stands for the number of Division titles. Total, there are 63 round, brilliant cut diamonds totaling 3.61 carats.

One side of the ring depicts six Lombardi Trophies rising from Heinz Field, the final score, the year (2008), and the Super Bowl logo for that year. The opposing side of the ring is personalized with each individual player’s name and jersey number, and has a Steelers helmet and an NFL shield.

If you're interested, you can check out all of the Super Bowl rings over at ESPN.com HERE.

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Vote On The 2009 Denver Broncos Cheerleaders

I can't find anything on this page that says if your votes actually mean anything at all. Also, I think they could have done a much better job of bios.

If you have some time to kill though, and want to check out the girls that might make the Broncos teams for 2009, you can hit the site HERE and cast your votes.

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