AP source: Florida State loses NCAA appeal

NCAA Football Betting Lines

01/05/2010 -

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -A person familiar with the decision says the NCAA has rejected Florida State's appeal to overturn a penalty taking wins away from its athletic teams because of an academic cheating scandal.

The ruling could cost former football coach Bobby Bowden 14 of his 389 career victories.

A university official said the school was notified Tuesday its appeal of the sanctions won't be allowed. The official requested anonymity since the school had not formally released its response.

Florida State still must certify which games ineligible players competed to determine the number of wins and individual records that will be nullified.

Bowden retired after Florida State's Gator Bowl victory on New Year's Day.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

Happysportsbook NCAA Football Betting News

<< Houston LB Cushing is top defensive rookie
NEW YORK (AP) -Brian Cushing has become the second Houston Texans linebacker in four seasons to win The Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award.The tackling machine from Southern Cal, drafted 15th overall last April, is a runaway win

<< NFL Defensive Rookie Of The Year
The National Football League's Defensive Rookie of the Year named by the Associated Press and selected each year by a nationwide panel of sportwriters and broadcasters:2009 - Brian Cushing, Houston, LB2008 - Jerod Mayo, New England, LB2007 - Patrick

<< AP NFL Defensive Rookie Voting
NEW YORK (AP) -Voting for the 2009 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year selected by The Associated Press in balloting by a nationwide panel of the media:Brian Cushing, LB, Houston 39Jairus Byrd, S, Buffalo 6Clay Matth

<< Li exits Auckland in first round
Auckland, New Zealand (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Li Na of China was a straight-set loser in first-round action at the 2010 season-opening ASB Classic, an Australian Open tune-up. Li was easily handled by Estonia's Kaia Kanep

<< Clijsters, Ivanovic reach Brisbane quarters
Brisbane, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Belgian star Kim Clijsters coasted to a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Aussie wild card Alicia Molik, while former French Open champ Ana Ivanovic snuck past Swiss Timea Bacsinszky to secure a berth i

Bulls visit Charlotte to take on Bobcats >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Charlotte Bobcats have played well at home this season and shoot for their 12th win as the host tonight versus the Chicago Bulls at Time Warner Cable Arena. Eleven of Charlotte's 14 wins this season have come at home,

Wizards, Sixers square off at Wachovia Center >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two of the worst teams the Eastern Conference has to offer square off Tuesday in the City of Brotherly Love, as the Philadelphia 76ers play host to the Washington Wizards at the Wachovia Center. Washington has dropped four

Magic finish road trip in Indy vs, Pacers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The road hasn't been too kind lately for the Eastern Conference powerhouse Orlando Magic, who will close out a three-game trek Tuesday night against the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse. Orlando is 1-1 on the road swin

Minnesota visits Purdue in Big Ten action >>
West Lafayette, MS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The fourth-ranked Purdue Boilermakers will attempt to remain undefeated on the season as they host the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Big Ten Conference action. Minnesota is certainly no pushover, as the te

'Horns and Hogs mix it up in non-league tussle >>
Fayetteville, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The second-ranked Texas Longhorns carry their undefeated record into a non-conference clash with the Arkansas Razorbacks this evening. Texas survived a scare on Saturday, as it squeaked past Texas A&M-

FOOTBALL BETTING

Sportsbook Betting

After all the trouble that’s ensued since Braylon Edwards allegedly punched one of LeBron James’ homeboys in the face at a club, the Cleveland Browns have sent away their last remaining player of worth to the New York Jets. This is a great move for Dirty Sanchez and all, but it’s even better for the Knicks. Now Donnie Walsh can say, “You get to haunt Braylon Edwards with your posse if you sign here!” next summer.

Putting that aside for a moment, the move is a clear indication that the new-look Jets are gunning for the Super Bowl this year. I don’t think that New York thought that Dirty Sanchez was going to be such a rock star. With a 75.2 passer rating that was killed against the Jets, Sanchez is doing an admirable job of managing games and putting the Jets in a position to win. The defense has been the major story in New York thus far, but the acquisition of Braylon Edwards makes this offense loaded with talent that can dent any defense…as long as Dirty Sanchez continues his meteoric rise.

Thus far, Edwards has been a non-factor in the NFL piling up just 139 receiving yards on 10 catches. He has yet to find the endzone, and with the Browns mired in the most unsexy quarterback controversy of all time (Anderson vs. Quinn...yawn), there going nowhere fast. Edwards is two seasons removed from a career year which saw him catch 80 passes for 1,289 yards and 16 touchdowns when the Browns were the spread killing monsters of 2007. In 2008, injuries slowed the receiver down to just 873 yards and three touchdowns though he played in all 16 games.

So that being said, we really don’t know if Braylon Edwards is just a flash in the pan, or a legit threat. At 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, he is a prototypical receiver. But he’s also shown a strange, and unwarranted, talent for dropping passes. Lining up opposite Jericho Cotchery, a speed demon with 23 catches, 356 yards and a single touchdown, may give Braylon the open looks he needs. A change of scenery may also rejuvenate the star receiver.

In return, the Browns will receive Chansi Stuckey, online football betting a special teams player you’ve never heard of and a pair of draft picks. That’s a tall order for a guy whose only real value right now is in his name, and it shows no promise to the Browns that they can rebuild around those acquisitions. Braylon was the only reason to hope for the Browns to go 3-14 SU this year. Without him, they don’t have a single guy on offense that can scare any team.

For the Jets, it’s a response to the pounding that they took at the hand of the Saints. Thomas Jones and Leon Washington have averaged around 4.0 yards per carry each on the ground, but striking a fair balance between the passing and rushing attacks in New York has been a struggle. You have to believe that the trio of Dustin Keller, Jericho Cotchery and Braylon Edwards will give Sanchez the weapons he needs to unleash through the air. Theoretically, that would open up holes for the rushing game. But the proposed public option health care plan works in theory too. We need to see the proof in the pudding before we start loading up mega bucks on the New York Jets to take the AFC.

The one wrinkle in this whole thing is that Braylon could very well be suspended by the league for disciplinary action due to his “brawl” with LeBron’s friend. If that’s the case, the Jets may have to bench him for a few games leaving them with a somewhat depleted receiving corps for a few games. Also, this is a guy who gets in fights with people at clubs. New York may not be the best place for him. Just sayin’.

The Jets have a long week before they meet the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football Betting in a virtual pick ‘em game. Braylon’s excess baggage may be a distraction, and his curiously low production may be what we should be expecting of him overall, but for the Jets, taking a chance to strike gold is well worth it. At the end of the year, they can simply just blame it on their rookie quarterback.

NFL Betting Lines

To visit this sportsbook go to MySportsbook.com for all your college football betting needs.

FOOTBALL TRASH TALK

NFL Football Trash Talk

Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).

Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.

Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).

Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.

Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.

The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.

What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.

Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.

But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.

In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.