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The college football season is coming to an end. As a New Years gift from EB to you we have our last minute BCS picks to help you get in the holiday betting spirit.

ROSE – THE Ohio State U 31 Oregon 26 – I will be in attendance for an EB blog post to kickoff 2010 – I know Oregon will score points, but I figure they will get 4 FG’s in the red zone and the Bucks will get off the losing schnide behind a big day from the underrated 3 headed monster of Boom Herron, Zoom Saine and The Phenom – that’s right, I am breaking off nicknames and I am a HOMER!  Plus, Cam “Lil’ Ironhead” Heyward and the uber-talented OSU D-Line will dominate Oregon’s running game – I am also predicting Thad Gibson, aka Alpha Junk yard Dog of OSU, will coldcock knockout LaGarrette Blount after the game… …

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The Snooze is back and so is Manny, bang it for your morning links…. …

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Football season is creeping up on us faster then a Florida Gator running from the po-po’s so now is a great time to look at the top 5 rivalry games you should watch out for this season. Before we jump into it let’s set some guidelines for the list.

History Matters - One of the best things about college football is the rich deep tradition that it has. We care more about rivalries that have spawned tradition for and love the animosity that it brings.

Is the rivalry competitive - If it is less of a rivalry and more like John Matrix blowing heads off in Commando then its not a real rivalry. Take for example USC and Notre Dame. These two teams play every year but it has become such a lopsided rivalry we could care less. (okay, we always like seeing ND get worked but you know what i mean.) …

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It looks like Jaamal Berry (Ohio State RB recruit) has been popped for possession of marijuana in Florida.  Right now, the only source comes from 97.1FM The Fan out of Columbus.  As soon as we can find an internet source we will link one….

***updated***

The Columbus Dispatch has all the details….For the Buckeye fans, myself included, lets all hope that he was “holding it for a friend.”

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College Football fans look forward to several days throughout the year.  The first game day, the big game vs. a rival, National Letter of Intent Day, Spring Game and the day the Phil Steele preview hits the shelves.  ”The Bible” as some have dubbed it is out in Northeast Ohio and I have a copy sitting next to me as I speak.  Want to know what Phil has to say about the upcoming 2009 season??? …

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Texas HBC Mack Brown shows his true colors while visiting the troops overseas.  What is it with these Big 12 coaches and their allegiances???

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Even though I saw Katherine Heigl give birth in Knocked Up I still wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eating crackers. Let’s go five wide!

Here is a tip. Don’t try to steal a gold chain from a Florida Gator or your gonna get messed up.

Ohio State using loose intrepretation of federal laws? Not shocked.

“Cool guys don’t look at explosions!” great MTV movie awards skit.

I usually dont post two things from the same well, “thing” but this bruno debacle at the MTV movie awards is a must see.

Microsoft announced a crazy full motion controller today amongst other major news. Check it out.

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I am a college football nut.  A Bucknut to be exact.  I worship my Buckeyes, no matter how overrated or slow they are.  But if we can all agree the Big 10 has not been up to par the last few years, can we also all agree on the other truth in the room no one seems to be mentioning…wait for it… …

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Well, I have been awake since 5am so the morning has already been pretty crappy…let me explain.  I was up until midnight watching the Cavaliers choke(GAG) away game 1 of the eastern conference finals.  I had a 7am conference call for my real job(hahaha), which covered basically things I know nothing about.  Bored out of my mind,  I sign into the EmptyBackfield to see if any of my fellow EBers had posted to our shiny new blog and I find the first of what will be many shots at mine(Freeman) and Gilmore’s College Football rooting interest. 

See Gilly and I are Ohio State fans….however we didn’t attend tOSU.  I grew up in Columbus and attended Ohio University in Athens while Gilly grew up in Florida and attended UCF, but by the grace of god has parents who are tOSU alums.  I think you would be hard pressed to find two people who follow Ohio State closer, but the fact that we hold degrees from other universities is a constant harping point for the other 3 EBers.  It always makes for good email battles, which you will now see on EmptyBackfield so sit back and enjoy the ride……

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