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PlayboyU.com, the PG-13 Playboy site for students recently polled top college newspaper sportswriters to get their top 25 college football picks.

By Micah Warren
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Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren admits he doesn’t know too much about fantasy football, but says that his daughter Calla does.
In fact, she was kicked out of a fantasy football league at some point for insider info.
“My daughter, who’s a doctor in Salt Lake City, she captained one of the fantasy teams and then [...]

By Mike Perry
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The field of 65 is now down to the final two after last night’s national semifinal games. And, after last night I don’t think anyone can doubt that the final game includes the two best teams in the country. Memphis easily handled a very popular UCLA team in the first game 78-63 and Kansas took [...]

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It’s that time of year again, and since we saw that everyone and their mother is doing a mock NFL draft, we decided it wasn’t too early. We are guaranteeing that every single pick is accurate. Ok…maybe not. Anyway, here is Micah Warren’s 2008 NFL Mock Draft:
1. Miami Dolphins: Chris Long, DE, [...]

By Mike Perry
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For the first time in NCAA Tournament history, all four number one seeds advanced to the final four. While most are commending the selection committee for their brilliant seeding this year, I view the glass as half empty. This is the only time since 1985 (first year with 64 teams) that the selection committee got [...]

By Mike Perry
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Four teams advanced to the Elite 8 (Great 8?) last night in the NCAA Tournament. The first two games of the evening featured Xavier vs. West Virginia and North Carolina vs. Washington State. Let’s take a look at what went down:
(7) West Virginia vs. (3) Xavier:
Xavier jumped out to an early 8-0 lead [...]

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South Region (Houston, TX)
Summary of the first two rounds:
The South region, similar to the East region, only had one game where the higher seed advanced past the lower seed (higher meaning higher number) when (5) Michigan State defeated (4) Pittsburgh 65-54 in the second round. The Spartans also won their first round game by 11 [...]

By Mike Perry
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East Region (Charlotte, NC):
Summary of first two rounds:
North Carolina steam rolled their first two opponents (Mount St. Mary’s and Arkansas) 113-74 and 108-77. Roy Williams was able to get all fifteen players on the court for both games and they collectively shot over 60% from the field. Although the East has a couple very strong [...]

By Micah Warren

Check out Off The Record’s Day 1 recap right here.

By Mike Perry

Editor’s note: You can check out Perry’s thoughts on the rest of the bracket here.
South Region:
Contenders for the final four spot:
(1) Memphis - The Tigers were the number one seed almost all year, winning their first 26 games in a row. They finally lost to a great Tennessee team on their home court. [...]

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