May 19
On April 29th this year, just after the draft, our BTB Twitter account reached 10,000+ followers through the heroic efforts of our own KD Drummond, who mans the BTB account. Two years ago, in May 2011, we had 2,729 Twitter followers, a year earlier, in May 2010, those numbers stood at 1,631 followers. Social media, …
May 19
Alabama Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame tonight. Saban took over the Tide in January of 2007 and quickly ushered in a new era of high tide. Low tide has rolled out to sea in the Saban era. He won his first BCS National Championship …
May 14
To anyone that still doesn’t know Reg, co-owner and creator of Sportsjabber.net, passed away this morning. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words …
May 08
I quietly hit the 500 post milestone on TSTOS a few posts ago. I can’t believe it. I started this blog in March 2007 during the midst of the Boston Celtics’ god awful 2006-2007 campaign, their worst season of all-time. I originally wanted to rant about the idea of the Celtics tanking the season, which …
May 07
Former (and possibly future) Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch has openly wondered whether the team drafted quarterback Landry Jones to eventually supplant starter Ben Roethlisberger. Jones reacted to that notion with a smile and a shake of the head, per the Associated Press. “I have no idea,” Jones said. “You might want to talk to …
Apr 30
This may have been the most bizarre NFL Drafts in recent memory. From the players who were way over drafted to the quarterbacks who tumbled to the man with the fake girlfriend, all of the NFL hopefuls now have a team to call their own, but the path to the pros wasn’t easy for some …
Apr 28
Four more Georgia Bulldogs players were picked on the final day of the NFL Draft Saturday. Cornerback Sanders Commings and Wide Receiver Tavarres King were selected in the fifth round while Defensive End Cornelius Washington and Safety Bacarri Rambo (man is that a fun name to say) were picked in the sixth round. Commings was …
Apr 27
The 2013 NFL Draft was critical for the Dallas Cowboys. They had to get this one right. After finishing 8-8 for the last two seasons and barely missing the playoffs both years, head coach Jason Garrett needed a strong draft class to bolster his roster going into the 2013-14 season. But after completing what is …
Apr 26
I apologize ahead of time for referring to Manti Te’o as Manti Teo moving forward in this post. For whatever reason, the software I use to create this website, and the SEO plugin I incorporate to get it indexed in the search engines have issues with that apostrophe. I don’t know why. I’ve tried numerous …
Apr 26
Is anyone else not surprised by the Dallas Cowboys‘ absolutely terrible pick in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft? The team desperately needed help on the offensive line, but team owner and general manager Jerry Jones once again proved his incompetence when it comes to building a winning team by trading down and …
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