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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: PRESEASON RANKINGS

The divisions of college football covered here at Balladeer’s Blog kick off their 2016 season on August 25th.

Morningside MustangsNAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) – 1. MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE MUSTANGS    ###    2. MARIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS (Defending Champions)    ###    3. UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS (IN) COUGARS    ###    4. SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY RAIDERS    ###    5. GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY VIKINGS    ###    

Montana Tech Orediggers6. MONTANA TECH OREDIGGERS    ###    7. BAKER UNIVERSITY WILDCATS    ###    8. TABOR COLLEGE BLUE JAYS    ###    9. REINHARDT UNIVERSITY EAGLES (I still say they should be called the Rottweilers)    ###    10. DOANE COLLEGE TIGERS    ###   Continue reading

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NJCAA FOOTBALL’S COOLEST HELMETS

ASA College Avengers

ASA College Avengers

To help us all hang on until the 2016 college football season kicks off Balladeer’s Blog looks  at some of the coolest helmets in the NJCAA.

The ASA College Avengers (logo at left) have the coolest helmet logo in the NJCAA, but it fades in a little too much against their purple helmets to be sufficiently visible in pictures.

A white helmet might make it show up better, but at any rate their decal will instead serve as this article’s main pic to open things up with everyone’s favorite purple-flamed Goth android skull logo.

Now with your appetites whetted, dive in and sample the coolest helmets in NJCAA college football:

 9. HIGHLAND COLLEGE SCOTTIES

Location: Highland, KS

Comment: As a lifelong dog lover I’m a sucker for Continue reading

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WHISPERING SMITH: NEGLECTED GUNSLINGER

Frontierado is Friday, August 5th! 

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Whispering Smith

WHISPERING SMITH – James L Smith, aka Whispering Smith, led an action-filled life that bore little resemblance to the squeaky clean image of the man depicted in the movie, radio and television series based on his law enforcement career. Smith was a relentless lawman whom I often describe as “the Dirty Harry of the Old West.”

Whispering Smith was born in 1838 and by 1860 was making a living as a riverboat gambler up and down the Mississippi, where he acquired his famous nickname. He had his first gunfight in the form of a duel with a gambler named Larry Boyle on the Belle of Memphis. When the Civil War broke out James joined the Union Army, as did other future gunfighters like Wild Bill Hickok, Bear River Tom, Long-Haired Jim Courtright and others.

After the war he next surfaced in New Orleans, LA, as part of the city’s Metropolitan Police Force in 1868. By 1873 Smith had made detective and married his sweetheart Anna Mannion. Continue reading

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VIRTUAL FOOTBALL BETTING?

Virtual Football LeagueWilliam Hill offers you betting on virtual football and other sports.  The unusual aspects of the benefits brought to us all via the internet never cease to amaze me! Not only are you now able to keep track of the teams you love almost anywhere in the world but you can enjoy everything that goes along with the sports world!

I’m a huge fan of college football – and I mean ALL the divisions, from D1 to JUCO. It’s always nice to hear from readers who say they use my blog as their one-stop site for the divisions covered here. They tell me it lets them keep an eye on up and coming players who may transfer to a bigger name school and wind up making an impact there. Continue reading

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS JUST GOT INTERESTING

 college football playoffCollege Football Playoffs-Could The Big Ten Football Champion Miss out?

The annual post-season tournament in American College Football is now more interesting than ever. Below is a scorecard of how many representatives each major college football conference has had in the first two years of college football playoffs, it could be of help while using the NCAA football betting lines;

Southeastern Conference (SEC):2 representatives

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC):2 representatives

The Big Ten: 2 representatives

Big 12: 1 representative

Pac-12:1

As the race for the title gains momentum, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) doesn’t seem like it is going to be left out of the playoffs any time soon. Between Alabama, LSU and Tennessee, it is evident that the SEC has a firm grip. Continue reading

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WIKILEAKS: DOING THE JOB “JOURNALISM” MAJORS QUIT DOING LONG AGO

Mascot with demo and repub heads

The symbol of the nonexistent Balladeer Political Party

Thank WikiLeaks for the latest proof of what I and so many other fed-up Americans have been saying for years – that people (especially overseas) need to abandon the silly notion that the Democrats are “the good guys” to the Republicans’ “bad guys.” BOTH PARTIES ARE THE BAD GUYS! Grow up and accept that already! 

Since America hasn’t had a truly free press in a very long time WikiLeaks has picked up the ball. Their most recent coup came with the release this weekend of over 19,000 confidential emails between Political Class Operatives at the Democrats’ National Committee. The fallout from this has already caused the resignation of DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz and has ignited many other scandals for the white collar criminals of the Democratic Party.

The most prevalent outrage at the moment has been regarding the revelation of the great lengths the DNC went to to pave the way for bloated rich pig Hillary Clinton and to sabotage the candidacy of Bernie Sanders. Thousands of Sanders supporters marched in protest over this in Philadelphia, the site of the Democrats’ National Convention this year.

Feel free to peruse the online lists of the complete set of exposed emails. Choose your own website, too, since Liberal fanatics are as paranoid as Conservative fanatics are about anything that might put their candidate or party mandarins in a negative light.

The enormous level of collusion between the Democrats and the alleged reporters of the mass media outlets surprised even a cynical, Third Party booster like me. All that plus emails reflecting the kind of comments that Democrats label “racist” and “homophobic” when other people make them. Even worse, they insist those people have to lose their livelihoods over them. Continue reading

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COLLEGE OF IDAHO COYOTES: NEW FOOTBALL HELMETS

College of Idaho Coyotes NEW HELMETThe divisions of college football covered by Balladeer’s Blog kick off their 2016 season on August 25th!

To help satisfy our gridiron hunger between now and then here’s a look at the brand new helmets for the College of Idaho Coyotes. Pretty sharp!  

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FIVE TRAINING CAMP BATTLES TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON

Mile High Stadium

Home of the defending champions – The Denver Broncos

The NFL training camps are almost here. That means there are a lot of hot positional battles for fans to look forward to. The teams have a lot to evaluate, from depth charts to free agent additions. One thing is for sure, the NFL week 1 betting odds are going to change dramatically once the training camps begin, the hottest upcoming NFL training camp battles including the following:

1). Robert Griffin III VS Josh McCown (Cleveland Browns)

The Browns probably intended Griffin to become the starting Quarterback when they took a flyer on him during free agency. Head Coach Hue Jackson has nothing but praises for Griffin whose inconsistent preseason practices might cause concern for some people. 

The front-runner for the starting position, Griffin is coachable. He will slide and throw the ball away when asked to do so. McCown, on the other hand, has greater familiarity with this territory. Continue reading

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COOL-NAMED TEAM: VANCE-GRANVILLE COLLEGE

Vance Granville VanguardsVANCE-GRANVILLE COLLEGE VANGUARDS

Location: Henderson, NC

Division: NJCAA

Comment: Kudos to the folks at this institution for showing some creativity with the name of their sports teams! The Vanguards definitely stand out and their logo is very, very eye-catching! Continue reading

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NAIA & OTHER DIVISION FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON TO THE NFL IN 2016

Here’s a look at 2016’s crop of NFL players taken as draftees and free agents from the NAIA and other divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog.

Missouri WesternSchool – UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WESTERN GRIFFONS

Name – MIKE JORDAN

Position – Safety  

NFL Team – Rams  Continue reading

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