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2023 NFL Predictions

2023-09-04T13:45:00.000-05:00

2023 Summer Movie Awards

2023-08-25T14:23:00.000-05:00

Movies Seen : Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Super Mario Brothers, Fast X, The Flash, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Transformers Rise of the Beasts, Into the Spider-Verse Part 1, Oppenheimer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Little Mermaid

Yet to see : , Mission Impossible : Dead Reckoning Part 1, Barbie

Best Flick : The Flash - Say what you want to say about Ezra Miller, he's not done great things, so watching this had a little bit of that hanging over. But this flick as just a DC story was the best DC movie since The Dark Knight, and really a lot of credit goes to the story and not gonna lie Michael Keaton. It has a lot of fun little easter eggs all over. It nails what a summer popcorn movie is.

Honorable Mention : Oppenheimer : It was fantastic and could've should've won too. And I'm sure it will win some golden statues come next March.

Best Dude : Jason Momoa : Fast X : - Heath Ledger's Joker on NOS. Dang he was a good bad guy in this flick. The lines, the action and execution. Nailed it!

Best Dudette : Halle Bailey : & Melissa McCarthy : Little Mermaid - These two had an impossible task taking on these roles that were iconic from the animated movie. They nailed it. Halle with everything from singing and movements. Melissa disappears into this role.

Best Scene : The Flash : Yea, I'm Batman : Basically anything Michael Keaton is gold here but when the Barry's infiltrate the batcave and Keaton walks out. It's chills back from 1989 all over again.

Best Fight : Super Mario vs Donkey Kong - this wins for a few reasons. The Easter Eggs that this brought back was just all the fuzzies you want Easter Eggs to be; and second a lot of the fights in the super hero movies, transformer movies are getting repetitive, sadly,

Biggest Dud : Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - Maybe since it was the end of this arch and group of space misfits I was thinking more of an Endgame moment than what we got. Marvel has dropped the ball a few times here lately. Let's get it rolling again.

Transformers : Rise of the Beasts - Outside of the first film and Bumblebee it followed the same story line as all the others. Then did what was terrible in Rise of the Fallen with mass numbers of bad robots no one cares about. ALSO more human interactions. Yes I get we are on Earth but we dont want stories about humans. We want Transformers. Robots.

Anticipated Sequel : Fast 11 - I need more Momoa villainy

2023 Summer Movie Awards - Watch List

2023-04-26T09:40:00.000-05:00

It's that season again, break out the popcorn! Summer movie season is already in session with Super Mario Brothers blowing up box offices like Mario shooting fireballs at a Hammer Brother. Again Hollywood is following the moneyball script of Superhero, Sequels and a few new blockbusters.

Below is a handful of the movies on the Summer Movie Awards watch list.

2022 NFL Picks

2022-09-08T12:10:00.000-05:00

2022 Summer Movie Awards

2022-09-08T11:40:00.000-05:00

Movies Seen : Sonic 2, Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness, Top Gun Maverick, Jurassic World 3, Lightyear, Thor : Love and Thunder, Hustle, Prey, Secret Headquarters, Elvis

Yet to see : Bullet Train

Best Flick : Top Gun Maverick

Best Dude : Austin Butler – Elvis Presley – Elvis : Tom Hanks - Col Tom Parker - Elvis

Best Dudette : Elizabeth Olson – Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch – Doctor Strange 2 : Olson's 3rd win

Best Scene : The Illuminati – Doctor Strange 2 : I mean John Krasinski as Reed Richards from the Fantastic Four and Patrick Stewart back as Charlies Xavier BUT live action 90s X-Men Cartoon. And you get a little bit of the X-Men tune.

Best Fight : The climax of Top Gun Maverick, all the jet action scenes with the Hornets and then breaking out the Tomcat! Really built up a lot of tension all along the way. Some things were foreshadowable but it was all filmed great.

Biggest Dud : Jurassic World 3 - It's better than JW2 but really how many more stories are there like this to tell? Humans make stupid choices again and let a predator loose. It was cool to see the 2 cast's interact together.

Anticipated Sequel : Obviously anything in the MCU, with Doctor Strange 3 more Thor or whatever piece of the MCU story this goes too with She Hulk and Wakanda Forever.

Addy : 17!

2022-05-18T14:18:00.000-05:00

2022 Summer Movie Awards Watch List

2022-05-02T16:36:00.000-05:00

The popcorn movies are back! The pandemic is mostly over and we can get back to getting the Summer Blockbusters on the big screen. They are starting earlier more and more each year, or at least I stretch this awards season out more each year with flicks I want to see.

So what's on tap? Again the summer is full of Sequels and Super Heroes and well usually a combination of both. Here's what is on our radar this year.

I'm definitely most excited about the Marvel flix, take those out of the equation then I'm thinking Top Gun Maverick will be my most anticipated of this list followed by Jurassic World 3. What are you most looking forward too.

So we have a good list of 8 and will probably add more. Get out there and get back to normal and have some fun with these.

ESPN & Amazon - A Match Made In ???

2022-04-08T10:32:00.000-05:00

I'm not going to say I'm somewhat of a Nostradamus BUT in March of 2011 I did predict that the Big Ten would be moving to Fox. And I think we'll have something new coming in the next 3 years or so.

Amazon is getting big in to the NFL this coming year with the whole slate of Thursday Night Football, and went all in getting Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit in the booth. They are going to have Yankees games on Amazon. That will be just the start.

Disney has been rumored lately to be looking to sell the World Wide Leader in Sports. Why I'm not totallys sure. Sports and live content is the main reason to have dish, cable or YouTubeTV. And with sportsAmazon is wanting to go all in. This would be a HUGE splash!

Here is what I think should and could happen.

One thing I think that will maybe hurt Amazon is the baby boomer generation doesn't stream as much as the next generations. Amazon doesn't have a "channel". People don't like extreme change and I think this would help the gradual movement to streaming. ESPN+ is a really good streaming network with great options for sports and entertainment, and has the name to go with it. When you say Amazon you don't think sports, you think a place to get a mouse or airpods.

So first move is that ESPN is sold to Amazon. With that Amazon can then have the NFL stream on ESPN's channel for Thursday Nights and this would give them 2 NFL slots Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football.

NFL is king and right next to it is College Football. ESPN already has the SEC rights, next would be the Big Ten. Media rights are coming up for negotiation soon, and if I was ESPN/Amazon I would go all in on the Big Ten too. Years ago they lost out to Fox and the Big Ten Network, and its becoming a bigger rift. I would buy the Big Ten Network and all media rights from Fox and own the top 2 leagues. The deal would have to be similar to the SEC though. In doing this I would also not touch anything BTN wise, just let them operate as is. They know what they are doing in Chicago, let them keep doing it.

After having those big 2, go all in on the College Football Playoff. It will be expanded but will be HUGE money wise. Go after it and get it.

All the above would need to be done by 2023-24 season I think with the Playoff Expansion talks and then also the Big Ten next media deal.

The next would be to in 2032 get the NCAA Tournament from CBS. Really want to be the world wide leader? Get all the big gigs. That would be the last one aside from the World Series and rotating Super Bowl. And don't worry the World Series would be in the sights soon.

Currently there are roughly 76 million subscribers to ESPN through cable, streaming, etc. How many of us have enough streaming services to watch everything for shows and movies? With Netflix, HBOMax, Apple+, Disney+, Prime, Peacock, Paramount+ if there is a movie or show out there we can find it and watch it.

ESPN is currently roughly $10 on a cable bill. You also get all those other channels you don't watch. First off keep that, for now. I would have the standalone ESPN app and all content on it be available for $20 a month. Have it with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, SEC, ACC and the acquired BTN all there. Then all the shows and ESPN+ content available. I love the YouTubeTV service but I would drop it and just go to that content easy. If half of the 76 million subscribers get it, and the other half stay with YouTubeTv or a service its 13.6 billion in revenue. That's not even including the advertisement revenue, which was 2.3 billion in 2020.

With the content listed above that number will go up. That number will only increase as more cut to just the app. That gives more revenue to buy more content. And with that I think you'd get an ESPN3 to include more timing. Thus keeping Big 12 in there, and then also the Pac 12. You then OWN college football mainstays.

Now with that content what would it look like say on a normal week? College Football Saturday? See Below.

That would be the main feed, and I would throw in alternative feeds on ESPN+ for the extra games. in the MAC, MWC, SunBelt, American and HBCU and FCS. That would be a great day.

College basketball would fill out in the weekdays. Thursday Night and Monday Night are all NFL. Keep Manning Night football available.

Then what else is in sights? As mentioned above Men's March Madness along with Women's March Madness. What else?

The NFL makes 10 Billion a year, could 1 entity buy up it all and show games on ESPN/ESPN2 regionally at 12/3 each and then Sunday Night Football?

MLB needs to get out of the blackout life. With ESPN+ you can throw every game on a stream. This will grow the sport. It's 2022 games not on live are a disappointment.

Then you can be called the World Wide Leader.

Campus Town Week 9 Predictions ATS

2021-10-29T10:48:00.000-05:00

Last Week : 13-12

On The Year : 77-72-1

Big Ten Week 9 Predictions

2021-10-29T10:45:00.000-05:00

HUGE WEEK in the Big Ten. The East starts to cannibalize each other and the Iowa can take a big step in the West.

Indiana over Maryland Rutgers over Illinois

Michigan over Michigan State Iowa over Wisconsin

Nebraska over Purdue Minnesota over Northwestern

Ohio State over Purdue

Last Week : 4-1 : 11 pts

On the Season : 52-16 : 312 pts

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Big Ten Power Rankings - Week 8

2021-10-26T04:30:00.000-05:00

Week 8 Big Ten Power Rankings

1 - Ohio State

2 - Michigan

3 - Michigan State

4 - Iowa

5 - Minnesota

6 - Wisconsin

7 - Penn State

8 - Purdue

9 - Nebraska

10 - Maryland

11 - Northwestern

12 - Rutgers

13 - Illinois

14 - Indiana

Big Ten Weekly Awards - Week 8

2021-10-24T11:44:00.000-05:00

The season is about two-thirds over, this week in the Big Ten we got a 9 overtime HUGE upset, the Buckeyes and Wolverines keep rolling (have we ever said that before?), Wisconsin win in West Lafayette sets up a big game next week in Madison that could/should decide the Big Ten West and quietly Minnesota continues to notch wins. Think they want that Bowling Green game back? And who is the front runner for Player of the Year in the conference? A pair of Buckeyes?

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Illinois

We Live.#famILLy pic.twitter.com/ew91ueTUSW
— Illinois Football (@IlliniFootball) October 24, 2021

GAME OF THE WEEK

Illinois 20 - Penn State 18

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

CJ Stroud - QB - Ohio State

21/28 - 266 yds - 4 TDs

3 rush - 1 yd

Campus Town Week 8 Predictions ATS

2021-10-22T13:30:00.000-05:00

Campus Town Week 8 Predictions ATS

Big Ten Week 8 Predictions

2021-10-22T12:00:00.000-05:00

Penn State over Illinois Michigan over Northwestern

Wisconsin over Purdue Minnesota over Maryland

Ohio State over Indiana

Last Week : 2-3 : 7 pts

On the Season : 48-15 : 301 pts

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Big Ten Power Rankings - Week 7

2021-10-20T03:00:00.000-05:00

Week 7 Big Ten Power Rankings

1 - Ohio State

2 - Michigan

3 - Michigan State

4 - Penn State

5 - Iowa

6 - Minnesota

7 - Wisconsin

8 - Purdue

9 - Nebraska

10 - Maryland

11 - Northwestern

12 - Rutgers

13 - Indiana

14 - Illinois

Big Ten Week 7 - Weekly Awards

2021-10-19T10:14:00.000-05:00

The bye weeks are hitting the Big Ten and about half of the conference was off BUT fireworks still happened and if you are #2 in the nation you do not want to see Purdue on the schedule. They did well this:

We just beat the No. 2 out of Iowa.
— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) October 16, 2021

Else where, Scott Frost can't seem to win close games, still. The Brass Spitton returns to East Lansing as Indiana slide continues. The Fighting Fitz's chop at Rutgers and Wisconsin pulls out a tough win vs Army. Please Big Ten schools, play the military schools more often.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Purdue

GAME OF THE WEEK

Minnesota 30 - Nebraska 23

Which lead to this Instant Classic

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

David Bell - WR - PURDUE

11 Rec - 240 yds - 1 td

The Batman

2021-10-18T13:13:00.000-05:00

Oh my damn this looks good, and wow you the Penguin can't tell that's Collin Farrel.

Brayden - 14

2021-10-17T00:30:00.000-05:00

14 yrs ago this smart Lego and marvel loving little dude arrived. Scary how much alike we are but enjoy watching ya grow up even tho I'm trying to slow that down. Happy birthday buddy. Love ya

Campus Town Week 7 ATS Predictions

2021-10-15T08:08:00.000-05:00

Last Week : 11-14

Season : 52-47-1

Big Ten Week 7 Predictions

2021-10-15T07:22:00.000-05:00

Michigan State over Indiana Nebraska over Minnesota
Rutgers over Northwestern Iowa over Purdue
Wisconsin over Army

Last Week : 5-0 : 15 pts

On the Season : 46-12 : 294 pts

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Hanna Season 3 Teaser

2021-10-13T13:17:00.000-05:00

You Ok?

2021-10-12T13:20:00.000-05:00

Thud heard in the house.

Me to my Ry, "did you fall?"

Ry "nope I ran into the door, it's vertical falling"

Big Ten Power Rankings - Week 6

2021-10-12T08:00:00.000-05:00

Week 6 Big Ten Power Rankings

1 - Ohio State

2 - Iowa

3 - Michigan

4 - Michigan State

5 - Penn State

6 - Nebraska

7 - Minnesota

8 - Wisconsin

9 - Maryland

10 - Rutgers

11 - Purdue

12 - Indiana

13 - Northwestern

14 - Illinois

Big Ten Weekly Awards - Week 6

2021-10-11T14:19:00.000-05:00

Punting is Winning, Iowa's defense and Tory Taylor helped Iowa along enough to hit on some big pass plays to claim #2 in the AP Poll. Nebraska looks to be dangerous but the schedule may haunt them but really looking like the second best team in the West and Bielema can't beat his old school (Round 1). Oh how fun is the East going to be come a couple weeks when these teams start playing each other. Kenneth Walker III should be on everyone's Heisman list. Is CJ Stroud going to join him? Ohio State looks to be in a groove now.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Ohio State

GAME OF THE WEEK

Iowa 23 - Penn State 20

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

CJ Stroud - OSU - QB Jalen Nailor - MSU - WR

24-33 - 406 yds - 5 td 5 rec - 221 yds - 3 td

2 rush - 8 yds

Big Ten Week 6 Predictions

2021-10-08T10:44:00.000-05:00

Ohio State over Maryland Michigan State over Rutgers

Wisconsin over Illinois Iowa over Penn State

Michigan over Nebraska

Last Week : 6-2 : 29 pts

On the Season : 41-12 : 279 pts

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