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Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers Has a Running Back in Eddie Lacy
Maybe this season we’ll see a change in the way the Green Bay Packers operate, and Aaron Rodgers won’t feel the need to do everything for his offense, as rookie Eddie Lacy is looking like someone who’s ready to get the team’s dysfunctional running game back on track.
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Dallas Cowboys – Tony Romo Is the Only Good Thing About the Offense
It’s only the preseason, so weird things do happen, but Tony Romo was probably the only good thing about the Dallas Cowboys and their offense on their second preseason game, highlighted by plenty of turnovers and the scorching heat in the Desert afternoon, which made it a not-so-perfect-day for football.
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2013 College Football Rankings – Preseason Edition
No surprises at the top of the preseason top 25, with the national champions Alabama looking like huge favorites to stay at number one by the end of the season, and the SEC having six teams overall in the top 12. Ohio State seem like the only real BCS hope coming from the Big Ten, while the Pac-12 will probably have to choose between Oregon and Stanford as its best team, hopefully making it to the title game this time.
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Arsenal FC Transfer Rumors – Trying to Sign Lars Bender Again
The season-opening loss has shown how bad things are at Arsenal right now, with or without the plague of injuries sweeping through the squad. Their defensive midfield seems to be in the worst of conditions, which might turn them once again to Leverkusen and Lars Bender, hopefully doing better this time around.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – A Rivalry That Doesn’t Actually Exist
How much do Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo think about each other? Probably not as much as we’d like them to. Just as Real Madrid and Barcelona are huge rivals, it’s quite common to think that there’s some huge individual rivalry between the two best players in the world as well. But every time the subject comes up with one of them, the truth seems a little bit different.
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Bacary Sagna Quite Lucky to Avoid Breaking His Neck
One of the scariest moments s Arsenal lost at home 1-3 to Aston Villa was Bacary Sagna falling badly after making an aerial challenge against Christian Benteke, landing badly on his neck. He did get up from it, but was substituted, and his participation next week, with the Gunners in the middle of a huge injury crisis, is doubtful.
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Stoke Should Stop Letting Jonathan Walters Take Penalty Kicks
After so many penalty kicks missed, Stoke still believe in Jonathan Walters. Or maybe their new manager, Mark Hughes, hasn’t watched enough of him in previous seasons. Seeing him miss another one, this time against Liverpool, as his shot was stopped by Simon Mignolet, shouldn’t surprise anyone.
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La Liga – Real Madrid vs Real Betis Predictions
A new season for Real Madrid; one in which they try and put behind the misery and overall unhappiness of last season with two young new Spanish signings, a different manager and hopefully do better against a Real Betis team that did very well last season, but was probably weakened during the summer.
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La Liga – Barcelona vs Levante Predictions
It’s going to be a very busy start for Barcelona to the 2013-2014 season, with the Spanish Super Cup also coming in the way of their league plans, but with a new manager taking over from a very successful one, winning and impressing on his debut at home against a usually tricky Levante side seems like a must as the season opens in Spain.
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Premier League – Chelsea vs Hull City Predictions
It’s hard to ask for an easier way to begin the season for a team like Chelsea, aspiring to claim back the Premier League title for the first time in four years, than receiving newly promoted Hull City, even if the Tigers have made it difficult for the Europa League champions in the past.