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2019 College Football: All-Name Team

This is one of my favorite posts to do every year.

What makes a great college football name?

A good litmus test is if it works as a potential pro wrestling name, it works in college football. It also works if a name sounds like a verb, phrase, a certain body part or just a bad ass football name that makes them sound tough.

We went through every team in the top two divisions in the NCAA. We went through ever single name and picked out the ones that were funny and some names we just wish we had.

My name is Bobby Roberts, so of all the people who can write a post poking fun at names, it’s me. I’m always asked if my real name is Robert Roberts (it’s not) or if my name is fake (it’s not).

Here is the 2019-20 college football All-Name team.

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2019 NCAA Football – Week 1 Betting Picks Against Spread

I am so ready for the college football to begin!

This offseason saw a bunch of head coaching changes and WAY more transfers than any other year that I can recall. I’m all for college kids to be able to go somewhere for a fresh start without any punishment, so I hope this is the new norm.

The same teams are expect to contend for a College Football Playoff spot. Clemson, Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma are the consensus four-best teams right now. Will all four make the CFP at the end of the year?

We at ‘America’s White Boy’ pick 25 college football games against the spread in Week 1 of the 2019-20 NCAA Football season (August 31st,, 2019). We also pick some smaller conference games.

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Want To Start Your Own Soccer Team? Here’s What To Do

Have you always dreamt of playing football with a great team? Maybe you still have visions of yourself on a pitch with thousands of people watching you and screaming your name, or maybe you’ve accepted that this might not happen. Wherever you’re at right now, starting your own soccer team could be just what you need to help keep your dream alive, or at least give you something else to focus on.

If you think that starting your own soccer team sounds like something you need to do, read on…

Finding The Right Players

A great team is all about finding the right players. You need to know exactly what you’re looking for – is it men, women, or children? Are you just playing casually? What standard of player are you looking for? The more detailed you can be about the type of people you’re looking for the better. This way, anybody that comes to your trials knows exactly what to expect. When you know what you’re looking for you need to advertise the trials, so create flyers, and perhaps even a Facebook page or event so you can get the word out to as many people in your area as possible. You could even put an ad out in your local paper.

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Forget The Draft, It’s About The Free-Agents

Every year, only 60 players get picked in the NBA draft. That’s 60 players versus a multitude of that number in NBA hopefuls. And if you consider the NBA draft picks being the main and only game in town that decides on the future of the NBA, you might be mistaken. The world of unrestricted and restricted free-agents might be just as exciting and vibrant and, more importantly, decisive in the NBA power rankings. There could be many reasons why someone is or has become a free-agent, unpicked in the draft, released by a team due to rebuilding purposes, salary cap issues, but being a free-agent does not diminish someone’s value in the market.

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Make Your Beach Vacation Active

For some people, a beach vacation is a chance to do nothing. However, if lazing around on a sunbed isn’t your idea of fun, there are plenty of more active ways to spend a vacation by the coast. Here are just ideas of ways in which you can make your beach vacation more active.

Play beach games

Beach games can be a great way to spend a day at the beach – especially if you’ve got kids. Volleyball and soccer are great option if you’ve got a ball. Alternatively, you may be able to try some ultimate frisbee. There are also beach mini golf sets that you can buy (many beaches have their own mini golf courses too).

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The Real Reasons Esports Are Taking Over

As a bona fide sports fan, you love the rough and tumble of watching and playing real sports. There’s nothing like getting the guys together and shouting at the TV, or trying to put new knowledge into practice. So, the idea of esports might not strike a chord. Isn’t it a load of nerds playing video games? Although it started that way, the industry has morphed into something much bigger, something that is rivaling the world of traditional sports.

Here are the reasons behind its rise. Get ready to see a lot more of them in the future because these The Motley Fool stats don’t lie.

They’re Not Elitist

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WWE’s Cruiserweight Classic – Where Are They Now?

It’s been three years since the WWE aired its Cruiserweight Classic tournament on the WWE Network. It was meant to give fans some nostalgia of the great Cruiserweight matches on WCW. All-time greats like Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Ultimo Dragon and others helped WCW feel different than WWF, which then almost exclusively featured large, hulking wrestlers.

The Cruiserweight Classic was critically-loved as the action was high-flying and some stuff was never seen on a WWE-branded product before this tournament. The actual streaming numbers aren’t known, but it helped launch the new cruiserweight division.

Many of the wrestlers in this tournament have went on to have careers in WWE and a few have gained stardom elsewhere.

Where are the Cruiserweight Classic wrestlers now?

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The Sports Betting Tips You Need In Your Life

Obviously, sports betting has its highs and lows. You can never 100% guarantee that you’ll see success, but there is a right and wrong way to go about betting. The wrong way is being completely careless and not having any strategy at all. Here, you pretty much just bet on impulse, and you’ll blow money down the drain.

The right way involves a little bit of structure and strategy, so there’s less chance of you suffering huge losses. With that in mind, here are some of the best sports betting tips you need to know:

Always use secure payment methods

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Sports Psychologists Show You How To Dominate In Any Sport

If you’ve ever put yourself in the shoes of a superstar sports personality, you can’t help but conclude that they are exceptionally mentally tough people. The basketball player who can shoot a flawless penalty basket; the tennis player who can hold his nerve in a tie-break, and the athletics champion who can bring their A-game to a crowd of screaming fans – it all requires psychological toughness. You could have the most skilled sportsperson on the training ground, but if they don’t have the mental fortitude to perform at their best when it counts, then they’ll forever fail.

Sports psychologists have spent decades studying the world’s top athletes to find out how they think differently from the average person. Superstars don’t arrive at the top of a sport by chance: they get in a mental place that allows them to dominate the game and come out on top as the victor. What are their secrets? And how can you apply them in your own life?

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Hobbies to Try Out if You’re Stressed or Anxious

Every now and again you will get to a point where you have just had enough. Whether work is frustrating you or home life is hectic, you’re bound to get stressed or anxious from time to time. Luckily, there are a number of ways in which you can relieve your stresses and try out a new hobby. You could play the ukelele, head out onto the sports field or take up cooking; there are so many different activities that will relieve your stresses and bring a smile to your face. Consider some of the following hobbies and you will always have a go-to stress reliever at hand.

Golf

There is something calming about the wide, green, open space of a golf course. As long as you have the right equipment, you don’t really need anything else to take up this hobby. Check out your local country club and make sure you look into the best lightweight golf bags. Golf could be a new sport that you take up on the weekends or when you feel particularly stress. Strike that ball from the tee and all of your worries will fly away with it!

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2019 NBA Draft – Best Undrafted Players

The 2019 NBA Draft is two rounds and consists of just 60 picks, so not every good college basketball player will hear his name called. Many NBA teams opt to select players with a higher upside and some of those picks are foreign players they wish to just stash overseas.

There are still some very good players left to either sign for an NBA team’s Summer League spot in hopes of catching on with a team. Most will probably end up in the Gatorade League or play overseas.

Guys like Fred VanVleet and Jeremy Lin won an NBA title this year and they went undrafted in their respective draft classes.

I’m sure people who love ‘their team’ always wonder why the star of their college team didn’t even play a single minute in the NBA.

This is not the end of the road for these players. There are many undrafted players in the NBA, so a few of these guys will still make their dreams come true in the future.

Here are the best undrafted players not selected in the 2019 NBA Draft.

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2019 NBA Draft – Sweetbob’s Mock Draft

We don’t usually do mock drafts on the site, but we do them when a draft class is this darn stacked.

There are players in this year’s draft class that will be taken after the Lottery and will make instant impacts for their teams. There are even guys who were Lottery pick locks just a month ago, but are now slotted to go in the 20’s. There are also some young talents who suffered injuries last season (Bol Bol) and are tumbling down draft boards.

The first three picks are almost a certainty (even though I think there’s a chance #3 could be a Wild-Card), but after that trio, it could be a wild ride. There are also some teams picking early in the draft who are shopping their picks, so that could change things even more.

Here is our 2019 NBA Mock Draft.

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