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Our Best Pitch

The following was submitted to us by our old friend, SMD. The timing of the piece was perfect as Jerricho Cotchery was featured last night in a FANTASTIC piece on ESPN’s television show, E:60. If you didn’t see it, you need to find a replay of it and watch it. It was summed up by New York Jets Head Coach, Eric Mangini, “It’s hard to get better than Jerricho Cotchery”

Sunday Focus: Philip Rivers & Matt Ryan

Since Philip Rivers is on my mind and it happens to be (NFL) Sunday (if we were in season), I thought I’d take a quick ACC-related diversion for hard core football fans who like to stay fresh.

Philip Rivers ‘now he’s a folk here’
How awesome is this story on Philip Rivers?

The guts and passion that Rivers exhibited by playing in the AFC Championship game one week after tearing is ACL in a win over the Indianapolis Colts has worked to turn some of the mounting criticism of PR into massive praise. This article paints a lot of the picture. We will highlight a few quotes below:

Philip Rivers Leads the Chargers Comeback

GREAT video of the Chargers’ comeback on Sunday led by Philip Rivers.

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Relatedly, the Washington Post ran this article within the past week analyzing the Chargers-Giants trade that brought Rivers to San Diego.

In the spring of 2004, while holding the top pick in the NFL draft, Smith was rejected by the obvious first choice: quarterback Eli Manning. This happened when Smith called to inquire about the quarterback’s interest in being selected first. Someone in Manning’s party — which included his agent, Tom Condon; his father, Archie, a former star with the New Orleans Saints; and brother Peyton, quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts — told Smith, “Don’t consider us.”

A Good Looking ESPN the Magazine Cover

Can’t beat this (unless it is Cowher in a NC State hat)

Philip Rivers espn the magazine cover




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