Archive for September, 2011

Pre-Game Meal: Oakland Raiders

Friday, September 30th, 2011
Raiders vs Patriots

This 12th man is... different.

NEPD Staff Writer: Brian D

After a long week of questions and second guesses, the Patriots will head out to Oakland on Sunday to try and remove the sour taste in their mouths from Buffalo.

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Prospect Preview: UF vs Bama & Clemson vs VT

Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Mark Barron Patriots Draft

Mark Barron is just one of the top prospects we'll be looking at in this week's Alabama game.

NEPD Staff Writer: Mike Loyko

This weekend’s slate of college football games is the best one yet, featuring several highly anticipated conference matchups.

Here are the NFL prospects I will be watching and evaluating during their games and on film.

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Prospect Preview: USC vs Arizona

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

NEPD Staff Writer: Stephen Sheehan

USC vs Arizona is just one of the nine NCAA games we’re covering this week for NFL Draft scouting purposes, but it is the only one with multiple Top Five potential prospects.

Here is who I’ll be watching:

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Walking Uphill: My Media Journey

Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Football Stadium Steps

Sometimes climbing those stairs is worth it.

NEPD Owner: James Christensen

Exhaustedly picking my way through a nearly full parking lot strewn with empty bottles, dimming coals, and the crushed dreams of half a state, a faint smile somehow crept across my face.

The six-story trip down and up from the press box to the visiting team’s press conference wasn’t the culprit for my exhausted state. Perhaps it was the nervous stirrings that kept me from sleeping the night before, or maybe the eight hours that had elapsed since I had last eaten.

The smile, however, is a much longer story.

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NEPD Prospect Preview: Week 5

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
AJ Jenkins NFL Draft

Illinois always seems to have a few interesting NFL Draft prospects - they won't disappoint this year either.

We’ll be on the road this weekend, checking out the Illinois vs Northwestern game from the friendly confines of Memorial Stadium’s press box. Once we return, we’ve got the Nebraska vs Wisconsin queued up to watch.

Here are the top 2012 NFL Draft Prospects that we’ll be scouting.

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In The Film Room: LSU vs West Virginia

Monday, September 26th, 2011
Tyrann Mathieu

Tyrann Mathieu, who now wears #7, has halved his jersey number but doubled his play in 2011.

NEPD Staff Writer: Mike Loyko

The past two weeks I have been assigned to scout and study LSU in big nationally televised games. It’s amazing to me how much talent this LSU team has on the field, especially on the defensive side.

Even more amazing is they are all under-classmen, so we can expect LSU to challenge for another National Championship next season as well. This breakdown will focus on both players who will be draft eligible in 2012 as well as 2013.

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