Ohio State Buckeyes Football vs USC Trojans

                     

          After the Ohio State Buckeyes got banned one year in bowl games and additional penalties the Buckeyes maintained a perfect season. They were penalized for taking a total of $14,000 and using them for tattoos. The players jersesys and trophies. The Buckeyes perfect season was mainly because of Urban Meyer (head coach) and Braxton Miller. (quarterback) They played their rival the Florida Gators on their last game of the season. The Buckeyes proved that they were still there to play.

          The Buckeyes had one of there best regular seasons ever but dont have a chance to play in a bowl game. Sounds really familiar to what happened about 3 years ago to the USC Trojans football. Not only were they banned from college football games for 3 years. They also lost 30 scholorships, lost there BSC National Champioship, werent able to play in the Pac 12 Championship, and Reggie Bush was taken away all of his trophies including his Heisman award. All of this was just because ONE player getting paid. Reggie Bush got paid to go to USC. I do not agree with the fact that they take away something that took hardwork and TEAM effort. For Ohio State alot of there players were apart of it and they only had a one year bowl suspension. USC had a 3 year bowl suspension and it was only one player that wasn't even on there team anymore. I also hate the fact that they take away their BCS Championship. Reggie Bush and the whole team had one of the best college teams ever in my opinion and they cannot be reconized for it with losing their champioship.

        Reggie Bush was one of the best college players of all time. He will always be the  best college football player to watch in my opinion. The fact that he was paid doesn't effect the way he plays. I think it was wrong for the them to take away everything contributed in college football. Instead of taking away and penalizing the Trojans they could have just fined Reggie Bush money and moved on. The Ohio State Buckeyes deserve more of a punishment if this is what they do to one player. USC deserves to get back what they won.

 

 

The Highest Paid Athletes

 

 

 

 

 



 

Athletes are all over the world getting paid millions of dollars. The amount of money top athletes are getting paid is much more than it was 30 years ago. From looking at the top 20 paid athletes it is amazing how much their making in one year. All the top athlestes hard work really "pays" off

The following list is the top 20 paid athletes in the sports industry in 1 year:

 

#1. Floyd Mayweather

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $85 million
Salary/winnings: $85 million
Endorsements: $0
Sport: Boxing , Age: 35

#2. Manny Pacquaio

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $62 million
Salary/winnings: $56 million
Endorsements: $6 million (Monster Energy, Hennessy, Nike, Hewlett-Packard)
Sport: Boxing , Age: 33

#3. Tiger Woods

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $59.4 million
Salary/winnings: $4.4 million
Endorsements: $55 million (Nike)
Sport: Golf, Age: 36
Net Worth: $500 million – As of September 2010, according to Forbes

#4. LeBron James

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $53 million
Salary/winnings: $13 million
Endorsements: $40 million ( Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, State Farm and others)
Sport: Basketball, Age: 27

#5. Roger Federer

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.7 million
Salary/winnings: $7.7 million
Endorsements: $45 million (Nike, Rolex, Wilson, Credit Suisse)
Sport: Tennis, Age: 30

#6. Kobe Bryant

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.3 million
Salary/winnings: $20.3 million
Endorsements: $32 million
Sport: Basketball, Age: 33

#7. Phil Mickelson

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $47.8 million
Salary/winnings: $4.8 million
Endorsements: $43 million (Callaway, Barclay’s, KPMG, Exxon, Rolex, Amgen/Pfizer)
Sport: Golf, Age: 41

#8. David Beckham

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $46 million
Salary/winnings: $9 million
Endorsements: $37 million (Burger King, Sainsbury’s, Samsung)
Net Worth: £160 million ($260m) – As of April 2012, according to the Sunday Times Rich List
Sport: Football, Age:37

#9 Cristiano Ronaldo

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $42.5 million
Salary/winnings: $20.5 million
Endorsements: $22 million (Nike, Castrol, Konami and others)
Sport: Football, Age: 27

#10 Peyton Manning

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $42.4 million
Salary/winnings: $32.4 million
Endorsements: $10 million (Reebok, Sony, Wheaties, DirecTV, Gatorade, Papa John’s)
Sport: Football (NFL) , Age: 36

#11. Lionel Messi

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $39 million
Salary/winnings: $20 million
Endorsements: $19 million (PepsiCo, Herbalife, EA Sports, Cherry, Audemars Piguet, Dolce & Gabanna and others)
Sport: Football, Age: 24

#12 Haloti Ngata

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $37.3 million
Salary/winnings: $37.1 million
Endorsements: $200,000
Sport: Football (NFL)

#13 Larry Fitzgerald

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $36.8 million
Salary/winnings: $35.3 million
Endorsements: $1.5 million (Nike, EAS, University of Phoenix, AT&T and others)
Sport: Football (NFL)

#14 Ndamukong Suh

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $36 million
Salary/winnings: $35.5 million
Endorsements: $500,000
Sport: Football (NFL)

#15 Charles Johnson

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $34.4 million
Salary/winnings: $34.3 million
Endorsements: $100,000
Sport: Football (NFL)

#16= Rafael Nadal

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33.2 million
Salary/winnings: $8.2 million
Endorsements: $25 million ( Nike, Babolat, Kia Motors, Richard Mille and Bacardi)
Sport: Tennis, Age: 26

#16= Mario Williams

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33.2 million
Salary/winnings: $32.9 million
Endorsements: $250,000
Sport: Football (NFL)

#18. Alex Rodriguez

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33 million
Salary/winnings: $31 million
Endorsements: $2 million (Nike, Rawlings, Topps and Vita Coco)
Sport: Baseball, Age: 36

#19 Fernando Alonso

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $32 million
Salary/winnings: $29 million
Endorsements: $3 million
Sport: Race Car (Formula One)

#20= Valentino Rossi

Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $30 million
Salary/winnings: $17 million
Endorsements: $13 million
Sport: Motorcycle racing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



College Football Bowl Games

Bowl games 2012-2013

The first bowl game ever played was in 1902. The game was played by Michigan and and Stanford. Michigan won 49-0. This game ended up to be called the Rose Bowl. This name came from the Rose Bowl Stadium. Since then the bowl games have been something everyone looks forward to each year. There are 35 bowl games. 5 of these games are called the BCS Bowl Games, where the conferance winners and top teams face off. This year in the BCS National Championship it is Notre Dame Irish vs the Alabama Crimson Tide. They are both great teams. The bowl games should be very exciting this year.

 

The following is a list of the bowl games and my prediction on whos going to win:

 

        MY PICKS

Gildan New Mexico Arizona vs. Nevada	Albuquerque, NM University Stadium	Sat., Dec. 15 1:00 p.m. ET	ESPN                                                                       Nevada
Famous Idaho Potato Toledo vs. Utah State	Boise, ID Bronco Stadium	Sat., Dec. 15 4:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Toledo
Poinsettia BYU vs. San Diego State	San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium	Thu., Dec. 20 8:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	BYU
Beef 'O' Brady's Ball State vs. UCF	St. Petersburg, FL Tropicana Field	Fri., Dec. 21 7:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	UCF
R+L Carriers New Orleans East Carolina vs. UL Lafayette	New Orleans, LA Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Sat., Dec. 22 12:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	UL Lafayette
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Boise State vs. Washington	Las Vegas, NV Sam Boyd Stadium	Sat., Dec. 22 3:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	BSU
Sheraton Hawaii Fresno State vs. SMU	Honolulu, HI Aloha Stadium	Mon., Dec. 24 8:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	Fresno State
Little Caesars Pizza Central Michigan vs. W. Kentucky	Detroit, MI Ford Field	Wed., Dec. 26 7:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Central Mich.
Military Bowling Green vs. San Jose State	Washington, DC RFK Stadium	Thu., Dec. 27 3:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	Bowling Green
Belk Cincinnati vs. Duke	Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium	Thu., Dec. 27 6:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Cincinnati
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Baylor vs. UCLA	San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium	Thu., Dec. 27 9:45 p.m. ET	ESPN	UCLA
AdvoCare V100 Independence Ohio vs. ULM	Shreveport, LA Independence Stadium	Fri., Dec. 28 2:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	Ohio
Russell Athletic Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech	Orlando, FL Florida Citrus Bowl	Fri., Dec. 28 5:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Rutgers
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Minnesota vs. Texas Tech	Houston, TX Reliant Stadium	Fri., Dec. 28 9:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	Texas Tech
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Air Force vs. Rice	Fort Worth, TX Amon G. Carter Stadium	Sat., Dec. 29 11:45 a.m. ET	ESPN	Air Force
New Era Pinstripe Syracuse vs. West Virginia	Bronx, NY Yankee Stadium	Sat., Dec. 29 3:15 p.m. ET	ESPN	West Virginia
Kraft Fight Hunger Arizona State vs. Navy	San Francisco, CA AT&T Park	Sat., Dec. 29 4:00 p.m. ET	ESPN2	Navy
Valero Alamo Oregon State vs. Texas	San Antonio, TX Alamodome	Sat., Dec. 29 6:45 p.m. ET	ESPN	Oregon State
Buffalo Wild Wings Michigan State vs. TCU	Tempe, AZ Sun Devil Stadium	Sat., Dec. 29 10:15 p.m. ET	ESPN	TCU
Franklin Amer. Mort. Music City NC State vs. Vanderbilt	Nashville, TN LP Field	Mon., Dec. 31 12:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	NC State
Hyundai Sun Georgia Tech vs. USC	El Paso, TX Sun Bowl	Mon., Dec. 31 2:00 p.m. ET	CBS	USC
AutoZone Liberty Iowa State vs. Tulsa	Memphis, TN Liberty Bowl	Mon., Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Tulsa
Chick-fil-A Clemson vs. LSU	Atlanta, GA Georgia Dome	Mon., Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	LSU
Heart of Dallas Purdue vs. Oklahoma State	Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl	Tue., Jan. 1 12:00 p.m. ET	ESPNU	Oklahoma State
TaxSlayer.com Gator Mississippi State vs. Northwestern	Jacksonville, FL EverBank Field	Tue., Jan. 1 12:00 p.m. ET	ESPN2	Northwestern
Capital One Georgia vs. Nebraska	Orlando, FL Florida Citrus Bowl	Tue., Jan. 1 1:00 p.m. ET	ABC	Georgia
Outback Michigan vs. South Carolina	Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium	Tue., Jan. 1 1:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	South Carolina
Rose Bowl Game Stanford vs. Wisconsin	Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl	Tue., Jan. 1 5:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	Stanford
Discover Orange Florida State vs. Northern Illinois	Miami Gardens, FL Sun Life Stadium	Tue., Jan. 1 8:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Northern Illinois
Allstate Sugar Florida vs. Louisville	New Orleans, LA Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Wed., Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Florida
Tostitos Fiesta Kansas State vs. Oregon	Glendale, AZ U. of Phoenix Stadium	Thu., Jan. 3 8:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Oregon
AT&T Cotton Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M	Arlington, TX Cowboys Stadium	Fri., Jan. 4 8:00 p.m. ET	FOX	Texas A&M
BBVA Compass Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh	Birmingham, AL Legion Field	Sat., Jan. 5 1:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	Pitt.
GoDaddy.com Arkansas State vs. Kent State	Mobile, AL Ladd-Peebles Stadium	Sun., Jan. 6 9:00 p.m. ET	ESPN	Kent State
BCS National Championship Alabama vs. Notre Dame	Miami Gardens, FL Sun Life Stadium	Mon., Jan. 7 8:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Notre Dame