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The Blue Workhorse

A sports blog encompassing MLB baseball, NBA basketball, NFL football, NHL hockey, PGA golf, NCAA athletics, and everything in between.

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Year End Recap: Rays, Superman, SEC & Fake News

Since we went live on January 22, we’ve learned the blogging ropes, met a lot of cool people, have had a small bit of success, and have hopefully spread some insight and knowledge along the way.

So you have what this season has brought, and now I’ll take you through the top 10 most popular posts (in chronological order) on this site from the year that was 2008:

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NFL Playoff Picture Gets Shot of Windex

With only two weekends remaining in the NFL’s regular season, the playoff picture couldn’t have been more muddled. Some teams just needed to win; some just needed other teams to lose; while others were in the unfortunate position of needing to win and receive help from others.

However, with Indianapolis winning against an emotionally charged Jacksonville team (thanks to the return of injured lineman Richard Collier to the sideline as an honorary captain) Thursday night and Baltimore’s running game dominating the Cowboys’ defense late in the fourth quarter Saturday, the playoff picture began to see the Windex going to work.

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Falcons Clinch Playoff Spot!

Who would have thought the listless Atlanta Falcons, a team that went 4-12 last season and went through the various turmoils that were the Bobby Petrino-era and the Michael Vick incarceration, would have been .500 this season, much less in the playoff hunt?

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The Blue Workhorse Week 15 NFL Power Rankings

There were some critical matchups this past weekend, and the battles only get tougher this weekend as both conferences’ #1 seed will be determined. Also, several games, if not all, will have baring on the playoff race this weekend.

Each of our four writers have ranked the teams. The rankings have been tallied. Scroll down to find out where your favorite NFL team ranks.

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The Blue Workhorse’s Heisman Votes

Last Saturday, Sam Bradford was honored with the prestigious Heisman Trophy after being named the most outstanding player in the regular season of college football this season.

Bradford’s winnings came on the heels of the announcement of Tim Tebow’s historic win in the first annual Sports Blog Hesiman Trophy. For the Sports Blog Heisman Trophy, we e-mailed many, many bloggers asking them to give us their Heisman ballots, several of which did.

We also gave our votes, and I’d be remiss as this site’s editor if I didn’t broadcast these selections (in alphabetical order):

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Announcing the 2008 Sports Blog Heisman Trophy Winner…

That’s right folks. The votes have been tallied. There were 73 ballots cast with each having an outcome on the overall standings (including the final ballot I received, which moved Michael Crabtree back into 4th place).

We received ballots from as far south as Florida, as far west as California and Oregon, and as far north as the great white north of Canada. Thirteen different players and one unit received votes while another 12 players and one unit were noted as honorable mentions.

Without further ado…

(drumroll) Your 2008 Sports Blog Heisman Trophy winner is…

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Sports Blog Heisman Announcement Pushed Back

Due to a large number of ballots being sent in Thursday afternoon and evening, the announcement of the 2008 Sports Blog Heisman is going to be pushed back to Friday morning.
After I get off work at 7 in the morning, I will make all the final tallies and announce which college football player has earned [...]

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Who Is Your Heisman? The Candidates…

As I wrote earlier this week, we will be awarding the Sports Blog Heisman Trophy to (FCS) college football’s player of the year tomorrow.

I am taking in the ballots and compiling the votes of Sports Bloggers & Internet Sports Fans who are answering the question of “Who Is Your Heisman?” If were able to cast your ballot for the Heisman Trophy award (which will be given out this weekend), who would be on your ballot.

I have received several interesting ballots with some intriguing selections, including some of the candidates listed at the bottom of this post, but there is still time to cast your ballot!

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