May 23, 2013

Browns Undrafted Free Agency Signings and Rumors

Now this is one of the places where Twitter is really useful. Last night the floodgates were opened so that NFL undrafted free agents were allowed to negotiate with teams. Or is it the other way around? Either way, as these guys, who had been in limbo since the draft ended, started to have their phones ring they and their friends were tweeting about where they were going.  Luckily for everyone, a New England Patriots draft blog – nepatriotsdraft.com – was reporting and consolidating information from basically everywhere into a list.  So, who did the Browns reportedly get?

Carl Gettis – Cornerback – Missouri – (@CG_AKA_P_CHULO) Gettis is a four-year player from Missouri.  He is 5’10″ at nearly 200 pounds.  He came into college as a running back before switching to corner.  Not that it means a whole lot, but his most famous highlight has him playing press coverage against Illinois before making a one-handed interception.

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While We’re Waiting…number one falls again, and Giants win pennant

While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com

Missouri knocks off BCS number one:  “Never had Mizzou beaten a No. 1-ranked team — in the polls, in the Bowl Championship Series standings, by any measurement — before taking down Oklahoma 36-27 in a game that rearranged college football’s national championship race. Yet again.

Alabama didn’t survive a conference road trip to South Carolina two weeks earlier. Ohio State was felled the next weekend at Wisconsin. Now, say good bye to an OU team that sat atop the BCS’ initial rankings of the season.

Just seven unbeatens remain. Missouri is one of them, 7-0 for the first time since Dan Devine was the Tigers’ coach in 1960. They’d laid egg after egg against Oklahoma, losing seven times in seven games against the Sooners since 1998.

But quarterback Blaine Gabbert threw for 308 yards and a touchdown, outplaying OU’s Landry Jones. Missouri running backs knifed for 178 more yards and two more scores. The defense — where the Tigers have most notably upgraded — limited the Sooners to 101 second-half yards and forced three turnovers.”    [Steve Wieberg / USA Today]
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GAMBLOG Picks Of The Week

Picks Of The Week – August 29, 2008

Football season is here once again, and that means the GAMBLOG weekly feature is back as well. Unfortunately, Vegas doesn’t set lines when Division 1 teams take on Division 1AA teams, so we couldn’t focus on Ohio State. With the Browns still a week away from kicking off their season, Matt decided to kick off the GAMBLOG season with the biggest Big Ten game this week. This is the part where I remind you that this is merely for entertainment purposes only and WFNY does not condone gambling of any kind….    [Read more...]