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The Game Owl has a new contributor… The Grizzly Bear!

The Grizzly Bear will not pretend to be some sports journalism major who spent the better part of his/her golden years watching sports from the stands and then writing their opinions, which by and large are pointless and superficial. GB strives to give his readers a true look at the game; be it football, basketball, hockey, baseball, golf, competitive spelunking or whatever the GB finds to be entertaining.

The GB may never have played sports at the major league level, but he did play college hockey and 4 years of minor league hockey. So, GB can give a little more insight into athletes and the games as opposed to his arch-nemesis “Skip Bayless” from ESPN’s First Take. Skippy’s most athletic feat has been outlasting the crowds to get the first ticket sold at a Clay Aiken Concert, where he defeated 47 teenage girls and Justin Guarini. Needless to say, Skip reign’s victorious in the Clay Aiken fan club.

Here are a few thoughts for everyone on this upcoming weekend of sports:

1. College Football: 12 Penn State vs. 22 Illinois - Keep a weathered eye on the horizon in Happy Valley. For when the sun goes down on Saturday, September 27th, the Nittany Lion faithful will light up the night with a white out at Beaver Stadium in a match-up against Illinois. With a win, the Nittany Lion’s should break into the AP Top Ten and start making a bid for a BCS Game in January.
2. College Football: 8 Alabama vs 3 Georgia - The Blackout Game. The Bulldog fans are planning a Black-Out in the stands. The Crimson Tide are calling it a funeral. Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. Roll Tide!
3. NFL: Cleveland at Cincinnati - The Battle of the Orangest. Orange you surprised that both of the teams are still winless this season. Orange you happy that this could be the last week of Derek Anderson under center of the Brownies (fingers crosses). And orange you surprised that I would even mention this match-up. History shows that these two teams are capable of quite a barn-burner when pitted against one another. So we will either see a lot of points or a lot of turnovers.
4. NFL: Baltimore at Pittsburgh - I guess I kind of have to mention this one, seeing as the Game Owl himself is a Pittsburgh native and a member of the most obnoxious fan base in all of sports, Steeler nation. But it should be a fun match-up. The Willie Parker-less Steelers starting the fumbling machine Mendenhal in the backfield and I sure hope the Steelers have hired a new offensive line coach as I do not see Big Ben being able to handle another game of punishment like the Eagles dished up last week (9 sacks).

Till next time, stay furry, stay ferocious.

Grizzly Bear.