Riker’s Block

  • My favorite writing topic, the NFL, will end its season on Monday, but I’ll still have a lot to write about. I’m excited to start on a new blog series called The Riker Scale. The series will count down my 50 favorite films with my thoughts on the movie, information about it, and a rating.

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  • Super Bowl 50 Prediction

    Super Bowl 50 has the potential to be a classic, a battle between a historic offense and historic defense. With Super Bowl XLVIII, a 43-8 drubbing of Denver, clear in our minds, a blowout is a possibility. I predict that the former will take place on Super Bowl Sunday and a close game will prove

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  • Sunday could be the last ride of one of the greatest players in the history of sports- Peyton Manning. In a sport that rules America, Manning is the most accomplished and decorated player in NFL history. As his Broncos prepare to face the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50, his candidacy for the Hall of

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  • Super Bowl 50 is filled with numerous intriguing storylines, but some of them fly under the radar. Aside from the obvious questions about Peyton Manning and offense vs. defense, let’s look at the less conspicuous storylines. Super Bowl Jerseys For an accurate predictor of Super Bowl champions, look no further than the threads of the

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  • Super Bowl Sunday is America’s biggest unofficial holiday and an integral part of our culture. Six of the seven most watched television programs in American history are Super Bowls, with the most recent game, Super Bowl XLIX, attracting 114.4 million viewers (according to NBC). While a few lucky fans can tailgate outside the stadium, many

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  • The seventeenth and possibly final matchup between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning could be the best one. In a thrilling and epic battle, the Broncos, huge underdogs coming into the game, escaped with a 20-18 victory, sending them to their eighth Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. But this game wasn’t a battle between Brady

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  • With the Divisional Round of the playoffs in the books, only four teams remain in the hunt for Super Bowl 50. After a Wild Card Round in which every visiting team won, the four home teams survived and advanced this weekend. The two Conference Championship games bring an abundance of storylines and the potential to

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  • It’s official. Owner Stan Kroenke’s proposal for a Los Angeles relocation was passed in a 30-2 vote by the 32 owners, allowing the Rams to move from St. Louis to Los Angeles. The Rams originated in Cleveland in the 1930s but spent the majority of the franchise’s history in Los Angeles, playing in the city

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  • 1st Seed: Carolina Panthers (15-1) Superlative: Best Team Winning your first 14 games is a clear sign that you’re the best team in the NFL and that is the case with the Carolina Panthers. The defense is strong on every level and the offense, though undermanned, is the highest scoring (500 points) in the NFL.

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  • 1st Seed: Denver Broncos (12-4) Superlative: Most Intriguing Denver Broncos fans rode a roller coaster this season as the Broncos went up and down before snatching the top seed. Though the defense is the best in the NFL, the big story is the quarterback situation. Peyton Manning broke the all-time passing yardage record earlier in

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