Marvel Madness - Day Two

44. In-Betweener

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21. Typhoid Man
53. Ord

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12. Harry Osborn (Second Green Goblin)

39. Master Man

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28. Madame Masque

60. Shinobi Shaw

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5. Mr. Sinister

20. Lady Deathstrike

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45. Morlun

52. Deacon Frost

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13. Purple Man

36. Mr. Negative

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29. Lizard

61. Shriek

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3. Juggernaut

Preseason Countdown Continues with.......

24. Tulsa

I honestly don't think I'll take the time to write about these teams until I reach the top fifteen. You can read about the Golden Hurricane here, if you care too.

The more important college football note of the day is the revealed outlawing of Boise State's blue jerseys at home games in Mountain West conference plays. For years, opposing players have complained that the Broncos are practically invisible in those jerseys against the smurf turf, which to me sounds like a lot of excuse-making for taking an ass-whooping at Bronco stadium.

I'd like to point out that regardless of jerseys, every player on the field should take note of where opposing players are before the play starts. Bronco jerseys still have big white numbers on the front, orange trim, and visible skin under the helmet and likely in other places as well. If you got blindsided by an "invisible" bronoco, maybe because you didn't take the time to see where the opposing player was at before the ball was snapped and deserve to have you clock cleaned. The only time I think of this excuse as viable is on special teams plays where players are seperated by great lengths of field and often van't be seen until they are already moving 20 miles per hour but that is the case for any team and unless you think special team alone are responsible for the large number of 50+ point victories over the past few years, I think the rule is ridiculous.

The NFL had a busy day of agreeing to potential deals and trades that can't be finalized until Friday. I found a handful of deals particularly interesting.

- Deangelo Williams resigns with the Carolina Panthers: This is interesting because the Panthers have spent a lot of money now on resigning players that were on the leagues worst team from a season ago. You Cam Newton will get a big deal to tie a good chunk of any remaining salary space so Carolina seems to think a rookie QB and the names from last year will turn the ship around. I personally would have gone after a cornerback or a linebacker.

- Donovan McNabb to the Vikings: This is just huge for Minnesota and with seemingly no QB deals to add for Wahington on the horizon and today's "big get" of Donte Stallworth at WR could mean a 32nd ranked passing offense for the Redskins this year.

- The New York Jets re-signed Santonio Holmes: I heard the rumor that the Jets were almost right at the salary cap when the new CBA was passed, but today they signed Santonio for 50 mill and they are also negotiating with Braylon Edwards, Nmadi Asomogha, and Randy Moss. Do cap rules not apply to New York teams?

- The glass man to be displayed behind center for the Tennessee Titans for, oh, five games or so this year, probably next. Seattle fans don't like what they at QB now but don't seem to broken up about the loss either.

- No signing in Miami yet but Kyle Orton, Ahmad Bradshaw, and Marion Barber all rumored to be potential fish before the week is out. Even better, this likely means that Ricky Williams can go bother someone else for a few years before dying of an overdose or something.