Admin | September 30, 2009
Here’s a cool team ranking site. It’s based on only score and home field advantage, but I like the algorithm, and the presentation is cool. It reminds of Beat Graphs, which has a new look. I really enjoy watching the NFL Films series America’s Game. Now you can watch them on Hulu. Here’s the Ravens 2000 [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
Filed under: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Big 10 When the times change, there are always signs. It was clear that country music was no longer the music Hank Williams gave his life for when words like “Honda” and “sippy cup” started showing up in its [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
Football Outsiders’ ‘Varsity Numbers’ college football space takes a look at Gus Malzahn’s college career and brief showing so far with Auburn and finds his impact explosive. Malzahn has to be considered the main cause for the sudden success. While it’s nice that he has brought some early excitement to Auburn, the fact that the [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
Filed under: NFL Fans, NFL Analysis, NFL Labor Negotiations The NFL and its players’ union met Tuesday in Washington, D.C. for another round of negotiations on the new collective bargaining agreement. At the end of the day, the sides released a ‘joint statement’ that said they talked about 18-game season, rookie wage scale and retired [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
Today I’m beginning a weekly contribution at the Washington Post’s Redskins Insider site. Well, it will be weekly as long as the commenters don’t have their way. (There’s a little “Report Abuse” link next to each comment, and I think I might have to report almost every one. Maybe readers were expecting another riveting Albert-Haynesworth-is-lazy [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
American football has long been a man’s sport, but if you are a woman who wants to play full contact American football, there is hope. There are women football teams all across America and many of these teams are in need of players. Some of these teams are located in New York, California, Alabama, Texas, [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
Was just channel flipping and caught the end of a conversation between Steve Phillips and Colin Cowherd on some ESPN show. The gist of their conversation was that playoff baseball with days off isn’t structured to determine what team is the best especially in relation to the regular season which has teams playing almost daily. [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
Another wonderful Saturday here in college football land, complete with a major upset that no one called, the #1 team in the nation surviving a big road test, and the Big 10 proving nothing by playing no one. Let’s review, shall we? Read the rest of this post Copyright © 2010, College Football Cafeteria | [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
Filed under: Chicago Bears, Packers Nick Collins apologized on Wednesday for his altercation with a Bears fan after Monday night’s heartbreaking loss in Chicago. “This is a situation that I could have walked away from but, you know, heat of the moment,” Collins said. “Things happen. Both sides (were) out of line.” Collins expressed remorse [...]
Admin | September 30, 2009
Winning “ugly” might not be enough for the Cincinnati Bengals. Marvin Lewis has found himself having to defend Carson Palmer this week over the team’s offensive struggles. NFL.com Blogs