Admin | December 24, 2011
Happy Festivus y’all! That’s right on December 23rd we all take the time to celebrate the holiday that Frank Costanza brought into our homes on the greatest television show ever; Seinfeld. While we don’t exactly have the pole the other two facets of this holiday, the airing of grievances and the feats of strength will [...]
Admin | December 23, 2011
Yesterday Ohio State got handed down their punishment for the world to see. The expected and almost “required” idiocy ensued. Obviously “this punishment was far, far too severe.” Or “duh, this punishment was not even close to enough”. Both of those answers are acceptable depending on which team you root for in the college football [...]
Admin | December 22, 2011
Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley has announced that he will remain with the Trojans for his senior season. A well-respected NFL draft site, Walter Football.com, projected the sensational signal caller as the fifth overall pick to the Cleveland Browns. Barkley will likely be chosen as the No. 1 overall selection in the 2013 NFL Draft. Scintillating Stats: The [...]
Admin | December 22, 2011
The Arizona Cardinals have placed linebacker Joey Porter on injured reserve, Darren Urban of AZCardinals.com reports. Porter, 34, had 16 tackles and one quarterback sack in six games this season, but has missed the last eight weeks with a knee injury that required a surgical procedure. Signed to a three-year, .5 million contract in 2010, Porter [...]
Admin | December 21, 2011
As is my misguided custom, the time has arrived once more for me to predict college football’s postseason games. So there’s 35 bowls and only one that matters. It’s not the most pleasant of postseasons, but hey, at least we get more college football, much of it consisting of teams we haven’t gotten to see [...]
Admin | December 21, 2011
It’s that time of year where everyone hates the BCS for screwing over their team or conference. You know, the time when we all talk about how awesome a playoff would be and then can’t agree on the format of a playoff. It’s pathetic. It is the bedrock argument the BCS uses against playoff proponents. [...]
Admin | December 20, 2011
Seven down, five to go, two weeks left to figure it all out. Seven teams have clinched playoff spots and four more can do so this weekend: The cowboys, falcons and Lions in the NFC and — that’s right — Tim Tebow and the Broncos in the AFC. Of course, there’s still plenty of jockeying [...]
Admin | December 20, 2011
Let's say you have a star safety finishing his final year with your team. What kind of contract offer is he worth? What does the market for such a player look like? This post will begin to answer those questions using salary data and advanced player statistics. Think of this as a 'demonstration of concept', [...]
Admin | December 19, 2011
Early in the morning I got a chance to jump on one of my favorite radio shows, The Insiders with Mark Thomas and Mike Maniscalco on 620 The Buzz and ESPN Triangle. Unlike last chat Mark Thomas and I are aligned in this discussion while Mike Maniscalco falls on the other side when we get [...]
Admin | December 19, 2011
Tim Tebow‘s bearhug on popular culture grew ever tighter this weekend when the Broncos QB was the subject of a sketch on venerable TV standard “Saturday Night Live.” NFL.com Blogs