Admin | March 17, 2013
Florida held its pro day outdoors and under a light rain on Saturday. Workouts were held on FieldTurf and watched by 20 NFL team representatives, including the head coach and general manager of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Indianapolis Colts’ offensive and defensive coordinator, the Cincinnati Bengals defensive back and linebacker coaches and the St. Louis [...]
Admin | May 31, 2012
Steeler fans will be seeing Hines Ward this season on TV – but in a little different way. NBC Sports announced that it has hired Ward to be a part of Football Night in America, which is the in-studio show for “Sunday Night Football.” Ward, who left football this past offseason after he was released [...]
Admin | September 27, 2011
Just a quick note here that the Panthers are apparently going to be working out former St Louis Rams WR Donnie Avery. Avery is a third year player out of the University of Houston. Through two seasons with the Rams Avery had 100 receptions for 1,263 yards. He is a smaller reciever weighing in at 5’11 [...]
Admin | September 18, 2011
In the words of Slade, “my oh my!” This weekend has rocked college football’s foundation to the core. The age of the superconference has begun, and in the most unlikely place, the ACC. Everyone expected the SEC or Pac-something to kick things off. But no, it was the ACC that stayed under the radar and [...]
Admin | May 11, 2011
An NFL team is looking for a young analyst with computer skills and an econ or comp sci background. Here are the only details I can give: NFL team looking for statistical analyst. The successful candidate will have a Computer Science or Econ background and be proficient with basic computer code / Stata. Football specific [...]
Admin | March 26, 2011
People often criticize a potential college football playoff by pointing to the NCAA basketball tournament each March and pointing out its flaws. Anyone watching the Arizona/Duke beatdown last night undoubtedly saw all the empty seats I did. And TV ratings and excitement for the tournament seem to be their highest at the beginning of the [...]
Admin | February 8, 2011
Filed under: Alabama Luther Davis doesn’t mind the “early to bed, early to rise” routine. Or the oatmeal for breakfast, five hard boiled eggs for lunch and chicken salad for dinner. Or the grueling six-days-a-week training sessions in the shadow of Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World. Davis, a four-year performer along the defensive line at [...]