The way that they were playing in the first month-plus of the season, it looked like the Dallas Cowboys would be lucky to be a .500 team at season’s end, that Wade Phillips would be lucky to have his job come Jan...
In case you didn’t know, Chris Johnson is fast. Very, very fast. If he gets past you, good luck, and goodbye. Of course, there’s no good in being really fast if you don’t know how to ...
In the three games prior to yesterday’s showdown against LSU, Alabama’s offense consisted of Mark Ingram, Mark Ingram, Mark Ingram, and very little else...
When Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd went down with a broken collarbone against Michigan State on Sept. 19, it looked like his season would be over, and the Irish would have to make do without one of the nation’s top big-play receivers...
1. Kellen Moore , QB, Boise State Moore leads the nation in passing efficiency and touchdown passes, is 10th in completion percentage, threw for five touchdowns in his last game, and has five games of three touchdown passes or more...
So, LSU has won 21 straight night games and 32 straight Saturday night games at Tiger Stadium. So, Florida may go into their toughest game of the season without their field general and inspirational ...
Texas (-32) vs. Colorado: Texas was in control of last year’s meeting in Boulder (a 38-14 win) after barely 10 minutes elapsed, and I don’t see a mistake-prone, defensively-challenged Colorado team providing much resistance in Austin...
A couple of days ago, I discussed comments that Penn State coach Joe Paterno made about the Big Ten expanding to 12 teams, and I came to the conclusion that changes, in some way, do need to be ...
The NFL Combine is over and done with for another year, yet the madness is still very much just beginning. This year’s batch of draft prospects still have to go through the motions at least one more time between now and draft weekend...
I was occupied over the weekend, so I didn’t see this until today (late, I know). I wondered what to make of Andre Smith’s disappearance from the NFL Combine? Yeah, he apologized ...
I was occupied over the weekend, so I didn’t see this until today (it's late, I know), but what to make of Andre Smith’s disappearance from the NFL Draft combine? Yeah, he apologized ...
There’s no Glenn Dorsey, Chris Long, Sedrick Ellis, or Vernon Gholston to get wild about in the 2009 NFL Draft, at least at this point. All of those guys were in contention to be the No...
This weekend, many an NFL Draft fanatic will be tuned into the NFL Network or sitting in front of their computer as the stars, starters, busts, and footnotes of tomorrow will showcase their talents at the combine in Indianapolis...
When the 2009 NFL season gets underway, 10 teams will have different coaches than they started 2008 with. This season’s group of new hires has a lot to live up to...
If you want to spark a debate among friends or really piss off a sensitive message board poster, talking about a program’s tradition, or lack thereof, is one of the best ways to do it...
As the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga continues, speculation is running rampant as to what the end result of this battle will be. Favre has asked the Packers for his release and intends to play for someone this year...
There comes a time in every man’s life when he is forced to ask himself one simple question: If an NFL player were a 1980’s sitcom, which sitcom might that be. When such questions arise, there can be no rest until they are answered...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell might have just won the “average Joe six-pack” over. Today, Goodell was quoted as saying that rookie salaries are “ridiculous...
The Indianapolis Colts’ hopes of regaining the top spot in the AFC, much less the NFL, largely hinge on star defensive end Dwight Freeney’s recovery from left foot surgery. Freeney’s 2007 season consisted of only 3...
It’s been a rocky offseason for Denver receiver Brandon Marshall, who was looking to build on a breakout 2007 this season but instead could be facing NFL sanctions after his third arrest in a year...
The Green Wave have to replace arguably the best runner in school history, but things appear to be looking up in New Orleans...
According to the San Jose Mercury News, former No. 1 overall pick Alex Smith will likely be penciled in as the 49ers’ starting quarterback when the team reports to camp on July 24. But that’s definitely not to say that Shaun Hill or J...
Terry Bradshaw is like the Chuck Norris of the NFL: Every young quarterback wants to be him. Wearing four Super Bowl rings and getting cameos in films and television is living the dream...
Many publications list the San Diego Chargers as the AFC’s second favorite to reach the Super Bowl this season, but all of that optimism assumes that quarterback Philip Rivers is fully recovered from offseason ACL surgery...
The good news: The Blazers return 19 starters from last season. The bad news: UAB only beat one Division I team (I refuse to say Football Bowl Subdivision) in 2007...
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