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Saints, 49ers Stage Rare Comebacks During Week 7's Sunday, Blowout Sunday

This may be the first time their names have ever been uttered in the same sentence, but thank goodness for Drew Brees and Alex Smith...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about about 1 month ago 185 reads 3 comments
Tyrese Rice Is Nice, but Stephon Curry Is the No. 1 Gunner

Rice Outlasts and Outplays Nation's Top-Ranked Team His friends may call him Reese, but his game is much sweeter than any candy bar images his name might conjure. And he always seems to leave his opponents in pieces...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about 11 months ago 497 reads 2 comments
Shanahan Orange Crushed: Joins Kiffin, Mangini, Crennel as Former AFC Skips

I didn't want to write anything at first. I really didn't know how to react. Except to text my parents. And my girlfriend. And everyone else in my phone book that I thought even remotely followed professional football...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about 11 months ago 233 reads 0 comments
Al Davis Uses His One Phone Call To Break Up with Lane Kiffin

Long Live Al Davis and Long Live Raiders Futility The man who coined the phrase, "Just win, baby!," and made "Commitment to excellence" synonymous with the once proud Oakland Raiders pro-football ...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about about 1 year ago 484 reads 8 comments
Coffee Maker, Clipboard, Center: The Ideal Progression for NFL Quarterbacks

Call me old fashioned. Call me conservative. Call me what you will. But when it comes to calling signals in the NFL, rookies should be made to wait...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about about 1 year ago 616 reads 14 comments
Craig Littlepage and Al Groh Go A Sign Too Far with University of Virginia Ban

This is a blog I wrote on my myspace page last week concerning UVA Athletic Director Craig Littlepage's admonition against the sign toting, Wahoo supporting student body...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about about 1 year ago 453 reads 2 comments
New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys Top NFC East and Week 2 NFL Rankings

Following the Monday Night Football match up between Tony Romo's Dallas Cowboys and Donovan McNabb's Philadelphia Eagles, my rankings remained the same...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about about 1 year ago 2,035 reads 17 comments
Jay Cutler, Mike Shanahan Rumble, Stumble, Fumble Denver Broncos to Victory

There's an old saying out West that you don't bring a knife to a gunfight. Perhaps they should change that saying to, "Don't bring just a knife," because Denver Broncos' quarterback Jay Cutler ...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about about 1 year ago 1,416 reads 3 comments
Raiders Coach Kiffin to get Sacked - According to Al, Lane Not the Full Monte

Owner Al Davis rumored to offer Raiders' Head Coach position to Madden Football namesake, BOOM! John "Tough Actin' Ta'" Madden...

Written by Jimmy Grappone about about 1 year ago 105 reads 0 comments

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Jimmy Grappone Article Archive

Saints, 49ers Stage Rare Comebacks During Week 7's Sunday, Blowout Sunday

Tyrese Rice Is Nice, but Stephon Curry Is the No. 1 Gunner

Shanahan Orange Crushed: Joins Kiffin, Mangini, Crennel as Former AFC Skips

Al Davis Uses His One Phone Call To Break Up with Lane Kiffin

Coffee Maker, Clipboard, Center: The Ideal Progression for NFL Quarterbacks

Craig Littlepage and Al Groh Go A Sign Too Far with University of Virginia Ban

New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys Top NFC East and Week 2 NFL Rankings

Jay Cutler, Mike Shanahan Rumble, Stumble, Fumble Denver Broncos to Victory

Raiders Coach Kiffin to get Sacked - According to Al, Lane Not the Full Monte

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