I did not expect to be writing this post so soon, but I certainly did anticipate writing it at some point. As Sports Illustrated foreshadowed last night, the Carolina Panthers have fired head coach Matt Rhule. I’ll have a page up at the conclusion of the season discussing my grades for the hiring and firing…
We’ve reached the halfway point of the regular season (excluding conference championship games), so I thought it would be a good idea to examine how each of the Power 5 conferences is doing. I am looking at them from several perspectives, including their elite teams, their depth, and their playoff positions. Have there been major…
With just under a quarter of the season in the books, we should know a lot about who the 32 teams are and what to expect from them…but we don’t. We are aware of who the truly bad teams are and the teams we THINK will rise above the rest, but a staggering 15 teams…
Some things stay the same (UMass blew a lead against a fairly weak foe), and somethings change (UConn beat an FBS opponent????). I’m sorry; I’ll say nice things about some of these maligned things too throughout the season, but we’re looking higher up in the pecking order today. We know that the top few teams…
If your 0-2 team loses this week, NOW it’s appropriate to panic. Only 6 teams since 1980 have started the season 0-3 and gone on to make the playoffs. The 17th regular season game shifts the odds a little, but none of the five 0-3 teams last year made the playoffs either. On the opposite…
Four games in, we’re starting to be able to separate the contenders from the pretenders. #4 Michigan looked shaky and needed poor officiating to survive against Maryland, while #5 Clemson dodged an upset in double overtime (more on that below), #6 Oklahoma fell to Kansas State, and #7 USC BARELY dodged Oregon State (with the…
That was quite the opening week wasn’t it? The Bears beat the Niners, the Bengals committed 5 turnovers and missed 2 chip-shot kicks (yet still had a chance to win!), and the Colts and Texans produced a tie. I would say that this week can’t be any more insane, but this is the NFL we’re…
Tasked with following a wild week 2, week 3 provided relative calm. There were no upsets that were too insane, and only a couple top-25 matchups took place. The favored teams mostly won, and in the case of the top teams, won big. Admittedly, that makes it a bit harder to find interesting things to…
It’s finally here! The much anticipated NFL regular season has begun, and, to put it lightly, a lot happened. You’re going to see tons of hot takes this week, so I want to stress something important: don’t overreact. It’s just 1 game. Sure, that one game could have ramifications down the line in terms of…
It’s very clear that week 1 was merely a warmup. We had a lot of excitement, yes, but nothing really WILD happened outside of one UNC-Appalachian State game with no defense. Week 2 delivered the chaos we know and love. Shocking upsets, surprisingly close games, and more overtime delivered a ton of action. We can…