What a week! Four teams in the top 10 were idle, and they probably enjoyed being away from this insanity. Two top teams, (4) Ohio State and (5) Texas, survived scares from Nebraska and (25) Vanderbilt, respectively. #1-ranked Oregon dominated (20) Illinois, showing that they’re still the team to beat. Two of our staggering 8…
I hope you didn’t miss this week of NFL football. A LOT happened. Jets OLB Haason Reddick actually reported to the team. We had our first Monday Night game exclusively broadcast on ESPN+ (I’m not pleased with that). Buccaneers WR Mike Evans notched his 100th career receiving TD but left upon reaggravating his hamstring injury….
As we get later into the season, you may notice that we’re talking a lot about the SEC and Big Ten. That’s going to remain a trend well into the future, as realignment has loaded those two conferences. Therefore, their interconference games will keep providing us juicy matchups as they did this week. After all,…
Just when you think you’ve seen everything in the NFL, new occurrences come right at you. Chargers HC Jim Harbaugh left the game before it started and returned a bit later, apparently (and thankfully) no worse for wear despite a heart issue. Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow ran for a 47-yard TD. That’s in addition to all…
Unusually, this week of the college football season was marked by potential upsets that did NOT happen. Most of the top-ranked teams held on despite scares. The lone exception was (2) Ohio State, but they played another elite team in (3) Oregon. Outside of the top 3 schools, I find it hard to identify any…
We’ve reached our first byes of the season, so no Lions, Chargers, Eagles, or Titans this week. Even without them, we witnessed several interesting occurrences. Miami won without QB Tua Tagovailoa or RB De’Von Achane (concussions). The 49ers lost, all because K Jake Moody got hurt. Vegas benched QB Gardner Minshew again (we’ll discuss this…
Even with 14 teams on byes this week, we saw tons of great football and plenty of surprises. The SEC suffered some massive carnage, and these results could later impact how many playoff spots this conference earns. Everything from last week also flipped: (5) Georgia and (12) Mississippi dominated, (25) UNLV dropped a heartbreaker, and…
How do you win in the NFL? The first and most obvious key is to find a quarterback, but that’s not an instant recipe for success. If it were, the Bengals wouldn’t just be winning their first game, and the Rams wouldn’t be 1-3. You can win with a smothering defense, as Denver of all…
Sometimes, you don’t have the chaos you want. If you were rooting for major upsets, you really only got one. (10) Utah losing without QB Cam Rising does not qualify, and I wouldn’t count (4) Alabama beating (2) Georgia as an “upset” either. That said, we saw plenty of other drama! A QB quit on…
We saw a lot of “firsts” this week. Chicago’s Caleb Williams threw the first TD pass by a rookie QB this season (he threw 2 in fact in a loss). Six teams notched their first wins of the season to avoid dreaded 0-3 starts. On the other end of the spectrum, four teams tasted defeat…