What a wacky day. The Giants beat the Ravens after a furious comeback, the Jets beat the Packers without any stress at all, the Buccaneers looked terrible, and the Falcons looked great. Just like everyone thought right? Obviously not, but that’s the point. The NFL is as unpredictable as ever, and I’d certainly think twice…
This is the kind of week that college football fans love. We’ve got SIX top-25 matchups. You normally only see that during rivalry week, conference championship week, and bowl season. Three of those six pit undefeated teams against one another. Plenty of other matchups provided additional intrigue. Let’s keep this intro short and sweet and…
Tom Brady is right. When he responded to a reporter’s question by saying that he’s seen “a lot of bad football” so far this season, he was merely stating the obvious. Maybe it’s the lack of preseason reps or perhaps it’s all the roster changes that took place during the offseason, but most teams are…
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…