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…
College football is starting to hit its stride, and our opinions about the teams are beginning to solidify. Despite that, you never really know what will happen. The top Group of 5 (6?) teams in the AP and Coaches polls, (23) Northern Illinois and Memphis, respectively, both lost in upsets. (11) USC fell to (18)…
What a wild week 2! So much happened, both good and bad. Aaron Rodgers earned his first win as a Jet, while former NYJ quarterback Sam Darnold is 2-0 in Minnesota. Nobody is out of the mix yet, even if your team’s early results are discouraging. With 17 games in the season, everyone has plenty…
We couldn’t even make it 3 weeks into the season without realignment making an impact. Trust me: we’ll get to that. On the field though, the games still taught us a lot! Despite just one game (Missouri beating Boston College) featuring two ranked teams and almost no significant upsets, we learned quite a bit about…