The 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship was the first national championship rematch in the history of college football, and it will go down in history as one of the greatest college football championship games ever. I can’t remember watching a better back and forth contest since Vince Young carried Texas to a win over USC in the 2006 Rose… Read more →
5 Hardest Places to Win in the NFL
Raiders Owner Al Davis said it best when he coined the phrase “just win baby” and turned it into the motto of the Raiders for years. Players and coaches will go to great lengths to get an advantage on the opposition from week to week. Each stadium in the NFL is unique in its own right, but there are some… Read more →
Why College Football’s Stars are Skipping Bowl Games
A strange phenomenon has taken over college football for the 2016 bowl season. Star players projected to be drafted in the first round are deciding to sit out of their team’s bowl game to prepare for the combine. With the introduction of the four-team playoff system last season, the rest of the bowl games are merely another chance for fans… Read more →
Top 5 2017 Heisman Candidates NOT named Lamar Jackson
This year’s Heisman Trophy race didn’t seem like much of a race at all. Lamar Jackson was the clear frontrunner for most of the season, and he ended the regular season as the youngest player to win the Heisman Trophy. Jackson’s numbers were like something out a video game: 51 total touchdowns (30 passing, 21 rushing), 3,390 passing yards, and… Read more →
NFL Playoff Picture
With just two games left in the regular season, the sights of many an NFL fan turn to the playoffs. For some–for most, really–this means choosing a team to follow and root for throughout the postseason after your team has been eliminated. Browns fans have luckily had quite a few weeks (and years) to get accustomed to this practice, making… Read more →
NFL Coaches on the Hot Seat
The 2016-17 NFL season has been anything but predictable. With the first overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft before the start of the season, the Los Angeles Rams selected quarterback Jared Goff out of the University of California Berkeley; a player projected to be the team’s starter right out of the gates. He has been, for lack of a… Read more →
Scouting Isn’t an Exact Science
Think back to the 1998 NFL draft, the clash of the two future NFL MVPs battling for the coveted position of the first overall draft pick. One–the man who wound up going first, was Peyton Manning, five-time NFL MVP and 14 time Pro Bowler. The other was Ryan Leaf, whose 14:36 TD:interception ratio has solidified him as one of the… Read more →
Neutrality in the Super Bowl
Why is the Super Bowl played in a neutral location? Every year in February millions of people–literally millions–gather around their televisions to watch the biggest sporting event of the year. There are parties planned around the Super Bowl, with meals, commercial watching and camaraderie abound in what becomes an evening to remember for most, football fans and otherwise. But… Read more →
Does Home Field Advantage Matter?
Recently, Major League Baseball reached a new collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union, avoiding a strike. The changes agreed to within the CBA were largely insignificant to sports fans, but one facet did catch the eye (and ire) of many: the elimination of gifting home field advantage to the winner of the All Star Game. Major League Baseball returned… Read more →
North Carolina Draws Stanford on Selection Sunday
The North Carolina Tar Heels (8-4) will travel to El Paso, Texas to take on Stanford Cardinal (9-3) in the Sun Bowl on December 30. North Carolina finished second in the ACC Coastal division while Stanford’s record landed them in third place of the Pac 12 North. Stanford and North Carolina both had high hopes coming into the 2016 season following… Read more →