I was a mediocre 2-2 in my divisional round picks. I was wrong about the Ravens-Bills game and the Saints-Bucs game. I thought the Ravens would be able to score more, but it turns out Justin Tucker picked the playoffs to have the worst game of his career. I’ve got to give Buffalo’s defense credit… Read More AFC/NFC Championship Weekend Breakdown & Predictions
Packers 32, Rams 18 Anytime the Rams would get close, the Packers would pull away. The first quarter ended with a 3-3 tie, but then the Packers went up 10-3. Then 16-3 (missed extra point). The Rams added a TD toward the end of the first half to cut the deficit to 16-10, but the… Read More NFL Playoffs: Divisional Round Reactions
Rumors had been swirling for the past week or so that Urban Meyer was near an agreement to become the next head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, but now it is confirmed: Urban Meyer is going to the NFL. He retired from coaching (for a second time) after the end of the Ohio State’s 2018… Read More Will Urban Meyer Succeed in the NFL?
College football is now over and it’s time to focus exclusively on the NFL. The bad news is that we now have only 7 games remaining in the 2020-21 NFL season: 4 games in this weekend’s divisional round, 2 games on Championship Sunday, and then of course Super Bowl LV in Tampa. The good news… Read More Divisional Round NFL Predictions
Wow. It happened: Last night, Harden formally demanded a trade for the first time. We’d all known he wanted out for the past couple of months now, but last night was the first time he ever actually confirmed it “straight from the horse’s mouth.” Here’s what he said last night, along with Rockets head coach… Read More 🚨 James Harden Traded to Brooklyn
As I’m beginning to write this, the score of the National Championship game is 52-24. I think Ohio State just scored a garbage time TD but they’re reviewing it. It doesn’t really matter though. This thing is done. I know Ohio State had a lot of injuries and Covid absences, but the real story of… Read More Tide Roll (Plus: Trevor Lawrence No Longer Overrated?)
Bama opened as a -8 favorite over Ohio State looking ahead to Monday’s CFP National Championship game. This morning, game day, they moved up to -9. So obviously Bama is a big favorite. But does that mean they’re going to win? I’m going to outline my case for both teams and then make a prediction… Read More The Natty: Bama vs. Ohio State Prediction
The first-ever Super Wild Card Weekend has concluded, 6 teams have been eliminated, and now 8 teams remain in the 2020-2021 NFL Playoffs. Let’s review: Bills 27, Colts 24 The Colts just left points on the field, pure and simple. Rodrigo Blankenship missed a 33 yard field goal after an 14-play, 7.5 minute drive with… Read More NFL Super Wild Card Weekend Reactions (Plus: Eagles Fire Doug Pederson!)
If Bama wins the National Championship, it will be their third of the college football playoff era. If Ohio State wins, it will be their second. But either way, we are guaranteed that College Football will continue to be dominated by The Triumvirate of Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State. They are the only teams to… Read More The College Football Triumvirate
It’s never too early to speculate on fantasy football. We still haven’t gotten into the free agency period where a lot of high-level players are likely to get moved, and we’re still months away from the draft. But this is going to be an early look at 2021 fantasy football. I’m going to break these… Read More 2021 Fantasy Football Outlook
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