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Who’s going to screw up the New England Patriots’ season this year?
The last time the New England Patriots won a Super Bowl was the 2004 playoffs. Since then, they’ve been a 4-seed, a 4-seed, a 1-seed, not in the playoffs, a 3-seed, a 1-seed, a 1-seed, a 2-seed, and a 2-seed.… Continue Reading
Will the Nov. 8 CFB weekend be as crazy as the Oct. 4 CFB weekend was?
There are six Top 20 games on Saturday in college football: (10) Baylor vs. (16) Oklahoma (8) Notre Dame vs. (11) Arizona State (9) Kansas State vs. (6) TCU (4) Alabama vs. (14) LSU (13) Ohio State vs. (7) Michigan State (5)… Continue Reading
Let’s all talk about Connor Halliday for a second
There’s a long article on Grantland about the relationship between Mike Leach (potentially the most interesting college football coach of the past 15 years) and QB Connor Halliday up at Washington State, in Pullman. The article is great and laden with anecdotes… Continue Reading
Mississippi State vs. Alabama is now ‘the game of the year’
Here’s what we know right now: Florida State beat Notre Dame, and if you look at the rest of their schedule, they may not lose again. Mississippi State was off. Alabama came back from a shaky win at Arkansas by… Continue Reading
What the Kansas City Royals can teach you about your life
Dating back to 1999, this is how many games the Kansas City Royals lost in each season (remember, more than 81 losses in a MLB season means you’re a sub-.500 team):
No one cares about the Titans and Jaguars
You may have seen this Harris Poll about how the Denver Broncos are the most popular NFL team in America, and the Dallas Cowboys — often called “America’s Team” in an offensive way — are actually fourth. (2) is the… Continue Reading
Red River Rivalry is dead. Long live the Red River Rivalry.
Since 2000, the Texas-Oklahoma football game — the Red River Rivalry, Red River Shootout, Red River Showdown, or whatever you’d like to call it — has featured both teams ranked 12 times. In 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2008, both teams… Continue Reading