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Week 3 in the NFL: Sure Hope the Weekend is Better Than Thursday Night

The Coach and The Doc were incorrect on Thursday night. At least, incorrect is one word. “Complete fail,” is a phrase that would work, too. On Thursday night in Charlotte, N.C., backup runningback Andre Brown carried 20 times for 113 … Continue reading →

Week 3 in the NFL: Thursday Night in Charlotte.

Thursday night, a pair of teams that are 1-1 on the season will go head-to-head in Charlotte, N.C. Regardless of who wins this one, it’s unlikely to have any bearing on how either of the teams finish the season. After … Continue reading →

Week 2 in the NFL: Enough Already.

OK, I give up. Tap-Out. No Mas. It’s time for the National Football League to seriously negotiate with its professional officials and send these replacements back to the NAIA or high school or pee wee or wherever they came from. … Continue reading →

Hopeless: Bombers Massacred by Stampeders

You have to give Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Tim Burke credit. Honest, you have to give him credit. He could have started Buck Pierce in Calgary on Friday night, but he chose to sit Pierce in the press box … Continue reading →

Week 12 in the CFL: Can Calgary Cover the Spread?

For the first time this season, Vegas oddsmakers have made a Canadian Football League team 10-point favorites. Would you be surprised if the underdogs were the Winnipeg Blue Bombers? Friday night, the 2-8 Blue Bombers play in Calgary and find … Continue reading →

Week 2 in the NFL: We Love the Texans, Pats and Giants.

As I often suggest, don’t let Week 1 of any NFL season cloud your thinking for the remaining 15 games. If there is one thing we learned during this  Thursday night’s game at Lambeau Field that opened up Week 2, … Continue reading →

Packers Host Bears in Thursday Night Football

Former Baltimore Ravens head coach Brian Billick has a theory: “Once is an occurrence, twice is a coincidence, three times is a trend.” When it comes to the Green Bay Packers, I would agree. Last Sunday, the Packers were taken … Continue reading →

Week 1: The Five Most Impressive

The NFL made history this weekend. For the first time in a National Football League game, there was a female official. And be sure, Shannon Eastin wasn’t the worst of the replacement officials. Not by a longshot. Week 1 of … Continue reading →

Horrendous Coaching Decision Costs Bombers Big Win

An absolutely horrendous coaching decision by Tim Burke cost the Winnipeg Blue Bombers a chance to get back into the CFL’s Eastern Conference playoff hunt on Sunday. Leading 24-22 with 36 seconds left to play in the game, the Bombers … Continue reading →

Week 1: The NFL is Back!

Quarterback Tony Romo is an interesting study. There are days when he does nothing. He doesn’t get enough time to throw, panics and turtles. In those games, he and his Dallas Cowboys will get ripped. And then there is the … Continue reading →