Super time again
29 January 2009
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So now we come to the payoff. Super time again. The 43rd edition of the Big Enchilada, and on the surface, it's hard to make a case against the hated Pittsburghers. Let's get it out front--as a devout Cincy fan, I have loathed the black and gold since I was in pantaloons. I've had to eat five championships for the Steel City, and I fear a sixth. Defensively, they are dominant, as good as Baltimore in 2000 or the G-men in 1986. Their pass rush is everywhere and non-stop, their linebackers make plays and are sure tacklers, and the secondary can play press coverage and ballhawk, l ...
Matt Ryan Offensive Rookie of the Year
06 January 2009
Let’s go back in time to a Saturday in April, draft day in the NFL. The dreadful Atlantans, selecting third, are on the clock. They have a tricky choice—select a mammoth defensive tackle to shore up their porous line (which is what most fans and pundits are recommending/dem ...
Warming Up to the Cold in Green Bay
30 December 2008
They don’t call it the Frozen Tundra for nothing. What smoke stacks are to steam engines, icy turf is to Green Bay when the second season comes calling. On the field Aaron Rodgers calls home, the elements get down in a four-point stance.
“Growing up in Chico, CA, we might ...
Week 16 Roundup
24 December 2008
Incredibly, LaDainian Tomlinson and the Bolts are a home win away from the playoffs. Once 4-8 and left for dead, San Diego only needs to take down Denver to get the division title. And remember, they would have won the game in Colorado way back in week two but for an inadvertent whistl ...
Week 15 Roundup
15 December 2008
It was pretty much a must-win situation, and that meant Adrian Peterson came up big. 165 yards worth of big. 35-14 stomping of playoff-bound Arizona big. Holding on to first place in the division big.
Big.
All Day ran over, around, and through the Desert Birds en route to his nint ...
Nike Enforcer. Battle Tested, Team A ...
08 December 2008
So what if there was a group of major college football players who could honestly say:
“Football is the easiest part of my day.”
Yesterday, you witnessed two complete rosters full of ‘em.
The Army-Navy game, an annual gridiron battle between our nation’s ground ...
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