2013 Bowl Season: Recapping Week 1, Looking Ahead to Week 2
There have been plenty of highlights from the first week of bowl games, from Tulane rallying from a 21-point deficit in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl only to fall 24-21 to Louisiana-Lafayette when normally-reliable kicker Cairo Santos missed a game-tying field...
The best final week the NFL has ever seen?
Thanks to a confluence of circumstances, this is one of the best week 17's the NFL has ever seen. Only 3 division races have been decided. None of the top playoff seeds has been secured. Five different teams are vying for the final AFC wildcard spot and two NFC...
The final NFL Power Rankings of 2013
(Won-Loss Record and Last Week’s Ranking in parentheses) 1. Seattle Seahawks (12-3) (1) - Chink in the armor? 2. Denver Broncos (12-3) (2) - All hail Peyton! 3. San Francisco 49ers (11-4) (3) - Mean and scary is a good look heading into the playoffs. 4. Carolina...
Arizona Cardinals finally get the statement win
Statement win? We’ve heard all about statement wins for weeks in the NFL, but of the dozen or so being hailed that way, only 1 or 2 really lived up to the billing. Well one game this week definitely lived up to the billing, and that’s the Arizona Cardinals beating...
NFL teams battling for their playoff lives
The NFL playoff picture is so wide open that only 3 of the 16 games this week have no playoff implications. That’s remarkable. Usually by this point of the season, any number of the spots have been locked up, and the number of teams contending for what’s left has...
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Bowl Season
It all comes down to this. After 16 weeks, the matchups are set, and we now know who will be going bowling, who will be staying home for the holidays, and which two teams will be vying for the coveted title of National Champion. The final weekend of the regular season...
Kid’s Letter: “I hope that Steeler player loses his house and has to live in his car”
Kids say the darnedest things? In the past week, two kids, from two different fan bases have written letters to NFL players that are the stuff legends are made of. Kid #1, Nicholas, writes to Kevin Hubb, Punter for the Bengals, after his jaw was fractured from an...
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings
(Won-Loss Record and Last Week’s Ranking in parentheses) 1. Seattle Seahawks (12-2) (1) - The proverbial road goes through Seattle. 2. Denver Broncos (11-3) (2) - That was the one they could afford, but no more. 3. San Francisco 49ers (10-4) (5) - Peaking at the...
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Which loss was more costly? [NFL Random Thoughts]
The NFL’s home stretch. It’s when the best teams in the league play their best football. Or it’s supposed to be. In a weekend that saw Denver, New Orleans, Detroit, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New England and Dallas all lose, you wind up asking, whose loss was most...
Creative plays Cam and the Carolina Offense are running this season
All the hype surrounding Cam Newton and this Panthers offense involves using spread formations, the zone read, and many other "futuristic" offensive concepts to take advantage of Newton's unique running ability at the quarterback position. While it's true that...
Playoff Chances are dwindling: NFL Preview Week 16
Just three weeks to go, and now a new challenge for handicappers. Some teams saw their playoff chances, however slim, erased last week. Now they’re playing for. . .pride, the coach, nothing? Some teams will quit and you need to figure out which ones those are. Some...
NFL Female Fan Series: Green Bay Packers
By now, most NFL fans know of the enormous female following that the sport has. Which is why we at GuysGirl reached out via various social networks to recognize the real female fans that are tailgating in the elements, attending the games and rooting their team on in...
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings
(Won-Loss Record and Last Week’s Ranking in parentheses) 1. Seattle Seahawks (11-2) (1) - Can you honestly say they’re not still the top team. 2. Denver Broncos (11-2) (2) - Manning only 6 TDs in 3 games to break the single season record. 3. New Orleans Saints...
Dreams Die Hard In the NFL
Dreams die hard. And the end of the Baltimore/Minnesota game was proof of that. This game saw five touchdowns in the last 2:07 of the game. Joe Flacco capped off a touchdown drive at that 2:07 mark with a touchdown pass to Dennis Pitta to take a 15-12 lead. But with...
No tailgating allowed at this year’s Superbowl
File this under idiotic statements that never needed to be publican said: the NFL has announced that tailgating will not be allowed at Super Bowl XLVIII in MetLife Stadium located in East Rutherford, N.J. From Jane McManus of ESPN.com quoted the game’s committee CEO,...
Football is meant to be played in the snow
You could almost hear the ghost of John Facenda’s somber basso vocce intoning “in the frozen tundra of Green Bay. . .” If you were watching a 1:00 game on Sunday, there’s a good chance you were squinting to make out the players or the yard lines. No less than five...
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Even the Crappy Games Have Significance [NFL Preview]
Get ready for yet another week filled with crucial playoff showdowns and marquee matchups. Hell, even the crappy games take on added significance at this point in the season because you know draft position is at stake. Houston @Jacksonville, anyone? Last Week: ...
The Jags Aren’t Last: NFL Power Rankings
(Won-Loss Record and Last Week’s Ranking in parentheses) 1. Seattle Seahawks (11-1) (1) - Number 1, and really there is no number 2. 2. Denver Broncos (10-2) (3) - They feel Belichick’s hot breath on their necks. That’s gotta be super creepy, you know? T-3. New...
