Regular Season Wrap Up
The regular season has ended. The results are in. We now know who is going to the playoffs, and who is going golfing. Which coaches have been fired (so far, after day one). And...
Monthly Archive: December 2014
Bowl Game Fever
It’s about half way through the bowl season, and I have to tell you that this is one of the best sports viewing times of the year. Contrary to all the naysayers who just...
The Groinies
The Fantasy Football playoff season has just ended. The winning owners have been crowned and are telling everyone who will listen how great they are as a fantasy owner. The losers have complained about...
The Fifty Spot
There is an accomplishment in pro basketball that is far more impressive than a Triple-Double. You all know what the Triple-Double is, of course. That would be a game where a player scored at...
Some Football Observations
Problems of the Hurry Up Offense It seems to me that, even though the fast-paced Philadelphia Eagles/Oregon Ducks-type hurry up offenses have seemed powerful and sometimes unstoppable in their rapid fire, helter skelter pace,...
The Point Of No Return
I don’t know what is more ridiculous. The NFL’s decision to move the spot where the kickoff is made forward five yards, which nearly guarantees that a kickoff will go DEEP into the end...
The Four Stooges
You all remember The Three Stooges. You know — “nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.” “Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo.” “What are you, a wise guy?” Whap! Smack! Bop! (a pop to the chops, a poke in...
College Football’s Final Four
The NCAA Selection Committee named the four teams that are going to be in college football’s playoffs and the results did not surprise me one bit. The selections of the Alabama Crimson Tide, the...
A Waste Of Time
There is a play in pro football that is a complete waste of effort. It is a totally worthless exercise in football strategy. It is called the one yard run on first down. It...
