Category Archives: NFL

Reflections on Super Bowl 47

A few observations on yesterday’s game: Great Players and great plays were key as neither coach distinguished himself. After two weeks of preparation time, Jim Harbaugh was totally unprepared for the start of the game, and the 49ers lined up … Continue reading

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A Bit of History and Why I Want Baltimore To Win the Super Bowl

Surprisingly, it was not an easy decision to reach. This, from a Hound who has ALWAYS been a fan of the OLD American Football League, since their beginnings in 1960 and the one and only season of the Los Angeles … Continue reading

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NFL Playoffs Day One, Where No Fan Won

Despite the announcers’ continual lavishing of praise upon the Green Bay Packers, and in particular on their defense and their now healthy defensive backfield, tonight’s playoff game against the Vikings was not nearly the one sided game they thought they … Continue reading

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The Long Arms of NFL’s Black Monday

(I began writing this last night, and a lot has changed in a few hours, so back to the drawing board for some of it.) So within a day of the end of the NFL’s regular season, seven head coaches … Continue reading

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The NFL Stat Machine

As the NFL regular season come to a close, football fans are being inundated with statistics, as sportswriters and announcers seem to have little else to blab about, on and on and on. Sure, several long-standing records are about to … Continue reading

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Absurd Anschutz Demands Put LA Football Stadium Deal in Jeopardy

We’ve frequently commented on various actions of that scumwad Phil Anschutz and his AEG company that want to control LA sports and entertainment, as they have in cities around the world, to the detriment of all LA residents, not just … Continue reading

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Saints’ Bounty Punishment Not Nearly Severe Enough

Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL came down on the New Orleans Saints with some tough penalties for their long-running bounty program. For the institutionalized, intentional injuring of opposing players, the team was fined $500,000, lost some draft picks, head … Continue reading

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The NFLPA Should Have Boycotted the Super Bowl

Not that many years ago, professional athletes, including the biggest stars in the NFL, were worker bees, not unlike auto workers, masons, teamsters, and school teachers. They received low salaries, needed second jobs in the off seasons to support their … Continue reading

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I Knew I’d Seen That Tim Tebow Throwing Motion Before

After watching Tim Tebow for most of this season, it finally dawned on me who it is that his throwing motion reminds me of. It is none other than the guy I consider to be the greatest fielding second baseman … Continue reading

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AFC Limping Into Playoffs

On the eve of the NFL playoffs, it’s not just the Pathetic AFC West, but the entire AFC that is limping forward. In the East, the Pats ended up breezing to the East title when the the Big Mouth Bag … Continue reading

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AFC West: Pathetic Palmer & Raiders, Another Tebow Comeback

The AFC West is now clearly a one-team division. The crybaby has been trojan scum Carson Palmer continues to stink up what ever football field he happens to sneak onto with his Raider teammates, and for the second week in … Continue reading

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Raiders Eke Out Win and Chargers Stink Up Chicago in Inept AFL West

Another typical day for the inept AFL West, with the Raiders and their cry-baby trojan has-been quarterback Carson Palmer eking out a six-point win over a bad 2-8 Minnesota team playing without their star RB Adrian Peterson and with their … Continue reading

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