Football

LSU beat The [Lame] Ohio State University, 38-24, to win a crystal football trophy and the right to claim they won the Bowl Championship Series. Whoopee! Fans of the Tigers can brag that they’re No. 1, but many college football fans elsewhere will disagree. In this weird college football season there was no standout team […]

In Sunday night’s GMAC Bowl, the last bowl game before the BCS Championship, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane was poised to make history. Tulsa had a chance become the first team in NCAA history to have a 5,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher and three 1,000-yard receivers. Paul Smith needed to throw for 247 yards and Charles Clay […]

Some basic deficiencies in simple math cost the Pittsburgh Steelers big time in their 31-29 playoff loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. That and a lack of guts late. The math issue came with 10:25 to go and the Steelers trailing 28-23 after scoring a touchdown. Going for two points would bring the Steelers to within […]

After an inquiry by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, Ticketmaster and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quickly lifted their ban on selling tickets to non-Florida residents, allowing Giants fans to buy tickets to Sunday’s playoff game in Tampa. When I checked Ticketmaster earlier this evening, tickets were still available for the game, as were tickets […]

With visions of Boise State's thrilling win over Oklahoma in last year's Fiesta Bowl dancing in their heads, more than a fair share of the college football fans tuned into last night's Sugar Bowl may have been hoping that another WAC team, undefeated Hawaii, could pull off a similar victory. Georgia had other ideas, though, […]

Tickets went on sale to the general public on December 22nd for a Tampa Bay Buccaneers' home playoff game. The game against the New York Giants is now four days away, and the game is still not sold out. Apparently some corporation or sponsor will have to buy up the remainder or the game will […]

The Baltimore Ravens have slumped badly after a 4-2 start. With a 7-game losing streak sending their season down the drain, on December 11 a fan identified by the media as Ron Stack, a 41-year-old part-time construction worker, went up to the roof of a Baltimore bar and declared that he wasn't coming down until […]

The NFL had a problem: The Patriots-Giants game Saturday, where New England is trying to go 16-0 is on the NFL Network, available in only a fraction of homes with TV. What if they showed a game and nobody could watch? The NFL announced a solution today: The NFL has arranged with broadcast television partners […]

Last week, in the hopes of seeing firsthand the New England Patriots become the first team to go 16-0, I looked around Craigslist for some tickets to the Pats-Giants game at the Meadowlands this Saturday. I was at their first game of the season at the Meadowlands (against the Jets), so I thought it would […]

– Want to party like it’s 2008 with Jeremy Shockey in New York City? Just send your head and body shots to Shockey’s Craig’s List ad and he might pick you to hang out at his New Year’s Eve party! It says “If you think you can dress, dance, and drink the part, then please […]

In what might be a precursor to the Heisman Trophy vote, Florida’s Tim Tebow won the Davey O’Brien Award, symbolizing the top quarterback in college football. He also won the Maxwell Award as the game’s top player.The Gator stud is the first major college player to run for 20 touchdowns and throw for 20 in […]

Who’s No. 1 in college football? Beats me, and the BCS title game pitting Ohio State vs. LSU won’t settle it either. But we do know that if LSU wins, Azusa Pacific can brag; the same goes for Dakota State if Ohio State wins. It's part of the fun of the College Football Victory Chain […]

With four weeks left in the regular season, there are still nine teams thinking they have a chance to take one of the two NFC Wild Card slots. With an 8-4 record the New York Giants would seem to have the inside track for one of them, but they're good at late-season fades and weren't […]

There is an easy winner for NFL Bonehead Move of the Year, regardless of what happens the rest of the season: Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan, whose insane timeout cost his team an upset of unbeaten New England. The Patriots faced a 4th-and-1 at the Ravens' 40 inside two minutes, down 24-20. A stop […]

Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died this morning after being shot Sunday at his Florida home following his team’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s a bizarre story, and I can only imagine we haven’t even heard half of it. He was reportedly shot in the leg by an intruder, lost a lot of […]

In case you missed it. A police dog (and obvious ‘Bama fan) bites an Auburn player during the Auburn-Alabama game: [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=uSpfyIaS6wE] In case you missed it. A police dog (and obvious ‘Bama fan) bites an Auburn player during the Auburn-Alabama game: [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=uSpfyIaS6wE]

Missouri’s football team has been whining all week that they have to play in the Big XII Championship before being given a ticket to the BCS title game. They claim it’s not fair that they have to play a conference championship while other teams (read: Ohio State and Georgia) don’t have to. What a bunch […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins, 3-0, Monday night on a 24-yard field goal with 20 seconds remaining. It was the longest an NFL game had gone scoreless since 1943 and lowest-scoring Monday night game in history. The Steelers had laid new turf down over the weekend and heavy rains turned it into slop. […]

Kansas is no longer unbeaten in college football after the Jayhawks lost, 36-28, to No. 4 Missouri. With the loss, Kansas became the sixth No. 2 team to lose this season. The stage is now set for Missouri to play West Virginia in the BCS title game — if Mizzou beats Oklahoma and West Virginia […]

As depicted on the back cover of today's Philadelphia Daily News: We can only hope. — Joe Guckin As depicted on the back cover of today's Philadelphia Daily News: We can only hope. — Joe Guckin