September 23, 201113 yr WOW!!! The NFL will now pay ESPN $1.9 BILLION per year..... http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2011/09/08/ESPN-NFL.aspx ....so get ready for ESPN to start covering the NFL more heavily than the NFL's own network which isn't even part of basic cable. $1.9 billion! I. Am. In. The. Wrong. Business. great, we can never have enough jets and giants news on espn can we?
October 3, 201113 yr BTW, I am really enjoying the storylines in the NFL this season -- the resurgence of the Lions, Bills and Raiders; the amazing comebacks by the Lions, the disappointing season for the Eagles "dream team" and the Steelers so far, surprise victories each week, and more. I have become less of a "homer" for my Browns and am able to enjoy football in general, with or without the Browns. Of course, I learned this in the mid-90s when they went away and have never gotten emotionally involved with the replacement Browns. So there is an upside for me of having a bad team as my home team. It's let me appreciate the league more than I have in the past, and this year I'm being rewarded with many good storylines to follow. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 3, 201113 yr I'm feeling quite the opposite. I'm sick of "We're going to cover all the teams at once ... your favorite teams just won the game; let us take you to the end of this other game you don't care about; upt that one is over now, onto another game you don't care about... and now to the sports desk for old dried up talking heads analysis on mostly games you don't care about."
October 3, 201113 yr Get Direct TV or the NFL package on your cable system. As for me, I've been spending most of my time on Sundays on the NFL Channel on during the the 1-4 p.m. timeframe, where they track all the games at the same time. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 3, 201113 yr Get Direct TV or the NFL package on your cable system. As for me, I've been spending most of my time on Sundays on the NFL Channel on during the the 1-4 p.m. timeframe, where they track all the games at the same time. I hear the RedZone Channel is fantastic for this. All the scoring opportunities and keeps you interested in all the games going on. Its like the first weekend of March Maddness, except it occures for 17 weeks during the Fall/Winter
October 9, 201113 yr ESPN: Raiders owner Al Davis dead at 82 Like him or not, the man was a true pioneer. And arguably one of the most important figures in NFL history. Safe to say, the NFL would not be the entertaining sports juggernaut it is today without Al Davis.
November 21, 201113 yr Chicago Bears good and bad breaks from Sunday: GOOD BREAK: Beating the Chargers to win their sixth straight game and go 7-3. BAD BREAK: QB Jay Cutler's right thumb.
November 30, 201113 yr Suh gets suspended. Houston loses QB Leinhart - after losing QB Schaub - and signs Delhomme. Tebow triumphs - again. The New York Jets and New York Giants both lose and come closer to playoff elimination. The San Diego Chargers and the Philadelphia "Dream Team" Eagles both lose and confirm their playoff elimination.
December 2, 201113 yr Suh gets suspended. Houston loses QB Leinhart - after losing QB Schaub - and signs Delhomme. Tebow triumphs - again. The New York Jets and New York Giants both lose and come closer to playoff elimination. The San Diego Chargers and the Philadelphia "Dream Team" Eagles both lose and confirm their playoff elimination. The Jets beat the Bills
December 2, 201113 yr The Jets beat the Bills The Jets did win didn't they. In the words of that great American intellectual Rick Perry - Oops! In other NFL news - the 0-11 Colts travel to New England. The Patriots are 20 point favorites. Anyone want to take Indy and the points?
December 3, 201113 yr In other NFL news - the 0-11 Colts travel to New England. The Patriots are 20 point favorites. Anyone want to take Indy and the points? While massive blowouts usually don't happen in the NFL as they do in college, I think this is one time I might want to take the Patriots with the points. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 5, 201113 yr Madonna to perform at halftime of Super Bowl NEW YORK (AP) - The Material Girl will be taking the stage on football's biggest night. Madonna, who has sold more than 300 million records, will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl in Indianapolis. The NFL and NBC announced Sunday during the Detroit-New Orleans game that the Grammy Award-winning singer will highlight the show at Lucas Oil Stadium on Feb. 5.http://apnews.myway.com/article/20111205/D9RE62QO0.html
December 5, 201113 yr After yesterday's Browns & Bengals debacles against Baltimore & Pittsburgh, we are indeed a humbled state in deep pain. :whip: (Can you feel it?) No postmortem needed. :drunk: (No matter what's said, it hurts...)
December 21, 201113 yr Say what you want about Braylon, but he is a good man at heart.... http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Braylon-Edwards-gave-79-students-10-000-for-col?urn=nfl-wp14415
December 21, 201113 yr Say what you want about Braylon, but he is a good man at heart.... http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Braylon-Edwards-gave-79-students-10-000-for-col?urn=nfl-wp14415 Yeah, I saw the last half of that feature story on ESPN. Good stuff. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 21, 201113 yr I read that as well. What he did is unbelievable. You would think the guy would have scaled back his contribution after he left Cleveland but he took it a step farther: "In addition to giving 79 area kids $10,000 each for college, 'The 79 students were provided with laptops and other supplies to help them out when they arrived on campus (the laptops and supplies were never part of his promised donation)."
December 31, 201113 yr Plenty of meaningful games in the last week of the NFL's regular season. Some teams just need to win to make the playoffs: - If Cincinnati wins, they get the last AFC wild-card spot. If they don't, the NY Jets, Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders all have a chance for that wild-card spot. - If Denver wins, they get in as AFC West champs. If they don't, Oakland can be AFC West champs with a win. - And the regular season ends with the purest "win and you're in" scenario. The Sunday Night game is Dallas at NY Giants. The winner will be the NFC champ. And one team just needs to lose to win: - The 2-13 Indy Colts hold a tiebreaker edge over the 2-13 St. Louis Rams for the #1 pick of Andrew Luck. The Colts just need one more loss to clinch it. But they've won their last two games. Will they win their third straight and blow the #1 pick?
January 3, 201213 yr Sometimes you can lose but still win: Cincinnati and Denver both advance to the playoffs despite Week 17 losses. Thanks to the Jets and Raiders losing. Sometimes it's better to just win: The New York football Giants stomp the Cowboys to win the NFC East. Sometimes you can just win by losing: The Indy Colts locked up the #1 pick with a close loss at Jacksonville. And they needed it too. The Rams also lost to finish 2-14. But the Colts "win" the tiebreaker for the top pick.
January 3, 201213 yr And Indy fired the Polian brothers.... most likely over a disagreement about what to do re Manning and Luck. I hear Irsay is dead set on taking Luck, which creates a PR nightmare in Indy. Let the circus begin!
January 4, 201213 yr And Indy fired the Polian brothers.... most likely over a disagreement about what to do re Manning and Luck. I hear Irsay is dead set on taking Luck, which creates a PR nightmare in Indy. Let the circus begin! Now I was wondering if that firing had something to do with Luck and Manning. Man it would be great if they didn't take him and it shook up the top of the board a bit.
January 4, 201213 yr Neither Wallace nor McCoy are the QB of the future, but I have always thought Wallace is easily the better QB of the two. Sorry, just realized I posted in NFL instead of Browns thread. Oh well, the Browns are still technically a pro football team, so I suppose it's still on topic.
January 9, 201213 yr Teeeeeeeeeeeeeee-bow! "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Yes he did, and I never stopped believing, even when the Steelers tied the score to send the game into overtime. My faith never wavered.
January 9, 201213 yr Since, I grew up by Youngstown I've got a lot of Steelers fans on my FB feed. Let's just say tonight has been entertaining.
January 9, 201213 yr LOL, I expected a rainbow above the stadium and a chorus of angels after that game. Say what you want about the guy, the games are entertaining
January 15, 201213 yr I wonder if 43% of Americans will say that divine intervention was responsible for Tebow and the Broncos getting shellacked tonight
January 16, 201213 yr ^ My prayers were answered when they knocked Pittsburgh out... This is why I can't hate on Tebow, though my Facebook status did comment on the fact that the hedonist had 6 TDs when Tebow only had 3 completions....
January 16, 201213 yr I wonder if 43% of Americans will say that divine intervention was responsible for Tebow and the Broncos getting shellacked tonight That pesky Lucifer! God probably figured he gave Tebow enough attention and was catching up on his Words With Friends account.
January 21, 201213 yr Might Tressel be the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts? WBNS 10TV: Sources: Tressel Gets Second Interview With Colts
January 23, 201213 yr The thrill of victory for the Patriots and Giants. The agony of defeat for the Ravens and 49ers. Those were two great games.
January 24, 201213 yr Might Tressel be the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts? WBNS 10TV: Sources: Tressel Gets Second Interview With Colts So, Tressel gets thrown out of college sports for ethics problems, but he is welcome in the NFL. This reminds me of when the baseball owners would not let Debartolo buy the White Sox because of his ties to the mob, but the NFL let him buy the Forty-niners.
January 24, 201213 yr Might Tressel be the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts? WBNS 10TV: Sources: Tressel Gets Second Interview With Colts So, Tressel gets thrown out of college sports for ethics problems, but he is welcome in the NFL. This reminds me of when the baseball owners would not let Debartolo buy the White Sox because of his ties to the mob, but the NFL let him buy the Forty-niners. He was actually thrown out for refusing to snitch on his players. It's not like there was any involvement with drugs, gambling or anything else having a serious impact on the integrity of the game.
January 24, 201213 yr ^^ The NCAA'd definition of ethics is suspect at best...hypocritical and arbitrarily applied at worst.. Those were two great games though.
January 26, 201213 yr Might Tressel be the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts? WBNS 10TV: Sources: Tressel Gets Second Interview With Colts They don't go with Tressel. Instead, the Colts went with the Ravens defensive coordinator. ESPN: Colts name Chuck Pagano coach
February 4, 201213 yr Warren is being represented in this year's Super Bowl.............kind of corny, but I like it:
February 5, 201213 yr Superbowl picks - let's get em in! Giants by 9. Over/under is 53.5, I'm taking the under
February 5, 201213 yr If the game is close, I'm going with the G-Men. But I could also see a blowout by the Pats reminiscent of those 1980's Super Bowls when the NFC was running roughshod over whoever the AFC put in. Putting a gun to my head, I'll take the under and the Giants by less than a TD.
February 5, 201213 yr I'm interested to see how Patriots secondary holds up against the Giants passing attack, I think Eli will find open men all game. Also interested to see how Brady holds up to the Giants pass rush
February 6, 201213 yr Yay Giants! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 6, 201213 yr Well, the Pats almost won on a game-ending play (re: my pick). Another great Super Bowl. Great game by the Giants and Eli Manning.
February 6, 201213 yr Putting a gun to my head, I'll take the under and the Giants by less than a TD. I usually perform my best under pressure
February 6, 201213 yr pretty weak game overall. Seemed like both offenses struggled to find a rhythm except for Brady's 14 straight completions. Probably my least favorite superbowl since 2001 Giants vs Ravens
February 6, 201213 yr *grumble* just needed a couple of touchdowns, hehe. This is probably the best and worst representation of the Super Bowl. Great on the field action, specators, not so much.
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