Super Bowl XLIV – Indianapolis vs. New Orleans: Jets Awakened Rudely by Colts; Officials Treat Favre, Vikings Rudely

Brett Favre is bowed after a hit during the NFC Championship game. With the final score of 30-17 in the AFC Championship Game, the ruse was finally over. The 11-8 New York Jets backed into the playoffs, then beat up a suspect Cincinnati offense and forced Norv Turner to out think himself in San Diego. But Indianapolis Colts (16-2) head coach [read more...]

Ravens Overwhelm Patriots, 33-14; 51-45 OT, WOW!

Ray Rice after scoring on the first play of the game Sunday. Sunday, Captain Ray “Ahab” Lewis finally conquered the whale. And though next weekend his playoff dreams might come crashing to an end, Lewis is ecstatic over the Baltimore Ravens 33-14 win over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Lewis intimated that he watched so much video of Brady [read more...]

NFL Week 17: Weak Games Act As Playoff Lead-In; All Wild Card Games Are Regular Season Rematches

Jay Ratliff and Wade Phillips celebrate Dallas' shutout victory over Philadelphia. The hottest team in the NFC is actually Dallas instead of Philadelphia, The hottest thing in the AFC was Lamarr Woodley’s mouth. In Seattle, the Seahawks wanted to make sure Tennessee running back did not get to 2, 000 yards on them, this after Seattle’s defense looked completely disinterested in [read more...]

Sunday Morning NFL Fare: Peyton Manning, the Best QB Ever? Not Even close

John Unitas, not Peyton Manning was the Colts best QB ever - and perhaps the greatest in NFL history. Is Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning the greatest quarterback of all time? Not even close. If you think there are “Tom Brady” rules about hitting QBs in the knees, think about the overall rules created for offenses that benefit someone like Manning. Marshall Faulk, [read more...]

Sunday Morning NFL Fare: Peyton Manning, the Best QB Ever? Not Even close

John Unitas, not Peyton Manning was the Colts best QB ever - and perhaps the greatest in NFL history. Is Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning the greatest quarterback of all time? Not even close. If you think there are “Tom Brady” rules about hitting QBs in the knees, think about the overall rules created for offenses that benefit someone like Manning. Marshall Faulk, [read more...]

Kyle McAlarney: Just Another Case of Keeping the White Man Down; FBS Short: More ESPN Racial Shenanigans with Charlie Strong

Kyle McAlarney thinks he can ball with the big boys. He is a 5′11 point guard. His hops aren’t great but he can shoot the three. He plays defense adequately but not at a consistently high level. In college he was busted for marijuana and was removed from his team. Then his mother implied race had something had something to his [read more...]

Skip Bayless Claims 2001-2002 Season New England-Oakland Playoff Game Was Fixed by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue

The following conversation took place this morning during the second down portion of 1st and 10, a group of debate segments aired daily on the ESPN morning show, First Take. Jay Crawford (JC) is the moderator. The debaters are former Oakland Raiders fullback Jon Ritchie (JR) and segment regular Skip Bayless (SB): JC: Skip, is basketball the easiest game to fix? SB: [read more...]

NFL Week 11: Patriots Revenge, the Oakland Fly Trap Eats Again, and More…

Jay Cutler contemplates the latest way he found to lose a game for the Chicago Bears. Oakland (3-7) 20, Cincinnati (7-3) 17. Sunday showed the Bengals immaturity. After jumping out to a quick 14-0 lead, too many Bengals players took the reset of the game off thinking the Raiders would pack it in; some appeared mot to show up at all [read more...]

NFL Short Notes: On the Josh Cribbs Hit; Dick Jauron Fired; Rex Breaks Down

Josh Cribbs winces in pain on a stretcher after being hit by Baltimore's Dwan Edwards. I have, over time, mentioned that the Baltimore Ravens is perhaps the dirtiest team in the NFL, particularly on the defensive side of the ball (feel free to search the site for prior mentions). Monday night was just another example of the collective maliciousness with which [read more...]

A Sunday Night Heist in Indianapolis

The end of the play in question. “And the Peyton’s stayed perfect!” That was an ESPN Sportscenter anchor’s attempt at facetiousness. The sad part is, the anchor is right on point with his assessment of the Indianapolis Colts, their place, and their their perception within in the National Football League. And, of course the officiating crews do their part in keeping [read more...]

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