By Paul Gotham Big weekend for the tavern owners Somewhere in the rank and file of the NFL must be soft spot for bar owners across the United States of America. How else can one explain the NFL Network? This whole notion that the NFL builds a following over the last 4+ decades only to now limit access is crazy. Tavern owners across the States must have been exchanging … [Read more...] about NFL Splinters | Week 15, 2009
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Baby Even the Losers . . .
By Bill Ribas Before we get too deeply into this, I have to admit I have fallen out of favor of the NFL. It happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, around the time that players started dancing in the endzone after catching a pass, celebrating like it was VJ day. The more I noticed it, the more it bothered me, and, like passing a car wreck on the highway, I became … [Read more...] about Baby Even the Losers . . .
NFL Splinters | Week 2 2009
By Paul Gotham Wade Is No Bum 'Love Ya Blue' took the NFL by storm in the late 70s when Bum Phillips steered the derricks to back-to-back AFC Conference finals appearances. Aside from hall-of-fame running back, Earl Campbell, those Oiler teams lacked stars. Bum got his boys to make plays. The ability to inspire must have skipped a generation. While one could portray … [Read more...] about NFL Splinters | Week 2 2009
Tuesdays with Smitty: Winners & Losers of NFL Free Agency
By Aaron M Smith It is hard to believe March is here already. While it may have snuck up on us, it has certainly started off with a bang. First March has brought us a new release from the Irish rockers, U2 ( 'No Line on the Horizon'). But March has also brought us the beginning of NFL Free Agency. I must admit, writing an article while listening to a brand new … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Winners & Losers of NFL Free Agency
Tuesdays with Smitty: Odds and Ends
By Aaron M Smith We are officially done with football until April. Pitcher and Catchers are starting to report to Spring Training - and I really didn't have a topic for this weekend. So I decided to see if I could conjure up some discussion on the board and throw out observations on some recent topics in sports. Here we go: 1. I know we have avoided the "S" question … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Odds and Ends