Here we have it - twelve days (296 hours but who's counting) before the champion of the NFL is crowned. The one good thing about the extra week is all the classic video footage of Super Bowls past. The old films provide an opportunity to reminisce. I am looking for the help of the Clipboard Community to create a comprehensive list of Super Bowl firsts. Nothing can be too … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Firsts – Group Participation
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Conference Play the Remedy for Complacency et al
Anyone concerned that the College Hoops’ season was beginning to become predictable need not worry. Conference play offered the right dosage to ward off any complacency. Three of the top nine and eight of the top twenty-five fell to conference opponents on Saturday. Gary Williams and his Terrapins proved to be giant killers once again, USC found Love in Pauley, and K-State … [Read more...] about Conference Play the Remedy for Complacency et al
Basking in the Glow of Big Blue and Calling Out Big D
7 plays. 71 yards. :46. Now that’s why I watch sports! I’m still shaking my head in disbelief. Possibility exists the Giants have never been that efficient on offense - not in Super Bowl XXI when Simms performed like a surgeon, not when they ran a fourteen play drive over the first 9:29 of the second half in Super Bowl XXV, not when they thrashed the Vikings in the ’01 NFC … [Read more...] about Basking in the Glow of Big Blue and Calling Out Big D
Packers Journal Entry: Playoff Football at Lambeau
Playoff football at Lambeau means more than football. Hope all enjoyed Favre and the Pack's performance. 4:05 – Much to my surprise the game started close to the announced time. I leisurely finished watching the UCLA / Washington St. game, stayed tune to find out the next matchup on FSN – Cal / Oregon State, and missed the kickoff; tuned in just in time to see Ryan Grant … [Read more...] about Packers Journal Entry: Playoff Football at Lambeau
Coughlin has earned his due
He might have been born in Waterloo, New York, but Tom Coughlin knows a little what the California fires must feel like. No disrespect meant to the fine people of the Golden State; Tom Coughlin has known nothing but heat since he took his job as head coach of the New York Giants. Now he deserves the respect he has earned. When Coughlin came to town the G-Men were a bumblin’, … [Read more...] about Coughlin has earned his due