Simply put, the NFC West was awful last season, with all four teams in the division finishing below .500. Even with the 7-9 division champion Seahawks’ run in the playoffs, many people were calling for the NFL to review the seeding system for the league. But that’s not to say the division has no hope. As the NFL (finally) […]

Coaches’ books have become quite a popular phenomenon recently, but few of them have any real news value. That’s not the case with former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach’s recently-released book, Swing Your Sword, which goes into substantial detail about the controversial saga that saw him fired over allegations he mistreated a player. That […]

For sports, the year 2008 was a year of surprises. The Tampa Bay Rays went from the worst team in Major League Baseball in 2007 to American League champions in all of one season, the NFC Wild Card New York Giants stunned the New England Patriots at the beginning of the year to win the […]

Vince Young was living the dream at Texas. After signing with the university in 2002, he finally broke out on a wide scale in 2004 with an 11-1 sophomore campaign that saw him net 1,849 passing and 1,079 rushing yards with 12 passing and 14 rushing touchdowns. He didn’t, however, stop there. The next season, as a […]

Though now one of the NFL’s top defensive players – a ferocious linebacker who recorded 13.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception with the 2011 champion Green Bay Packers – Clay Matthews III wasn’t even a starter for his high school team in Agoura Hills, CA. His father Clay Matthews Jr., a four-time Pro Bowl linebacker with 19 years of NFL […]

Compared to Ohio State’s tattoos, cover-ups and firings and Oregon’s scouting, recruiting and sneaker issues, Nebraska’s self-reported textbook violations haven’t received much attention by comparison. From a perspective of what they’ll mean to the program, that’s fair; these don’t seem likely to cause much harm to the Huskers, and their fans have more important things to worry about this […]

The New York Jets’ braggart attitude and dominating defense. The New England Patriots’ passive-aggressive methods of commenting about their opponents and efficient offense. TheBuffalo Bills’ skilled secondary and young running game. The Miami Dolphins’ stingy allowance of points and beautiful cheerleaders. When you throw in the complicated and long-enduring rivalries between fan bases, it looks like the AFC East will […]

Big changes are coming to the increasingly inaccurately named Big Ten this fall. With the addition of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the conference finally has enough members to divide into divisions and play a championship game. Over at Ohio State, head coach Jim Tressel is out after nearly a decade of success with the Buckeyes. Both of those developments are going […]

It seems that notable NCAA scandals this offseason aren’t just limited to Ohio State. The eyes of the football world are now locked on the West Coast, thanks to a pair of Yahoo! Sportsstories that featured controversial scouting service owner Willie Lyles talking about his dealings with the University of Oregon Ducks and head coach Chip Kelly. Both stories, one at Yahoo! Sports directly and the other […]

They say you can always go home again. For Brad Banks, the state of Iowa is not home — he’s a Florida native — but it was where his biggest on-field success has come. Banks had a standout senior season at the University of Iowa and now is back in the state with the Iowa Barnstormers of the […]