Last year’s Super Bowl did not exactly go according to plan; at least not for the Patriots. This year, they’re primed for another playoff run while the defending champions are spinning their wheels as they battle for a division title. While a rematch in this year’s big game is a longshot, it’s one worth hoping for to see if the Patriots can enact revenge on the unlikely Giants.

For sports fan, the holiday traditions this time of year includes the college football bowl season. With almost three dozen bowl games on the schedule, there will be no shortage of holiday cheering. Even as the NFL regular season winds down, it will take second place to the prime time bowl games which rarely fail to impress, unlike last weekend’s NFL schedule.

When Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy, he proved that freshman players are capable of playing at an elite level. Does this mean that the NFL should revise its rule that draft-eligible players must be out of high school for at least three years, or should Manziel continue to excel, proving his first season wasn’t just a flash in the pan?

Despite some excellent regular season success, the Atlanta Falcons have been surprisingly disappointing in the playoffs. Matt Ryan is winless in his postseason career, and while his Falcons look like they’re on their way to another playoff berth, their advanced statistics are showing that they may in fact have their worst team in years. Can they turn things around, or will history repeat itself once again?

The starting point here should be Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, but it won’t be. I’ll start it with the starting point to Florio’s comments, rather, I’ll start it with the Charles Tillman. Tillman, a 10-year cornerback with the Chicago Bears, is currently enjoying perhaps his finest season in the NFL. He has made 56 […]

With a convincing win over top-ranked Alabama last weekend, Texas A&M may have shown that teams competing in the SEC need not rely on defense-oriented strategies. With Heisman candidate Johnny Manziel leading the attack, the Aggies may have found a way to break away from tradition, using a pass-first strategy. We’ll have to wait and see how long it carries them.

The CFL is proudly touted as Canada’s brand of football. Heck, it’s in the name. But as the 100th awarding of the Grey Cup is celebrated this month, Eric Rosenhek looks back to 1995 when the Baltimore Stallions became the first and only American franchise to win Canada’s coveted trophy – only to relocate to Montreal in the following offseason.

It’s not so much that sports fans are stupid as much as it is that they can do stupid things. I don’t feel out of line saying that, because I’m convinced it’s true and I know that I’m not an exception. We’re stupid, but not everyone is stupid in the same way. That’s what I […]

Many college football teams are having success this season not by fielding intense offenses, but instead by shutting down the opponents’ attack with superb defenses. Looking back at recent national champions suggests that defense may, in fact, be the way to go when building a program. Is strong defense really that much more valuable over a potent offense?

When a football team wins, many are quite to attribute the victory to one good play or solid drive courtesy of the quarterback. Yet, in some cases, like Michael Vick’s lackluster performance against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, the quarterback is given praise where praise is not due, and that’s something Andrew Bucholtz believes needs to stop.