With this year’s editions of the BCS bowls nearly upon us, it’s time for me to release my annual proposed playoff bracket. As always, the goal is to preserve as much of the existing BCS and bowl system as possible, but scrap the idiocy of the actual BCS title game and money-grabbing at-large selection process [...]
So my plan for restructuring college football has been completely blown up by the most recent wave of conference reorganization, but that doesn’t stop me from dreaming of a playoff. On the eve of the so-called “National Championship” game, I thought I’d unveil how my bracket would look this year (here’s last year’s).
Football season is once again in full swing, and that means it’s time to announce my annual NFL All-Name Team! As stated in announcing last year’s squad, to make the team a player must possess one thing: a name that I like the sound of. No other criteria exist, though preference is given to starters [...]
According to my grand vision for restructuring college football, today would be the second round of the playoffs. But what would they look like this year? It’s hard to say for sure since my conference realignment plan would affect regular-season scheduling, conference championships, and thus BCS (now P) rankings. But here’s how they might look, [...]
Well, week 8 of the NFL season is over and that means we’re roughly halfway through fantasy football. Seems like as good a time as any to review how things have unfolded given my early optimism. As of now my team has a record of 5-3, putting me in a tie for third place (or [...]
I used to be a huge college football fan, but over the last 10 years or so my allegiance has shifted to the National Football League. Reasons are myriad and I won’t go into them here. Suffice to say that I think college football is very, very broken. A recent ESPN.com piece on revamping the [...]
Honoring football players by naming them to elite lists isn’t new. There are “teams” out there recognizing players for their talent, toughness, reputation, statistics, performance relative to expectations (both above and below), and more. But no list (as far as I know) honors players for their monikers. Until now, that is. It’s my pleasure unveil [...]
When I first learned this morning that the Patriots had traded veteran defensive end Richard Seymour to the Oakland Raiders for a first-round draft pick in 2011, I was shocked. Like many other fans, I’ve conditioned myself to not question Belichick’s roster moves, but this one seemed particularly surprising. Richard Seymour was one of just [...]
So yesterday we held the draft in the fantasy football league I’ve been running for several years now. While I’m quite certain almost no one on earth has interest in reading a writeup of my picks, I’m going to go over all 18 of them anyway.
Last night at dinner, I ran into the mother and brother of Minnesota Vikings OT Ryan Cook, which was kinda cool. Our brief chat inspired me to actually lay down some of my complaints about the way the Vikings and Timberwolves have been managing personnel. The Vikings While I’ve never been a huge Vikings fan, [...]