Several teams were able to secure playoff spots in Week 16. Here are ten thoughts on the week that was in the NFL. 1. Teams in the NFC are going to be rooting hard for the Detroit Lions in the next two weeks. They want Detroit to secure a playoff spot tonight and a division title next week. Why are they rooting for the Lions? No one wants to face…
Every team in today’s bowl games with the exception of Mississippi State has a 6-6 record. Miami (OH) v. Mississippi State -15 in the St. Petersburg Bowl: Despite winning six in a row to get to this game, I like Mississippi State over Miami of Ohio in this one. The Bulldogs are the better team. -15 is a big number for a 5-7 team to be favored but Miami can’t match…
Game Rewind: The Patriots cruised to a 41-3 win against a Jets team that never got off the bus. With the win, the Patriots remained the number one seed in the AFC. Here are five thoughts on the game. 1. Complete Dominance: The Patriots dominated this game from start to finish. The Jets were never in this game. It was a dominant performance from start to finish for the Patriots. …
There 12 games on the docket on this Christmas Eve day. 12/24 1:00 ET Washington -3 At Chicago 47.5: The Redskins playoff chances hang in the balance in this must win game. Washington didn’t show up on Monday night against the Panthers and it cost them. I don’t expect the same effort in this one. I think the Skins will come to play, beat the Bears by a touchdown and…
Storyline: The Patriots will host the New York Jets on Christmas Eve at Gillette Stadium. With a win, the Patriots would lock up the number one overall seed in the AFC. The Patriots were in the same spot at this time a year ago but season ending losses to the Jets and Dolphins cost them the number one seed in the conference. The Patriots cannot allow that to happen this…
Old Dominion -6 v. Eastern Michigan, in the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl: Neither program has much Bowl experience so it will take both programs some time earlyto get acclimated to playing in a big game. Eastern Michigan has had a great turn around season at 7-5 but the Eagles don’t match up with Old Dominion who is a more athletic team. I’m going to take the Monarchs to win by two scores….
Colorado State -13 at Idaho, in the Potato Bowl: Colorado State has been playing some good football over the course of the past month. Head coach Mike Bobo has the Rams offense humming and the Colorado State defense has been opportunistic and generating turnovers. The Rams are heavily favored in this game, as they should be. They are the better team but don’t sleep on the Vandals. Idaho had the…
By Michael Vallee -That Was Then, This is Now: What a difference a year makes. Yesterday, eleven months removed from suffering a violent beatdown at the hands of the Denver Broncos in last year’s AFC Championship, the Patriots flipped the script, dominating Denver in a 16-3 defensive whitewash. In a mostly one-sided and, let’s face it, incredibly boring game, New England pushed around their opponent for 60 minutes, slowly grinding…
The Not Fair League strikes again with another senseless punishment. The NFL once again proved on Monday that there is a double standard when it comes to punishing teams for violating league rules. The league announced that it fined Giants coach Ben McAdoo $50,000 dollars for using a walkie-talkie during the second half of the Giants, Cowboys game last weekend. The organization was also fined $150,000 for knowingly allowing the…
Memphis +5 v. Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl: I know Western Kentucky is dealing with the loss of head coach Jeff Brohm to Purdue, but the Hilltoppers are going to be fine. Most of Brohm’s staff has stayed behind so the systems will be the same on both sides of the ball and the team will be ready to play. Memphis has enough firepower to hang with the…