Iowa subdued Michigan on Saturday night and turned the college football world upside down.  1. The College Football was turned upside down on Saturday when Michigan, Clemson and Washington all lost. It’ll be interesting to see which way the committee goes tonight. 2. The beneficiary of Saturday’s chaos is Penn State. The Nittany Lions control their own destiny. If they win out, they go to the Big Ten Championship game….

Game Rewind: The Patriots lost a back and forth affair to the Seattle Seahawks 31-24 last night at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots had their chances to win the game but costly turnovers and the defense’s inability to get off the field on third down cost them the game.  Here are five observations from last night’s game. 1. The Defense Was Awful: The Patriots played their worst game of the season…

Everett and Central Catholic will once again meet in the playoffs.  1.Central Catholic and Everett will feature two of the most explosive spread offenses in the state but it will also be a battle of two of the best coaches in the state in Chuck Adamopoulos and John DiBiaso. Games like this are close and usually determined by which team wins the turnover battle and plays the best defense. This…

By Michael Vallee -Shipping Out of Boston:  Against Buffalo the Patriots defense, once again, employed their bend-but-don’t-break philosophy, or in this case, bend-and-let-the-opposition-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot.  They allowed 376 total yards, but just 17 points until a garbage time touchdown put the Bills at 25.  To most observers New England’s defense appeared to give another good but not great performance, similar to the previous seven games of the season.  Belichick, however, was reportedly…