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…
By skipping out on their teams bowl games, running backs Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffery are selfish and setting a bad precedent that will negatively affect college football now and in the future. Am I the only person in America who thinks that Leonard Fournette and Chrisitian McCaffery skipping their college bowl games is a selfish move? Don’t get me wrong. I understand that Fournette and McCaffery want to start…
The Miami Beach Bowl is known for offense and this year’s game should be no different with the high flying Tulsa Golden Hurricane playing in it. Central Michigan v. Tulsa -11, in the Miami Beach Bowl: This will be a high scoring affair. Both offenses can score, especially Tulsa. The Golden Hurricanes rank 10th in the country in total offense averaging 41.4 points per game. Conversely, Central Michigan is 77th…
Week 15 in the NFL featured some close games that came down to the wire. The Patriots and Seahawks both clinched division titles and playoff spots and several teams moved one step closer to making the playoffs. Here are ten thoughts from Week 15 around the NFL. 1. I’ll go ahead and say it even though I don’t think most people will agree me with me. Aaron Rodgers should…
Game Rewind: Led by a dominate defense, Tom Brady and the Patriots beat the Broncos 16-3 and in the process won their eighth straight AFC East title. Here are five thoughts on the game. 1. Dominant Defensive Effort: The Patriots absolutely dominated the Broncos offense. Yeah, I know Denver’s offense is putrid but it doesn’t matter. The Patriots got consistent pressure on Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian and they never allowed…