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Buffalo Bills Are Poised to Be America's Team
The 2017-2018 season in the NFL was an exciting one for your average Buffalo Bills fan. For your rabid fan, it was probably a bit stressful. But regardless of your perspective, the Buffalo Bills broke their 17-year playoff drought and made it into the "tournament." Western New York was overjoyed.
Millington LockwoodPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedJacksonville Jaguars at Pittsburgh Steelers
On Sunday, January 14, 2018, the Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Divisional round of the playoffs.
Todd PatakyPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedAn Open Letter to Hue Jackson
Well this is awkward. Less than a full calendar year after you promised us we wouldn't repeat the embarrassing record of just one win and 15 losses a season ago, you go out that there and stink it up even worse. I mean, a lot worse.
Matty WillzPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedGrading Every FBS Coaching Hire this Offseason
Chip Kelly – UCLA – A+ This is an out-of-the-park home run for the Bruins. Kelly’s record as a college head coach is exceptional. His offensive system was virtually unstoppable at Oregon, and his reputation will carry a lot of weight in recruiting. There was always going to be a mad scramble for the services of Kelly if he decided to come back to the college game. UCLA is the big winner of the sweepstakes and the college football offseason with this hire.
Alec LowerPublished 6 years ago in UnbalancedWho Is the Best Team in the NFC?
The NFC is filled with teams who all have a legitimate shot of making the playoffs, but only one can be the NFC champion. The Philadelphia Eagles are the only team so far to clinch their playoff spot, and in the case of the NFC South and West, the division may not be decided until the final game of the season. So, lets take a look at how each team will be able to get to the playoffs.
Logan KelleherPublished 7 years ago in UnbalancedPreviewing the College Football Playoffs
Championship week is upon us once again, and the question everyone is asking is, "Who gets left out?" After a weekend of a few shocking upsets, the answer remains unknown.
Tone AtlasPublished 7 years ago in UnbalancedCollege Football Regular Season Superlatives
The college football regular season has come to an end, and that means it is time to hand out a number of superlatives for some of the best and worst of 2017.
Alec LowerPublished 7 years ago in UnbalancedOne and Done
A new college football season has nearly come and gone without a familiar face. Bob Stoops shocked college football fans earlier this summer with his retirement. As a fan and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, I felt a few things: sadness, appreciation, but also uneasiness. It is hard to say a program that saw so much success in an almost 20-year period underachieved.
Kyle Jordan FergusonPublished 7 years ago in UnbalancedTennessee Can Do Better than Jon Gruden
Butch Jones had been a dead man walking in Knoxville for some time. Jones’ years of mediocrity followed tenures of Lane Kiffin and Derek Dooley, both of whom did their part to set the Tennessee football program back years as well.
Alec LowerPublished 7 years ago in UnbalancedSean McVay’s Success Exposing the Biggest Red Flag a Head Coach Can Have
On December 12, 2016, Jeff Fisher informed his coaching and playing staff he’d been fired as Head Coach of the Los Angeles Rams, after a 42-12 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the team’s ninth from thirteen games.
Myles StedmanPublished 7 years ago in UnbalancedThe Problem with CFP Rankings
Everybody wanted a College Football Playoff, so we got a College Football Playoff, and it’s pretty dang cool. Unfortunately though, we got the College Football Playoff Rankings with it, which is a weekly exercise in pointlessness.
Alec LowerPublished 7 years ago in UnbalancedJames Franklin Doesn’t Care About Your Idea of “Cool”
James Geoffrey Franklin is a bald, 45-year-old father of two from Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and he doesn’t care about your idea of "cool."
Myles StedmanPublished 7 years ago in Unbalanced