The first 10 picks of the NFL Draft are the Oscars in reverse. The biggest honorees are rewarded first. Fans show up and shout insults at the host and bone-rattling contact with Roger Goodell is encouraged. Read more…
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Dennis Quaid as Stan Kroenke will haunt your dreams
The annoying after effect of the Los Angeles Rams winning the Super Bowl is we have to pretend that everything they do is cute or cool. Matthew Stafford’s appearance in an AT&T commercial was the first ad I can remember seeing him in, and now I have to laugh at him winking at the camera […]
Joe Cool after the loss
Not many outside of Southern Ohio have seen a year No. 3 from Joe Burrow as a starting quarterback. He never started a game in his three seasons at Ohio State and had two superb years at LSU. His second year taking the mantle of the Cincinnati Bengals ended with a 23-20 loss in Super […]
Odell Beckham Jr. is rewriting his narrative with the Rams
The last time Joe Burrow played in a title game, fellow LSU alumnus and current Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was within attendance. Burrow (or Burreaux) helped the Bayou Bengals complete the undefeated season by lifting a national championship over Clemson inside Jan. 2020 in New Orleans, about four months before being… Read more…
Odell Beckham Jr. is rewriting his narrative with the Rams [UPDATED]
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Rooting for Stafford because ‘Burrow will be back’ is a dangerous game
There are a lot of good reasons to cheer for both sides in this Super Bowl. Perhaps you like the underdog story of the Bengals so you cheer for them. Maybe you like the incredible career arc associated with Matthew Stafford so you’re opting for the Rams. It could be the emergence of Joe Burrow, […]
Will Sean McVay move to the broadcast booth if he wins the Super Bowl?
Sean McVay is regarded as one of the best head coaches in the NFL. His offensive mind is second only to the particular defensive genius of Bill Belichick, as evidenced by their battle in Super Bowl LIII. Read more…
The long road of Cooper Kupp
Heading into the 2013 FCS football season, Eastern Washington was expected to be one of the prominent challengers to the early parts of the North Dakota State dynasty. The red-and-white Eagles were the best team in the Big Sky Conference. They knew it, too, throwing a lot of moxie behind quarterback Vernon Adams, a… Read […]
The colorful but forgettable history of Bengals-Rams
The way that NFL scheduling works, Super Bowl opponents are always teams that don’t have a lot of regular season history. Still, Bengals-Rams feels particularly unfamiliar as a matchup, for a couple of reasons. Read more…
Possible Super Bowl one-hit wonders
The Super Bowl is the most covered single sporting event on the American sporting calendar every year. No pregame leaf unturned by the gaggle of broadcast and print media, tugging at the heartstrings of even the most jaded sports fans. There’s going to be a package about how Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow went from a… […]