Labor Day Special: My 2017 NFL Predictions & Reacting to CFB’s CRAZY Week 1

In honor of Labor Day…here’s a super-sized column highlighting my (official) NFL predictions for 2017 and plenty of thoughts on college football’s awesome first weekend. What did I really think of UofA’s 62-24 win on Saturday night? Is my national championship pick toast after Week 1? And why didn’t I include Liberty or Howard in […]

Friday, 9/1 Quick Hitters: ASU Football is who we thought they were + Week 1 Best Bets

My very brief live blog during the ASU-New Mexico State Game: 1st Quarter: Wow ASU’s offense looks sharp. Maybe they’ll be better than the 5 win team I predicted. Even Manny Wilkins looks like a player this year. 2nd Quarter: Wait, the Aggies are only down by 1 at halftime? Will Todd Graham survive all […]

Week 1 College Football Predictions

I’ve been looking forward to these Wednesday columns since I started the blog several months ago. Starting next week, I’ll give score predictions for every NFL game that week along with a comment of what I expect to happen. But fortunately part II of the Wednesday column starts officially this week. It’s college football time […]

Four Downs – August 28th: The Preseason Injury Bug Strikes Again

Before I get into the column, my thoughts and prayers are with the people of southeast Texas as they’re going through hell right now due to the remnants of Hurricane Harvey. To my friend Jordan in Houston who is a loyal reader of the blog – stay safe and dry. FIRST DOWN: Unnecessary injuries dominate […]

Friday, 8/25 Quick Hitters: QBs galore, Best Bets for Week Zero, Kyrie trade, Mayweather-McGregor

We have college football games that count starting on Saturday and this weekend features NFL preseason games worth watching (as most of the starters play at least a half). Finally! -Looks like I’ll have to calm down on my Blaine Gabbert as the Cardinals’ starting QB later this season. Earlier this week coach Bruce Arians […]

My 2017-18 College Football Predictions

Before you read below, make sure to check out my previous college football prediction articles: 2017 Pac-12 Football Predictions: It’s USC, Washington, and everybody else Best Bets: Finding Value In NFL and College Football Team Win Over / Unders Arizona Wildcats Football: Pre-Pre-Season Game-By-Game Predictions My favorite time of the year starts this weekend. While […]

Four Downs – August 21st: Fantasy Football Observations Before Draft Day

For those of you like me with a flurry of fantasy football league drafts starting this week, it’s time to seriously get studying. A few weeks back I wrote a list of 30 players I liked or disliked but now it’s time to elaborate. Unfortunately there will be no mention of Anquan Boldin, who I have […]

Friday, 8/18 Quick Hitters: More anthem talk, Cards WR issues, and my favorite Tweet of 2017

First of all, I’ve received some negative feedback regarding my stance from Wednesday’s mailbag about athletes not standing for the national anthem. I said that if an owner / coach was willing to condone the players’ decision not to stand, then I was fine with it. Personally, I would not be one of those owners […]

August Mailbag: Cardinals-shaming, the next major sporting event in AZ, and a dating disaster

Back by ‘popular’ demand…the mailbag: Stop being a Cardinals hater! You’re just jealous that they knocked your Packers out of the playoffs two years ago. Yeah I wasn’t happy about the result of that game…but how am I hating on the Cardinals? Because I said they won’t win anything of consequence with Carson Palmer at […]

Four Downs – August 14th: Is the Ezekiel Elliott suspension justified?

FIRST DOWN: Should the NFL reduce the six game suspension levied upon Cowboys second year RB Ezekiel Elliott? To be honest, if the allegations are true, Elliott is getting off easy with only six games. The NFL did its due diligence by undertaking a year-long investigation into Elliott’s misdeads against his girlfriend (see the TMZ […]