American football: NFL, NCAAF, CFL and Arena Football
No team has dominated college football like the Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama has been arguably the greatest dynasty in modern college football over the last decade, winning five national championships over the last 10 seasons. It doesn’t look like Alabama is relinquishing its grip as the top team in the land any time soon either. […] More
It’s not exactly been the postseason rivalry of our time. As good as Philip Rivers and Tom Brady have been, they’ve only met in the playoffs twice before Sunday’s match up at Gillette Stadium. Both of those games were more than a decade ago. Brady and Rivers are two of the most prolific passers in […] More
Make no mistake when you peruse this slate of NFL Divisional Round football games. All these road dogs could win. Some of them will, just to spite the way I pick the games. Such is the cross I must carry. These are the marquee match ups of the year. All your TV-friendly teams made it […] More
Get your NFL Divisional Round of action set up courtesy of the Gronkcast with Chris and Glenn Gronkowski. Each week the Gronk brothers, both former NFL players, help you prep your betting and trash talking options with their Bulletproof Picks and Capper’s Cup picks. Along the way, Chris and Glenn are occasionally joined by special […] More
While NFL Wild Card weekend didn’t exactly blow fans away with the most entertaining slate of matchups, there is no doubt about the dramatics of it with three of the four games coming down to the final minutes. Will that be the case again in the Divisional Round? On paper, the matchups are absolutely outstanding. […] More
Saturday evening’s matchup between the Rams and Cowboys will feature two of the best running backs in the league. Dallas’ Ezekiel Elliott was the NFL rushing champion and the Rams’ Todd Gurley finished third. Surely both players will make an impact, but who will pick up more yards on the ground? Let’s examine the case […] More
They say defense wins championships, but odds are that won’t be the case this season. Each of the NFL’s top five scoring offenses are still alive and number one (Kansas City) faces number five (Indianapolis) this weekend. Though the Wild Card games were all fairly low-scoring, this matchup is primed to buck the trend. Let’s […] More
The divisional playoff round is here and while the two teams with the NFL’s top records are in the NFC, the two AFC Divisional Playoff Games are highly compelling. These teams have met in the divisional round earlier this century. The Chargers and Patriots met for the AFC championship in the Patriots’ 2007 season, which […] More
Thanks to the doink turned block heard round the world, the NFC Divisional Round field was set Sunday night when the Philadelphia Eagles upset the Chicago Bears, 16-15, at Soldier Field. Both NFC games this weekend are nightcaps, with the Los Angeles Rams hosting the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night at the L.A. Colosseum and […] More
For the third time in four years, the Alabama Crimson Tide will meet the Clemson Tigers to determine college football’s national champion. Both of the two previous entries in this series were high-scoring thrillers with Alabama beating Clemson, 45-40, for the 2015 national championship and Clemson winning, 35-31, at the gun in 2016. Alabama knocked […] More
The Clemson Tigers are back in the hunt for a national championship for the third time in four seasons, and Trevor Lawrence has been instrumental to their success. Lawrence was seen as a wunderkind high school recruit, and he is one of the rare quarterbacks to live up to they hype and even surpass it. […] More
For the third time in four years, the CFP Championship will pit the Alabama Crimson Tide against the Clemson Tigers. This will be the rubber match between the two powerhouse programs as each side has won one national championship over the other. The key for Clemson during its two previous trips to the national championship […] More
