As a 49er fan since the Montana days of the 1980s, tonight’s game was very disappointing. They outplayed the Chiefs for 3 1/2 quarters and then their defense completely let them down. San Francisco coughed up a 10-point fourth-quarter lead. Its offense couldn’t stay on the field to prolong drives, the defense couldn’t come up …
There may be some slight revisions here, but ESPN reports these are the bowl matchups between now and January 13: The college football bowl schedule was set on Sunday. The College Football Playoff National Championship will be played in New Orleans (Jan. 13, 8 p.m. ET), while the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl …
Freedom from its NFL Championship drought, anyway. Even with tonight’s 8-point difference between winner and loser, the average spread in all 52 games is still two touchdowns. Check out the spreadsheet at that link to see all the results.
Here’s a half-hour presentation about the game from the NFL Network. Sports Illustrated’s Monday Morning Quarterback column team makes its picks. They go 11-4 for the Patriots. I have to agree. I don’t care how old Brady is (40) and how many times Belichick has taken teams to this game (10). Neither of them is …
For your couch potato uncle via ESPN: College Football Playoff schedule Jan. 1 College Football Playoff at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 5 p.m., ESPN Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Tickets College Football Playoff at the Allstate Sugar Bowl No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 1 Clemson …
For the third time in 14 months the National Football League is allowing one of its teams to leave the city where its most passionate fans live to go carpetbagging off to a new city which is willing to pay a hefty bribe in the form of a new stadium. First it was the St. …
It’s hard to say otherwise about the first overtime game in the 51-year history of the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, as the first two games were called. The Patriots came back from a 25-point deficit to score 31 unanswered points and win the game 34-28. The greatest Super Bowl comeback had previously been 10 points. …
I don’t really have a special rooting interest in either team, but I think I’m going to pull for the Patriots for the simple reason that I want to see Commissioner Roger Goodell have to hand the trophy to Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft. Goodell did his best to penalize the Patriots for …
Here you are, ladies and germs. From USA Today, Here are all the matchups for this season’s bowl schedule. Game One is this Saturday at the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque. You’ll notice that there are four more that day. You may also notice that all but four or five of these games are shown …
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Every year ESPN believes and adds to the hype coming from the Dallas Cowboys about their status as one of the elite teams in the league. Every year that is an exaggeration. Lookit. Since the turn of the century (15 seasons!) they have made it to the playoffs five times. They were bounced out in …