Tag: NFL
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No, NFL does not need to model its OT after college football
College football overtime is not real football. You don’t have kickoffs or punts. It takes significant aspects to the game out of play. You’re also starting in field goal range. This season, college football added the truly horrible rule of resorting to a series of 2 point conversion attempts in the third overtime. I hear…
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Our sense of justice and the outrage over the botched Saints call
An egregious no-call in the Saints-Rams, NFC Championship game yesterday. Missed calls happen. But I don’t know if I can think of ever seeing a more consequential no-call that had a bigger impact on a game than the missed pass interference with 1:46 left to go in the game.
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A career of adversity: Drew Brees breaks NFL all time passing record
It’s incredible to think about what Drew Brees has accomplished on the football field. Last night, against the Washington Redskins, Brees became the NFL’s all time leader in career passing yards. Sports radio show host Colin Cowherd brought up some of the adversity he’s overcome in his opening monologue on today’s program. Injuries In high…
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America’s idol: the unhealthy obsession with sports
Minnesota Vikings rookie kicker Daniel Carlson did not have a good game Sunday against the Packers. Carlson missed three field goals in a game which ended in a 29-29 tie. What made matters worse, two of those missed field goals came in overtime, including a lot second field goal that was basically a chip shot.…
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Nike ad says Colin Kaepernick is “sacrificing everything.” We should all agree that that’s absurd
“Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything. Just do it.” Sacrificing everything? This is the slogan on a new Nike ad featuring former Colin Kaerpnick, former NFL quarterback who was the first in the NFL to kneel during the National Anthem as a protest. The ad is on a new marketing campaign from…
Josh Benner 