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NFL 2012 Season — Week Five Recap

Joe Student — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:30:22 +0000

Drew Brees broke a long-standing NFL record, and several other teams won close games in the closing minutes on Sunday. Here’s a recap of all of this week’s games: New Orleans 31 — San Diego 24 Drew Brees threw a touchdown pass in his 48th straight game to break Johnny Unitas’ 52-year-old NFL record, and [...]

Michigan vs Notre Dame Series Facts

Shaffee — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:32:28 +0000

On Saturday night, Michigan and Notre Dame will battle for the 40th time in history. The Irish are 3-0 after defeating Navy, Purdue and Michigan State while the Wolverines are 2-1 after losing to Alabama and beating Air Force and Massachusetts. The first football game between the two schools occurred on November 23rd, 1887 as [...]

Fantasy Football Sleepers – WEEK 2

Joe Knight — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:57:09 +0000

Each week I will do a recap of how I did with my predictions the previous weeks football games, and I have to say, week 1 was pretty successful. QB – Mark Sanchez, NY Jets vs. Buffalo 266 yards and 3 TDs RB – Alfred Morris, Washington @ New Orleans 96 yards and 2 TDs [...]

Fantasy Football Sleepers – WEEK 1

Joe Knight — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:14:40 +0000

Well it’s finally here, the start of the NFL season, and it’s early thanks to President Obama. That is at least one thing I can say a president has done for this country, give us football early. When football comes that means one thing for me… FANTASY FOOTBALL. This season, each week, I will provide [...]

The Top 20 Tight End Rankings For The 2012 Fantasy Football Season

Joe Knight — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:35:19 +0000

For all the football fans out there who needed a fantasy fix on Friday, my apologies for not posting the “Top 20 Tight Ends of the 2012 Season” as planned. I was in and out of the hospital all weekend with my daughter running a very high fever. I guess the flu bug is going around, but again I’m not a doctor, I just listen to what they say.

The Top 20 Wide Receiver Rankings For The 2012 Fantasy Football Season

Joe Knight — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:13:33 +0000

Getty Images Yesterday we covered the Top 20 Running Backs and today we will run down the Top 20 Wide Receivers of the 2012 Fantasy season. Wide Receiver became a position that has gained much depth over the years. Without a doubt, the reason receiver seems so deep this year is because the NFL has become a passing league. With PPR [...]

The Top 20 Running Back Rankings For The 2012 Fantasy Football Season

Joe Knight — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:45:42 +0000

Yesterday we covered the Top 20 Quarterbacks, and today we will run down the Top 20 Running Backs of the 2012 Fantasy season. This use to be a position of great importance in the first round of the draft, but not so much anymore.

The Top 20 Quarterback Rankings For The 2012 Fantasy Football Season

Joe Knight — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:42:47 +0000

Today we will cover, who I believe, will be the Top 20 quarterbacks of the 2012 fantasy football season. The quarterbacks place on the draft board has changed some since a few years ago. Here is an example; I drafted a QB in 2003 with my first round pick and people laughed at me. Now [...]

Fantasy Football – 101

Joe Knight — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:15:40 +0000

This entire week, I’ll be supplying you with all the info you need to win your fantasy football championship. Hopefully, my fantasy football Top 20 player rankings and analysis at each position will help you with that. Tomorrow, I will start with the list of the Top 20 Quarterbacks, then on Wednesday it will be the Running Backs. [...]

The WGRD 2012 NFL Mock Draft!

Joe Knight — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:53:01 +0000

So it is a week before the first big event of the 2012 NFL season, the NFL Draft, and it is time to discuss the angles many teams may take. So that means every so called expert, myself included, has an opinion of who is going to take who and where the big names are going to land. I'm not a guru, just a critic, so allow me to share my 2012 Mock Draft with you.

The Lions And Madonna At The Superbowl?

JT — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:26:27 +0000

I gotta admit I'm starting to sip the Lions kool aid. I do wanna believe the Lions are for real so I have the cup to my lips and I'm thinking about drinking a full cup. Please understand I've held off for as long as I can but with a 4-0 start with two of those being come from behind victories how can you blame me?

NFL 2011 Season – Week Four Recap

Joe Student — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:00:38 +0000

It was a record-setting week for several players, and the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions are the only remaining unbeaten teams after week four of the NFL’s 2011 season. Here’s a recap of all the action:
Green Bay 49 – Denver 23
Aaron Rodgers threw for a career-high 408 yards, four touchdown passes and added two rushing scores, as the Green Bay Packers trounced the Denver Broncos 49-23

NFL 2011 Season – Week Three Recap

Joe Student — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:59:35 +0000

The Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions each used a game-winning field goal to improve to 3-0, while the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers remained undefeated by thumping a divisional foe in week three NFL action. The full NFL results for Sunday, September 25: New Orleans 40 – Houston 33 Drew Brees threw for [...]

Chicago Bears' 1985 Super Bowl-Winning Team Will Finally Visit the White House

Joe Student — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:08:58 +0000

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More than 25 years after shuffling to a win in Super Bowl XX, the 1985 Chicago Bears have been extended an invitation to the White House, CSN Chicago reports.

The NFL team that wins the Super Bowl is usually invited to the White House during the year of their victory. However, the Challenger exploded only two days after the Bears’ win.