Brett Favre Mic'd Up: Damn Steven, what they got you in for?

posted by dusted to football at 04:29 PM - 1 comment

Oregon Ducks Smell Roses: Ten years ago, as the Jacksonville Jaguars took their 14-2 record and No. 1 AFC seed into the 1999 playoffs, they suffered a case of premature celebration with the early release of Uh Oh -- The Jaguars Super Bowl Song. The football gods and Touchdown Jesus responded with a crushing 33-14 loss to the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Championship and four straight losing seasons. The Oregon Ducks are tempting divine wrath with the release of "I Smell Roses," a new student-produced song, ahead of games at Arizona this Saturday and against Oregon State a week later. I smell trouble.

posted by rcade to football at 11:18 AM - 2 comments

RIP UGA VII: Uga VII — given name "Loran’s Best" — the Georgia mascot who roamed the sidelines of Bulldog football games, died unexpectedly Thursday morning in Savannah. He died of heart-related causes according to his owner, Frank W. "Sonny" Seiler. He was only four-years-old and had just completed his second season as the team's mascot. A slideshow with the voice of his master is available, as is a movie of his all too-short career. Rest in Peace, good boy.

posted by terrapin to football at 08:09 AM - 5 comments

Stephanie Spielman Dies of Cancer: Stephanie Spielman, the wife of former NFL player Chris Spielman, has died after a 12-year fight against breast cancer. She was 42. The mother of four, Spielman discovered a lump in her breast at age 30 during a self-exam. A charity fund that she created has raised more than $6.5 million for breast-cancer research, education and patient assistance at Ohio State University's Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital. "I know there's a reason God gave me breast cancer, and I'm supposed to do something with it," she said in 1998.

posted by rcade to football at 08:22 PM - 10 comments

The Hoser's NFL Pick 2009, Week 11: NFL picks that need to clear all the "Good Eats" episodes off the PVR.

posted by wfrazerjr to football at 04:41 PM - 6 comments

Entire Wedding Party Wearing Ravens Jerseys: Not sure if I'd go this far, but here's a video of an entire wedding party wearing Baltimore Ravens jerseys. The bride has on a Joe Flacco #5 jersey, while the groom sports a Ray Lewis jersey. Complete with the groom imitating Lewis' pregame dance. No confirmation whether Kyle Boller caught the bouquet.

posted by cletus7777 to football at 03:35 PM - 24 comments

The Story of Tom Brady's First Completed Pass: Bill Harke, a professional caddy on the PGA and LPGA tours, has an awesome sports story to tell -- but it isn't about golf. He caught Tom Brady's first pass when they were both freshmen at Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif. "I just did this little out pattern, and Tom threw it right in my numbers for seven yards. I caught it and ran out of bounds," said Harke. "I remember that at the moment I caught the pass, my mom shrieked in terror; she thought I was going to get killed. That's the only thing I heard, and it's the reason I ran out of bounds, I think." It was the only catch of Harke's entire football career.

posted by rcade to football at 06:46 PM - 1 comment

Bills Fire Head Coach Dick Jauron: The Buffalo Bills have fired head coach Dick Jauron after the team's 3-6 start, NFL.Com reported Tuesday afternoon. Jauron, who led the Chicago Bears to a 13-3 record and the NFC North division title in 2001, amassed a 24-33 record leading the Bills.

posted by rcade to football at 03:03 PM - 9 comments

Titans Owner Bud Adams Flips Off the Bills: Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams gave several one-fingered salutes to the Buffalo Bills at the end of the team's 41-17 victory Sunday (see the video), for which he later apologized. Style points to Adams for pairing the birds with a "you, yes, I mean you" gesture.

posted by rcade to football at 05:14 PM - 35 comments

Supreme Court Refuses to Take Redskins Case: On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take the appeal of six American Indians who challenged the name of the Washington Redskins on the grounds that it is racially offensive and thus does not merit trademark protection. An appeals court ruled in Harjo v. Pro-Football, Inc. that they waited too long to challenge the mark. The group has another six plaintiffs ranging in age from 18 to 24 who filed a similar claim in a case that's not yet resolved.

posted by rcade to football at 01:15 PM - 32 comments

Belichick Call Questioned in Pats' Loss to Colts: With 2:08 remaining in the game, a six-point lead and the New England Patriots on their own 28, coach Bill Belichick went for the first down on fourth-and-2. The Indianapolis Colts held and scored a touchdown in the 35-34 win. "As a former defender on that team, I would've cared less about the result of that fourth-down attempt," writes Tedy Bruschi for ESPNBoston.Com. "The decision to go for it would be enough to make my blood boil for weeks."

posted by rcade to football at 09:22 AM - 88 comments

College Football's No. 1 Fan: The Wall Street Journal profiles Robert Lipson, who can make a strong argument to being college football's most loyal fan. Since 1972, the salesman has attended every Kansas State home game and every conference road game -- even though the team was one of the worst in college football over the first 20 years of that stretch. He spends hours before and after each game making the rounds at tailgaters and leaves a day early for road games. "There is no margin of error in this," he said.

posted by rcade to football at 11:18 AM - 0 comments

Tarkenton doesn't-like these newfangled quarterbacks: Former Viking Quarterback speaks his piece on today's (and yesterday's) quarterbacks.

posted by scuubie to football at 11:07 AM - 10 comments

The Hoser's NFL Picks 2009, Week 10: NFL picks that wonder how "The Cleveland Show" is still on the air.

posted by wfrazerjr to football at 04:58 PM - 9 comments

NFL Sinks Captain Morgan Stunt: Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek did a Captain Morgan in the end zone after scoring a touchdown in the 20-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night. The unexpected gesture, which was completely ignored by NBC's TV broadcast even though it drew a 15-yard penalty, was sparked by the rum maker's plans to give $10,000 to charity each time a player struck the pose. Although Celek denied knowing about the campaign, "an account executive handling the promotion told Yahoo! Sports the Eagles tight end was indeed involved." The NFL is now taking steps to stop it from happening again. "It's come up before, companies trying to use our games and then players for ambush marketing purposes," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello.

posted by Demophon to football at 03:50 PM - 14 comments

Bengals Coach Tells Ochocinco to Cut the Mustard: Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco will not be allowed to send mustard to members of the Pittsburgh Steelers in advance of their game at Heinz Field Sunday, coach Marvin Lewis told the player. Ochocino tweeted earlier, "I got a nice present for the Steelers -- sending them some mustard since they'll never ketchup when we play Sunday." This news will disappoint Steelers safety Ryan Clark. "He'd better send us something," he said Wednesday in Pittsburgh. "He sent something to the Ravens, so that shows he respects them. So he'd better send something to us."

posted by rcade to football at 09:51 AM - 21 comments

Is It Time to Retire the Football Helmet?: A story in today's Wall Street Journal asks whether the football helmet is the cause of more head injuries than it prevents. "Some people have advocated for years to take the helmet off, take the face mask off," said Fred Mueller of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research. "Maybe that's better than brain damage." The protective headgear, introduced in the '40s, has created a sport in which players lead with their head in tackles and other collisions. Head injuries are 25 percent more likely to occur in the NFL than in Australian football, a "similarly rough" game that never adopted helmets and other protective gear.

posted by rcade to football at 10:18 AM - 22 comments

Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics: For the Washington Redskins I tried a design direction that might be considered more politically correct in most circles by removing the Native American portrait, emphasizing the feather motif from the headdress and using it more dynamically on the helmet.

posted by justgary to football at 02:48 PM - 24 comments

Bucs Go All Out for Throwback Game to Honor Selmon: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers revived Bucko Bruce and their "creamsicle" uniforms for a throwback game Sunday in which Hall of Fame linebacker Lee Roy Selmon was inducted into the team's ring of honor. They decked out Raymond James Stadium in orange and brought back the old Swashbuckler cheerleader uniforms. Thousands of fans showed up in their old orange gear.

posted by rcade to football at 02:35 PM - 14 comments

Larry Johnson Released by the Kansas City Chiefs: With or without a ruling by the special master, the Chiefs will release Larry Johnson.

The Chiefs and Larry Johnson are in the middle of a case to determine whether or not the Chiefs have to pay Johnson this year's installment of his signing bonus. The Chiefs are contending that Larry violated his contract when he was suspended for one game in 2008.

posted by BornIcon to football at 12:09 PM - 14 comments

F-bomb gets dropped at end of Richmond vs. Villanova telecast: Funny video clip of the ending of the Villanova/Richmond game (Villanova won 21-20), where someone (not sure who) calls the Richmond kicker a "bum" then says "just end the effing game." The game was carried by Comcast, and seems to be legit. Video is NSFW for the f-bomb.

posted by cletus7777 to football at 06:58 PM - 4 comments

Cal Running Back Hurt on Touchdown Flight: California running back Jahvid Best suffered a frightening injury last night after going airborne to score a touchdown in the game against Oregon State. A defender sent him higher into the air at the goal line and he landed awkwardly on his back, his helmet flying off and arms stiffening. After he lay motionless for several minutes, Best was taken off the field and is being treated for a concussion. "It was nothing short of devastating," said Best's back-up and friend Shane Vereen. "I'm just thankful he's OK, just thankful we'll be able to see him again."

posted by rcade to football at 08:56 AM - 5 comments

The Hoser's NFL Picks 2009, Week Nine -- Haiku Edition: NFL picks that are later than the Octomom after a bender at a fertility clinic.

posted by wfrazerjr to football at 03:17 PM - 6 comments

Florida State Gets Funky New Nike Uniforms: When the Florida State Seminoles take the field Nov. 21 against Maryland, they will for the first time be wearing the Nike Pro Combat uniform design. The uniforms feature sublimated twill jerseys, combat deflex underwear, titanium belt buckles, jazz hand gloves that form an authentic Native American who is not insulted by being reduced to a mascot and shoulders covered with "high-tenacity yarn," which is stitching so dangerous it should require a seven-day waiting period.

posted by rcade to football at 06:11 PM - 9 comments

Fans Petitioning Against Larry Johnson's Return : Kansas City Chiefs fans have started a grass roots campaign to prevent Larry Johnson from becoming the team's all time rushing leader. Johnson, currently under suspension, is prohibited from all team activities and travel; and a lot of Chiefs fans would like to see things stay that way.

posted by Tinman to football at 04:22 PM - 7 comments

NFL's Dirtiest Player: Hines Ward: A survey of 296 NFL players conducted by Sports Illustrated finds that the NFL's dirtiest player is Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward. "That's what he's known for," Cincinnati Bengals safety Chinedum Ndukwe said. "He's a blind-side guy." The rest of the top 5 are Washington defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, Miami linebacker Joey Porter, Cincinatti safety Roy Williams and Tennessee center Kevin Mawae.

posted by rcade to football at 02:13 PM - 27 comments

Raiders, NFL can't allow abusive Cable to continue as head coach : I'm just surprised this hasn't been posted.

posted by gfinsf to football at 09:10 AM - 8 comments

High School Refs: All Celebrations are Unsportsmanlike: In the D.C. area, high school football referees have begun flagging celebrations so tightly that a player who twice chest-bumped a teammate after touchdowns may be suspended for a playoff game. Two other players were flagged for pointing to the sky after a play in other games. "In the old days, there was a certain level of celebration that was allowed," said high school coach Bill McGregor. "Now it's basically no celebration."

posted by rcade to football at 08:34 AM - 9 comments

Florida Linebacker Tried to Eye-Gouge Opponent: Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes has been suspended by the team -- but only for two quarters -- after being caught purposefully jamming his fingers through the facemask of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey on Saturday in an effort to gouge his eyes. "We're going to suspend Brandon for the first half of the Vanderbilt game," said head coach Urban Meyer. "I talked to him, that's not who he is. I love Brandon Spikes, the team does. We're going to move on. He has our full support."

posted by firecop to football at 06:48 PM - 35 comments

Behind The Back Pass: With the score 13-0, this high school quarterback threw a behind the back pass for a 2 point conversion. Was it hot dogging? Should his coach have sat the kid for showing up his rivals? Answer...Yes and Yes.

posted by Shotput to football at 06:01 PM - 15 comments

The Hoser's NFL Picks 2009, Week Eight -- Halloween Edition: NFL picks that would scare the pants off John Madden -- not that anyone really wants that.

posted by wfrazerjr to football at 07:51 AM - 8 comments

Suspension ends season for Oklahoma State's Dez Bryant: Bryant was suspended by Oklahoma State Oct. 7 after admittedly lying to NCAA officials about the details of a meeting with former NFL star Deion Sanders. The NCAA informed OSU that the suspension will last a calendar year and keep Bryant out through September 2010

posted by BornIcon to football at 11:25 AM - 25 comments

Ole Miss Discourages 'South Will Rise Again' Cheer: The University of Mississippi has shortened one of its fight songs to discourage students from yelling "the South will rise again" at the end of it, a move that has inspired students to -- wait for it -- yell "the South will rise again" at the end of the shortened song. The school got rid of mascot Colonel Rebel six years ago and forbade the waving of the Confederate battle flag to distance itself from its past -- which includes the terrible 1962 riots over the admission of its first black student as well as the laudable election of a black football player to the team's highest honor seven years later. The shortened fight song, "From Dixie with Love," is a reconciliatory mixture of "Dixie" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

posted by rcade to football at 01:21 PM - 8 comments

Titans Owner Wants Vince Young to Start at QB: Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams wants Vince Young to return to the starting lineup this Sunday when the 0-6 Titans host the Jacksonville Jaguars. "Vince has won a lot of games for us," Adams told The Tennessean. Definition of "a lot": 18.

posted by rcade to football at 01:06 PM - 14 comments

Chiefs' Larry Johnson Flips Out on Twitter: Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson used Twitter to take shots at head coach Todd Haley after Sunday's game, writing that "my father got more creditentials than most of these head coaches" and "my father played for the coach from 'rememeber the titans''. our coach played golf." He then followed up by telling a fan he had a "fag pic" and was a "Christopher street boy," referring to an area of New York's Greenwich Village popular with gays. He then told reporters Monday, "Get your faggot ass out of here." Larry Johnson's dad is the defensive line coach at Penn State and a legendary high school coach in Maryland.

posted by rcade to football at 08:27 AM - 24 comments

Sam Bradford goes pro: Just days before Sam Bradford will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, he ended his reign as Oklahoma's premier passer and entered the 2010 NFL draft. Now the only question remains is how much his decision to play one more year of college has cost him in in the draft and cash.

posted by irunfromclones to football at 02:54 AM - 16 comments

Six NFL Teams Targeted For Possible Move to LA : The effort to return an NFL team to LA appears to be well organized and seems to have some momentum.

posted by beaverboard to football at 05:52 PM - 20 comments

"...I realize that I did make a good choice. It's been worth it.": As the NFL takes its annual trip to Wembley, the New York Times heads up to Oxford to check on someone who chose not to enter the draft just yet: Myron Rolle, the Florida State safety who has just begun the Rhodes Scholarship he was awarded at the end of last season.

posted by etagloh to football at 04:58 PM - 6 comments

NFL Exec: Terrell Owens is Done: Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens has little trade value outside of selling tickets, several front-office executives told Yahoo Sports under cover of anonymity. "He's hit the wall," an AFC executive said. "I think it's done or close to it. He'll have a couple of games here and there where he shows up, but big picture, long term, I think it's done."

posted by rcade to football at 10:41 AM - 23 comments

The Hoser's NFL Picks 2009, Week Seven: NFL picks that wish they'd bring out the full run of Jabberjaw on DVD.

posted by wfrazerjr to football at 09:47 AM - 1 comment