Archive for September, 2009

Lions FINALLY Win!

Monday, September 28th, 2009

For the first time in 21 months, and after going 0-16 last year, the Detroit Lions finally decided that they were not going to keep losing like this and defeated the Washington Redskins 19-14. The Lions had the only scores of the first half, coming on field goals of 39 and 26 yards from Jason [...]

Day of the Upset

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Each week of this season College Football season, a team that was ranked in the top 5 has gone down. In week 1, BYU stunned #3 Oklahoma as Sam Bradford got injured; in week 2 it was #5 Oklahoma State falling 35-45 against Houston. In week 3, #3 USC fell by a field goal to Washington and this week, [...]

Carolina Fends Off #4 Ole Miss 16-10

Friday, September 25th, 2009

The South Carolina Gamecocks defense stepped up to the plate last night by not allowing the Ole Miss Rebel’s offense to hot going and held them to just 10 points over the course of the game. The defense held high flying quarterback Jevan Snead to a minuscule 7/21 for 107 and a late TD pass [...]

Manning Sets Colts QB Wins Record

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Peyton Manning now owns the all time Colts QB wins record, passing Johnny Unitas on the list. (He also drew closer to Bret Favre’s all ime mark of game winning drives of 39; he has 37 now with last night’s win) Peyton got his win in a different fashion than he probably would have liked. [...]

BCS Busted Saturday

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Yesterday in college football showed us why we tune in every Saturday. We love to see the great teams dominate the field of play, but we also like to see the top teams go down, as this gives the smaller market teams greater attention. There were a number of upsets this week, as top teams [...]

Hurricanes Rise to the Occasion

Friday, September 18th, 2009

The Miami Hurricanes owned the 1990s. They had three conference championships, two co-championships, and a national title. The Hurricanes were a powerhouse throughout the entire decade, but then they took a bit of a hit and have been not as good as they have been in recent years. But it seems that Miami is finally, [...]

NFL Weekend Recap

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

This past weekend was the opening weekend for the 2009-2010 NFL season. The slate was filled with many good games, as well as some key rivalries and chances for big time stats. Some of these good games included the Chargers 24-20 win over Oakland, New England’s narrow victory last night against Buffalo, and Denver’s last [...]

Serena Williams fined $10,000

Monday, September 14th, 2009

After her obscene remark to the line judge in her semi-final match in which she supposedly threatened to take a tennis ball and shove it down her throat, the top womens tennis player in the world Serena Williams was charged with a fine and a loss in the match. In a bizarre end to the [...]

College Football is Back!

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

This past week marked the beginning of the college football season, and we have already seen many great games in just a few days. Now, granted, there are the teams that usual always schedule a creme puff team to open the season, (Florida vs Charleston Southern; Come on!) and you have to give credit to [...]

Battle of the Quarterbacks

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Last night marked the 54th meeting between the Florida State Seminoles and the Miami Hurricanes, and boy what a game it turned out to be. The QBs in this game provided most of the scoring and most all of the action and seemed totally oblivious to the other teams defenses, as Christian Ponder (FSU) and [...]