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NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 11 (Late Edition)
Below is updated betting information for the Week 11 NFL games (you can see the early-week edition here). Spread movement and money lines are now included for each game....
Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Jon Melander
This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...
The Buckeyes Are Out For Blood: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked
Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....
Dolphins Fans Get Jeff Ireland's Phone Number, Spam His Voicemail
Somehow an autographed Jeff Ireland business card found its way online yesterday and it had all the Miami GM's contact information on it. Miami fans don't really have much to be happy about with the inner workings of the organization recently so, with this newound access, they contacted Ireland with...
Former NFL Wide Receiver Sam Hurd Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
Sam Hurd, the former Cowboys and Bears receiver, faced up to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to drug trafficking earlier this year. At a hearing today in a U.S. District courtroom in Dallas, judge Jorge Solis sentenced Hurd to 15 years in federal prison....
Which NFL Pundit Made The Worst Picks In Week 10?
Originally published on Pundit Tracker...
So, Yeah, Brian Holloway Is Pretty Damn Weird
Grantland's Jay Kang traveled to Stephentown, N.Y., to talk to Brian Holloway, the former all-pro NFL lineman who recently set off a bit of a media shitstorm after a bunch of teenagers threw a party in his abandoned and foreclosed home. Kang's piece attempts to answer the question that has hung over...
Bill Parcells Used To Have Drew Bledsoe Fetch Drinks For Mike Francesa
Mike Francesa's gawt a hazing storee for ya in the video above, uh-kay. It dates back to 1993, when Drew Bledsoe was a big-shot rookie with the Patriots. Francesa only took paht beccause it's what Pahcells wanted. But it was hahmless, uh-kay. And now one is left to wonder what Francesa would do wit...
Does Former NFLer Sam Hurd Deserve Life Without Parole For Coke Bust?
Be sure to take time to read The MMQB's long look at the fall of Sam Hurd, the former Cowboys and Bears receiver who will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to drug trafficking back in March. Michael McKnight's story outlines the complex series of events that led two years ago to Hurd's arres...
Mike Leach Once Called The Big 12 Commish In The Middle Of A Game To Complain About The Officiating
The year was 2007. It was a simpler time. Dan Beebe was in his first season as Big 12 Commissioner, and Mike Leach was still at Texas Tech, probably not even having met redshirt freshman Adam James. But he was already a crazy person....
Dwayne Bowe Asked Cops If Sonic Was Still Open Before His Weed Arrest
What's the world coming to when a football player can't even get stoned and buy a chili cheese coney on his bye week? ...
Lowsman Trophy Watch: UCLA's Freshman Two-Way Threat
Each week, Football Outsiders recognizes the most outstanding college linemen, defenders and other darkhorses from the previous weekend who are habitually overlooked in the hype for that other award (whatever it's called). These are the Lowsmen....
Dancing Pitt Coach Paul Chryst Proves He Has A Personality
"It's not that Paul Chryst is intentionally trying to sound boring." That's how the Associated Press once described the Pitt football coach's public persona. But behind closed doors, after a big win like Saturday's against Notre Dame, with a big ol' naked ass nearby? Paul Chryst boogies down....
NFL Logos As European Soccer Badges
The best thing on the internet right now is Football as Football, a site that redesigns NFL logos as if they were crests for European soccer teams....
Greg Schiano Was Almost Psyched Out By A Jumbotron
Donald Penn's score in Monday's Dolphins-Bucs game was an awesome fat guy touchdown, but it almost didn't happen. Why? Because Greg Schiano was paranoid of the Jumbotron at Raymond James Stadium....
How The Jets' Run-Stuffing, QB-Ruining Defensive Line Came To Be
It's up in the air who named the Jets' defensive line of Sheldon Richardson, Damon Harrison, and Muhammad Wilkerson the "Sons of Anarchy," but there's no question how disruptive and dominant the line has been. Without much help from the secondary, it's helped return Rex Ryan's squad to its place as...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 11 (Early Edition)
Here is your early betting info for Week 11 NFL; we'll update on Thursday with money lines and spread movements for these 15 games....