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Lowsman Trophy Watch: Another Notre Dame LB Steps Up
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....
Son Surprises His Dad With Bengals Tickets; Dad Gets All Weepy
Until today, I never thought that the Cincinnati Bengals were capable of bringing their fans to tears of joy instead of sorrow. But that's exactly what happened when one Giants fan surprised his father, a lifelong Bengals fan, with airfare and tickets to an upcoming Jets-Bengals game at Paul Brown ...
Next Draft: League of Denial
I've raved about Kottke in this space before as a choice place to find cool shit. Here's another—Dave Pell's Next Draft. I get his daily e-mail which is chock full of interesting. ...
Reporter Alan Schwarz Changed The NFL; He's Here To Talk Concussions
We're joined now by New York Times enterprise reporter Alan Schwarz. Best known for his groundbreaking work on football's concussion crisis, he also wrote a terrific history of the role of statistics in baseball, and is a regular recipient of warm holiday greetings from Roger Goodell. Have questions...
Insane College Football Drive: 24 Plays, 90 Yards, Zero Points
So if you didn't catch Saturday's Colorado School of Mines-Western New Mexico game—I DVR'd it*—you missed out on one of the longest, strangest, and ultimately fruitless possessions in college football history....
Jadeveon Clowney Shouldn't Play Until He Gets Paid
South Carolina's all-world DE Jadeveon Clowney didn't play this weekend with a muscle strain, or maybe bruised ribs, and also some bone spurs in his foot. He's not been particularly clear on the ailment, or the state of his recovery, and the Gamecocks were surprised and confused that Clowney himself...
Steubenville School Official Indicted In Rape Case
The grand jury convened by Ohio's state attorney general to determine whether additional crimes were committed in the notorious Steubenville High School rape case has resulted in the indictment of a school official accused of some sort of cover-up....
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Earlier this year the New York Times reposted a 1976 article by Clark Booth about violence and football. It originally appeared in The Real Paper....
Impostors Posing As USC Reps Reach Out To Potential Football Coaches
So you know those reports that say USC has reached out to Tony Dungy and (possibly) Jack Del Rio to replace Lane Kiffin? Yeah, well, those overtures never happened. Oh, someone claiming to be from USC did call Dungy and a member of the Denver Broncos coaching staff. Whoever it was just wasn't actual...
HS Punt Returner Breaks So Freaking Many Tackles For A Touchdown
Fuck it, it's High School Football Monday. Via MaxPreps, here's Cliff Kurker,of Needham (Mass.), turning in a 71-yard punt return with the highest possible degree of difficulty. PLAY TO THE WHISTLE, FRAMINGHAM....
Here's A Thrice-Tipped Game-Winning Circus Catch
To complete the day's trilogy of "crazy shit that happened in high school football over the weekend," we check in with Fairfield (Conn.) Ludlowe HS, and WR Mike Arman hauling in a ridiculous catch for what would be the game's go-ahead and last touchdown....
The Best Part Of This High School Hail Mary Is The Run After The Catch
Via MaxPreps, here's Elk Grove (Ill.) with the miracle finish against Rolling Meadows on Friday. Props to QB Adam O'Malley for the scramble and the heavy, but the dirty work was done by WR Mike Bischoff, who went many of the final 15 yards with a defender wrapped around him....
High School Football Player Runs Over Entire Defense For 50-Yard TD
This is what happens when a defense made up entirely of kids who can't tackle try to take on a running back who has a little Bo Jackson in him. ...
There's No Crying At The Pee Wee Super Bowl
A new magazine story from Jeanne Marie Laskas is good reason to be excited. Her latest for GQ, "There's No Crying at the Pee Wee Super Bowl" looks like another sure shot:...
The Texans' Worst Defender Is Matt Schaub
The Houston Texans' defense has been very good this year. The unit ranks tops in the league in passing yards allowed per game, total yards allowed per game, and is ranked as the fifth-best defense in the league by Football Outsiders' DVOA statistic. These marks are made all the more impressive by th...
<em>SNL's</em> Jay Pharoah Does A Tremendous Shannon Sharpe Impression
Jay Pharoah is SNL's master impressionist, and although his Barack Obama may be a bit uninspiring, his Shannon Sharpe leaves nothing to be desired. Our only complaint has to do with his tie knot. That sucker needs to be much, much bigger....
<em>Hard Knocks</em> Parody Puts The Show In A Pee Wee Football Training Camp
This, from Funny or Die, is the first episode of Little Knockers, a Hard Knocks parody that gives us what we've always wanted: a Rex Ryan-inspired football coach screaming and cursing at a bunch of 11-year-old boys. It's worth watching just for the chance to see Jerry from Parks and Rec point at kid...
Buckeyes' Last-Minute Cover Had Brent Musburger Chuckling His Ass Off
Ohio State covered the spread last night against Northwestern in the most bizarre and unlikely way that Brent Musburger, couldn't help giving voice to the cursing masses across the country. ...