THE WEEKEND EDITION It’s the best weekend of the year in the NFL playoffs, with the last eight teams all on display in wall-to-wall action, so the Notebook is wall-to-wall NFL. The featured articles are… *A review of each team’s offense *A review of each team’s defense *A discussion of the pressures each coach faces […]
The divisional playoffs are the most fun weekend in the NFL. Unlike wild-card weekend, all the best teams are in action and usually at least 5-6 teams playing have realistic Super Bowl hopes. I’ve compiled eight memories from this round of competition. The selections are based on the history of the teams playing, and aren’t […]
Sunday’s NFL second-round games start with Houston-Baltimore (1 PM ET, CBS) and conclude with NY Giants-Green Bay (4:30 PM ET, Fox). You can scroll down one post for the previews of Saturday’s games (New Orleans-San Francisco & Denver-New England). Here’s how the Notebook sees Sunday… Houston-Baltimore: This game reminds me a lot of the 2008 […]
The second round of the NFL playoffs starts Saturday with New Orleans-San Francisco (4:30 PM ET, Fox) and Denver-New England (8 PM ET, CBS). Here’s the Notebook’s look at the games… New Orleans-San Francisco: I know everyone is high on the Saints, but it’s a pretty big slap in the face to the 49ers to […]
The Notebook has taken the last two days and looked at both the offenses and defenses of the remaining NFL playoff teams. Today let’s look at the coaches, but with a different twist. Which one has the most pressure on them conming into this weekend? We’re not talking about the pressure to win or lose […]
The NHL season has reached its halfway point, as most teams will be playing their 40th game over the next day or two. It’s easy to dismiss the regular season in hockey as being inconsequential, and in the bigger picture I won’t argue with that. Home-ice advantage and favorable seeding means less in this league […]
The Notebook takes a look at the defenses for the eight remaining NFL playoff teams, a follow-up to yesterday’s post that examined the offenses. As we did yesterday the teams are listed in the order of who they rank overall in points scored. San Francisco (2nd): The 49ers play outstanding team defense. The best player […]
The Atlantic 10 is usually good for 2-3 teams in the NCAA Tournament, and schools like Xavier and Temple have each made an impact in March. There are a couple key conference games tonight, with the Musketeers meeting Duquesne, while the Owls play St. Louis. The Notebook will take today to give an overview of […]
How do the offenses stack up for the rest of the NFL playoffs? Today the Notebook takes a look at the eight remaining teams and focuses strictly on the offensive side of the ball, with a look at the regular season performance and how their strengths and weaknesses compare to the other playoff contenders. The […]
Ohio State gets the ESPN stage tonight at Illinois (9 PM ET), as we start the run of Tuesdays being Big Ten-SEC night for a college hoops doubleheader. The Buckeyes are 15-2 and ranked #5 in the country. Coming off a season in which they won the Big Ten and earned a #1 seed in […]
It’s time for the last preview of the college football season as LSU meets Alabama tonight in the Superdome for the BCS National Championship (8:30 PM ET, ESPN). The Notebook continues its major bowl format of first following each team’s season individually, then looking at how they matchup…. LSU: its appropriate LSU will play in […]
We’re down to one game for the college football national championship as Alabama meets LSU tonight in the BCS National Championship Game (8:30 PM ET, ESPN). Another year will take its place in college football history, not just who wins the national championship, but entire package of major bowl games that serves as the centerpiece of the sport. As part of the Notebook’s BCS Finale Day, historical articles with college football themes are being featured throughout. In this article I want to take a brief look back on two seasons that have particular relevance tonight
