Southern Miss is riding high coming into Saturday night’s game. The Golden Eagles won the Conference USA championship game in decisively taking out Case Keenum and Houston and wrecking their BCS hopes. The win got Southern Miss coach Larry Fedora the job at North Carolina next season, but he’ll be on the sidelines for this […]
We’re down to two weeks left in the NFL regular season and Christmas Eve Day on Saturday has the bulk of the Week 16 games. Here’s the breakdown of the action. MAJOR TV GAMES The three games that most of the country will see are Denver-Buffalo (1 PM ET, CBS), NY Giants-NY Jets (1 PM […]
An era comes to an end tonight when Dennis Erickson takes his Arizona State team onto the field in Las Vegas to play Boise State. Erickson will not be back as Sun Devil head coach and the odds are pretty good it’s his last game on the sidelines anywhere. With Erickson, along with Florida Atlantic’s Howard Schnellenberger, moving into retirement, the last vestiges of the great Miami Hurricane dynasty of the late 1980s and early 1990s has gone into the history books. While the Notebook was admittedly not a fan of the ‘Canes, their historical significance and on-field excellence is beyond dispute. So on this night, let’s take a look back on the glory years of Miami football history.
The best of the Mountain West take the field these next two nights, beginning with TCU-Louisiana Tech tonight and Boise State-Arizona State tomorrow, both games at 8 PM EST on ESPN. TCU & Boise both need to carry the conference banner, because a tough regular season for the Mountain West has been followed by a […]
San Francisco’s win over Pittsburgh last night has the 49ers back on track. New Orleans is playing some of the best football in the NFL right now. And Green Bay’s loss to Kansas City re-opens the question of whether the NFC Championship is still up for grabs. A look at the postseason seeding implications is […]
The Steelers’ trip to San Francisco takes on heightened importance in light of Sunday’s games. Baltimore’s loss gives Pittsburgh the inside track to the AFC North title and because the Steelers beat New England earlier this season, they hold the tiebreaker and also have inside track to the AFC’s #1 seed. With their remaining games […]
There’s two weeks to go in the regular season and the Philadelphia Eagles and San Diego Chargers are still hanging around. The Chargers’ blowout of Baltimore moved them to 7-7 and within one game of Denver in the AFC West, while the Eagles buried the Jets and got unexpected help in the form of Washington’s […]
Bowl season kicks off tomorrow and from Saturday through January 9, we get 35 more college football games to wrap up the season. The Notebook will preview each game individually as they come. For now, here’s a general outline to help you plan your TV watching… PRE-CHRISTMAS Saturday, December 17 New Mexico Bowl: Temple-Wyoming (2 […]
Before we get into the Week 15 TV previews, I need to open with a huge gripe against CBS. How is it, with three weeks to go in the season and a doubleheader week on your hands that you decide to deliver Cincinnati-St. Louis to most of the nation in the early time slot? On […]
Atlanta hosts Jacksonville tonight (8:15 ET, NFL) and the Falcons, along with the Detroit Lions are looking to make the final three-week push to the playoffs. With 8-5 records both Atlanta and Detroit control the race for the NFC’s two wild-card berths. Today the Notebook takes a look at both teams and their remaining schedule… […]
If the race for the NFC title looks more like a coronation for Green Bay, the AFC race is wide-open. Four teams are sitting on 10-3. The Notebook takes a look at the AFC’s Big Four… New England (10-3): The Patriots are pretty much a known commodity at this time. Tom Brady executes the offense […]
Is there anything more fun than being a sports fan? Being a sports fan provides light-heartedness to people who might otherwise take themselves and their lives too seriously. It provides joy and a brief respite from the trials of life. And for some of us, let’s be frank—it’s what we think about when we wake […]
