Maybe it’s just me, but when so much is on the line in football, whether it’s college ball or the pros, spotting a football by eyesight seems lame. Inches are huge in football, yet the job of the head linesman …
Year: 2014
Chris Kluwe on Augmented Reality
Chris Kluwe has been in the news a lot recently regarding his allegations that Minnesota Vikings special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer used homophobic language on many occasions. Even before this most-recent happening, Kluwe has been involved in a number of divisive …
Fantasy Football Sleepers 2014
Every season there’s a handful of unheralded players – sleepers, dark horses, breakouts – that flash into the fantasy football limelight by inexplicably becoming NFL starters, and in some cases, top 5 players at their position. If you’re like me, …
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NFL Playoff Droughts
Climate change is a hot-button topic lately. Although controversial, science shows that rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere are adding to the greenhouse effect. Not only is this causing global warming, but also is attributable to violent storms, more frequent …
Official Size Football
It’s sad that NFL teams are forced to play with a ball sized for the officials. Why doesn’t the players association do something about this???
2014 NFL Wallet Schedule
They say you can tell a lot about a person by the contents of his or her wallet. It makes sense, then, if you’re a football fan, that at least one item in your billfold is football related. I’m guessing …
One Page 2014 NFL Schedule
Like last year, I’ve once again created a One Page NFL Schedule. I’ve found this listing of games to be invaluable as a quick reference to see the weekly NFL match-ups at a glance. The One Page NFL Schedule is …
Periodic Table of the NFL
What happens when a football fan with a scientific bent gets bored….
Draft Day Movie Review
Draft Day is a 2014 movie starring Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner, and directed by Ivan Reitman. The movie was released on April 11, 2014. The story is centered on Sonny Weaver, Jr. (Costner), the general manager of the Cleveland …
NFL Cheerleading Squad Names
26 of the 32 NFL teams currently have cheerleading squads. Through the years, most cheer squads simply took on the rather blasé moniker of their team. For example, the Cardinals Cheer team is known as the Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders. (Yawn.) …
Cool NFL Rebrand Concepts
Every so often, a NFL team will try to make changes to their football club’s image. This is known as rebranding. These changes can be subtle, such as a slight shift in messaging that better communicates the direction a team …
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A Football Joke
Have you ever heard of Voki? It’s a website that allows a person to create animated flash videos. You can check it out at www.voki.com. Anyway, I was playing around there today and made a video of a football joke. …
Display a Vintage Football Calendar
Football memorabilia is cool. It can take you back in time and effect fond memories of a favorite player or magical season. It’s even cooler when it serves a purpose. A great example is an old, vintage football calendar. The …
42 Yard Extra Point
Last season, NFL kickers successfully converted 99.6 percent of their extra point attempts. It’s become so automatic that the NFL Competition Committee is considering making changes to add difficulty to the extra point attempt, and hence create more excitement. One …
Tampa Bay Buccaneers New Uniform
The Tampa Bay Bucs unveiled new uniforms on Monday. My first reaction was that they’re too flashy. My personal tastes are throwback style. If it were up to me, the Bucs would be sporting simple pewter pants, white or red …