Three generous individuals so far this football season have taken my post Buy the Old Guy a Coffee! to heart and did just that. A sincere THANK YOU to all three of you. You know who you are! It’s always …
Year: 2026
A Week 9 Message From HALmary 9000
“Good morning, Dave. I have reviewed last week’s results and can assure you that my predictive algorithms remain flawless. My 8-6 record was not the result of faulty calculations, but rather the unfortunate consequence of several officiating errors. Had the …
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Week 9 NFL Power Rankings Have Dropped!
The Week 9 Power Rankings are out, and there’s been plenty of movement since last week! The Buffalo Bills have climbed two spots into the Top 3, while the Detroit Lions made one of the biggest jumps of the week, …
The 2026 NFL Playoff Chase: Where Does Your Team Stand?
What would happen if the NFL season ended today? Would your favorite team make the playoffs, or would they be watching from home? Now you can find out!
Introducing HALmary 9000: The Infallible Football Prognosticator
Welcome, football fans, to the dawn of a new era in sports analytics. For decades, you’ve relied on flawed human pundits, emotional gut feelings, and erratic Vegas betting lines to guide your weekly picks. No longer. Meet HALmary 9000—the world’s …
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Week 8 NFL Power Rankings: A New #1 Emerges
The Week 8 power rankings are in, bringing a shake-up to the top of the rankings. Key Takeaways Bear Down Bears: The Chicago Bears (5-2) jumped five spots to claim the #1 ranking. Chiefs Disrespected: Despite suffering only their first …
NFL Power Rankings Are Back — And They Don’t Care About Your Feelings
After a three-year hiatus, the Football Weblog Power Rankings are back! Last published in 2023, they keep the same mission: rank teams by what the numbers say, not popular opinion. Subjectivity fills most power rankings. Content creators know big-market teams …
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The Bears-Packers Kickoff Time Changed. Apparently.
The Week 5 Bears-Packers game on Sunday, October 11, has been moved from its originally scheduled 4:25 PM ET kickoff to 1:00 PM ET. The change didn’t require moving any other games. You might be wondering when the NFL announced …
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Football Weblog: Caffeine-Fueled Content
Football Weblog is always free, but if you find any of the caffeine-fueled content here worthwhile and would like to show your appreciation, I’ll never turn down a piping hot cup of Joe! 🙂 Just click the button below and …
America Turned 250 — And Nobody Seemed to Notice
Fifty years and a few odd weeks ago, back in 1976, our nation celebrated its Bicentennial – the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. If you were around in 1976, you probably remember that it was …
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Breaking: NFL Schedule Entanglement Spreads; Second Schedule Now Shrunk
Following recent experiments, a lone scientist has confirmed an anomalous event. The 2026 NFL Schedule by Week that was recently shrunk (see Honey, I Shrunk the Schedule) was discovered to be quantumly entangled with the 2026 NFL Schedule by Team. …
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Honey, I Shrunk the Schedule
I wasn’t actually trying to shrink the NFL schedule. The whole thing started when I decided the print on my grocery list had become too small to read. This was partly due to advancing age and partly due to my …
The “Sea Eagles” Memory Hack Every NFL Fan Should Know
Ever notice how the Super Bowl feels huge and unforgettable while you’re watching it… but a few months later you find yourself thinking: “Wait… who won the Super Bowl last year again?” It happens to everybody. The game feels historic …
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The NFL Coaching Tree You Can’t Miss (2026 Edition)
Alright guys, pruning season is past, and it’s time to see what the 2026 NFL coaching tree looks like. Like every year, wilted branches get trimmed and burned in the brush pile, while new growth is carefully grafted in, hoping …
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Simulating Super Bowl LX: Seahawks vs. Patriots
I stumbled across a pretty cool website the other day: WhatIfSports.com. It’s fun to mess around with and built entirely around settling the debates sports fans love, including teams from different eras, legends who never crossed paths, and dream matchups …