JSOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Ravens don't have much history. The teams have played only three times since the Cleveland franchise moved to Baltimore and began play as the Ravens in 1996. Green Bay won the first two encounters at Lambeau Field, but the Packers would like to forget their most recent meeting in 2005. In front of a national television audience, Baltimore crushed Green Bay, 48-3,...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Those of us in the Mike Sherman Fan Club aren't surprised by what we saw tonight at Kyle Field. We're not surprised that the Aggies are headed to a bowl in Sherman's second season. We believed when Bill Byrne hired him that he'd gotten the right guy. We've had our moments of doubt this year as the Aggies got blown out by Kansas State and Oklahoma, but in the end, it just doesn't seem possible that...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Those of us in the Mike Sherman Fan Club aren't surprised by what we saw tonight at Kyle Field. We're not surprised that the Aggies are headed to a bowl in Sherman's second season. We believed when Bill Byrne hired him that he'd gotten the right guy. We've had our moments of doubt this year as the Aggies got blown out by Kansas State and Oklahoma, but in the end, it just doesn't seem possible that...
Slushy Gutter Summer (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Another victory, they cant get with me so pick a BC date cuz your history... PROPS and DROPS from the CU loss to Okie State on Thursday and yesterday's Bronco defeat to the Chargers: DROPS: It comes out post game that Coach McD was involved in some trash talk with the Chargers, specifically Shaun Phillips. Coaches or adminstrators jawing with players or fans has never worked out well (see: Mike Smith,...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I was all for Texas A&M getting good again because I like Bill Byrne and Mike Sherman and because it makes life more interesting around here when the Aggies are rolling. When they're terrible, it gets really old hearing them complain. I sometimes think they're happier when they're unhappy, but since I got quite a few relatives like that, I'll keep my yap zipped. If you watched the Aggies in those...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Maybe we'll look back and see that Gary Kubiak knew what he was doing all along. Maybe we'll recognize that he was never the problem, that he was always a really good NFL coach. Now that he has better players it's easy to see. One thing that has impressed me from day one is that there's no phony in Gary Kubiak. What you see is what you get. He's blunt in his post-game assessments, both good and bad....
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The Cleveland Browns played the role of spoiler in more ways than one in their last visit to Lambeau Field. The date was Sept. 18, 2005, the home opener for Green Bay in what would be Mike Sherman's final season as the Packers' head coach. At halftime, the franchise bestowed its highest honor to former standout Reggie White. With his wife and children on hand, Green Bay retired White's No. 92 jersey....
Jiblog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
*Dom Capers' strategy for this game was obviously to make Brett Favre beat them. He did. They need to find a happy median for the game at Lambeau. *Many will see this game as a repudiation of Ted Thompson's strategy to not tie up money on the offensive line. I disagree. I think the Mike Sherman Packers proved that you don't need to spend your money on the line. This is a repudiation of Thompson's ability...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
The screen pass, a successful staple for the Green Bay Packers under coaches Mike Holmgren and Mike Sherman, has fallen into disuse and disrepair under Mike McCarthy. If, for some reason, McCarthy has been saving his best screens, this week wouldn't be a bad time to break them out. As sure as Packers fans like trashing Vikings fans, Minnesota's fierce front four will fly off the ball hell-bent for...
Burnt Orange Nation (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
It is a slow news day and a bye week so you get a trip down memory lane. Good grief. Mack Brown is still undecided about a running back . Asked if Vondrell McGee would start against Colorado after his 100-plus yard performance against UTEP, coach Mack Brown said he didn't know. Brown said the coaching staff will probably end up going with the hot hand between McGee, Tré Newton and possibly Cody...
Acme Packing Company (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
More photos » by Jim Prisching - AP Browse more photos » You could go with the short answer: QB Jay Culter - 4 INTs; QB Aaron Rodgers - zero. But I wanted to look a little deeper. On Cutler: If the Bears were going to fail with Cutler, I expected it would happen because offensive coordinator Ron Turner would turn Cutler into a QB Kyle Orton type check down machine. Instead the Bears let...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
This is going to be a great week. First, the Texans are playing on national television tonight, which means the rest of the country will get a chance to find out how good Andre Johnson is. Gary Kubiak has opened up the competition at defensive tackle, and I'm guessing those guys will be flying around knowing that playing time is on the line in this most important game of the preseason. Actually, this...
Turf Show Times (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
More photos » by Bill Kostroun - AP St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger (10) is sacked by New York Jets cornerback Donald Strickland in the Rams preseason opener. Bulger's three sacks were largely the result of poor blitz pickup from the backfield, which could be why the Rams are interested in Ahman Green. Browse more photos » What to make of the St. Louis Rams interest in former Green...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
1. They're a team. It took a long time to define the Texans as a team, and at times, it seemed like it would never happen. Slowly, though, the Texans have gotten a core of solid, reliable players. It was most clear after the victory in Green Bay last year. That might have been the first time the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. 2. No holes. For the first time ever, they went to training...
Nick Sloan's Official Web Site (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
With college football season around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to rank the Big 12's best basketball-football coaching duals. 12. Iowa State, Paul Rhoads and Greg McDermott McDermott has struggled so far in Ames, leading Iowa State to no NCAA Tournament bids. He's also struggled recruiting and keeping talent at the university. Rhoads is in his first year and thus unproven. Just five...
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