Blogcritics Category: Sports: Football (American)

Institutions Must Show More Patience and Faith With Their Football Coaches

Jay Skipworth — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:34:52 EST

Institutions must show more faith and patience if they expect coaches to be more loyal to contracts.
Boston College followed through on a promise and fired Head Coach Jeff Jagodzinski if he interviewed with the NY Jets of the NFL. This instance, along with last year’s lawsuit of Rich Rodriguez by West Virginia, is some big steps by institutions to take back some control. Now, the institutions need to step up in the way they deal with...

Boston College Serves Notice To Jagodzinski, Coaching World

Jay Skipworth — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:33:09 EST

In the world of coach-in-waiting and contracts not worth the paper they are printed on, BC puts their foot down - hard.
It is about time that a major college football program put its proverbial foot down on the madness that is the coaching search. Really, this whole coaching carousal has been out of control for years. For those of you who missed it, Boston College told Head Coach Jeff Jagodzinski he will be fired if he interviews for the head coaching vacancy with...

Treehouse Fort Headlines For January 4: "Two Thousand? Oh, Wait"

Matthew T. Sussman — Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:49:10 EST

The month-by-month retelling of 2008, coupled with Charlie Doherty's 2008 "What Were They Thinking" Grand Prize.
The following is a partial transcript of the January 4, 2009 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort, which recapped the year in sports for 2008.Charlie Doherty's "What Were They Thinking" Award For The Year poll by twiigs.com Suss and Tuffy's Year In ReviewTuffy: In January, LSU beat Ohio State to become the first two-time BCS National...

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Let's Use the AP to Fix the BCS Mess

Jay Skipworth — Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:43:28 EST

Maybe a permanent split between the BCS and AP is just what we need to fix college football.
While working through the College Football Bowl Season, I have heard a commentator (or five) mention that the Associated Press does not have to vote for the winner of the BCS game if the AP members are more impressed with say, Southern California or Texas. Then the college football season ended the first week of December and all of these bowls are...

Strip Ford of the Lions, and Do It Now

Anthony Tobis — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:01:05 EST

After over forty years of failure, drastic action is necessary to save football in Detroit.
The Fords need to be stripped of their NFL franchise. This may sound extreme, but after finishing an entire NFL season without a single win -- and then promoting individuals who were at least partly responsible for the debacle -- this action is a necessity for the integrity of the Lions, the city of Detroit, and the NFL.Today William Clay Ford...

Recruiting Key to Building and Maintaining Success

Jay Skipworth — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:42:46 EST

The second entry in a series on the modern college football fan and experience.
Not since the first Twilight book hit the shelves have so many adults paid so close attention to the actions of teenagers. However, that is what happens in the months, weeks, and days leading up to National Signing Day – February 4, 2009 – the high school to college version of the NFL draft. I have to admit that I follow it as well. I...

Steelers QB Roethlisberger Leaves Browns Game With Concussion

CallmeMaddy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:01:11 EST

Was it worth it for him to play in a meaningless game against their division rival?
The Pittsburgh Steelers had it all locked up. They were the second seed in the AFC playoff race, earning a first-round bye. They couldn’t get the first seed; Tennessee had the first seed and Pittsburgh lost to them last week. They couldn’t lose the first round bye. Today’s game against the Browns was essentially meaningless. So,...

Treehouse Fort Headlines For December 28 - "Receipt's In The Bag"

Matthew T. Sussman — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:01:00 EST

Teixeira to Yankees ... Boise State's no longer perfect ... "Brady Bundch" engaged ... and Charlie Doherty's "What Were They Thinking?"
The following is a partial transcript of the December 28, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.Tuffy: Mark Teixeira signed with the New York Yankees this week for eight years at a total of $180 million. The Yankees now own everything but righteous indignation about the Yankees. However, agent Scott Boras has scheduled meetings with the...

Could Bill Cowher Coach The Cleveland Browns Next Year?

CallmeMaddy — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:51:14 EST

Could the former Steelers coach be headed to Pittsburgh�s AFC North rival?
Bill Cowher won a Super bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks. A year later, he retired from coaching and on February 15, 2007, he joined CBS'The NFL Today as a studio analyst with Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe, and Boomer Esiason. He lives in North Carolina, where he went to college. But now he is rumored to...

RJ's NFL Picks - Week 17

RJ Elliott — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:43:21 EST

Actual quote from Rod Marinelli: "People seem to want to come and see what a loser looks like" ...
I went 8-8 last week. That puts me at 146-94 for the season. For a comparison, check out the "experts" over at ESPN.(FYI - I will be making all my playoff picks in the comments section of this article. Please be sure to bookmark this page if you'd like to follow the NFL's postseason with me all the way to February!)Here are my picks for the NFL's...