Slobberknockers are wonderful. Nobody wants to be on the wrong end of one, but everyone, definitely most traditional NFL fans, love to witness them as part of the game.
We can all agree on that, right?
Tom Brady agrees because this week on his Sirius XM podcast he made it plain that he loves physical play in football and actually complained the game is losing some of its violent nature.
“Football is a physical sport; there’s a physical element to all of this,” Brady said. “You throw a 15-yard flag for something that, you know, 20 years ago maybe wouldn’t have had a flag.
Author: Michael
TUSCALOOSA, AL- After a wild Saturday around college football, some teams simply dropped the ball on expectations. Whether it’s Penn State’s offense failing to show up for its game against Ohio State, USC bowing out of playoff race or North Carolina losing to Virginia, who had one win this season.
There will certainly still be ramifications within conference play, along with the playoff race. But, James Franklin obviously has an uphill battle in the Big Ten race, with Penn State needing some help down the stretch for an appearance in the conference title game.
After a heartbreaking loss to Miami in double overtime on Saturday, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney made a joke about suicide when discussing his team’s sports psychologist.
The Tigers are uncharacteristically 4–3 to start the season and two of those losses have come in overtime. One reporter asked Swinney if the team has ever employed sports psychologists to help players during a slump like this and Swinney just laughed before making the head-turning joke.
“We got him. He’s probably on suicide-watch right now,” Swinney said.
Saturday had its share of slogs for playoff hopefuls, but a handful of elite players proved to be the difference makers.
Michael Penix Jr. had four turnovers in Washington’s close win over Arizona State.
I don’t know if it was the emotions of Alabama beating Tennessee, or too much coffee, but one security official brutally tackled a fan rushing the empty field.
Following the win over the Vols on Saturday night, with an empty stadium and folks looking to wrap-up the night, one fan decided take a stroll onto Bryan Denny Stadium field. The young man certainly didn’t look like a harm to anyone left inside, but that didn’t stop one security officer from protecting the field.
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Year 2 of the Lincoln Riley era at USC has been marred by back-to-back losses that have destroyed their national title chances.
Iowa lost a heartbreaking ‘invalid fair catch’ ruling that wiped away a touchdown.
Iowa leads college football in unintentional comedy. The Hawkeyes are historically a great defensive team and a terrible offensive team, and that split is playing out once again. This time, though, there’s added intrigue because the university added a rare stipulation to offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz’s contract that said he would automatically lose his job if the team doesn’t average 25 points per game this season.
Somehow getting destroyed their biggest rival wasn’t the most humiliating part of Michigan State’s day.
Sometimes, there’s comfort in knowing you have hit rock bottom. That can be the only solace for Michigan State football after a Saturday from hell both on and off the field.
The Spartans were hosting arch-rival No. 2 Michigan on Saturday. It had already been a nightmare season for MSU: the team entered at 2-4, on a four-game losing streak, after losing head coach Mel Tucker following a sexual harassment scandal.