Redskins select DE Jeremy Jarmon in the 2009 NFL Supplemental Draft by Lloyd Vance

Redskins select DE Jeremy Jarmon in the 2009 NFL Supplemental Draft
Despite his defense finishing ranked fourth in the NFL in total yards (288.8 per game) for the 2008 season, Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder wanted more from his defense in 2009.  First Snyder reached into to wallet to lock-up free agents DT Albert Haynesworth and [...]

Midseason Startup: Better Late than never…

With college football only halfway over the BCS is once again looking like a tossup.  Forty percent is only four of ten. That’s how many teams from the preseason top 10 rankings are still holding spots.  All of them have a loss and the top three teams this week were ranked No.11 (Texas), No.24 (Alabama) [...]

It’s Never Too Early to Get Suspended…Ever.

Even though spring practice for college football is still three weeks away, it makes no difference.  You would think that student-athletes would be gearing up for what is to come by hitting the weight room, making the grade and enjoying the last of that thing they call life while spring break comes and goes…but no.  [...]

Revenge of the Nerds meets Return of the Jedi

Well, my G Men showed up and won in OT against the Packers when not many folks picked them to win outright, never mind beat the spread. So last weekend I was 2-0 for my picks and feeling real good about it all. But unfortunately we have a dead week between the Championship weekend and [...]

Who Wants to be A College Football Coach…by Steve Sherwood

In a world where cut-throat is the name of the game, here are five schools that got the most bang for their buck in the mayhem of the hiring and firing process.
Three years. That’s the average amount of time a new head coach has to turn a program around before he is seriously considered [...]

That Jersey Swagger

Redshirt freshman running back Knowshon Moreno took the state of Georgia by storm this season. Something everyone from New Jersey knew would happen; we just didn’t think it would happen this soon.
Knowshon Moreno was a freak of nature at Middletown South High School. Every weekend I picked up the paper it was four, five or [...]

How Could It Have Ended Any Other Way?

With No. 1 Missouri and No. 2 West Virginia all but one win away from a national championship matchup, the worst thing that could have happened, happened. Just like it had all season long.
I sit here at the end of the most important week of college football, the last one, and have no idea [...]

One, Two, and Three

Missouri, West Virginia, and Ohio State.
It’s hard to have one clear cut game of the week so late in the season. With the BCS finally molding into a realistic picture of who is going to play for the rings, we now know who will not be there. For sure the SEC conference [...]

That Kid off the Bench

Why backup quarterback is the most important position in football.
You’ve seen it happen before.  It’s late in the season and your team is first in the conference.  It’s the biggest game of the year.  Everything is going perfect– then it happens.  The quarterback drops back and takes one of those hits that make you look [...]

“The Jet’s” Sports Journey Game of the Week

(11-1) Ohio State 14  (8-4) Michigan 3
Buckeyes ground-game and defense hold tough to win fourth straight.
 Over 100,000 people gathered at the Big House as they do every other year to see Ohio State play Michigan for their annual last game of the schedule matchup.  It was also the one-year anniversary of legendary Michigan coach Bo [...]