It’s December 28, 2016, but judging by the AFC landscape, you’d swear it was 2011. Or 2007. Or 2004. Or 2001. The holiday season is generally a bevy of television marathons of reruns of all…
Peyton Manning called it quits on Monday, ending a legendary, Hall of Fame career that fittingly spanned 18 years. It was widely expected that Manning would walk away after winning his second Super Bowl win,…
Yes, it’s over. It wasn’t all that close, either. The Denver Broncos are world champions for the third time in franchise history, and the Carolina Panthers came up empty in their second Super Bowl appearance….
Since all the hype about Super Bowl Sunday is well beyond its peak, how about some random, so-called-useless factoids about the big game that even the “experts” aren’t giving you? We know who is playing,…
Defense wins championships, right? Normally, that is a rock-solid argument. In recent years, however, there have been some statistical anomalies that have belied that old adage. When the Carolina Panthers’ unstoppable offense meets the Denver…
It was in late January (into early February) of 2008 that we were pondering whether we would see true perfection on Super Bowl Sunday. Of course, it did not happen, as the New England Patriots’…
You saw it front and center in the waning seconds of Super Bowl XLIX. A coach has his counterpart, Bill Belichick, and his New England Patriots on the ropes, only to let them off the…
The more I use the word “parity” in relation to sports, the more I wonder what it truly means. Does it reflect the number of different teams that win a championship? Or simply make the…
Since it’s worked for 10 of the last 11 Super Bowl winners, the Denver Broncos decided to jump on the white-colored bandwagon. It’s a wise choice, if for no other reason than erasing the images…
Between 1994-2008, it never happened. Now, it’s happened three years in a row. That would be both No. 1 seeds meeting in the Super Bowl, as both home teams and top seeds in each conference…