Breaking Down the NFL Playoff Scenarios
The final weekend of the NFL regular season is upon us as teams continue to jockey for playoff position. Four AFC teams and five NFC teams have already clinched a berth to the postseason, but there are still a number of different scenarios that can shake out to determine playoff seeding and the final few spots that are up for grabs.I’m going to go over every scenario with you... Read More
College Football: End of Season Awards
Last week, the college football end of season awards were handed out in Orlando, Florida. Today, the Tailgater crew is going to tell you who SHOULD have won these awards. Some of the award winners were fine, while some of them left us shaking our heads.Here is who Zach Bigalke, Matt Strobl, and I thought should have won the awards. Maxwell Award Winner: Andrew Luck (QB/Stanford) Tailgater... Read More
2011 Heisman Watch: The Ballots
Just like that, the college football regular season is over. In just a few short weeks bowl season will kickoff, but before any of that, the Heisman Trophy will be awarded for the 77th time on Saturday. The finalists — Alabama’s Trent Richardson, Baylor’s Robert Griffin III, LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu, Stanford’s Andrew Luck, and Wisconsin’s Montee Ball — were... Read More
2011 Heisman Watch: Week 11
The 2011 Heisman Watch is now wide open after Stanford’s loss to Oregon last week, and Alabama’s loss to LSU two weeks ago. It’s been a while since we’ve had a race this wide open with really no clear-cut front runner this late in the season. Andrew Luck was the clear-cut front runner for most of the season, but he struggled in the Cardinal’s loss to Oregon last week,... Read More
Penn State Football: Sandusky Case Reveals Many Guilty Parties
I will preface the following by acknowledging that America has a legal presumption of innocence until guilt is proven. What follows here all hinges on whether or not the allegations against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky are true. The grand jury report on the Sandusky case can be found here. It is 23 pages of lurid and disturbing detail, chronicling years of abuse. ... Read More
