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2026 NFL Preview: Projecting Super Bowl LXI!
The most interesting storyline heading into the 2025 NFL season was whether one of the AFC’s elite quarterbacks could finally sneak past Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Eagles demolished the Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX, and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow and Buffalo’s Josh Allen appeared primed to take advantage…
2026 College Football Preview: Traditional power returns to the top
The 2026 college football season was a testament to chaos. The Indiana Hoosiers, with an all-time record of 510-691-38 and no 10-win seasons before head coach Curt Cignetti’s arrival in 2024, ran the table and won the national championship with a 16-0 record. The team they beat in the national championship game, the Miami Hurricanes,…
My End-of-Season NFL Thoughts: Seahawks prove me dead-wrong with dominant season and Super Bowl win
In the unlikeliest Super Bowl matchup in NFL history by the preseason odds, the Seattle Seahawks throttled the New England Patriots in Santa Clara, Calif. to capture their second Lombardi trophy and first since the 2013 season. Running back (and impending free agent) Kenneth Walker III led the way for the ‘Hawks with 27 carries…
