I really had planned on not posting anything at all having to do with the NFL labor dispute between owners and players that has resulted in the current lockout, since I, like most fans, really don’t want to hear any sob stories from either group. The situation has been described as the “Millionaires vs. Billionaires”, … Read More
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NFL – Closing Out The Season
It’s been three weeks since the NFL season concluded in the Super Bowl, and the same amount of time since my last post on this blog, which was a correct prediction of the Packers winning the big game. So the season is over and the only headlines being made by the NFL involve labor negotiations, … Read More
NFL – Super Bowl Prediction
Green Bay rookie RB James Starks Super Bowl XLV should be a classic game, being played between two of the National Football League’s premier franchises – the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers. To top it off, the teams will square off in Dallas owner Jerry Jones’ new billion dollar palace in front … Read More
NFL – Super Bowl III – The Game That Changed The Game
Pro Football HOF Super Bowl III Display The Games That Changed The Game is the title of a book written by Ron Jaworski, chronicling games over the years in which creative, innovative coaches like Sid Gillman and Bill Walsh introduced wrinkles that changed the way the game was played. I haven’t read the … Read More
NFL – Super Bowl V – The Blunder Bowl
Dallas LB Chuck Howley Super Bowl V may have been the strangest of all of the 44 NFL title games played since the Super Bowl began. It was played following the 1970 season, the first year the NFL and AFL merged into one league with 2 conferences, after Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Baltimore were transferred … Read More
NFL – Super Bowl Coaches And Quarterbacks
When the careers of head coaches and quarterbacks in the NFL are ultimately judged, winning – or at least reaching – Super Bowls is one of the important measuring sticks that is used. For some reason, though, perceptions of those players and coaches vary. Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw both won four Super Bowls, and … Read More
NFL – Super Bowl Reading
Since this is Super Bowl week, the annual week of megahype leading up to the National Football League’s championship game, Rayonsports.com will feature posts having to do with the big game. I’ve always felt that the game has become such a circus-like event, with the stands full of corporate sponsors and the over-the-top halftime shows, that … Read More
NFL – 20th Anniversary of “Wide Right”
Today – Thursday, January 27th, 2011, is the 20th anniversary of a game that lives on in Buffalo sports history as “Wide Right”, the Buffalo Bills’ first-ever appearance in the NFL’s Super Bowl following the 1990 season, that ended in heart-breaking fashion with kicker Scott Norwood missing a 47 yard field goal that would’ve won the … Read More
NFL – Championship Game Predictions
The two conference championship games this weekend figure to be a pair of classic matchups, with both games being played at outdoor venues in cold weather cities, meaning that the games will feature real, knock-down drag-out football, rather than the sanitized dome stadium games. In the divisional round games last weekend, I managed to pick … Read More
NFL – Divisional Round Predictions
In last week’s NFL Wild Card playoff games, I managed to pick 3 winners out of 4, missing only on Seattle’s improbable upset over New Orleans, which practically nobody saw coming. Here are the picks for this week’s divisional round games: Baltimore at Pittsburgh – if past history between these two divsion rivals is any … Read More