The 2007 college football season is nearing the end. The BCS Championship game is only a week away and either the LSU Tigers or the Ohio State Buckeyes will be crowned national champions next Monday night in the SuperDome in New Orleans. Here are some wacky facts about the crazy college football season this year. [...]
To all my loyal readers, Hookscenter (HC) says thanks for sticking to my NFL picks each week. I got off to a very poor start to the season but as the weeks moved along so did the wins in the left side of the column. HC rewarded all readers with a 14-2 record against the [...]
In the past century, seven teams have gone undefeated and won the NCAA title in the same season. The first to do it was San Francisco (29-0) in 1956. North Carolina accomplished the feat the next year. Four of John Wooden’s national championship teams had a perfect record — 1964 (30-0), 1967 (30-0), 1972 (30-0), [...]
The New York Giants have come to play tonight at the Meadowlands against the unbeaten New England Patriots. The Giants came out firing as Eli Manning hit Plaxico Burress for a 52-yard gain on the second play of the game. The Giants capped the drive as Manning hit Brandon Jacobs out of the backfield for a [...]
Hookscenter is going to guarantee a win on his 5 Star Pick of the Week. The 5 Star has been a rollercoaster this season. Three losses followed by nine straight wins and then 4 rotten eggs. The San Diego Chargers (10-5) travel to Oakland (4-11) to take Raiders at McAfee Coliseum in the season finale. If [...]
Hookscenter had another good week handicapping week 16 of the NFL season. HC went 10-6 overall. The lone downfall was another 5 Star pick getting shot down (4 in-a-row). HC will end the season strong with a guaranteed 5 Star winner for all my readers that have made some good jack the last 6 weeks off my [...]
The National Football League season concludes this weekend with 16 games on the slate. Some of those games have major playoff implications, some of the games shouldn’t even be played, and one game has a date with destiny. The New England Patriots (15-0) travel to the Meadowlands to take on the New York Giants (10-5). The Patriots are [...]
The San Diego Chargers took a huge step towards a possible deep run into the AFC playoffs as they disposed of the Denver Broncos, 23-3, Sunday night at Qualcomm Park. The Chargers remain the #3 seed in the AFC playoff picture heading into the final week of the season. San Diego travels to Oakland next Sunday [...]
The Cleveland Browns played their biggest game since the rebirth of the franchise in 1999 Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati. The Browns had a chance to clinch a playoff birth for the first time since 2002 when they went 9-7 and lost in the opening round of the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 36-33. Instead the [...]
The Green Bay Packers got the break they needed Saturday night in the race for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs in the NFC. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Carolina Panthers, 20-13, to remain a half game ahead of the Packers going into Sunday’s action. A Carolina win Saturday would have been great for Green Bay but [...]
