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SPC Friday NBA + NFL Playoff pick - SPC College Football Insight
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Two plays for you down below, tonights NBA game + Tomorrows NFL playoff. Here’s my insight onto Ohio St/Texas game for tonight:
All Access Football Report: Week 18
Latest draft buzz from the College Football Playoff, NFL Power Rankings and a look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame finalists.
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2025 NFL Draft Headquarters
All Access Football quick-link guide to the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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American Football
A sublime band returns to help us all cope
Not every article every day can be about healthcare. American Football is a band whose first album, eponymously titled, was released in 1999. They formed in Urbana, Illinois, in 1997. It’s math rock and very emo all at once. They clearly could have stepped on a distortion pedal and rocked out…but never do. I’m a huge fan of
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Serritella: 2025 NFL Mock Draft
All Access Football founder Ric Serritella provides his first 2025 NFL Mock Draft of the new calendar year!
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Cultured Football #195
Speaking on Goalkeepers. American Shareholders. Young Spain. Remembrance in Germany. Finding the Difference.
The Edge of Failure
NFL/CBB Picks
One of my biggest pet peeves in sports is when teams go into chew-the-clock mode too early. As an Arkansas Razorback basketball fan, it was my biggest problem with Coach Muss. We’d be up 12 with 10 minutes left, momentum on our side and then go into stall ball. Sure enough, opponents would gain momentum and creep back into it.
When Football Was Magical
Take me back
There was a time when I could list the first eleven of various top teams in different football leagues.
Thinking About Modelling Football
What I Think About When I Think About Football.
I’ve been sharing my hobby of building team ratings models for several years now. One of the benefits of learning in public is receiving plenty of feedback and questions. Almost every week, I’m asked whether my model “accounts for X” or if I have advice for those looking to get started.
As a Spurs fan, I couldn’t agree more. Ange wants to control games through relentless attack. It works well when we have our first XI (player quality) and the players are fresh (they make better decisions). And it falls apart otherwise as it’s not a very effective means of control. A team like Ipswich controlled the match away by making a low block, reserving their energy, and then counter attacking fast up the wings. Angeball is dependent on the extreme energy levels to recover and press from chaotically distributed player positions. His frustration though has been the final third decision making. We lose the ball easily, create a lot of low quality chances, and a few big chances.. if we don’t convert them we’re constantly at risk of dropping a goal or two.
Very interesting, and much to agree with
Football in the Snow
Newsletter 2025-01-06
Last week, my local NFL team, the Indianapolis Colts, eliminated itself from playoff contention with a historically embarrassing performance against the New York Giants. It was the kind of unnecessary face-plant that makes me feel a personal connection to the team. Choking under pressure is sort of my thing. Besides reminding me that I’m not alone in the universe, the Colts offered me the opportunity of a lifetime. Their season might have been effectively over, but they still had one game left to play. Real fans wanted nothing to do with it. That left just me. With ticket prices plummeting, I decided now was the perfect time to take my daughters to their first ever NFL game. I’m always looking for new and exciting ways to disappoint them.
I saw the picture you posted yesterday, so obviously you made it to your seats. I'd love an update on Friday, even if it's just a mention in the main story of whatever you decide to write about.
I've never been to a pro football game so when I see it on TV (which is seldom because I don't particularly understand the game rules like I do other sports), I always ask MrP why the fans NEVER SHUT UP. The whole game is one big constant noise bomb even when nothing appears to be going on. If I did actually go to one, I would be wondering why they celebrate after every play, no matter if it's a touchdown or if they gained 5 yards. Oh, and how long the line is to get nachos. But it's worth at least one experience for your girls to see just how nuts people get. Or better yet, it can be a life lesson in how to use binoculars.
And c'mon, your Colts cannot be more hopeless than Da Bears, which makes MrP mad about every time they play. I honestly wonder why he continues to watch but as they say, hope springs eternal.
NFL Week 18 betting preview
For the NFL’s weirdest week, we ask “What’s up with that?”
In years’ past, in a metaphorical land far away, I used to write two separate NFL Week 18 betting previews - “The Real Games” and “The Fake Games.” It was the furthest I was allowed to push the absurdity of the regular season’s final week - loaded with games where your initial reaction to the point spread should mimic this classic Kenan Thompson SNL ske…
2025 NFL Draft Big Board
The NFL Draft Bible 2025 Big Board ranks the top overall prospects eligible for the draft.
The 2025 NFL Draft Big Board is presented by Sports Management World Wide, ‘The Global Leader in Sports Education.’
Ok this board is not realistic .Where are the QBs? We all know there will be several in the first round. I see 2.
The NFL Playoffs Are Here || Preview
Edition #212
First off, I extend my condolences to all the families that have lost homes, items, and more in the fires in the Los Angeles area. Please please stay safe. Let’s take a few line breaks, as a moment of silence, for the people who have lost their lives on this horrendous occasion.
THE VIKINGS AIN'T MAKING IT
The rise of the NFL Quarterblacks
White QBs dominated until very recently.
Being an NFL starting quarterback would seem to be the most elite job in American sports. So, it’s hardly surprising that much of the debate over race in American sports would involve NFL quarterbacks.
Pro football goes through phases and right now the quarterback who can run and throw is highly valued. Lamar Jackson is revolutionary and other teams are trying to duplicate Jackson's successful run. When Jackson was originally picked, it was expected that he would be some sort of hybrid. Instead, he became one of the finest players in the game.
Nearly twenty years ago, the Patriots made a virtually unnoticed trade for a white, pint-sized spare receiver and kick returner named Wes Welker. Welker revolutionized the position of slot receiver. Other teams also tried to make slot receivers stars but none succeeded like Welker. Today, the slot receiver is pretty much phased out of football. Perhaps that's because there are no Tom Bradys around who have the discipline to make an eight yard hitch throw.
Football has changed radically in the fifty-five years I've followed it. The first Super Bowl I can remember is Super Bowl 3, Joe Namath's claim to fame. The New York Jets and the Baltimore Colts were three-quarters white. Today's NFL is three-quarters black. I remember the position of nickel back was adopted by George Allen when he'd replace the middle linebacker with a defensive back on third downs. Nowadays, teams often have seven defensive backs in the game. Allen was one of the first coaches who put great value in special teams. Today, the kickoff has been de-emphasized because of the fear of injuries. Fullbacks used to be vital to an offense. Think of Jim Brown and Jim Taylor. Now the fullback position is almost obsolete and most teams do not have a fullback on their roster. Teams that have fullbacks rarely have them run the ball.
The discouragement to play football in the white community has been going on for a while. Those players just aren't there in numbers to nurture and select from anymore. They are in somewhat safer soccer and lacrosse. I personally watched a handful of (white) moms channel their sons into other sports after one injury. In the old days, they'd have gone along and expected them to take the lumps.
PSG Going for Cunha, Man City in for Musiala, and Liverpool Have Eyes for Tchouameni.
Football Transfer News & Rumours
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QB Class of 2025 Taking Shape
The 2025 NFL Draft QB carousel has already begun to turn. All Access Football examines who's in, who's out and who could be on the move!
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Onboarding Athletes in College Football
The transfer portal has changed strength and conditioning in college football.
What has changed? Free agency and reduced roster sizes have changed the game dramatically. The transfer portal has created a need to adapt and take an approach that is similar to the National Football League. The challenge is to onboard athletes as quickly as possible, while mitigating risk.
Wow, that portal affects everything.
My Most Heartbreaking NFL Moment
How the Jacksonville Jaguars were robbed of their only chance at the Super Bowl.
I really don’t want to talk about this.
Thanks for sharing not only the Jags story, but your story. I think the fact that this was a personal experience made it easier to empathize with you and other Jags fans. While not within the same context, I think many sports fans have felt similarly at one point or another, including myself.
On a lighter note, where do you place this Jags team amongst other teams of this era (was thinking 14-18 but there may be another timeframe that makes more sense)?
Quick Sip Friday
The NFL playoffs get underway 🏈
We have a lot of football this weekend — Notre Dame advanced to the National Championship with a win over Penn State, Texas and Ohio State clash Friday night, and the NFL playoffs kick-off Saturday in Houston
2024 NFL Weekly Data Download: Week 17
MatchQuarters weekly look at the data from the NFL's previous week brought to you by Field Vision.
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