Tag Archives: nfl
Phall Phancy
Tennyson famously wrote that, “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” But as summer draws to a close now that Labor Day is behind us, what do we think about? The answer is two … Continue reading
Face of the Franchise
The other evening, I sat down to watch the Eagles play the Redskins in DC on MNF. Now, the Eagles this season have been by-and-large better than the identity-less .500-ish team I thought they were going to be and at … Continue reading
Roomie Cup Picks: NFL Week 6 UPDATE
The scores are in and the Roomie Cup has been wrested back to the West Coast! Comments in red. This week’s Roomie Cup picks had an oddity – there was no line (at the MGM-Mirage at least) on this week’s … Continue reading
The Roomie Cup
The other weekend, my old college roommate Dave visited The Aerie on the tail end of a west coast business trip. He’d had a busy time of late and really just wanted a weekend of relaxing – with good food, … Continue reading
Into The Absurd
Sticking to his guns like he holds onto 2nd half timeouts, Eagles head coach Andy Reid went back on his post-McNabb-trade assertion that Kevin Kolb was the team’s starting QB yesterday – replacing him with Michael Vick. I know there’s … Continue reading
Into The Unknown
Tonight begins the new NFL season. That’s something I’m usually pretty excited for, but this year there’s something sort of missing. Every year for the last decade at this time, I’d be looking at the Philadelphia Eagles and deciding whether … Continue reading
New Eras?
There was an interesting bit of news on Sunday even after the Easter candy had been snacked on and all the earthquakes and aftershocks had done their rattling – and it was a pretty seismic shift if you’re at all … Continue reading
Maybe It Really Is Super
I overheard a couple of guys talking in a restaurant the other day, and they were talking about this weekend’s Super Bowl and one guy (he was in his mid-20s) trotted out, “Oh, the Super Bowl’s always a boring blowout…who … Continue reading
Third Time’s A Cha— oh, wait.
One thing that was odd about being on the road for three weeks and being very busy and distracted while we were in Virginia was that the end of the NFL season came and went without a chance to opine … Continue reading
Close Only Counts in Horseshoes and…
The City of Brotherly Love. This week, the Philadelphia Eagles organization announced that they’d extended head coach Andy Reid’s contract three more years (which would take him through the 2013 seasons). If Big Red makes it through that, he will … Continue reading
