31 October 2010

Week 8; Vikings, Cowboys, Fix Your Teams in One Easy Step!

I'm watching Fox NFL Sunday for once and they're talking about Brett Favre. I never thought I'd here Terry Bradshaw say something smart, but he just has. He remarked that every time a quarterback throws, he puts most of his weight on his left foot, which Favre has two broken bones in (as well as an injury in his elbow). Yes! Jimmy Johnson agrees! He also says that's it's okay to sit a game, and that Favre's good throws have been outweighed by his bad ones. Yes! Micheal Strahan says no coach has the balls (he said cajones, or however you spell it) to bench Favre. Yes! However Troy Aikman did his share of Favre-loving, especially after Favre took a big hit in the second half.

It is so refreshing to hear some media criticism of Favre, and not everybody apologizing for his bad plays and calling Brad Childress a lame-duck coach. Lately, I have gotten so tired of ESPN's love-affair of Favre that I have all but boycotted ESPN, other than Mike and Mike and the 11:00 SportsCenter ("The Blitz" segments only. The rest of the show I fast-forward through.)

How To Fix The Cowboys: Sorry to sound like a broken record, but Wade Phillips needs to go, and so does Jerry Jones. I've never like owners like Jerry Jones or Al Davis, who consider themselves "player's coaches". Players can't coach themselves, and when they're payed millions of dollars, they develop egos. To keep their egos in check, they need a powerful coach to keep them in line (Bill Parcells). The problem, according to owners like Jones, is that they want too much power, they want in on personnel decisions and the draft, which is how Parcells was ousted from New England after the Super Bowl loss to the Packers. It's not the players. The Cowboys are way too talented of a team to be 1-6. When Bill Parcells was the coach, he had inferior talent to what the Cowboys have now, but they were disciplined. They were not penalized a lot and players were not "larger" than the team. Also, JerryWorld is not exactly a stadium where home field advantage is much of a factor. See, it's so big that the crowd noise largely unaffects the opposing team. And even worse, every Cowboys game so far this season has been nationally televised.

Cowboys TV Schedule:

Week 1: Sunday Night
Week 2: #1 game of regional weekend on Fox (if an affiliate did not have local obligations, it is recommended they show this game, unless you're WTTE)
Week 3: #1 game of regional weekend on Fox
Week 4: Bye
Week 5: second game of doubleheader on CBS, shown to majority of country
Week 6: second game of doubleheader on Fox, shown to majority of country
Week 7: Monday Night
Week 8: #1 game of regional weekend on CBS
Week 9: Sunday Night
Week 10: second game of doubleheader on Fox
Week 11: play Lions. Likely not #1 game but stranger things have happened
Week 12: Thanksgiving Game on Fox
Week 13: second game of doubleheader on Fox
Week 14: scheduled for Sunday Night, could change because of Flex Scheduling
Week 15: play at 1:00 against the Redskins, might actually not be on national TV
Week 16: play Cardinals on NFL Network, Christmas
Week 17: play Eagles at 1:00

How To Fix The Vikings (Note: this was written before Moss was cut): ESPN's golden boy quarterback is the 30th-ranked quarterback in the NFL (there are 32 teams). He didn't play horribly last night and the Vikings were largely in the game for most of it but he did get hurt and had to be carried of the field. I'll say this again, there is no way the Vikings with Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson, Randy Moss and their defense should be 2-5. No way. Favre has thrown costly interceptions in every game this season. Honestly how bad would Tarvaris Jackson be? Maybe they should reinstate the 5/8th clause? Where of every eight passes thrown, at least five should go to Randy Moss. And if you make him feel like an important part of the offense, he will catch all five passes that come his way. Favre will never want to not play unless he basically can't move, somebody (Childress) needs to take the initiative and do something. With their players, how bad would Jackson be?

So where should Moss go? How about Dallas? I haven't heard that discussed anywhere yet. That means it's either genius or stupid.

Chiefs (5-2), Raiders (4-4), Chargers (3-5), too much to say that the AFC West could actually be the most exciting division in football this season? The Chargers are making their late-season run and they have a relatively easy schedule from here on out. The Raiders have won their past two games by a combined score of 92-17, and are getting hot at the right time of the season, but so are the Chiefs, who happen to play the Raiders in Oakland next week and then the Broncos after that.

Thankfully the game in London was actually a game, which it has the perpetuity to not be. Hopefully the crowd did not know they were watching two of the worst NFL teams playing before their eyes. There was a Tim Tebow sighting, as I'm sure you know. And I'm sure you know too that he scored a touchdown. And how bad is the Broncos defense if they gave up 24 points and allowed Troy Smith (Troy Smith!) to complete 12 of 19 passes. Either that or Troy Smith is really good. Frank Gore also had 118 yards rushing.

Just for some amusment, here is a column from a local meatball, calling for the benching of Orton in favor of Tebow "to save the season" all the whille using the Tebow-as-a-Christian theme to fall the writers' cliches back on.

Then we have this lovely post from pro-football-reference. To sum it up: the Patriots are 6-1 for the fourth time in Belichick's career, but they're basically terrible; opportunistic on defense while giving up a lot of yards and who-dat talent (will they be Gregg Easterbrook's team he will gush about every week for having a few select undrafted or lowly drafted players that make plays once in awhile?)

I'll just say this as an argument against Easterbrook. Deion Branch, Patrick Chung, Brandon Spikes and Rob Gronkowski are second round picks. Jerod Mayo, Brandon Meriweather, and Devin McCourty are first round picks. Most of the defense is made up of highly drafted players, although running back Danny Woodhead, the Patriots MVP up to this point, went undrafted out of Chadron State (of Chadron, Nebraska).

College Football Scores From Teams You've Never Heard Of:

Score #1: Washington & Lee 49, Catholic U 14. Two guys beating a whole team? Impressive!

Score #2: Stonehill 41, St. Anelm 27

Next Week: The Broncos, Titans, Jaguars, Redskins, Rams, and 49ers have byes next week. A Bills upset against the Bears to get off the schnide possible? Lots of good divisional games next week (Bucs-Falcons, Chiefs-Raiders). And once again we get to see the loser Cowboys on national TV. Don't worry, there are only two weeks until flex scheduling beings, so hopefully we won't be seeing much of the Cowboys and Vikings on national TV.

29 October 2010

NFL Week 8 Announcing Schedule & Coverage Maps

Meant to do this earlier in the week. Anyway, here they are.

Fox early:

Green Bay Packers @ New York Jets (FOX, 1PM) - Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa - Meadowlands Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ
Carolina Panthers @ St. Louis Rams (FOX, 1PM) - Dick Stockton, Charles Davis, Jim Mora Jr. - Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
Washington Redskins @ Detroit Lions (FOX, 1PM) - Sam Rosen, Tim Ryan - Ford Field, Detroit, MI

Fox has the doubleheader this week, and most of the country is seeing Packers-Jets, except for the local markets of the other teams and the Dallas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, San Francisco, and San Diego markets who do not have early games due to NFL rules. For once Columbus is going with what everybody else is seeing early. I thought for sure they'd dump Detroit-Washington on us.

CBS Early:

Jacksonville Jaguars @ Dallas Cowboys (CBS, 1PM) - Jim Nantz, Phil Simms [National] - Cowboys Stadium, Dallas TX
Denver Broncos @ San Francisco 49ers (CBS, 1PM) - Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf - Wembley Stadium, London, England
Miami Dolphins @ Cincinnati Bengals (CBS, 1PM) - Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots - Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
Buffalo Bills @ Kansas City Chiefs (CBS, 1PM) - Gus Johnson, Steve Tasker - Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO

Sadly, nowhere east of the Lafayette, Indiana market are anyone seeing the London game for free. A good amount of the south is seeing Jax-North Texas. Why most of the northeast is seeing Cincy-South Florida is beyond me. As is Wisconsin having Tennessee-San Diego (the only late game on CBS). Why is Mississippi seeing Chiefs-Bills?

Fox late:

Minnesota Vikings @ New England Patriots (FOX, 4:15PM) - Thom Brennaman, Troy Aikman [National] - Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Arizona Cardinals (FOX, 4:15PM) - Chris Myers, Brian Billick - University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Seattle Seahawks @ Oakland Raiders (FOX, 4:15PM) - Ron Pitts, John Lynch - Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Most of the country is seeing Vikings-Pats, and for good reason, since there's a chance Favre won't play. Most of California isn't even seeing the Raiders game.

CBS late:

Tennessee Titans @ San Diego Chargers (CBS, 4PM) - Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts - Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA

Only are the local markets of these teams, Wisconsin, and Central Michigan are seeing this game. The New York market is seeing this as well.

25 October 2010

Week 7, One Big Brett Favre Rant

After Sunday night's loss to the Packers, Vikings coach Brad Childress basically threw Brett Favre under the bus in the postgame conference, blaming Favre for the loss, as he should (with a little help from the officiating crew). In case you didn't see it, a Vikings touchdown was overturned, even though Visanthe Shancoe clearly had possession as he hit the ground. There was also a pass interference call on Randy Moss that smelled of b.s. (see, I'm not a total Vikings hater).

Childress blamed Favre for the loss, and rightly so. I see a coach that is frustrated with losing and being 2-4. He knows his team is more talented than 2-4, and they are. There is no way a team with Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson, their defense and even Brett Favre should be 2-4.

Granted, Adrian Peterson is quietly on his way to an 1,800 yard season, but this simply cannot go on any longer. I know Favre will never be bench, but I would seriously consider it. Favre has already thrown 10 interceptions (he threw seven all of last season).

And of course ESPN, the network of Brett Favre apologists, basically ripped Childress for ripping Favre on the basis on "Oh, that's just ol' Brett. He always throws it to the other guys but to our guys more." ESPN has never taken Brad Childress seriously; poking fun at his headset and his orthodontist dimenor. Remember they won 10 games in 2008 with Gus Frerotte as their starting quarterback, and without Randy Moss.

Meanwhile, five of top ten passers on Sunday lost their games; Carson Palmer had a 400-yard effort in a loss, Ryan Fitzpatrick threw four touchdowns in a loss, Drew Brees tossed nearly 60 passes in a shocking loss.

Most Super Bowl teams hit their groove in the middle of season, meaning, it's not the end of the world if a team drops a game or two at the beginning or end of the season. The Giants, possibly the best team in the NFC, are on a four-game winning streak. The Jets, a five-game streak. The Patriots, a four-game streak. The Titans, a three-game streak.

Close Calls: Two contests on Sunday were decided by a point, four by three points and one by four. Conversely, there were contests decided by 45, 22, and 18 points.

Location Political Correctness?: Last year, the p.a. announcer at Sun Life Stadium (previously Land Shark Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Pro Player Stadium, Pro Player Park, Joe Robbie Stadium) addressed the crowd at the Super Bowl, "Welcome to South Florida!" I believe I heard that this year's Super Bowl will not be in Dallas, but in North Texas. I guess Coral Gables felt discriminated against, as will Fort Worth and Irving this year? Oy vey!

Super Bowl Spoilers: The Browns have beaten the defending Super Bowl champions in each of the past three seasons (Giants in 2008, Steelers last year, and the Saints this year).

Speaking of the Saints, as hard as it is to believe, Drew Bress leads the league in interceptions with 10 (Brett Favre does too, but that's no surprise).

College Football Scores From Schools You've Never Heard Of: Mercyhurst 31, California of Pennsylvania 21

Score #2. Maritime Bowl: Maine Maritime 28, Massachusetts Maritime 27

Bonus Score. Sominex Bowl: Indianapolis 6, Northern Michigan 5. All points scored in fourth quarter.

Patch Stat of the Week: The Raiders put up 59 points against the Broncos. Most ever for the franchise, ever, in history, even through the AFL days. They put up 52 three times; once in 2002, 2000, and then in 1963 (a 52-49 shootout against the Oilers).

Why Am I Watching This Game?: In the Columbus, Ohio market, the Seahawks-Cardinals snorefest was shown. Why? It was a regional matchup weekend on Fox. How regional are teams that are located 1,900 and 2,400 miles away? What's worse, this game was shown to countless other markets that I bet did not give two shits about this game. Buffalo? Kansas City? West Palm Beach? It was shown to 19% of Fox's affiliates! Even their so-called #1 game, Chicago-Washington was only (in the scheme of things) shown to 34% of Fox affiliates. Eagles-Titans, their #2 game, was shown to 33% of Fox's affiliates. WGRT in Dayton was the only Ohio Fox affiliate to host Redskins-Bears. None had Eagles-Titans. Am I the only one who does not understand the logic behind this?

Next Week: Luckily, Fox has the double-header next week (since Fox does not release what their broadcasting assignments are until the morning of an NFL Sunday, I can't share them). Pats-Vikings is the main 4:15 game. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms of CBS will be at Jax/North Texas, although 49ers-Broncos in London is slotted ahead of that with Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf in the booth. I'm pretty sure I have yet to see a game in London since the NFL has started that again due to local obligations (sometimes it sucks having four AFC teams that have fans in the area).

18 October 2010

No Blog This Week

I've been away this weekend and only got a chance to see Titans-Jags and Colts-Redskins, and even then I didn't watch them all that closely. With that said, my regular weekly blog will not be written this week.

11 October 2010

Brett Favre Sends Out Naughty Pictures Of Certain Body Parts And The Decatur Staleys Have Returned to the NFL

Before moving onto this past weekends collisions, I want to talk about something from last week. Chuck Cecil, defensive coordinator of the Titans, did not agree with a penalty against his unit in the game against the Broncos, so he gave the officials a middle finger, and CBS cameras happened to be pointed at him when he flipped the officials off. CBS's broadcast of the gesture was on YouTube for a few days before being removed for a copyright violation. CBS's broadcast team took in it stride. Kevin Harlan, who was handling the play-by-play duties for the game jokingly said something like "he fired off a Hawaiian peace sign!" And color commentator Soloman Wilcots did not even mention the gesture in his explanation of the penalty.

Cecil was fined $40,000 for the gesture and tied his middle and index fingers together for the game against Dallas on Sunday, this article explains. (Note: The comment by BobsCountryBunker made me laugh)

And now Cecil's half of a piece sign is my Blogger avatar, although for some reason it's really really small.

The Favre story to me seems really tabloidish and not that big of a deal. If you're not up to speed a female member of the Jets staff came out and said that Favre sent her inappropriate texts and pictures, including one of Favre's penis, to her when he was with the team in 2008. I think the Jets staffperson just wants the fame. I'm not saying it didn't happen, it most certainly may have. Call me a bad person that a married man would send such message but it's not a big deal to me. And why it took two years for this story to surface makes it seem more fishier.

Some recent personnel decisions by the Patriots have really puzzled me. Randy Moss gets temperamental and yes he doesn't give 100% on each and every play. He has never once in his career been cut or traded because he can't catch a football. He can. Why he was so quickly whisked away makes me think something else went on that hasn't been made public. Moss never ran his mouth (he said that he thought 2010 would be his last year with the Pats. So what? His contract was up anyway). I know it's Belichick and the Patriots, I'd like to know why Moss was simply written off on the Patriots' game plan. He was a complete non-factor. And now the Pats think they can win with 5'8" underneath guys (they have in the past), and they have traded back Deion Branch, whom they cut ties with after the '05 season.

Since Belichick came to New England, they've always been very finesse on offense. They were never a deep passing team until '07 nor were they a pound-the-rock running team, even with Corey Dillon or Antowain Smith. Seriously, watch the Pats during their Super Bowl run, lots of cutesie screens and rinky-dink stuff to the slot, Troy Brown and later Givens and Patten as well as sweeps and pitches. In '01, their only deep threat, Terry Glenn, was suspended and not awarded a Super Bowl ring and was traded to the Packers in the offseason, which paved the way for Troy Brown catch 101 passes.

In other NFL news the Decatur Staleys beat the Kewanee Walworths in a 25-7 blowout, er, I mean the Chicago Bears beat the Carolina Panthers 23-6, but their style of play was much like the Staleys of 90 years ago. Chicago had 218 yards rushing, helped by a cover-your-eyes bad performance by backup quarterback Todd Collins (6 of 16 for 32 yards and four interceptions). Chicago's defense tore up the hapless Carolina offense, giving up a mere 147 total yards. The Bears could still easily go 11-5 with many doubters, due to the weakness of their schedule.

The Falcons are 4-1 in case you haven't heard. They've beaten Cleveland, Arizona, New Orleans, and San Francisco, not exactly the best the NFL has to offer. I'm not counting them out but I'm not putting them up on a pedestal yet. Tony Gonzalez is on pace to have a huge year though.

The 1972 Dolphins did not have much time for their champagne to age. The Chiefs went down as the last undefeated team to be...defeated.

Useless Stats Section:

Stat #1: The Bears have 80 yards passing in their past two games where they have gone 1-1.

Stat #2: Yes the Browns are 1-4. Their three losses were by three, two, seven, and ten. Their sole win was by three. Expect the margin of defeat to get higher, as their next four opponents are Pittsburgh, New Orleans, New England, and the Jets.

Stat #3: All of the teams in the AFC South are 3-2.

Stat #4: The Lions have not put up more than 40 points since 2007.

Stat #5: The NFC West-leading Cardinals did not have an offensive touchdown despite putting up 30 against the Saints.

Stat #6: The Panthers have five touchdowns and 16 turnovers.

We're All Professionals Here: The first play of the Vikings-Jets collision was a reverse pass from Randy Moss to Brett Favre. Favre was flagged for ineligible receiver downfield. Next play, 1st and 15 from the Viking 35, fullback Jim Kleinsasser was flagged for a false start. On the next play, this time 1st and 20, Adrian Peterson gains four yards. Next play, false start on lineman Loadholt. It was that kind of night for the Vikings.

SNF Analysis: The 49ers, the team we all predicted would win the NFC West, are 0-5, dismal on offense, dismal on defense. Mike Singletary is mad and Alex Smith is still a bust, despite every intention of his coaches trying to make him a starter. They are in the cellar, there is no doubt about it. The end of the game came down to controversial slide by running back LeSean McCoy. It was 2nd and 13 at the Eagles' 17. He caught a short flare-out pass and scampered 11 yards before falling two yards short of the first down. He was going to be tackled anyway and it was doubtful that he would have gained two more yards, despite the I told you sos by Cris Collinsworth (he's known for doing that). On the ensuing 49ers drive, the Eagles played conventional defense, no mega blitzes, no wacky prevent, they mixed their coverages well. They did take one gamble, blitzing six, and they got to Alex Smith so fast that he didn't notice that Frank Gore was wide open with nothing but green in front of him. And then came the duck that Alex Smith threw to a wide open Travard Lidley...who plays for the Eagles...


College Football Scores From Schools You've Never Heard Of:

Score #1: West Chester 44, Shippensburg 43

Blowout Special: Willamette 69, Pacific U 7

Brett Favre Rant of the Week: I do not care about the so-called scandal with the Jets' staffperson, whether he sent naughty photos or texts or not, I DO NOT CARE! Favre has already thrown seven interceptions, which is the same amount that he tossed last year and they are 1-3 and still looking downright ugly on offense. Fortunately for the Vikings, they may still be able to win the division with a 9-7 record, which may end up happening with the toughness of their schedule.

The Chiefs, NFL's Passively Aggressive Team: The low-voltage chiefs tried to be aggressive, but that proved to be a moot point against the Colts. They started the game with an onside kick, which failed. And after an Adam Vinateri field goal, this was followed by a 15-play drive that resulted in no points because Matt Cassel's 4th and 2 pass from the Colts' 8 clanged incomplete. Moral of the story, don't try to out-Colt the Colts.

Next Week: Browns @ Steelers, 1:00 on CBS. Kevin Harlan and Soloman Wilcots in the booth. Fox has the doubleheader for Week 6. In the Columbus market, Saints @ Bucs will be at 1:00, with Cowboys @ Vikings (the Irrelevant Bowl) at 4:15. Colts-Redskins on Sunday Night and Jags-Titans on Monday Night.

Save Yourself: The Bills, Bengals, Cardinals, and Panthers all have byes next week!

06 October 2010

A Quarter of the NFL Season is Over...

I have been hella busy lately so that's why I haven't been writing as much. As hard as it is to believe, we are already a quarter of the way through the season, and some interesting patterns are developing in the NFL. I have no idea which storyline is a bigger surprise; Kyle Orton, LaDainian Tomlinson, the Rams, or Randy Moss. They all are equally compelling within themselves.

Note: This blog entry will be very stat-heavy.

Kyle Orton: Orton already has 1,419 passing yards, that's a 5,676 yard pace! And no, that's not the most through the first quarter of the season, it's second. (Kurt Warner in 2000 had 1,557 through the first four games of that season) Next question is, can you name a Broncos' receiver? Didn't think so. What's funny is we all thought the Broncos would be a dupster fire, and in actuality they're becoming a solid team.

The Rams: The Rams are 2-2. They haven't played a single good team yet. They haven't scored many points, but Sam Bradford has played solid at quarterback, about as well as a rookie can. Their defense though is 4th in the NFL.

LaDainian Tomlinson: LT's YPC is 6.1, the oldest player ever to average more than six yards per carry. A solid Comeback Player of the Year candidate.

The Colts: Apart from their hiccup against the Texans, the Colts seemed to have avioded the Super Bowl losing curse...for now. Reggie Wayne and Austin Collie are the two leading receivers in the league and Peyton Manning is off to the best start of his career. Could Peyton Manning possibly become a five-time MVP winner? I think so. Now the bad. The Colts have already lost two games, and are averaging less than 60 yards rushing per game, thus relying on Peyton Manning more.

Randy Moss: In case you haven't heard, Moss was traded back to the Vikings today. For whatever reason, he just was not part of the Patriots game plan. Why I have no idea. Everybody knows what kind of a talent he is, and he didn't do anything really prima donna-ish to deserve to be ousted, other than he did not plan to be with the Patriots after this season (his contract was due to expire anyway).

Speaking of the Patriots. They, to me, are easy to figure out. They gameplan well, and start fast, but are not a good second half team. I say that because once they have executed their gameplan, they must rely on special teams and their novice defense to make plays. Despite giving up nearly 400 yards of offense, they still blew out the Dolphins on the strength of their special teams.

NFL on TV Note: CBS Sports periodically released press releases showing where its commentator and director/producer pairings will be over the next few games. It releases other material on this page too, including conference calls about CBS Sports and even invites the general public to listen in.

For those who care, here are where each CBS commentator pair will be next week:

1:00 PM, ET Starts:

Jacksoville @ Buffalo - Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker
Denver @ Baltimore - Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts
Kansas City @ Indianapolis - Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf

4:15 PM, ET Starts:

Tennessee @ Dallas - Jim Nantz/Phil Simms
San Diego @ Oakland - Kevin Harlan/Soloman Wilcots

Fox does the same thing too, but they only relase that information a few days in advance, as opposed to a few weeks like CBS.

On TV This Week: Since both the Bengals and Browns are on Fox and the Steelers are off, then that opens up WBNS' options as to what game to show. CBS has the doubleheader this week. Indy/KC is the #1 game at 1:00, and WBNS is broadcasting it and then they are showing Tennessee/Dallas at 4:15. WTTE's sole game is Bengals-Bucs at 1:00. The Sunday Night game is Eagles-49ers...yikes. Monday Night is Jets-Vikings, which suddenly has gotten a lot more interesting.

Brett Favre Rant of the Week:

Since the Vikings had a bye, Favre did not throw any more interceptions, miss any passes, or complain about how old he is. However he now has Randy Moss to throw to, which presumeably will go very well. We'll see. Since the Vikings are playing the Jets, I expect Favre to make a lot of mistakes.

College Stat of the Week: Hawaii quarterback Bryant Moniz threw for 532 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-21 win over Louisiana Tech. Receiver Kealoha Pilares caught 18 balls for 217 yards and two touchdowns. Two weeks ago Moniz threw for six touchdowns in a 66-7 blowout of Charleston Southern.

College Football Scores From Schools You've Never Heard Of:

Score #1: Delta State 41, West Alabama 37.

Bonus Score: Notre Dame 16, Central State 13. No that is not a typo. That is Notre Dame college which is located in South Euclid, Ohio. Central State is a black college located in Wilberforce, Ohio, which is in the southwestern part of the state of Ohio. Ohio just is a hotbed of obscure schools.

Blowout of the Week: Grand Valley State 71, Tiffin 10

Just To Plug My Own School, CFSFSYNHO Basketball-Football Score of the Week: Capital 60, Heidelburg 50

Wake Me Up When It's Over Score: Muskingum 3, Wilmington (OH) 0. So makes four obscure Ohio schools that have appeared in this blog!