Category: The Gridiron Articles
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GAME REVIEW: Saints Play Calling Struggles Continue in Loss to Texans
The Houston Texans[3-3] defeat the New Orleans Saints[3-3] 20-13. Next week, the Saints host the Jaguars while the Texans have a bye week. 1st Quarter: Saints Kicker Blake Grupe misses a 52-yard field goal. Saints Linebacker Zack Baun intercepts Texans Quarterback C.J. Stroud, fumbles the ball, and the Texans recover at their own 41-yard line.…
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Texas A&M drops second straight, this time to Tennessee
(Photo: Texas A&M Football) Well, after starting out strong in SEC play, the Aggies dropped their second straight conference match up. It seems to always be the same story with A&M… Bad OL play, bad QB play. Max Johnson was under pressure often and in turn, made bad decisions with the football. Outside of their…
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Bad Look in Madison
Luke Fickell was poised to take control of his first and last B1G West Championship with the hardest test to the crown coming to Camp Randall. The game started with the Badgers on defense. A little bend but no break allowed the Hawkeyes to get to the Wisconsin 43. A perfect punt Tory Taylor pinned…
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The Panthers start hot in Miami, but fizzle out and now stand at 0-6 heading into the bye week.
Bryce Young had his best game in the NFL on Sunday. He had no turnovers and finished the game 23/38 with 217 yards and a touchdown in the 42-21 loss to the Dolphins. The Panthers jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead in the first quarter off of a Chuba Hubbard 6-yard touchdown run and…
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Oklahoma State upsets Kansas in Stillwater!
The Oklahoma State Cowboys defeated the #23 Kansas Jayhawks by the score of 39-32. The Cowboys would jump on KU early and take 14-0 lead just 8 minutes into the game. KU would respond by driving 75 yards for TD of their own. OSU would tack on a field goal to extend their lead to…
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GAME REVIEW: #6 Penn State Destroys UMass 63-0
#6 Penn State defeated Unranked University of Massachusetts 63-0. Next week, Penn State travels to play Ohio State while UMass travels to play Army. 1st Quarter: On the first drive of the game Penn State Wide Receiver Harrison Wallace III fumbles the ball and Defensive Back Tyler Rudolph recovers for UMass at their 32-yard line.…
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The Chiefs defeat the Broncos for the 16th straight time.
The Kansas City Chiefs extended their winning streak against the Denver Broncos to 16 with a 19-8 win on Thursday Night. The Broncos had a solid 1st drive of the game but would end up turning it over on downs after Russel Wilson was sacked on 4th and 3. The Chiefs would drive down but…
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James’ What You’re Watching Weekly
Last week we went 4-3 no thanks to the Packers who somehow lost to the Raiders my chance at .500 on the season went by the wayside (16-18-1) but we’ll get there this week. Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs (-11) Denver is bad. The defense is bad. The game has passed by Sean Payton.…
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James’ Weekly Top Ten
1. San Francisco 49ers – The season is young but this team is complete. Only an injury or maybe last year’s NFC champ can stop them. 2. Philadelphia Eagles – The wins haven’t all been pretty but they’ve all been wins. A talented team with a pedigree is going to be hard to stop. 3.…
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Turnovers continue to doom the Panthers and their offense has they now sit at 0-5 losing 42-24 to the Lions.
It was more of the same on Sunday as the Panthers took on the Lions in Detroit. The offense wasn’t able to get out of their way with 3 turnovers. Two Bryce Young interceptions and a Miles Sanders fumble led to short fields for a Lions offense that took advantage every time. The defense was…