When you look at football, well many sports for that matter, officiating has come under intense scrutiny this year. It seems more than ever before. So it started a discussion for me the other night about instant replay in football and which way is best, the way the NCAA does it or the NFL’s approach? (more…)

I read last week that right after the first BCS poll came out, that a Political Action Committee (PAC) was announced called Playoff PAC.  They said that they were going to back political candidates that favor a playoff system for college football over the present BCS system.  Are you really serious??? (more…)

OK, so bear with me.  This will be the last time I write about this (at least this particular situation anyway).  But you read my post about the excessive celebration penalty at the recent UGA-LSU game.  Well this past weekend, during the Florida-Arkansas football game, this same ref crew had some more controversy.  Read on…. (more…)

As I have stated before, I am not just a football nut, but a Georgia Bulldog.  Some of you, if you didn’t see the Bulldogs play, may have seen the recap of the call at the end of the game this Saturday that many say swung the momentum.  It was an unsportsmanlike penalty for excessive celebration called on AJ Green, Georgia’s playmaker wide receiver.

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Michael Crabtree’s holdout from the San Franciso 49ers got me to looking at the wide receivers in the NFL recently.  These guys are more and more hitting the top of the draft board and the big bucks that come with that.   And there is a crop of big, strong, and fast wide receivers that are almost freakish with their builds and their skills in the game.  But has it gotten out of control with the antics of T.O. and a guy like Crabtree doing what he’s doing?  Well here’s what I think…. (more…)