but they aren't actually picking against the spread right? wouldn't that be a more significant representation of their skill? Most people can come out in plus territory on their picks if they are only picking winners, by simply picking the favorites.

Weatherford was actually one of the best 60m indoor runners in the B1G when he was in college at Illinois. Probably the most athletic punter ever in the NFL.

this is disappointing because he's not fulfilling an obligation to his teammates. i understand he wants to preserve his future millions. in doing so he's fucking over the other 84 guys on scholarship and the 15 or so walkons. that isn't cool, no matter how much money is involved.

sio moore left his feet. i suppose he was trying to deflect the pass, but not too smart. i see no issue with this play other than it looked worse than it was. fluker goes with him to the ground there's no flag, but the same result.

You're trying to compare this to the ASU-Wiscy game. This isn't remotely the same thing.

I-L-L!!!

somebody needs to make sure Peter King sees this.

strong take

but the majority of their programming isn't the NFL. ESPN's is. ESPN without the NFL would almost cease to function at this point because they have gone all in on the NFL. it would be a biblical disaster if ESPN lost the NFL. the major networks would assuredly take a hit, but not at the level that ESPN would.

its all about leverage. you do what you can, not what you want. Goodell wants to lord it over NBC/CBS/FOX as much as ESPN but he can't.

no, because CBS and NBC are TV networks with a huge amount of non-sports content. their TV stations would survive without the NFL. Goodell has HEEEEYUUUGE leverage over ESPN. the majority of ESPNs content is NFL related. The NFL could simply pack up Monday Night Football to someone else (FS1, the aforementioned…

good god that was amazing. thank you wayne washington.

Johnny Manziel did not meet an obligation he committed to. Doesn't matter what it was. Doesn't matter that he's in college, that college kids party, that college kids are generally fuck-ups. Not meeting your commitments is wrong, plain and simple.

it absolutely would. let's stop tip-toeing around the elephant. most skill position players are black. many blacks are raised in poorer socio-economic conditions. most QBs and O-Lineman are white. many whites are raised in middle and upper class families, certainly in comparison to ratios for blacks in this…

not necessarily. Tennis players overwhelmingly move to Florida to live at Tennis Academies in their early teens. Golfers generally come from middle and upper class families. NHL'ers are overwhelmingly Canadian or European. MLB players are 1/3rd Latino, and most of those are from somewhere that's not the USA.

a better control group is people from similar socio-economic class. crime and poverty are more closely linked to class and household income than any other factor. comparing NFL players to say, tennis players (most of whom move to Florida and live at tennis academies in their early teens) or golfers (most of whom…

you're missing the more important variable - socio-economic class during youth and adolescent development. you're better off comparing these guys to the socio-economic class they grew up in than the one they are now a part of.

Exactly. More a function of their childishness than Rugby culture in the US.

West Point graduate here. Also, a male. All my peers are extremely disappointed at what happened. All of us are extremely frustrated across the Army with the sexual assault crisis. I was privileged to serve as an Infantry Officer, so rarely worked with female service members, and never directly led any. I have…

the best part is Simmons will read this and get super pissed. and if he lashes out it will be in the most passive-aggressive way ever, via Twitter. i have no respect for the dude. he's dreadful.