FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY Greetings. I’ll be doing this every Monday during the 2024 NFL season – with some bonus “extra points” thrown in. My goal here today is simple: talk about four things in Week 1 that drew my interest. Your list might be different from...
NFL Week One: Heroes, Villains and a shocking fall for an NFL legend. 1. All of the hype. So much hope. And the season lasted four plays for NY Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who will miss the remainder of the season with a complete tear of his achilles tendon. I...
In eight days, Patrick Mahomes went from being injured, to limping, to becoming immobile, to having a weakened right ankle that could fail to hold the enormous weight of his team’s fate. He became the weeklong obsession of gamblers, had to listen to hearing all about...
Time to figure out what I’m doing with my investment dollars Sunday for the NFL and NFC Championship Games. It’s almost always a fun day of football watching – and even more entertaining when you can win some dollars. So far this postseason I’m 8-2 straight up and 6-4...
NFL DIVISION-ROUND PLAYOFFS: THE TAKEAWAYS. Greetings. I did OK on my picks for the divisional round, going 3-1 straight-up and 2-2 against the spread. It would have been a much better investment weekend if (A) Jacksonville hadn’t kicked a late field goal to...
BERNIE BITS 1. The Future Of Missouri Football: The Mizzou administration provided security for football coach Eli Drinkwitz in the form of a contract extension that included a generous raise. Surely these people were smart enough to set aside money to pay Drinkwitz...
BERNIE BITS The World Cup final between international football powers Argentina and France was spectacular and unforgettable and the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning. I don’t know if any one-off sporting event can ever top it. I know that qualifies as the kind of...
BERNIE BITS, THE SUPER BOWL EDITION Tales From The Crypt: * An opening cheap shot because I feel like having fun: I’m wondering how long it took Rams staffers to unseal the coffin and pull Stan Kroenke out of there and install the necessary robot circuitry in...
The Cincinnati Bengals vs. the Los Angeles Rams. I’m digging this matchup for Super Bowl 56. Part of that has to do with the two starting quarterbacks, but it’s more about the desperation factor. I’ll simplify the narratives: 1) All of the pressure is on LA...
