Link: Vilma Suspended For ’12-13

From ESPN.com Thanks to his participation in the New Orleans “Pay for Prey” program (note: at least that’s what we’re calling it), New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma will have a year to perfect his golf swing, improve his social life and… well, do anything but play football. Based on his findings in the investigation, … Read more

Link: Payton’s Punishment

From ESPN.com NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has a reputation as a no nonsense dictator, and his ruling today on the New Orleans Saints reinforces that reputation. Saints’ head coach Sean Payton has been suspended for the entire year 2012 NFL season.  General manager Mickey Loomis will miss eight games.  Gregg Williams, the ex Saints and … Read more

Pick (‘Em) and Pop, Week 3

by Justin Cherot   I was dumb enough to think that I was the first person to think of Week 1′s clever headline, but apparently I’m not.  Thanks a bunch, Bleacher Report!    Any how, I decided to be like the Oakland Raiders’ secondary (no words…) and take the week off from making picks on the site, although if … Read more

Let’s Do Some Lines, Week 1

by Justin Cherot It’s no secret that basketball is my first love.  I mean, it’s not like you stumbled upon the “Cover 1 Robber” blog, right?  Colin and I are equal opportunity sports’ enthusiasts… okay, at least Colin is.  But, I’m a realist: football is America’s favorite sport (attention anyone who just asked about baseball: you … Read more

A Maddening NFL Preview

by Justin Cherot Fun facts about me that you can’t Google using this link or this link: There’s an unreleased mixtape starring myself and G-Fury (AKA Greg Lambert, who just became the sprinting coach at the University of Richmond. How far we’ve come).  Not trying to brag, but if my delivery were just a tad … Read more

From the Couch: Snowed in for the Super Bowl

by Justin Cherot Completely snowed in and nothing else to do, I spontaneously decided to do a Super Bowl “From the Couch” entry… Okay, I’m completely lying.  I actually told you about a week and change ago that I was going to undertake this.  Remember? I had to pace myself, especially after three hours of … Read more

Emptying the Notebook (Caps, Pro Bowl, Gilbert)

by Colin Donohue I’ve always loved the idea of “emptying the notebook” on this here blog. Justin did it a couple of posts back, and I know I’ve done something similar here and/or at the old blog stompin’ grounds. (Also: The running diary concept is great. Justin tackled it a few nights ago, and I’m … Read more

Superdome is Crazy!

by Colin Donohue (Preface: The following thoughts about my Superdome adventure are not so eloquently phrased. It was difficult to describe, of course, but I threw this together hastily so that I could share a couple of videos I shot.) I enjoyed the NFC championship game between the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints live … Read more

HEADS-UP: Curry vs. Evans II (This Time It’s Personal)

By Justin Cherot I feel like it’s been years.  Technically, we haven’t dropped anything new in 2010 yet, and so much has happened that it would take the biggest Notebook in history to catch everybody up with some of our quirky analysis over the past week. We love you guys… but that’s not happening.  Try … Read more

The Notebook: What I’ve Been Watching the Past Week

By Justin Cherot I’ve tried this a couple of times on the old BETA Live From the Nosebleeds site, but essentially the gimmick with “The Notebook” is this: a smattering of thoughts that pop into my size seven head (by New Era standards), none of which are either big enough for an entire post or … Read more

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