1) SEAHAWKS (1): Only the 49ers throw the ball less 2) SAINTS (2): If there’s a Super Bowl in New Orleans’ future, it must diminish the two-touchdown gap between its home scoring average of 34 points and the 20 points averaged on the road … the biggest home/road scoring difference in the league 3) PANTHERS […]
1) Adrian Peterson averages 99 yards per game, trailing only Jim Brown and Barry Sanders. (ESPN Stats & Info) 2) There are only three players in NFL history who have 10 or more games with three sacks: Lawrence Taylor and Reggie White with 12, and John Abraham with 10. (Cardinals press release) 3) Patriots’ tight […]
In case you don’t know from the things I’ve said on air, I hate the BCS, but I don’t have a problem with the BCS formula. I just don’t want it used to narrow the field from 125 to 2. Although I’m thrilled we will have a 4-team playoff next year, I’ve always wanted a […]
The Arizona State Sun Devils lost the Pac-12 Championship Game because Stanford’s coaches coached better, and they lost the game because Stanford’s players played better. Stanford did not drop key passes. Stanford did not allow its quarterback to be constantly harassed. Stanford did not allow linebackers to be matched up against ASU’s best receivers. Stanford […]
1) SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (1): Ranked second in scoring offense and scoring defense…it’s time to take Seattle seriously as a Super Bowl team. 2) NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (2): The only team whose defense hasn’t scored…I didn’t drop them because losing at the No. 1 team deserves no punishment. 3) CAROLINA PANTHERS (3): More touchbacks per kickoff […]
1) On passes 30 yards down the field or more, only 3 QBs complete a lower percentage of passes than Carson Palmer and zero QBs throw more INT’s. (ESPN Stats & Info) 2) Week 13 of 2012: Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons are the #1 seeds in the playoffs. Week 13 of 2013: Houston Texans […]
They did it! Arizona State is going to the playoff! OK, it’s a mythical playoff of how college football should be handled, but I’ve put together a mathematically fair college football playoff for over a decade, and this is Arizona State’s first year to be in the running. In case you don’t know from the […]
1) When using play-action, Robert Griffin III completed one pass to his team and one pass to San Francisco. (ESPN Stats & Info) 2) Michael Vick has never won a game in an outdoor stadium played in freezing temperatures, while Peyton Manning is second-worst over the last 10 years at 1-5. (ESPN Stats & Info) […]
I think I’m going to be OK with the 15-person panel who will be choosing the four teams participating in the NCAA playoff next season. Thankfully, it removes the coaches from being involved. Looking at this week’s USA Today Coaches Poll, this sham can’t continue. Coaches simply aren’t knowledgeable enough about college football to be […]
Todd Graham was torched by the national media for his one-year tenure in Pittsburgh. Isn’t it time for those same people to turn their attention to Pittsburgh and wonder if they’re the problem? Arizona State University is in a major metropolitan area with four professional franchises. The University of Pittsburgh is in a major metropolitan […]
1) DENVER BRONCOS (2): On any other team it’s not a story, but considering the importance Peyton puts on practice it will be interesting to see the affect…1-0 in the brutal 3-game stretch (vs. KC, at NE and at KC.) 2) KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1): Opposing QBs have dropped back 90 straight times against the […]
1) Arizona Cardinals before Bruce Arians = 3 wins in Florida. Arizona Cardinals with Bruce Arians = 2 wins in Florida. (Cards press release and me) 2) The Colts offense has scored seven first-half TDs with Reggie Wayne and zero since Wayne’s season-ending knee injury. (ESPN Stats & Info) 3) Ron Rivera was 2-14 in […]
1) Alabama scored the most points they have against LSU since 1947. (Postgame press notes) 2) Florida State has scored at least 41 points in every game this year.(Associated Press) 3) The only three players with three TDs of 50+ yards in length in the same game are Gayle Sayers, Randy Moss and Tavon Austin. […]
Stanford didn’t do it. Arizona State did. Utah is a bad team on the road. But when they are in Salt Lake City, they are very tough. Just ask David Shaw and The Cardinal. The Utes had the second longest streak in the nation for holding halftime leads heading into Saturday’s contest against the Sun […]
1) KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1): Defense and special teams have as many TDs as Jacksonville…take all the time you need on the bye week so we get a classic next week in Denver. 2) INDINAPOLIS COLTS (2): Luck has more 4th Quarter/OT comebacks in his first two years as a pro than anyone and still […]
1) The Patriots have allowed 130 yards rushing in every game since Vince Wilfork was lost for the season. (ESPN Stats & Info) 2) Oakland gave up seven TD passes to Nick Foles. Oakland has seven TD passes this year. (ESPN Stats & Info) 3) Andrew Luck has more fourth Quarter/OT comebacks in his first […]
There are quite a few acceptable candidates to be the next Arizona State athletic director. There is one candidate who is the right choice. Rocky Harris must become the next AD of ASU. I realize that naming Harris as AD completely loses the press conference. It creates absolutely no buzz. Rocky Harris has no flash […]
Everything is in front of them and there’s no reason to look to the past anymore. Devil fans love to talk about past failures. Phoenix loves to wait until a team proves some mythical point before they decide they’ll hitch their wagon to the fast moving truck. What still needs to be proven? Listen, ASU […]
1) Larry Fitzgerald replaced Jason Witten as the youngest player in history to catch 800 passes. –Cardinals press release In honor of Larry’s accomplishment over Witten, here’s some stats specific to their careers. I went through every game of each player’s career using Pro-football reference.com. a) Jason Witten has caught a pass from eight different […]
I can’t see the light, but I believe it’s there…and no, I don’t think it’s an oncoming train. The Phoenix Suns traded Marcin Gortat, Shannon Brown and Kendall Marshall for an under-achieving injured center and a draft pick. It doesn’t sound like a good deal. I love it. Draft. Draft. Draft. There were two incidents […]
1) KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1): A 7-0 team has never missed the playoffs…despite not having their bye, still has given up the fewest total points (10 teams have played fewer games but given up more total points.) 2)INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (5): Odd to have back-to-back Sunday Night games (bye week in-between)…amazing to me Luck is just […]
1) RG3 ran the zone read eight times in weeks 1-7 and eight times against Chicago. (ESPN Stats and Info) 2) When you take away the negative yards for sacks that are attributed to rushing stats in the college game, Washington averaged 14.4 inches per carry against Arizona State.(My own fine math skills) 3) The […]
In case you don’t know from the things I’ve said on air. I hate the BCS but I don’t have a problem with the BCS formula. I just don’t want it used to narrow the field from 125 to two. Although I’m thrilled we will have a four-team playoff next year. I’ve always wanted a […]
If you listen to Doug & Wolf, you know I love stats. ESPN Stats & Info just produced a great piece on the Seahawks at Cardinals game. If you want the whole link, here it is. If you want just the highlights, keep reading. ESPN Stats & Info: The Seahawks are just 5-6 on the […]
