Football

Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles are gearing up for a two-team fight for the NFC East crown. (Image: Philadelphia Eagles/YouTube)

Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles in NFC East Bum Fight

You know things are ugly when a losing team sits in first place. The Philadelphia Eagles top the NFC East with a 1-2-1 record after finally securing their first win of the season in Week 4. Oddsmakers at DraftKings pegged the Dallas Cowboys as the favorite to win the NFC […]

After its second upset in as many weeks, Oklahoma fell out of the AP Top 25 Poll for the first time since 2016. (Image: AP)

Oklahoma Falls Out of AP Top 25

For the first time since September 2016, Oklahoma isn’t in the AP Top 25 Football Poll. The Sooners suffered their second consecutive upset, tumbling out of the first 25 spots in the Week 6 poll. Oklahoma is one of five teams that dropped out of the AP Top 25 Football […]

Houston head coach Bill O’Brien was the first NFL coach fired when the Texans let him go on Monday. (Image: Getty)

Houston’s Bill O’Brien First NFL Coach Fired, Who’s Next?

Houston Texans general manager Bill O’Brien didn’t fire head coach Bill O’Brien, believing he had another lifeline. Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair disagreed, and fired O’Brien from both positions on Monday after six years with the organization. O’Brien was reportedly on thin ice after trading All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre […]

A parlay card had won four football games in NFL Week 4 betting, but LeBron James and the Lakers killed the card when the team couldn’t cover the first half spread against Miami Heat. (Image: Getty)

NFL Week 4 Betting Recap: Lakers Sink $100,000 Parlay Card

Cross betting with other sports is popular, but one gambler in NFL Week 4 found out he should have stuck with football for his betting. The unidentified BetMGM customer put down $100,000 to win 598,709.15 on a five-team parlay card. They parlays were all moneyline bets. The first four were […]

College Football Week 5 betting saw Lincoln Riley try to explain how his Oklahoma Sooners got upset by Iowa State. (Image: YouTube)

College Football Week 5 Betting Recap: Gamblers Take Bath on Upsets

Gamblers usually take a hit when there are one or two upsets in college football, but College Football Week 5 betting was Armageddon for punters. Four ranked teams suffered upsets, and the public backed three of those losing teams heavily. The biggest hit for the bettors came from Oklahoma. A […]

One of the best NFL Week 4 highlights was San Francisco wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk scoring after hurdling Marcus Epps. (Image: Fox Sports)

NFL Week 4 Highlights: High Jumps, Trick Plays, and Trash Talking

The NFL Week 4 highlights had it all on Sunday. There was a wide receiver pass for a touchdown, a quarterback who looked like a tight end blocking, and an animated pick-six interception on a legend of the game. There was also Indianapolis quarterback Philip Rivers trash-talking an opponent, and […]

The interception by Alabama cornerback Daniel Wright was one of several college football highlights during Week 5. (Image: Getty)

College Football Week 5 Highlights: Crazy Block, Iffy TD Call, Great INT

College football’s Week 5 highlights were filled with more than just long touchdown passes. In fact, passes didn’t even make this week’s highlight reel. Here’s a look at some of the week’s biggest plays, including an offensive lineman who made an incredible block, an interception that defied gravity, and what […]

Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones evades a tackler on SNF. (Image: Sean Gardner/Getty)

Gotta Get Unstuck: Eagles/49ers (SNF), Falcons/Packers (MNF)

If you Gotta Get Unstuck after a rough Sunday, there’s always Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football to help you get even. The Philadelphia Eagles (0-2-1) seek their first win of this season, but their outlook seems grim with a SNF matchup against the San Francisco 49ers (2-1). The […]

The Baltimore-Washington game should come down to a battle between top rated defenses, and that should keep the total under the opening line of 52. (Image: Getty)

One bet, $100: Baltimore, Washington Defenses Should Keep Total Under

Sometimes you have to go against the grain, and that is definitely what I did this week for the Baltimore Washington game. No, I didn’t take Washington, my mental state has not plunged that far down … yet. With this week’s One Bet, $100, I took the under on the […]

Despite being a double-digit point-spread favorite, Washington’s defense could give Baltimore trouble in NFL Week 4.  (Image: Getty)

NFL Week 4: Ravens, Rams Dubious About Double-Digit Point Spreads

NFL Week 4 is the first time this season there have been two games with double-digit point spreads, and only the third with a spread of 10 or more. Last week Indianapolis was a 12.5-point pick over the New York Jets, and covered easily, 36-7. Baltimore has the highest point […]

Cam Newton, quarterback from the New England Patriots, tested positive for coronavirus. (Image: Getty)

Superman Grounded, Cam Newton Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Do not expect a Cam Newton “Outfit of the Week”, unless you were anticipating hospital scrubs. ESPN reported that the New England Patriots had one player test positive for coronavirus, quarterback Cam Newton. He is listed as out for a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead in Kansas […]

The North Carolina defense should hold Boston College down, thus making the first score under of 27.5 possible. (Image: Getty)

One Bet, $100: North Carolina, Boston College Late Bloomers

North Carolina and Boston College have been slow starters in the beginning of the 2020 college football season. Both teams have managed to score just seven points in the first half of the games they have played. That is why with this week’s One Bet, $100, I am going to […]

Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills stiff arms LA Rams CB Troy Hill. (Image: Mark Konezny/USA Today Sports)

NFL Week 4 Quickie: Quest for 4-0 with Rodgers, Mahomes, Allen, Foles

The Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks, and Chicago Bears are trying to stay among the few remaining undefeated teams in the NFL by winning their matchups in Week 4. The Chiefs have a rematch of the 2019 AFC Championship game against Bill Belichick and the […]

Denver Broncos WR Jerry Jeudy beats NY Jets CB Pierre Desi for a TD at MetLife Stadium. (Image: Vincent Carchietta/USA Today Sports)
Humor

LOL Jets: Now 0-4, Fail to Beat Broncos with 3rd String QB

The New York Jets missed their best chance to secure a victory in the first half of the season after a dismal performance on Thursday Night Football against the previously winless Denver Broncos. The LOL Jets could not even beat a team starting a third-string, rookie quarterback, who threw three […]

Dolphins running back Myles Gaskin carried the ball 22 times in Week 3, a good sign for his future value in DFS. (Image: Dolphin Nation)

NFL: This Week’s Best, Cheap DFS Plays

If you want to play Lamar Jackson or Dalvin Cook this week, you’ll need to dig deeper into the salary pool in other roster spots to afford the high-priced guys. As always, I’m here to help with five cheap DFS plays under $5,000 on DraftKings. Let’s dig in. Myles Gaskin, […]

New York Jets’ Sam Darnold is having a rough season so far, but Adam Gase he is not going to bench his quarterback any time soon. (Image: AP)

Splinter Watch 2020: Which NFL QB Gets Benched Next?

This is the time of year when NFL head coaches who are trying to save their jobs begin to panic, and bench their quarterback as a last-ditch measure to stay employed. Chicago’s Mitch Trubisky was the first QB to lose his starting job this season. BetOnline has put out a […]