Yes, the Seattle Seahawks became the first-sub-.500 division champions in the NFL’s (almost) century-long history when they defeated the St. Louis Rams in the last game of the regular season.
The 2010 San Francisco 49ers had a laundry list of expectations and a boatload of pressure they didn’t exactly live up to.
Highlights of the Carolina Panthers’ 2010 season include having the first overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft and that’s just about it. Sadly however, they had to say goodbye to their longtime coach as a result.
Of all the conferences I feel like the Mid American Conference (MAC) gets the least respect. On a regular basis they are generally pummeled by teams from the Big East and Big Ten but inside the conference the games are super competitive and gruelling.
When speaking of the “process’’ that the Atlanta Falcons talk about time after time in their internal meetings and practice sessions?
The memories of the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl season in 2009 will last forever. The question however is whether or not the boys of the Big Easy will regain that magic in 2011.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were one of the best stories in 2010, when they doubled their win total from the previous year and almost made the playoffs.
Its definitely an interesting year in the reshaped Mountain West Conference. The coup of landing Boise State will be balanced by the loss of BYU and Utah, two programs who have challenged TCU for conference supremacy over the last few seasons.
Fulham has already started their regular season games for the 2011-12 season in the UEFA Europa League. These few games have given us insight into the team that new manager Martin Jol will field in the Premier League when it starts this Saturday.
Fans are clamoring for this year to be the one for Liverpool to finally end their drought and win the Premiership. Indeed, it has been over 20 years since the Reds last achieved such a thing, but the team has been right there nearly every year contending for top honors.
Hands down the most disappointing team of the 2010 NFL season was the Dallas Cowboys. Interim head coach Jason Garrett went 5-3 after replacing Wade Phillips midway through the season. Garrett impressed Jerry Jones enough for him to replace the interim tag.
Maybe the Yankees are ticked off that so many baseball experts said they failed miserably at the trade deadline.
Preview: If it seems like NASCAR was just at this track recently, you’re right. This is the Cup boys’ second visit to the “Tricky Triangle” this year, having just raced here in mid-June. That race was won by Jeff Gordon with Kurt Busch finishing second.
Howard Schnellenberger is a legendary and colorful coach who has been at some big schools through the years. He is now in his 11th season at Florida Atlantic.
Steve Roberts was at Arkansas State for nine seasons. The Red Wolves seemed to really be on the upswing with Roberts at the helm until the last two seasons.
The Atlanta Braves are essentially performing to expectations this season but they can’t afford to slip with the National League West producing stiff Wildcard competition for them.
