For what it’s worth, the three best single-season sack totals in NFL history were turned in by guys who went to Texas Southern (Michael Strahan), Idaho State (Jared Allen), and East Central Oklahoma (Mark Gastineu). DeMarcus Ware, who appears a little further down the list (twice), went to Troy. Recent Steelers sackmaster James [...]
I believe that the most significant move made in this year’s NFL Draft took place between the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Bucs, and involved a big back. The Patriots dealt track guy/running back Jeff Demps to the Bucs in exchange for their unhappy running back LeGarrette Blount. Here are the [...]
One immutable law of the football universe is that if my team runs for 3.5 yards on three plays in a row, we get to keep the football and we get a fresh set of downs. This principle can be used to cover bad quarterbacking (see: Parcells-era Giants, especially in the O.J. Anderson years), [...]
Many moons ago, specifically in 2007, I wrote a comprehensive NFL Draft study for ESPN in which I tried to determine which were the riskiest positions to draft in the first round. You can read the entire study here, broken down by position: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=kluck/backs/070425
That’s all well and good, but on and off for [...]
By Kristin and Ted Kluck
Forgive us for referencing an antiquated 1990s Paula Cole song in the title, because, let’s face it, Paula Cole was really never cool even when she was cool. But we thought it was appropriate. We’re not single (obviously). But we have lots of friends who are and, quite [...]
Erstwhile Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher was released last week. This came up over dinner with a friend last night, and he said of the release, “It’s a good business decision for the Bears.” He may be right. It may have also been – in the Belichickian sense of “good business” – [...]
One of my favorite books is a novel called “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace. Caution: I’m gonna get pretentious here for a second…
Anyway, one of the many storylines in Infinite Jest (which you should read) is about a film that is so compelling that anyone who views it is so enraptured by [...]
One of my favorite books is a novel called “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace. Caution: I’m gonna get pretentious here for a second…
Anyway, one of the many storylines in Infinite Jest (which you should read) is about a film that is so compelling that anyone who views it is so enraptured by [...]
I became a grown-up tonight. I became a grown-up in part because I realized that an event that I’d once looked forward to and once placed upon a pedestal had become a boring parody of itself and also, in part, because like all grown ups my enjoyment of the ridiculous spectacle was in direct [...]
Friends, it’s that time again…end of the world time, which means Gut Check Press book-sale time. All ebooks are 99 cents, and we’ve slashed paperback prices as well, including the brand-new paperback version of “Beauty and the Mark of the Beast.” See what others are saying about this new dispen-sen-sational end-times thriller! [...]
