Archive for October, 2010

Gridiron Gab Preview Week Seven – Oakland at Denver

The Broncos are the Raiders rival in the AFC West.  They are the team the fans hate the most in the division, and with the history between the owners and the previous head coaches, no game has more ferocity in hatred.  Let’s see how the Raiders can beat the Donkeys…I mean Broncos. Keep the Run [...]

Browns WR Josh Cribbs sticks up for Steelers LB James Harrison

While I will never stick up for a Browns player, I have to give a little credit to Cleveland WR Josh Cribbs for his comments regarding Steelers LB James Harrison. If you missed it, Cribbs STUCK UP for his former teammate in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Saturday, saying that he didn’t have an issue [...]

Are Things as bad as they seem for the Browns?

With a division consisting of the always tough Pittsburgh Steelers, the ever dangerous Baltimore Ravens and the one-step-away-from-contending Cincinnati Bengals, the Cleveland Browns already have the odds stacked against them like no other team in football. Add a 1-5 start on top of that, and not even a 50% division collapse would offer much consultation. [...]

Gridiron Gab Preview Week Seven – Buffalo at Baltimore

Week 7: Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens Sunday October 24, 2010 1:05 PM Line: Ravens -13 O/U 40 It was a tough loss for the Ravens to swallow last week. Hell the media, the coaching staff, and the players all spent most of the week talking about it. You heard barely a word on their [...]

Sports Gab Network Columnist Russ Loede’s Week Seven NFL Picks

Will Shipley, “Team Turmoil” wake up and play to its potential in Atlanta? Week 6 Results ATS: 8-5-1 Season Record ATS: 42-43-4 Week 6 Confidence Meter Points: 69 out of 105 Week Six one-star games: 1-0, 3 for 3.  Two-star games: 0-2, 0 out of 17.  Three-star games: 3-0, 26/26.  Four-star games: 2-2, 15/28.  Five-star games: 2-1-1, 25/31 [...]

Understanding College Football’s Spread Offense

Origin- The Spread Offense was started in the 1930′s. Mattie Bell of Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Dutch Meyers of Texas Christian University (TCU) are credited with the development of the offensive scheme. It was designed in order to expand on the Single and Double Wing offenses; which were established by Pop Warner in the earlier [...]

Packers: Coffee Mix Headlines

Senior writer jclombardi highlights Packers headlines. Clipped from: host.madison.com (share this clip) Packers must pressure QB Favre: Packers did not sack Brett Favre in two losses to the Minnesota Vikings last year. But members of this year’s defense think they have enough manpower to pressure the former Packers quarterback Sunday night. And the Packers just might have NFL [...]

Gridiron Gab Preview Week Seven – Cleveland at New Orleans

Coming off of a convincing victory over their division rivals, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Saints have set their sights on the struggling Cleveland Browns. At 1-5, the Browns should be an easy target right? Well, maybe not so fast. Although the two teams only meet every four years, the Browns currently hold the advantage, leading [...]