Mark Solway, Author at The-Hogs.net

Game Recap: Washington 16 Tampa Bay 13

June 2, 2025October 4, 2009 by Mark Solway

The Game Was Over When…

Jeremy Jarmon forced a Clifton Smith fumble with less than a minute to go in the game, and Chris Horton recovered.

Caps Continue To Impress

June 1, 2025October 4, 2009 by Mark Solway

Turning point…

Alex Ovechkin scored just over a minute into the game. While the Toronto Maple Leafs may have had 59 minutes to get back into the game – they never did. The Capitals were able to capitalize on the home crowd energy right from the start, and their three unanswered first period goals were the difference in the 6-4 win.

By The Numbers: Week 4

May 3, 2025October 4, 2009 by Mark Solway

Here are some of the numbers from the Redskins narrow, hard-fought 16-13 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 277 – Total net yards for the Washington Redskins offense. 229 – Total net yards for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense. 170 – Yards passing for Jason Campbell, who was 12 of 22, with 2 touchdowns and … Read more

Redskin Fallacies and Misconceptions

October 2, 2009October 1, 2009 by Mark Solway

I really don’t understand some of the backwards logic that Redskin fans tend to use some of the time… actually, make that a lot of the time. Here are some of the biggest fallacies that I see being repeated lately:

Twitter Me That

June 1, 2025September 29, 2009 by Mark Solway

Last week I wrote a blog called Twitter Me This, that detailed three separate incidents in the NFL last week. It was of particular interest to Redskin fans, because of the involvement of rookie Robert Henson – a now retired Twitterer..er.

By The Numbers

May 3, 2025September 27, 2009 by Mark Solway

Here is a look at some of the interesting, and often painful numbers from the Redskins’ 19-14 loss to the Detroit Lions: 644 – Days since the Detroit Lions last won a game. That’s 92 weeks, or 15,456 hours, or 927,360 minutes, or 55,641,600 seconds – in other words – an awfully long time. 55,641,600 … Read more

Twitter Me This

June 2, 2025September 25, 2009 by Mark Solway

Twitter and the NFL shared a lot of news headlines this week. It was inevitable; things like Twitter and Facebook updates, bring the world to Joe Q. Public in almost real time. There’s good and there’s bad with that.

By the Numbers: Rams

May 3, 2025September 20, 2009 by Mark Solway

Here is a look at some of the numbers from the Redskins 9-7 home opener victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday at Fed Ex Field. 362 – Total yards offense from the Redskins – a much better effort than last week (272), despite their obvious red zone struggles. 242 – Yards passing for … Read more

By the Numbers – Week 1

May 3, 2025September 16, 2009 by Mark Solway

By The Numbers

Here is a look at some of the ‘numbers’ from the Redskins 23-17 loss to the Giants on Sunday afternoon:

Redskins 2009 Preseason Schedule

June 2, 2025March 30, 2009 by Mark Solway

Thanks to ESPN’s Matt Mosley, via tcwest’s post on our board, here is the Redskins 2009 Preseason Schedule: Week 1: Washington at Baltimore Week 2: Pittsburgh at Washington Week 3: New England at Washington (national TV 8 p.m. ET FOX Aug. 28) Week 4: Washington at Jacksonville Geography good – competition stiff. I guess that’s … Read more