Hognostications NFL Week 17 – Last call!!!

Here we go for the last time this season. It is incredible how fast (and painful) it went. Saturday, December 30 (ET) Giants at Redskins 8:00 PM Sunday, December 31 (ET) Jaguars at Chiefs 1:00 PM Browns at Texans 1:00 PM Panthers at Saints 1:00 PM Rams at Vikings 1:00 PM Steelers at Bengals 1:00 … Read more

Hog Wire: News and Notes

Betts ties record, Hits career highs RB Ladell Betts tied a Washington Redskins franchise mark held by Rob Goode (1951) and Clinton Portis (2005) by rushing for more than 100 yards for the fifth consecutive game. Betts finished the game with 129 rushing yards giving him 1062 yards for the season. This is his first … Read more

Kolzig Stones the Leafs

What a hockey game last night between the Washington Capitals and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The National Hockey league is trying to sell the ‘new’ hockey to consumers and last night’s spirited affair was surely the type of hockey that the league had in mind. Fast-paced, energetic, and hard-fought, this game had it all. The … Read more

Hognostications Week 16

This is going to be a tough week to hognosticate with only a few ‘easy picks,’ and the results could play havoc on the weekly and possibly the seasonal hognostication standings. Not that I’ll be a factor, and of course, it’s usually those ‘thought to be easy picks’ that turn out to be the closer … Read more

Hog Wire: News and Notes

Ladell Betts is closing in on first 1000 yard season Ladell Betts needs just 67 yards over the next 2 games to put him at 1000 yards. Betts has averaged more than twice that over the last four games (137 yards), if he gains 100 yards or more on Sunday against the Rams, he’ll join … Read more

Six Pack

What follows is an answer to the chorus of complaints from the legions of fans who are tired of being distracted by “sensible” analysis backed by “facts” and “knowledge.” If you seek shelter from the twin storms that are “reality” and “logic,” then this is your port of call. 1) We (almost) hate to keep … Read more

Hognostications NFL Week 16

I almost forgot to do this. Sorry that I can not say much more at this time. Thursday, December 21 (ET) Vikings at Packers 8:00 PM Saturday, December 23 (ET) Chiefs at Raiders 8:00 PM Sunday, December 24 (ET) Buccaneers at Browns 1:00 PM Patriots at Jaguars 1:00 PM Bears at Lions 1:00 PM Ravens … Read more

The Fifth Quarter: Saints

The Washington Redskins may not have played very well in 2006, but they certainly proved that they have a lot of heart yesterday against the Saints. With nothing left to play for but pride, the Redskins left it all on the field on Sunday. It wasn’t always pretty, but it was effective, and the team … Read more

Ovie… Oh My!

Oh to be young and full of talent. When Alex Ovechkin lined up against Sidney Crosby earlier this week, the hockey world looked on with mouths agape. Could two players that were so young really be expected to try and live up to such lofty expectations? Apparently these two can. Ovie and Sid both played … Read more

Hognostications Week 15

Front page news here today is that the NFL Network and local cable providers’ negotiations are ongoing and have yet to reach an agreement. Thus, no cowpuke game for the majority of the local community (puke country), who are cable and not satellite subscribers, including yours truly (although I do have the DIRECTV’s Sunday ticket … Read more