Ignore what all the main stream media is saying. The Atlanta Falcons are going to win the Super Bowl. It's just an opinion right now but it will be proven a fact come February 5th in Houston. While everyone is kissing Tom Brady's deflated balls this week we all know the real MVP Matty Ice is going to show the world he is ELITE on the big stage. The Falcons had no troubles crushing Seattle and Green Bay while putting in their 3rd and 4th string players in the 3rd quarter so you can only imagine what they are going to do to those fucking chowderheads up north. It's time to bring the Lombardi Trophy to the ATL.
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We had some major shuffling going on within our Heisman Watch list. The top guy, Lamar Jackson, still remains in the lead but there are plenty of players closing the gap. 1) Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville - Despite the close loss on the road in Death Valley "Action Jackson" still remains in the lead because he was the better quarterback over Deshaun Watson. Running for 162 yards and 2 scores while throwing for nearly 300 against a very good Clemson defense Jackson came just short of the win when his receiver was pushed out a yard short of a first down in the waning moments down near the Clemson goal line. Jackson appears to be the most electric college quarterback since Michael Vick and will get the chance to pad his stats this week vs Duke.
2) J.T. Barrett, QB, Ohio State -Barrett broke Bobby Hoying's Ohio State record for career touchdown passes (59) in a rout of Rutgers. Barrett threw for 4 TDs and averaged over 9 yards a carry while leading a balanced Buckeyes offense. He takes on Indiana this week so he will get another chance to make his season stats look better on paper for the voters.
3) Greg Ward, QB, Houston -Ward threw for a career high 389 yards vs UCONN while also completing over 84% of his passes. Accounting for nearly 450 yards and 5 touchdowns with no turnovers bumps Ward up 2 spots and into the top 3 for the undefeated Cougars. 4) Jake Browning, QB, Washington - I'll be the first to say I underestimated Browning and Washington going into their Friday night battle vs Stanford last week. Browning was basically perfect as he threw for 3 TDs while completing over 70% of his passes and zero turnovers in a decisive rout of Stanford 44-6. For the undefeated Huskies Browning has accounted for 18 total TDs while only turning it over twice all season. With his performance he is now the leader over Christian McCaffrey in the PAC 12 conference.
5) Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson - Welcome back to the top 5 Deshaun. Watson led the Tigers to a huge ACC home win vs Louisville in prime time. Despite the 3 interceptions, Watson threw for 5 TDs and a season high 305 yards. With Clemson still undefeated and leading the ACC Watson will still need to get some help from other teams because guys like Jackson, Barrett, Ward and Browning are all having better seasons for title contenders. 6) Christian McCaffrey, All Purpose, Stanford - Tough game for McCaffrey as Washington loaded 8, sometimes 9 guys in the box and punished Stanford throughout. For the second week in a row McCaffrey was held to no touchdowns running or receiving. He falls out of the top 5 for the first time all season and could be looking at a tough battle to even get invited back to NYC at this point.
7) Donnel Pumphrey, RB, San Diego State - Pumphrey did all that he could rushing for over 150 yards and a score but the Aztecs lost to South Alabama. He's not out of the race by any means but from here on out he's going to need to put up crazy stats to keep him in the conversation because he plays on the west coast for an unranked non power 5 team.
8) Mitch Trubisky, QB, North Carolina - Trubisky earned his way onto the top 10 Heisman Watch list by leading North Carolina to a huge win over FSU. With the win UNC is now in the lead for the Coastal division. Trubisky threw for over 400 yards for the third consecutive week. For the season he has zero turnovers while accounting for 17 total touchdowns.
9) Derek Barnett, DL, Tennessee - Barnett just put himself into the conversation for best defensive end in the nation along with Texas A&M's Myles Garrett. Barnett was basically unstoppable vs Georgia with two sacks and a forced fumble. The win keeps the Vols undefeated going into College Station this week to take on Garrett and the undefeated Aggies. 10) Jabrill Peppers, LB, Michigan - Peppers led a spirited Wolverines defense to a near shutout of #8 Wisconsin in a huge home win. As I have mentioned before as long as Michigan stays undefeated Peppers will get Heisman talk.
Matt Fairchild grew up a fan of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons. In other words he has a sports team problem on top of his drinking problem. Displaying a loyal, never-ending-love for his teams despite their consistent struggles to return to their "glory days" only shows the insane ramblings that permeate his controversial sport writings. Fairchild started SportsCrack.com in 2005 where you can find great t-shirts and sports merchandise. See more of his work at UHND. He can be reached at matt@sportscrack.com or on Twitter @sportscrack
Oh man if this little tease of ESPN's 30 for 30: Catholics vs Convicts doesn't get the hair standing up on the back of your neck then you are not a die hard college football fan. And you should probably leave because you won't get it.
"Catholics vs Convicts" were some of the all-time great battles between two programs who genuinely hated each other: Notre Dame and Miami. It's been almost 30 years since these two programs faced off in two epic clashes in South Bend in 1988 and 1990 (Notre Dame wins) and will be revived this year at Notre Dame Stadium.
Unfortunately only one program is living up to their this season as Notre Dame has struggled to a 2-3 record after starting the season 10th ranked preseason. Meanwhile Miami, under first-year coach Mark Richt, is off to a 4-0 start and a #10 ranking.
But throw out the records because we all know this will be a spirited, hard fought gridiron battle on October 29th. Two of the nation's best college QBs and future 1st round picks Deshone Kizer and Brad Kaaya will face off in what should be a high scoring battle which could very well end with whomever has the last possession.
Just a full range of emotions that only college football can pull out of one's soul. To see this die-hard Georgia fan break his flat screen out of excitement because Jacob Eason "Christ" threw the best pass of his life for what was a then winning touchdown only to go silent after the Dawgs couldn't prevent Tennessee's Joshua Dobbs Hail Mary pass from landing into a creamsicle jersey at the end. Heartbreak city. Population: Dawgs fans.
Don't cry Dawgs fans. At least the Atlanta Falcons beat Cam Newton and the Panthers. So you got that going for you.
Hands down the most savage tweet this college football season. Miami Hurricanes new coach and ex-UGA head coach Mark Richt seemed to take Georgia's last second loss to rival Tennessee in stride by firing off a Hail Mary tweet. Saint Richt is a holy man, a man of God as they say down in the South, so I'm sure he wishes only the best things for the University of Georgia program. A program who fired him. Fired him for only winning 10 games a season.
Let's look up and see how Richt is doing in Miami. Goes to google and oh wow. The Hurricanes are undefeated and now ranked in the top 10 in the nation. Good move Dawgs. Good move.
You asked for them and now you can get them in your favorite school colors. #HireTomHerman shirts are a statement. You will no longer tolerate being average. Your college football program deserves the best and the best in the business right now who can be hired is Tom Herman.
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TCU revealed their "special" black helmets they will wear this week vs Oklahoma. While I'm not a huge fan I'm sure the Horned Frogs recruits and players will love them. More importantly they would love a win with them wearing the black lids.
What can't Philadelphia Eagles rookie QB Carson Wentz do? Wentz not only has the Eagles 3-0 while playing almost flawlessly he went back to his home state North Dakota and got himself his first buck. Whether it's on the gridiron or in the open North Dakota fields Wentz doesn't miss an open target.
I was one of the first of many to doubt Tim Tebow and this whole pursuit of a baseball career. But in his first at-bat and even the first pitch he saw Tebow took a fastball and knocked it over the left centerfield fence. I don't care who you or what competition you are facing that's impressive. Maybe Tebow does have a chance to make the Mets in the future and not just keep himself in the reality spotlight.
Not much has changed 4 weeks into the season with our top 5 including the leader at the top of the watch list. 1) Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville - A week after the statement game vs FSU saw Action Jackson again put up insane numbers vs the Thundering Herd of Marshall. 7 total touchdowns (5 passing, 2 running) pushed his total season to 25 which is more than every team in college football except one. He gets another chance to widen his Heisman lead this week in Death Valley with College Game Day there.
2) Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford - Not a great game for McCaffrey vs UCLA in primetime after being hyped up all week by ESPN on all platforms. He didn't score a TD for the first time this season but still managed to rush for 138 yards in a huge come-from-behind victory vs UCLA. McCaffrey will get a chance to prove himself yet again in a primetime matchup vs Washington, a top 10 oppenent, on Friday Night. 3) Donnel Pumphrey, RB, San Diego State - Bye week for the nation's leading rusher. 4) J.T. Barrett, QB, Ohio State - Bye week for the Buckeyes as they prepare themselves for Rutgers. 5) Greg Ward, QB, Houston - Completed 20 of 26 passes for 289 yards and added another 39 yards on the ground plus another TD in a 64-3 win vs Texas State. Ward only played 3 quarters and is still nursing a bum throwing shoulder. 6) Jake Browning, QB, Washington - Welcome to the watch list Mr. Browning! Browning led the undefeated Huskies to a thrilling overtime win vs Arizona with this incredible block of all plays...
This season Browning is completing over 70% of his passes with 14 TDs and only two turnovers. He leads all PAC 12 QBs in passing efficiency and will get to throw his hat into the top 5 Heisman watch list with a big game Friday night vs undefeated Stanford. 7) Patrick Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech - Bye week for the Texas Tech gunslinger. 8) Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson - Reluctantly I'm putting in Watson in the top 10 list even though he hasn't earned it this season. Watson is by far having his worst collegiate season and if you look at his progression his numbers have gotten gradually worse from his dynamite freshman and sophomore seasons. But he's still the QB of the undefeated Clemson Tigers and led them to an impressive road win vs Georgia Tech. This week he gets a chance to shine as Louisville and Lamar Jackson come to town looking to knock them off for the ACC conference and Heisman watch list lead.
9) Myles Garrett, DL, Texas A&M - Didn't get a sack but he had a key fumble recovery and a huge tackle for loss in a statement win vs Arkansas for the undefeated Aggies. He leads the Aggies in tackles for loss and sacks. 10) Jabrill Peppers, LB, Michigan - As long as Michigan stays undefeated and Peppers is returning punts he will stay in the top 10 list. He wasn't outstanding defensively by any means vs Penn State but he was 5 yards away from a punt return for a TD because he tripped over his own feet. This week he will get to move up the list with a big game vs undefeated and top 10 team Wisconsin visiting the Big House. Dropped out: Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU; Deshone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame
Matt Fairchild grew up a fan of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons. In other words he has a sports team problem on top of his drinking problem. Displaying a loyal, never-ending-love for his teams despite their consistent struggles to return to their "glory days" only shows the insane ramblings that permeate his controversial sport writings. Fairchild started SportsCrack.com in 2005 where you can find great t-shirts and sports merchandise. See more of his work at UHND. He can be reached at matt@sportscrack.com or on Twitter @sportscrack
Not only does Mark Richt have Miami undefeated at 3-0 but now he has his players going back to the classic 80's/90's retro jersey he used to wear when he was a quarterback. I absolutely love the look. I'm not a Hurricanes fan but these jerseys are awesome. It's a classic look that still fits with today's game.
Madison Bumgarner and Yasiel Puig are two ball players who tend to wear their emotions on their sleeves. Last night in a huge divisional matchup they displayed how fragile each of their feelings are.
This emotional outburst just shows you that baseball players can be giant pussies. MadBum and Puig stared each other down after a weak ground out. How dare you stare at me!
I mean come on guys. Get laid or stop doing PEDs. Just calm the fuck down.
And while I agree it's good to see some emotion in baseball these emotional outbursts are on par with a kid not getting the candy bar he wants. Wahhh I don't want you to look at me anymore!
I would say this Georgia fan is a complete idiot but then I would be a hypocrite. This is what college football passion is all about. If you can't get jacked up for a last minute, game-winning touchdown pass from your freshman QB Jacob Eason to move to 3-0 on the young season then you aren't a real fan.
You know why this UGA fanatic bleeds red and black? Because he can break windows by celebrating and get stitches shortly after in the hospital.
5. Jonathan Allen's incredible touchdown run vs Ole Miss
Always nice to see the big men getting in the end zone. Bama's Jonathan Allen is nearly 300 pounds but looked like a gazelle running his way toward a huge TD in Bama's comeback win in Oxford. 4. Jacob Eason Delivers 20-yard Game Winning TD Strike To Beat Mizzou
It wasn't the best performance from the true freshman but when it counted Jacob Eason delivered a beautiful touch pass to WR Isaiah McKenzie for the game-winning TD in a tough road environment vs Mizzou. 3. Leonard Fournette's Stiff Arm/Throwdown vs Mississippi State
It's good to see Leonard Fournette back in the highlights making Buga Nation plays!
2. Lamar Jackson With Another Heisman Trophy Worthy Play vs FSU
Action Jackson was at it again in the big showdown vs FSU with this electric 47-yard TD run. He hit circle button a couple of times to get into the endzone in route to a 63-20 statement win vs #2 FSU. 1. Ohio State's Noah Brown Touchdown Behind-the-Defenders Back Catch
Sick. Absolutely sick. This was just one of Noah Brown's 4 touchdown catches vs the Sooners Saturday night in Ohio State's blowout win. Welcome to college football young man.
Matt Fairchild grew up a fan of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons. In other words he has a sports team problem on top of his drinking problem. Displaying a loyal, never-ending-love for his teams despite their consistent struggles to return to their "glory days" only shows the insane ramblings that permeate his controversial sport writings. Fairchild started SportsCrack.com in 2005 where you can find great t-shirts and sports merchandise. See more of his work at UHND. He can be reached at matt@sportscrack.com or on Twitter @sportscrack
