Link to article ------------------------- A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, Al Davis was an influential man. He was forward-thinking, finding ways to improve the NFL and football in general. He hired some of the best talent around and ran a team that practically dominated the AFC West...

Link to article. After going 3-1 in the wild card round, I'm back for more in the divisional round. There are no stunners this weekend, but I believe there are good reasons for that. According to TMQ: "Since the current playoff format was adopted in 1990, home teams in the divisional round are...

In a previous post , I presented a primitive coach rating system that was created by ESPN’s Mike Sando. However, it was only a cursory look at this year’s statistics and there was little analysis. In this post I will include past coach ratings and use some statistical analysis to see if we can recognize...

The wild card round of the NFL Playoffs is this weekend, so here are my picks and reasoning. Game 1 , Seahawks over Redskins The Redskins are currently a very trendy pick, and I must admit I almost picked them myself. However, I don't have enough faith in Todd Collins, Clinton Portis, Joe Gibbs,...

Bill Belichick was recently named the AP Coach of the Year, and he most likely deserved it. The team had stars, but it is an amazing thing for a football team to finish the season 16-0, and he deserves some credit for that. However, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't take a critical look at...

As the football season comes to a close, that means fantasy football is in its championship, if it didn't already happen for your league. I've played fantasy football for years, but this is the 2nd year I have really been into it, and I have learned a lot this year. There are 3 main things from...

I was just watching some of the Dolphins @ Patriots game and saw something that infuriated me. Here's the situation: It's 4th and goal from the Pats 1 yard line, Lemon has done a serviceable job of leading the Dolphins down the field so far, and the drive comes down to this play. It's a play...

As some of you know, I started a football opinions website, Cover Four . In this thread I will post the articles from my personal blog on the site. I am not a writer, rather a computer scientist, so any feedback on my writing ability (or otherwise) would be greatly appreciated. If you wish to subscribe...

Even though the site isn't live, I am still creating some content to populate it. Here is the first post I ever made for the site: [quote] Cleo Lemon Sucks Posted December 23, 2007 I was just watching some of the Dolphins @ Patriots game and saw something that infuriated me. Here's the situation...

Here is the site's banner, I made it in The GIMP: