Cam Newton and the Panthers Swallowed by Unexpected Adversity
Winning a football game is not easy. Until Sunday night, the Carolina Panthers had lost a total of one game since the start of 2015 and two since Week 14 of the 2014 season. Collectively, the team emitted the aura of confidence that goes with perennial winners. The Panthers would take the field, play a […]
Super Thoughts: Super Bowl 50 Random Reactions
Super Bowl 50 came in like a monsoon and finished like a drizzle. The game was good, but it could have been better as the Denver Broncos dominated the Carolina Panthers 24-10. Here are some random thoughts about the event from Sunday. Commercials were once again underwhelming, but anything produced for this year is a […]
Super Bowl 50 Prop Bets: Ready Your Stopwatches
Not again. While Sunday’s main event will officially close out the 2015 National Football League season, there is a level of nervous anticipation that builds. Each passing hour brings me closer to my opportunity for redemption. One year ago, my fingers danced upon the keyboard with giddy excitement as I laid out the prop bets for […]
NFL Picks: Super Bowl 50 Prediction
If the National Football League proves anything year in and year out, it is that one team will almost certainly break every trend. In 2015, said team was clearly the Carolina Panthers. A proverbial thorn in the side of this column week after week, karma dictated that the Panthers would be playing in the final game […]
NFL Conference Championship Picks Against the Spread
As quickly as chaos entered the arena of play, it left. All four road teams won their Wild Card round games. All four subsequent lost in the Divisional round. With that, no team that opened the postseason two weeks ago will take the field on Sunday. While injuries temporarily derailed both AFC participants at various […]
Daily Fantasy Football: Stats and Info You Need to Know
Our friends at RotoQL provided us with the following infographic to help you prepare contest-winning lineups for Championship weekend on DraftKings and FanDuel:
The Men Up North NFC Championship Week Predictions
Due to scheduling conflicts, The Men Up North Sports’ Podcast will not air this week. However, Matt Bushnell and Felipe Melecio did have a conversation about the upcoming AFC and NFC Championship games. Here is how they broke things down beginning with the National Football Conference. Felipe: Well, it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for; after […]
The Men Up North AFC Championship Week Predictions
Due to scheduling conflicts, The Men Up North Sports’ Podcast will not air this week. However, Matt Bushnell and Felipe Melecio did have a conversation about the upcoming AFC and NFC Championship games. Here is how they broke things down beginning with the American Football Conference. Felipe: So we last left off talking about the NFC […]