Tag: football

All in the videos: Suge Knight, defensive lineman

by Jeremy Snyder - 0

Embed from Getty Images Before becoming rap mogul Suge Knight, he was defensive lineman Marion Knight. Undrafted out of UNLV, Knight was at the Los Angeles Rams training camp during the 1987 preseason and played 2 games as a replacement player during the NFL players strike. Enjoy! Year Team Games started Games played 1987 LAR 0 2 https://youtu.be/kTfaQmF7_9g

Longest nonscoring plays in NFL history

Is there a list of the longest plays that didn't result a touchdown? Elias Sports Bureau probably has a list (they verified that Percy Harvin's 104-yard kickoff return was the longest nonscoring play in NFL history), but I've never seen one published. Both scrimmage (runs and passes) and nonscrimmage (returns) plays are

Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0: a gamebook

by Jeremy Snyder - 1

What follows is an NFL-style gamebook for the 222-0 Georgia Tech-Cumberland game that happened 100 years ago this October. Notes: The play-by-play is almost entirely taken from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution game story as seen on this archived page from Cumberland's website. Unknowns and obvious errors from the original play-by-play: The

Simple NFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2011, After Week 16

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Notes and assumptions:No possibility of tie games except DAL-NYG. Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now.Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored. Division ties are broken first.If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker,

Simple AFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2011, After Week 16

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Notes and assumptions:No possibility of tie games.Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now.Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.Division ties are broken first. (Example: If NE, BAL, and PIT all finish 12-4, break the BAL-PIT tie

Blogging the NFL Rule Book: 2011 Changes

by Jeremy Snyder - 0

The NFL made many changes to its rulebook in the offseason, ranging from the truly irrelevant (a reference to the "Rules Committee" was changed to "Competition Committee") to the clarifying (the entire chapter pertaining to plays from scrimmage was rewritten) to the game-changing (kickoffs have been moved forward from the

Simple NFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2010, After Week 16

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Notes and assumptions:No possibility of tie games.Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now.Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.Divisional ties are broken first.If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker, not the two-team tiebreaker.Strength-of-victory