• Week 5: Washington Huskies at Rutgers Scarlet Knights

    The Washington Huskies lost their first official road game as a member of the Big Ten conference. They were beaten by Rutgers University, 21-18. It was again an ugly performance by Jedd Fisch’s team, marred by penalties, a lack of execution and undisciplined football. The most costly play happened with about 30 seconds left in the first half when UW blocked a Rutgers field goal, but were flagged for a…

  • NFL Week 4 Picks

    Week 3: 9-7 Thursday, September 26, 2024 Dallas Cowboys (-6) at New York Giants – 5:15pm, Amazon Prime Dallas defense dominates Danny Dimes; Cowboys Sunday, September 29, 2024 New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons (-2.5) – 10:00am, FOX Atlanta only play close games; Saints Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears (-3) – 10:00am, FOX Coaching matters; Rams Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers (-2.5) – 10:00am, CBS Kevin O’Connell is…

  • Carabao Cup – Round 3: Arsenal vs. Bolton

    Mikel Arteta rotated his side heavily in their 5-1 home rout over Bolton Wanderers to advance to the 4th round of the Carabao Cup, where they will face Preston North End. He started 2 teenage full-backs in Myles Lewis-Skelly (18) and Josh Nichols (18) with Jakub Kiwior handed a rare start at right center-back. He also included midfielder Ethan Nwaneri (17) in the starting XI, who ended up scoring 2…

  • Week 3: Miami Dolphins at Seattle Seahawks

    The Seattle Seahawks pummeled the Miami Dolphins at Lumen Field, 24-3, to push their record to 3-0. Last time the Seahawks started the season 3-0 was the 2020 season when they finished 12-4, losing at home in the wildcard round to the Los Angeles Rams. It’s still extremely early in the season, but Seattle looks much improved on offense and, especially, on defense. Now, skeptics will say they haven’t played…

  • Matchday 5: Arsenal at Manchester City

    Mikel Arteta and Arsenal came agonizingly close to pulling off a sensational 2-1 victory over Manchester City, while playing the 2nd half down a man after Leandro Trossard picked up his 2nd yellow colliding with Bernardo Silva, possibly not hearing referee Michael Oliver’s whistle and kicking the ball away. It’s wild Arsenal had another post-whistle incident after the Declan Rice mess just a couple of weeks back. Going down to…

  • Champions League Matchday 1: Arsenal at Atalanta

    Arsenal begin their Champions League campaign with a 0-0 draw against Atalanta in Bergamo, Italy. The London-based side were their normally solid self in defense with David Raya making a world-class double save when he stopped striker Mateo Retegui’s penalty and subsequent rebound header. It saved the point for the Gunners, who were incredibly flat going forward. They had very little creative juice in attack after Mikel Arteta reveled Martin…

  • NFL Week 3 Picks

    Last week 8-8 Thursday, September 19, 2024 New England Patriots at New York Jets (-6.5) – 5:15pm Amazon Prime Stop the Pats rushing attack and you neuter their offense; Jets Sunday, September 22, 2024 New York Giants at Cleveland Browns (-6.5) – 10:00am FOX Cleveland’s defense should feast on a poor Giants offense; Browns Green Bay Packers at Tennessee Titans (-2.5) – 10:00am FOX Whichever QB protects the ball better…

  • Week 2: Seattle Seahawks at New England Patriots

    The Seattle Seahawks went into Foxborough and beat the New England Patriots, 23-20 in overtime, putting a damper on their home opener. Weirdly, the game went the opposite of Week 1 for the Seattle offense; a good first half (17 points), then sputtered in the 2nd half (3 points) before Jason Meyers hit the game-winning field goal in OT. Quarterback Geno Smith starred for the Seahawks, throwing for 327 yards…

  • Matchday 4: Arsenal at Tottenham

    Even with a significantly diminished side Arsenal were still able to go into Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and beat their London rival, 1-0. This was the Gunners third consecutive away victory in the North London derby, something they had never done in the Premier League era. For most of the match Mikel Arteta’s men had to defend wave after wave after wave of Tottenham pressure, with a few small spells of…

  • Week 3: Washington Huskies vs. Washington State Cougars

    Congratulation to the Washington State Cougars for winning the 116th edition of the Apple Cup after beating the Washington Huskies 24-19 at Lumen Field. Their quarterback John Mateer was very, very good throwing for 245 yards on 17/32 pass attempts, including 1 touchdown and 1 interception. He skill really shone through when using his athleticism to get outside the pocket running at/through the Husky defense at will. He accounted for…