Blog Title: Maddux Sports Blog

Louisville - What the Heck?!?!?!?!

I am not a happy guy right now. See, I like Louisville. A lot. That means my faith is being truly tested. The third ranked Cardinals were playing their third game, and it shouldn’t have been a contest. They were playing Western Kentucky - a team that hadn’t beaten a top three team in 41 read more..

Top 25 Games To Watch

Since this is essentially the end of the regular season, this will be our last look at top 25 games to watch. Worry not, though - we’ll find lots of (hopefully) interesting ways to fill the space. The biggest problem this week has is that a few games that would other wise be interesting are meaningless. read more..

Three Post-Thanksgiving Notes

There is absolutely nothing wrong with watching college football on a Friday morning. In fact, I could get used to it. Neither the West Virginia - Pittsburgh nor the Nebraska - Colorado games were classics, but they were both entertaining and a good way to spend a day. I had Colorado to cover so I read more..

Happy Thanksgiving

While you all are down there eating turkey and watching football, I’m stuck up here in Canada watching football and wishing I has some turkey. Enjoy it while you can. I was going to do a take on the Turkey Awards for college football today. But then I saw this one, and I couldn’t possibly do read more..

Three Coaches Football Bettors Should Love

Tom Coughlin, New York Giants - It’s very well documented and obvious what Coughlin has done in the last season and a half in New York. What is remarkable about him, though, is that somehow his teams keep covering the spread no matter how much of a love affair the media has with them. He read more..

Looking Ahead To The Weekend

Worst NFL Game of the Week - Baltimore at Cincinnati is going to be an ugly blowout. Kansas City at Oakland features two teams playing together that nobody really wants to watch. There is some hope their, though - Oakland is coming off a win, and Kansas City at least has shown offensive potential. It read more..

What We Learned This Weekend

1. It sucks to be Texas Tech. With one lousy performance they cost their school a shot at a national championship and probably a Heisman, and instead of a huge bowl in front of a massive national audience they will be stuck in something like the Cotton Bowl that no one really cares about. I read more..

In Praise of Canadian Football

You may have missed it (in fact, unless you live in Canada the the chances are pretty high that you did), but the Grey Cup, the championship of the Canadian Football League, was played in Montreal today. The Grey Cup has been contested since 1909, and it is a great excuse for Canadians to get read more..

Top 25 Games To Watch

After a couple of weeks that haven’t exactly been soaked in excitement, on paper at least, we have another classic week of college football. Here are the games I will be paying attention to. My remote finger will be getting a workout: Michigan State (+16) at Penn State - The Big Ten doesn’t have a conference read more..

Ten Reasons I Love College Basketball

I am a fan of most sports, and particularly fond of several, but in my world the two college sports are king. College football is the perfection of fall, and winter is far more palatable thanks to college basketball. I like the NBA, too, but college ball is just so much better. I was just read more..