Posted in Featured Posts, Sports Ranking the Greatest Ever NFL Franchises, 1920-2012 Chris Holmes posted on September 4, 2013October 21, 2015 Comments Off on Ranking the Greatest Ever NFL Franchises, 1920-2012 In which I debut a new mathematical formula to rank the greatness of every NFL franchise ever, from the founding of the NFL to today. All 32 teams Read More
Posted in Football Friday, Sports The 10 Longest Active Super Bowl/Championship Droughts in NFL History Chris Holmes posted on January 4, 2013January 7, 2015 Comments Off on The 10 Longest Active Super Bowl/Championship Droughts in NFL History Here is a list of the 10 NFL teams to go the longest without winning a championship/Super Bowl as of the end of the 2014 Read More
Posted in Football Friday, Sports Football Friday: What Steve Sabol Meant to Me Chris Holmes posted on September 21, 2012September 19, 2012 Comments Off on Football Friday: What Steve Sabol Meant to Me You can count me as one of the legions of football fans whose love of the NFL was shaped by the late Steve Sabol and NFL Read More
Posted in Sports Retro Football Cards — Super Bowl XLVI edition (Manning/Gronkowski) Chris Holmes posted on January 30, 2012 Comments Off on Retro Football Cards — Super Bowl XLVI edition (Manning/Gronkowski) In honor of Super Bowl XLVI, Eli Manning and Rob Gronkowski get the retro football card Read More
Posted in Advertising, Retrotisements Retrotisements — Super Bowl edition Chris Holmes posted on January 26, 2012January 25, 2012 Comments Off on Retrotisements — Super Bowl edition A gallery of vintage Super Bowl-inspired advertisements, mostly giving tickets to the Big Game Read More
Posted in TV & Radio Get the Lead Out — A History of Series Debuts After the Super Bowl Chris Holmes posted on January 24, 2012February 8, 2013 Comments Off on Get the Lead Out — A History of Series Debuts After the Super Bowl The record of TV shows debuting after the Super Bowl is, just like the game itself, not always so good. Here's a list of them since Read More
Posted in Sports Super Bowl XLVI — This Fan Space For Rent Chris Holmes posted on January 23, 2012 1 Comment Super Bowl XLVI is set -- the New York Giants and New England Patriots. I'll probably just watch reruns of the Superstars on ESPN Read More
Posted in Football Friday, Sports Football Friday: How does a quarterback make the Hall of Fame? Chris Holmes posted on January 13, 2012January 9, 2012 11 Comments As the 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame class is announced, I did some research to see what it takes for a quarterback to make it to Read More
Posted in Sports Cork it, 1972 Dolphins Chris Holmes posted on November 16, 2011November 16, 2011 3 Comments This post originally ran in November 2005, when the Indianapolis Colts looked poised to unseat the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only undefeated team in the modern NFL era. They ultimately failed, and Read More