Cup Fail

On Monday night I went to the Eagles/Panthers game, while I had a great time and my Eagles played well. But one thing drove me nuts I went to get a Diet Coke. While getting the drink the lady said the tops didn't fit right. The Eagles are a $4 billion company and they can't get the right size tops. Come on.

The Andy Reid Coaching Tree

Check out Andy Reid's 2001 coaching staff, look at all of those head coaches on that staff. It's Bill Walsh like. 

This has to be a first

So yesterday while watching the Carolina Panthers and the Green Bay Packers game, I thought to myself wow I think that I just saw history.

During the game, Panthers' QB Cam Newton was picked off by Packers' DB Charles Woodson twice and after thinking about it for a while, I thought it may have been historical. Since Woodson was the only Heisman Trophy winner to play defense and Cam Newton won the Heisman last year, was this the first time that a Heisman Trophy winner was picked off by another? I have to think it was and if it was I don't think enough has been made of it.  

NFL Week 1: The Patriots might be done

The first week of the NFL Season is always good for some interesting talking points and this year it was no different, from the end of Tom Brady's season to the last second win by the Panthers to Brett Favre first game as a Jet, here are how some of the papers around the country covered the opening Sunday of the season.

New York Daily News covers Brett Favre and the Jets win over the phish.

From one Hall of Fame quarterback to another, The Boston Herald covers the end of the season for Tom Brady.

The Philadelphia Inquirer covers the explosion that was the Eagles offense yesterday.

The Buffalo News covers the Bills opening win of the season

The Charlotte Observer covers the Panthers come back win in San Diego

Cleveland Plain Dealer covers the Brown poor opening