The Bad Ash Blog

  Let me get this straight ... during this global pandemic, college football players should risk their lives for our entertainment and other peoples' paychecks. Essentially, college football players should be treated like the pros without receiving any of the incentives that the pros receive. That sounds pretty bold doesn't it? Good, it was meant to.  40% of the Power 5 conferences have canceled their football season with intentions of planning a spring season. It sounds weird, but it is necessary. The Big Ten and Pac-12 have thrown in the towel due to their large concerns about the health and safety of student-athletes. Student comes first and athlete comes second, but they are not treated as such.  We have seen a mixture of interviews, tweets and comments regarding the upcoming college football season ... or lack thereof. We have even witnessed Dabo Swinney mentioning that the downsize of college football participation does not sway the playoff picture. "Whoever wins it...

We are dwindling down to the final moments of the NFL offseason... Thank the good Lord.  Do you all have your Fantasy squads ready? All drafts are finished so I hope you all got your dream teams.  I cannot even help but grin as I write this. And no, it is not because Tom Brady is finally serving his four game suspension. (Is Deflategate really about to be over?!) NFL football is about to be back and that simply means that, soon, all will be right in the world again.  Never gets old We just had an amazing college football kickoff weekend, but for me... The real football begins on Thursday night.  This season is going to be a little different. And no, I am not saying this because of the normal trades and cuts and all that jazz. For starters, there were only about 37 guys to retire last year (okay, I am exaggerating).  Jared Allen, Justin Tuck, Charles Tillman, Greg Jennings, Matt Hasselback (18 years strong!), Calvin Johnson, Marshawn 'Beast Mode...

I am assuming that you all have filled out your billion dollar bracket, right? March Madness might just be the most unpredictable thing in the entire world. Just ask Duke.  Last year's Champions, UCONN Huskies.  The four number one seeds include Kentucky, Wisconsin, Duke, and Villanova. Going solely off of records, I'm placing a bet on Calipari's Wildcats. Although maybe not going through a loss this whole entire regular season could hinder them. Some say that you must go through defeat to get to success... This team literally has not suffered a defeat this season. Notre Dame, the ACC Champions, are in the Midwest with Kentucky and could cause potential trouble with how they showed up in the ACC Tournament, beating Duke and North Carolina. Their play was impressive. The Fighting Irish held the Blue Devils to just 26 points in the first half. The second time that Duke was held to their season low of any half this whole season. That's not to say that Duke did ...

It’s that bittersweet time once again. The beginning of the NFL Playoffs, but that only means one thing… The end of football season is approaching. We have less than one month to enjoy this beautiful thing. It’s okay; let the tears flow until today at about 4:20 pm ET. Then it’s time for your game-face. Before the season had even started, many were already handing the Lombardi trophy to the Seattle Seahawks for a repeat. You can’t necessarily blame them considering they basically had the same exact team coming back and with the 12 th man, there weren’t many other teams as the favorite. After going 4-3 in the first eight weeks there were a few second-guessing themselves. The Seahawks ended the regular season with a six-game win streak and might still be the Superbowl favorite for some. If you want to make a logical Superbowl prediction, do not count these guys out. With Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch, anything is possible. Wilson had 3,475 yards passing this year and 84...