Review of the Super Bowl XLIV commercials.
Bowled Over by the Ads
Commercials? Isn’t that the time to take your break, drink water, and go to the restroom, stretch, do whatever? I mean, who really sits through commercials? Think again! Super Bowl commercials are perhaps the only ads that people watch with as much interest as the [...]

Reflections on the Saints, Colts and Super Bowl XLIV.
Super Bowl XLIV Thoughts
Super Bowl XLIV and, “Who dat?” The Saints are no longer the Aints. Seldom has a sports championship of any time meant more to the fans of a particular city. Some personal musings from watching the big game:

The Colts’ tackling was [...]

Super Bowl predictions and the ridiculousness of the media coverage leading up to the big game.
Super Bowl XLIV
Since the Super Bowl began, the stories that pass for news have grown stranger and stranger.
Yes, it’s news that Dwight Freeney has a torn up ankle, but the coverage of his injury was akin to being forced to [...]

The NFL’s Pro Bowl has finally been changed for the better.
Are You Listening, Roger Goodell?
Reflecting on the changes to today’s Pro Bowl–taking place the weekend between the Conference Championship and the Super Bowl in the Super Bowl city, Miami, and not in Hawaii–I recalled my VideoDeep post regarding such from last year.
Were you listening, Roger [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have the Terrible Towel; let’s create unique rally items for the other NFL franchises.
SUPER BOWL LIMBO
Not much for loyal NFL fanatics to do during the two-week lull between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. It’s kind of like a drawn-out version of the moment just before you realize someone will [...]

AFC Championship & NFL Championship predictions and game analysis.
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP PICK AND ANALYSIS
JETS STILL A MIRAGE?
Being a Pittsburgh fan, I’ve seen Rex Ryan work his defensive magic twice a year for much of the last decade. His schemes utilize coverages, formations, and attack plans from the “46″ defense devised by his dad, Buddy Ryan.
The [...]

NFL Divisional Round playoff game predictions and game analysis.
Divisional Dilemmas
THE DECEMBER GOLDEN TAMPON AWARD
We had a veritable plethora of nominees for the December version of what we affectionately call “The Tampy”.
For you uninformed newbies out there, the Tampy is the award we give to the NFLer(s) who display unmanly or “vagaricious” tendencies.
Note: We will consider [...]

Could Winter 2009-2010 be one of the most disappointing sports seasons ever?
Sports Disappointments, On and Off the Field
Sports, by their very nature, are filled with disappointment. To quote Highlander, “There can be only one.” In any given sport, in any given event, a single, solitary champion (okay, college football occasionally accepted, more on [...]

NFL Wild Card playoff game predictions and game analysis.
PICKING UP THE PIECES
What fun it’s been for me to write this weekly column for DIS. I didn’t do too bad, breaking a little under the waterline of wagering. One horrendous week (14) kept me from .500, leaving me with a very pedestrian 48% of [...]

Gairzo shares his e-mails from A-list sports celebs offering their new years resolutions.
NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS IN SPORTS
About mid-November I sent e-mails out to twenty-five or so of my favorite “sports-lebrities”… You wouldn’t believe some of the responses I received. Those rude souls who didn’t bother to answer my e-mail probably won’t mind if I, [...]