Just like that, a mere minutes into yesterday’s playoff game, an uninspired Pats season unofficially came to an end. Obviously the official end came once the clock struck 0:00 of the fourth quarter, but at no point this season did the Pats show they could handle adversity, that they could come back from a deficit, [...]
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NFL Week 14 Status Update: Motivation
Smokey: Sensing my ennui setting in after reading last week’s column, Mickey knew drastic measures must be taken. It was clear I was spiraling into a pit of despair, despite the Panthers solid victory against the Bucs. In a move requiring both cunning and daring, he forwarded along some pithy, far-flung anti-Obama email he’d run [...]
NFL Week 10 Status Meeting: Falcons Near & Far
Smokey: Mickey and I had wildly different experiences concerning Atlanta Falcons fans this weekend, but since mine is anticlimactic and boring, I’ll go first. The Panthers toppled the division rival Falcons with a solid ground game, and remembering that Steve Smith plays for them. It was all very thrilling. The biggest story of the day [...]
NFL Week Six Status Meeting: Tremble Before Me!
Smokey: Week six was a week of statements, be they declarations of domination, or yips of putridity. After completing three-eighths of the season (math!) we’re able to accurately the gauge where the season’s at, and we have a better idea of where the season’s going. For some, this is an encouraging time of the year; [...]
NFL Oh-Nine Previews: AFC East
Back when Smokey and I were doing our own thang at the Sports Brethren, we would double-team a weekly post about every Carolina Panthers game. We might not see eye-to-eye on everything, but we always brung the heat and the passion in our weekly chronicles of the NFL’s greatest team. Here at the Cube, we’re [...]
