Author: Jeremy Snyder

One-point safety

by Jeremy Snyder - 43

[Last updated October 2, 2024] Before the 1988 season, the NCAA made a rule change, awarding college football teams two points for returning a failed extra point or two-point conversion. This happens occasionally (9 times in I-A football in 2005). This rule change brought in play a truly obscure rule: the one-point

NFL Touchdown Streaks By College (Updated)

by Jeremy Snyder - 3

(Last updated 12/18/2025 with the end of Oklahoma's streak.) Last week, no former Oklahoma player scored an NFL touchdown, marking the first time in 129 NFL regular season weeks that this had happened. (Originally posted 2011): Last week, no former University of Miami player scored an NFL touchdown, marking the first

Consecutive Games at .500 or Below

by Jeremy Snyder - 0

After beating the Cardinals last night, the St. Louis Rams are now 3-2, marking the first time their record has stood above .500 since Week 8 of the 2006 season. This streak of 93 straight games with a record of .500 or worse was the 3rd-longest in NFL history.Most

Another Potential Palpably Unfair Play

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Bumping this after the Giants put 12 men on the field with 17 seconds left ... Rex Ryan, on protecting against end-of-game punt returns like DeSean Jackson's: I know my dad, I think they've changed the rules since then, but he used to have a punt team, in that exact

Simple NFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2011, After Week 16

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Notes and assumptions:No possibility of tie games except DAL-NYG. Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now.Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored. Division ties are broken first.If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker,

Simple AFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2011, After Week 16

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Notes and assumptions:No possibility of tie games.Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now.Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.Division ties are broken first. (Example: If NE, BAL, and PIT all finish 12-4, break the BAL-PIT tie

A Worthy Cause

by Jeremy Snyder - 0

BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech Athletics Department announced today that it has sold 9,337 of its 17,500 tickets to the 2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl. Over the years, Virginia Tech has earned the reputation of being a football program that enjoys a strong following to bowl