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The NFL is not setting the example it should

Kyle Simpson September 16, 2014

This September, many exciting changes are happening. Schools are in session, the weather is getting cooler (unless you live in Alabama, apparently,) and the most exciting season of the year is beginning...

NFL subsidies come with high moral price

Leigh Terry September 16, 2014

The National Football League has been in the headlines for several weeks because of controversies that have arisen far away from the gridiron. Ray Rice’s domestic abuse conviction and Adrian Peterson’s...

Devon Still's story a positive perspective during a dark time for NFL

Marquis Munson September 14, 2014

The NFL has been making headlines this summer, and they haven’t just been about sports. Devon Still, a defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals, is one of many players gaining headlines, but for wildly...

Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson not held above the law

Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson not held above the law

Matthew Wilson September 14, 2014

The NFL has been a topic of recent controversy among the general public. Several of its star players – Baltimore Ravens’ running back Ray Rice and Minnesota Vikings’ running back Adrian Peterson,...

Racist NFL team names should go

Matthew Bailey September 8, 2014

Washington, D.C.’s NFL team and their owner Daniel Snyder have been under increasing pressure to change the name from the racist one that they currently go by. The pressure from Native American and...

Roger Goodell needs more consistency in suspensions

Roger Goodell needs more consistency in suspensions

Nolan Imsande August 24, 2014

If NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is going to keep suspending his players for their wrongdoings, he needs to find a fair way to do it.There is no problem with Goodell suspending players that deserve to...

Redskins name change should have happened several years ago

Sean Landry June 17, 2014

I can’t believe I’m writing this column in June 2014. Two years or more after we started having this conversation, and we’re still talking about the name of the National Football League franchise...

Draft could be the most exciting in NFL history

Draft could be the most exciting in NFL history

Keegan Elsner April 17, 2014

Usually, the experts have a decent idea of who is going to go where in the NFL Draft. On May 8, nobody knows what’s going to happen, and that could make this year’s draft the most entertaining in history....

Lacy, Milliner, Fluker to enter NFL Draft

Lacy, Milliner, Fluker to enter NFL Draft

Marquavius Burnett January 11, 2013

Running back Eddie Lacy and defensive back Dee Milliner announced they will forgo their senior seasons and enter the NFL draft on Friday. Right tackle D.J. Fluker is also entering the draft. Lacy projects...

Coach Sean Payton deserves his punishment

Jake Gray April 3, 2012

Last week, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was given a yearlong suspension from the NFL. This unprecedented punishment comes weeks after a shocking bounty program was exposed from within the...

Saban reflects on dominant football class

Saban reflects on dominant football class

Zachary Al-Khateeb November 17, 2011

As the Alabama Crimson Tide prepares for its last home game of the season, head coach Nick Saban is not allowing his team to overlook the Georgia Southern Eagles. The Eagles bring in a 9-1 record and...

Peyton Manning for NFL MVP

Jake Gray October 24, 2011

The country witnessed a massacre Sunday night. In the week-seven primetime edition of the Indianapolis Colts’ “Suck for Luck” campaign, the New Orleans Saints dismantled, destroyed and demolished...