The NFL's new kickoff rules changed the game: Data from the first full season
The NFL overhauled kickoff rules for the 2024 season, converting the dead play into an actual strategic element. Here is what the data showed.
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The NFL overhauled kickoff rules for the 2024 season, converting the dead play into an actual strategic element. Here is what the data showed.
The NFL changed overtime rules after the infamous 2021 AFC Championship Game where Josh Allen never touched the ball in overtime. The new rules are better but still flawed.
Thursday Night Football exists because Amazon paid $1 billion per year for the rights. Source: NFL media deal announcements. But the product is demonstrably worse than Sunday football.
NFL teams spend millions on scouting departments. The draft results suggest that money is mostly wasted.
Every week, ESPN, NFL.com, and every sports site publishes power rankings. They are content filler, not analysis. Here is why.
Every offseason, fans say their team "cannot afford" a player because of the salary cap. The truth is more complicated. The salary cap is real on paper but functionally malleable.
Patrick Mahomes is accumulating achievements at a rate that makes a legitimate case for the greatest quarterback of all time. Let us compare the numbers at the same career stage.
Texas takes tailgating as seriously as the games themselves. Having attended game days at every major Texas school, here is the definitive ranking.
The state of Texas has produced more Heisman Trophy winners and finalists than any other state. Here is why the pipeline is so strong.
DFW is home to alumni from every major Texas school. Here is where to find your people on Saturdays. Texas Longhorns: - The Rustic (Uptown, Dallas) — Official Texas Exes DFW watch party location.
Conference realignment has reshaped college football. Here is where Texas schools landed and what it means.
The Red River Rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma is played every October at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. With both teams now in the SEC, the stakes have never been higher.
The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex produces more Division I college football players per capita than almost any region in the country. Here is why.
Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals have fundamentally altered college football. The impact is especially visible among Texas schools.
The University of North Texas is the largest university in DFW by enrollment. Over 47,000 students. And yet, their football program remains an afterthought in the metroplex.
In 2021, Baylor won the Big 12 Championship under Dave Aranda. The program looked like it had found its long-term answer after the Art Briles scandal. Then it unraveled.
Joey McGuire arrived at Texas Tech with one mission: make Texas Tech football matter in the state of Texas again. Here is where that project stands.
The College Football Playoff expanded to 12 teams starting with the 2024-25 season. After the first expanded playoff, the debate continues.
SMU received the NCAA death penalty in 1987. Their football program was shut down for two years. Nearly 40 years later, SMU is in the ACC.
In the 2022-23 season, TCU went from unranked in the preseason to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. It was the most improbable run in CFP history.
Texas officially joined the SEC and the Longhorns are no longer the biggest fish in the pond. Here is how the transition has unfolded. The narrative: "Texas is back" has been a meme for a decade.
Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012. Over a decade later, let us assess how the move has played out. The early promise (2012-2013): - Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy as a freshman in 2012.
Chelsea have spent over one billion pounds on transfers since the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership group took over in 2022.
In 2020, Aston Villa survived relegation on the final day of the season by one point. A few years later, they qualified for the Champions League.
Every season brings new kits and new debates. Here are the best and worst of the 2025-26 Premier League season. Top 5: Arsenal home — Classic cannon crest, clean red with white sleeves.
VAR was introduced to the Premier League to eliminate clear and obvious errors. The data suggests it is creating new problems instead.
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