2017 NFL Draft – A Look at Defense

DE Very deep for 4/3 DE not as deep for 3/4 guys 1 Myles Garrett TAM 6-4 272 R1 Extremely Athletic 3y st Student of game Quick & great body control Half his sacks vs Sisters Perpet Misserable 2 Derek Barnett Tenn 6-3 259 R1 3Y ST Violent hands Has everything but a great burst … Read more

Special NFL Draft podcasts of News, Notes and Rumors

Check out the first two NFL and Browns draft podcasts already up on the radio page.  To find the podcast you want enter the title listed below in the search box. News, Notes & Rumors 02-25-2013 Samantha Bunten – Samamtha and I talked Browns organization, the draft and a little Indians as well. News, Notes … Read more

Special edition of News, Notes and Rumors Monday 6PM EDT

Jon Dove Jon Dove, our Sunday NFL Analyst joins us to talk about free agency.  Next Monday, Dave Kay will join me to preview the NCAA tournament. You can listen to the show live at and listen to the archive of the show the next day at https://fryingpansports.com/radio-show/. Bill Smith is a former coach of … Read more

Bowl Championship Series RIP

The College Presidents’ Oversight Committee has approved a four team seeded playoff.  It is WAY overdue. It is hard to understand why it took the ivy covered college presidents so long to realize their dream of squeezing more money out of the sport of football.  Any form of playoff would automatically generate a lot more … Read more

The NFL is stupid to enforce the NCAA’s inconsistent suspensions

NFL Commissioner Goodell decided to enforce the 5  game suspension of former OSU QB Pryor in his league.  This not only sets a very dangerous precedent  it ties the credibility of the Commissioner, the league and his power to deal  with off field behavior of the players and coaches to that of the NCAA.  The … Read more

The NFL Draft VS The NBA Draft

The NFL and NBA drafts are often the most talked about and publicized events in professional sports. They certainly bring more media attention compared to other professional leagues like the NHL of MLB. So what makes the NFL and NBA so popular, with the best TV reviews? Is it just the brand name athletes? Whats … Read more

What makes the Masters so Unique?

I was in my local watering hole the other day for a pleasant Friday afternoon pub dinner, only to find a golf tournament being shown on the big screen slightly surreal but none the less enjoyable. It seems that every time the PGA or European tour come through, not too much attention is paid to … Read more

Wednesday’s News, Notes and Rumors show

Wednesday at 6:20 PM EDT I am joined by Paul Banks the Chicago Sports Guru of sportsbank.net. He will update us on the college pro days and the NFL Draft. At 7:20 David Kay of Walterfootball and sportsbank.net will join me to update us on the NCAA games coming up and the NBA.  We also … Read more

At least we can be thankful that the polls don’t determine the college basketball champion.

The people that voted a 3 loss Texas team #2 over the previously unanimous #1 Ohio State team should lose their votes and be banished to watching the Golf Channel and listening to karaoke for eternity. I don’t really have a problem with moving a 1 loss Kansas team over OSU despite the fact that … Read more

At least we can be thankful that the poles don’t determine the college basketball champion.

The people that voted a 3 loss Texas team #2 over the previously unanimous #1 Ohio State team should lose their votes and be banished to watching the Golf Channel and listening to karaoke for eternity. I don’t really have a problem with moving a 1 loss Kansas team over OSU despite the fact that … Read more