Football fans, the NFL season is at its midway point.
Some new fans ask why Week Ten is mid-season if the NFL season consists of 16 games. Newbies, this is football time.
Everything in football time is slightly exaggerated.

So although the season consists of 16 weeks of regular play, there are bye weeks, coitus interruptus, that dictate the season lasts more than 16 weeks.

This week I am making my picks and leaving it at that because I want to tell you about New Orleans and the object of their affection, the Saints.
I though that by now the city and the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina would be restored and life would be normal again.
It is sad to say that in this great county of ours, with all the riches we possess and in spite of the hard work of many wonderful, humane and compassionate people, things are still not back to normal in New Orleans.
But, there is one positive in New Orleans, the love affair the City of New Orleans has with its team, the Saints.
The Saints did not reach the Super Bowl in 2006 and yet to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.

Boo!
No that’s not the sound of a spooky ghost on Halloween.
It’s the cascade of boos emanating from disenchanted and “betrayed” Raiders fans.
Raiders fans are known for their zany costumes and somewhat scary fans in the Black Hole.

Good golly Miss Molly, the country is in a recession and the Swine Flu has been declared a national emergency.
Bad news for most everyone.
But from a football fan’s perspective, all these downturns can be forgotten on Sunday, if your team wins.
I won’t even speak to the Fantasy Football fans, they are, in my opinion, cheating on their spouses (teams) when they become fantasy players and therefore football mercenaries.

Five weeks down, 12 to go.
How is your team doing football fans?
There’s a lot of chatter on the radio and on the tube about the seeming lack of parity this season.
Understandable when you consider that …

The week that was in the NFL.
I have had a really great time watching my Niners play tough, Fhysical (physical with an F) football.
Forty Niner fans seem to be coming out of the woodwork here in the SF Bay Area.
It’s been a long time since the 49ers elicited this kind of enthusiasm.

I’ve been a SF 49ers season ticket holder since 1998.
During those 11 years I had noticed an “usher” who was a little gray around the temples and was a constant presence at games and at 49ers special events.
I was curious about her. She seemed to be a fixture at all things 49ers.
Was there a story here? Turns out there was.

Oh the agony of defeat!
Another last minute save by Brett Favre-lous. Why did you not stay retired?
The Favre Factor ruined my football fun on Sunday.
But I am a glass half full person. So I did not hang my head, I did not throw a chair at the TV, I did not drown my sorrows in bottle of wine (well I did a little bit).
Instead I took the reflective and positive approach to the stunning loss.
I looked at the positives.

The NFL season has been everything a fan can ask for.
That is unless you’re a Panthers, Titans, Jaguars, Patriots, Cowboys, Redskins, Browns, Chiefs, Rams or Lions fan.
Many of those teams have not lived up to …

Tall, tan, and taut, Tim Tebow led his number 1 Florida Gators to another victory this Saturday against Tennessee. Although it was not a blow out game with high scores like everyone had expected, there was definitely I in team. He ran, he threw, and then he ran again. Not throwing the ball much during the game, keeping it on the ground more, I would have liked to see more action in the air, but a win is a win. I would have liked to see Tim Tebow throw for a touchdown, but instead, I got to watch him run in for one. I guess that is just as good.

Femmefan and I have been treated wonderfully by the San Francisco Forty Niners since the start of Femmefan.
Over the last nine years they have given me access to players, something typically reserved for the media big boys.
You know the ones, the media types that do this for a living.
It is a bit unusual to get player access when you are writing for a web site, and a female fan website at that.

In November of 2006 I conducted an interview with San Francisco Forty Niners fullback Moran Norris.
This link to that archived article is here.
Moran played for the Forty Niners in 2006 and 2007, paving the way, through his blocking, for two record setting seasons for Forty Niners running back, Frank Gore

If Chicks Ran the NFL is back for more fun and insightful ideas from all Female Fans.
We have had a little time off recently, but, the NFL 2009 season is ready to kick-off.
Another season full of fun, food, booze and big bodies colliding.
What can be better than that?

Nothing but a mircle is going to save certain NFL teams this season.
Miracles are known to happen. But luck plays a bigger much more significant role in a team’s fate.

A miracle would be if the 2-7 Oakland Raiders ran the table and ended the season 9-7.
A miracle would be if Washington Redskins didn’t clean house, again, at the end of the season.

Q&A with “The Schwab”
By Rhonda Reigstad

Basketball is just getting warmed up (already?) and the National Football League season is at midseason. ESPN’s sports trivia guru, Howie Schwab, gives us his take on both in this newest Q&A.

How exciting has the NFL season been for you so far?
I suppose that depends on the team you follow and what they are doing at the halfway mark.

There are clearly some front runners as we enter week nine.
The Saints look like the cream of the NFC crop.
The Colts also are right up there in the AFC.

But they will be challenged and perhaps by some unlikely candidates.
This week I am making my picks and leaving it at that.

 
Book Review by Valerie J. Wood
100 Ranger Greats
by Russ Cohen, John Halligan and Adam Raider
100 Ranger Greats is a beautifully produced, well-written paean to the New York Rangers’ NHL franchise. One of the Original …

Just when I thought that there were very few things that could occur within the NFL to make me love the league, its employees, and the fans even more; well, they have officially found a way to make me fall in love all over again.

Number 1 ranked Florida Gators beat LSU this Saturday night 13-3. Although it was not a high scoring game, it was a great win for Florida against a tough defense. Holding the Gators to only one touchdown, quarterback Tim Tebow was in excellent physical condition after suffering a concussion two weeks ago.

Watching side-by-side action again this week, Notre Dame came back fighting like the Irish always do and pulled out a win. It was close, very close, up until the final few plays of the game, but they held onto the lead and won. A much needed victory after last week’s loss to Michigan in the final few seconds. Quarterback Jimmy Clausen looked impressive again this week, and although he got hurt during a play when he got sacked, he kept his helmet on, and stayed in the game.

By Dwan Samuel
Remember the feeling that we had when Mr. Big went all the way to Paris to sweep Carrie off of her feet?  Or the astonishment at which we all felt when we first …

Week one. It was a fantastic way to start the NFL 2009 season!
I get such a rush from the NFL.
The feeling is so intense when your team wins, it’s almost orgasmic.
I got pretty aroused this weekend.
I love …

There are a few loyal followers who have asked me to make my weekly NFL picks.
So, for those few who aren’t busy with their fantasy leagues,  or just can’t find anyone else to compete against, I …

With a lot of returning players from last year and new players this year, the first games of college football are always the most exciting of the season. Saturday looked like a mix of drinks that were shaken up a bit, and definitely stirred. Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma, ranked 1, 2, and 3, seemed the dominant teams again this year, destined for the BCS and Rose Bowl.