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James' Football Blog November 2004 Archive

By James Alder, About.com Guide to Football

Green Says Rookie Will Start at QB

Monday November 29, 2004
Dennis Green, head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, pulled a mild stunner at his press conference Monday by naming rookie John Navarre his starting quarterback for Sunday’s contest with the ... Read More

QB Prospects Dinged in Finales

Monday November 29, 2004
Promising NFL Draft quarterback prospects Andrew Walter of Arizona State and David Greene of Georgia suffered injuries in their final regular-season contests on Saturday. Green cracked the thumb on ... Read More

Eagles Claim Season's First Playoff Berth

Sunday November 28, 2004
It's only week 12, but nonetheless, the Philadelphia Eagles have clinched the first playoff berth of the season and the NFC East crown, matching the '85 Chicago Bears and '97 ... Read More

The Guessing Games Begin

Friday November 26, 2004
At this point of the college football season, there is a lot of speculation as to which of the top underclassmen will make themselves available for the 2005 NFL Draft ... Read More

Pickin' Week 12

Thursday November 25, 2004
The holiday season represents the start of the stretch run toward the playoffs, and as is tradition in the NFL, both the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys will host games ... Read More

The Numbers are In!

Monday November 22, 2004
Things held relatively steady between USC, Oklahoma, and Auburn at the top of the latest BCS standings, but No. 5 Texas somehow managed to close the gap on No. 4 ... Read More

Mock Draft Updated, Expanded

Saturday November 20, 2004
About Football's 2005 NFL Mock Draft has been updated and expanded to include my thoughts on each selection, with the order based on the standings after week 10. Keep ... Read More

Are You Ready for Some... Desperate Housewives?

Thursday November 18, 2004
The hottest topic in the NFL this week is the scandalous introduction to ABC's Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys which featured a titillating scene ... Read More

Seven-Week Sprint

Monday November 15, 2004
With the bye weeks coming to an end, all NFL teams have nine games in the books with just seven remaining. And with the tight races developing around the ... Read More

Barre Backs Up Clarett's Claims

Saturday November 13, 2004
Former Ohio State cornerback B.J. Barre, who played 10 games as a freshman in 2000, apparently is backing up claims made by controversial running back Maurice Clarett which implicated the ... Read More

College Bowl Season Approaching

Saturday November 13, 2004
Hard to believe, but we're just over a month away from the open of the college bowl season, which kicks off December 14th with the Wyndham New Orleans Bowl in ... Read More

Picks to Kick Off the Second Half

Thursday November 11, 2004
The first half of the 2004 National Parity League schedule is complete and as far as my weekly predictions go, this is one half of a season I would just ... Read More

Georgia's Davis Leaning Toward NFL

Wednesday November 10, 2004
Georgia Safety Thomas Davis recently told the Albany Herald that in light of the fact that he has an 11-month old son, he is leaning toward entering the 2005 NFL ... Read More

Clarett Implicates Tressel, Ohio State

Tuesday November 9, 2004
In this week's issue of ESPN The Magazine, controversial running back Maurice Clarett attempts to perform damage control with NFL owners and general managers concerning his image as the 2005 ... Read More

Top Small School Prospects

Monday November 8, 2004
Recently, I've provided my evaluation of some of the top prospects in college football, but this week I'm offering a look at a prospect you may not have heard of ... Read More

So You Want to Be a Scout? (Lesson 5)

Saturday November 6, 2004
* "So You Want to Be a Scout?" is a weekly series on the basics of scouting football players. Lesson five of this six-part series on evaluating NFL Draft ... Read More

A BCS Nightmare

Thursday November 4, 2004
Count me among the legions of fans that feel the NCAA is really missing the boat by not offering some type of playoff system to determine a national champion. ... Read More

Week Nine Focuses on Cross-State Rivalry

Wednesday November 3, 2004
Heading into week nine, the Philadelphia Eagles stand alone as the only undefeated team in the league, and this weekend's match-up with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who knocked the New England ... Read More

Rushing Leftwich Back Could be a Big Mistake

Wednesday November 3, 2004
Initial reports of Byron Leftwich's injury, suffered in a loss to the Houston Texans, indicated that the Jacksonville Jaguars second-year quarterback would likely miss four to six weeks while resting ... Read More

Play "Who Am I?"

Monday November 1, 2004
*Each week, About Football features a former NFL star and asks, "Who Am I?" I was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft and went on to collect ... Read More

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