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The Slate
USA soccer has done a good job so far of getting the country invested in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. This week, we have to wonder if Germany will do the U.S. and fellow countryman Jurgen Klinsmann a solid, and play for the tie on Thursday.
NFL Minor League?
The NFL recently announced that they are looking into starting a minor development league, but a failure of the NFL is the inability to make one work after two failed attempts.
The Slate
I'm starting to think the "challenge" part in the SWAC/MEAC Challenge is if SWAC teams can win. The MEAC is 8-2 in the series and has won the last four straight games.
Saints Preview
Unless an unlikely team comes out of nowhere, like the 1999 St. Louis Rams, the 2014 Super Bowl has only a handful of contenders.
Greg Livingston
Senior wide receiver Greg Livingston was the star of Belhaven University's offensive fireworks, scoring four touchdowns. The Houston native scored on three receptions and a punt return.
The Slate
By the end of this weekend, nearly every college football team in the country will have played at least two games, except for the University of Cincinnati who will play its first game of the season this week.
Playoff Probs
Two weeks into the college football season, the Big Ten faces an uphill climb. This past Saturday was a disaster for the conference.
2014 JFP College Football Poll: Week Two
Unless you've been under a rock, you know that the Big Ten stumbled this past weekend as Michigan State and Ohio State bombed on the big stage.
Getting Tougher
By now everyone who has wanted to see it has seen the video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee in a casino elevator. The video, released by TMZ, brought major heat down on the NFL for the two-game ban Rice got to start this season.
The Slate
One of the biggest surprises of the early NFL season is the start of the New Orleans Saints. It is never a good way to begin the season to be in a must-win game in week three.
2014 JFP College Football Top 25 Poll: Week Three
The top five of the poll keeps on rolling, but the rest is in flux, since South Carolina upset Georgia. Boston College pulled the upset of the week after defeating USC at home.
Mark Ingram
The New Orleans Saints' task against the Minnesota Vikings this season got much harder with running back Mark Ingram suffering a fractured thumb that required surgery. Ingram had two screws placed in his left hand.
The Slate
If I was a college football coach, I would rather have 100 Dak Prescotts than one Jameis Winston. Prescott is everything you want in a college athlete.
Winning the Wrong Way
Times are changing, and the NFL is learning that the hard way with public backlash to the recent family-violence cases.
JFP College Football Top 25 Poll: Week Four
This is the first week of the season that a team has dropped out of the top 25 poll. It wasn't just one team falling out of the poll, though; it was three—Missouri, Clemson and Florida.
The Slate
If the Rebels and Bulldogs are going to do something special this football season, this Saturday is the day to do it. It should feel like Christmas has come early for Bulldog and Rebel fans.
JFP College Football Top 25 Poll: Week Five
The rest of the early contenders are closing in on Florida State. The Seminoles have been nowhere near as dominant this season as they were last season.
A Special Football Week in Mississippi
In my 36 years of life, I have never seen the college football world so squarely focused on Mississippi. Maybe it is a year for dark horses in the SEC. Maybe the time has come for the last to be first and the first to be last in the SEC West.
Derek Jeter
Two of the biggest rivals in Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, took a timeout from their hatred of each other on Sunday to honor Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
The Slate
ESPN's "College GameDay" started going to campuses in 1993. The show never stepped foot in Mississippi until last weekend, and now it will be here for back-to-back weeks.