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NFL: Quick Thoughts on Week Four & Week Five Picks
The first month of the NFL season is in the books and it has been a strange four weeks so far. At the quarter turn mark several of last year's playoff teams have started slowly or darn right awful. It is widely know that each year, nearly half the playoff teams from the year before fail to make the playoffs. Here is a quick look at last year's playoff teams.
Weekly Look Back & Look Forward: Heading to Week 6
This week in the [JFP we went streaking][1] (figuratively not literally, no one wants to see that) in the look back portion of our weekly look at college football in Mississippi. Looking forward this is an interesting week.
Looking for a Debate Party?
We've heard about a number of debate parties in Jackson and beyond. You're on your own to figure out the drinking games. Here are the ones we know about; feel free to add your own! Hal & Mal's Red Room, downtown Jackson, tends to be a progressive crowd that likes …
It's Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Take some time and remember our fellow Mississippians who are in danger every day in their own homes.
Barbour Criticizes Obama on Deficit... Then Criticizes Him for Budget Cuts
According to NewsMax (ugh) our esteemed former lobbyist/former governor/current lobbyist Haley Barbour was on Fox News this weekend complaining that President Obama isn't paying enough attention to the debt.
Blodget: 'Here's the Problem With Our Economy'
What's wrong with the American Economy? Income inequality, due, in part, to an over-emphasis on shareholder value as our prevailing metric for corporate success.
Packers vs Saints: Preview & Prediction
Sitting at 0-3 and heading into the fourth week of the NFL season, hopes for the a playoff berth is dwindling for the New Orleans Saints. The chances of making the playoff are slim for teams starting at 0-3 but only one team since the AFL-NFL merger has started 0-4 and reached the postseason. The San Diego Chargers started the season 0-4 before winning going 11-1 in their final 12 games to win the AFC West. That San Diego team even won a playoff game in the Wildcard round before losing in the division round.
MAC & Sun Belt Rise: Plus College Football Week 5 Picks
One of college basketball's great appeals has been the rise of mid-major programs. College basketball teams from non-power conferences have gained a foothold in the NCAA Tournament by building senior led programs and years upon years of upsets in the big dance. College football has its own version of the mid-major in Boise State and until this year TCU. BYU has been a national power on and off. The Cougars are now an independent and Boise State will join the Big East next year.
City Issues Boil Water Notice
Due to lack of water pressure, the city of Jackson has issued what they are calling a "precautionary" boil-water notice Friday, Sept. 28 for the following areas: Lucedale Street, Canton Club Court, Canton Park Drive, Riviera Drive, Kinder Drive, N Canton Club Circle, Barkwood Court, Beechcrest Street, Beechcrest Drive, Sedgwick …
Pearl Teen Still Needs Kidney Transplant
Vickie Stanford called me today. Her 15-year-old son Brennan needs a kidney, and there are no signs of match anywhere in sight. The JFP featured Brennan as a Person of the Day in April. You can read the story here: POD: Brennan Stanford Vickie said today that the Tulane University …
So, Speaking of Jobs...
So if you're a presidential candidate pitching the idea that the government is too big and the private sector needs to be convinced to hire more people -- what data are you using to reach that conclusion?
NFL: Quick Thoughts on Week Three & Week Four Picks
The nation is rejoicing the return of the regular officials after the NFL and the NFLRA came to agreement on a new labor deal last night. NFL fans no longer have to see the replacement officials on the field or their TV screen this week. Thank goodness, the regular officials have returned. Now, NO team in the NFL will receive a terrible call, or a bad penalty, or an atrocious ball spot for the rest of the season.
Weekly Look Back & Look Forward: Heading to Week 5
Time once again for your Thursday, College football look back and look forward. [New to the JFP print edition is a look back at last week’s action][1], so this week will be more of a detailed look forward. There are several prospects for our weekly big winner. Mississippi State is 4-0 for the first time since 1999, Ole Miss is 3-1 and beating teams they should beat on their schedule, and Millsaps is a perfect 3-0 coming off a bye week.
Sh*t Politicians Say About Women ... Starting with Todd Akin
OK, as if dinosaur (and Missouri Senate candidate) Todd Akin hadn't been offensive enough to women already, here's a fun one from the campaign trail today. The Kansas City Start reported that Akin said he is going to win the race because, in part, Sen. Claire McCaskill wasn't "ladylike" in …
Mississippi College to Ask NCAA to Rejoin Division II
This afternoon I received a press release that Mississippi College has come to the conclusion on Thursday (Sept 27) to ask the NCAA permission to rejoin Division II athletics. The Choctaws currently are classified as a Division III institution in sports.
NFL Refs Are Back
The NFL announced Thursday that the referee lockout that never should have happened in the first place is over. And only three weeks too late. The final play from scrimmage in Monday night's game between Seattle and Green Bay has been replayed, reviewed and evaluated by every media outlet in …
Assault Rifles: Only at Walmart
Thanks to the economic downturn, it's a buyer's market for a lot of products: houses are cheap, food is relatively inexpensive (although experts are predicting a bacon shortage of apocalyptic proportions) and now, at Jackson-area Walmart stores, you can even get a pretty good deal on a weapon that shoots …
Big Business = Big Buckets of Cash
The website Remapping Debate has posted a story titled "Brother, Can you Spare $829 Billion?" On it, your can see just how much the top public corporations are hoarding ... er, holding. So how much pump-priming could America’s largest corporations achieve if they were to dig into their cash and …
Join JFP Sports Pick'em & More
Early today, word came down from the top of the JFP tower all the way down to the basement where I am located, that we could set up a pick'em game. I have gone out and set up an account for a few fantasy games.