Divisional games this late in the NFL season have so much gravity on them as far as how they impact standings for the playoffs. Not just on whether a team will make the playoffs,...
Divisional games this late in the NFL season have so much gravity on them as far as how they impact standings for the playoffs. Not just on whether a team will make the playoffs, but how they break ties and which teams host games in January. This is also...
Exploria Stadium will be more than just a soccer venue in Orlando, decorated in pink at 3:00 pm EST on Saturday as the site of the 7th annual Duluth Trading Company Cure Bowl. When the #24 Troy Trojans and the #25 UTSA Roadrunners take the field as champions of...
We witnessed another incredibly crazy weekend of NFL action in Week 13 featuring upsets, major injuries and…ties. Yes, this is stating that ties are not boring, you have to earn the right to win in this league. The Commanders and Giants failed to do so, making the race in...
It’s been a long time since the problem of surplus has come up for The Student of the Game‘s Matchup Mania. But there are a lot of important games and amazing storylines in the coming week. With that being said, I will give an honorable mention to the 49ers...
Welcome to Thanksgiving in The Student of the Game‘s NFL Matchup Mania. In this week’s episode, we bring you the menu for the coming week leading into the holiday with which American football is most intertwined. This week’s games will present a dish on the Turkey day table while...
In a NFL year peppered with parity more than many in recent memory, we live in a world where Tom Brady winning a game against Geno Smith is surprising. While it’s probably old news by now that football in 2022 has rendered shock and confusion, certain statements like that...
There are a few games on the NFL schedule that definitely give me that Little Engine That Could “I think I can” vibe. Granted, the “trains” in question trying to pull off the midseason upset to keep themselves in playoff contention have different heights of mountain to climb. That said,...
Finally!! For the first time since Week 6, we have more than one game where two teams with winning records are scheduled to face each other. The job of the weekly NFL fan’s public service announcement for which games are most worth your time between Thursday and Monday has...
With fall upon us, Halloween happens during this slate of games. What better week to point out games hiding in the shadows as being sneaky good? Your top-tier teams (Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Buffalo) may not make the list. There may be a shock that a pairing featuring Josh...
Sometimes there are weeks in the NFL where the games overall don’t have a standout pairing — especially after we were spoiled with Buffalo and Kansas City However, football and The Student of the Game‘s Matchup Mania roll on. In the interest of public service, we will provide games...