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Our NFC Projections Foresee a Battle of the Bays

In the 18 Super Bowls played between 2002 and 2019, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots represented the AFC in exactly half of them. Brady switched conferences following the 2019 season to join Tampa Bay … and has since started for the NFC in half of those Super Bowls, too. So it’s fitting that […]

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Our AFC Projections Are Bullish On The Bills

After two straight Super Bowl wins by NFC teams, the AFC is primed to strike back in 2022. The West is stacked with dangerous gunslingers on every team, the North boasts the defending conference champ, the South could be due for some better luck, and the East features our preseason favorite to take home the […]

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How BYU Became ‘QB U’

When college football fans think of quarterback factories, they probably go to the classics: USC. Notre Dame. Maybe Miami. But one school has, for upwards of a half century, quietly been producing some of the most impressive college quarterback seasons: Brigham Young. Between Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer and Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks like Jim McMahon […]

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