Category: Football
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The DMV Power Rankings: One Team Left Standing
James Madison is the DMV’s last unbeaten team after Virginia Tech fell to Pitt. Richmond and Morgan State keep climbing while Maryland, William & Mary and Old Dominion continue to slide.
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The DMV Power Rankings: Two Unbeatens, and Everybody Else Sorting Themselves Out
Virginia Tech and James Madison are the DMV’s last unbeaten teams, Maryland just suffered a 51-point loss, and the regional hierarchy is beginning to take shape after another chaotic weekend.
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The NFL Proved Grass Was Possible This Summer. Then It Put the Turf Back.
Seven NFL stadiums replaced artificial turf with natural grass for the World Cup — then switched back before football season. After Nashville’s turf reportedly reached 157 degrees and players’ cleats began failing, the league’s long-running surface debate suddenly looks much harder to dismiss.
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The DMV Power Rankings: The Weekend Everything Flipped
Virginia Tech jumps to No. 1, Virginia and Maryland fall, Morgan State makes its move, and William & Mary crashes after a chaotic weekend across DMV college football.
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You’re Just Cheering for Laundry
By Greg Visscher | Sports & Whatever The NFL and corporate partner Nike, Inc. rolled out the second year of their “Rivalry” 2026 uniform program last month – a promotion so successful last year that it became Fanatics’ best-selling merchandise release to date: And in a recent advertisement for the Washington Commanders vs. Philadelphia Eagles…
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The DMV Power Rankings: Who’s For Real After Week Two-and-a-Half
There is no such thing as a neutral football weekend in the DMV. Not with James Franklin trying to drag Virginia Tech out of its own rubble, not with Michael Vick standing on a Norfolk sideline getting outscored 90-13 across two weeks, not with James Madison quietly assembling the best two-game résumé of anyone in…
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Maryland’s Path to Bowl Eligibility, Game by Game
After consecutive 4-8 seasons, Maryland enters 2026 needing six wins and a bowl berth. The schedule provides a realistic path — but little room for wasted opportunities.
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Five Deaths in Eight Years: Football’s Heartland Problem Nobody Wants to Name
MicahJo Barnett’s death at William Jewell College is still medically unexplained. But across Kansas and Missouri, a troubling series of young football deaths — many involving extreme heat — demands a larger question: why does the same safety conversation restart every August and disappear every winter?
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The Giants Just Hired the Guy Baltimore Fired. That’s the Whole Bet.
The Giants hired John Harbaugh, surrounded Jaxson Dart with veteran coaching and new weapons, and finally look like they have a direction. Whether that becomes a winning season depends on how healthy New York’s best offensive players actually are.
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The Commanders Bet Everything on Health. That’s Not a Plan, That’s a Prayer.
Washington spent aggressively after a disastrous 5-12 season, rebuilding the offensive line, defense and receiving corps around Jayden Daniels. But with injuries already mounting, the Commanders’ 2026 season still comes down to one uncomfortable question: can their franchise quarterback stay on the field?
