The Glass Eye: Super Bowl Preview
February 5, 2012 at 6:07 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet At last, the Big Game is upon us, and as usual the playoffs didn’t go according to plan – we end up with a 9-7 Giants team facing a Patriots team with the NFL’s second worst defense (by yards allowed) – and yet this game promises to be close and exciting, largely because both QBs are Hall-of-Fame caliber. We’ll break down the QB...
Read More...The Glass Eye: Devalued Regular Seasons
January 30, 2012 at 5:56 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet Last week, while previewing the NFL conference Championships, I noted how little the regular season seems to mean these days in pro sports, and said I’d be writing a column soon about the phenomenon. So let’s take a look at some of the major differences between champion teams of 30-50 years ago, and champions of today. First, the raw...
Read More...The Glass Eye: NFL Conference Championship Preview
January 22, 2012 at 5:48 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet Wow, what an amazing round of playoff games last week! Except for the Broncos-Patriots stinker, every game was chock-full of surprises and turning points. Defense seemed to trump offense in most cases, as the high-flying Saints and Packers were sent home; while defensively stout Baltimore and San Francisco soldier on. If the last round proved...
Read More...The Glass Eye: NFL Divisional Playoff Preview
January 13, 2012 at 5:55 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet The Eye went 2-2 a week ago, correctly pegging the Saturday winners but missing badly on both Sunday games. A quick note about the Steeler game before we move on: if you give up 316 yards to Tim Tebow, your pass defense is not good and I don’t care what its regular season ranking was. The Steelers need to reassess a lot of things on that...
Read More...The Glass Eye: NFL Wild Card Weekend Preview
January 6, 2012 at 6:04 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet This week, the NFL’s postseason tournament gets underway – every game has a certain amount of intrigue, and we should see a healthy mix of defensive struggles and pass-wacky shootouts – but, with the possible exception of the Saints, every team playing this weekend has a large flaw and none is likely to make the Super Bowl. However,...
Read More...The Glass Eye: Christmas Wishes
December 23, 2011 at 6:01 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet With the holiday season upon us, I thought it would be a good time to look at all of the ‘major’ local teams and see what the best gift would be for each team. From championship-level (Steelers) to awful (Pirates), from stable (Pens) to scandal-ridden (Penn State), right now Pennsylvania runs the gamut of sports experiences. Let’s look...
Read More...The Glass Eye: Stop the Insanity!
December 19, 2011 at 5:58 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet Lots of topics to hit on this week, and most of them involve behaviors and/or decisions that border on the insane. There’s been a lot of crazy stuff going on around the sports world, crazy enough to get me to talk about the NBA and Pitt football! Let’s take a look at some of the major stories: -Albert Pujols signs with the Angels for...
Read More...The Glass Eye: Clearfield Wrestling Preview
December 10, 2011 at 6:15 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet The Bison wrestling team has enjoyed tremendous success over the past decade and particularly over the last six seasons, but 2011-12 unquestionably shapes up as a rebuilding year. However, there is some returning talent – Clearfield returns two district champs in Christian Stone and Nolan Barger, and Dylan Graham also had a strong...
Read More...The Glass Eye: Giving Thanks in 2011
November 22, 2011 at 5:49 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet It’s time for the annual ‘thanks’ column – for the past few years, I review some things in the sports world that I’m thankful for, and then spend some time going ‘off the field’ with some real-world thanks. In some ways this year’s column is going to look a lot like last year’s (hard to believe that column is a year old...
Read More...The Glass Eye: The NFL at Mid-Season
November 18, 2011 at 6:11 AM by Dave Glass · Leave a Comment
Tweet At last, we get to our midseason NFL review. We’ll review my preseason picks, look at the top surprises and disappointments thus far, and take a quick stab at figuring out who will make the playoffs. Let’s start in the NFC. NFC West Biggest surprise: San Francisco (record 8-1; my prediction: 6-10). The 49ers are the surprise of the entire...
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