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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be happy to get into Super Bowl LV Feb. 7, but they may not be overjoyed to be the first out of the last 108 Super Bowl teams to be playing in Raymond... — Updated 1/26/2021

I predicted in last week's Korner that the Tampa Bay-New Orleans Divisional Playoff game would by hyped more than the other three match-ups. The focus of the media was about the... — Updated 1/19/2021

The opening round of the National Football League-the Wild Card Round-was designed to give some of the league's better teams that didn't win a division crown a taste of the... — Updated 1/12/2021

Playoff Games This Weekend AFC BALTIMORE RAVENS (12-6) over BUFFALO BILLS (14-3) 7:15 p.m. Saturday at Buffalo (NBC)—MY PROJECTED SCORE—Baltimore 31- Buffalo 27 (Upset... — Updated 1/12/2021

This is my annual National Football League "Wild Card" Playoff column and I had no idea what the Las Vegas odds were on the six games being played this weekend. Then a brainstorm... — Updated 1/5/2021

2021 NFL “Wild Card” Playoff Games This Weekend AFC Conference BUFFALO (13-3) over INDIANAPOLIS (11-5) 12:05 p.m. Sat. at Buffalo (CBS). BALTIMORE (11-5) over TENNESSEE (11-5)... — Updated 1/5/2021

Here we are, two days before the beginning of a new year and four days before knowing which National Football League teams will be vying for the coveted Lombardi Trophy which goes... — Updated 12/29/2020

Bowl Games This Week DUKE’S MAYO BOWL—11 a.m. Today in Charlotte, N. Car. (ESPN), Wisconsin (3-3) over Wake Forest (4-4). MUSIC CITY BOWL—2:30 p.m. Today in Nashville, TN.... — Updated 12/29/2020

While waiting in line to see if I was old enough to qualify for my vaccine shot, this burly dude with a white beard and straggly white hair comes barging in a shoved his way ahead... — Updated 12/22/2020

BOWL GAMES NEW ORLEANS BOWL—2:30 p.m. Today in New Orleans (ESPN)—Georgia Southern over Louisiana Tech. MONTGOMERY BOWL—6 p.m. Today in Montgomery, Ala, (ESPN)—Memphis over... — Updated 12/22/2020

A few years ago, I was playing in a bridge tournament and during one of the breaks I got to talking with a gentleman from the Houston area about high school football. "So, you're... — Updated 12/15/2020

Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage (13-0) over Gilmer (14-1), Hallettsville (13-2) over Tuscola Jim Ned (14-1), Franklin (11-2) over Canadian (14-1), Mart... — Updated 12/15/2020

Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage (12-0) over Wimberley (11-3), Gilmer (13-1) over Graham (11-1), Llano (13-0) over Hallettsville (12-2), Waskom (12-2)... — Updated 12/8/2020

Here it is December with Christmas less than three weeks away and the football post-season only a month away. Most of the scheduled college games are between arch-rivals with most... — Updated 12/8/2020

Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage ( 11-0) over China Spring (10-2), Columbus (11-2) over Hallettsville (11-2),Waskom (11-2) over Elysian Fields (11-2),... — Updated 12/1/2020

National Football League fans from the Lone Star State really got short-changed by both the Houston Texans and the Dallas Cowboys who suffered different maladies which resulted in... — Updated 12/1/2020

STEELERS LOOK UNBEATABLE; COWBOYS COULD WIN NFC EAST I know that when I figure out my Pro Picks on the weekly Fearless Forecast that I’ll have two automatic wins if I pick the... — Updated 11/24/2020

Regional Semifinal High School Playoff Games This Week Area Playoff Games of Interest to Southeast Texas—Carthage ( 10-0) over Salado (11-1), Yoakum (9-2) over Columbus (10-2),... — Updated 11/24/2020

Area High School Playoff Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK (8-0) over CHINA SPRING (8-2) 7:30 p.m. Friday at Magnolia’s Bulldog Stadium—The Mustangs took it to fourth-seeded... — Updated 11/18/2020

As college football’s regular season heads into its final month in the Lone Star State, all but one of the 12 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools have played at least six game... — Updated 11/18/2020

WEST ORANGE-STARK (7-0) over SWEENY (3-7) 7:30 p.m. Friday at New Caney—The Mustangs breezed through their entire abbreviated 2020 schedule—including District... — Updated 11/10/2020

Texas pro football fans have a dismal future as far as having a team to root for that will have playoff implications. Neither the Houston Texans (2-6) nor the Dallas Cowboys (2-7)... — Updated 11/10/2020

Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over BRIDGE CITY—The Mustangs have captured their tenth straight district title and would love to go into the state playoffs next week with an... — Updated 11/3/2020

There was little surprise that the Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2020 World Series champions because they spent three times more to “buy” the better roster than the runner-up... — Updated 11/3/2020

Games This Week LIVINGSTON over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE—The Battlin’ Bears posted their first victory last week 14-13 when Lumberton failed on a two-point conversion to win... — Updated 10/27/2020