Editor’s note: Johnny does get the predictions to me on Thursday, but I like to run this column on Fridays, because of the increased attention to football on Fridays.  Thus, you will see predictions of Thursday night games that have already occurred. The NFL gets started this week with a battle on Thursday night. Last [...]

Ahhhhh Yes …. College Football Season has FINALLY arrived. A great opening week of College football, which as usual, created a lot of excitement, water cooler talk, and for some…a lot of disappointment. I was totally wrong my apologies go out to Columbia: Missouri was a little bit impressive to me this past week. The [...]

Goodman the Great gives his analysis of this week’s NCAA football games. Editor’s note: For those who may not be familiar with point spreads, having a negative number next to your team is a good thing. For example, South Carolina @ North Carolina State (-3.5) means that North Carolina State is favored by 3.5 points. South Carolina [...]

An exciting week in sports this week. I am still resting up from my trip to the Solheim Cup, and I am sure you are all ready to read something other than another golf article, so I will just touch on some golf briefly and move on. Golf A real win for the LPGA this [...]

On Thursday, My wife and I attended the final practice round of the Solheim Cup being played at the fantastic Rich Harvest Farms golf course in Sugar Grove Illinois. This article will rate the various experiences we had throughout the day. The LPGA is floundering a bit, losing a number of tournament sponsors, and recently [...]

As Y.E. Yang hoisted the Wannamaker Trophy with his named newly engraved as the winner of the 91st PGA Championship, the ink had not even dried on the headlines. “After Fading in the PGA Championship, Tiger Woods’ Slump is Official ” Tiger Woods’ PGA Championship collapse sets up pivotal 2010 “ Tiger Woods Loses PGA [...]

Golf The big news of the week is not the fact that yours truly shot a career low round of 67 this past week … it instead is the fourth golf major of the year on the PGA tour. This week Hazeltine hosts the 91st PGA Championship. I have been one to pick Tiger Woods [...]

Living in a rabid football state such as Nebraska, the beginning of August means the start of the college football season is almost upon us. Spring practice starts this weekend, and yours truly is very excited to take his son to his first “fan day” where he can meet behemoth linemen, shake hands, take a [...]

Next week we will be into the throes of the Month of August.  August is an important date on the calendar for a variety of reasons: Summer is winding down and school is just around the corner Casual Observer Blog writer Johnny Goodman celebrates another birthday. College Football fall camp starts Fantasy Football drafts take [...]

Sports sometimes mirrors life. This past week we were given a number of opportunities to look at sports situations that turned back the clock. Allowed us once again to look at some of our heroes of sports and remember a time when they were on top of their respective pillars of greatness in their sports. [...]