Oak-aged Omaha Beach calvados
Here in the gridiron doldrums, the Chief Troll is refueling mind, body and liver in Normandy: uncovering nifty tailgate recipes, like a duck that's cooked in its own blood, and drinking plenty of goodies. Latest update: a great linguistic faux pas by our fearless leader, and cider and calvados made on Omaha Beach.
Pigskin Prophet commands sports media to act
The Pigskin Moses, the Cold, Hard Football Facts, stands atop the Mt. Sinai of analysis and commands the sports media to follow our lead in the 2009 season. We command that they start dutifully reporting the most important stat in football: passing YPA.
Universal secrets!
CHFF is like the Starship Enterprise, boldly going where no site has gone before. In our latest effort, we unveil a potential new Quality Stat that will help us unlock the secrets of the gridiron universe: Passer Rating Differential.
The states and schools that produce NFL talent
If the 2009 NFL draft was any indication, the Lone Star State remains the best source of pro football talent. Thirty-seven of the 256 players taken in April came from Texas high schools. That's better than 14 percent for those of you keeping score at home. California was a close second.
Hooters Happy Hour
We've studied the factors that distinguish the 43 Super Bowl champions from ordinary teams. In doing so, one result leaped off the spreadsheet like a CHFF reader who was just informed of new Happy Hours at Hooters. (Photo cap tip to SportsByBrooks.com)
The great lost season
Tom Brady's injury 7 minutes and 22 seconds into the 2008 season was more than just physically devastating. The injury at the very height of his powers caused a major disruption in Brady's march toward football immortality, perhaps costing Brady another MVP award and Super Bowl title, and certainly costing him a chance to set a variety of passing records.
The Loser's List
A couple weeks ago we learned that it was pretty damn difficult for a quarterback to win 100 games in his career. In fact, just 10 quarterbacks have done so. But there's something even more difficult: LOSING 100 games in a career. CHFF reader Rick Stoppe investigates.
So f!@#! awesome it's not even funny
Jets fans were ecstatic when their team moved up to grab USC QB Mark Sanchez with the No. 5 overall pick Saturday. They might have also cheered CHFF for nailing the draft needs and moves of both NY teams, not to mention those of almost every NFL club.
New & even more painful: the almost-greatest teams
Some of the best teams ever stubbed their pudgy little pigskin piggies on the way to championship fame and glory, falling painfully short of their date with destiny.
Crow-six-ways from Peking Garden
A true CHFF classic, "Crow-six-ways from Peking Garden" was our wrap-up of the epic Patriots-Colts 2006 AFC title tilt and voted by the Pro Football Writers of America the top game story of 2007.
Da Vinci of the gridiron
If pro football had its own Da Vinci, the multi-disciplinary master whose greatest genius was his command of so many different skills, it would be Sammy Baugh.
CHFF classic: the NFL's Triple Crown
In both horse racing and baseball, each year brings another failed pursuit of the Triple Crown. But the prolonged droughts in those sports are nothing compared to the one in the NFL, where there hasn't been a Triple Crown winner since Pittsburgh's Bill Dudley, pictured here, pulled off the remarkable feat in 1946.
Oak-aged Omaha Beach calvados 
