Merry Christmas to the Dfwfootball Family

About this time next month, dfwfootball.net will be one year old.  So, as we
come to the week of Christmas, it is good to know that we will have lasted one full year.  I appreciate everyone who has come to the site and participated through comments or just reading the articles.
Christmas conjures up a myriad of [...]

News is Coming Fast

As we get about a month in to the Fall season, the news is coming fast and furious for the Spring leagues. That has me excited, and what’s more, teams and personnel are sending us their news. We haven’t gotten all of the news, but the past week, a lot has come down.

New Book by Jeffrey Marx

Last year at my college football blog, I read and reviewed several books. I like to think I had a niche at Collegefootballtopten.com doing book reviews, and I had access to the books working for a bookstore.

Cohen and Patterson Are Good Guys

Last week, Mark Cohen, director of the office of Media Relations for TCU Athletics, and head football coach Gary Patterson were grilled for their actions related to student-journalist Brian Smith. The articles written may have been too much of a knee-jerk reaction. It was attempt to impose the idea of freedom of speech in a realm in which few took the time to consider if it was relevant.

Shut Up and Let Them Play

Media scrutiny is always greatest when the players earn millions and teams profit billions; I get that. The glare from the cameras and the microphones can be suffering. I do not envy that with today’s players. Would I like their salaries? You bet! Who wouldn’t? But, sometimes I wonder if the media just camps out at said team’s headquarters and finds the juicy news a little too often.

My Two Cents: Grapevine Faith Shows True Sportsmanship

It’s cold in Fort Worth this morning. Very cold! Not as cold as some other parts of the country, I’m sure, but the coldest that it has been this winter. But, a story like the one of the Grapevine Faith football team keeps being replayed, and it helps warm our hearts.

My Two Cents: A New Era Approaches

Yesterday, with the inaugaration of the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama began a new era.  Now, I am not talking about the arrival of a Democrat in the White House for the first time in eight years.  I am talking about Obama’s presidency being the beginning of a new era [...]