by Mario Mergola | Feb 11, 2023
Whenever I am setting up my postseason articles, I need to go back to the previous year and use it as a template. For a brief moment, I couldn’t find last year’s version of this column and I actually said to myself, “There’s no way I forgot to...
by Mario Mergola | Feb 8, 2023
I wrote almost the same introduction for last year’s Super Bowl that I plan to write today. I believe this is because we are watching a trend forming. The National Football League wants us to spend two weeks building hype for the big game. It doesn’t...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 26, 2023
That was unfortunate. It’s one thing to miss on some picks, but it’s another level of frustration when not a single game went in our direction. But even that wasn’t the “unfortunate” part of last weekend. The playoff games we just watched...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 19, 2023
Only one week has passed, but this year’s playoffs have already been quite fun. Of course, so much of the drama involved in the games has to do with the matchups, but we, as fans, were fortunate in that regard. The best part? We have arguably better matchups in...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 12, 2023
I always go back and reread the prior year’s version of this article to get a better sense of what I need to provide. After all, I write my weekly picks column in such a relatively short timeframe that, once I get into a rhythm, it doesn’t stop for months....
