by Mario Mergola | Nov 3, 2021
Normally, this is the week in which I will write about us flipping the calendar and turning to the second half of the year. Not in 2021. Week 9 will serve as the exact midpoint of an 18-week, 17-game schedule for the first time ever. Does it matter? A little. I keep...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 27, 2021
Last year, I continually referred to it as “different.” Not just because of the questionable status of the season, but simply because the numbers we look at constantly were about to be thrown into flux. It was the first year in which seven teams from each...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 20, 2021
I’m extremely proud of what happened in Week 6. Indeed, the record was excellent, but I’m most pleased with the big picture outcome. In the past, we’ve seen how quickly numbers and trends can catch up and cause losses. It’s why I try to always...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 13, 2021
It’s a little unfair to judge any singular week against another. With the exception of the unorthodox few — the first and last weeks of the season as well as my favorite, Week 2 — there is generally a fair mix of games that have telling spreads and...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 6, 2021
Because of the 17-game schedule, we are still not technically one-quarter of the way into the 2021 season, but it certainly feels like we are taking strides toward determining which teams will be in the playoff hunt months from now and which will be settling for a...
