JR: Michael Sam Drafted by St. Louis Rams - (My May 2014 ToledoTalk.com comment.) He was drafted near the end of the 7th and final round. The 249th player picked. It's no surprise when a player drafted that late does not make a team. May 10, 2014 article : Of those players at [Michael Sa... more>> 3 min read
- Nov 10, 2017 - #nfl #sports #football #activism

JR: Notes - Sat, Sep 20, 2014 - Toledo Farmers Market in the morning Bench's produce stand at mid-day Collingwood Arts Center Food Truck Festival in the afternoon University of Toledo football game in the early evening The Attic in the late evening Toledo Farmers Market We bo... more>> 11 min read
- May 17, 2016 - #event #food #art #college #sports #football #blog_jr

JR: Canning Corn Salsa - Sep 21, 2014 - Sunday afternoon and evening, I shucked corn and grilled corn, peppers, and onions. DD did the rest, which was a lot: preparing jars, slicing and roasting tomatoes, mixing, cooking, canning, etc. The final product was 29 pint jars of corn salsa. One ... more>> 6 min read
- May 17, 2016 - #food #home #football #browns #blog_jr

JR: 2016 Cleveland Browns move toward Moneyball - Jan 6, 2016 - And I like the idea. It's intriguing. But I might be a bit bias because my degree is in mathematics, and I like using stats to provide context. Since a lot of Cleveland media and national media are confused and upset about the recent m... more>> 11 min read
- Jan 13, 2016 - #math #data #sports #football #nfl #browns #business #blog_jr

JR: Cleveland Browns 2015 Schedule - Preseason Thu, Aug 13 vs Redskins 8:00 p.m. Thu, Aug 20 vs Bills 8:00 p.m. Sat, Aug 29 at Buccaneers 7:00 p.m. Thu, Sep 3 at Bears 8:00 p.m. Regular Season 1 - Sun, Sep 13 @ New York Jets1:00 PM CBS LOSS 2 - Sun, Sep 20 vs Tennessee... more>> 4 min read
- Nov 18, 2015 - #browns #nfl #football #sports

JR: Tt post nov 11 2015 - "A referee stopped action during Tuesday night's Central Michigan-Toledo game because cheerleaders and band members were too loud when the Rockets were trying to snap the ball ..." That's an example of horrible "journalistic" writing because no deta... more>> 3 min read
- Nov 11, 2015 - #football

JR: College football as of nov 9, 2015 - preseason rankings are moronic, but that's the system that currently exists. amazingly, undefeated ohio state has yet to play a ranked team. at the moment, the buckeyes are scheduled to play two ranked teams with their remaining schedule. the buck... more>> 1 min read
- Nov 09, 2015 - #football #humor #moronism

JR: Tt comment oct 27 2015 - "... now have 3 big weeks ahead of us." It appears that UT may have four tough games coming up. BG is in the East Divsion. The rest are in the West Division with Toledo. Conference records in parens. home vs Northern Illinois (3-1) - Tue, Nov ... more>>
- Oct 27, 2015 - #sports #football

JR: Tt post oct 20 2015 - Attendance for last Saturday afternoon's game at the Glass Bowl between 1-5 EMU and 5-0 UT was 18,204. Capacity is 26,248. UT has played only 6 games because the first game was cancelled due to weather. Back in 2001, Toledo started the season 5-0... more>> 1 min read
- Oct 20, 2015 - #football

JR: Tt post oct 12, 2015 - "The Glass Bowl needs to be expanded not because they need more room for sell outs. ... the chances of getting a mid-level team from a top conference increases." In my opinion, Toledo has done pretty well with attracting non-conference opponents to... more>> 3 min read
- Oct 12, 2015 - #football #toledo #history

JR: Cleveland Browns - An Unstable Sports Franchise - Oct 2015 Update - Original post, created on Dec 31, 2013. Updated info ... Compare Cleveland to two of the Browns divisional opponents: the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Baltimore Ravens The Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens in 1996.... more>> 5 min read
- Oct 01, 2015 - #sports #football #nfl #browns #history

JR: 2015 Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Schedule - Thu, Sep 3vsTCU9:00 PM Sat, Sep 12@Colorado State3:30 PM Sat, Sep 19vsKent State12:00 PM Sat, Sep 26 vs Ohio 3:30 PM Sat, Oct 3 @ Northwestern TBD Sat, Oct 10 @ Purdue TBD Sat, Oct 17 vs Nebraska TBD Sat, Oct 31 vs Michigan 8:00 PM Sat, Nov 7 @ Ohio ... more>>
- Aug 22, 2015 - #football

JR: 2015 NFL Season Win Total Over/Under Lines - Aug 20, 2015 Team2015 Season Win Total Lines Arizona Cardinals8.5 Atlanta Falcons8.5 Baltimore Ravens9.5 Buffalo Bills8.5 Carolina Panthers8.5 Chicago Bears6.5 Cincinnati Bengals8.5 Cleveland Browns6.5 Dallas Cowboys9.5 Denver Broncos10.5 Detroit ... more>>
- Aug 20, 2015 - #nfl #football

JR: 2015 NFL Draft - Browns 2nd and 3rd round picks Draft Order and Picks PickTeam Player 1Tampa Bay Jameis Winston QB Florida State 2Tennessee Marcus Mariota QB Oregon 3Jacksonville Dante Fowler D... more>> 19 min read
- May 02, 2015 - #nfl #football #browns

JR: 2015 NFL Draft First Round Live Blog - Apr 30, 2015 - 2015 NFL Draft 11:49 p.m. Final first round picks: 25 - Carolina - Shaq Thompson OLB Washington 26 - Baltimore - Breshad Perriman WR UCF 27 - Dallas - Byron Jones CB Connecticut 28 - Detroit traded with Den Laken Tomlinson OG Du... more>> 17 min read
- May 01, 2015 - #nfl #football #browns