Jaguars Football Fever

If the Texans end the season Sunday with a victory over Jacksonville, they won’t be known as losers for the first time. If the Jaguars beat them, you can call the Texans losers for the sixth consecutive season. Jacksonville is 11-4 and has secured the fifth seed in the AFC playoffs. The Jaguars have nothing […]

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Uncle Ray Russell remembers a few things about JaMarcus Russell growing up. He was big when he was little, he could throw a ball clear across Mobile, Ala., and he made for a lousy scoreboard at Williamson High football games. “When he was in high school, I’d… […]

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After a week of eating too many cookies, opening too many gifts and watching too much football — that’s what you call a bowl game played in Detroit — it’s time to move on.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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HOUSTON (AP) -Jacksonville and Houston’s regular-season finale Sunday won’t have quite the intensity of past meetings between these AFC South rivals.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Horn head football coach Don Payne stepped down last week after six seasons in charge of the Jaguar football team.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Flower Mound football coach Cody Vanderford says he is always happy to see his players get recognized for their effort. Vanderford has been down-right giddy lately after two of his players copped superlative honors on the recently released District 6-5A football team.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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In his first year starting, quarterback David Garrard has aced his tests.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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When the Jacksonville Jaguars last made the playoffs in 2005, they hardly scared anyone.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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HOUSTON — Jacksonville quickly developed into Houston’s biggest rival in the AFC South, more than Indianapolis or Tennessee, at least until the Titans drafted Vince Young.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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With a wild-card berth already in hand and no way to improve its No. 5 playoff seed, Jacksonville faces a temptation to rest some of its key players on the final weekend of the season.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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There’s a possibility the playoff-bound Jacksonville Jaguars will be one of three AFC South teams in the postseason. The last-place Houston Texans are all too aware of how tough their division has been. The Jaguars may give many of their starte…Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When the Jacksonville Jaguars last made the playoffs in 2005, they hardly scared anyone. The New England Patriots even treated their season finale like an exhibition game, welcoming a loss and a first-round matchup with Jacksonville. No one seems eager to …Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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JACKSONVILLE — If it were up to Maurice Jones-Drew, he wouldn’t miss a snap when the Jacksonville Jaguars visit the Houston Texans on Sunday.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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The Jacksonville Jaguars don’t need to worry about what the playoff scenarios say. If they beat the Oakland Raiders today, they’re in.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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With apologies to original author Clement Clarke Moore, a poetic attempt to bring clarity to the holiday sports scene:Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Jacksonville a hot team nobody wants to take on in the playoffs. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - When the Jacksonville Jaguars last made the playoffs in 2005, they hardly scared anyone.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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All the attention for South Alabama’s venture into football right now is focused on the hiring of the head coach and for good reason. Of all the impending decisions, that one carries the most weight.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Writing about football isn’t something that’s high up on my list of things to do, but the NFL really blew it last week, and the only saving grace was that we didn’t get the predicted snow and ice, so I wasn’t stuck sitting around the house with nothing to do except tune in to the […]

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Flower Mound football coach Cody Vanderford says he is always happy to see his players get recognized for their effort. Vanderford has been down-right giddy lately after two of his players copped superlative honors on the recently released District 6-5A football team.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When the Jacksonville Jaguars last made the playoffs in 2005, they hardly scared anyone. The New England Patriots even treated their season finale like an exhibition game, welcoming a loss and a first-round matchup with Jacksonville.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - When the Jacksonville Jaguars last made the playoffs in 2005, they hardly scared anyone.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When the Jacksonville Jaguars last made the playoffs in 2005, they hardly scared anyone. The New England Patriots even treated their season finale like an exhibition game, welcoming a loss and a first-round matchup with Jacksonville. No one seems eager to face the Jaguars (11-4) this time around, and for good reason. […]

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You don’t need my advice to start Tom Brady and LaDainian Tomlinson, or to bench Kyle Orton and Ashley Lelie. So I’ll spare you the obvious recommendations, focusing instead on the players typically on the bubble of most fantasy rosters. Here are my picks to roll, or get rolled, among players on the Week 16 […]

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When the Jaguars learned that they received no Pro Bowl invitations, Jack Del Rio described it as “unfortunate,” but the flip side of that lack of recognition for his players could be a double bonus for the head coach.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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It is no secret that Serra Catholic and Thomas Jefferson high schools have outstanding football programs that garner a lot of attention year round.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Some of the numbers for the PIAA and WPIAL champion Thomas Jeffer-son football team are astonishing.  read more » Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Fred Taylor may not be going to the Pro Bowl, but the Jacksonville Jaguars star running back is focused on other things. Taylor and the Jaguars look to clinch a playoff berth Sunday when they host the Oakland Raiders . Taylor, who ranks sixth…Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Before we talk Fantasy Bowl 2007, let’s get one thing cleared up: It was a smart football play. Nothing more. Smart football plays cost us fantasy geeks points all the time.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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University of South Alabama President Gordon Moulton said Thursday he has appointed a nine-member review committee that will be involved in finding the Jaguars’ first head football coach.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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The Jaguars wanted someone — anyone — to emerge as a top-flight receiver. As they prepared for 2007, they pushed all the buttons they knew: Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Horn head football coach Don Payne stepped down last week after six seasons in charge of the Jaguar football team.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Fred Taylor may not be going to the Pro Bowl, but the Jacksonville Jaguars star running back is focused on other things.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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PITTSBURGH - It was bitter cold, snowing and winds were blowing at more than 30 mph. Perfect football weather … for the Jacksonville Jaguars. No kidding. The Pittsburgh Steelers usually excel under those conditions.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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ORLANDO - Interest in Florida high school football continues to grow, as evidenced by Sun Sports/FSN Florida’s decision to televise all eight state championship games live from the Citrus Bowl the last two weekends.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Playoff seedings in the AFC will be up for grabs this afternoon as the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Jacksonville Jaguars at Heinz Field.  Pittsburgh is 9-4 on the season and one game ahead of Cleveland for the top spot in the AFC North.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Sunday was full of missed opportunities for the Pittsburgh Steelers.They missed a chance to clinch a playoff spot. They missed the opportunity to finish an unbeaten home schedule. And, most importantly, they missed out on beating the Jacksonville Jaguars.David Garrard threw three touchdown passes and Fred Taylor ran for 147 yards – including the game-winning […]

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Fred Taylor scored on a 12-yard run with 1:57 remaining to give the Jacksonville Jaguars a 29-22 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers at a snowy Heinz Field.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Steelers football returned to Heinz Field yesterday. …Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Jaguars steal one in PittsburghHat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Since the early weeks of the season, it’s been apparent that New England and Indianapolis make up the top tier of the best conference in football.Today, the Pittsburgh Steelers (9-4) and Jacksonville Jaguars (9-4) play for the honor of becoming the AFC’s clear-cut No. 3 team at Heinz Field.The teams are similar in style.Hat tip: […]

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