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Dereliction of duty: the Arlen Specter story
Perhaps Sen. Arlen Specter is so determined to dive further into the seedy underworld of pigskin conspiracy because he's the same guy who, while working on the Warren Commission, added the "lone gunmen" and "magic bullet" theories to the nation's politcal lexicon. Regardless, this football foray in a time of great geopolitical crises amounts to nothing less than a dereliction of duty.
Troll Report: the Spygate body count We were piecing together our own reaction to the Spygate non-story when we got this email from CHFF Troll Dario Beresford, one of our loyal readers from the U.K. He did a lot of the dirty work for us, collecting dog tags off the bloody and battered reputations that litter the battlefield of the football world today.
Who was spying on the Patriots? "Spygate” resurfaced in full fury with a meeting Tuesday between the Gridiron Godfather Roger Goodell and former Patriots employee Matt Walsh. But one side of the story has generated little attention: the fact that the NFL itself saw someone spying on the Patriots before Super Bowl XXXVI back in 2002.
"Pundits" agree: CHFF lords over all Own our Chief Troll was honored by the Pro Football Writers of America for the nation's best game story in its 2007 writing awards.
The niftiest pigskin nicknames With the dreaded gridiron doldrums descending upon us, we enter the realm of pigskin minutiae and trivia with a look at our favorite football nicknames, including a fleet of Crimson Tide legends, Bear Bryant, Broadway Joe and Hog Hannah, along with 17 other all-time great literary additions to football lore.
The dogs of war Every "pundit" and their hack uncle is tripping over themselves to give you the top games of 2008. We continue a grand tradition of contrarianism and lowlight the worst NFL match-ups of the season.
Hu-Mel-iation! The 2008 mock-draft scorecard If you took "Mel Kiper will nail 25 percent of his mock draft picks" and the over, you lost!
Draught part 2: tastes great and more fact-filling We top off a pigskin pint of dark, frothy gridiron Guinness with part two of our Draught Day review.
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The CHFF Hall of Awesome We were giddy to the point of sobriety to introduce the charter class of the Cold, Hard Football Facts Hall of Awesome last year. Soak in its rotund Awesomeness!
The greatest Old School seasons ESPN.com trumpeted its "Greatest NFL seasons of all time" in January. It was a great idea, except for the fact that they casually dismissed 50 years of actual NFL history in their definition of "all time."

Frozen Archives
 
Naked homemade salsa So easy to make ... and probably the healthiest thing we offer.
Real men drink mint juleps Highly trained booze hound Lew Bryson tells you why the mint julep is great liver fodder all summer long. He even has a recipe.
Jerk wings from hell A tailgate-friendly classic from the new book by the dynamic grilling duo of Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby.
Kool-Aid pickles A new book by Food Network star Alton Brown includes this recipe for refreshing pickles brined in Kool-Aid that he discovered in Mississippi.
 
Finally, a reason to watch Katie Couric: Belichick on CBS news tonight
Herald reporter's mea culpa: what's your take?
The perfect place to meet CHFF readers
Harrison to Colts: I didn't shoot anybody
Where's the outcry? Walsh said Jets taped signals, too
Scouts Inc.: Pats gained minimally from taping
Hey, let's talk power rankings!
CHFF's complete pre-Draft previews of all 32 teams
CHFF talks Polian's Midas touch in the Wall Street Journal
You gotta download this nifty pdf of final 2007 NFL stats
 
Is Marvin Harrison a punk?
Could a team attempt 100 passes in a game?
Send us your tips for improving the almighty CHFF
We need more tailgate recipes, folks
 
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Top 25 passing seasons
All-time NFL franchise records
The Orange Bowl's 10 greatest games
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Tony Romo can' t perform in the playoffs, and he can't carry a tune with a wheelbarrow. We haven't heard a performance this bad since the CHFF karaoke Christmas party. Some of the sounds that night were audible only by certain species of dogs and the CIA-quality microphones the Patriots plant in opponent locker rooms.
 
Who's the biggest loser among the overpopulated village of losers surrounding Spygate?
Bill Belichick/the Patriots
The NFL
The mainstream media in general
The Boston Herald in particular
That donkey Arlen Specter
Matt "15 Minutes of Fame" Walsh
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