James Davis was waived by the Browns earlier this week. It looks like he’ll be signing on with the ‘Skins.

The team is expected to add to its practice squad second-year running back James Davis, who was released earlier this week by the Cleveland Browns. It was not immediately clear whose roster spot Davis would be taking. The Redskins had signed running back Jeremiah Johnson to the practice squad one day earlier.

Good luck, James!

… but it’s pretty close:

Freshman wide receiver DeAndre “Nuke” Hopkins left Clemson’s practice earlier today after he suffered an injury.

Now, the exact diagnosis isn’t yet known, but this in no way can be considered good news.

• Miami and Clemson, I believe, suffer from a lack of mental toughness. Plyler goes on and on about physical toughness. But there’s a mental element to this game that neither of these teams has a firm grasp on. Without the mental aspect, physical toughness won’t matter and success will not occur.
• Dabo might be able to recruit players, but he apparently sucks at recruiting a team. (Same goes for his predecessor). If highly-ranked class after highly-ranked class leaves you with a huge gap at an important position group each year, then you’re not doing a very good job. Such a situation reminds me of the recently replaced philosophy of the Washington Redskins. Each year the ‘Skins would make a splash with a couple of high-level acquisitions. However they never bothered building an actual team, and they never found success, either.

Today he makes the case that if we just win more games, we’ll have higher win totals and be more likely to win championships. To be fair, he’s actually being stupider than I just made it sound. He’s making a point about home field advantage. He then goes to quote some home records of really good coaches, who also happen to be pretty damn good on the road. Sorry, Mickey, but when you win everywhere you play, you don’t have a home field advantage. You just have a good team. Bottom, line, it’s not about how tough you are or how big your stadium is or how many butts are in the seats, wins are wins and there’s nothing else to it.

From The Tribune

The largest crowd in UFL history, 23,067 fans, came out to witness the premiere of Omaha, Nebraska’s first professional football team after the state became nationally recognised for its mass following of the NCAA University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football programme.

Aside from the biggest crowd, the Nighthawks’ Rosenblatt Stadium was also the home to one of the most spectacular games in the brief history of the league.

Omaha scored their first touchdown in franchise history on a pass from Garcia to fullback Rendrick Taylor to tie the game, 7-7.

Not too shabby.

The Nighthawks next play Sacramento at Rosenblatt Stadium. Gametime is 8:30 PM EDT, viewable on HDNET.

For those keeping track, SportingGnomes favorite Rendrick Taylor didn’t catch on with Tampa Bay. He has landed in the UFL. ManBearPig is now #36 for the Omaha Nighthawks, and they’re playing right now in Rosenblatt Stadium (you’ve probably heard of it). I’m watching live right now on HDnet. Here’s wishing ManBearPig the best of luck in his new home.

PS: One of Rendrick’s notable new teammates is Maurice Clarett.

3 weeks are in the books. The team is 2-1. To be honest, the whole situation is getting boring.

• Game 1: I sat through about 3 quarters while watching the game at Wild Wing Cafe in Charlottesville. I left after I found myself rooting for the scrappy North Texas Mean Green to pull off the upset.
• Game 2: I watched parts of the first 3 quarters on ESPN3 from the comfort of my living room. It was really boring. I tried to re-watch the game later and was unable to bring myself to pay much attention.
• Game 3: We lost at Auburn. Not that surprising, really. Nor is very surprising that the team would blow a decent lead and lose on a missed field goal (although there were certainly other opportunities to win)
• Henceforth, I intend to refer to kickers only as Kicker. I don’t want to know their names. I don’t want them to be congratulated when they do well. Nor do I want them to be criticized too much when they fail. They are delicate snowflakes and it’s probably best to keep the heat away.
• Fortunately there is plenty of upside for this team. The rest of ACC hasn’t shown very much. A conference championship is there for the taking… that is if they’re smart enough to actually take it.

Clemson is looking a little shaky at the position of place kicker. The most experienced PK on the team, Richard Jackson, is apparently still a total head case. He’s now the third man on the depth chart. It looks like primary PK duties will fall to Chandler Catanzaro. I’m not exactly sure who that is, but I bet I’ll know and hate him the first time he misses an important kick, which probably won’t happen until the Auburn game.