Football Highlights

A blow to the noggin may not seem like a big deal when it happens. But, left untreated, some can be deadly serious. And repeated head knocks can have dire health consequences years later. Here's how to prevent head injury and protect your brain.

WatchMojo takes a look at the Oakland Raiders, which is one of the most hated teams in the NFL.

The Spreadsheet went 3-0 against the pointspread in Week 11 of the NFL season. Mike Avila, who's 21-11-1 on the season, is back with host Rachel Trobman to nail the winners in Week 12 against the numbers. Mike's putting his foot down and laying the chalk with the Packers, Dolphins and Jets. Find out why, exclusively on Buzz60.

Brothers New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan and Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan are similar in more ways than they'd like to admit. Both are known for defense, but both teams had critical defensive meltdowns: letting Broncos QB Tim Tebow and Redskins QB Rex Grossman step into the spotlight. Len Berman says each Ryan brother could stand to minimize themselves, in different ways.

There's a music controversy at Columbia University. Their marching band is known to be irreverent, but with Columbia's football team 0-9 they've apparently gone to far. Len Berman has the lyrics that got them in hot water.

The Spreadsheet went 0-3 against the pointspread in Week 10 of the NFL season. Mike Avila, who's 18-11-1 on the season, is back with host Rachel Trobman to nail the winners in Week 11 against the numbers. Mike is putting his foot down and laying the chalk with the 49ers, Bears and Dolphins. Find out why, exclusively on Buzz60.

Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary is the latest from the PSU scandal to speak to the media. McQueary had told a grand jury that he saw Jerry Sandusky assaulting a young boy in 2002. Len Berman asks are these people helping or hurting themselves by going public?

Yale Quarterback Patrick Witt, who had to choose between playing in his season's last game against rival Harvard or attending his Rhodes Scholarship interview, has decided to throw some passes rather than take a pass at a Rhodes Scholarship. In a dramatic end to the privileged people problem of the year, Rena Karefa-Johnson decided whether his decision was disgusting or delicious.

NFL players were polled on the coaches they like the least, and the results may surprise you. New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin and New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick are winners on the field, but Len Berman says that for today's players, that doesn't seem to be good enough.

If you can't hear the ref's calls above the roar of the crowd, you can still follow what's going on if you know a few basic signals.