Philip Unwin

My daughter (my oldest; as of December 8, I have two and I have to get used to not just saying “my daughter” anymore) was upstairs taking a nap as Buffalo iced Sunday’s 17-14 win over the Phins.  She came downstairs shortly after it was over.  Since she is 2 1/2, she doesn’t know much [...]

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Let’s not kid ourselves; to make the playoffs, the Dolphins probably have to win out.  And even then, it’s hardly a given. But since only two 11-5 teams have ever missed the playoffs, since the advent of a 16 game schedule, that 99% chance will just have to do.  10-6 almost certainly won’t do it, [...]

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In 279 BC, King Pyrrhus of Epirus fought the Romans at the Battle of Asculum.  Pyrrhus defeated the Romans, but suffered casualties so immense that he said “one more such victory, and we shall be undone.”  Pyrrhus fought the Romans again at Beneventum, with similar results.  In a related note, there’s a reason you’ve heard [...]

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