January 1st will be the two big games everyone is waiting for as the first ever College National Championship Semi Finals will be played. In the Rose Bowl Oregon will take on Florida State and in the Sugar Bowl, Alabama vs Ohio State.
The big football game this weekend was the annual Army-Navy game. Navy beat Army 17-10 making it 13 wins in a row over the Black Knights. With the win, Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo became the winningest coach in Navy history at 56-35.
This Sunday at Gillette Stadium Tom Brady and Peyton Manning face off once again, this is the 15th meeting between the two, and Brady holds a 10-4 edge. The two have only meet 3 times in the playoffs and Brady leads in that category too, 2-1.
MIT graduate, Patrick McCabe, has programmed a robot that can play a game with you. The game is Connect Four and you can choose from four levels of difficulty. The game can even give you a hint if you need one. There are details on how the machine works at his website patrickmccabemakes...
It seems the outcome of the Super Bowl has already been determined even though the game hasn’t been played on the field. It has been played by EA Sports and Madden NFL 25 in a simulation that has the game going into overtime with Denver beating Seattle 31-28.