Zain

Zain Gowani was born in a little town called Mercy, New Jersey. This proved ironic as he showed none of it to opposing players on the football field, basketball court, and track growing up in Orlando, FL. A 5-star flag football recruit, his amateur sports career was derailed by earth-shattering injuries at the age of 22, and he now lives in Nashville, TN where he is a medical student by day and a medical student by night. In his free time, he follows his hometown Orlando Magic, the Florida Gators, Novak Djokavic, and of course, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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The Life of a Jaguars Rookie: The Wonder Years

He was always “Billy’s little brother” to me.  But at some point during middle school, he became Billy’s not-so-little brother.  The first time I remember playing against Billy’s 6-foot-something,…Read More

Fast-Forward for One Day

David Johns just wrote a great article here on B&T on the Jaguars’ upside for the rest of the season.  And despite the 1-6 record, upside there is.  Back-to-back good games for Blaine Gabbert and…Read More

Quit It

Coming off two lopsided home losses, there was a lot of finger pointing coming from Jaguar fans during the bye week – some directed at the players (I’m looking at you Jeremy Mincey), some directed…Read More

Call for Questions

Here at Black and Teal, the content is provided for Jaguar fans by Jaguars fans, and I wanted to take the post-bye week to ask you all what you want to hear more about.  Between the different writers…Read More

Quarter Pole Questions

We just passed the quarter pole of the season, and amidst all the negativity and/or forced optimism amongst the Jaguar fan base, many, many questions still remain.  But I’ll narrow that down to…Read More

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Have We Been Smited?

When times are bad, you can’t control what you’re thinking.  Regardless of whether it’s because…Read More

Not Looking So Special

On March 6, 2010, the Jaguars signed special teams ace Kassim Osgood in a move that clearly reflected…Read More

Week 1 Re-Focused; Week 2 We Focus

  ProFootballFocus does a ReFocus article on every game, where they review the game after grading…Read More

League-Wide Hate? Check, Mate

Yesterday, you got the Black and Teal power rankings from our fearless leader, Mr. Sims.  Orthodox,…Read More

Where is Laurent Robinson?

Three weeks into the pre-season, our $32.5 million dollar man is looking a lot like the $0.675 million…Read More

Milk and Other Bad Choices: Why Ending Entourage Was Only the Second-Most Regrettable Decision HBO Made This Year

  Who said we needed to get on Hard Knocks to get some exposure?  We’re just two games into…Read More

The Perils of Fanhood

Football’s pre-season is the same every year.  The fans of respective teams are excited from the summer…Read More

Great Expectations: A Blaine Gabbert Tale

While the national media has continued to defame our chosen leader, news from local media outlets and…Read More

Becoming a Quarterback

As training camp starts, Jaguars fans are looking for significant growth at key positions.  Wide receiver,…Read More

Counting Your Lucky Stars – Thoughts on Maurice Jones-Drew, Dwight Howard, and Player-Team Dynamics in Sports

A couple weeks ago, fellow Black and Teal writer Daniel Lago discussed the parallels between the situations…Read More

Jaguars Getting NFL’s Largest LED Video Boards?

According to ProFootballTalk, NFL attendance has steadily declined since it reached its peak in 2007…Read More

Marking our Independence

“The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am…Read More

Talking Offense and Defense: The Achilles Heel

In this second installment of the New Season Series, we’re going to talk weaknesses…  and a discussion…Read More

The New Season Series: The Big Need

This is the Offseason, and during it, our number one job is to think forward to the New Season.  The…Read More

Disputes and Decisions: Contractual Issues

There’s that saying, “Hindsight is 20/20”.  It suggests that there are certain things that influence…Read More