Hey, good morning!!!
Well, another football filled weekend is wrapping up.
Obviously, last week Badgergil stomped a mud-hole in our faces... Ouch. Nice job man. I had nearly the exact same picks, yet I end up with 88, he has 111. His points (clearly) were different, though....
For this weeks action, more to the point, Erin07 is clinging to a 1 point lead. And thus, he has become a big Bears fan for tonight. Almost as big as Ardita.
Actually, this might not be a stretch. Erin07 may have some Bears sympathies. I've urged him to seek medical help, but...
Now, in case of a (very) likely Vikings win, Patrick686 (thats me!), Air Myles, and Smitty201 will tie, I believe... So, note to Brett Favre: Hey man! If the Bears get 3 field goals, try to score like 33 points, for my tiebreaker. I've had your back through this whole Packer thing, okay buddy, so do this for me... Thanks. Best Regards, Patrick in Pewaukee.
Packers blew out the Seahawks... Early in that game, I had a real bad feeling. Apparently, it was too many nachos, or something. Seahawks were moving the ball, until Matt Hasselbeck threw that absurd pick to AJ Hawk... Lotta Hawk Haters in my inner circle. I have no problem with the guy. Maybe if he did some kind of sammurai sword thing every time he makes a frickin' tackle, people would love him. I dunno.
Ahhh, note to Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson: Jeremy Kapinos, our punter, sucks. He sucks. He sucks!!! Yeah, that was a blowout, true dat, but his punts... several didn't gross 35 yards. 2 didn't gross 30 yards. Kicking either way, so, don't tell me about the wind. And then with the runbacks of these 30 yard low line-drive bullets, the runbacks are ridiculous. We netted less than ten yards on a couple of punts. Ten yards. Ten. So look fellas, we may as well go on fourth down, if we're only gonna net ten yards.
Speaking of going on fourth, how did you like Jim Zorn last night?? 5 minutes and change remaining, down 17 to nuthin... And you could clearly see him on the headset saying "I wanna Punt!!" to someone. Huh?? Whaaa? Coach, you need 3 scores... Coach, put the Crystal Head Vodka down for a second, listen, you need three scores, there's no time!
This Cowboys team is starting to remind me of the 07 Giants who won the Super Bowl.
Waitaminute, how about the Giants getting dismantled yesterday.... Awesome! Tom Coughlin looked like he had a dog turd in his mouth... Oh wait, he always looks like that, never mind... and both Eli and Peyton Manning were pacing the sidelines with disgusted looks on their faces... Awesome....
Anyways, back to the Cowboys, who had another big win. Okay, it was over the reeling Redskins, but still... It pains me to compare anything to the Giants, but here we go:
1. In 07, The Giants were limping into the playoffs, leaking oil, hitting on 5 out of 8 cylinders. Cowboys? As of 2 weeks ago, check.
2. In 07, the Giants started playing tough near the end of the season, when it appeared pointless. Cowboys? Check.
3. In 07, (unlike now), lots of people were calling Eli Manning a fraud, a pretender, a bust, a waste... Tony Romo taking a lotta heat this December?? BIG checkmark... despite playing well, all anyone ever asks him is about his record in December. (And when I say "unlike now", I mean I am still calling Eli The Fraud That Is Eli Manning. Others seem to have gotten on board with the little goofball.)
4. In 07, Tom Coughlin and his face were merely playing out the string, waiting to be fired. Wade Phillips? Big Checkmark. 3 weeks ago, they'd already penciled in the date of the press conference where Jerry would fire Big Wade... Hell, I myself, in this blog, have probably made sarcastic comments about Wade Phillips imminent departure.
So, I dunno. It feels eerily similar. There's two "Teams of Destiny" out there (Indy and the Saints) waiting to claim their "inevitable" Super Bowl, just as the Patriots were going to claim their "inevitable" trophy, and cap their perfect season. The Cowboys have talent. They could surprise some people. I love how Romo is playing right now.
And thanks a bunch Roy Williams, for letting ANOTHER pass ricochet off of your hands of stone, and get picked off. True, I've had a lot of fun with Braylon Edwards, The Human Dropped Pass. Braylon has single-handedly kept Terrell Owens from leading the league in dropped passes for two years. T.O. probably sends Braylon Christmas Gifts. So maybe I've been a little hard on the guy. He's just a kid from the mean streets of Detroit, who played college ball at Michigan, and then, sadly, was drafted by the Cleveland Browns. He finally got traded to the Jets midseason. Anyway, my point is, for some strange perverted reason, Roy Williams has apparently decided that he WANTS THE TITLE. He wants to be The Human Dropped Pass.
Who wants that??? Roy, call your office, get some stick-'em, whatever... ugh. Sadly, there are some paralells here. Braylon Edwards was drafted #3 overall. Roy Williams, #7 overall. I was gonna go on a receiver diatribe, I don't even feel like it. Note to Roy Williams: start f*ck*ing catching the G*d D*mned football. Best Regards, Patrick.
Taking a few deep breaths, to calm down.... and, that's better...
Anyways, Kyle Orton tried to lead a furious comeback over the Eagles, and it looked good for awhile.... Bear Fans watching that game probably had to be placed in restraints, to keep from gouging their own eyes out with the nearest pen, pencil, whatever.... I look at Kyle Orton, in a Denver uni, and I just can't hardly believe, that right there is the dude who could not beat sexy Rexy Grossman out of a job.... Unreal. And after tonight's embarrassing loss to the Vikings, that Lovie Smith contract extension is going to start to feel a lot like that Charlie Weis contract extension....
Whoops, sorry, put the Bear Fans back in their restraints.... sorry, my bad...
Anyway, enjoy tonights game. After that, it's ONE MORE WEEK. One.
Well, okay, then there's playoffs, sure, but... Soak it in, people. Soak. It. In.
Wow, how about these college bowls. Ugh, could we have a few more upsets?? I'm already dead in the water in my college pools. The Florida Boys know what I'm talking about.... whew. It's been several days since a Tiger Woods mistress has come forward. I miss it already....
Later!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Long Range Shooting..Further than 25 yards???
Hey, welcome back....
Well, congrats to Ronfic, for his win last week... Nice job. My Cardinals lost, costing me a lotta points. They're still in a room with a bunch of calculators, adding up how many picks Kurt Warner threw. Ugh!!
I see Arizona did manage to hold off the vaunted Detroit Lions, getting my 16 point pick tied up to the dock.
Anyways, how about those Cowboys!!!! Nobody gave them a chance. Except for me, and Badgergil, and Florida Boys DD, and Sears.... VBS, no faith in the squad. Hmmm. Folk missed ANOTHER super short field goal... Ugh. These kickers...
In earlier action today, Tennesse was leading by 15 all afternoon.... and then Pow, tied up, a minute-something to go. Waaaay too much drama... Atlanta was losing all day... right till the last minute there.
Steelers needed 1 play to go up 7-nothing. Nice. And The Great Crosby has already missed a field goal....
3:55 remaining, 2nd quarter, bounce off the hands, almost picked off by the Steelers... Steady fellas.
Aaron Rodgers, takes it in himself!!! From 20 yards out!!! What a run! I have NO CLUE what the celebratory hands at the belt gesture was all about.... I'm not sure I wanna know. Crosby comes out, and NEARLY MISSES the extra point!!! Gaaahh! Yanked HARD LEFT. Ted Thompson, call your frickin' office, this guy is DONE. An extra point really shouldn't send your beer and crackers surging up from your stomach. You really shouldn't need a plastic-lined wastebasket for an extra point.... Yikes. Yeeesh. I'm gonna have to get some Pepto Bismol and have it ready here in front of the big screen, in preparation for Crosby's next attempt of anything.
27 seconds left in the half, Pittsburgh goes up 21-14, a few big pass plays on that drive.... Funny, the Steelers' place kicker made that extra point look easy...
Moving right along, 2nd half underway, Coach Mike McCarthy tries to challenge an obvious completion along the sidelines... Nice. Blow a second half timeout, while you're losing, on the road, in a hostile environment... Good going coach. I also love the pained look on his face when they announced the play stands as called.
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Okay, I set my laptop down for awhile... Too many snacks, whew. It is now Monday morning.
Wrap-up thoughts on the Packer game: in a word, unreal. Again, Aaron Rodgers did enough to secure a comeback win. The Packer D, on the other hand, did not. I will say that Packer fans in my house were screaming at the TV, urging the squad to go for the TD, and not put this game on Crosby's leg... And lo and behold, that's what they did!! It LOOKED like a win, for a minute there....
And it wasn't enough. Turns out I needed the Packers desperately to win, to keep my slim hopes alive in a different pool. And, they did not.
Biiig Sigh... You hitch your wagon to these Packers at your own risk, truly. Biiiig Siiiigh
Another note from that game: What exactly was Dr Foreman doing over there, on the opposite sideline??? Onside kick, with 3 and change to go, while you're LEADING??? At the time, I was baffled, and couldn't make any sense out of it. In the icy cold grey dawning light of Monday Morning, it makes no sense at all. Leading by 2, no less... If the Packers actually had a field goal kicker on the roster right now, all we have to do is kick the FG, and boom. I don't get that one at all. Talk about outsmarting yourself.... wow.
Speaking of December swoons, (wait, were we speaking of December swoons?? I guess we are now...) While the Cowboys got a big win, and Tony Romo continues to play well, a certain dude on the Vikings just lost another one. And got in a big argument with his head coach, to stay in the game. Hmmm. Uhhhmmmm Hmmmm. Yeah... Favre Hating Nation will love that he was sacked 4 times, no TD's, 1 late meaningless pick.
Actually, I wonder how Carolina Fan feels after Matt Moore came in and played great. You stuck with Jake Delhomme all season. Now, true, you're paying Delhomme a ton of money to sit on the bench, but...
Matt Moore: 21 off 33, 299 yds, 3TD's. Not bad. Another strange game, Minny-so-cold was up 7-6 (on a missed John Kasay extra point, ugh) until Carolina exploded for 20 in the 4th quarter.
(And again, Jake, Nick, Kevin, et al, if you're not working hard to be a football kicker, you're missing the boat... and you're missing the bevy of college co-eds who can't wait to "get busy" with the dude who kicked the game winning field goal... A plethora of girls.... a myriad of girls... whatever...)
Speaking of Jake Delhomme, you can check out a lot of very interesting articles on a site called http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/
Michael Lombardi and Andrew Brandt have great articles on there. Worth checking in on from time to time. Andrew Brandt last week broke down what JaMarcus Russell is really going to cost the Raiders... His career appears to be over. The Raiders started Charlie Frye yesterday, and got a win. His bust status now has to be near the Ryan Leaf or Tony Mandarich area. There's thin air up that high on Mount Bust-more... Throw in how high he was picked, and how, like it or not, he's going to end up with $40 million dollars from the Raiders.... Breathtaking bust.
Author's note: I just re-read that sentence, and saw that I mis-typed $0 Million... It didn't have the same impact, somehow. I bet the Raiders wish it was $0 Million...
Brandt also has a slightly older post on there about what Delhomme is really going to cost the Panthers. Great stuff.
Heisman: I don't really care about the Heisman that much, but isn't it time to AT LEAST start giving 2 Heismans, one for offense, 1 for defense??? In the last 70 years, 3 guys who were not halfbacks or quarterbacks won the award. Three. So instead of saying "Best Player in College football", why not just say "Running Back or Quarterback who received the Most Hype.", and let it go at that....
Anyway, Badgergil is untouchable at this point. Congrats to him for a big win. Badgergil crushed us so badly, he passed up Leo Woods for 3rd in the season standings. Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark. As the E-Trade Baby would say, he just issued us a beat-down... 11 on the Cowboys. I wanted to do that, I just couldn't bring myself to it. I really had a feeling about that one. I dunno what I'm crying about though, even if I move my 15 from the Vikings to the Cowboys, he still beats me by ten....
Well, I have to go now, but let say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your families.
Also, here's a little tip: Don't buy an Amazon Gift Card. Just don't. I order a gift card from amazon, along with some other stuff. The other stuff comes, there's no gift card in the box. I send my complaint letter to amazon, they write back, no problem, we'll process your refund. A day later, I get an email "Oh, that gift card has been used by an unauthorized party. We can't refund you. Call your credit card company and stop that charge."
Huh?? Number One, you're Amazon!! It's all internet based!! Find out who used that card, and give their name and address to the authorities, and have them arrested for using a stolen gift card!!! Is that so hard?? Number Two, since when is calling your credit card company and cancelling the transaction a normal course of refunding money?? Very strange. So I gotta call my credit card company this morning, I guess.... I need a personal assistant. I really do. I have things to do here. Like I got all day to fart around with this crap. So, take a lesson, never buy a gift card from amazon.
Have fun, and good luck next week!!!
Well, congrats to Ronfic, for his win last week... Nice job. My Cardinals lost, costing me a lotta points. They're still in a room with a bunch of calculators, adding up how many picks Kurt Warner threw. Ugh!!
I see Arizona did manage to hold off the vaunted Detroit Lions, getting my 16 point pick tied up to the dock.
Anyways, how about those Cowboys!!!! Nobody gave them a chance. Except for me, and Badgergil, and Florida Boys DD, and Sears.... VBS, no faith in the squad. Hmmm. Folk missed ANOTHER super short field goal... Ugh. These kickers...
In earlier action today, Tennesse was leading by 15 all afternoon.... and then Pow, tied up, a minute-something to go. Waaaay too much drama... Atlanta was losing all day... right till the last minute there.
Steelers needed 1 play to go up 7-nothing. Nice. And The Great Crosby has already missed a field goal....
3:55 remaining, 2nd quarter, bounce off the hands, almost picked off by the Steelers... Steady fellas.
Aaron Rodgers, takes it in himself!!! From 20 yards out!!! What a run! I have NO CLUE what the celebratory hands at the belt gesture was all about.... I'm not sure I wanna know. Crosby comes out, and NEARLY MISSES the extra point!!! Gaaahh! Yanked HARD LEFT. Ted Thompson, call your frickin' office, this guy is DONE. An extra point really shouldn't send your beer and crackers surging up from your stomach. You really shouldn't need a plastic-lined wastebasket for an extra point.... Yikes. Yeeesh. I'm gonna have to get some Pepto Bismol and have it ready here in front of the big screen, in preparation for Crosby's next attempt of anything.
27 seconds left in the half, Pittsburgh goes up 21-14, a few big pass plays on that drive.... Funny, the Steelers' place kicker made that extra point look easy...
Moving right along, 2nd half underway, Coach Mike McCarthy tries to challenge an obvious completion along the sidelines... Nice. Blow a second half timeout, while you're losing, on the road, in a hostile environment... Good going coach. I also love the pained look on his face when they announced the play stands as called.
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Okay, I set my laptop down for awhile... Too many snacks, whew. It is now Monday morning.
Wrap-up thoughts on the Packer game: in a word, unreal. Again, Aaron Rodgers did enough to secure a comeback win. The Packer D, on the other hand, did not. I will say that Packer fans in my house were screaming at the TV, urging the squad to go for the TD, and not put this game on Crosby's leg... And lo and behold, that's what they did!! It LOOKED like a win, for a minute there....
And it wasn't enough. Turns out I needed the Packers desperately to win, to keep my slim hopes alive in a different pool. And, they did not.
Biiig Sigh... You hitch your wagon to these Packers at your own risk, truly. Biiiig Siiiigh
Another note from that game: What exactly was Dr Foreman doing over there, on the opposite sideline??? Onside kick, with 3 and change to go, while you're LEADING??? At the time, I was baffled, and couldn't make any sense out of it. In the icy cold grey dawning light of Monday Morning, it makes no sense at all. Leading by 2, no less... If the Packers actually had a field goal kicker on the roster right now, all we have to do is kick the FG, and boom. I don't get that one at all. Talk about outsmarting yourself.... wow.
Speaking of December swoons, (wait, were we speaking of December swoons?? I guess we are now...) While the Cowboys got a big win, and Tony Romo continues to play well, a certain dude on the Vikings just lost another one. And got in a big argument with his head coach, to stay in the game. Hmmm. Uhhhmmmm Hmmmm. Yeah... Favre Hating Nation will love that he was sacked 4 times, no TD's, 1 late meaningless pick.
Actually, I wonder how Carolina Fan feels after Matt Moore came in and played great. You stuck with Jake Delhomme all season. Now, true, you're paying Delhomme a ton of money to sit on the bench, but...
Matt Moore: 21 off 33, 299 yds, 3TD's. Not bad. Another strange game, Minny-so-cold was up 7-6 (on a missed John Kasay extra point, ugh) until Carolina exploded for 20 in the 4th quarter.
(And again, Jake, Nick, Kevin, et al, if you're not working hard to be a football kicker, you're missing the boat... and you're missing the bevy of college co-eds who can't wait to "get busy" with the dude who kicked the game winning field goal... A plethora of girls.... a myriad of girls... whatever...)
Speaking of Jake Delhomme, you can check out a lot of very interesting articles on a site called http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/
Michael Lombardi and Andrew Brandt have great articles on there. Worth checking in on from time to time. Andrew Brandt last week broke down what JaMarcus Russell is really going to cost the Raiders... His career appears to be over. The Raiders started Charlie Frye yesterday, and got a win. His bust status now has to be near the Ryan Leaf or Tony Mandarich area. There's thin air up that high on Mount Bust-more... Throw in how high he was picked, and how, like it or not, he's going to end up with $40 million dollars from the Raiders.... Breathtaking bust.
Author's note: I just re-read that sentence, and saw that I mis-typed $0 Million... It didn't have the same impact, somehow. I bet the Raiders wish it was $0 Million...
Brandt also has a slightly older post on there about what Delhomme is really going to cost the Panthers. Great stuff.
Heisman: I don't really care about the Heisman that much, but isn't it time to AT LEAST start giving 2 Heismans, one for offense, 1 for defense??? In the last 70 years, 3 guys who were not halfbacks or quarterbacks won the award. Three. So instead of saying "Best Player in College football", why not just say "Running Back or Quarterback who received the Most Hype.", and let it go at that....
Anyway, Badgergil is untouchable at this point. Congrats to him for a big win. Badgergil crushed us so badly, he passed up Leo Woods for 3rd in the season standings. Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark. As the E-Trade Baby would say, he just issued us a beat-down... 11 on the Cowboys. I wanted to do that, I just couldn't bring myself to it. I really had a feeling about that one. I dunno what I'm crying about though, even if I move my 15 from the Vikings to the Cowboys, he still beats me by ten....
Well, I have to go now, but let say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your families.
Also, here's a little tip: Don't buy an Amazon Gift Card. Just don't. I order a gift card from amazon, along with some other stuff. The other stuff comes, there's no gift card in the box. I send my complaint letter to amazon, they write back, no problem, we'll process your refund. A day later, I get an email "Oh, that gift card has been used by an unauthorized party. We can't refund you. Call your credit card company and stop that charge."
Huh?? Number One, you're Amazon!! It's all internet based!! Find out who used that card, and give their name and address to the authorities, and have them arrested for using a stolen gift card!!! Is that so hard?? Number Two, since when is calling your credit card company and cancelling the transaction a normal course of refunding money?? Very strange. So I gotta call my credit card company this morning, I guess.... I need a personal assistant. I really do. I have things to do here. Like I got all day to fart around with this crap. So, take a lesson, never buy a gift card from amazon.
Have fun, and good luck next week!!!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Rain turned to Ice... Winter Gloves: On.
Well, good morning Switzerland!!!
Actually, it's a LOT WARMER in Switzerland right now than it is here.... 48 in Geneva. Zero here. Hmmm.
Well, I guess putting 16 on the Steelers was a pretty good idea. They're not gonna lose 5 in a row, right?? Against the lowly Cleveland Browns?? Naaah. 'Course not. Don't be ridiculous. Their season is on the line....
Whooops!!!! Gaaahhh! Dooh!!
Question: Why couldn't the Cardinals face THOSE Steelers last February??? Yeah, those Steelers, who allow 8 sacks a game, who can't run... Yeah. Hmm.
Well, what's bad for me might be good for VBS... He "only" had 11 on Dr. Foreman's team, errr, I mean, Mike Tomlin's Team. Sorry.
If you don't watch "House", you missed that, so google up the actor Omar Epps, who plays Dr. Foreman on House, and you tell me he isn't Mike Tomlin's long lost twin brother.
Headline: (straight from Yahoo Sports, cut and Paste) Romo not thrilled to hold, but willing to do it.
Dateline: IRVING, Texas (AP)—Tony Romo doesn’t really want to be a holder again for what he calls “obvious reasons.”
Yet if having him hold will help kicker Nick Folk regain his accuracy, then Romo is willing to resume the role that left him in tears the last time he did it for the Dallas Cowboys.
Heck, he even volunteered for it.
“When you’re the quarterback of a football team, really all that matters is winning,” Romo said Thursday. “If this helps us do that, I’m doing to do it. … Pops told me one time, `Leadership is doing what has to be done.”’
Romo bobbled his last hold for Dallas, in a January 2007 playoff game in Seattle. The flub cost the Cowboys a chance to beat the Seahawks and it left Romo tearfully apologizing to his teammates afterward. He asked to hold at the Pro Bowl a few weeks later and hadn’t done it again until this week. He’d never worked with Folk, who arrived the season after Romo gave up holding to concentrate on being solely the quarterback.
*****
My thoughts: Please. I'm fed up with all the "Blaming Romo" for Cowboys losses. Now we have an idiot kicker who is going to blame his holder for his absurd missed kicks. Riiiight. And again, you dudes ages 9 thru 16, if you're not out there kicking and punting.... I dunno. I throw my hands up in exasperation. Obviously, you could easily make a few hundred grand a year if you could make a few field goals.
Yeah, this idea that Romo somehow needs to "contribute more" to the team, underlying in that article, is real annoying as well. Like, somehow, he's not REALLY a "good quarterback."
Let's go to the line, shall we?? (cut and pasted from Yahoo Sports)
Tony Romo:
QB Rat Comp Att % Yds Avg TD Int
Week 13 (@NYG) 1 112.1 41 55 74.5 392 392.0 7.1 3 0
Uh huh. 41 of 55 for 392, 3 TDs, NO picks. Wow, what a loser. Really, bring back Brad Johnson, before it's too late.... Gadzoooks. What a frickin' bum...
(/sarcasm mode off)
Yeah, well, so, rest easy Cowboys Fans... instead of working on how to beat the Chargers, Tony is going to spend his extra time this week working with the long snapper.... Nice. Real nice. Jerry Jones, pick up the white courtesy telephone, reality is on the line for you.... Wade, you may wanna just hold onto the mortgage payment check.... You may be leaving soon.
I'd seriously like to know, where's your backup wide receivers??? Get one of your diva wideouts to hold... Supposedly such great ball handlers, okay, get your butt out there and hold for placekicks!!! Our starting QB has BETTER THINGS TO DO!!!
Alright people, enjoy the games. It's waaay too frickin' cold out to do anything but hunker down inside and plant yourself firmly in front of your big screen.
Actually, it's a LOT WARMER in Switzerland right now than it is here.... 48 in Geneva. Zero here. Hmmm.
Well, I guess putting 16 on the Steelers was a pretty good idea. They're not gonna lose 5 in a row, right?? Against the lowly Cleveland Browns?? Naaah. 'Course not. Don't be ridiculous. Their season is on the line....
Whooops!!!! Gaaahhh! Dooh!!
Question: Why couldn't the Cardinals face THOSE Steelers last February??? Yeah, those Steelers, who allow 8 sacks a game, who can't run... Yeah. Hmm.
Well, what's bad for me might be good for VBS... He "only" had 11 on Dr. Foreman's team, errr, I mean, Mike Tomlin's Team. Sorry.
If you don't watch "House", you missed that, so google up the actor Omar Epps, who plays Dr. Foreman on House, and you tell me he isn't Mike Tomlin's long lost twin brother.
Headline: (straight from Yahoo Sports, cut and Paste) Romo not thrilled to hold, but willing to do it.
Dateline: IRVING, Texas (AP)—Tony Romo doesn’t really want to be a holder again for what he calls “obvious reasons.”
Yet if having him hold will help kicker Nick Folk regain his accuracy, then Romo is willing to resume the role that left him in tears the last time he did it for the Dallas Cowboys.
Heck, he even volunteered for it.
“When you’re the quarterback of a football team, really all that matters is winning,” Romo said Thursday. “If this helps us do that, I’m doing to do it. … Pops told me one time, `Leadership is doing what has to be done.”’
Romo bobbled his last hold for Dallas, in a January 2007 playoff game in Seattle. The flub cost the Cowboys a chance to beat the Seahawks and it left Romo tearfully apologizing to his teammates afterward. He asked to hold at the Pro Bowl a few weeks later and hadn’t done it again until this week. He’d never worked with Folk, who arrived the season after Romo gave up holding to concentrate on being solely the quarterback.
*****
My thoughts: Please. I'm fed up with all the "Blaming Romo" for Cowboys losses. Now we have an idiot kicker who is going to blame his holder for his absurd missed kicks. Riiiight. And again, you dudes ages 9 thru 16, if you're not out there kicking and punting.... I dunno. I throw my hands up in exasperation. Obviously, you could easily make a few hundred grand a year if you could make a few field goals.
Yeah, this idea that Romo somehow needs to "contribute more" to the team, underlying in that article, is real annoying as well. Like, somehow, he's not REALLY a "good quarterback."
Let's go to the line, shall we?? (cut and pasted from Yahoo Sports)
Tony Romo:
QB Rat Comp Att % Yds Avg TD Int
Week 13 (@NYG) 1 112.1 41 55 74.5 392 392.0 7.1 3 0
Uh huh. 41 of 55 for 392, 3 TDs, NO picks. Wow, what a loser. Really, bring back Brad Johnson, before it's too late.... Gadzoooks. What a frickin' bum...
(/sarcasm mode off)
Yeah, well, so, rest easy Cowboys Fans... instead of working on how to beat the Chargers, Tony is going to spend his extra time this week working with the long snapper.... Nice. Real nice. Jerry Jones, pick up the white courtesy telephone, reality is on the line for you.... Wade, you may wanna just hold onto the mortgage payment check.... You may be leaving soon.
I'd seriously like to know, where's your backup wide receivers??? Get one of your diva wideouts to hold... Supposedly such great ball handlers, okay, get your butt out there and hold for placekicks!!! Our starting QB has BETTER THINGS TO DO!!!
Alright people, enjoy the games. It's waaay too frickin' cold out to do anything but hunker down inside and plant yourself firmly in front of your big screen.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Week 13: Keeping my powder dry in heavy rain...
Greetings!
Well, First off, Congrats to Erin07 for his win last week.... New Orleans blasted the Vaunted New England Patriots. I didn't see that coming, actually. Are the Patriots still "vaunted" anymore??? Or are they now just the Patriots. Hmmm. With a loss yesterday at Miami, they're being humbled a little more each week. So, nice win for Erin07, his second of the year.
I gotta hand it to Sharpcheddar as well. 10 on Arizona. Wow. I had the Arizona Cardinals, but I didn't have the stones to put 10 on it. I like that strategy though. Kathb4 and Leo Woods had Minnesota heavy, too. Which seems crazy, but if the pick comes in, that will launch you up the standings...
Looks like Sharpcheddar has it in the bag already. Congrats, man!
I really wanted to watch that game, but I am ashamed to say I fell asleep. Sad, really. So I didn't see My Cardinals take apart the vaunted Vikings...
I can only imagine how happy the "Favre Hating Nation" is this morning.... Upon further reflection, I can see where my Father might cheer for the Arizona Cardinals to beat Brett Favre. I get that. But the Chicago Bears?? Really?? It's gonna take a few years of therapy for me to get over that one.... Seriously, there's t-shirts you could buy for years up here, they say "My two favorite teams are the Packers and whoever plays the Bears." Pulling for the Bears.
Whats really going on there is, my Dad has been kidnapped by space aliens. So, call the spaceship fellas, and bring my Dad back.... You're not fooling anyone. Actually, that also explains why I'm getting insect bites at his house, and he's not... The Florida sand fleas hate the taste of the alien blood. His computer network is really screwy too.... It's all starting to make sense now... Hmmmm...
Another mystery solved. Well, for Favre Hating Nation, here's a few photos for you:
These Vikings fans flew a long ways to hold up this sign... And be dead wrong!
This guy threw 2 picks. First multi-interception game of the year for him.
Larry Fitzgerald, a beast, being congratulated by Mr Favre.
Larry had a nice game....
Warner had a nice game too, back from his concussion...
There is a game of some significance tonight. If the Packers aren't total pretenders, they need to win. Sadly, the Ravens are desperately clinging to a playoff spot, so they need a win bad. I have a bad feeling for Aaron Rodgers. If he is killed tonight, can we bring our offensive line (except Mark Tauscher) up on manslaughter charges?? Reckless disregard, something like that?? I'm not sure, maybe I should consult a lawyer.
Also, there's a kicking job open in Dallas this morning. Ugh!! Dallas may have lost, but I blame the D, I blame the special teams. I do not blame Tony Romo.
Again, if your son, nephew, cousin, whatever, is not kicking, you are an idiot.
Review these links carefully, supposedly the finest kicking camps in the country:
feelykicking.com
prokicker.com
pelfreykicking.com
Seriously... Jake. Dalton. Nick. Kevin. Mark. Tom. You guys know who you are. Start kicking!!! I wanna see you guys hitting the game winner, like Hunter Lawrence of The Texas Longhorns, drilling that 46 yarder to win the game. There's a post on the Longhorns website this morning, "Hunter Lawrence for Governor!!"
And let me tell you something fellas: if you think you can't pick the girl of your choice after you hit that game winner.... think again!!!
Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow torpedoed their Heisman Hopes Saturday... ugh.
People (or, national sports radio pundits) seemed positively giddy with Tim Tebow's loss. Why is there so much hate for Tebow??? Is it so wrong to have a Christian belief, here in a Christian country?? Really?? Would you like him better if he was a slimy Muslim??
Would you like him better if his hot Swedish girlfriend busted out all the windows of his Escalade with a 3-iron?? And then like 6 of his other girlfriends came forward??
Ahhh, that's been done to death already... Enjoy tonights game!!
Well, First off, Congrats to Erin07 for his win last week.... New Orleans blasted the Vaunted New England Patriots. I didn't see that coming, actually. Are the Patriots still "vaunted" anymore??? Or are they now just the Patriots. Hmmm. With a loss yesterday at Miami, they're being humbled a little more each week. So, nice win for Erin07, his second of the year.
I gotta hand it to Sharpcheddar as well. 10 on Arizona. Wow. I had the Arizona Cardinals, but I didn't have the stones to put 10 on it. I like that strategy though. Kathb4 and Leo Woods had Minnesota heavy, too. Which seems crazy, but if the pick comes in, that will launch you up the standings...
Looks like Sharpcheddar has it in the bag already. Congrats, man!
I really wanted to watch that game, but I am ashamed to say I fell asleep. Sad, really. So I didn't see My Cardinals take apart the vaunted Vikings...
I can only imagine how happy the "Favre Hating Nation" is this morning.... Upon further reflection, I can see where my Father might cheer for the Arizona Cardinals to beat Brett Favre. I get that. But the Chicago Bears?? Really?? It's gonna take a few years of therapy for me to get over that one.... Seriously, there's t-shirts you could buy for years up here, they say "My two favorite teams are the Packers and whoever plays the Bears." Pulling for the Bears.
Whats really going on there is, my Dad has been kidnapped by space aliens. So, call the spaceship fellas, and bring my Dad back.... You're not fooling anyone. Actually, that also explains why I'm getting insect bites at his house, and he's not... The Florida sand fleas hate the taste of the alien blood. His computer network is really screwy too.... It's all starting to make sense now... Hmmmm...
Another mystery solved. Well, for Favre Hating Nation, here's a few photos for you:
These Vikings fans flew a long ways to hold up this sign... And be dead wrong!
This guy threw 2 picks. First multi-interception game of the year for him.
Larry Fitzgerald, a beast, being congratulated by Mr Favre.
Larry had a nice game....
Warner had a nice game too, back from his concussion...
There is a game of some significance tonight. If the Packers aren't total pretenders, they need to win. Sadly, the Ravens are desperately clinging to a playoff spot, so they need a win bad. I have a bad feeling for Aaron Rodgers. If he is killed tonight, can we bring our offensive line (except Mark Tauscher) up on manslaughter charges?? Reckless disregard, something like that?? I'm not sure, maybe I should consult a lawyer.
Also, there's a kicking job open in Dallas this morning. Ugh!! Dallas may have lost, but I blame the D, I blame the special teams. I do not blame Tony Romo.
Again, if your son, nephew, cousin, whatever, is not kicking, you are an idiot.
Review these links carefully, supposedly the finest kicking camps in the country:
feelykicking.com
prokicker.com
pelfreykicking.com
Seriously... Jake. Dalton. Nick. Kevin. Mark. Tom. You guys know who you are. Start kicking!!! I wanna see you guys hitting the game winner, like Hunter Lawrence of The Texas Longhorns, drilling that 46 yarder to win the game. There's a post on the Longhorns website this morning, "Hunter Lawrence for Governor!!"
And let me tell you something fellas: if you think you can't pick the girl of your choice after you hit that game winner.... think again!!!
Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow torpedoed their Heisman Hopes Saturday... ugh.
People (or, national sports radio pundits) seemed positively giddy with Tim Tebow's loss. Why is there so much hate for Tebow??? Is it so wrong to have a Christian belief, here in a Christian country?? Really?? Would you like him better if he was a slimy Muslim??
Would you like him better if his hot Swedish girlfriend busted out all the windows of his Escalade with a 3-iron?? And then like 6 of his other girlfriends came forward??
Ahhh, that's been done to death already... Enjoy tonights game!!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Week 12: spinning the focus dial on my spotting scope, hoping the picture clears...
Hey, good morning!! Live, from south west Florida, it's Monday Morning!!!
Well, it looks like VBS, although he is leading, cannot win. If New Orleans wins, Erin07 is going to win the week. If the Patriots win, Sears is going to win. I think.
I seem to have "cleaned up" my ugly picks... If I hadn't gone with the Giants, wow, I could have covered myself with glory... Every time I pick the Giants, I end up wondering "What was I thinking???? Gaaah!"
I'm pretty sure I've entered a surreal, parrallel universe here... I'm not kidding. I'm gonna have to have my dosage adjusted.... the things I'm seeing down here, they just can't be real. This can't be happening. My next post, I fully expect I'll be typing with my toes, in a padded cell, wearing a straight jacket.
I hope you're sitting down, but in this house, yesterday afternoon, my Pop, my Dad, my Father, was pulling for the Chicago Bears.
They were playing against the Minnesota Vikings, featuring Brett L. Favre at Quarterback.
I clearly underestimated the amount of hate that is out there, for the guy who piloted us to Super Bowl Glory....
Let me flesh this out for you: My Dad is a Green Bay Packers Shareholder. He has lived and died with this team since before I was frickin' born, okay...
If you had my Dad duct taped to a chair, and a sweaty middle-eastern freak was holding a .45 automatic against the side of his head, and you told him "Cheer for the Chicago Bears. Cheer for them, you infidel!!", He would have said "F.U., pull the trigger, you assbag!!"
Honestly, I would have bet my life he would have refused to cheer for the Bears. And I would have lost. Clearly, he'll cheer for anyone who is playing the Vikings, and the "Judas" that is Brett Favre. Even the hated, hated Bears team to the south of us.
I don't know how you could top that. Whats next?!?! I shudder to think. I recoil in horror. I suppose this morning he'll wander out into the kitchen and announce that the Chosen One and Nancy Pelosi know what's best for the country, and we oughtta support them in their efforts...
Aside from losing my mind, and seeing things that clearly can't be happening, things are going fine, yeah.... I'm just gonna sit here in denial, and hope it gets better. Probably the best policy.
Saw more bad kicking yesterday. 30 yard punts. Missed field goals. Kickoffs that barely get to the 15 yard line... Then I saw a guy make a 52 yard field goal. Good kicking is clearly the exception, not the rule.
So again, if you have a son, nephew, cousin, whatever.... If they're not kicking 50 footballs a day, I shake my head in despair. Free college. 20 year career in the NFL. Yeah, you're right, who needs that crap.... I suppose the youth of today would rather send a text message than kick a football...
Well, good luck to Sears and Erin07 tonight. Should be a great game, in all seriousness. A big Patriots win wouldn't surprise me in the least, to be honest. I think week to week, the AFC is tougher. The elite AFC teams are just a tad more battle hardened... Just a feeling I have, I could be dead wrong.
Watching that Steelers Ravens game, wow. Those are tough teams. Cincy really beat both of those teams twice??? Really??? Shouldn't we be penciling them in for a Super Bowl appearance right now??? Can we really say it's a fluke, beating them both twice?? 4 football games, they got flukey lucky?? I just don't know.
What am I saying.... The Steelers and Ravens are both comfortably ensconsed on the east coast... No midwest team is going to get any respect from east coast sportswriters....
Don't look now, but Vince Young won another game. Himself. On a 99 yard drive, under two minutes. He threw for 94 of the 99 yards. He converted 3 4th downs. Unreal. What a crazy deal. The owner had to basically force him back into the starting lineup, and now he's playing out of his mind. What next???
And once again, go on the website. Hover your mouse over "pools". Click "My pool settings". Go down to "autopick options"....
Well, it looks like VBS, although he is leading, cannot win. If New Orleans wins, Erin07 is going to win the week. If the Patriots win, Sears is going to win. I think.
I seem to have "cleaned up" my ugly picks... If I hadn't gone with the Giants, wow, I could have covered myself with glory... Every time I pick the Giants, I end up wondering "What was I thinking???? Gaaah!"
I'm pretty sure I've entered a surreal, parrallel universe here... I'm not kidding. I'm gonna have to have my dosage adjusted.... the things I'm seeing down here, they just can't be real. This can't be happening. My next post, I fully expect I'll be typing with my toes, in a padded cell, wearing a straight jacket.
I hope you're sitting down, but in this house, yesterday afternoon, my Pop, my Dad, my Father, was pulling for the Chicago Bears.
They were playing against the Minnesota Vikings, featuring Brett L. Favre at Quarterback.
I clearly underestimated the amount of hate that is out there, for the guy who piloted us to Super Bowl Glory....
Let me flesh this out for you: My Dad is a Green Bay Packers Shareholder. He has lived and died with this team since before I was frickin' born, okay...
If you had my Dad duct taped to a chair, and a sweaty middle-eastern freak was holding a .45 automatic against the side of his head, and you told him "Cheer for the Chicago Bears. Cheer for them, you infidel!!", He would have said "F.U., pull the trigger, you assbag!!"
Honestly, I would have bet my life he would have refused to cheer for the Bears. And I would have lost. Clearly, he'll cheer for anyone who is playing the Vikings, and the "Judas" that is Brett Favre. Even the hated, hated Bears team to the south of us.
I don't know how you could top that. Whats next?!?! I shudder to think. I recoil in horror. I suppose this morning he'll wander out into the kitchen and announce that the Chosen One and Nancy Pelosi know what's best for the country, and we oughtta support them in their efforts...
Aside from losing my mind, and seeing things that clearly can't be happening, things are going fine, yeah.... I'm just gonna sit here in denial, and hope it gets better. Probably the best policy.
Saw more bad kicking yesterday. 30 yard punts. Missed field goals. Kickoffs that barely get to the 15 yard line... Then I saw a guy make a 52 yard field goal. Good kicking is clearly the exception, not the rule.
So again, if you have a son, nephew, cousin, whatever.... If they're not kicking 50 footballs a day, I shake my head in despair. Free college. 20 year career in the NFL. Yeah, you're right, who needs that crap.... I suppose the youth of today would rather send a text message than kick a football...
Well, good luck to Sears and Erin07 tonight. Should be a great game, in all seriousness. A big Patriots win wouldn't surprise me in the least, to be honest. I think week to week, the AFC is tougher. The elite AFC teams are just a tad more battle hardened... Just a feeling I have, I could be dead wrong.
Watching that Steelers Ravens game, wow. Those are tough teams. Cincy really beat both of those teams twice??? Really??? Shouldn't we be penciling them in for a Super Bowl appearance right now??? Can we really say it's a fluke, beating them both twice?? 4 football games, they got flukey lucky?? I just don't know.
What am I saying.... The Steelers and Ravens are both comfortably ensconsed on the east coast... No midwest team is going to get any respect from east coast sportswriters....
Don't look now, but Vince Young won another game. Himself. On a 99 yard drive, under two minutes. He threw for 94 of the 99 yards. He converted 3 4th downs. Unreal. What a crazy deal. The owner had to basically force him back into the starting lineup, and now he's playing out of his mind. What next???
And once again, go on the website. Hover your mouse over "pools". Click "My pool settings". Go down to "autopick options"....
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Week Eleven: The Double Tap!!!
Well, VBS, scoring the "Double Tap". Two straight wins. Nice job buddy. Nice job.
My picks have suddenly started to stink like a nasty dog turd out behind the garage. Yeeeiiick. Gonna have to "clean that up"(*) before next week.
(*) "Clean That Up", copyright Michael McCarthy, 2006, all rights reserved.
Public service announcement: To all players (especially Ardita), if you're not sure you can get your picks in, use the website to select an "Autopick" option. If you DO go ahead and make your own picks, it will not change your picks. However, if you cannot make your picks, if you forget, if your dog eats your homework, WHATEVER, the autopick will put in picks for you. And, I will tell you in total honesty, several weeks have been won with an "All favorites" autopick... Just sayin'...
An intriguing observation from a blogger I read:
In Christmas-is-coming news, man of the worldly mind, do you believe in the Crabtree Curse? San Francisco was 3-1 before signing Michael Crabtree and is 1-5 since. Do you believe in the Kern Kurse? As noted by reader Diego Arias of Delray Beach, Fla., the Broncos were 6-0 with Brett Kern as their punter, and have gone 0-4 since waiving him. The Titans were 0-6 without Kern, and are 4-0 since claiming him off waivers from Denver.
Intriguing... Kern didn't look super great either. Why am I talking about punters?? Good question. Let me tell you this: the quality of punting and place kicking, in both college FB and NFL FB, is atrocious. The Texans trotted out a 41 year old dude to punt for them. Jeremy Kapinos has been atrocious for the Packers, and he is apparently THE BEST WE CAN FIND. Sean Landeta punted until he was collecting social security, I think, despite never being more than an "average" punter, with a below average leg, and a knack for downing kicks at the ten yard line from time to time. Place kicking, my gosh, don't get me started... How many short, makeable kicks have I seen missed this year, college and pro... I wish I had ten bucks for each one, I'll tell ya that.... Pay my gasoline to Florida, no problem. MY POINT, people, is this: if you have a son, a nephew, a cousin, whatever, between the ages of 9 and 14, that boy needs to be KICKING. Not soccer balls, either. NFL Footballs. That young man needs to go to punting camps, placekicking camps, leg training camps, camps put on by former kickers.... whatever. If he can kick A LITTLE, he's going to go to a fine college for free, and then play in the NFL for 20 years. If your son is NOT learning to kick, don't blame me for your tough luck in life. Your son/nephew/cousin must kick. Period. Hear me now, and believe me later. The sport of football itself is depending on him, to say nothing of your familial wealth....
Vince Young actually looked pretty good, I thought. When they spread it out, and run that option play, the Titans are dangerous. Truly.
Do you wanna know who Vince Young's biggest fan is?? How about Florida's Tim Tebow?? Seriously, the more success Vince Young has, the higher Tebow's NFL draft value soars...
The Patriots on 4th and 2. Okay, I've seen the replays, read 50,000 words on the subject... I'm already tired of it. I will say two things: One, I didn't like the spot at all. I thought he got it. Two, let us recall this: In 1995, Dallas went for it on fourth-and-1 from its own 29 in the closing moments of a tie game, in order to avoid punting back to the Eagles. Emmitt Smith was stuffed at the line, and The Cowboys went on to lose by three -- the Cowboys also went on to win the Super Bowl that season. So there.
After the 4th and 2 fiasco/loss to the Colts, Bill Simmons pointed out in a podcast that "Bill Belicheck owes me a remote control." Hehe heh. Nice. I'll tell ya what, after last Thursday, Jake Delhomme owes me $5 for this week... donkey!
The Florida Boys somehow knew Miami was gonna win that game... Maybe proximity gave them some kind of insider edge. Or maybe they rightly recoiled in horror when they realized they were hitching their wagon to Jake Delhomme... Hmmm.
Let's talk about something else: the utter, complete, and total wasteage of coaches challenges. This last weekend, I saw so many, I can't even keep track. Mike "bag of Doughnuts" McCarthy, pulling a completely pointless challenge in the first half, with no hope of winning it. Bill "Darth" Belicheck, wasting BOTH challenges in the first half against the Jets. Dude, you might wanna save one, in case you REALLY get jobbed in the second half, eh??? After last year's Super Bowl, do these coaches really need to be reminded to save at least one, for something really aggregious???
(Do I have to remind you??? The Arizona Cardinals were getting raped by the officials... Ken Whisenhunt won his 2 challenges, and thus was awarded a "third" challenge... Which I also feel is absurd... If you win the challenge, you should not lose that challenge....You should still have 2)
Seriously though, in the second half, don't you HAVE to have a challenge and a timeout held in reserve, just in case of some outrageous officiating??? Isn't that Coaching 101???
Anyways, get your picks in people, pleeze.
I'm leaving for florida in a day or two... I was re-reading my other blog the other day, and I re-lived THE ROUND OF MY LIFE. We're talking golf here. If you wanna read a blow-by-blow of the finest 18 holes of my life, check it out at http://advoffireplug.blogspot.com
And congrats to VBS. 6 weeks to go. I can feel the noose tightening. The sands of the season are passing us by... Drink it in, people, drink it in....
My picks have suddenly started to stink like a nasty dog turd out behind the garage. Yeeeiiick. Gonna have to "clean that up"(*) before next week.
(*) "Clean That Up", copyright Michael McCarthy, 2006, all rights reserved.
Public service announcement: To all players (especially Ardita), if you're not sure you can get your picks in, use the website to select an "Autopick" option. If you DO go ahead and make your own picks, it will not change your picks. However, if you cannot make your picks, if you forget, if your dog eats your homework, WHATEVER, the autopick will put in picks for you. And, I will tell you in total honesty, several weeks have been won with an "All favorites" autopick... Just sayin'...
An intriguing observation from a blogger I read:
In Christmas-is-coming news, man of the worldly mind, do you believe in the Crabtree Curse? San Francisco was 3-1 before signing Michael Crabtree and is 1-5 since. Do you believe in the Kern Kurse? As noted by reader Diego Arias of Delray Beach, Fla., the Broncos were 6-0 with Brett Kern as their punter, and have gone 0-4 since waiving him. The Titans were 0-6 without Kern, and are 4-0 since claiming him off waivers from Denver.
Intriguing... Kern didn't look super great either. Why am I talking about punters?? Good question. Let me tell you this: the quality of punting and place kicking, in both college FB and NFL FB, is atrocious. The Texans trotted out a 41 year old dude to punt for them. Jeremy Kapinos has been atrocious for the Packers, and he is apparently THE BEST WE CAN FIND. Sean Landeta punted until he was collecting social security, I think, despite never being more than an "average" punter, with a below average leg, and a knack for downing kicks at the ten yard line from time to time. Place kicking, my gosh, don't get me started... How many short, makeable kicks have I seen missed this year, college and pro... I wish I had ten bucks for each one, I'll tell ya that.... Pay my gasoline to Florida, no problem. MY POINT, people, is this: if you have a son, a nephew, a cousin, whatever, between the ages of 9 and 14, that boy needs to be KICKING. Not soccer balls, either. NFL Footballs. That young man needs to go to punting camps, placekicking camps, leg training camps, camps put on by former kickers.... whatever. If he can kick A LITTLE, he's going to go to a fine college for free, and then play in the NFL for 20 years. If your son is NOT learning to kick, don't blame me for your tough luck in life. Your son/nephew/cousin must kick. Period. Hear me now, and believe me later. The sport of football itself is depending on him, to say nothing of your familial wealth....
Vince Young actually looked pretty good, I thought. When they spread it out, and run that option play, the Titans are dangerous. Truly.
Do you wanna know who Vince Young's biggest fan is?? How about Florida's Tim Tebow?? Seriously, the more success Vince Young has, the higher Tebow's NFL draft value soars...
The Patriots on 4th and 2. Okay, I've seen the replays, read 50,000 words on the subject... I'm already tired of it. I will say two things: One, I didn't like the spot at all. I thought he got it. Two, let us recall this: In 1995, Dallas went for it on fourth-and-1 from its own 29 in the closing moments of a tie game, in order to avoid punting back to the Eagles. Emmitt Smith was stuffed at the line, and The Cowboys went on to lose by three -- the Cowboys also went on to win the Super Bowl that season. So there.
After the 4th and 2 fiasco/loss to the Colts, Bill Simmons pointed out in a podcast that "Bill Belicheck owes me a remote control." Hehe heh. Nice. I'll tell ya what, after last Thursday, Jake Delhomme owes me $5 for this week... donkey!
The Florida Boys somehow knew Miami was gonna win that game... Maybe proximity gave them some kind of insider edge. Or maybe they rightly recoiled in horror when they realized they were hitching their wagon to Jake Delhomme... Hmmm.
Let's talk about something else: the utter, complete, and total wasteage of coaches challenges. This last weekend, I saw so many, I can't even keep track. Mike "bag of Doughnuts" McCarthy, pulling a completely pointless challenge in the first half, with no hope of winning it. Bill "Darth" Belicheck, wasting BOTH challenges in the first half against the Jets. Dude, you might wanna save one, in case you REALLY get jobbed in the second half, eh??? After last year's Super Bowl, do these coaches really need to be reminded to save at least one, for something really aggregious???
(Do I have to remind you??? The Arizona Cardinals were getting raped by the officials... Ken Whisenhunt won his 2 challenges, and thus was awarded a "third" challenge... Which I also feel is absurd... If you win the challenge, you should not lose that challenge....You should still have 2)
Seriously though, in the second half, don't you HAVE to have a challenge and a timeout held in reserve, just in case of some outrageous officiating??? Isn't that Coaching 101???
Anyways, get your picks in people, pleeze.
I'm leaving for florida in a day or two... I was re-reading my other blog the other day, and I re-lived THE ROUND OF MY LIFE. We're talking golf here. If you wanna read a blow-by-blow of the finest 18 holes of my life, check it out at http://advoffireplug.blogspot.com
And congrats to VBS. 6 weeks to go. I can feel the noose tightening. The sands of the season are passing us by... Drink it in, people, drink it in....
Monday, November 16, 2009
Week Ten: Trying to Focus my Leupold Scope...
Well... That was interesting.
I guess congrats have to go out to VBS, nice job.
By rule, I should point out that Ronfic is tied at this point, and if Cleveland wins, depending on the score of said Cleveland win, He oculd win the tie.
I'm tempted to say "It seems highly unlikely Cleveland can win.", but then, it's been a crazy week. It seemed highly unlikely Washington, Green Bay, Carolina, or Jacksonville could win.... Hmmm...
Was that the same Green Bay team that died, and left a stench at Tampa Bay?? I'm still in shock.
A totally pointless win anyway. We're going nowhere. That win simply bought Ted "Beady Eyes" Thompson another year in his plush office. Pathetic.
Steve Czaban (who normally, I love) tried to make the point this morning that "It's impossible to return to the 70's and 80's level of sucking... With modern free agency, and salary caps, it's impossible."
Oh really?? Really? Yeah, I don't know if you're keeping up on current events there Steve-O, but Ted Thompson DOES NOT UTILIZE FREE AGENCY!!! Tedly's idea of going out in free agency and getting a guy is signing Ahman Green off the scrap heap. While Randy Moss waltzes on by, with your star QB offering to give money back... Did you see Randy Moss last night, catching deep balls, and generally being the best wideout in the game?? Tedly watched him walk on by. Watched. Him. Walk. On. By. Still think we can't stink for 20 years??
2nd Point, Think it's REALLY impossible to STINK for years and years under free agency?? Really?
The Cleveland Browns got their team back in 1999. Since that fateful year, they are 55-114. 32% winning percentage. Two seasons above .500 in 11 years. One playoff game. Period. 7 of these seasons have featured 5 wins or less. I'd call that sucking. I would.
Steve Czaban also opined that "The Packers sold out every game, even when they sucked." Uhm, yeah, I guess. Yeah, we had a waiting list for season tickets. However, if you read the excellent book by Ron Wolf, you will note that the first game he attended as GM, with The Immortal Lindy Infante at the controls, yes, the game was "sold out". However, less than 20,000 people were in the stands. Over half your season ticket holders, in other words, not only chose not to go to the game, but they COULDN'T GIVE THEIR TICKETS AWAY, either.
So, let's not kid ourselves here. And to me personally, Tedly is taking this team apart, one bolt at a time, one part at a time, and throwing it in the dumpster.
Anyways, say what you will. I just don't see McCarthy & Thompson hoisting the Lombardi trophy someday, unless they go downstairs into the Packer hall of fame and borrow one of those three...
Watched some of the Colts and Patriots last night. Either one of those teams would fillet the Packers, roll them in a nice breading, deep fry them to golden goodness, and eat them for dinner. Those are good football teams. When I fell asleep, the Patriots seemed to be in total control. I guess I shoulda taped the game, now I'm curious how they could have lost...
Well, I'm 91.7% sure that congrats go out to VBS....
Good luck next week!
I guess congrats have to go out to VBS, nice job.
By rule, I should point out that Ronfic is tied at this point, and if Cleveland wins, depending on the score of said Cleveland win, He oculd win the tie.
I'm tempted to say "It seems highly unlikely Cleveland can win.", but then, it's been a crazy week. It seemed highly unlikely Washington, Green Bay, Carolina, or Jacksonville could win.... Hmmm...
Was that the same Green Bay team that died, and left a stench at Tampa Bay?? I'm still in shock.
A totally pointless win anyway. We're going nowhere. That win simply bought Ted "Beady Eyes" Thompson another year in his plush office. Pathetic.
Steve Czaban (who normally, I love) tried to make the point this morning that "It's impossible to return to the 70's and 80's level of sucking... With modern free agency, and salary caps, it's impossible."
Oh really?? Really? Yeah, I don't know if you're keeping up on current events there Steve-O, but Ted Thompson DOES NOT UTILIZE FREE AGENCY!!! Tedly's idea of going out in free agency and getting a guy is signing Ahman Green off the scrap heap. While Randy Moss waltzes on by, with your star QB offering to give money back... Did you see Randy Moss last night, catching deep balls, and generally being the best wideout in the game?? Tedly watched him walk on by. Watched. Him. Walk. On. By. Still think we can't stink for 20 years??
2nd Point, Think it's REALLY impossible to STINK for years and years under free agency?? Really?
The Cleveland Browns got their team back in 1999. Since that fateful year, they are 55-114. 32% winning percentage. Two seasons above .500 in 11 years. One playoff game. Period. 7 of these seasons have featured 5 wins or less. I'd call that sucking. I would.
Steve Czaban also opined that "The Packers sold out every game, even when they sucked." Uhm, yeah, I guess. Yeah, we had a waiting list for season tickets. However, if you read the excellent book by Ron Wolf, you will note that the first game he attended as GM, with The Immortal Lindy Infante at the controls, yes, the game was "sold out". However, less than 20,000 people were in the stands. Over half your season ticket holders, in other words, not only chose not to go to the game, but they COULDN'T GIVE THEIR TICKETS AWAY, either.
So, let's not kid ourselves here. And to me personally, Tedly is taking this team apart, one bolt at a time, one part at a time, and throwing it in the dumpster.
Anyways, say what you will. I just don't see McCarthy & Thompson hoisting the Lombardi trophy someday, unless they go downstairs into the Packer hall of fame and borrow one of those three...
Watched some of the Colts and Patriots last night. Either one of those teams would fillet the Packers, roll them in a nice breading, deep fry them to golden goodness, and eat them for dinner. Those are good football teams. When I fell asleep, the Patriots seemed to be in total control. I guess I shoulda taped the game, now I'm curious how they could have lost...
Well, I'm 91.7% sure that congrats go out to VBS....
Good luck next week!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Week 10: Eyeing these games through a Leupold Scope...
Well, first off, congrats go out to Air Myles.. Nice win.
Secondly, yesterday was Veterans Day. My deepest thanks to all our veterans. I can never adequately express my gratitude to those who have protected our freedoms. We have at least one veteran in the pool, so, thanks very much. Despite what you might see or hear from some politicians, or the media, most of us are deeply proud to be Americans, deeply grateful for the freedoms we treasure, deeply appreciative of the sacrifices you have made for all of us, and very proud of the job you have done over the years...
Moving right along... As a U-Verse customer, I am watching the NFL Newtwork in HD right now. Time Warner customers are not seeing this right now. A few quick observations, to clue you in:
1. Their pre-game is not good. Deion, I loved you as a player, but as a studio talking head, you'd make a great fork-lift driver in a warehouse somewhere...
2. Their announcing crew, Bob Papa and Matt Millen... Weak. Every time Matt Millen speaks, I just think "Why am I listening to analysis by the dude who authored an 0-16 season??"
Thus, let's just say it's absurd that they're trying to strongarm Time Warner for more money. They oughta GIVE this crap away, and hope like hell someone watches... Chicago at San Francisco.... hmmm... Not exactly Minnesota at the Saints, eh?? Yeah. Exactly. Plus, I swear they've given themselves permission to run extra commercials... Nothing but commercials. Give this away, dudes. It's utterly absurd that this isn't on every cable system in the free world.
More observations: Jay Cutler just threw an ugly pick at the goal line. Ardita just poured gasoline all over himself and lit a Marlboro Light....
Frank Gore looks pretty good.
Alex Smith, other high draft pick opposite Aaron Rodgers, also seems to like to hold the ball... but otherwise, he looks good.
Michael Crabtree looks REAL good.
Vernon Davis is pretty good too.
Hard to believe we're still scoreless....deep in the second quarter, 49ers look like they're in total control... They did miss a field goal, but they're moving the ball... Whoops, Alex Smith just threw an ugly pick, trying to hit the deep pass to Crabtree. Dueling interceptions.
False start, Bears. Holding, Bears. I guess that's why we're scoreless.
Wow, 3rd and forever, Bears run a screen? A screen? And it gains 40 frickin' yards? Wow.
Uh ohhh, Cutler Throws, whoops, 49ers interception, run all the way back to the 15!!! Is someone going to score???
Frank Gore explodes through the middle, untouched into the endzone, TD Niners. At the 2 minute warning, we have a score!!!
I'll tell ya what, with 40 minutes per hour of commercials, I have all kinds of time to type here... Wow. Did you know that Motorola has a new super-phone out called the Driod?? Yeah, me neither.... I love these phones... I just wanna make phone calls. Seriously, I don't need to surf, text people, download apps (whatever the hell "apps" are), or any other crap. I just want a phone. What's next, the I-Pipe Wrench?? You can surf, download music, and tighten up pipe fittings?? The I-Circular Saw??? How about the I-Hammer?? Surf the web for 4 hours, then pound in a nail.... Steve Jobs, call your office...
Whoops, back to football. First down, Jay Cutler, damn lucky he wasn't picked again, wow. Begging for a pick. 2nd down, run Forte for a couple. 3rd down, screen, picks up ten. They need to run the screen more... NO huddle, another first down.
Whoops, time out, another 20 minutes of commercials coming up.... This Miller Lite commercial is so lame, first off, question 1, the girlfriend asks him "If me and Buster were hanging over a cliff, who would you save??" Dude, she looks kinda whiney to me, save your doggie. Just a little tip there.
Coming out of a time out, Cutler can't get the ball snapped, delay of game. Darn near inexcuseable, after a timeout... wow. Ardita is flicking the ashes on himself, hoping the gasoline ignites, thus ending his pain, watching this nonsense....
Bears line up for a field goal.... Whoops, delay of game again?!?!??! Unreal. Brutal. Okay, let's try again, back it up 5, make it a 50 yard field goal... Robbie Gold makes it again.
Despite the Bears playing painfully bad, they're only down 7-3.
I vaguely remember another Cutler pick as I dozed off on the couch....
Through the magic of Sleep, it is now Friday morning, and I see Cutler threw 5 picks in an ugly loss. Thus, Leo Woods has taken control for the moment with 16 on the 49ers. Erin07 has 11, VBS 10.
Maybe someone could run over to Ardita's house, make sure he's okay... Take all the sharp objects away from him... 13 points, down the drain.
Secondly, yesterday was Veterans Day. My deepest thanks to all our veterans. I can never adequately express my gratitude to those who have protected our freedoms. We have at least one veteran in the pool, so, thanks very much. Despite what you might see or hear from some politicians, or the media, most of us are deeply proud to be Americans, deeply grateful for the freedoms we treasure, deeply appreciative of the sacrifices you have made for all of us, and very proud of the job you have done over the years...
Moving right along... As a U-Verse customer, I am watching the NFL Newtwork in HD right now. Time Warner customers are not seeing this right now. A few quick observations, to clue you in:
1. Their pre-game is not good. Deion, I loved you as a player, but as a studio talking head, you'd make a great fork-lift driver in a warehouse somewhere...
2. Their announcing crew, Bob Papa and Matt Millen... Weak. Every time Matt Millen speaks, I just think "Why am I listening to analysis by the dude who authored an 0-16 season??"
Thus, let's just say it's absurd that they're trying to strongarm Time Warner for more money. They oughta GIVE this crap away, and hope like hell someone watches... Chicago at San Francisco.... hmmm... Not exactly Minnesota at the Saints, eh?? Yeah. Exactly. Plus, I swear they've given themselves permission to run extra commercials... Nothing but commercials. Give this away, dudes. It's utterly absurd that this isn't on every cable system in the free world.
More observations: Jay Cutler just threw an ugly pick at the goal line. Ardita just poured gasoline all over himself and lit a Marlboro Light....
Frank Gore looks pretty good.
Alex Smith, other high draft pick opposite Aaron Rodgers, also seems to like to hold the ball... but otherwise, he looks good.
Michael Crabtree looks REAL good.
Vernon Davis is pretty good too.
Hard to believe we're still scoreless....deep in the second quarter, 49ers look like they're in total control... They did miss a field goal, but they're moving the ball... Whoops, Alex Smith just threw an ugly pick, trying to hit the deep pass to Crabtree. Dueling interceptions.
False start, Bears. Holding, Bears. I guess that's why we're scoreless.
Wow, 3rd and forever, Bears run a screen? A screen? And it gains 40 frickin' yards? Wow.
Uh ohhh, Cutler Throws, whoops, 49ers interception, run all the way back to the 15!!! Is someone going to score???
Frank Gore explodes through the middle, untouched into the endzone, TD Niners. At the 2 minute warning, we have a score!!!
I'll tell ya what, with 40 minutes per hour of commercials, I have all kinds of time to type here... Wow. Did you know that Motorola has a new super-phone out called the Driod?? Yeah, me neither.... I love these phones... I just wanna make phone calls. Seriously, I don't need to surf, text people, download apps (whatever the hell "apps" are), or any other crap. I just want a phone. What's next, the I-Pipe Wrench?? You can surf, download music, and tighten up pipe fittings?? The I-Circular Saw??? How about the I-Hammer?? Surf the web for 4 hours, then pound in a nail.... Steve Jobs, call your office...
Whoops, back to football. First down, Jay Cutler, damn lucky he wasn't picked again, wow. Begging for a pick. 2nd down, run Forte for a couple. 3rd down, screen, picks up ten. They need to run the screen more... NO huddle, another first down.
Whoops, time out, another 20 minutes of commercials coming up.... This Miller Lite commercial is so lame, first off, question 1, the girlfriend asks him "If me and Buster were hanging over a cliff, who would you save??" Dude, she looks kinda whiney to me, save your doggie. Just a little tip there.
Coming out of a time out, Cutler can't get the ball snapped, delay of game. Darn near inexcuseable, after a timeout... wow. Ardita is flicking the ashes on himself, hoping the gasoline ignites, thus ending his pain, watching this nonsense....
Bears line up for a field goal.... Whoops, delay of game again?!?!??! Unreal. Brutal. Okay, let's try again, back it up 5, make it a 50 yard field goal... Robbie Gold makes it again.
Despite the Bears playing painfully bad, they're only down 7-3.
I vaguely remember another Cutler pick as I dozed off on the couch....
Through the magic of Sleep, it is now Friday morning, and I see Cutler threw 5 picks in an ugly loss. Thus, Leo Woods has taken control for the moment with 16 on the 49ers. Erin07 has 11, VBS 10.
Maybe someone could run over to Ardita's house, make sure he's okay... Take all the sharp objects away from him... 13 points, down the drain.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Week 9: Keep your head down...
Well, to quote the immortal Vincent T. Lombardi: "WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON OUT THERE?!?!?!?"
Ahem. Yeah, no kidding.
Yeah, we just went down to Tampa and got our asses kicked. Hmmm. Ummm-hmmm. Ted Thompson, call your office....
These Packer upsets are killing the pool.
Let's take a quick look at the games that lost THE MOST POINTS. This is poolwide, okay? We have the concept?? Good. In order of most points lost:
#1. Week 6: 252 points were lost on Philly, at Oakland. Everybody had Philly, everybody lost, average of a little over 14 points apiece.
#2. Week 2: 239 Points were lost on Green Bay, vs Cincy. Everybody had the Pack, everybody lost, average of 14 points each.
#3. Week 9: 235 points were lost on Green Bay, at Tampa. Everybody had Green Bay, everybody lost, average of 13.8 points. That would be yesterday's game, if you didn't notice right away.
Anybody sensing a pattern here?? 2 of the 3 biggest upsets of the year were Packer losses....
#4. Week 8: 210 points were lost on Arizona, vs Carolina.
#5. Week 6: 204 points were lost on the Jets, vs Buffalo.
Kinda staggering, really.
I see San Diego had no trouble dispatching The Fraud That Is Eli Manning, and his Giants... Heh heh, actually, I was watching that game... didn't look good for awhile there... I can only conclude that Air Myles is the only person reading this blog. Hey bud, whassahp!!! Well, he's the only person (besides me) who thought San Diego could beat the Giants.
Is this so hard to figure out??? 13 on the Giants? Ten on the Giants?? You're not tired of hitching your wagon to Eli Manning yet?? Or is this like a theoretical "they gotta win one SOMETIME" sort of thing???
(Okay, so the Giants looked okay at various points in the second half. Still, I see Eli Manning, I see Tom Coughlin... And I can't do it.)
Kurt Warner and my Cardinals lit the Bears on fire... Pretty even split on that one, picks all over the place.
Ardita, 14 points on the Bears. There's a true believer. I don't bring this up to pick on Ardita, he just happened to be the heaviest on Chicago... No, my point is, Thursday night, NFL Network, (which, if you have U-Verse, you have it in Hi-def, yummy yummy yummy), The Chicago Bears will travel to San Francisco California, and face the physical and emotional leader from their 85 Super Bowl, Mr. Mike Singletary, and the 49ers. Okay, so it's not as juicy as the Favre-Returns-To-Green-Bay storyline we just had, but I do find it intriguing...
Picks all over the place on Baltimore/Cincy, too... I had a feeling about Cincy, but played it safe... Hmmm. There's a former pool participant sitting in her condo right now, lovin' the fact that Carson Palmer is healthy and playing well again...
Tennessee, 2 and 0 under Vince Young. Wow. Now what. How do I pick Tennessee going forward.... With more Tagamet, clearly... a LOT more... And maybe some Immodium mixed in...
In a shocking development, I was overserved yesterday, and fell asleep in front of the Dallas Cowboys. That is shocking.
So this morning, I see they won. Nice.
I can't win the pool, whereas last night, in the haze, I had convinced myself I could win somehow... But I can't. Air Myles can. And so can Smitty201. My staff tells me that these 2 live together, so, look, take my advice, and someone go to a sports bar... There's nothing more annoying than someone cheering their guts out for the wrong team, right there in the room with you. Seriously. And like, not in a bar, but in your own house. Very painful. Creates a lotta tension in the house, and who needs that? Nobody.
Good luck Air Myles, and Smitty201! And hey people, get your picks in by Thursday!!! Get the picks in!! Do an autopick!! Do SOMETHING!
Ahem. Yeah, no kidding.
Yeah, we just went down to Tampa and got our asses kicked. Hmmm. Ummm-hmmm. Ted Thompson, call your office....
These Packer upsets are killing the pool.
Let's take a quick look at the games that lost THE MOST POINTS. This is poolwide, okay? We have the concept?? Good. In order of most points lost:
#1. Week 6: 252 points were lost on Philly, at Oakland. Everybody had Philly, everybody lost, average of a little over 14 points apiece.
#2. Week 2: 239 Points were lost on Green Bay, vs Cincy. Everybody had the Pack, everybody lost, average of 14 points each.
#3. Week 9: 235 points were lost on Green Bay, at Tampa. Everybody had Green Bay, everybody lost, average of 13.8 points. That would be yesterday's game, if you didn't notice right away.
Anybody sensing a pattern here?? 2 of the 3 biggest upsets of the year were Packer losses....
#4. Week 8: 210 points were lost on Arizona, vs Carolina.
#5. Week 6: 204 points were lost on the Jets, vs Buffalo.
Kinda staggering, really.
I see San Diego had no trouble dispatching The Fraud That Is Eli Manning, and his Giants... Heh heh, actually, I was watching that game... didn't look good for awhile there... I can only conclude that Air Myles is the only person reading this blog. Hey bud, whassahp!!! Well, he's the only person (besides me) who thought San Diego could beat the Giants.
Is this so hard to figure out??? 13 on the Giants? Ten on the Giants?? You're not tired of hitching your wagon to Eli Manning yet?? Or is this like a theoretical "they gotta win one SOMETIME" sort of thing???
(Okay, so the Giants looked okay at various points in the second half. Still, I see Eli Manning, I see Tom Coughlin... And I can't do it.)
Kurt Warner and my Cardinals lit the Bears on fire... Pretty even split on that one, picks all over the place.
Ardita, 14 points on the Bears. There's a true believer. I don't bring this up to pick on Ardita, he just happened to be the heaviest on Chicago... No, my point is, Thursday night, NFL Network, (which, if you have U-Verse, you have it in Hi-def, yummy yummy yummy), The Chicago Bears will travel to San Francisco California, and face the physical and emotional leader from their 85 Super Bowl, Mr. Mike Singletary, and the 49ers. Okay, so it's not as juicy as the Favre-Returns-To-Green-Bay storyline we just had, but I do find it intriguing...
Picks all over the place on Baltimore/Cincy, too... I had a feeling about Cincy, but played it safe... Hmmm. There's a former pool participant sitting in her condo right now, lovin' the fact that Carson Palmer is healthy and playing well again...
Tennessee, 2 and 0 under Vince Young. Wow. Now what. How do I pick Tennessee going forward.... With more Tagamet, clearly... a LOT more... And maybe some Immodium mixed in...
In a shocking development, I was overserved yesterday, and fell asleep in front of the Dallas Cowboys. That is shocking.
So this morning, I see they won. Nice.
I can't win the pool, whereas last night, in the haze, I had convinced myself I could win somehow... But I can't. Air Myles can. And so can Smitty201. My staff tells me that these 2 live together, so, look, take my advice, and someone go to a sports bar... There's nothing more annoying than someone cheering their guts out for the wrong team, right there in the room with you. Seriously. And like, not in a bar, but in your own house. Very painful. Creates a lotta tension in the house, and who needs that? Nobody.
Good luck Air Myles, and Smitty201! And hey people, get your picks in by Thursday!!! Get the picks in!! Do an autopick!! Do SOMETHING!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Week Eight: 1 ragged hole at 100 yards...
Well, congrats go out to... me?!?!?
Wow, who would have guessed I would be the first to win 2 weeks.
(Let me help you out: No one.)
My Friday Packer observations were not well received by all... oh well. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you "I told ya so!!!" I am not.
I will tell you that we could have TRADED QB'S before the start of that game, and the Packers still lose.
The Vikings are a better team.
The Packers are trying to build through the draft. They are very young. There are no veterans on this team. There is no veteran presence there to smack Johnny Jolly in the head after a boneheaded penalty.
The Vikings have built through the draft, AND FREE AGENCY. They have a mix of young guys AND VETERANS. And they are better.
Ted Thompson, please pick up the white courtesy telephone, reality is on the line...
Moving along, I'm tempted to name names, but I will resist. Let's just say that 3 players, 3, whom I respect, had the Giants for double-digit points....
Are you reading these blogs?? Am I talking to a wall here?? The Fraud That Is Eli Manning, 20 for 39, 1 TD, 2 Picks, 55 QB rating. Ugh.
Okay, so maybe you have no benchmark to compare that to. Maybe you're not into stats. Fine.
B Favre, 17 of 28, 244 yards, 4 TDS, no picks, 128 rating
A Rodgers, 26 of 41, 287 yards, 3 TDs, no picks, 108 rating
Those guys both blew away Eli Manning, and neither one makes Eli Manning type of money.
I see my Cardinals died. Warner, 652 picks, I believe... ouch. Tennessee wins under Vince Young... QB controversy, anyone?? Sure, gimme a pound of that, and some hardrolls...
More tough action next week. The quietly resurgent Cowboys have a showdown with the Eagles... Packers probably get healthy on a helping of the Tampa Bay Bucs, coming off a bye and a trip to London.... Pittsburgh at Denver, another showdown game...
Halfway mark people. Soak it in!!!
BTW (that's "by the way" for computer newbies), if you're not watching ESPN's excellent series "30 for 30", you should be. It's been amazing. It's on Tuesdays, before the World Series of Poker episodes. November 9 is coming up, should be great.
(Shamless aside: congrats to KathB4, winning a 5-table online tourney the other day... nice.)
Anyways, good luck next week!!!
Wow, who would have guessed I would be the first to win 2 weeks.
(Let me help you out: No one.)
My Friday Packer observations were not well received by all... oh well. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you "I told ya so!!!" I am not.
I will tell you that we could have TRADED QB'S before the start of that game, and the Packers still lose.
The Vikings are a better team.
The Packers are trying to build through the draft. They are very young. There are no veterans on this team. There is no veteran presence there to smack Johnny Jolly in the head after a boneheaded penalty.
The Vikings have built through the draft, AND FREE AGENCY. They have a mix of young guys AND VETERANS. And they are better.
Ted Thompson, please pick up the white courtesy telephone, reality is on the line...
Moving along, I'm tempted to name names, but I will resist. Let's just say that 3 players, 3, whom I respect, had the Giants for double-digit points....
Are you reading these blogs?? Am I talking to a wall here?? The Fraud That Is Eli Manning, 20 for 39, 1 TD, 2 Picks, 55 QB rating. Ugh.
Okay, so maybe you have no benchmark to compare that to. Maybe you're not into stats. Fine.
B Favre, 17 of 28, 244 yards, 4 TDS, no picks, 128 rating
A Rodgers, 26 of 41, 287 yards, 3 TDs, no picks, 108 rating
Those guys both blew away Eli Manning, and neither one makes Eli Manning type of money.
I see my Cardinals died. Warner, 652 picks, I believe... ouch. Tennessee wins under Vince Young... QB controversy, anyone?? Sure, gimme a pound of that, and some hardrolls...
More tough action next week. The quietly resurgent Cowboys have a showdown with the Eagles... Packers probably get healthy on a helping of the Tampa Bay Bucs, coming off a bye and a trip to London.... Pittsburgh at Denver, another showdown game...
Halfway mark people. Soak it in!!!
BTW (that's "by the way" for computer newbies), if you're not watching ESPN's excellent series "30 for 30", you should be. It's been amazing. It's on Tuesdays, before the World Series of Poker episodes. November 9 is coming up, should be great.
(Shamless aside: congrats to KathB4, winning a 5-table online tourney the other day... nice.)
Anyways, good luck next week!!!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Week Eight Preview
Well, my spotter has the range to target, I'm ready to fire another 14-pack of picks....
/sarcasm mode on
I'm told that there is a game of some importance this weekend.... I heard some people are interested in the Vikings coming to Green Bay... I can't imagine why...
/sarcasm mode off
Yeah. I'm being asked "What do you think?!?!?!", people are talking...
Here's awhat I think. I think we just beat the Lions, and the Cleveland Browns. Probably two of the four worst teams in the NFL. I guess you'd have to personally decide where to rank the Raiders and Rams in there.
So, as much as I'd like to be impressed, I'm not.
And after this Vikings game, we have the Tampa Bay Bucs, another team that maybe needs to be thrown into the mix... make it the worst 5.
Actually, I'm sort of wrong.. according to a White Owl Power Ranking system, here are your bottom feeders:
24 Cleveland Browns = 11.43 24
25 Detroit Lions = 10.48 25
26 Tennessee Titans = 9.90 26
27 Kansas City Chiefs = 9.33 27
28 Carolina Panthers = 7.40 28
29 Oakland Raiders = 7.22 29
30 Washington Redskins = 6.65 30
31 Tampa Bay Buccaneers = 4.11 31
32 St. Louis Rams = 2.47 32
The schedule we have played is the 6th easiest in the NFL, according to the power rankings to this point in the season. Vs teams in the Top half (top 16), we are 0-2. The Vikings are currently 7th in the power rankings.
To be brutally honest, I see us losing to the Vikings, and beating Tampa, and arriving at the half-way marker with a respectable 5-3 record.
Respectable, that is, if you haven't watched the games... But from a desk in Bristol, on paper, it probably looks pretty good.
2nd half of the season isn't going to be so easy. Dallas, Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Fran, and Arizona are the highlights.
I have no ill will to Mr. Favre. He won us a Super Bowl. Clearly, Ted and Mike were impatient to move on without him. Has Favre acted like a jerk since he left? Sure, at times. Absolutely. Did The Great Ted Thompson cover himself with glory in the whole affair?? Nope. Has Ted ever come out and said "Gee, I wish we coulda found a way to keep Brett here." Ahh, no. Never.
So, what's the problem?? Dude is gone, and management, from all outward signs, is pleased with that development. Team President Mark Murphy offered gushing tonguing slimy obsequious praise and congrats to Uncle Tedly last July, at the shareholders meeting, for how "courageously" he handled "last year's difficult challenges." Uh huh.
(And for the record, when I think of courageous, I think of special forces guys in Somalia ordering their chopper down, jumping out, and engaging the enemy while outnumbered 300 to 1.... I don't really think of Ted Thompson.)
There's your owner and your GM, Packer fans. Brett is gone, and it's high fives and pats on the back all around the board room. If you wanna hate on Brett Favre, go ahead....
Either way, this is a huge divisional game. If we are what Ted keeps saying we are, we need to win this game, and get back in the divisional race.
Sadly, what we ARE, is the youngest team in the NFL, 4th year running, tens of millions under the cap. What we are is capable of beating bad teams, but painfully overmatched by good teams.
/sarcasm mode on
I'm told that there is a game of some importance this weekend.... I heard some people are interested in the Vikings coming to Green Bay... I can't imagine why...
/sarcasm mode off
Yeah. I'm being asked "What do you think?!?!?!", people are talking...
Here's awhat I think. I think we just beat the Lions, and the Cleveland Browns. Probably two of the four worst teams in the NFL. I guess you'd have to personally decide where to rank the Raiders and Rams in there.
So, as much as I'd like to be impressed, I'm not.
And after this Vikings game, we have the Tampa Bay Bucs, another team that maybe needs to be thrown into the mix... make it the worst 5.
Actually, I'm sort of wrong.. according to a White Owl Power Ranking system, here are your bottom feeders:
24 Cleveland Browns = 11.43 24
25 Detroit Lions = 10.48 25
26 Tennessee Titans = 9.90 26
27 Kansas City Chiefs = 9.33 27
28 Carolina Panthers = 7.40 28
29 Oakland Raiders = 7.22 29
30 Washington Redskins = 6.65 30
31 Tampa Bay Buccaneers = 4.11 31
32 St. Louis Rams = 2.47 32
The schedule we have played is the 6th easiest in the NFL, according to the power rankings to this point in the season. Vs teams in the Top half (top 16), we are 0-2. The Vikings are currently 7th in the power rankings.
To be brutally honest, I see us losing to the Vikings, and beating Tampa, and arriving at the half-way marker with a respectable 5-3 record.
Respectable, that is, if you haven't watched the games... But from a desk in Bristol, on paper, it probably looks pretty good.
2nd half of the season isn't going to be so easy. Dallas, Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Fran, and Arizona are the highlights.
I have no ill will to Mr. Favre. He won us a Super Bowl. Clearly, Ted and Mike were impatient to move on without him. Has Favre acted like a jerk since he left? Sure, at times. Absolutely. Did The Great Ted Thompson cover himself with glory in the whole affair?? Nope. Has Ted ever come out and said "Gee, I wish we coulda found a way to keep Brett here." Ahh, no. Never.
So, what's the problem?? Dude is gone, and management, from all outward signs, is pleased with that development. Team President Mark Murphy offered gushing tonguing slimy obsequious praise and congrats to Uncle Tedly last July, at the shareholders meeting, for how "courageously" he handled "last year's difficult challenges." Uh huh.
(And for the record, when I think of courageous, I think of special forces guys in Somalia ordering their chopper down, jumping out, and engaging the enemy while outnumbered 300 to 1.... I don't really think of Ted Thompson.)
There's your owner and your GM, Packer fans. Brett is gone, and it's high fives and pats on the back all around the board room. If you wanna hate on Brett Favre, go ahead....
Either way, this is a huge divisional game. If we are what Ted keeps saying we are, we need to win this game, and get back in the divisional race.
Sadly, what we ARE, is the youngest team in the NFL, 4th year running, tens of millions under the cap. What we are is capable of beating bad teams, but painfully overmatched by good teams.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Week 7: Keep Firing!
Alright, good morning South Central Florida!!!!
I was driving down all day Sunday, so I have no clue what happened firsthand...
But big ups (that's Congrats) have to go to Ardita, who had only 1 wrong, and cruised to total victory. Nice job man.
Ardita is new this year. I keep telling you people to recruit BAD PICKERS who don't know so much about football.... oh well...
Of course, if the Vikings had won, I would have gone back to back, which would have been nice...
So, let me get this straight: after all my posts about The Fraud that Is Eli Manning, I'm the ONLY ONE who thought the Arizona Cardinals could beat the Giants? I'm the only one??? I've been posting his stats.... You're not seeing those stats??
Eli Manning: 19 of 37, for 243, 1 TD, 3 picks, 47.5 QB Rating....
The Fraud... That is Eli Manning.
Moving along... Yahoo Sports must have some problem with their site... It says the Packers allowed no sacks. Is that possible?? And Matt Flynn played?? Wow...
That's about all I really have for you this week.... It's already 80 and humid here a little north of Fort Myers... Rained yesterday, so as the sun comes up, we have roughly 1000% humidity... I may as well throw my laptop in the pool, it's so humid out here....
Later!!!
I was driving down all day Sunday, so I have no clue what happened firsthand...
But big ups (that's Congrats) have to go to Ardita, who had only 1 wrong, and cruised to total victory. Nice job man.
Ardita is new this year. I keep telling you people to recruit BAD PICKERS who don't know so much about football.... oh well...
Of course, if the Vikings had won, I would have gone back to back, which would have been nice...
So, let me get this straight: after all my posts about The Fraud that Is Eli Manning, I'm the ONLY ONE who thought the Arizona Cardinals could beat the Giants? I'm the only one??? I've been posting his stats.... You're not seeing those stats??
Eli Manning: 19 of 37, for 243, 1 TD, 3 picks, 47.5 QB Rating....
The Fraud... That is Eli Manning.
Moving along... Yahoo Sports must have some problem with their site... It says the Packers allowed no sacks. Is that possible?? And Matt Flynn played?? Wow...
That's about all I really have for you this week.... It's already 80 and humid here a little north of Fort Myers... Rained yesterday, so as the sun comes up, we have roughly 1000% humidity... I may as well throw my laptop in the pool, it's so humid out here....
Later!!!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Week 6 final thoughts
Okay, I awake this morning to find myself in the lead alone....
However, I still need Denver. The Broncos of Denver need to go to San Diego and get a big win for me here....
This guy here is why I feel pretty good about that pick....
Indeed, that is Norv Turner, Head Coach, San Diego Chargers.
Looking at these poolwide picks, I see that Jumbo Y Genius, my pals in sunny Florida, are in second place... But they can't win. If San Diego does pull this out, Badgergil is going to get his first win of the season.
Sorry fellas. Good week though. I loved the KC over Washington pick. Loved it. I REEEELY was gonna do that myself, but I just didn't have the frickin guts to do it. All I can really say is, myself and Air Myles had the sense to only put 3 points on the Snyder Deadskins...
(I've often wondered, if you're taking a game for three or less, does it make any sense not to go ahead and go the other way??? Or is the three just a "throwing in of the towel" sort of point number, leaving the pick itself irrelevant?? Maybe I wonder too much???)
(Okay, let me wonder for one more second: My thoughts when I took that game, if I recall through the haze of prescription medications, were that I wanted no part of that game, either way. And since some offshore gambling havens had installed the Deadskins as 7 point favorites, Ahhh, ya know, what was I supposed to do?? And in the ultimate indignity, the Deadskins only scored 9 points!!! Favored by 7, total output 9... Things that make you go "Hmmmm...")
Anyways, one more quick random thought: Braylon Edwards! Braylon Edwards, the human dropped pass for the Cleveland Browns. Has led the league in drops for two seasons. I tell ya what, since the plane taxied out onto the runway to leave the Cleve, dude has remembered how to catch suddenly. I saw him make two ridiculous circus catches yesterday in that Bills Jets debacle.
Dude is a genius. He Figured out how to get out of Cleveland!
Cleveland fans, you may now douse yourself with gasoline, and light yourselves on fire.
Alright Badgergil, good luck tonight... For those of you not aware, Badgergil and I are sitting atop the season standings as well, so this little contest has a lot riding on it.... so good luck.
Badgergil is reading this, saying "Yeah, same phoney-baloney good luck to you too, pal."
However, I still need Denver. The Broncos of Denver need to go to San Diego and get a big win for me here....
This guy here is why I feel pretty good about that pick....
Indeed, that is Norv Turner, Head Coach, San Diego Chargers.
Looking at these poolwide picks, I see that Jumbo Y Genius, my pals in sunny Florida, are in second place... But they can't win. If San Diego does pull this out, Badgergil is going to get his first win of the season.
Sorry fellas. Good week though. I loved the KC over Washington pick. Loved it. I REEEELY was gonna do that myself, but I just didn't have the frickin guts to do it. All I can really say is, myself and Air Myles had the sense to only put 3 points on the Snyder Deadskins...
(I've often wondered, if you're taking a game for three or less, does it make any sense not to go ahead and go the other way??? Or is the three just a "throwing in of the towel" sort of point number, leaving the pick itself irrelevant?? Maybe I wonder too much???)
(Okay, let me wonder for one more second: My thoughts when I took that game, if I recall through the haze of prescription medications, were that I wanted no part of that game, either way. And since some offshore gambling havens had installed the Deadskins as 7 point favorites, Ahhh, ya know, what was I supposed to do?? And in the ultimate indignity, the Deadskins only scored 9 points!!! Favored by 7, total output 9... Things that make you go "Hmmmm...")
Anyways, one more quick random thought: Braylon Edwards! Braylon Edwards, the human dropped pass for the Cleveland Browns. Has led the league in drops for two seasons. I tell ya what, since the plane taxied out onto the runway to leave the Cleve, dude has remembered how to catch suddenly. I saw him make two ridiculous circus catches yesterday in that Bills Jets debacle.
Dude is a genius. He Figured out how to get out of Cleveland!
Cleveland fans, you may now douse yourself with gasoline, and light yourselves on fire.
Alright Badgergil, good luck tonight... For those of you not aware, Badgergil and I are sitting atop the season standings as well, so this little contest has a lot riding on it.... so good luck.
Badgergil is reading this, saying "Yeah, same phoney-baloney good luck to you too, pal."
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Fresh Magazine going in...
Well, first off, congrats have to go out to RONFIC, for his big win last week. I'd have to say, that Cleveland, Atlanta, Denver trifecta of afternoon picks was real good. Dude is real good.
I still don't believe Denver beat New England. I just don't. Be that as it may, RONFIC has a big win.
Patriots blasted Tennessee this afternoon... Is Tennessee officially reeling?? Um, yeah.
I'm watching this Buffalo at the Jets game here... Nobody wants to win this game. Jets intercepted, Bills just intercepted back. We're in overtime, with 4 minutes to go. This could be a tie. And before you ask, I don't remember what happens in a tie, so don't ask. I think everyone gets their points, but don't quote me on that.
Okay, nevermind, Buffalo just kicked a field goal in overtime. Barely snuck that puppy inside the right upright. The Bills?!?!? Going on the road to get a win??? Huh?? Whaa??? The Bills?? Really??? The woeful pathetic Bills?? Dick Jauron at the helm, winning in New York against the trendy Jets????
Have the Jets just lost 3 in a row?? (let me help you out: yes.) Are the Jets now reeling?? Yes.
Did my Arizona Cardinals blast Seattle in Seattle?? Yes they did.
I was just thinking this morning, I don't think the spread is high enough on the Philly-Oakland game. If it was Philly by 21, would that shock anyone? Not me.
Also, it occured to to me that I have the Eagles in both of my "last man standing" pools... Which I generally feel is a real bad idea. I just never do it. You don't want to try to sail all your ships through the deadly Straits of Hormuz in a "Last Man Standing" scenario...
But I'd saved the Eagles, saved them, held them close, for JUST SUCH AN OCCASSION, when they would be such a mortal lock, I would then use them, and put another win in the spreadsheet, and live to fight another week.
Philly is such a lock, sometimes you just have to do it....
Doh-ooooFFF!!! Another gut punch. Excuse me while I throw up... Wiped out of TWO Survivor Pools, in one fell swoop. Put the donkey ears on me, I'm a donkey.
A few weeks ago, I was writing about the vaunted NFC East, the toughtest division in football. Yeah, don't look now, but the Eagles, Redskins, and Giants all played today. They were all favored. And they all lost.
The Giants, to be fair, are a fraud. Eli Manning is a fraud.
(That was fair?? What? That's not fair... They're the best team in the NFC East!!!)
Okay, The Giants are an okay team. Eli Manning is truly a Fraud. If you don't like it, start your own blog.
Okay Eli Manning apologists, here's your boy's line, from Yahoo sports:
E. Manning 14 31 178 1 1 61.0
Thats 14 of 31, 178 yards, 1 TD 1 pick, rating of 61.0. That's your guy, giant fan!! That's your boy!!! so, while you're busy blasting Tony Romo, you might wonder how the Fraud that is Eli Manning keeps HIS job....
I was trying to make a point though, uhh, hmm....
(scrolling back, re-reading, give me a sec here...)
Yeah, okay, so you have the Redskins, in complete free falling meltdown, losing at home to Kansas City. KC?? Really? Yeah, Jim Zorn, you are on the Coors Light hot seat. For Pete's sake, Dick Jauron got a win ON THE ROAD today... Tag, you're it, Jim...
The Eagles like to think they're pretty good. Except they just went to Oakland and got beat. The great Donovan McNabb, 22 of 46, rating of 66. Nice.
So much for the NFC East. I like the Cowboys chances better every second...
and I would have to say, that was a bold statement by the Saints.
Vikings also pulled out a nail biter. Are you believing in the Vikings yet??? That's okay, wait a few more weeks, then jump on the bandwagon....
Well, it looks like I'm tied with JUMBO Y GENIUS. I need Atlanta and Denver. I'm finally starting to believe in Denver.
Another thrilling week... enjoy!
I still don't believe Denver beat New England. I just don't. Be that as it may, RONFIC has a big win.
Patriots blasted Tennessee this afternoon... Is Tennessee officially reeling?? Um, yeah.
I'm watching this Buffalo at the Jets game here... Nobody wants to win this game. Jets intercepted, Bills just intercepted back. We're in overtime, with 4 minutes to go. This could be a tie. And before you ask, I don't remember what happens in a tie, so don't ask. I think everyone gets their points, but don't quote me on that.
Okay, nevermind, Buffalo just kicked a field goal in overtime. Barely snuck that puppy inside the right upright. The Bills?!?!? Going on the road to get a win??? Huh?? Whaa??? The Bills?? Really??? The woeful pathetic Bills?? Dick Jauron at the helm, winning in New York against the trendy Jets????
Have the Jets just lost 3 in a row?? (let me help you out: yes.) Are the Jets now reeling?? Yes.
Did my Arizona Cardinals blast Seattle in Seattle?? Yes they did.
I was just thinking this morning, I don't think the spread is high enough on the Philly-Oakland game. If it was Philly by 21, would that shock anyone? Not me.
Also, it occured to to me that I have the Eagles in both of my "last man standing" pools... Which I generally feel is a real bad idea. I just never do it. You don't want to try to sail all your ships through the deadly Straits of Hormuz in a "Last Man Standing" scenario...
But I'd saved the Eagles, saved them, held them close, for JUST SUCH AN OCCASSION, when they would be such a mortal lock, I would then use them, and put another win in the spreadsheet, and live to fight another week.
Philly is such a lock, sometimes you just have to do it....
Doh-ooooFFF!!! Another gut punch. Excuse me while I throw up... Wiped out of TWO Survivor Pools, in one fell swoop. Put the donkey ears on me, I'm a donkey.
A few weeks ago, I was writing about the vaunted NFC East, the toughtest division in football. Yeah, don't look now, but the Eagles, Redskins, and Giants all played today. They were all favored. And they all lost.
The Giants, to be fair, are a fraud. Eli Manning is a fraud.
(That was fair?? What? That's not fair... They're the best team in the NFC East!!!)
Okay, The Giants are an okay team. Eli Manning is truly a Fraud. If you don't like it, start your own blog.
Okay Eli Manning apologists, here's your boy's line, from Yahoo sports:
E. Manning 14 31 178 1 1 61.0
Thats 14 of 31, 178 yards, 1 TD 1 pick, rating of 61.0. That's your guy, giant fan!! That's your boy!!! so, while you're busy blasting Tony Romo, you might wonder how the Fraud that is Eli Manning keeps HIS job....
I was trying to make a point though, uhh, hmm....
(scrolling back, re-reading, give me a sec here...)
Yeah, okay, so you have the Redskins, in complete free falling meltdown, losing at home to Kansas City. KC?? Really? Yeah, Jim Zorn, you are on the Coors Light hot seat. For Pete's sake, Dick Jauron got a win ON THE ROAD today... Tag, you're it, Jim...
The Eagles like to think they're pretty good. Except they just went to Oakland and got beat. The great Donovan McNabb, 22 of 46, rating of 66. Nice.
So much for the NFC East. I like the Cowboys chances better every second...
and I would have to say, that was a bold statement by the Saints.
Vikings also pulled out a nail biter. Are you believing in the Vikings yet??? That's okay, wait a few more weeks, then jump on the bandwagon....
Well, it looks like I'm tied with JUMBO Y GENIUS. I need Atlanta and Denver. I'm finally starting to believe in Denver.
Another thrilling week... enjoy!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Week Five: Bullets are Flying
Well, Week Five people, week 5... One fourth of the season is already in the rear view mirror....
I tried a different strategy this week... I went 16,15,14,13,12,11 on the early games... And it WORKED!! I was looking great.
Then the afternoon games came, like a gut punch to the stomach... OOf!
RONFIC seemed to have a handle on it last night... but this morning, I see SHARPCHEDDAR has tied him up. I don't see that anyone besides those two can win. So, good luck tonight fellas! The all important Jets at Miami matchup...
(I coulda swore I took Miami in that one... musta changed my mind at some point... I either need to drink more, or drink less...)
Did you see the Minnesota Vikings bandwagon parade go by?? Did you see my Escalade there?? I am officially ON BOARD with the Vikings. 16, no drama, blowout from the start, thank you...
Remember when Packer games were like that?? Yeah. Before THE DARK TIMES. Before The Tedly.
Needless to say, the Carolina game made me very nervous. There's a real bad vibe down there right now... They gave Jake Delhomme a huge guaranteed deal after their deep run into the playoffs last year, and now, well, he's not playing great. But they are really tied to the mast with this guy.
That pick was a case of, the Redskins are in even MORE disarray than Carolina, on the road...
Not all of you are up to speed on this, so let me break it down for you: The Redskins named Sherman Lewis as an offensive "Consultant" this week... And for those of you NOT from the greater Milwaukee Metroplex, Sherman Lewis was Mike Holmgren's O-Coordinator when we won the Super Bowl, and we were good.... Before the Dark Times. Before the Tedly. Back then, Big Mike was basically his own O-Coordinator, so no one up here, to this day, is real sure what exactly Sherm Lewis did while he was here. He did sit in the press box, with a headset on... There is photo evidence of that...
He had a few HC interviews, never got a job. Big Mike left for Seattle, didn't take Sherm Lewis with him, and shortly thereafter, Sherm was sitting at home retired, and has been for several years.
He gave a brief presser at Redskins Park, and mainly made comments about how he had to call the bingo parlor and cancel his gig as a bingo caller, and had to call meals on wheels, and cancel his gig as a MOW delivery driver... and there's been some talk about whether he was kidding or not. I think not. I think the dude was fully, firmly retired. And hey, good for him. I hope to be like that someday.
Pretty murky though, why Dan Snyder needs to bring in Sherm Lewis. If I'm Jim Zorn, I don't see that as a positive sign... And they lost to the Carolina Panthers in horrific fashion. Jim Zorn is nursing a major headache this morning, and may well have to make an emergency run to the liquer store, for some more Jack Daniels...
But wait, no, just hold the phone for a second... Jim Zorn is merely our second place finisher in this week's new feature, COACH ON THE HOTTEST SEAT, Sponsored by Coors Light, The Official Beer of the NFL...
(I know, you're dying, the guesses are flying right now...)
(And yes, there are many many deserving candidates, tru dat, but....)
(Give it one more second of pregnant pausing...)
Of Course, It's Dick Jauron. The story is an old one, the record a clear one. Besides ONE SHINING MOMENT, when he was Coach of the Year with the evil Chicago Bears, he has stunk on ice. His tenure with the Buffalo Bills has been, shall we say, disappointing.
And to put the capstone on it, Yesterday the woeful, pathetic, sorry Cleveland Browns rolled into Buffalo and beat them in their own place! Gaaah! Aaaugh! Ugh!
Congrats, Dick... You are... the COORS LIGHT COACH ON THE HOTTEST SEAT. Grab a cold Coors Light and try to cool off while you sit in the toaster oven, waiting for the phone to ring... Look on the bright side: did you REALLY want to stand on the sidelines in Buffalo, in December, with an icy wind whipping off the lake?? Of course not... Nobody does, it's ridiculous.
The Moral Defeat
Not enough time has been spent discussing "The Moral Defeat". Tip of the cap to Bill Simmons, who recently broached this subject.
We all know what a "Moral victory" is. That's where you LOSE the game, but you played well, against a superior opponent, and everyone feels good about that.
A "moral defeat" is when you WIN the game, but against a wildly inferior opponent, who ALMOST beat you, and thus even though you won the game, it leaves a bad taste, and may well be a harbinger of bad things to come...
That's a lot of run-up... What am I about to talk about???
Give yourself a cigar: The Dallas Cowboys!
Talk about a moral defeat... ugh. They coulda lost that game. I was physically ill, watching my 15 points go flying out the window.
This is the perfect illustration of the moral defeat, right here. They should have won by 3 touchdowns. I read last week that new Kansas Cuty Head Coach Todd Haley has already lost the team... The Cowboys needed to win by 3 touchdowns... not go into overtime... Ugh.
And for those of you who thought Wade Phillips should have been the Coors Light Coach of the Week, well.... He's right there. He's in the conversation. Despite the brutal moral defeat nature of yesterday's performance, however, it turns out that The Dallas Cowboys did in fact score more points than the Chiefs... and thus, by rule, they will be awarded an actual victory in the official standings of the National Football League.
As Dick Jauron wakes up this morning, looking for the Jim Beam... he can't say that.
I tried a different strategy this week... I went 16,15,14,13,12,11 on the early games... And it WORKED!! I was looking great.
Then the afternoon games came, like a gut punch to the stomach... OOf!
RONFIC seemed to have a handle on it last night... but this morning, I see SHARPCHEDDAR has tied him up. I don't see that anyone besides those two can win. So, good luck tonight fellas! The all important Jets at Miami matchup...
(I coulda swore I took Miami in that one... musta changed my mind at some point... I either need to drink more, or drink less...)
Did you see the Minnesota Vikings bandwagon parade go by?? Did you see my Escalade there?? I am officially ON BOARD with the Vikings. 16, no drama, blowout from the start, thank you...
Remember when Packer games were like that?? Yeah. Before THE DARK TIMES. Before The Tedly.
Needless to say, the Carolina game made me very nervous. There's a real bad vibe down there right now... They gave Jake Delhomme a huge guaranteed deal after their deep run into the playoffs last year, and now, well, he's not playing great. But they are really tied to the mast with this guy.
That pick was a case of, the Redskins are in even MORE disarray than Carolina, on the road...
Not all of you are up to speed on this, so let me break it down for you: The Redskins named Sherman Lewis as an offensive "Consultant" this week... And for those of you NOT from the greater Milwaukee Metroplex, Sherman Lewis was Mike Holmgren's O-Coordinator when we won the Super Bowl, and we were good.... Before the Dark Times. Before the Tedly. Back then, Big Mike was basically his own O-Coordinator, so no one up here, to this day, is real sure what exactly Sherm Lewis did while he was here. He did sit in the press box, with a headset on... There is photo evidence of that...
He had a few HC interviews, never got a job. Big Mike left for Seattle, didn't take Sherm Lewis with him, and shortly thereafter, Sherm was sitting at home retired, and has been for several years.
He gave a brief presser at Redskins Park, and mainly made comments about how he had to call the bingo parlor and cancel his gig as a bingo caller, and had to call meals on wheels, and cancel his gig as a MOW delivery driver... and there's been some talk about whether he was kidding or not. I think not. I think the dude was fully, firmly retired. And hey, good for him. I hope to be like that someday.
Pretty murky though, why Dan Snyder needs to bring in Sherm Lewis. If I'm Jim Zorn, I don't see that as a positive sign... And they lost to the Carolina Panthers in horrific fashion. Jim Zorn is nursing a major headache this morning, and may well have to make an emergency run to the liquer store, for some more Jack Daniels...
But wait, no, just hold the phone for a second... Jim Zorn is merely our second place finisher in this week's new feature, COACH ON THE HOTTEST SEAT, Sponsored by Coors Light, The Official Beer of the NFL...
(I know, you're dying, the guesses are flying right now...)
(And yes, there are many many deserving candidates, tru dat, but....)
(Give it one more second of pregnant pausing...)
Of Course, It's Dick Jauron. The story is an old one, the record a clear one. Besides ONE SHINING MOMENT, when he was Coach of the Year with the evil Chicago Bears, he has stunk on ice. His tenure with the Buffalo Bills has been, shall we say, disappointing.
And to put the capstone on it, Yesterday the woeful, pathetic, sorry Cleveland Browns rolled into Buffalo and beat them in their own place! Gaaah! Aaaugh! Ugh!
Congrats, Dick... You are... the COORS LIGHT COACH ON THE HOTTEST SEAT. Grab a cold Coors Light and try to cool off while you sit in the toaster oven, waiting for the phone to ring... Look on the bright side: did you REALLY want to stand on the sidelines in Buffalo, in December, with an icy wind whipping off the lake?? Of course not... Nobody does, it's ridiculous.
The Moral Defeat
Not enough time has been spent discussing "The Moral Defeat". Tip of the cap to Bill Simmons, who recently broached this subject.
We all know what a "Moral victory" is. That's where you LOSE the game, but you played well, against a superior opponent, and everyone feels good about that.
A "moral defeat" is when you WIN the game, but against a wildly inferior opponent, who ALMOST beat you, and thus even though you won the game, it leaves a bad taste, and may well be a harbinger of bad things to come...
That's a lot of run-up... What am I about to talk about???
Give yourself a cigar: The Dallas Cowboys!
Talk about a moral defeat... ugh. They coulda lost that game. I was physically ill, watching my 15 points go flying out the window.
This is the perfect illustration of the moral defeat, right here. They should have won by 3 touchdowns. I read last week that new Kansas Cuty Head Coach Todd Haley has already lost the team... The Cowboys needed to win by 3 touchdowns... not go into overtime... Ugh.
And for those of you who thought Wade Phillips should have been the Coors Light Coach of the Week, well.... He's right there. He's in the conversation. Despite the brutal moral defeat nature of yesterday's performance, however, it turns out that The Dallas Cowboys did in fact score more points than the Chiefs... and thus, by rule, they will be awarded an actual victory in the official standings of the National Football League.
As Dick Jauron wakes up this morning, looking for the Jim Beam... he can't say that.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Week Four wrap-up...
Well, first off, congrats to HIGHZ... He was gone, now he's back, now he won a week.... Nice job buddy.
Monday Night Football, clearly was about what I expected, obvious by my Vikings for 14 pick.... This Offensive Line is... Well, it's offensive. It's awful.
I fear for Aaron Rodgers' life. I really do. He's gonna be horribly maimed before we face Minnesota again, at this rate...
Favre did not beat the Packers. The Vikings beat the Packers. I will say that, from what I saw, there's nothing wrong with Brett's arm. And yeah, it looks like he can still play. That being said, we were beaten in all phases, on both sides of the ball.
Not a great effort by Green Bay, in a much-needed division game, on Monday night. Not great.
Many of you recognize Ted Thompson, the dude on the right. General Manager, Green Bay Packers Football Club. January 14th, 2005, Mike Sherman was relieved of his General Manager duties, and Ted was hired.
So, we're basically in year 5 of this "experiment". An experiment that appears to have gone horribly wrong. Sure, I've had a lotta fun, poking fun at Tedly, old "beady eyes", over the years... But really, by now, we should be seeing some results.
For the 4th year in a frickin' row, we're the youngest team in the NFL. You can't win that way, period. Rebuilding is something that happens sometimes, and you go young, but that's a PATH to success, to get young, to build from within, but at some point, players mature, improve, and reflect an organizational attitude of winning, and pass that along to new players.
So, apparently Ted is just in perpetual rebuilding mode. And it shows. The Vikings have been a pretty sorry bunch, but thru the draft and free agency, they have improved. You draft Adrian Peterson. You get Jared Allen in Free Agency. You get Brett Favre in Free Agency. You draft Kevin Williams. You get better. You improve. You build a team.
I don't see any building here, from Ted. I just don't. Really, since Rivera and Wahl left in free agency, our offensive line has been terrible. Terrible. Ted, it's your job to get more guys. If you let the guys go, you have to get more guys. That's how it works.
This is Head Coach Mike McCarthy. Okay, kind of a gratuitous picture, heh heh. IN the 2005 NFL Season, Mike served as Offensive CoOrdinator for the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers managed to rank LAST in the NFL in points scored. They also managed to rank LAST in the NFL in Yards obtained on offense.
January 8th, 2006, Ted Thompson fired Mike Sherman from his Head Coaching duties, and named Mike McCarthy as Head Coach of the Green Bay Packers.
Again, we should see some results by now. We really should. He's had plenty of time to coach these guys up.
Mark Murphy, call your office. If there's not some discussion about the future of these two, there should be.
Enough on that. Next week, let's see.... Hmmm. Atlanta at San Fran. Hmmm. Jacksonville at Seattle. I can feel the points slipping off my sheet right now... Houston at Arizona. Dallas at Kansas City. If the Cowboys aren't going to start playing better, like, immediately, it's gonna be a long season in the house that Jerry built.... Cleveland at Buffalo, ya gotta love these battles of bad teams. The 3-1 New England Patriots fly to the Mile High City and take on the 4-0 Broncos....
Why do I feel more clueless every week??
Monday Night Football, clearly was about what I expected, obvious by my Vikings for 14 pick.... This Offensive Line is... Well, it's offensive. It's awful.
I fear for Aaron Rodgers' life. I really do. He's gonna be horribly maimed before we face Minnesota again, at this rate...
Favre did not beat the Packers. The Vikings beat the Packers. I will say that, from what I saw, there's nothing wrong with Brett's arm. And yeah, it looks like he can still play. That being said, we were beaten in all phases, on both sides of the ball.
Not a great effort by Green Bay, in a much-needed division game, on Monday night. Not great.
Many of you recognize Ted Thompson, the dude on the right. General Manager, Green Bay Packers Football Club. January 14th, 2005, Mike Sherman was relieved of his General Manager duties, and Ted was hired.
So, we're basically in year 5 of this "experiment". An experiment that appears to have gone horribly wrong. Sure, I've had a lotta fun, poking fun at Tedly, old "beady eyes", over the years... But really, by now, we should be seeing some results.
For the 4th year in a frickin' row, we're the youngest team in the NFL. You can't win that way, period. Rebuilding is something that happens sometimes, and you go young, but that's a PATH to success, to get young, to build from within, but at some point, players mature, improve, and reflect an organizational attitude of winning, and pass that along to new players.
So, apparently Ted is just in perpetual rebuilding mode. And it shows. The Vikings have been a pretty sorry bunch, but thru the draft and free agency, they have improved. You draft Adrian Peterson. You get Jared Allen in Free Agency. You get Brett Favre in Free Agency. You draft Kevin Williams. You get better. You improve. You build a team.
I don't see any building here, from Ted. I just don't. Really, since Rivera and Wahl left in free agency, our offensive line has been terrible. Terrible. Ted, it's your job to get more guys. If you let the guys go, you have to get more guys. That's how it works.
This is Head Coach Mike McCarthy. Okay, kind of a gratuitous picture, heh heh. IN the 2005 NFL Season, Mike served as Offensive CoOrdinator for the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers managed to rank LAST in the NFL in points scored. They also managed to rank LAST in the NFL in Yards obtained on offense.
January 8th, 2006, Ted Thompson fired Mike Sherman from his Head Coaching duties, and named Mike McCarthy as Head Coach of the Green Bay Packers.
Again, we should see some results by now. We really should. He's had plenty of time to coach these guys up.
Mark Murphy, call your office. If there's not some discussion about the future of these two, there should be.
Enough on that. Next week, let's see.... Hmmm. Atlanta at San Fran. Hmmm. Jacksonville at Seattle. I can feel the points slipping off my sheet right now... Houston at Arizona. Dallas at Kansas City. If the Cowboys aren't going to start playing better, like, immediately, it's gonna be a long season in the house that Jerry built.... Cleveland at Buffalo, ya gotta love these battles of bad teams. The 3-1 New England Patriots fly to the Mile High City and take on the 4-0 Broncos....
Why do I feel more clueless every week??
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Week Four: Fire at Will
First off, congrats go to ERIN07, last weeks winner. Nice job!
Week Four people... By now, we should have SOME SLIGHT CLUE what is going on here... That's why I had to change my picks 15 times this week... Because NOW I KNOW who's going to win....
(Or am I more confused than ever???)
(Thinking...)
Let's go to Jim Nance and Phil Simms, Baltimore at New England... This actually ushers in a new era in football, if you will.... for I dunno how many years, us gamblers just took New England, and slept like a baby... How many years has it really been since there was any real decision about a New England Patriot game, in Foxboro??? It's been awhile.... It really has. Years.
Wellll, okay, there was last year, after Brady went down. But you get my point, with a HEALTHY TOM BRADY, okay, when's the last time.... sigh. Nevermind.
The Patriots have elected to defer, they will open on defense. Nice. You always wanna open a big game on D... Patriots kick off, Ravens returning...wait, the BALL IS OUT!!!! OMG, New Engalnd recovers, deep in Ravens territory.. I like how this is shaping up already...
Hold the frickin' phone here, let's go to the Poolwide Picks... Smitty201, NE for 15!!! Whoa. Tom Brady loves you right now, Smitty... Picks are all over the map on this one.... I'd love to get my 4 tied up to the dock though, that'd be a big help at this point.
Hmmm.. Everyone has the Giants, Everyone has Cincy, everyone has Indy.... Sharpcheddar, Detroit for 13!!! You rock, dude. You rock. I love that pick. Gave me nausea to hitch my wagon to Jay Cutler and Lovie Smith... No seriously, I almost puked...
Back to the game, first and ten at the Ravens 12, obvious PI not called on first down, incomplete.... I don't like how that's shaping up.... The DB is wearing these crazy electric neon pink gloves, how can the ref NOT SEE that the bright hi-lighter pink hand was grabbing early.... duh...
Bill Belichek NOT wearing a grey hoodie with the sleeves torn off... Wearing some kind of mid-sleeve windproof shirt kind of thing... Mike McCarthy has heavier clothes on for a game in a dome in St Louis, for cripes sakes... Big Bill is standing out in the rain outside Boston in a blue short sleeve thing...I dare say, McCarthy has more natural insulation... ahh, I'll let that go. I see Bill also gets clothes that have "BB" on them, under the Patriots logo... Maybe he stole it from a ball boy?? Kidding, I guess it's his initials...
3rd and 9, Brady sacked... ugh. FG attempt coming up. FG is good. 3-0, should have been 7-0...
Action continues, TB up on Washington, 7-0. Hmm, that could be a problem. I see some of the Florida Boys have Tampa, Ardita has Tampa, Badgergil has Tampa...
Detroit 7, Chicago zip. I TOLD YOU I loved that pick!!!
Okay, time passing, Ravens 7, Patriots 3. Ridiculous catch in the end zone by Mason, the former Tennessee Titan... Ted Thompson, call your office... it turns out that picking up free agents IS LEGAL in the NFL...
Score update on the ticker: Detroit 14, Chicago 7.
Roughing the passer called on the Ravens... Ravens are bitching to the refs, let's go to the replay... Hmm, a left hook right to the head, just about blows the helmet off of Brady's head. Yeah, nice, fellas. In Baltimore, shots like that are just "good clean football" apparently.... Ya gotta love the Ravens and their cheap-shot late-hitting style, don't ya?? Actually no, you don't... The Ravens are stealing that bit from the Bears... and THAT'LL make your head swim, thinking that anyone is copying what the Bears do... but I digress....
Tom Brady goes in on a QB sneak, Pats 10, Ravens 7. This game is a war.... Okay, it's not REALLY a war... Can you imagine Ray Lewis with an M4?? That's not a pretty picture... I think he prefers knives anyway...
Hey-ooooo! Wow, that was a shot.... Hey, I'm just sayin', he either a) stabbed a dude to death or b) was standing right there when his posse did it, and he beat the rap. I'm just sayin'...
Moving right along... Whoops, coming out of commercial, we see Brady heading to the locker room... Oh boy. A gratuitus shot of Brian Hoyer, #8, for the Patriots. 6'2", 215, rookie out of Michigan State! Hey, how about that... The DOC4WI is familiar with his work, I'm sure....
Just saw that commercial with the doggy, who buries the bone, and then digs it up, and then puts it in a safe deposit box, and then goes and gets it out... He's a good pup. I have a real soft spot for these dog commercials... I can barely stand it when Tyler Hansborough gives that girl her dog back in that other one.
Okay, I'm fine now. Sorry.
Great statue of liberty play, TD Patriots. NE 17, Ravens 7.
Detroit was losing, now they've tied it up, Detroit 21, Chicago 21... Stafford 221 yards already...
Indy 21, Seattle 3...No big shock there... Houston 20 Oakland 6, no surprise there...JaMarcus Russell, 6 for 16, 69 yards. Al Davis says he's a great Quarterback... Yeah, make a note, don't let Al Davis do any QB draft scouting for you...
Tampa Bay 10, Washington 0. Yeah, note to Jim Zorn: Don't bother sending in that mortgage payment... you're moving soon.
Ravens just ran a great screen pass... Ya know, when the pass rush is killing you, the screen is a great call. Ted?? Mike?? You listening??
OMG, Patriots just intercepted Joe Flacco with 1:11 left in the first half, what a play. What a great catch, unreal. This DB Bodden, Jim Nance says he's come from the Lions and the Cleveland Browns... Good god, you thought YOUR career path was sucking.... Then again, the Patriots haven't picked you up yet, either...
Tennessee 3, Jacksonville 27. Ugh. I thought Tennessee was due... due to lay another egg, apparently... Best team in the AFC last year, record wise. The amount of points I've lost on Jacksonville games, either way, continues to spiral up up and out of control....
Okay, second half action... John Harbaugh is lighting the official on fire, after a blatant holding call... Unsportsmanlike on the Beltimore bench!! I'm laughing out loud here... He's still jawing... Uhhh, one of his assistants better pull him away over there....
What the hell is wrong with Tennessee?? 30-3, Jaguars.
Washington 16, TB 10. Wow. The Redskins, roaring back....
Just when I was starting to feel good about this New England game, Tom Brady stripped, fumble, end zone, Touchdown Ravens... ugh. Pats 17, Ravens 14.
Cleveland Cincy tied?? Uh oooohhh... Seattle 3, Indy 28. Seneca Wallace, who sucks, is 19 for 28... Waaaay better than Russell.
Whooops. Brady under a heavy blitz, floating, Randy Moss, TD!!! 24-14 Pats.
Jamarcus Russell, 10 of 25 for 110 yards. Brutal. If you're Russell, in the wrong end of a blowout, with stats like those, don't you need to come up lame with a hamstring or something??? Yeeesh.
Well, through the magic of DVR's and recordings, and trying to watch the Dallas Cowboys, I see it's Chicago 48, Detroit 24. Okay, I no longer love that pick. Sorry Sharpcheddar. I love the SPIRIT of that pick though, I really do.
Okay, again, thru the magic of television, DVR's, and laptop computers, we rejoin the action at halftime with the Cowboys 10, the Broncos 7, in a rematch of super Bowl XII... that's 12, if you're not sure. Cowboys destroyed the Broncos, you may recall.
San Fran 7, STL 0. I have San Fran in my Last man Standing Pool, so, hopefully that will hold up....
Smitty201, the Patriots come thru, launching you into the lead. Tampa Bay, did not hold up. To the fellas in Florida, sorry guys. I like the spirit of that pick too though, I must say. Tampa's Schedule is brutal, and they're not good. HighZ, Jacksonville for 4. Hmm. Am I sensing something in HIGHZ's picks?? Or is it time for another drink??? Smitty201 also has Miami, who is up at the moment.
Cowboys got a fumble recovery, drove it down the field, and then threw a pick... Ouch. Definitely time for another drink....
New Orleans is up... Darren Sharper, the former Packer, picks the ball off and takes it back 99 yards for a TD... He always did have a knack for the pick 6... or should I say, perverse obsession...
Well, Tony Romo just got done looking pretty bad... Danver & Kyle Orton go to 4 and 0??? Are you kidding me????? Are. You. Kidding. Me. Absurd. Wade Phillips really really really has that "Just fire me" look going on right now... And Jason Garrett looks more and more like he's in witness protection... am I sensing an implosion here???
Well, HighZ and Smitty201 are the only 2 players with a mathmatical chance.
Good luck!!!
Week Four people... By now, we should have SOME SLIGHT CLUE what is going on here... That's why I had to change my picks 15 times this week... Because NOW I KNOW who's going to win....
(Or am I more confused than ever???)
(Thinking...)
Let's go to Jim Nance and Phil Simms, Baltimore at New England... This actually ushers in a new era in football, if you will.... for I dunno how many years, us gamblers just took New England, and slept like a baby... How many years has it really been since there was any real decision about a New England Patriot game, in Foxboro??? It's been awhile.... It really has. Years.
Wellll, okay, there was last year, after Brady went down. But you get my point, with a HEALTHY TOM BRADY, okay, when's the last time.... sigh. Nevermind.
The Patriots have elected to defer, they will open on defense. Nice. You always wanna open a big game on D... Patriots kick off, Ravens returning...wait, the BALL IS OUT!!!! OMG, New Engalnd recovers, deep in Ravens territory.. I like how this is shaping up already...
Hold the frickin' phone here, let's go to the Poolwide Picks... Smitty201, NE for 15!!! Whoa. Tom Brady loves you right now, Smitty... Picks are all over the map on this one.... I'd love to get my 4 tied up to the dock though, that'd be a big help at this point.
Hmmm.. Everyone has the Giants, Everyone has Cincy, everyone has Indy.... Sharpcheddar, Detroit for 13!!! You rock, dude. You rock. I love that pick. Gave me nausea to hitch my wagon to Jay Cutler and Lovie Smith... No seriously, I almost puked...
Back to the game, first and ten at the Ravens 12, obvious PI not called on first down, incomplete.... I don't like how that's shaping up.... The DB is wearing these crazy electric neon pink gloves, how can the ref NOT SEE that the bright hi-lighter pink hand was grabbing early.... duh...
Bill Belichek NOT wearing a grey hoodie with the sleeves torn off... Wearing some kind of mid-sleeve windproof shirt kind of thing... Mike McCarthy has heavier clothes on for a game in a dome in St Louis, for cripes sakes... Big Bill is standing out in the rain outside Boston in a blue short sleeve thing...I dare say, McCarthy has more natural insulation... ahh, I'll let that go. I see Bill also gets clothes that have "BB" on them, under the Patriots logo... Maybe he stole it from a ball boy?? Kidding, I guess it's his initials...
3rd and 9, Brady sacked... ugh. FG attempt coming up. FG is good. 3-0, should have been 7-0...
Action continues, TB up on Washington, 7-0. Hmm, that could be a problem. I see some of the Florida Boys have Tampa, Ardita has Tampa, Badgergil has Tampa...
Detroit 7, Chicago zip. I TOLD YOU I loved that pick!!!
Okay, time passing, Ravens 7, Patriots 3. Ridiculous catch in the end zone by Mason, the former Tennessee Titan... Ted Thompson, call your office... it turns out that picking up free agents IS LEGAL in the NFL...
Score update on the ticker: Detroit 14, Chicago 7.
Roughing the passer called on the Ravens... Ravens are bitching to the refs, let's go to the replay... Hmm, a left hook right to the head, just about blows the helmet off of Brady's head. Yeah, nice, fellas. In Baltimore, shots like that are just "good clean football" apparently.... Ya gotta love the Ravens and their cheap-shot late-hitting style, don't ya?? Actually no, you don't... The Ravens are stealing that bit from the Bears... and THAT'LL make your head swim, thinking that anyone is copying what the Bears do... but I digress....
Tom Brady goes in on a QB sneak, Pats 10, Ravens 7. This game is a war.... Okay, it's not REALLY a war... Can you imagine Ray Lewis with an M4?? That's not a pretty picture... I think he prefers knives anyway...
Hey-ooooo! Wow, that was a shot.... Hey, I'm just sayin', he either a) stabbed a dude to death or b) was standing right there when his posse did it, and he beat the rap. I'm just sayin'...
Moving right along... Whoops, coming out of commercial, we see Brady heading to the locker room... Oh boy. A gratuitus shot of Brian Hoyer, #8, for the Patriots. 6'2", 215, rookie out of Michigan State! Hey, how about that... The DOC4WI is familiar with his work, I'm sure....
Just saw that commercial with the doggy, who buries the bone, and then digs it up, and then puts it in a safe deposit box, and then goes and gets it out... He's a good pup. I have a real soft spot for these dog commercials... I can barely stand it when Tyler Hansborough gives that girl her dog back in that other one.
Okay, I'm fine now. Sorry.
Great statue of liberty play, TD Patriots. NE 17, Ravens 7.
Detroit was losing, now they've tied it up, Detroit 21, Chicago 21... Stafford 221 yards already...
Indy 21, Seattle 3...No big shock there... Houston 20 Oakland 6, no surprise there...JaMarcus Russell, 6 for 16, 69 yards. Al Davis says he's a great Quarterback... Yeah, make a note, don't let Al Davis do any QB draft scouting for you...
Tampa Bay 10, Washington 0. Yeah, note to Jim Zorn: Don't bother sending in that mortgage payment... you're moving soon.
Ravens just ran a great screen pass... Ya know, when the pass rush is killing you, the screen is a great call. Ted?? Mike?? You listening??
OMG, Patriots just intercepted Joe Flacco with 1:11 left in the first half, what a play. What a great catch, unreal. This DB Bodden, Jim Nance says he's come from the Lions and the Cleveland Browns... Good god, you thought YOUR career path was sucking.... Then again, the Patriots haven't picked you up yet, either...
Tennessee 3, Jacksonville 27. Ugh. I thought Tennessee was due... due to lay another egg, apparently... Best team in the AFC last year, record wise. The amount of points I've lost on Jacksonville games, either way, continues to spiral up up and out of control....
Okay, second half action... John Harbaugh is lighting the official on fire, after a blatant holding call... Unsportsmanlike on the Beltimore bench!! I'm laughing out loud here... He's still jawing... Uhhh, one of his assistants better pull him away over there....
What the hell is wrong with Tennessee?? 30-3, Jaguars.
Washington 16, TB 10. Wow. The Redskins, roaring back....
Just when I was starting to feel good about this New England game, Tom Brady stripped, fumble, end zone, Touchdown Ravens... ugh. Pats 17, Ravens 14.
Cleveland Cincy tied?? Uh oooohhh... Seattle 3, Indy 28. Seneca Wallace, who sucks, is 19 for 28... Waaaay better than Russell.
Whooops. Brady under a heavy blitz, floating, Randy Moss, TD!!! 24-14 Pats.
Jamarcus Russell, 10 of 25 for 110 yards. Brutal. If you're Russell, in the wrong end of a blowout, with stats like those, don't you need to come up lame with a hamstring or something??? Yeeesh.
Well, through the magic of DVR's and recordings, and trying to watch the Dallas Cowboys, I see it's Chicago 48, Detroit 24. Okay, I no longer love that pick. Sorry Sharpcheddar. I love the SPIRIT of that pick though, I really do.
Okay, again, thru the magic of television, DVR's, and laptop computers, we rejoin the action at halftime with the Cowboys 10, the Broncos 7, in a rematch of super Bowl XII... that's 12, if you're not sure. Cowboys destroyed the Broncos, you may recall.
San Fran 7, STL 0. I have San Fran in my Last man Standing Pool, so, hopefully that will hold up....
Smitty201, the Patriots come thru, launching you into the lead. Tampa Bay, did not hold up. To the fellas in Florida, sorry guys. I like the spirit of that pick too though, I must say. Tampa's Schedule is brutal, and they're not good. HighZ, Jacksonville for 4. Hmm. Am I sensing something in HIGHZ's picks?? Or is it time for another drink??? Smitty201 also has Miami, who is up at the moment.
Cowboys got a fumble recovery, drove it down the field, and then threw a pick... Ouch. Definitely time for another drink....
New Orleans is up... Darren Sharper, the former Packer, picks the ball off and takes it back 99 yards for a TD... He always did have a knack for the pick 6... or should I say, perverse obsession...
Well, Tony Romo just got done looking pretty bad... Danver & Kyle Orton go to 4 and 0??? Are you kidding me????? Are. You. Kidding. Me. Absurd. Wade Phillips really really really has that "Just fire me" look going on right now... And Jason Garrett looks more and more like he's in witness protection... am I sensing an implosion here???
Well, HighZ and Smitty201 are the only 2 players with a mathmatical chance.
Good luck!!!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Week Three
Week Three, football prognosticators.... and while the picture gets cloudier in some ways, it starts to clear up in others....
First off, we'd be remiss if we didn't recognize the Detroit Lions... They won a game!!! First time since December of 2007... That's a looong time, kids... a long time.
There's Matthew Stafford... #1 pick. See, there ARE advantages to going 0-16..
A little celebration at the end of the game...
Sorry Coach... Someone was going to lose to the Lions, sooner or later....
I'd be surprised if Jim Zorn survives for 48 more hours as head coach of the Washington Redskins... Dan Snyder is not known for his patience, and there are some Super bowl winners like Shanahan, and Holmgren, sitting around their houses... For the right price, I can't imagine Cosher or Gruden aren't available...
Hey, how about those Vikings?!?!? Brett Favre, a last-second TD pass... A touchy subject, to be sure, but I will say, there's nothing wrong with his arm...
There he is, the former Packer hero... Now 3-0, with a matchup vs Green Bay next Monday night....
Sure, the Packers won today, to go to 2-1... They beat a St Louis team that clearly has some major issues... I think there's plentee to be nervous about in Green Bay. Ryan Grant, I think there's plenty to be worried about. We cannot protect our passer, except on designed roll-outs... Despite the mystical 3-4 principles of Dom Capers, I'm not sure I see any Wizard's Magicery going on here...
I'll tell you what, I have a new business proposition for you. You pay me to take the Packers real low in the pool, and then they win. Packer fans should be glad to pay me a few bucks a week to take the Pack low, or even take the opponent... Send me an email, Paypal me the money... Otherwise, I'll go packers for 16, and assure the ugly loss.... Your choice. I'm just sayin'...
Am I reading this correctly?? Jacksonville beat Houston??? Wow... I heard they sucked. Hmmm. They were on the road though, in Houston. Always a bad sign, big wins on the road... maybe the home fans & the boo-birds gets on your nerves... I have a boss for that, so I don't need booing fans...
Well, Indy just finished punishing the Arizona Cardinals... Looking at the injury report, I thought Arizona might be okay, especially at home. The Cardinals need to protect their passer. also, it appears we're gonna do "benched running back, Part II" with Chris "Beannie" Wells... Just like Edge last year. Strange. ken, you drafted this guy, maybe you oughtta play him a little...
Well, the pool is NOT OVER!! Erin07 LAUNCHED up the standings with that Indy for 11 pick... And now, Erin07 will be the Biggest Cowboys fan in the nation, looking for a weekly win... And in a strange twist of fate, Badgergil will now be pulling HARD for Carolina... Congrats on a great week, and good luck fellas!
First off, we'd be remiss if we didn't recognize the Detroit Lions... They won a game!!! First time since December of 2007... That's a looong time, kids... a long time.
There's Matthew Stafford... #1 pick. See, there ARE advantages to going 0-16..
A little celebration at the end of the game...
Sorry Coach... Someone was going to lose to the Lions, sooner or later....
I'd be surprised if Jim Zorn survives for 48 more hours as head coach of the Washington Redskins... Dan Snyder is not known for his patience, and there are some Super bowl winners like Shanahan, and Holmgren, sitting around their houses... For the right price, I can't imagine Cosher or Gruden aren't available...
Hey, how about those Vikings?!?!? Brett Favre, a last-second TD pass... A touchy subject, to be sure, but I will say, there's nothing wrong with his arm...
There he is, the former Packer hero... Now 3-0, with a matchup vs Green Bay next Monday night....
Sure, the Packers won today, to go to 2-1... They beat a St Louis team that clearly has some major issues... I think there's plentee to be nervous about in Green Bay. Ryan Grant, I think there's plenty to be worried about. We cannot protect our passer, except on designed roll-outs... Despite the mystical 3-4 principles of Dom Capers, I'm not sure I see any Wizard's Magicery going on here...
I'll tell you what, I have a new business proposition for you. You pay me to take the Packers real low in the pool, and then they win. Packer fans should be glad to pay me a few bucks a week to take the Pack low, or even take the opponent... Send me an email, Paypal me the money... Otherwise, I'll go packers for 16, and assure the ugly loss.... Your choice. I'm just sayin'...
Am I reading this correctly?? Jacksonville beat Houston??? Wow... I heard they sucked. Hmmm. They were on the road though, in Houston. Always a bad sign, big wins on the road... maybe the home fans & the boo-birds gets on your nerves... I have a boss for that, so I don't need booing fans...
Well, Indy just finished punishing the Arizona Cardinals... Looking at the injury report, I thought Arizona might be okay, especially at home. The Cardinals need to protect their passer. also, it appears we're gonna do "benched running back, Part II" with Chris "Beannie" Wells... Just like Edge last year. Strange. ken, you drafted this guy, maybe you oughtta play him a little...
Well, the pool is NOT OVER!! Erin07 LAUNCHED up the standings with that Indy for 11 pick... And now, Erin07 will be the Biggest Cowboys fan in the nation, looking for a weekly win... And in a strange twist of fate, Badgergil will now be pulling HARD for Carolina... Congrats on a great week, and good luck fellas!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Week Two: Lock and Load
Well well well....
First off, Congrats to KATHB4, who already has this frosty beer on ice... Nice job.
KATHB4 had 16 points, 16, on The Arizona Cardinals, on the road, East of the Mississippi, for a 1 PM Eastern start... West coast teams traveleing east for a 1 eastern start are historically 16-378-2 all time ATS. So I had to ask, "What were you thinking?? I love the Cardinals, but still...." She says "Because Jacksonville Sucks!!!" There ya go.
Air Myles, once again making a bold statement as well.
As for me, well, for the moment I'm ahead of SEARS and HIGHZ, and I guess that'll have to do.
I did something I swore, I swore, I would never ever do again, and I've repeated it many times, for you old timers: NEVER NEVER never never NEVER Never Take the Packers for Big Points. Never do it. When I write my Gambling Manifesto, there's gonna be a whole chapter on never taking the Packers big.
Let's look in now, on a dude who should have waxed his truck, and checked the results later, but instead watched the game:
6 minutes into this thriller, we have 3 Packer dropped passes, and 7 points for the Cincy Bangles. A little voice in my head says "This is what happens when you put 14 on the Pack." At this point, I'm not ready to put a pistol in my mouth yet, And I still figure, hey, it's the frickin' Bangles. No. Way. Go. Pack. Go.
(Amazing how wrong I can be, eh??)
I see a highlight clip, Kolb throws a touchdown in the Eagles game, looks good. Donovan who?? (of course they go on to lose badly, but still)
Ahem, back to Cincy.
30 minutes into this one, it's 7-7. Yeah, hey, there's a thought, try getting the ball to Driver, your number one wideout. Mike McCarthy, Offensive Genius.
2nd Quarter, 10:21... After a monster punt return by Cincy, Carson Palmer dives on a keeper and it is ruled a touchdown... except the replay shows he clearly was NOT in, and he FUMBLED in the pile... It looks like Coach McPositive is going to challenge, thank god... whoops, goofball Ed Hochuli has decided the touchdown stands!!!
14-14, in Green Bay. Whoa.
It's time to remove all sharp objects... the Packers look bad, and Ed Hochuli has decided to call this one in his usual goofy style.
At the 7:55 mark, after 3 false starts, and now a false start on the punt team, I wonder why, oh why, oh why, WHY TED WHY do we have to have the YOUNGEST TEAM IN THE FRICKIN' LEAGUE for the FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW!!! Why?? Would it kill us to have a few veterans around, who could maybe get the frickin' ball snapped????
7:09 Good god, a pick 6. Should I be starting to hope here?
(probably not, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.)
A score from the nations capitol, Saint Louis 7, Washington 6. Hmm, luckily, I have 15 points on Washington. Yipes. Where's that Tylenol again???
Back to Green Bay, at the 3:00 minute mark, 2nd quarter, the vaunted Packer Defense, Led by Dom Capers, and his mystical 3-4 defense, ALLOWS A 3RD AND 34 TO BE CONVERTED!!!! First Down Bangles!!! That didn't just happen, did it??
(I think it did...)
(Hold on, I'm gonna wash down a Percodan with a Grey Goose on the rocks here....)
(Whoa. Smooth. Okay, we're back.)
Whoops. I guess Dom Capers didn't see that Flea flicker coming, either.... Yeeee Haaa!
Minnesota 7, Detroit 10. I didn't need that 16 point pick either, I guess... Yikes. I have Minnysoda in my "Last Man standing" Pool too, so that'll be painful. Oddly enough, I have faith in Favre and Peterson... either that, or the medication is kicking in. And, it could be worse. I see my buddy has GREEN BAY in the Last Man Standing Pool...
So, not only should you never take the Packers for big points, you should REALLY never take them in a Last Man Standing Pool... but, I'm getting ahead of myself here...
Jamarcus Russell, 3 completions in 12 attempts at the half. "Jamarcus Russel is a great Quarterback... Get over it!" - Al Davis, 2008. Whatever you say, Al.
Back to the game. Chris Henry just scored, we're at 21-21. Get a Prozac from the front desk, people, you're gonna need it.
With 1:12 left in the half, Ryan Grant drops another ball. Nice drop buddy.
Driver, our only real wideout, draws a PI, and then makes a huge catch!
58 seconds remain, James Jones, nice drop, buddy!!! Nice drop.
And Mason Crosby, hey-oooo, wide left. Your score at the half, 21-21.
(and if Palmer doesn't throw 2 brutal picks, we're getting our asses kicked here... Even though we're tied, it feels like my ass is getting kicked...)
As we return for the second half, Jamarcus Russell is now 3 for 14. Couple more incompletions for his total.
As the 3rd quarter starts to unfold, Ryan Grant, fumblerooski. Nice. Ahhh, has anyone noticed that ryan Grant is NOT a featured back??? Well, I mean, he IS, but he damn well shouldn't be. Edgerrin James was alying around all summer as a free agent. Hey, Ted. Ted! Yeah you, donkey face... you ever heard of a new thing called free agency!??!?!?
Bangles driving.... well, clearly, we need Palmer to put up another INT or something... Our only hope is for Cincy to keep shooting themselves in the foot.
1:09 left in the 3rd, Palmer to Chad OchoCinco, 13 yards, Touchdown! And Chad does the Lambeau Leap! The fans are flipping him the bird! Bedlam! Okay, it ends quickly.
Jennings, another drop. Nice drop buddy, nice drop!!!
Rogers, sacked again.
Punting on 4th and 1, from their 35?? HUh? You don't even TRY the Field Goal??? what is Cincy doing here??? They're shooting themselves in the foot! I'm starting to believe here.... (okay, not really, but I wonder if it's really possible...)
Okay, the possesion of our lives here. Cincy has stupidly punted us the ball, with plenty of time remaining. Here we go, game is on the frickin' line:
1st Down, Ryan Grant, typical nothing line plunge, gains 1 yard. Ryan Grant is not a featured back, people. He's just not. He's Ron Dayne, except his GM is homo for him...
2nd down: Throw into triple coverage, no hope. The replay will show Jordy Nelson was WIDE open for a 15 yard gain on the sidelines. Hmmm.
3rd down, complete jailbreak, Rodgers sacked.
4th down, Punt, Bangle guy fields it, gets a monster runback all the way back to the 30.
Nice sequence, guys. Ugh. That's why I keep a wastebasket near the TV during Packer games. And, uhhh, you definitely wanna go with a plastic liner on that wastebasket. 'nuff said.
I heard a dude once, he said "You play. To win. The game." Coach Mike, you ever heard that one???
1:56 remaining, Cincy comes to their senses, and kicks the dagger field goal. 31-21, inside 2 minutes. Ballgame over. Turn out the lights.
(highlight: Washington wins. wow. Is this an omen?? My 15 pointer just sailed in and tied up at the dock... wow...)
43 seconds, Mason Crosby kicks the field goal. We can't even sniff the end zone. Whatever.
Whaaaa!?!??! We just recovered an onside kick!!! I honestly cannot remember the last time we did that. Holy crap. Should I be hoping here?
(In retrospect, no, you idiot, you should not be hoping. This is the Ted Thompson Packers. Please. You're embarrassing yourself. Go back and Delete that out...)
Driving... 2 seconds... ball is snapped. Nope. Crazy Ed Hochuli strikes again. Gets on the mike and says "Game clock expired before the ball was snapped, and besides, there was a flase start, therefore the game is over." May as well get on and say "Don't even think about challenging this one, coach, the game is over."
and in the last 2 minutes, isn't there an "upstairs booth review" guy, to hit the buzzer and say "hold on there, applesauce, we're takin' a look..."
I guess not.
Congrats to KATHB4! Winner of week Two!
Time for the Cowboys to open the new Texas Stadium. Later, people.
First off, Congrats to KATHB4, who already has this frosty beer on ice... Nice job.
KATHB4 had 16 points, 16, on The Arizona Cardinals, on the road, East of the Mississippi, for a 1 PM Eastern start... West coast teams traveleing east for a 1 eastern start are historically 16-378-2 all time ATS. So I had to ask, "What were you thinking?? I love the Cardinals, but still...." She says "Because Jacksonville Sucks!!!" There ya go.
Air Myles, once again making a bold statement as well.
As for me, well, for the moment I'm ahead of SEARS and HIGHZ, and I guess that'll have to do.
I did something I swore, I swore, I would never ever do again, and I've repeated it many times, for you old timers: NEVER NEVER never never NEVER Never Take the Packers for Big Points. Never do it. When I write my Gambling Manifesto, there's gonna be a whole chapter on never taking the Packers big.
Let's look in now, on a dude who should have waxed his truck, and checked the results later, but instead watched the game:
6 minutes into this thriller, we have 3 Packer dropped passes, and 7 points for the Cincy Bangles. A little voice in my head says "This is what happens when you put 14 on the Pack." At this point, I'm not ready to put a pistol in my mouth yet, And I still figure, hey, it's the frickin' Bangles. No. Way. Go. Pack. Go.
(Amazing how wrong I can be, eh??)
I see a highlight clip, Kolb throws a touchdown in the Eagles game, looks good. Donovan who?? (of course they go on to lose badly, but still)
Ahem, back to Cincy.
30 minutes into this one, it's 7-7. Yeah, hey, there's a thought, try getting the ball to Driver, your number one wideout. Mike McCarthy, Offensive Genius.
2nd Quarter, 10:21... After a monster punt return by Cincy, Carson Palmer dives on a keeper and it is ruled a touchdown... except the replay shows he clearly was NOT in, and he FUMBLED in the pile... It looks like Coach McPositive is going to challenge, thank god... whoops, goofball Ed Hochuli has decided the touchdown stands!!!
14-14, in Green Bay. Whoa.
It's time to remove all sharp objects... the Packers look bad, and Ed Hochuli has decided to call this one in his usual goofy style.
At the 7:55 mark, after 3 false starts, and now a false start on the punt team, I wonder why, oh why, oh why, WHY TED WHY do we have to have the YOUNGEST TEAM IN THE FRICKIN' LEAGUE for the FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW!!! Why?? Would it kill us to have a few veterans around, who could maybe get the frickin' ball snapped????
7:09 Good god, a pick 6. Should I be starting to hope here?
(probably not, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.)
A score from the nations capitol, Saint Louis 7, Washington 6. Hmm, luckily, I have 15 points on Washington. Yipes. Where's that Tylenol again???
Back to Green Bay, at the 3:00 minute mark, 2nd quarter, the vaunted Packer Defense, Led by Dom Capers, and his mystical 3-4 defense, ALLOWS A 3RD AND 34 TO BE CONVERTED!!!! First Down Bangles!!! That didn't just happen, did it??
(I think it did...)
(Hold on, I'm gonna wash down a Percodan with a Grey Goose on the rocks here....)
(Whoa. Smooth. Okay, we're back.)
Whoops. I guess Dom Capers didn't see that Flea flicker coming, either.... Yeeee Haaa!
Minnesota 7, Detroit 10. I didn't need that 16 point pick either, I guess... Yikes. I have Minnysoda in my "Last Man standing" Pool too, so that'll be painful. Oddly enough, I have faith in Favre and Peterson... either that, or the medication is kicking in. And, it could be worse. I see my buddy has GREEN BAY in the Last Man Standing Pool...
So, not only should you never take the Packers for big points, you should REALLY never take them in a Last Man Standing Pool... but, I'm getting ahead of myself here...
Jamarcus Russell, 3 completions in 12 attempts at the half. "Jamarcus Russel is a great Quarterback... Get over it!" - Al Davis, 2008. Whatever you say, Al.
Back to the game. Chris Henry just scored, we're at 21-21. Get a Prozac from the front desk, people, you're gonna need it.
With 1:12 left in the half, Ryan Grant drops another ball. Nice drop buddy.
Driver, our only real wideout, draws a PI, and then makes a huge catch!
58 seconds remain, James Jones, nice drop, buddy!!! Nice drop.
And Mason Crosby, hey-oooo, wide left. Your score at the half, 21-21.
(and if Palmer doesn't throw 2 brutal picks, we're getting our asses kicked here... Even though we're tied, it feels like my ass is getting kicked...)
As we return for the second half, Jamarcus Russell is now 3 for 14. Couple more incompletions for his total.
As the 3rd quarter starts to unfold, Ryan Grant, fumblerooski. Nice. Ahhh, has anyone noticed that ryan Grant is NOT a featured back??? Well, I mean, he IS, but he damn well shouldn't be. Edgerrin James was alying around all summer as a free agent. Hey, Ted. Ted! Yeah you, donkey face... you ever heard of a new thing called free agency!??!?!?
Bangles driving.... well, clearly, we need Palmer to put up another INT or something... Our only hope is for Cincy to keep shooting themselves in the foot.
1:09 left in the 3rd, Palmer to Chad OchoCinco, 13 yards, Touchdown! And Chad does the Lambeau Leap! The fans are flipping him the bird! Bedlam! Okay, it ends quickly.
Jennings, another drop. Nice drop buddy, nice drop!!!
Rogers, sacked again.
Punting on 4th and 1, from their 35?? HUh? You don't even TRY the Field Goal??? what is Cincy doing here??? They're shooting themselves in the foot! I'm starting to believe here.... (okay, not really, but I wonder if it's really possible...)
Okay, the possesion of our lives here. Cincy has stupidly punted us the ball, with plenty of time remaining. Here we go, game is on the frickin' line:
1st Down, Ryan Grant, typical nothing line plunge, gains 1 yard. Ryan Grant is not a featured back, people. He's just not. He's Ron Dayne, except his GM is homo for him...
2nd down: Throw into triple coverage, no hope. The replay will show Jordy Nelson was WIDE open for a 15 yard gain on the sidelines. Hmmm.
3rd down, complete jailbreak, Rodgers sacked.
4th down, Punt, Bangle guy fields it, gets a monster runback all the way back to the 30.
Nice sequence, guys. Ugh. That's why I keep a wastebasket near the TV during Packer games. And, uhhh, you definitely wanna go with a plastic liner on that wastebasket. 'nuff said.
I heard a dude once, he said "You play. To win. The game." Coach Mike, you ever heard that one???
1:56 remaining, Cincy comes to their senses, and kicks the dagger field goal. 31-21, inside 2 minutes. Ballgame over. Turn out the lights.
(highlight: Washington wins. wow. Is this an omen?? My 15 pointer just sailed in and tied up at the dock... wow...)
43 seconds, Mason Crosby kicks the field goal. We can't even sniff the end zone. Whatever.
Whaaaa!?!??! We just recovered an onside kick!!! I honestly cannot remember the last time we did that. Holy crap. Should I be hoping here?
(In retrospect, no, you idiot, you should not be hoping. This is the Ted Thompson Packers. Please. You're embarrassing yourself. Go back and Delete that out...)
Driving... 2 seconds... ball is snapped. Nope. Crazy Ed Hochuli strikes again. Gets on the mike and says "Game clock expired before the ball was snapped, and besides, there was a flase start, therefore the game is over." May as well get on and say "Don't even think about challenging this one, coach, the game is over."
and in the last 2 minutes, isn't there an "upstairs booth review" guy, to hit the buzzer and say "hold on there, applesauce, we're takin' a look..."
I guess not.
Congrats to KATHB4! Winner of week Two!
Time for the Cowboys to open the new Texas Stadium. Later, people.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Week One!!
Well, there you have it, Week One, in the books....
New player FLORIDA BOYS takes it!!! In a tiebreaker, no less?!?!? Are you kidding me?!?!? Insane.
Also, we will note for the record that KATHB4 and FLORIDA BOYS know each other, so I guarantee there were some emails and phone calls exchanged after THAT one....
And what can we say about AIR MYLES??? He was in total control, right up until he put 14 freakin points on the Raiders... Yikes. This week's "What was he THINKING" award has to go to Air Myles. Sorry.
I know, I can hear you out there... "They almost won!!" Yeah. I was almost married to Giselle Bunchden, too....Until that rotten quarterback dude showed up...
Runner up for the "What was he THINKING" Award has to go to Sears... 10 points on the Dallas Cowboys?? Change your password dude, I think someone stole yours, logged in, and changed your points... Undoubtedly the reason my point total is higher than yours...
(is that reverse trash talking?? Maybe...)
Jay Cutler, the great white hope in Chicago... uh huh. 40 QB rating for the game, 4 picks. Bill Simmons (of ESPN's Page 2) summed up Jay Cutler best: "He looks like a spoiled trust fund kid throwing a tantrum because the valet at the restaurant just put a scratch in the finish of his new Escalade Hybrid." Well said.
And to add insult to injury, Kyle Orton is 1-0 in Denver... heh heh heh...
Mark Tauscher, pick up the white courtesy telephone, Uncle Tedly on the line... Yeah, I wish. Yikes. What's the over/under on when Rodgers goes down for the year, week 4?? Week 6?? Give me the under, behind this O-line.
Does anyone else wonder why Edgerrin James sat at home for months as a free agent, while Green Bay had Ryan Grant as their "featured" back??? I wonder about these things...
The Las Vegas over/under on Jets wins was 7... They have one already! So much for Houston being improved this year.
I'm also breathing a huge sigh of relief today, since in a Survivor pool I'm in, I had the New England Patriots for week one. Whew. That would have been ugly. Last year, I was bounced in week one with the New Orleans Saints. 2 consecutive week one exits would have had me rummaging through the medicine cabinet, looking for loose painkillers...
Okay, Congrats to FLORIDA BOYS. I broke my own rule, I recruited people who were better pickers than me. I keep telling everyone, recruit some REALLY STUPID people, who know nothing about football.... Ahh, I'm kidding, it's week one, for cripes sakes....
We shall lick our wounds, and continue with style into week 2....
New player FLORIDA BOYS takes it!!! In a tiebreaker, no less?!?!? Are you kidding me?!?!? Insane.
Also, we will note for the record that KATHB4 and FLORIDA BOYS know each other, so I guarantee there were some emails and phone calls exchanged after THAT one....
And what can we say about AIR MYLES??? He was in total control, right up until he put 14 freakin points on the Raiders... Yikes. This week's "What was he THINKING" award has to go to Air Myles. Sorry.
I know, I can hear you out there... "They almost won!!" Yeah. I was almost married to Giselle Bunchden, too....Until that rotten quarterback dude showed up...
Runner up for the "What was he THINKING" Award has to go to Sears... 10 points on the Dallas Cowboys?? Change your password dude, I think someone stole yours, logged in, and changed your points... Undoubtedly the reason my point total is higher than yours...
(is that reverse trash talking?? Maybe...)
Jay Cutler, the great white hope in Chicago... uh huh. 40 QB rating for the game, 4 picks. Bill Simmons (of ESPN's Page 2) summed up Jay Cutler best: "He looks like a spoiled trust fund kid throwing a tantrum because the valet at the restaurant just put a scratch in the finish of his new Escalade Hybrid." Well said.
And to add insult to injury, Kyle Orton is 1-0 in Denver... heh heh heh...
Mark Tauscher, pick up the white courtesy telephone, Uncle Tedly on the line... Yeah, I wish. Yikes. What's the over/under on when Rodgers goes down for the year, week 4?? Week 6?? Give me the under, behind this O-line.
Does anyone else wonder why Edgerrin James sat at home for months as a free agent, while Green Bay had Ryan Grant as their "featured" back??? I wonder about these things...
The Las Vegas over/under on Jets wins was 7... They have one already! So much for Houston being improved this year.
I'm also breathing a huge sigh of relief today, since in a Survivor pool I'm in, I had the New England Patriots for week one. Whew. That would have been ugly. Last year, I was bounced in week one with the New Orleans Saints. 2 consecutive week one exits would have had me rummaging through the medicine cabinet, looking for loose painkillers...
Okay, Congrats to FLORIDA BOYS. I broke my own rule, I recruited people who were better pickers than me. I keep telling everyone, recruit some REALLY STUPID people, who know nothing about football.... Ahh, I'm kidding, it's week one, for cripes sakes....
We shall lick our wounds, and continue with style into week 2....
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