Stinging in the rain...

Hey, good evening.

First off, Week 10: Phanatic Philly Phan! Congrats!

Tough to be an Eagles fan right now... yikes. He's going to need to increase his dosage, I fear...

Philly Phan Lost his starting QB, (and that might not be a bad thing, depending on who you ask), His coach probably signed his own death warrant, and he lost to the hated Cowboys. but he DID win the week in the pool! So he's got THAT going for him....

Obvious officiating Blunder, week 10

San Fran and the Rams. Over 1 and a half minutes is mysteriously run off the clock?? And it can't be put back? Huh? And as the game wound down, there were numerous bizarre clock machinations. the announcers totally ignored it of course, but both coaches spent the 4th quarter screaming about the resetting of the play clock, one way or the other...

Pathetic. Remind me again, when are the real officials coming back?? Were these guys fired from the lingerie football league?? What gives??

Hold on, I'm getting a text from an intern here... Those apparently WERE the real officials. Hard to believe. Seriously.

Week 11: Big Headed Holy Rollers win again! 3 wins??? This is getting ridiculous. And, they have a chance at perfection tonight. Unreal. Nice job.

Obvious Officiating Blunder, week 11

Dallas Texas. Notorious blowhard Ed Hochuli goes under the hood, reviews the play, then comes back onto the field to announce that the play stands as called, and that the play is not reviewable. Huh?? You just reviewed it.... It's not reviewable? Uhhh, so why were you reviewing it??? Just wondering...

Truly pathetic. When do the real officials come back?? These ARE the real officials??? Why don't I believe you??? We were screaming to have these guys back, eh??? How's that working out???

Cheerleader Update

Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders showing some military pride. God bless our military, thank you for all you do, we love you, we support you, we are with you. The freedoms we enjoy are because of you. Thank you.

Smokin Jay Cutler is out. Campbell is in. Bears are down 17 to nuthin. Packer Nation is loving this, needless to say. And for once, it won't be Jay Cutler's fault... Strange. Who will the rabid dogs in the Chicago media blame for this one?? Will they finally cast a wayward eye at Lovie Smith???

Naaah. It's probably all Tim Tebow's fault, somehow, some way... The beauty of Tebow right now is, his value might be even higher than it was last year. The Jets have so horribly misused him, who knows?? It's not like he got a chance, and stunk. He's been very carefully placed into perfect positions where he can only fail. Rex, while you're not too busy filming foot fetish videos for Youtube, remind us again why you traded for this guy??? and why don't you trade him now?? Obviously, there's no plan whatsoever to use him in any way that might help your football team...

Jerry Jones was having quite a conversation with Mike Holmgren prior to the game... Next Cowboys head coach?? Sean Payton?? Mystery candidate?

(Watching Jerry doing things lately, he'll give Jason Garrett a ten-year guaranteed extension...)

Good Luck! On behalf of KathB4 and myself, best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving! Have fun and be safe! Thaw that Turkey before you throw it in the deep fryer. And for Pete's sake, don't set the fryer up in the living room.

Upset Specials

Hey, good evening...

Week 9: The Big Headed Holy Rollers! The second win of the season! Nice job. Nice. The Tampa Bay Pick was a thing of beauty.

Doug Martin. He's a beast! And he's wearing Emmitt Smith's number, which can't be all bad. These Bucs are starting to roll...

Absurdly Bad Call Of The Week

Yeah, it's a feature now. Ben Roethlisberger drops back to pass. His arm is hit, he throws the ball forward, ball falls very short... And is ruled a fumble?!?!?! Huh?? It's supposed to be ruled a fumble if the pass attempt involves "the empty hand going forward."

Let's go to the Rule book. The rules of football state: "When a Team A player is holding the ball to pass it forward, any intentional forward movement of his hand starts a forward pass, even if the player loses possession of the ball."

So there. Incomplete. Clearly incomplete. So why were the Giants allowed to pick up the ball and run 70 yeards for a score??? Why did the Zebras treat this is a fumble???

I'm telling you right now, it's time to bring back the real officials.... Hold on, I'm being handed a note from an intern here.... Those WERE the real officials?!?!? Wow. Nice. Yeeesh. SOOO lucky we have the "real" officials back....

The Steelers winning the game defused any controversy that may have ensued, but still, that's pathetic....

Vote Of Confidence History

Regular readers have by now become familiar with my adage that When a Head Coach receives "the dreaded vote of confidence" from the owner or General Manager, his days are numbered....

Vote of confidence history was made this weekend.... Friday evening, The Buss family gave the dreaded "vote of confidence" to Lakers coach Mike Brown. Their presser stated that they felt he needed "more time". Saturday morning, when I awaken, the press release is already out that Mike Brown has been fired. That's a new land speed record, to go from vote of confidence to Fired. I guess more time meant 8 or 9 hours.... Whew!

This week, we have an intriguing contest: Dallas at Philadelphia. Could be the ultimate "loser gets fired" sort of game. Andy Reid and Jason Garrett both have to be on a hot seat, don't they??? I like how the pundit-ocracy out there is billing this as a game between two teams "trying to keep their playoff hopes alive". Uh, really?? both of these teams are DOA, I hate to break that to you. I don't see either team in the Playoffs, unless something truly dramatic happened. This delusion apparently permeates both locker rooms as well, as both Head Coaches have made numerous comments this week to the effect that "If we can just get on a roll, and string together some wins..." Uh, fellas, you'd need to finish 7-1 the rest of the way to have any shot. Not happening. I have nothing against Andy Reid per se, but his body language has really gone out the window. He looks like a guy who really doesn't want to be on the sidelines anymore....

Speaking of body language, have you guys (and girls) checked out the "Smokin Jay Cutler" website?? It's awesome.

http://smokinjaycutler.tumblr.com/

Check that out. In a bizarre coincidence that only Ardita can appreciate, Smokin Jay is undefeated since the site went up.

Hey, good luck this week!