I started to write this post early, since I could not stand the Bromance CBS has with Tim Tebow. I really believe Verne Lundquivst and Gary Danielson are told by their producers to act like its Brokeback Tebow. Well, perhaps I am slightly wrong, I do not think Danielson is acting.
Three games in the books this NFL week. (SportsTown is 3-0 so far this week!) The Thanksgiving games were boring and very predictable. I thought the Giants-Broncos game at night would of given us a breath of fresh air.
I was wrong.
The Giants stink. They got abused by the struggling Broncos. Both sides of the ball, OLine and DLine got manhandled by the Broncos, which is a scary thought for the Giants considering that the past few years, that has been their strength.
How hard was everyone laughing when Giants DE Osi Umenyiora was verbally hammering his team on the sidelines on two different occasions? This is the same guy that got the goose egg against the Broncos and All-World LT Ryan Clady.
Osi, if you are going to call out your team, do not do it in the game that you are one of the main reasons that the Giants got manhandled.
Now, onto the rest of this week's picks:
Miami Dolphins 23, Buffalo Bills 20 - I actually had to flip a coin in this one. The Bills Run Defense is prime to get shredded by the High-On-Life Ricky Williams and the Wildcat, but Buffalo last week whipped out a passing attack we have not seen all season from them. The Dolphins are horrible against the aerial assault. In the end, last minute FG wins it and keeps the Dolphins slim playoffs chances alive.
Carolina Panthers 27, New York Jets 16 - I see the Jets have been reading this blog, and they took my advice and benched Kerry Rhodes. Smart idea, but Mark Sanchez is throwing more interceptions now than Lindsey Lohan has run-ins with paparazzi nowadays. Panthers defense scores in this game.
Cincinnati Bengals 45, Cleveland Browns 13 - Bengals got humiliated last week in Oakland, and have hard nosed coaches Marvin Lewis and Mike Zimmer that probaly made the team go through hell this week in practice. On Sunday, they take it out on the Browns. After the game, Eric Mangini will complain that the Bengals played too hard.
Atlanta Falcons 38, Tampa Bay Bucs 20 - Josh Freeman has not looked bad behind the Center for the Bucs, but this franchise is a complete mess. Head Coach Raheem Morris is too immature for a head gig right now, and the Falcons will take advantage of it.
Houston Texans 31, Indianapolis Colts 28 - UPSET SPECIAL! Yes, I am going back to the well on this one. I was going to pick the Colts until I found out that Dwight Freeney was out. Matt Schaub will have a much easier time without having to worry about his blindside all day long. Peyton Manning does his best John Elway impersonation under 2 minutes in the game, but but it is no good.
Minnesota Vikings 31, Chicago Bears 13 - Took this long for these two teams to play this season? Bad scheduling. Jay Cutler is going to get pounded by this Vikings front four. I hate to stomach this, but with a big game, Brett Favre is in MVP talk. Do you know how hard that was just to even type?
Sidenote: What an awesome Mizzou-Kansas game going on! Looks like Mizzou is going to win on a last minute Field Goal. Mark Mangino murder watch starts in about 7 minutes.
Arizona Cardinals 24, Tennessee Titans 17 - I wanted to pull the upset special on this game, but the Cardinals passing attack should carve up the Titans. Tough to dismiss the fact that the Cardinals are 5-0 on the road this year as well. Remember though, the dreaded "Pacific Time Zone team playing at 1pm on the East Coast" is in effect though.
Philadelphia Eagles 23, Wshington Redskins 16 - The Skins defense is playing top notch right now, and Donovan Mcnabb is not 100% on the same page with all these young guns in the Eagles offense. This game will be close, but talent just rises to the top. Mccoy and Jackson have big days.
Seattle Seahawks 34, St. Louis Rams 27 - I just remember how Matt Hasselback carved up this defense earlier in the season. The Rams play hard, and Steven Jackson is an absolute monster, but they just do not have enough to win. If you have Hasselback and Jackson on your fantasy teams, be prepared to reap the benefits.
San Francisco 49ers 23, Jacksonville Jaguars 17 - The Vegas handicappers forbid me from making this game an upset special (SF is 3 point faves). This is just a horrible matchup for the kittens. 49ers Run Defense is very stout, and The Pinball Wizard (New Maurice Jones-Drew nickname, tell me if it is fitting.) is going to have a hard time against the big guy in the middle Aubrayo Franklin, who should be headed to The Kapunu Suite in Feburary.
If you do not get that term, go rent or buy Forgetting Sarah Marshall immediately! Although I want to investigate if Bill Hader gets these side roles in funny movies because he performs fallice acts to movie executives. The guy is not funny at all, along with the rest of Saturday Night Live of the past decade.
San Diego Chargers 38, Kansas City Chiefs 17 - The Bolts have really turned it on the past month and change. I see no way in hell the Chiefs pull off two monster upsets in a row. We can leave it at that.
Baltimore Ravens 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 10 - This pick is made now knowing that Big Ben's coconut is not fully healed yet. Dennis Dixon will make his first start, in a horrible venue for QB's. The Steelers defense really has to crank it up in this game, but I think there is too much Flacco/Rice/Mason in this game.
Last Week: 9-7
Season: 100-58
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Weekend Wrap-Up
We started the Weekend Wrap-Up the other night by adding the Cotto-Pacquiao fight to the NFL Picks since it was fresh in the mind. I am convinced Manny Pacquiao is a V (ABC TV show). He cannot be human.
The Wrap-Up will come after the Monday Night Game tonight.
Prediction:
Do I even need to spell this one out? A hungry Ravens team that desperately needs to win to stay involved in the playoff talk, or, the single most pathetic roster of talent in the NFL?
Our boy, and Rutgers alum Ray Rice has his coming out party on National TV tonight. 170 Total Yards and three scores.
Balitmore Ravens 34, Cleveland Browns 9
The Wrap-Up will come after the Monday Night Game tonight.
Prediction:
Do I even need to spell this one out? A hungry Ravens team that desperately needs to win to stay involved in the playoff talk, or, the single most pathetic roster of talent in the NFL?
Our boy, and Rutgers alum Ray Rice has his coming out party on National TV tonight. 170 Total Yards and three scores.
Balitmore Ravens 34, Cleveland Browns 9
Monday, October 26, 2009
Weekend Wrap-Up
Another solid weekend of sports are in the books. We have our World Series matchup, the BCS is already driving fans crazy, and the NFL is, well the NFL. All I have to do in thie blog is not piss Larry Johnson off. I could not survive the Twitter backlash.
Last night, the New York Yankees finished off the Los Angeles Angels in a tough 6 game series to get into the World Series for the first time since 2003.
I found it amusing that Yankee fans react like six years without being in the World Series is the end of the world. Talk about spoiled. Even the Modell's Sporting Goods stores were open throughout the night after the victory for the merchandise. Yes, people were going to a sporting goods place at 4am! I am shaking my head as I type this.
Regurdless, I have the Yankees winning the series in five games. The AL is so much more superior than the NL play. I say the Phillies win Game 3 behind Cole Hamels and that is it. Yankee Stadium has become a huge home field advantage with that crowd right now.
How bad do you feel for Boise St.? They go to Hawaii and destroy them 54-9 in the gambling Bailout Game that must of made Vegas cry until the sun came up, and they drop four spots in the BCS.
Now, I can feel bad for Boise St., but it is justified. TCU went into nationally ranked BYU, and saying they blew them out would not give it enough justice. Iowa plays the toughest schedule of the undefeated. Cincinnati is whitewashing opponents. There is just too many undefeated for Boise St. to stake a claim in a weak conference and schedule. If Oregon beats USC this week though, it really jumpstarts Boise St. in the computers.
I know TCU will not make the National Title game, but I would love to see this defense go up against any of the top 8 in the BSC. They are just as fast as Florida and USC on defense. In my most humble opinions of course, they beat Iowa, USC, Cincinnati on a neutral field. I will not include Boise St. in this, because I know TCU would beat them by at least 10 points. DE Jerry Hughes may not win a Heisman, but what a NFL player is will be.
Alabama dodged a serious bullet on Saturday. That was the definition of a Trap Game. Tennessee off a bye week, giving defensive guru Monty Kiffin two whole weeks to stop that Bama offense. The Tide's title hopes are still alive thanks to Mt. Cody.
Can we offically kill the Tim Tebow for Heisman campaign? I do not care if he were Jesus Christ, no one should win the Heisman with more Int's than TD passes. Although, I did say the same thing about Texas QB Colt Mccoy last week, and he finally went out and had a great game.
Am I the only one that thought the end of the Saints-Dolphins game was the most fishy thing you have ever seen? For those who did not see the game.
It was excellent. Big props to the Dolphins coming out and punching the Saints in the mouth, and to the Saints, for surviving it.
Game is already over, Dolphins are down 12 with 15 seconds left, Chad Henne completes a pass down around the Saints 10 yard line. Everyone gets down there, and the Fins spike the ball with 1 second left.
The refs then huddled up for about three minutes and decided that a Dolphin player was not set properly and they called the game over. Seriously, does this game end this way if the line was not Saints -7 and with 1 second left, the Dolphins can cover?
Think about it for a second. If say for example, the Raiders down 38-0 to the Jets had 1 second left on the Jets 10 yard line, would the refs pull that maneuver? I might be paranoid, but that was awfully fishy.
Brett Favre finally lost!!! Do we have to hear how amazing he is from the press anymore? Although I will say, Favre played well against a staunch Steelers defense, making completions on throws that made my jaw drop. Someone get Chester Taylor some Stick'Em. That was an awful drop and cost the Vikings the game. No Chester, we do not care if your hands look like you just jacked off an elephant. (The Replacements humor).
It was a little ironic that one Bay Area #1 overall pick QB sun was rising, and another one's was setting. In the early games, the 49ers bench QB Shaun Hill after halftime for 2005 #1 overall pick Alex Smith, who lost his job and was going down as one of the all time draft busts. Smith came out in the 2nd half and threw three TD passes and almost pulled out a comeback victory for the 49ers. Meanwhile, in Oakland, the Raiders finally benched Jamarcus Russell after tossing 2 Int's and some other awful decisons with the ball. I know the Raider offense, mainly OLine is brutal, but the way Russell talked and acted after the game just showed all of us how much of a baby is really is. Congrats Russell, you set the Raiders back five years.
Once in a blue moon, you get one of those football games where one team just destroys the other in every single facet of the game. While I could say the Jets did that to the Raiders, I am talking about what the Bengals did to the Bears.
The Bears for years have had the mentality of, win or lose, you are going to have to earn it. Well, the Bengals came out, and kicked the crap out of the Bears on the scoreboard, and physically. That was a statement game for the Bengals, especially Cedric Benson, who smoked his old team for 189 on the ground.
Who do I like tonight? How can I pick for the Redskins in these times? They are a mess. But, how can I pick the Eagles after that pathetic loss to the Raiders? If you bet this game tonight, you are a lemon, and are asking the book to take your money. Eagles I guess cannot afford to lose two in a row.
Eagles 20, Redskins 6.
Last note. Last night, I did the Sports Geeks Fantasy NBA Draft. I suggest that you take a gander on their site. They do solid articles and podcasts.
Anyway, I wound up with the 3rd pick, and I had a hard time deciding whether to take DWade or Durant. I think Durant is going to easily win the scoring title, or I could not pass up on DWade on a contract year.
My team has a nice blend of rookies and seasoned vets. Here is my team, send some comments on how you think I did.
Wade, Nash, Duncan, B. Lopez, D. Harris, Z. Randolph (sucks for real, 20/10 monster in fantasy), J. Green, B. Griffin. A. Randolph (A freak!), J. Richardson, B. Miller, S. Curry, and B. Jennings.
Now, I am hungry and going to go grab a hot dog with Mark Sanchez. Enjoy the game tonight.
Last night, the New York Yankees finished off the Los Angeles Angels in a tough 6 game series to get into the World Series for the first time since 2003.
I found it amusing that Yankee fans react like six years without being in the World Series is the end of the world. Talk about spoiled. Even the Modell's Sporting Goods stores were open throughout the night after the victory for the merchandise. Yes, people were going to a sporting goods place at 4am! I am shaking my head as I type this.
Regurdless, I have the Yankees winning the series in five games. The AL is so much more superior than the NL play. I say the Phillies win Game 3 behind Cole Hamels and that is it. Yankee Stadium has become a huge home field advantage with that crowd right now.
How bad do you feel for Boise St.? They go to Hawaii and destroy them 54-9 in the gambling Bailout Game that must of made Vegas cry until the sun came up, and they drop four spots in the BCS.
Now, I can feel bad for Boise St., but it is justified. TCU went into nationally ranked BYU, and saying they blew them out would not give it enough justice. Iowa plays the toughest schedule of the undefeated. Cincinnati is whitewashing opponents. There is just too many undefeated for Boise St. to stake a claim in a weak conference and schedule. If Oregon beats USC this week though, it really jumpstarts Boise St. in the computers.
I know TCU will not make the National Title game, but I would love to see this defense go up against any of the top 8 in the BSC. They are just as fast as Florida and USC on defense. In my most humble opinions of course, they beat Iowa, USC, Cincinnati on a neutral field. I will not include Boise St. in this, because I know TCU would beat them by at least 10 points. DE Jerry Hughes may not win a Heisman, but what a NFL player is will be.
Alabama dodged a serious bullet on Saturday. That was the definition of a Trap Game. Tennessee off a bye week, giving defensive guru Monty Kiffin two whole weeks to stop that Bama offense. The Tide's title hopes are still alive thanks to Mt. Cody.
Can we offically kill the Tim Tebow for Heisman campaign? I do not care if he were Jesus Christ, no one should win the Heisman with more Int's than TD passes. Although, I did say the same thing about Texas QB Colt Mccoy last week, and he finally went out and had a great game.
Am I the only one that thought the end of the Saints-Dolphins game was the most fishy thing you have ever seen? For those who did not see the game.
It was excellent. Big props to the Dolphins coming out and punching the Saints in the mouth, and to the Saints, for surviving it.
Game is already over, Dolphins are down 12 with 15 seconds left, Chad Henne completes a pass down around the Saints 10 yard line. Everyone gets down there, and the Fins spike the ball with 1 second left.
The refs then huddled up for about three minutes and decided that a Dolphin player was not set properly and they called the game over. Seriously, does this game end this way if the line was not Saints -7 and with 1 second left, the Dolphins can cover?
Think about it for a second. If say for example, the Raiders down 38-0 to the Jets had 1 second left on the Jets 10 yard line, would the refs pull that maneuver? I might be paranoid, but that was awfully fishy.
Brett Favre finally lost!!! Do we have to hear how amazing he is from the press anymore? Although I will say, Favre played well against a staunch Steelers defense, making completions on throws that made my jaw drop. Someone get Chester Taylor some Stick'Em. That was an awful drop and cost the Vikings the game. No Chester, we do not care if your hands look like you just jacked off an elephant. (The Replacements humor).
It was a little ironic that one Bay Area #1 overall pick QB sun was rising, and another one's was setting. In the early games, the 49ers bench QB Shaun Hill after halftime for 2005 #1 overall pick Alex Smith, who lost his job and was going down as one of the all time draft busts. Smith came out in the 2nd half and threw three TD passes and almost pulled out a comeback victory for the 49ers. Meanwhile, in Oakland, the Raiders finally benched Jamarcus Russell after tossing 2 Int's and some other awful decisons with the ball. I know the Raider offense, mainly OLine is brutal, but the way Russell talked and acted after the game just showed all of us how much of a baby is really is. Congrats Russell, you set the Raiders back five years.
Once in a blue moon, you get one of those football games where one team just destroys the other in every single facet of the game. While I could say the Jets did that to the Raiders, I am talking about what the Bengals did to the Bears.
The Bears for years have had the mentality of, win or lose, you are going to have to earn it. Well, the Bengals came out, and kicked the crap out of the Bears on the scoreboard, and physically. That was a statement game for the Bengals, especially Cedric Benson, who smoked his old team for 189 on the ground.
Who do I like tonight? How can I pick for the Redskins in these times? They are a mess. But, how can I pick the Eagles after that pathetic loss to the Raiders? If you bet this game tonight, you are a lemon, and are asking the book to take your money. Eagles I guess cannot afford to lose two in a row.
Eagles 20, Redskins 6.
Last note. Last night, I did the Sports Geeks Fantasy NBA Draft. I suggest that you take a gander on their site. They do solid articles and podcasts.
Anyway, I wound up with the 3rd pick, and I had a hard time deciding whether to take DWade or Durant. I think Durant is going to easily win the scoring title, or I could not pass up on DWade on a contract year.
My team has a nice blend of rookies and seasoned vets. Here is my team, send some comments on how you think I did.
Wade, Nash, Duncan, B. Lopez, D. Harris, Z. Randolph (sucks for real, 20/10 monster in fantasy), J. Green, B. Griffin. A. Randolph (A freak!), J. Richardson, B. Miller, S. Curry, and B. Jennings.
Now, I am hungry and going to go grab a hot dog with Mark Sanchez. Enjoy the game tonight.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Change of Plans
I had this nice and actually fully researched article about Rush Limbaugh getting the kibash on being a NFL owner. If anyone still wants to see it eventually, email me at TheSportsTown@gmail.com, and if by popular demand, I will put the finishing touches on it. As I was finishing this topic up, something happened.
I got a phone call from the future first lady of SportsTown, saying that she went to the doctors, and that she is seeing the first pictures of what will be our first child in seven months. It was too early to tell what the sex was for now, but she told me that it was completely healthy, and kind of looked like the combination of an alien and a tadpole.
After getting this jubilent news, I just could not finish a scathing article about how the NFL, NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith were setting a double standard on how they want Limbaugh out, but all is forgiven with what they do after a suspension, even if you murder someone. I could not finish up the rest of the article, that I have a big problem when politics get involved with any sport. That there were not many people in this country that have kept racism alive more than Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
Before finishing this topic, let me make it clear. I do not like Rush Limbaugh. I do not think he should of been able to have his own NFL team. I had NO problem with the fact that the players spoke their minds in an eloquent manner. Just that Limbaugh should of been shot down for NFL ownership the proper way, through the process of the owner's vote.
Anyway, when I got the best news of my life, about four dozen thoughts flashed through my mind. Boy or Girl? Daddy's little girl, or the Catcher of the New York Mets in 2030? Dance recitals or 5am hockey practices? These thoughts go on and on....
My usual saracastic self turned into complete mush. The likes of Limbaugh, Smith, Jackson, and Sharpton, along with other sports topics like the MLB Umpires, the SEC being rigged (Yes, the SEC suspended the ref crew, basically is just admitting that), and Magic Johnson basically blindsiding Isiah Thomas with his new upcoming book. They all get passes from me for now.
My life is about to be flipped upside down, and for the better. I am no longer going to be the single entity, I will part be part of a family. This basically made my 2009, which was not the best of years to begin with, but made it the best of my life.
I promise everyone that it will not effect my writing after this article. I will still be the same sports nutjob. It is just a one, possibly two time thing (when the baby is born), where I will give the sportsworld a pass on crapping on what is wrong with it. Yes, that even means the chance to make two dozen jokes about Isiah Thomas being question sexually by Magic Johnson. I guess Magic thought he always had to watch his back from the little man...
Damn, I could not help it. I just hope there is a little tadpole right now laughing at that last comment. That would make my year.
I got a phone call from the future first lady of SportsTown, saying that she went to the doctors, and that she is seeing the first pictures of what will be our first child in seven months. It was too early to tell what the sex was for now, but she told me that it was completely healthy, and kind of looked like the combination of an alien and a tadpole.
After getting this jubilent news, I just could not finish a scathing article about how the NFL, NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith were setting a double standard on how they want Limbaugh out, but all is forgiven with what they do after a suspension, even if you murder someone. I could not finish up the rest of the article, that I have a big problem when politics get involved with any sport. That there were not many people in this country that have kept racism alive more than Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
Before finishing this topic, let me make it clear. I do not like Rush Limbaugh. I do not think he should of been able to have his own NFL team. I had NO problem with the fact that the players spoke their minds in an eloquent manner. Just that Limbaugh should of been shot down for NFL ownership the proper way, through the process of the owner's vote.
Anyway, when I got the best news of my life, about four dozen thoughts flashed through my mind. Boy or Girl? Daddy's little girl, or the Catcher of the New York Mets in 2030? Dance recitals or 5am hockey practices? These thoughts go on and on....
My usual saracastic self turned into complete mush. The likes of Limbaugh, Smith, Jackson, and Sharpton, along with other sports topics like the MLB Umpires, the SEC being rigged (Yes, the SEC suspended the ref crew, basically is just admitting that), and Magic Johnson basically blindsiding Isiah Thomas with his new upcoming book. They all get passes from me for now.
My life is about to be flipped upside down, and for the better. I am no longer going to be the single entity, I will part be part of a family. This basically made my 2009, which was not the best of years to begin with, but made it the best of my life.
I promise everyone that it will not effect my writing after this article. I will still be the same sports nutjob. It is just a one, possibly two time thing (when the baby is born), where I will give the sportsworld a pass on crapping on what is wrong with it. Yes, that even means the chance to make two dozen jokes about Isiah Thomas being question sexually by Magic Johnson. I guess Magic thought he always had to watch his back from the little man...
Damn, I could not help it. I just hope there is a little tadpole right now laughing at that last comment. That would make my year.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Weekend Wrap-Up, Prelude to another article.
I was watching Curb Your Enthusiasm last night during the football game because I realized that the fiction of the TV Show was more believeable than the weekend in sports. Of course, anything with Larry "LD" David is downright hysterical, but when you look at the weekend of sports, it rivals with our boy LD.
The Angels and Yankees played one of the better playoffs games in recent memory in Game 2. Angels thought they had it until ARod decided he wanted to be a hero. The game tying home run in the 11th made the city go nuts. If he did it again in the 12th when he flied out, there would of been a riot in Da Bronx.
It is actually fun seeing this transformation of ARod from he steroids/stripper chasing/Selena Roberts/I love myself so much, let me actually take a picture where I am kissing myself in the mirror guy, to the grounded, soft talking, baseball player. Hearing ARod in an interview nowadays, he does not sound like that self-promoting windbag anymore. I sum this 180 change to one thing.
Kate Hudson.
Ironically, it looks like the movie star, actually grounded the mega-star baseball player. We do not hear about ARod in the media in a negative fashion anymore. No more late night rumors of ARod playing poker in the city. It seems like Hudson actually makes ARod happy, and it shows in his play of late.
Well, it is either all of this nice, sappy stuff, or it is the fact that Kate Hudson's vagina is magic. I will let you decide on your own.
Fox is crossing their fingers and praying for a Yankees-Dodgers World Series almost as bad as David Stern wanted a Kobe-Lebron NBA Finals. It would just be pure poetic justice that Joe Torre came back to NY, with Manny Ramirez to beat the Yankees.
The BCS Rankings finally came out for College Football. I have to hand it to the computers, so far, they have it right on. See, the computer does not magically put teams like USC up 3 places for beating the likes of Washington St.
Alabama is a better team than Texas. USC at 7th is perfect, since they lost to a 3-4 team. The computer helps out Cincinnati and Iowa in a big way. The one problem I have with the computer is Boise St. at 4th. After Oregon, who have they really beaten? Better yet, who have they struggled to beat?
Boise St. without question, will get passed by Cincinnati, Iowa, USC most likely if they get passed Oregon, and even another non-BCS team, TCU. Yes, TCU is the better team, and they actually play a real schedule, in a real conference. TCU beats BYU and Utah, they are without question going to a BCS Bowl, not Boise St.
I do not want to hear anymore about how great Florida is. They just beat an Arkansas team in the final seconds at home, with the refs playing as the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th men on the field for them. The last 9 minutes of that game was a joke. The SEC officiating this season as a whole, has been a joke, starting with the AJ Green excessive celebration penalty in the Georgia-LSU game. Alabama smoked that same Arkansas team, and I believe they did not need the homefield advantage either, and I do not mean the game was played in Arkansas, I mean the SEC officiating home cooking.
I know I will never get what I want with killing the Tim Tebow Heisman talks, but can I offically kill off the Colt Mccoy Heisman and NFL 1st round pick talks? This usually is a stigma for Texas Tech QB's, but Mccoy is a system's QB. Everything is short passes that a Kindergarten kid can complete for 70%. Find me the NFL scout or GM that would say they would take Colt Mccoy in the first round over the likes of Jimmy Clausen, Sam Bradford, Jake Locker, and Ryan Mallette, and I will show you a scout or GM that will be fired in two years.
Speaking of Clausen, that 2nd half performance had to make him the Heisman frontrunner for now. Clausen, on national television, against a top defense in USC, shredded them for over 200 yards, 2 TD passes, and a rushing TD. Right now, my Heisman ballot would be Clausen, then Bama's Mark Ingram, and Cincy WR Marty Gilyard.
Someone give Jim Zorn the business card to the Federal Agents that smoothly put Braylon Edwards into Witness Protection after yesterday. While you are at it, might as well put Jeff Fisher in it as well after getting abused like an 8 year old trying to guard Shaq circa 1999 in the low blocks.
How do you get beat 59-0, and the score does not show how bad of a beating you just taken? The Pats had 620 total yards!!! Over 430 passing yards, compared to the Titans having negative passing yards!!! I made a bet with my friend Joe at halftime when he said that Brady was done for the day, up 45-0. I told him no chance. Brady will come out in the 2nd half and bomb away. First offensive play of the 2nd half for the Pats? Brady play action passing up 45-0. Good job NFL, the Golden Boy has finally gotten up.
I still am trying to figure out which was more pathetic. The Eagles losing outright to a Raiders team that could of gotten beaten 84-7 last week in the Meadowlands if Eli played the 2nd half, the Redskins offensive playcalling, Seattle getting beat down at home after drilling the Jags 41-0, or the Jets actually losing a home game where they rushed for 300 yards, and Thomas Jones actually ran for 200.
I am going to go with the latter. Football is about dominating at the line of scrimmage. How can you own a game more than running the ball for three football fields in a game? Especially when your opponent has their backup QB playing most of the game? That Jet loss was absolutely dreadful.
Rex Ryan... your new star WR already started dropping passes right in his hands. It is already time to find a nightclub owner so Braylon can get his frustrations out.
Funny thing is, you know it was a bad week in terms of good football being played, when I did not even bring up how awful the Giants played in New Orleans this weekend. It could not even medal on these performances, and trust me, the Giants got sauteed and thrown into the deep fryer like some crawfish down on the Bayou.
There were eight QB's that passed for 300 yards or more this week so far. There is a very good chance that it could be 9 or 10 after the Monday Night game. Phillip Rivers averages over 300 a clip.
Speaking of Monday Night, I just feel that the Chargers are desperate early, and Phillip Rivers loves to play the Broncos. I think this will be a very close game, and if Denver's offense can move the ball, time of possession might be the Broncos best defense tonight. Late FG puts the Bolts on top.
Chargers 31, Broncos 28.
One last thing before I am done today. If you have read this blog, you obviously know I am an avid boxing fan. On Saturday, the best idea in 25 years of boxing started, as the 168 pound divison started a tournament, with six excellent boxers involved, that will span over 18 months to see who the best 168 fighter is. Brillant move.
The first fight, as I though, Authur Abraham did knock out American Jermaine Taylor with just seconds to spare. The second fight is the one that ruined this tourney before it started.
Fighting in England, hometown hero Carl Froch went up against fast rising young American Andre Dirrell, in a matchup that the fighters styles were night and day. Froch is more of a brawler with a granite chin. Dirrell is one of the slickest, fastest boxers I have seen in a long time, but he tends to run more than fight.
Well, to make a long story short, Froch never really hit Dirrell hard during the fight. Dirrell hit Froch whenever he wanted to. Froch tried to make this a dirty fight, by hitting after the ref was trying to break them up, hitting behind the head, hitting Dirrell while he has his hand behind Dirrell's head, etc. Were any points taken away? Of course not.
The ref did eventually take a point away from Dirrell for grabbing. Was it valid? Yes, but not when Froch is doing all of that stuff with just one warning.
The outcome was Froch winning a split decision that he had NO, and I repeat, no business in getting. Dirrell hit Froch more, and even hit him with the heavier punches. This one smelled like a hometown decison, with all European judges for Froch.
Well, does anyone think that now Froch, or even Abraham and Mikkel Kessler is going to get a fair decision in the US against a US fighter?
Those three judges have already tainted, and possibly ruined the best idea boxing has had in a long time. Especially at a time, when boxing could really use the exposure.
This week, I will be writing an article on the whole Rush Limbaugh/NFL situation. There was a reason I have not eve mentioned it yet, and that is because I am actually researching the entire thing before hand.
Hope you enjoy.
The Angels and Yankees played one of the better playoffs games in recent memory in Game 2. Angels thought they had it until ARod decided he wanted to be a hero. The game tying home run in the 11th made the city go nuts. If he did it again in the 12th when he flied out, there would of been a riot in Da Bronx.
It is actually fun seeing this transformation of ARod from he steroids/stripper chasing/Selena Roberts/I love myself so much, let me actually take a picture where I am kissing myself in the mirror guy, to the grounded, soft talking, baseball player. Hearing ARod in an interview nowadays, he does not sound like that self-promoting windbag anymore. I sum this 180 change to one thing.
Kate Hudson.
Ironically, it looks like the movie star, actually grounded the mega-star baseball player. We do not hear about ARod in the media in a negative fashion anymore. No more late night rumors of ARod playing poker in the city. It seems like Hudson actually makes ARod happy, and it shows in his play of late.
Well, it is either all of this nice, sappy stuff, or it is the fact that Kate Hudson's vagina is magic. I will let you decide on your own.
Fox is crossing their fingers and praying for a Yankees-Dodgers World Series almost as bad as David Stern wanted a Kobe-Lebron NBA Finals. It would just be pure poetic justice that Joe Torre came back to NY, with Manny Ramirez to beat the Yankees.
The BCS Rankings finally came out for College Football. I have to hand it to the computers, so far, they have it right on. See, the computer does not magically put teams like USC up 3 places for beating the likes of Washington St.
Alabama is a better team than Texas. USC at 7th is perfect, since they lost to a 3-4 team. The computer helps out Cincinnati and Iowa in a big way. The one problem I have with the computer is Boise St. at 4th. After Oregon, who have they really beaten? Better yet, who have they struggled to beat?
Boise St. without question, will get passed by Cincinnati, Iowa, USC most likely if they get passed Oregon, and even another non-BCS team, TCU. Yes, TCU is the better team, and they actually play a real schedule, in a real conference. TCU beats BYU and Utah, they are without question going to a BCS Bowl, not Boise St.
I do not want to hear anymore about how great Florida is. They just beat an Arkansas team in the final seconds at home, with the refs playing as the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th men on the field for them. The last 9 minutes of that game was a joke. The SEC officiating this season as a whole, has been a joke, starting with the AJ Green excessive celebration penalty in the Georgia-LSU game. Alabama smoked that same Arkansas team, and I believe they did not need the homefield advantage either, and I do not mean the game was played in Arkansas, I mean the SEC officiating home cooking.
I know I will never get what I want with killing the Tim Tebow Heisman talks, but can I offically kill off the Colt Mccoy Heisman and NFL 1st round pick talks? This usually is a stigma for Texas Tech QB's, but Mccoy is a system's QB. Everything is short passes that a Kindergarten kid can complete for 70%. Find me the NFL scout or GM that would say they would take Colt Mccoy in the first round over the likes of Jimmy Clausen, Sam Bradford, Jake Locker, and Ryan Mallette, and I will show you a scout or GM that will be fired in two years.
Speaking of Clausen, that 2nd half performance had to make him the Heisman frontrunner for now. Clausen, on national television, against a top defense in USC, shredded them for over 200 yards, 2 TD passes, and a rushing TD. Right now, my Heisman ballot would be Clausen, then Bama's Mark Ingram, and Cincy WR Marty Gilyard.
Someone give Jim Zorn the business card to the Federal Agents that smoothly put Braylon Edwards into Witness Protection after yesterday. While you are at it, might as well put Jeff Fisher in it as well after getting abused like an 8 year old trying to guard Shaq circa 1999 in the low blocks.
How do you get beat 59-0, and the score does not show how bad of a beating you just taken? The Pats had 620 total yards!!! Over 430 passing yards, compared to the Titans having negative passing yards!!! I made a bet with my friend Joe at halftime when he said that Brady was done for the day, up 45-0. I told him no chance. Brady will come out in the 2nd half and bomb away. First offensive play of the 2nd half for the Pats? Brady play action passing up 45-0. Good job NFL, the Golden Boy has finally gotten up.
I still am trying to figure out which was more pathetic. The Eagles losing outright to a Raiders team that could of gotten beaten 84-7 last week in the Meadowlands if Eli played the 2nd half, the Redskins offensive playcalling, Seattle getting beat down at home after drilling the Jags 41-0, or the Jets actually losing a home game where they rushed for 300 yards, and Thomas Jones actually ran for 200.
I am going to go with the latter. Football is about dominating at the line of scrimmage. How can you own a game more than running the ball for three football fields in a game? Especially when your opponent has their backup QB playing most of the game? That Jet loss was absolutely dreadful.
Rex Ryan... your new star WR already started dropping passes right in his hands. It is already time to find a nightclub owner so Braylon can get his frustrations out.
Funny thing is, you know it was a bad week in terms of good football being played, when I did not even bring up how awful the Giants played in New Orleans this weekend. It could not even medal on these performances, and trust me, the Giants got sauteed and thrown into the deep fryer like some crawfish down on the Bayou.
There were eight QB's that passed for 300 yards or more this week so far. There is a very good chance that it could be 9 or 10 after the Monday Night game. Phillip Rivers averages over 300 a clip.
Speaking of Monday Night, I just feel that the Chargers are desperate early, and Phillip Rivers loves to play the Broncos. I think this will be a very close game, and if Denver's offense can move the ball, time of possession might be the Broncos best defense tonight. Late FG puts the Bolts on top.
Chargers 31, Broncos 28.
One last thing before I am done today. If you have read this blog, you obviously know I am an avid boxing fan. On Saturday, the best idea in 25 years of boxing started, as the 168 pound divison started a tournament, with six excellent boxers involved, that will span over 18 months to see who the best 168 fighter is. Brillant move.
The first fight, as I though, Authur Abraham did knock out American Jermaine Taylor with just seconds to spare. The second fight is the one that ruined this tourney before it started.
Fighting in England, hometown hero Carl Froch went up against fast rising young American Andre Dirrell, in a matchup that the fighters styles were night and day. Froch is more of a brawler with a granite chin. Dirrell is one of the slickest, fastest boxers I have seen in a long time, but he tends to run more than fight.
Well, to make a long story short, Froch never really hit Dirrell hard during the fight. Dirrell hit Froch whenever he wanted to. Froch tried to make this a dirty fight, by hitting after the ref was trying to break them up, hitting behind the head, hitting Dirrell while he has his hand behind Dirrell's head, etc. Were any points taken away? Of course not.
The ref did eventually take a point away from Dirrell for grabbing. Was it valid? Yes, but not when Froch is doing all of that stuff with just one warning.
The outcome was Froch winning a split decision that he had NO, and I repeat, no business in getting. Dirrell hit Froch more, and even hit him with the heavier punches. This one smelled like a hometown decison, with all European judges for Froch.
Well, does anyone think that now Froch, or even Abraham and Mikkel Kessler is going to get a fair decision in the US against a US fighter?
Those three judges have already tainted, and possibly ruined the best idea boxing has had in a long time. Especially at a time, when boxing could really use the exposure.
This week, I will be writing an article on the whole Rush Limbaugh/NFL situation. There was a reason I have not eve mentioned it yet, and that is because I am actually researching the entire thing before hand.
Hope you enjoy.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Quick College and NFL predictions.
I am sorry everyone. I am sick as a dog, missing a wedding, and another party this week. So, I will leave you with the picks so that everyone could bash me for how wrong I was on Monday. At least I have to stay in this weekend, and the Weekend Wrap Up will be entertaining. Burrowed inside for days at a time, plus being pissed off? Could be interesting.
College Football Picks:
Virgina Tech 31, Boston College 13
Ohio St. 23, Wisconsin 20
Michigan 27, Iowa 21 (UPSET ALERT!)
Stanford 31, Oregon St. 28
TCU 27, Air Force 7
Auburn 45, Arkansas 38
Georgia Tech 38, Florida St. 28
Texas A&M 42, Oklahoma St. 24 (Upset Alert Nombah 2)
Alabama 28, Ole Miss 10
Oregon 31, UCLA 19
Finally...
Florida 45, LSU 9 (Yes, Tebow will play and get his Heisman moment.)
Last Week : 7-4
Season: 31-22
NFL Picks:
Buffalo Bills 24, Cleveland Browns 13
New England Patriots 31, Denver Broncos 17
Pittsburgh Steelers 41, Detroit Lions 9
Dallas Cowboys 31, Kansas City Chiefs 20
Minnesota Vikings 27, St. Louis Rams 3
New York Giants 34, Oakland Raiders 7
Philadelphia Eagles 38, Tampa Bay Bucs 17
Houston Texans 31, Arizona Cardinals 28 (Upset Special!)
Atlanta Falcons 20, San Francisco 49ers 16
Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Seattle Seahawks 21
Carolina Panthers 23, Washington Redskins 17
Baltimore Ravens 24, Cincinnati Bengals 13
Indianapolis Colts 38, Tennessee Titans 23
Last Week: 9-5
Season: 41-20
Be back on Monday for the Weekend Wrap Up.
College Football Picks:
Virgina Tech 31, Boston College 13
Ohio St. 23, Wisconsin 20
Michigan 27, Iowa 21 (UPSET ALERT!)
Stanford 31, Oregon St. 28
TCU 27, Air Force 7
Auburn 45, Arkansas 38
Georgia Tech 38, Florida St. 28
Texas A&M 42, Oklahoma St. 24 (Upset Alert Nombah 2)
Alabama 28, Ole Miss 10
Oregon 31, UCLA 19
Finally...
Florida 45, LSU 9 (Yes, Tebow will play and get his Heisman moment.)
Last Week : 7-4
Season: 31-22
NFL Picks:
Buffalo Bills 24, Cleveland Browns 13
New England Patriots 31, Denver Broncos 17
Pittsburgh Steelers 41, Detroit Lions 9
Dallas Cowboys 31, Kansas City Chiefs 20
Minnesota Vikings 27, St. Louis Rams 3
New York Giants 34, Oakland Raiders 7
Philadelphia Eagles 38, Tampa Bay Bucs 17
Houston Texans 31, Arizona Cardinals 28 (Upset Special!)
Atlanta Falcons 20, San Francisco 49ers 16
Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Seattle Seahawks 21
Carolina Panthers 23, Washington Redskins 17
Baltimore Ravens 24, Cincinnati Bengals 13
Indianapolis Colts 38, Tennessee Titans 23
Last Week: 9-5
Season: 41-20
Be back on Monday for the Weekend Wrap Up.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
NFL Picks Week 3
Before I mention the picks for this week, I just woke up from a nap that came out of nowhere, and when I woke up, Saint Tim Tebow was on the ground, barely moving. I was like, WTF just happened? Then I saw the replay, and let me tell you, Tebow got jacked up!! Good job Gators, let your entire program get flattened by a defender untouched.
Now, onto Week 3 NFL Picks. Came back down to earth last week, with an 8-8 record. It is still respectable, but not what we expect here at SportsTown. The overall record lies at 21-10. I feel another 12-4 day coming again, I smell it... or is that what I just put in the oven. Whoops!
Green Bay Packers 38, St. Louis Rams 17 - Let me see, pissed off stud QB? Check. A star WR that got shutout last week? Check? Opposition is one of the worst 3 teams in football? Check. Green Bay is going to remind the Rams fans about The Greatest Show on Turf tomorrow, which is harsh to that fanbase.
Philadelphia Eagles 34, KC Chiefs 20 - No Mcnabb again. The Michael Vick Sideshow is in full blast this week and half the offense is questionable for the game. I do not care if the Eagles practice squad had to play this game. This is the same KC Chiefs team that lost to the Raiders last week when Jamarcus Russell's completion percentage sounded more like DUI than anything else. Russell still has not completed 10 passes all week long, but this dsyfunctional bunch lost. You expect them to win IN Philly now?
Baltimore Ravens 41, Cleveland Browns 3 - This is like if Mike Tyson from 1986 fought Waldo from the Van Halen Hot for Teacher video. It's just not fair, but of course we will watch! This country loves a good old American bloodbath. By the way, I bet 99% of this country's knockout pool pickm is the Ravens this week.
New England Patriots 24, Atlanta Falcons 20 - I love the Falcons. Love everything about this team, to the way it is ran, the coach, and of course, Matt Ryan. They are just not ready to win this type of game on the road, when we all know Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are going to be in complete Rocky in Russia mode after last week.
Washington Redskins 27, Detroit Lions 20 - Everyone and their mother is picking the Lions to finally break the losing streak. I say, prove it to me first. The Redskins have put up points against the Lions in recents years, so I have no idea why people are trying to call out a complete posh pick. Although, if the Lions won this game, Daniel Synder would electricute himself, put on a black hood, put in yellow contacts, and become The Emperor from Star Wars in a fit of rage. Maybe thats reason enough to.... nope.Minnesota Vikings 21, SF 49ers 17 - I am really liking what Mike Singletary is doing in SF. They will keep this game close, but I just do not see the Vikings losing this game at home. Of course, I am rooting against The Days of Our Favre on a weekly basis though.
New York Giants 31, Tampa Bay Bucs 13 - The Bucs defensive glory is a figment of the past now. If Trent Edwards and Fred Jackson can carve up this defense, what do you think Eli Manning and Brandon Jacobs will do? Especially Manning coming off perhaps one of his top 2-3 games in his career.
Chicago Bears 23, Seattle Seahawks 9 - I cringed last week seeing Matt Hasselback get hit like that. I knew right away he was going to be hurt. I just did not know that when he tried to stand up, he looked like Timmy from South Park. The Hawks are toast without the bald hero. Bears start catching steam.Buffalo Bills 34, New Orleans Saints 31 - UPSET SPECIAL!! It most likely will not be this score, with rain in the forecast. If Mother Nature decides to be a bitch, and is on the Bills side, I just think the Saints are in deep trouble. Remember, this is the same Saints defense that gave up close to 400 yards passing to Kevin Kolb!
Cincinnati Bengals 19, Pittsburgh Steelers 16 - UPSET SPECIAL part Deux! I am probaly out of my mind with this one. I have definitely had a sip of the Bengal Kool-Aid. I just really like this defense. Big Ben is going to get hit and hit often in this game. Everyone can just kill me on Monday for this pick.
Oakland Raiders 17, Denver Broncos 10 - I just cannot put this horrific Broncos team 3-0. Find a reason to make this pick legit... please.... ok, Darren Mcfadden goes off in this game. I just cannot have this band of misfits 3-0 and the Titans 0-3.
San Diego Chargers 27, Miami Dolphins 24 - Just stick a fork in the Phins. 45 minutes of time of possession and you lose? Phillip Rivers saw that game and must of been salivating. If Dallas Clark is carving those linebackers and safeties for 150+, what is Mr. Gates going to do? Even LT might score in this game from the VIP booth.
Arizona Cardinals 44, Indy Colts 41 - The equivalent to the Texas Tech-Houston game in college this week. This game will be a fantasy football wet dream come true. 800 yards passing, no doubt about it. When it is all said and done, I am just going with the road team, eventhough it is a mortal sin to go against God (Peyton Manning).Last, I wish Mexican American boxer Cris Arreola tonight in his Heavyweight Championship fight against Vitali Klitschko. I just hope his fat ass realized that this might be his only shot at a belt, and did not come into this fight close to 3 bills. If he does, another Mexican fighter is going to get embarassed like last week.
Sorry for the popshot Marquez, you are still my favorite fighter, but you did get housed last week.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Weekend Wrap-Up
Great weekend for sports, I just could not get fully into it though. Unfortunately, life takes precedent over the awesome world of sports.
I did not catch much College Football on Saturday, but I am sure the look on Pete Carroll's face was priceless after USC lost to Washington. See that Pete? Wave goodbye to that. What is it? Oh, that was your shot at the BCS title game. Congrats to Steve Sarkisian, beating USC with Tyrone Willingham's recruits. Thats something Charlies Weis could not do.
Have to feel for Nebraska. They go out and play a great game on the road against a top 15 team, just to lose it in the final minute. That has to feel like if you opened your bedroom door after finding out you got a promotion at work, just to see your new boss is in bed with your wife. I seriously would rather have what happened to BYU, and that was getting embarrassed big time against Florida St. Point is, I always rather get backhanded that punched right in the gut.
I would please like to have my 60 dollars back, and the three hours of my life that was the Mayweather-Marquez PPV. If you are a boxing fan, and you wonder why MMA is more popular, watch that fight again. Too much BS in the sport that I love, which I have to admit, really is dying.
I do have to thank Shane Mosely, Bernard Hopkins, and an assist to Max Kellerman for basically putting Mayweather in the corner and on the spot in the post-fight interview. It was funny to watch, but classless. Thing is, to get the attention of a classless punk like Mayweather, you have to stoop to his level, and that is all the way down to the curb.
I did get to watch the NFL all day yesterday. I sat on my duff, with a drink and some cookies, and put on the Direct TV NFL Package, and all was better. Best game of the week was the Pats-Jets game, with Ravens-Chargers and Texans-Titans bringing in the silver and bronze medals there.
The Jets might just be the real deal. They talked more smack last week than Muhammad Ali in Manila, but they backed it up. The defense was stifiling, they did put Brady on his back more than six times. The crowd called the plead from Rex Ryan to be loud, and QB Mark Sanchez really showed alot of moxy in the 2nd half. Excellent win.
CB Darrelle Revis might of proved that he is the best CB in football, going on an island and shutting down Randy Moss this week, after doing the same to Andre Johnson last week, who just abused Cortland Finnegan this week. Speaking of...
How fun was that Texans-Titans game? It looked like someone had joystick control of RB Chris Johnson, and the Texans Andre Johnson. Insane.
This is why Norv Turner will NEVER win anything as a Head Coach. Rivers is roasting the Ravens secondary like chestnuts on an open fire around Christmas, and you run right at Ray Lewis on that play? I think even Gomer Pyle would of not done that. What a dolt.
I hope Giants All Pro DE Justin Tuck is not badly injured after Dallas T Flozell Adams cheaply tripped him. That was completely bush league, by an overrated, has-been, fat, overweight, and lets not forget about lazy player. Only reason why that was a close game last night was because as soon as Tuck as out, the Cowboys went nuts on the running game. Tuck is probably the best DLineman in the league because of the way he plays the run.
Now, tonight's game. I really believe that the Dolphins defense can give Peyton Manning and the Colts fits. If the Fins offense can eat up the clock and keep Manning off the field for large stretches, this game could be very interesting. Indy will not be able to run the ball on this defense either.Dolphins 17, Colts 13.
Two more weeks for the NHL opener. Bring on more sports!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Week 1 NFL, College Football Wrap Up.
Wow! What a day of football.
Starting from noon Eastern Standard Time, until way past midnight, you have had nail-biters in College Football tonight.
I was suppose to have this post put up a long time ago. The NFL picks should have been up sometime this afternoon, but the games sucked me in today, especially Notre Dame-Michigan and USC-Ohio St. Just a great product put out there today all around. Even the fact that my dumbass prediction of Oklahoma St. in the title game got stomped on like Edward Norton in American History X, not even that could put a damper on my excitement with the games today. (They still have an outside shot at the Title Game. Beat Texas, run the Big 12 table, etc. I also have an outside shot of finding diamonds in my backyard, but I will not hold my breath.)
Few things about these games today.
First off, Charlie Weis should be fired just based on his playcalling with less than 3 minutes to play. The Irish are up 3, they have the ball, and are THROWING!!!! Two incomplete passes later, the clock stopped twice, Michigan didn't have to burn timeouts, and the Wolverines got the ball back with 2:20 to play. That fantastic strategy Hungry Hungry Hippo.
Jimmy Clausen is going to be a good NFL Pro Quarterback. He convinced me.
Georgia and South Carolina could not score to save their lives last week. This week? They were running up and down the field like there was two opened trucks filled with electronics in each end zone. Damn!
USC grinded out a tough, tough win at the Horseshoe against Ohio St. Mark it on your calendar when USC and Cal hook up. It may just be to play in the National Title Game.
Florida St. is an embarrassment right now. Did you really almost lose to Jacksonville St.?? Down late in the 4th quarter? At home? (Shaking my head.) Oklahoma St. getting spanked by Houston at home, like the way Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder describes how to spank an actor when they behave badly is almost as embarrassing.
Atlanta Falcons 23, Miami Dolphins 16 - Lofty expectations in Atlanta this season. Tricky, tough first game, but the Falcons just have too much firepower to be stopped all day long. Atlanta has to keep Matt Ryan on his feet though, as Miami will blitz and pressure him all day.
Baltimore Ravens 38, Kansas City Chiefs 9- This game is just not fair. Remember the movie Necessary Roughness from the 90's? Texas State's opening game, when the Coach benched Scott Bakula, and the backup QB was in screaming to the refs to blow the whistle? Well, that esstentially sums up this game. And to top it off, Matt Cassel might not even start. Big game by RB Ray Rice.
Philadelphia Eagles 27, Carolina 23 - This might be the game of the week. Two evenly matched teams, both with explosive offenses and physical defenses. I just think the Eagles are a little more explosive on the offensive side, because of Donovan Mcnabb.
Cincinnati Bengals 20, Denver Broncos 16 - People forget because they were an offensive laughing stock of Pop Warner Pee Wee Football levels last year, the Bengals defense was staunch in the 2nd half of last season. They also open up against the NFL's verison of Lindsay Lohan right now as well. The Broncos are a mess. Brandon Marshall will play after Daddy lightly tapped his ass and pretended that it was an actually smack after the crap he pulled in practice, but it will not be enough.
Minnesota Vikings 24, Cleveland Browns 6 - Speaking of messes, the Browns offense had less life than a corpse last year. And to top it off, The Mangenius kept everyone up in the air about who will play QB. Usually not a good omen to a season. Adrian Peterson will run wild, and I hope Brett Favre shatters his torso in the process.
Houston Texans 27, New York Jets 16 - I really do love the Texans offense if they can stay healthy this season. The Jets have a very formidable defense, but I think that it will take a few games to adjust and get use to the new players, and starting DE Shaun Ellis is suspended for this game. QB Mark Sanchez's debut will be a down one. Check out the matchup of WR Andre Johnson against CB Darrelle Revis. It does not get better than that.
Indianapolis Colts 28, Jacksonville Jaguars 17 - The Jags usually give Peyton Manning and crew a hard time, but this is a bit of a rebuilding year down in Florida. Manning starts his campaign to keep his MVP.
New Orleans Saints 41, Detroit Lions 31 - If RB Pierre Thomas were playing in this game, I would of said the Saints break 50. In the dome, the Saints will go marching all over the Lions defense. The Lions are improved, and yes, they will score on the Saints, its not hard to score when you could tell a rookie QB in Matthew Stafford to throw the ball as high and far as he could, and have the human freak, WR Calvin Johnson just outjumped everyone.
Dallas Cowboys 16, Tampa Bay Bucs 3- Low scoring affair, as it was last season. I just cannot see how the Bucs, with new offensive players all over the place, to keep the stingy Cowboys D off guard. OLB Demarcus Ware should have a field day. Watch out for RB Felix Jones.
San Francisco 49ers 31, Arizona Cardinals 24- UPSET ALERT! I remember watching the last time these two teams played last year on Monday Night Football in a bar, with a young kid that just placed a complete Bride-Jumping bet on the 49ers. (Too much money to say, on the 49ers Money Line +350.)
The 49ers lead most of the way, but lost at the end. I came out of that experience thinking two things. One, Mike Singletary will make the 49ers a tough team, and lastly, never bet an amount of money and be in public that when you lose the insane bet you made, it makes the rain fall down from your eyes.
New York Giants 17, Washington Redskins 10 - Two tough hombres going at it in the trenches. Expect this game to be a slightly lesser verison of Tennessee-Pittsburgh from Thursday night. We may see a QB on a stretcher this game, perhaps even lose a limb. The NFL is back! Got to love it!
Seattle Seahawks 38, St. Louis Rams 14 - The Seahawks are my Super Bowl pick. Did you really think I was going to pick against them? Not a snowballs chance in hell. Matty Hasselback is healthy, and is ready to roll through. Let's just hope the Rams RB Stephen Jackson does not get a rug burn on the carpet, and goes on IR for 5 games.
Green Bay Packers 31, Chicago Bears 23 - I know I picked the Bears to win the divison, but do not expect them to beat the Packers opening night in the hostile envoirment of Green Bay. I do not know how the Packers defense will adjust to the 3-4, but I do know that both teams have QB's that could hit a 747 out of the air with a throw if they wanted to. Expect long deep bombs.
I will pick the two Monday Night games tomorrow night, along with some highlights of what I saw while being pegged to my couch, watching the Direct TV's NFL Package all day long. I am telling you, Direct TV's NFL Package is in the top 10 greatest inventions of all time, inbetween the wheel and duct tape.
Starting from noon Eastern Standard Time, until way past midnight, you have had nail-biters in College Football tonight.
I was suppose to have this post put up a long time ago. The NFL picks should have been up sometime this afternoon, but the games sucked me in today, especially Notre Dame-Michigan and USC-Ohio St. Just a great product put out there today all around. Even the fact that my dumbass prediction of Oklahoma St. in the title game got stomped on like Edward Norton in American History X, not even that could put a damper on my excitement with the games today. (They still have an outside shot at the Title Game. Beat Texas, run the Big 12 table, etc. I also have an outside shot of finding diamonds in my backyard, but I will not hold my breath.)
Few things about these games today.
First off, Charlie Weis should be fired just based on his playcalling with less than 3 minutes to play. The Irish are up 3, they have the ball, and are THROWING!!!! Two incomplete passes later, the clock stopped twice, Michigan didn't have to burn timeouts, and the Wolverines got the ball back with 2:20 to play. That fantastic strategy Hungry Hungry Hippo.
Jimmy Clausen is going to be a good NFL Pro Quarterback. He convinced me.
Georgia and South Carolina could not score to save their lives last week. This week? They were running up and down the field like there was two opened trucks filled with electronics in each end zone. Damn!
USC grinded out a tough, tough win at the Horseshoe against Ohio St. Mark it on your calendar when USC and Cal hook up. It may just be to play in the National Title Game.
Florida St. is an embarrassment right now. Did you really almost lose to Jacksonville St.?? Down late in the 4th quarter? At home? (Shaking my head.) Oklahoma St. getting spanked by Houston at home, like the way Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder describes how to spank an actor when they behave badly is almost as embarrassing.
Now, onto Week 1..... the.....
N...F...L is here!
Atlanta Falcons 23, Miami Dolphins 16 - Lofty expectations in Atlanta this season. Tricky, tough first game, but the Falcons just have too much firepower to be stopped all day long. Atlanta has to keep Matt Ryan on his feet though, as Miami will blitz and pressure him all day.
Baltimore Ravens 38, Kansas City Chiefs 9- This game is just not fair. Remember the movie Necessary Roughness from the 90's? Texas State's opening game, when the Coach benched Scott Bakula, and the backup QB was in screaming to the refs to blow the whistle? Well, that esstentially sums up this game. And to top it off, Matt Cassel might not even start. Big game by RB Ray Rice.
Philadelphia Eagles 27, Carolina 23 - This might be the game of the week. Two evenly matched teams, both with explosive offenses and physical defenses. I just think the Eagles are a little more explosive on the offensive side, because of Donovan Mcnabb.
Cincinnati Bengals 20, Denver Broncos 16 - People forget because they were an offensive laughing stock of Pop Warner Pee Wee Football levels last year, the Bengals defense was staunch in the 2nd half of last season. They also open up against the NFL's verison of Lindsay Lohan right now as well. The Broncos are a mess. Brandon Marshall will play after Daddy lightly tapped his ass and pretended that it was an actually smack after the crap he pulled in practice, but it will not be enough.
Minnesota Vikings 24, Cleveland Browns 6 - Speaking of messes, the Browns offense had less life than a corpse last year. And to top it off, The Mangenius kept everyone up in the air about who will play QB. Usually not a good omen to a season. Adrian Peterson will run wild, and I hope Brett Favre shatters his torso in the process.
Houston Texans 27, New York Jets 16 - I really do love the Texans offense if they can stay healthy this season. The Jets have a very formidable defense, but I think that it will take a few games to adjust and get use to the new players, and starting DE Shaun Ellis is suspended for this game. QB Mark Sanchez's debut will be a down one. Check out the matchup of WR Andre Johnson against CB Darrelle Revis. It does not get better than that.
Indianapolis Colts 28, Jacksonville Jaguars 17 - The Jags usually give Peyton Manning and crew a hard time, but this is a bit of a rebuilding year down in Florida. Manning starts his campaign to keep his MVP.
New Orleans Saints 41, Detroit Lions 31 - If RB Pierre Thomas were playing in this game, I would of said the Saints break 50. In the dome, the Saints will go marching all over the Lions defense. The Lions are improved, and yes, they will score on the Saints, its not hard to score when you could tell a rookie QB in Matthew Stafford to throw the ball as high and far as he could, and have the human freak, WR Calvin Johnson just outjumped everyone.
Dallas Cowboys 16, Tampa Bay Bucs 3- Low scoring affair, as it was last season. I just cannot see how the Bucs, with new offensive players all over the place, to keep the stingy Cowboys D off guard. OLB Demarcus Ware should have a field day. Watch out for RB Felix Jones.
San Francisco 49ers 31, Arizona Cardinals 24- UPSET ALERT! I remember watching the last time these two teams played last year on Monday Night Football in a bar, with a young kid that just placed a complete Bride-Jumping bet on the 49ers. (Too much money to say, on the 49ers Money Line +350.)
The 49ers lead most of the way, but lost at the end. I came out of that experience thinking two things. One, Mike Singletary will make the 49ers a tough team, and lastly, never bet an amount of money and be in public that when you lose the insane bet you made, it makes the rain fall down from your eyes.
New York Giants 17, Washington Redskins 10 - Two tough hombres going at it in the trenches. Expect this game to be a slightly lesser verison of Tennessee-Pittsburgh from Thursday night. We may see a QB on a stretcher this game, perhaps even lose a limb. The NFL is back! Got to love it!
Seattle Seahawks 38, St. Louis Rams 14 - The Seahawks are my Super Bowl pick. Did you really think I was going to pick against them? Not a snowballs chance in hell. Matty Hasselback is healthy, and is ready to roll through. Let's just hope the Rams RB Stephen Jackson does not get a rug burn on the carpet, and goes on IR for 5 games.
Green Bay Packers 31, Chicago Bears 23 - I know I picked the Bears to win the divison, but do not expect them to beat the Packers opening night in the hostile envoirment of Green Bay. I do not know how the Packers defense will adjust to the 3-4, but I do know that both teams have QB's that could hit a 747 out of the air with a throw if they wanted to. Expect long deep bombs.
I will pick the two Monday Night games tomorrow night, along with some highlights of what I saw while being pegged to my couch, watching the Direct TV's NFL Package all day long. I am telling you, Direct TV's NFL Package is in the top 10 greatest inventions of all time, inbetween the wheel and duct tape.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Titans-Steelers game, College Football Picks, and more
The NFL is finally here! They had the perfect game to start the new season off with as well. The Pittsburgh Steelers, the defending Super Bowl champs, at home against the Tennessee Titans, who actually manhandled the Steelers in a big regular season game last year 31-13.
In that game, the Steelers took offense of some of the Titans players, including Lendale "Fats" White, stepping on the yellow Steeler towels that their fans wave at the stadium. They also took offense to, and most All-Universe S Troy Polamalu, when RB Chris Johnson waved the ball right at his grill last year scoring a touchdown. This game was going to be more physical than a San Francisco bathhouse (oops).
The anticipation did not disappoint. There was not much scoring in the game, but the battle in the trenches, and the hard hitting kept this game at a very high level of excitement for the casual person to keep watching. We all know the diehard junkie fans will always watch a game like this that is basically the equivalence of a pitcher's duel in baseball, but the intense hitting and physicality of the game was enough to keep the common putz at the bar to watch. The game went to overtime, where the Steelers prevailed 13-10.
Now, lets review some of the parts of the game.
- Pittsburgh is in trouble. They cannot run the ball, and it seemed that Willie Parker and Rashard Mendenhall were almost afraid to hit the hole at full speed. They better fixed this because if Big Ben takes another beating like this, he will have Hawkeye and Pierce from M.A.S.H looking over him at a hospital bed.
- As good and dominant as the Titans defensive line was early, do you think they missed Albert Haynesworth late in that game? They got tired, and when it mattered most, they could not get in the same zip code of Big Ben.
- Polamalu is great, and if he is hurt for a long period of time, the Steelers need to weather that storm, but man did he take quite a few bad penalties in that first half. Fantasic interception though, one handed.
- Not a bad debut for Titans 1st Round draft pick, WR Kenny Britt. He had that huge catch before halftime that set up Tennessee's only TD.
- What a greedy bonehead Hines Ward was there. Less than 90 seconds left in the game, and you catch a pass around the 15 yard line in a tie game, JUST TAKE A KNEE! You are in Field Goal range to win the game. What did this scholar do? Tries to juke and run into the endzone and be a hero. Egg all over your face Ward.
I do not want to hear another clown tell me how Hines Ward is such a gritty, great player and leader for a long time. If that happened in the Super Bowl, it would be on the same level as Chris Webber trying to call a phantom timeout in the NCAA Finals.
- Big Ben Roethlisberger takes a beating, but he makes some serious plays as well. That pump-fake he has is almost as good as new Memphis Grizzles Foward Sam Young's pump fake on his jumpshot. Ben rang off how many straight completions late in the game? 11? 12?
Now, for the college football picks, lets recap my record from last week first. We went 4-7. OUCH! It was the first week, combined with the fact that I could not buy ice in the winter last weekend in picks.
Here are this weeks picks:
Penn St. 41, Syracuse 7- Come on. Can I have just one gimmie pick? The Orange played solid last week, but reality hits them in the face this week, with QB Daryl Clark and crew smacking them around.
North Carolina 20, UConn 13- This game will be closer than the Tar Heels would like it to be, but they just have too many athletes to contend with compared to the young Huskie program. UConn is also 1-13 against ranked opponents.
Oklahoma St. 48, Houston 27- The Cowboys were slowed down by Georgia's defense last week, but Houston does not bring in the same SEC level athletes. Okie St. should run and pass the pigskin up and down the field all day.
TCU 31, Virginia 0- Yes, that is right. I think The Horned Frogs put up a frosted donut on UVA. Virginia lost to William and Mary last week. No, that was not me joking as well. This game has bloodbath written all over it.
West Virginia 27, East Carolina 24- Revenge game from last year, as the Moutaineers will seek it after being upsetted at ECU. No Pat White this time around, and East Carolina is considered a sleeper non-BCS team, but I think RB Noel Devine will have a big game.
Notre Dame 28, Michigan 17- I gotta admit, this game is now intriguing me. Both came out like gangbusters last week, even against weak competition, and played like it was 1991 again. I hate to say it, but
Tennessee 23, UCLA 16- Lane Kiffin's debut could not have been any better. This was an Ugly Betty game last year, I expect some of the same, but with both programs needing to grind out a big non-conference win. I feel Vols DB Eric Berry taking one to the house.
Gerogia 13, South Carolina 9- This game was a low scoring game last year, and that was with both teams have inferior defenses to this season, and 2 of the top 12 NFL picks playing for the Bulldogs. Both have inept offense, very good defenses. Alot of punting in this game.
Purdue 42, Oregon 38- I just cannot justify taking the Ducks after last weeks national horror show. Even without future MMA star LeGarrette Blount, the Ducks will score on Purdue. This is my upset pick.
USC 24, Ohio St. 9- I really thought the Buckeyes had a shot at this game at home. That was until I saw Navy shread the OSU defense. I was literally laughing at my TV set watching that game. Even with QB Terrelle Pryor, I just cannot see the Buckeyes being able to deal with the speed of the Trojans, on both sides of the ball. Expect USC to stuff the running game right down Ohio St.'s gullet.
Last, a few other things going on in sports...
- Stop your crying Richard Seymour, and report to the Raiders. You are a professional athlete, that makes millions of dollars a year (4 million to season). Play your one season in hell, then hit the potentially uncapped 2010 offseason, and strike gold. You are acting on the same level as Michael Crabtree right now.
-Let me get this straight, you are a Hotel Manager at Marriot in Manhattan, and you have basically the toast of the town staying at your hotel for the time that she is playing in the US Open, and you kick her out of the hotel after her reservation was up? How was this good public relations for Marriot to make Melanie Oudin and her family leave the hotel after the reservation was up? Seriously, that scholar should get a clue, and be looking for a new job.
- It really does look like the World Series will have Albert Pujols in Yankee Stadium huh? I cannot wait for that potential series.
In that game, the Steelers took offense of some of the Titans players, including Lendale "Fats" White, stepping on the yellow Steeler towels that their fans wave at the stadium. They also took offense to, and most All-Universe S Troy Polamalu, when RB Chris Johnson waved the ball right at his grill last year scoring a touchdown. This game was going to be more physical than a San Francisco bathhouse (oops).
The anticipation did not disappoint. There was not much scoring in the game, but the battle in the trenches, and the hard hitting kept this game at a very high level of excitement for the casual person to keep watching. We all know the diehard junkie fans will always watch a game like this that is basically the equivalence of a pitcher's duel in baseball, but the intense hitting and physicality of the game was enough to keep the common putz at the bar to watch. The game went to overtime, where the Steelers prevailed 13-10.
Now, lets review some of the parts of the game.
- Pittsburgh is in trouble. They cannot run the ball, and it seemed that Willie Parker and Rashard Mendenhall were almost afraid to hit the hole at full speed. They better fixed this because if Big Ben takes another beating like this, he will have Hawkeye and Pierce from M.A.S.H looking over him at a hospital bed.
- As good and dominant as the Titans defensive line was early, do you think they missed Albert Haynesworth late in that game? They got tired, and when it mattered most, they could not get in the same zip code of Big Ben.
- Polamalu is great, and if he is hurt for a long period of time, the Steelers need to weather that storm, but man did he take quite a few bad penalties in that first half. Fantasic interception though, one handed.
- Not a bad debut for Titans 1st Round draft pick, WR Kenny Britt. He had that huge catch before halftime that set up Tennessee's only TD.
- What a greedy bonehead Hines Ward was there. Less than 90 seconds left in the game, and you catch a pass around the 15 yard line in a tie game, JUST TAKE A KNEE! You are in Field Goal range to win the game. What did this scholar do? Tries to juke and run into the endzone and be a hero. Egg all over your face Ward.
I do not want to hear another clown tell me how Hines Ward is such a gritty, great player and leader for a long time. If that happened in the Super Bowl, it would be on the same level as Chris Webber trying to call a phantom timeout in the NCAA Finals.
- Big Ben Roethlisberger takes a beating, but he makes some serious plays as well. That pump-fake he has is almost as good as new Memphis Grizzles Foward Sam Young's pump fake on his jumpshot. Ben rang off how many straight completions late in the game? 11? 12?
Now, for the college football picks, lets recap my record from last week first. We went 4-7. OUCH! It was the first week, combined with the fact that I could not buy ice in the winter last weekend in picks.
Here are this weeks picks:
Penn St. 41, Syracuse 7- Come on. Can I have just one gimmie pick? The Orange played solid last week, but reality hits them in the face this week, with QB Daryl Clark and crew smacking them around.
North Carolina 20, UConn 13- This game will be closer than the Tar Heels would like it to be, but they just have too many athletes to contend with compared to the young Huskie program. UConn is also 1-13 against ranked opponents.
Oklahoma St. 48, Houston 27- The Cowboys were slowed down by Georgia's defense last week, but Houston does not bring in the same SEC level athletes. Okie St. should run and pass the pigskin up and down the field all day.
TCU 31, Virginia 0- Yes, that is right. I think The Horned Frogs put up a frosted donut on UVA. Virginia lost to William and Mary last week. No, that was not me joking as well. This game has bloodbath written all over it.
West Virginia 27, East Carolina 24- Revenge game from last year, as the Moutaineers will seek it after being upsetted at ECU. No Pat White this time around, and East Carolina is considered a sleeper non-BCS team, but I think RB Noel Devine will have a big game.
Notre Dame 28, Michigan 17- I gotta admit, this game is now intriguing me. Both came out like gangbusters last week, even against weak competition, and played like it was 1991 again. I hate to say it, but
Tennessee 23, UCLA 16- Lane Kiffin's debut could not have been any better. This was an Ugly Betty game last year, I expect some of the same, but with both programs needing to grind out a big non-conference win. I feel Vols DB Eric Berry taking one to the house.
Gerogia 13, South Carolina 9- This game was a low scoring game last year, and that was with both teams have inferior defenses to this season, and 2 of the top 12 NFL picks playing for the Bulldogs. Both have inept offense, very good defenses. Alot of punting in this game.
Purdue 42, Oregon 38- I just cannot justify taking the Ducks after last weeks national horror show. Even without future MMA star LeGarrette Blount, the Ducks will score on Purdue. This is my upset pick.
USC 24, Ohio St. 9- I really thought the Buckeyes had a shot at this game at home. That was until I saw Navy shread the OSU defense. I was literally laughing at my TV set watching that game. Even with QB Terrelle Pryor, I just cannot see the Buckeyes being able to deal with the speed of the Trojans, on both sides of the ball. Expect USC to stuff the running game right down Ohio St.'s gullet.
Last, a few other things going on in sports...
- Stop your crying Richard Seymour, and report to the Raiders. You are a professional athlete, that makes millions of dollars a year (4 million to season). Play your one season in hell, then hit the potentially uncapped 2010 offseason, and strike gold. You are acting on the same level as Michael Crabtree right now.
-Let me get this straight, you are a Hotel Manager at Marriot in Manhattan, and you have basically the toast of the town staying at your hotel for the time that she is playing in the US Open, and you kick her out of the hotel after her reservation was up? How was this good public relations for Marriot to make Melanie Oudin and her family leave the hotel after the reservation was up? Seriously, that scholar should get a clue, and be looking for a new job.
- It really does look like the World Series will have Albert Pujols in Yankee Stadium huh? I cannot wait for that potential series.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
NFL Preview and Predictions- NFC and Super Bowl
NFC East
Philadelphia Eagles 11-5
New York Giants 10-6
Dallas Cowboys 8-8
Washington Redskins 6-10
The Eagles have been in the media alot lately because of the signing of dog lover Michael Vick, but this team did go to the NFC Title game last year. This team has alot of weapons on the offensive side of the ball. QB Donovan Mcnabb cannot complain anymore. He has alot of speed on each side of the field now with WRs DeSean Jackson and rookie Jeremy Maclin. Injuries are the key to this team, as they will miss MLB Stewart Bradley on defense, but at least if RB Brian Westbrook goes down this year, the Eagles drafted Westbrook clone, LeSean Mccoy.
The New York football Giants are the pure defintion of smashmouth football. Overall, they probaly have the best combination of Off and Def. lines in all of football. They have a great punishing RB in Brandon Jacobs and a nasty defense that can be at times intimidating. The only thing keeping this team from winning the divison is QB Eli Manning having no real deep threat at WR and having a severe horseface. Im sorry, but the guy looks like something that runs at Belmont Race Track on a Thursday afternoon. All kidding aside, if somebody emerges to be that WR, this team is dangerous.
Even Jerry Jones said the TO soap opera was enough for him after last season. Now, the Cowboys will go back to running the ball alot with RB Marion Barber and Felix Jones, who looked like a God out there before he got hurt last season. I also saw the Oklahoma-BYU game, and I got to give it to Jones, he does have a palace of a new stadium. Shame it see the playoffs for the second straight season.
This is really a make or break season for the Redskins. Owner Daniel Synder brought in DT Albert Haynesworth and drafted DE/OLB Brian Orakpo to help a defense that was very good last season. The only problem is, Synder did not help the other side of the ball, where QB Jason Campbell is now in basically purgatory after Synder publicly went after Cutler and trading up for Sanchez. This whole team is on watch if 2010 is an uncapped season. Imagine what Synder will do then? He spent 174 million this offseason with a cap.
NFC North
Chicago Bears 11-5
Green Bay Packers 10-6
Minnesota Viknigs 7-9
Detroit Lions 3-13
It is really a tossup between the Bears and Packers for this divison. I am taking the Bears to win the divison though, based on the QB play of the new face of the franchise Jay Cutler, and a better defense than the Packers. The Bears gave up 2 1st round picks, Kyle Orton, four livers, and eight kidneys to bring to strong armed Cutler, and he will immediately make RB Matt Forte into a star, because teams cannot line up 8 defenders in the box anymore.
I really do like the Packers, alot too. I think QB Aaron Rodgers is going to become the next QB to be talked about in the Manning-Brady air. The offense is going to score a ton of points. I just do not trust the defense going into the 3-4 from the 4-3 this season. It always takes at least a year to adapt to such a drastic change in scheme like that. The Pack did draft accordingly to their needs, I just think the defense is one year away, and one injury to old CB's Charles Woodsen and Al Harris away from a mess.
Yes, I am shitting on the Vikings. They have the best non-QB player in the world in RB Adrian Peterson and a fantasic defense, led by DE Jared Allen. I just cannot see The Days of Our Favre running smoothly. I mean seriously, what soap opera ever does? My prediction, Favre throws more Interceptions than touchdowns, and makes up 245 different excuses for the outcome.
At least the Lions will be improved. It will not take much, just one win. It will be another long year in the Motor City, but do not fear, they are headed in the right direction. Out is comedy punchline Matt Millen, and the new front office brought in a tough as nails Head Coach in, Jim Schrawtz. I just hope #1 overall pick QB Matthew Stafford is not Joey Harrington deja vu all over again. Word of advice Lions, keep this kid protected!
NFC South
Atlanta Falcons 11-5
New Orleans Saints 9-7
Carolina Panthers 8-8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-12
Speaking of rebuilding teams, the Falcons has drawn out the blueprints on how to succeed. After the whole Michael Vick/Bobby Petrino fiascos, the Falcons brought in GM Thomas Dimitrioff, and he took a horrid oraganization and rebuilt it on the fly. QB Matt Ryan had a tremdous rookie season, and has TE Tony Gonzalez to throw the ball to after an offseason trade. This is another team that will score, and score often.
Speaking of points, the Saints just do not stop scoring. The only problem is, they can't stop anyone as well. I just do not see how the Saints can have a mid-tier defense to take the pressure off of star QB Drew Brees and Co. Another thing, please just end the Reggie Bush era. He is one year away, or another bitch injury away from being one of the five biggest busts in NFL Draft history.
There are alot of questions that need to be answered about the Panthers. Is Jake Delhomme still a solid QB? Was that insane running game a mirage? Will DE Julius Peppers sulk about his contract status, eventhough hes making what this year..... 16-17 million? One thing is clear in Carolina though, MLB Jon Beason is an absolute beast and tackling machine.
This is a major rebuilding year for the Bucs, and first year Head Coach Raheem Morris. The only player left from those great teams and defenses is CB Ronde Barber, with the departure of OLB Derrick Brooks. With alot of young players in camp this season, Morris just wants to set his philosophies in place. First Round pick QB Josh Freeman will eventually get playing time by the mid-season and Morris will see what he has to work with.
NFC West
Seattle Seahawks 10-6
Arizona Cardinals 9-7
San Francisco 49ers 7-9
St. Louis Rams 4-12
The Seahawks last season were hammered by injuries. This season, it seems that QB Matt Hasselback and crew are all back. The FA signing of WR TJ Houshmandzadeh is huge for Hasselback, as he now has a go-to-guy. The defense will be much improved with DE Patrick Kerney returning from surgery and top draft pick OLB Aaron Curry. New Head Coach Jim Mora Jr. inherited a potentially dangerous team.
The defending NFC champs will be better on defense this season, but that is not much to rave about. The Cardinals gave up 35 points or more in a game in 5 games, and gave up 36 TD passes. I am just worried about the Cardinals lack of running game, and QB Kurt Warner. Last year was like a leap year with him, not getting injured. I just can't see him staying healthy for two straight seasons.
Mike Singletary had the 49ers playing very good football at the end of last season. He is on the right course to get this franchise back into the playoffs, it is just not going to be this season. Having first round draft pick WR Michael Crabtree not signed yet is a major blow to a team that needs playmakers. They are now relying too heavily on RB Frank Gore, eventhough the 49ers Off. Line is below average.
Lastly, the Rams last year were pathetic. No other way of putting it. They did bring in the right guy to coach in Steve Spagnuolo. He will bring an attacking defensive scheme and running game that will be the exact opposite of the last decade's Greatest Show on Turf. RB Stephen Jackson is a freak of nature, but he has to stay healthy.
Playoffs:
Wild Card Round: Seattle Seahawks over Green Bay Packers
New York Giants over Chicago Bears
Divisonal Round: Philadelphia Eagles over New York Giants
Seattle Seahawks over Atlana Falcons
NFC Conf Round: Seattle Seahawks over Philadelphia Eagles
Finally...
Super Bowl: Baltimore Ravens over Seattle Seahawks
NFL Preview and Predictions-AFC
AFC East
New England Patriots 13-3
Miami Dolphins 8-8
New York Jets 7-9
Buffalo Bills 5-11
The Pats run away with this divison by Week 6, although trading DL Richard Seymour really does hurt their Super Bowl chances this season. Tom Brady airs it out all over the place and Randy Moss and Wes Welker both have Pro Bowl seasons. If the Pats get any sort of running game, expect them to put up 500 points this season and they will look like a video game on offense.
The Dolphins had a very nice run last season, and they are well-coached. Only problem is, the schedule gets tougher this year and you can not expect career years again from Chad Pennington and Joey Porter. OT Jake Long, last years #1 overall pick is a stud, and will be taking his annual trip to Hawaii.
The Jets are the team of the future in this divison. New Head Coach Rex Ryan brings an attitude to this team that was much needed. They will field a top defense this season, but rookie QB Mark Sanchez will have his growing pains. Expecting Matt Ryan in this situation is asking for too much. This team in 2010 though, especially in a potential uncapped season, watch out.
How do I say this without hurting anyones feelings? The Bills are a mess. They have one of the worst Head Coaches in football in Dick Jauron, their best player, RB Marshawn Lynch is suspended for the first 3 games, and they decide to bring in the 2nd biggest soap opera in the NFL next to Brett "Days of Our" Favre, in Terrell Owens. And to top it off, their recently fired Off. Coordinator told the media that Jauron basically wanted a Pop Warner Football offense. Expect a long, cold season up north.
AFC North
Baltimore Ravens 12-4
Pittsburgh Steelers 11-5
Cincinnati Bengals 7-9
Cleveland Browns 3-13
The Ravens lost some players on defense, especially LB Bart Scott, S Jim Leonhard, and of course, Def. Coordinator Rex Ryan to the Jets this offseason, but with LB Ray Lewis and S Ed Reed out on the field, they basically already have two coaches out on the field. The offense will be much improved with QB Joe Flacco getting more exerience and the emergence of RB Ray Rice, who looked great in the preseason.
The defending champs are still going to be a mjor threat. The Steelers bring back one of the staunchest defenses the league has ever seen, led by OLB James Harrison and S Troy Polamalu. I am just worried that the running game is not entirely there, and Big Ben is due for a lengthy 3-5 game absence from all the hits he take in the pocket for keeping the ball in his hands too long.
This is a big season for Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis. This team has underachieved for several seasons, and may be on the hot seat for his job. He does get back QB Carson Palmer, who was hurt most of last season. The only person even more happy to have Palmer back then Lewis, is WR Chad "Twitter" Ocho Cinco, who should have a solid bounce back season. They are at least fun to watch on HBO though.
This year in Cleveland, we get to see Round two of Man-Genius. New Head Coach Eric Mangini comes over from New York to attempt to clean up this mess. Only one thing, he has probably already this mess even worse by getting maybe 65 cents on the dollar for the 5th overall pick that wound up being Mark Sanchez, questionable drafting, and not even announcing a starting QB until the last second. Brady Quinn should win the job, but we will have to deal with Braylon Edwards with the dropzees, and RB Jamal Lewis hitting the hole slower than a stoner thinks.
AFC South
Indianpolis Colts 11-5
Houston Texans 10-6
Tennessee Titans 9-7
Jacksonville Jaguars 5-11
QB Peyton Manning and the Colts have their hands full this season. This is by far the toughest divison in the AFC, and Manning has to go this season for the first time without Canton-bound WR Marvin Harrison. He still does have WR Reggie Wayne and TE Dallas Clark to toss the pigskin to. Rookie RB Donald Brown takes Joseph Addai's starting spot by Week 5 and shines.
The Texans are the "it" team to finally take that rise up to playoff status. They have a ton of firepower on offense with QB Matt Schaub, RB Steve Slaton, and All-World WR Andre Johnson. The keys for this team is simple. Can DE Mario Williams and Co. keep teams to 20 points a game? Can Schaub stay healthy? If both answers are yes, they could take the divison. If both answers are no, then probaly another 8-8 season.
The Titans come into this season losing their best player in DT Albert Haynesworth to Washington, when he signed a contract that will pay him enough to eat cheeseburgers for the rest of his days. They have a tough schedule to boot, having to play both teams from last years Super Bowl, in Pittsburgh and Arizona, plus New England, Seattle, and San Diego the final week of the season. The Titans will have to grind out wins this season, but they are use to that.
I do not think Jags Head Coach Jack Del Rio survives this season. The Jags have alot of question marks on both sides of the ball, and they are really putting all the weight on the shoulders of RB Maurice Jones Drew. The offensive line is going to be kind of green as well, with the Jags taking OL in the draft, including 1st round pick, Eugene Monroe.
AFC West
San Diego Chargers 13-3
Oakland Raiders 7-9
Kansas City Chiefs 5-11
Denver Broncos 4-12
This divison is all Chargers. If they do not go at least 5-1 within this divison, there should be a firing line on the coaching staff. The offense is just loaded, with QB Phillip Rivers, RB LaDainian Tomlinson, TE Antonio Gates, and WR Vincent Jackson. The defense should be much improved with having a full training camp under Defensive Coordinator Ron Rivera and getting back OLB Shawne Merriman back from injury. They may lose him by Week 5 to a new strain of herpes though after encountering Tila Tequila though.
After the Chargers, it is like getting second place by default. We will go with the Raiders. Yes, I know they are a joke of an organization, but lets look at the positives for a change. They can run the ball effectively. They do have the best CB in football in Nnamdi Asomugha, and they just traded for DL Richard Seymour, who will help the DLine emmensely, both on and off the field.
Kansas City is going in the right direction, but it will take some time. They got their QB in Matt Cassel, and they are rebuilding that defense the right way, but that OLine is young and pretty awful. Actually, losing TE Tony Gonzalez to Atlanta via trade hurts Cassel the most, as he would've had a safety net.
Now, the Broncos are a team that is not going in the right direction. New Head Coach Josh "Mini-Belichick" Mcdaniels has flipped this franchise upside down in a few months. He handled the Jay Cutler situation poorly, and now, he may be doing an even worse job with WR, and crybaby Brandon Marshall. The defense is going into the 3-4 this season, and Mcdaniels does not have the personnel yet for that scheme to be successful. It is going to be a long season in Denver, at least they will get a potential Top 5 pick right? Oops, did Mcdaniels screw that one up as well? That pick is Seattle's.
Playoffs:
Wild Card Round: Indianpolis Colts over Pittsburgh Steelers
Baltimore Ravens over Houston Texans
Divisonal Round: San Diego Chargers over Indianpolis Colts
Baltimore Ravens over New England Patriots
AFC Conf. Champ.: Baltimore Ravens over San Diego Chargers
Sunday, September 6, 2009
LeGarrette Blount, Shawne Merriman, other Tidbits
I am going to quote Richard Dryfuess from the move "Let It Ride".
I just start a blog a week ago, and I get Oregon RB Legarrette Blount tossing the best right cross punch since Kermit Washington. Not only does he do that, he then attempts to fight a teammate, and then finally, tries to go postal on the Boise crowd.
And just when I was about to put my post out for that, I see this bit of news:
"NFL's Merriman arrested, accused of choking Tila Tequila"
God must really, really like me.
Lets start with Blount. First off, let me just say this. Blount is not playing with a full deck. The guy has been suspended for his behavior in the past. He was the main Oregon Duck that did the trash talking weeks before this game even started. He may be a nutjob, but he is a talented nutjob. At 6'1" 240 pounds with good speed, he sounds like Giants RB Brandon Jacobs.
Blount goes into this national game with a potential darkhorse Heisman run in him, and a live audition for the NFL Scouts to elevate his draft stock, and overall, make more money. Boise St. basically crippled his slim Heisman hopes and cost him a good chunk of change in the Draft by holding him to less than nothing in the game. Blount ran his mouth by how Oregon "owes them an ass-whooping", and he could not cash that check. In his eyes, that is rather embarrassing.
We all saw what happened after the end of the game. I am not condoning what Blount did. He got suspended for the year, and his NFL dreams are more slim than Nicole Ritchie's waistline. That punishment was harsh, but the right one to give out.
It is obvious that Blount's temper has a shorter fuse than an Oompa Loompa, considering that he wanted to jump into a crowd of thousands and take them on like he were Rambo. There is one thing I will give Blount.
Boise State's Bryon Hout deserved what he got.
See, here is where the the general public goes, "WTF?", and the silent majoity says, "Hell yes!"
It is no secret that Blount is basically a ticking timebomb. Your defense and team just smoked, and I do mean smoked Oregon for the ESPN-minions to see all over the country, so instead of celebrating with your teammates, with half the state of Idaho jumping on the field in a Varisty Blues kind of way, Hout decides that the best thing to do was to taunt Blount, after the fact that his team already administered a beatdown.
That is what most people call a goating scumbag.
Yes, I apologize for my language, but can we be blunt for a second? (No pun intended there).Blount lost alot that night, even before the entire riot. Awards, draft status, potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars could've been lost by Blount in that one game. Boise St. made their point, threw Blount's own trash-talking right back in his grill. Bryon Hout did not think that was enough, so he tried to pour it on, not only by taunting Blount after the game, but putting his hands on him as well.
Well, bad mistake.
Blount's response to that was a missle of a right cross that landed flushed on Tout's jaw and dropped the scumbag. If Blount's football career is potentially over, I bet Dana White of MMA, Don King, and Oscar De La Hoya are potentially interested in a 240 pound guy that can toss a punch like that. Do not tell me that underneath your breath, you were watching the replays and were not thinking in your head, "That moron got what he deserved."
The best analogy to describe this would be a guy at a bar bragging to his friends that he was going to leave the bar that night with a woman, then the woman coming up to all of them tells him he has a better chance at seeing Jesus, verbally smacks him around a bit, and leaves by tossing a drink in his face. After all of this, some bystander at the bar turns around at the guy and laughs at him. What usually happens to that guy?
Blount then went onto try to fight a teammate, which was strike two on the night. Lastly, and I do not entirely blame Blount for this one, attempted to jump into the crowd at a bunch of volitaile Boise St. fans that were obviously tossing some seriously colorful quotes at Blount. (I do want to know if the Boise Stadium replayed the punch to encite the crowd into a boarderline riot. If anyone knows this for a fact, please email me or leave a comment.) People, just because you paid for the ticket, does not mean you have the right to say or do anything you want. I wouldve liked to seen if that clown in the stands wouldve said anything if there was not a boarder between him and Blount.
I also do not think Bryon Hout should be suspended for the taunt. He will be known as the rest of his life as the guy that got knocked out on national television for opening his big mouth. For the next five years, his face will be getting three million hits on YouTube. He probaly will not be able to go into a Burger King, without someone recognizing him and laughing at Hout. That alone, is enough punishment.
Next is Shawne Merriman.
This is just flat out embarrassing. Merriman gets arrested a week before the season starts over a skank like Tila Tequila? First off, you are a star in the NFL. You can get any woman you want, and you settle for a below average looking woman, who basically whored herself out to MTV for two years? Seriously, if I were in the same zip code as Tila Tequila, I would catch some sort of floating STD.
That is not the most embarrassing part though. Tila Tequila is how tall? Weighs how much? I would be doing her justice if I said she was 5'4" and 100 pounds. Ok, now how big is Shawne Merriman? Lets look that one up shall we.
Shawne Merriman is listed as 6'4" and 265 pounds.
For Merriman's sake, I hope that this was just blown out of proportion. A misunderstanding in a heated argument with Tequila, and she did what she knows best, and that is women. Ok, bad joke, what I really meant was, grabbing attention.
Because if this is not the case, and Merriman wrapped his mitts around a woman's neck that he outweighs by at least 150 pounds, he is then a coward. Why doesn't Merriman at least try to pick a fight with someone that is around 5'7" instead? Oh, that is right, Merriman still has nightmares about Maurice Jones-Drew laying him out on his back.
But if Merriman really has steroid.... oh, I am sorry, rage issues, I know a guy that close to your size that would fight you.
Legarrette Blount.
Few more tidbits about this weekend. I mean, not everything in sports was about violence.
- Sam Bradford just lost (In my best Dr. Evil voice) millllllllllllionssss of dollars with getting injured. The lesson, when you are going to be a top 5 pick in the NFL, just go into the Draft.
- There was been some horrible refereeing this weekend, but nothing takes the cake over what happened in the 4th quarter of that Georgia-Oklahoma St. game. In a close 17-10 game, Georgia S Reshead Jones flat out jacked up Oklahoma St WR Justin Blackmon cleanly over the middle. The outcome was a 15-yard personal foul penalty for a head to head hit. Jones didnt hit Blackmon's head, nor did he lead with his own head.
Three plays later, a Okie St. Touchdown to ice the game. Good job refs.
- If anyone is watching the US Open this weekend, 17 year old, and new American sweetheart Melanie Oudin upsetted Maria Shapapova in the 3rd round. During the match, all eyes and cameras were on Oudin. When was the last time Sharapova was anywhere and none of the cameras were flashing at her?
"God likes me! He really, really likes me!"
I just start a blog a week ago, and I get Oregon RB Legarrette Blount tossing the best right cross punch since Kermit Washington. Not only does he do that, he then attempts to fight a teammate, and then finally, tries to go postal on the Boise crowd.
And just when I was about to put my post out for that, I see this bit of news:
"NFL's Merriman arrested, accused of choking Tila Tequila"
God must really, really like me.
Lets start with Blount. First off, let me just say this. Blount is not playing with a full deck. The guy has been suspended for his behavior in the past. He was the main Oregon Duck that did the trash talking weeks before this game even started. He may be a nutjob, but he is a talented nutjob. At 6'1" 240 pounds with good speed, he sounds like Giants RB Brandon Jacobs.
Blount goes into this national game with a potential darkhorse Heisman run in him, and a live audition for the NFL Scouts to elevate his draft stock, and overall, make more money. Boise St. basically crippled his slim Heisman hopes and cost him a good chunk of change in the Draft by holding him to less than nothing in the game. Blount ran his mouth by how Oregon "owes them an ass-whooping", and he could not cash that check. In his eyes, that is rather embarrassing.
We all saw what happened after the end of the game. I am not condoning what Blount did. He got suspended for the year, and his NFL dreams are more slim than Nicole Ritchie's waistline. That punishment was harsh, but the right one to give out.
It is obvious that Blount's temper has a shorter fuse than an Oompa Loompa, considering that he wanted to jump into a crowd of thousands and take them on like he were Rambo. There is one thing I will give Blount.
Boise State's Bryon Hout deserved what he got.
See, here is where the the general public goes, "WTF?", and the silent majoity says, "Hell yes!"
It is no secret that Blount is basically a ticking timebomb. Your defense and team just smoked, and I do mean smoked Oregon for the ESPN-minions to see all over the country, so instead of celebrating with your teammates, with half the state of Idaho jumping on the field in a Varisty Blues kind of way, Hout decides that the best thing to do was to taunt Blount, after the fact that his team already administered a beatdown.
That is what most people call a goating scumbag.
Yes, I apologize for my language, but can we be blunt for a second? (No pun intended there).Blount lost alot that night, even before the entire riot. Awards, draft status, potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars could've been lost by Blount in that one game. Boise St. made their point, threw Blount's own trash-talking right back in his grill. Bryon Hout did not think that was enough, so he tried to pour it on, not only by taunting Blount after the game, but putting his hands on him as well.
Well, bad mistake.
Blount's response to that was a missle of a right cross that landed flushed on Tout's jaw and dropped the scumbag. If Blount's football career is potentially over, I bet Dana White of MMA, Don King, and Oscar De La Hoya are potentially interested in a 240 pound guy that can toss a punch like that. Do not tell me that underneath your breath, you were watching the replays and were not thinking in your head, "That moron got what he deserved."
The best analogy to describe this would be a guy at a bar bragging to his friends that he was going to leave the bar that night with a woman, then the woman coming up to all of them tells him he has a better chance at seeing Jesus, verbally smacks him around a bit, and leaves by tossing a drink in his face. After all of this, some bystander at the bar turns around at the guy and laughs at him. What usually happens to that guy?
Blount then went onto try to fight a teammate, which was strike two on the night. Lastly, and I do not entirely blame Blount for this one, attempted to jump into the crowd at a bunch of volitaile Boise St. fans that were obviously tossing some seriously colorful quotes at Blount. (I do want to know if the Boise Stadium replayed the punch to encite the crowd into a boarderline riot. If anyone knows this for a fact, please email me or leave a comment.) People, just because you paid for the ticket, does not mean you have the right to say or do anything you want. I wouldve liked to seen if that clown in the stands wouldve said anything if there was not a boarder between him and Blount.
I also do not think Bryon Hout should be suspended for the taunt. He will be known as the rest of his life as the guy that got knocked out on national television for opening his big mouth. For the next five years, his face will be getting three million hits on YouTube. He probaly will not be able to go into a Burger King, without someone recognizing him and laughing at Hout. That alone, is enough punishment.
Next is Shawne Merriman.
This is just flat out embarrassing. Merriman gets arrested a week before the season starts over a skank like Tila Tequila? First off, you are a star in the NFL. You can get any woman you want, and you settle for a below average looking woman, who basically whored herself out to MTV for two years? Seriously, if I were in the same zip code as Tila Tequila, I would catch some sort of floating STD.
That is not the most embarrassing part though. Tila Tequila is how tall? Weighs how much? I would be doing her justice if I said she was 5'4" and 100 pounds. Ok, now how big is Shawne Merriman? Lets look that one up shall we.
Shawne Merriman is listed as 6'4" and 265 pounds.
For Merriman's sake, I hope that this was just blown out of proportion. A misunderstanding in a heated argument with Tequila, and she did what she knows best, and that is women. Ok, bad joke, what I really meant was, grabbing attention.
Because if this is not the case, and Merriman wrapped his mitts around a woman's neck that he outweighs by at least 150 pounds, he is then a coward. Why doesn't Merriman at least try to pick a fight with someone that is around 5'7" instead? Oh, that is right, Merriman still has nightmares about Maurice Jones-Drew laying him out on his back.
But if Merriman really has steroid.... oh, I am sorry, rage issues, I know a guy that close to your size that would fight you.
Legarrette Blount.
Few more tidbits about this weekend. I mean, not everything in sports was about violence.
- Sam Bradford just lost (In my best Dr. Evil voice) millllllllllllionssss of dollars with getting injured. The lesson, when you are going to be a top 5 pick in the NFL, just go into the Draft.
- There was been some horrible refereeing this weekend, but nothing takes the cake over what happened in the 4th quarter of that Georgia-Oklahoma St. game. In a close 17-10 game, Georgia S Reshead Jones flat out jacked up Oklahoma St WR Justin Blackmon cleanly over the middle. The outcome was a 15-yard personal foul penalty for a head to head hit. Jones didnt hit Blackmon's head, nor did he lead with his own head.
Three plays later, a Okie St. Touchdown to ice the game. Good job refs.
- If anyone is watching the US Open this weekend, 17 year old, and new American sweetheart Melanie Oudin upsetted Maria Shapapova in the 3rd round. During the match, all eyes and cameras were on Oudin. When was the last time Sharapova was anywhere and none of the cameras were flashing at her?
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Weekend Recap
A lot of happenings going on and about to go down in sports in the next week. We got the baseball playoff races heating up, football is upon us, and in Entourage, our boy E finally grew a pair, and told Sloan where to go, and went to bed with the female Joker. Let’s take a recap of the weekend.
BIG weekend for the SF Giants, as they gave the broomstick to the Rockies and tied them for the Wild Card in the NL. I dunno, but if I were the Phillies or the Cardinals, I am praying that the Rockies win the WC. Do you really want to have to deal with Lincecum, Matt "Charlie Brown" Cain, and Barry Zito acting like its 2001 in a short series?
I watched the first half of the Bears-Broncos preseason game on NBC last night. First off, Chris Collingsworth is the best football analyst in the world. There is no debate there, the guy knows his shit. There is a reason why he has about 27 different jobs in TV with the NFL.
Of course, everyone wanted to see the welcome Denver gave their old golden boy Jay "Frank Cushman from Jerry Mcguire" Cutler after that bloodbath of a situation. Forget about who was right/wrong there. Both sides were right in their own ways, and wrong on how they approached the situation.
Cutler took the pacifier out of his mouth and cried until he got his way. New Head Coach Josh Mcdaniels did not have the position of being a rookie Head Coach, to pull that cute move with Matt Cassell. The story is over. Cutler is in Chicago, Denver is becoming the Oakland Raiders.
This was one of the few times I actually saw a crowd treat a preseason game as if it were Week 14 against a division rival, with the division at stake. The crowd booed and stomped at Cutler so thunderously, that NBC could not keep their cameras straight.
Cutler looked shaky at first, with Denver applying pressure out of the gate, but like any good QB, Cutler adapted. He started moving in the pocket and hit his receivers. The final, 98-yard Touchdown drive was impressive, and took all the air out of the building. Cutler wound up going 15/21 for 144 yards, and a Touchdown pass. Cushman won Round 1.
The other thing I watched this weekend was Part One of HBO's 24/7 for Mayweather/Marquez. As you will learn in time, I am a massive boxing fan. More than the average bear. I detest MMA, and support the Sweet Science like a Hippie at a Kent State anti-war rally in 1970.
This is tough for me, since I am a big Marquez fan, and I cannot stand Mayweather. Both look like they are in great shape and training hard. I just cannot see how Marquez can go up ten pounds heavier than he ever fought at, and beat a guy this skilled.
Can someone please tell Floyd that he looks like an ignorant fool with his self-promotions? We get it. You are one of the best fighters of this generation. Multiple Belts in different weight classes, millions of dollars, etc, etc. Do not try to assume the general public are idiots though. You have your Uncle's arrest, the gun charge with your car at the scene, the IRS on your ass, and the always never-ending soap opera with your father. So, what does Mayweather pull for 24/7? He goes skating with his daughter, and gives out food to the growing Vegas homeless. Tell me Floyd, if you were this much of a thespian and love to give back, why is it that we are seeing this for the first time when you have all of this bad publicity on your back. This is your 3rd HBO 24/7, why show it now? Answer that for me please.......
Want to see a nice statline for a pitcher in a week? Lemme show ya: 2 Starts, 7.2 Innings, 18 hits, 11 Earned Runs, and naturally, 2 losses. Who am I?
Well, I would be Carlos Zambrano. Remember when people thought this clown was one of the best pitchers in baseball? Well, he signed that 5 year-91 Million dollar contract on August 17th, 2007. I am going to be nice and give him the entire 2007 season underneath that contract, because a) it actually makes his stats look better and b) I’m too lazy to divide the 2007 season. Lets take a look at the before and after of Zambrano being one of the richest fat lunatics in the world.
Before 2007: 64-42 3.29 ERA, 977 Innings, 865 Strikeouts, 1.306 WHIP, K/9 Inn. 7.97.
After 2007: 39-25 3.93 ERA, 536.1 Innings, 415 Strikeouts, 1.342 WHIP, 6.96 K/9 Inn.
So basically, the Cubs gave Zambrano roughly 18 Million a year to be an Ace. The Cubs instead got Joe Blanton with anger management problems. OUCH!
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