If you watched the Fiesta Bowl and you did not enjoy, then you are a sorry person. Even if you are a Sooner fan, I think even as tough as this was, you have to say that it was fun.
That game may be the best game, college or pro played in the last 3 years, maybe even more. Hell I enjoyed it so much I may even download it from I-Tunes.
The game had everything you could want and more. Underdog jumps out to a lead. Builds lead, then favorite comes back with a great come back of it's own to tie, then quickly get a pick for six to take the lead with just over a minute. Then underdog drives down and scores on a hook and ladder play with under ten seconds to play. And to top it, after giving up a TD on the first play of OT, the Underdog wins it by scoring on 4th down and then going for two, and pulling off the Statue of Liberty play. It will be tough to top that.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
So let's go over how we got here.
An interesting past few days in sports.
First off baseball. I hate to say that there is no truth to the rumor that I have been doing a rain dance to hold up the World Series. It is not a part of my feindious plot to not have a World Series played so I can keep saying that the White Sox were the last team to be World Champions. I wish I had thought of it.
But it looks like the Tigers will have some rust on them as they will be waiting a full week in between games. Again that is if the Mets and Cards actually get to play.
Speaking of the NL, I am surprised that this series is going as it had. Last night the Cards showed they are still up for the challenge. They got to Glavine who had their number in game #1. Also to get back up after Sunday's fiasco is taking away from the awful taste that was how they finished this season. They got a great performance from Weaver who showed the toughness that many felt he lacks, by holding the Mets at bay, after surrendering two runs in the 4th. They had chances to blow it wide open but did not capitalize, thankfully it did not bite them in the ass last night. Today the teams head back to Flushing for game 6. It is all set up for the Cardinals they send their ace as the Mets trot out Maine who has lost already in this series. So that means, since I feel good about the Redbirds chances that the Mets will win the next two.
Other baseball news.
Stay away from Juan Uribe's Jeep if you know what is good for you. Oh Juan, what the hell are you doing?
Ken Macha you just lead the A's to their first series win in 16 years. Where are you going? That's right, unemployment. Go figure that one out. Well as we have seen if you a good manager, you better suck up to the GM. Girardi now Macha fired, while Torre keeps his job because Cashman is in his corner.
So the Cubs don't take Giradi they take Lou Pinella. Wow Lou, the Cubs are going to pay you that much. Now you can give Steve Lyons his wallet back. He needs the cash. Oh wait I have just been fired from Fox for that joke. Lou I hope your time back in the dugout will be a fruitful as your stint with the Devil Rays. I am so praying that he shows that he now as dumb of a manager as he was doing commentary for Fox. Lou is coming and he wants A-Rod. That sentence sounded really sleazy didn't it. Sorry about that. Now it looks like the Trib may pour out cash to get him. One problem guys. Who are going to give up and who going to pitch. If A-Rod comes to Chicago as a Cub. I do hope that the Sox win another title again, so life will be miserable for the Cubs even more.
I think the Padres are being dumb in letting Bochy go. It is not his fault they don't win in the playoff. You asking the guy to win a knife fight with a nerf football. Give the guy some more weapons to work with and he will win.
Hey I told you stay away from Juan's jeep.
Hockey
The Kings suck.
College Football
When Miami and Florida International meet it is always a war. Thankfully this year Miami Dade Country Police and UN Peacekeepers where able to come it and calm things down. If you have not seen it well then that is just sad. And if you have seen less than 40 times well look again. (Deadspin) Stay Classy Lamar. You will need to now that you lost your job. So it looks like about 3,278 players past present and future were suspended for various lengths of time. I will say I have not seen Don Stock run around like that at the Orange Bowl in long time.
The BCS rankings are out and I don't care. Sure they make for great controversy but the system is screwed up and they have not figured it out after all these years. I going to keep watching, but don't talk to be about the rankings until we are deep into November.
UCLA had it's dignity stomped on for 3 quarters. They made it less of beating by holding the Ducks to 8 points in the second half and getting two late TD's. Carl, I love you, but this team has to make progress. Nothing will say that more than a win this week. Do that and you put UCLA back on the national scene. A big road game, come on, it is time to invoke the Gutty Little Bruins. So please have these guys ready to play for four quarters.
NFL
Okay seriously the Bidwells must have done something really heinous to deserve all the bad karma. What do they have to do. You do not blow 20 point leads folks, when the other team has turned the ball over 6 times. And boy is Denny pissed. The game should have been over when they made their last pick. 5 minutes and change up 13, game over. Nope the Cardinals gave their fans the bird with what happened. I think the fumble was not the best call in the world, but that happens. Also a word to Edge. Hey buddy you asked for the ball late and you did nothing with it. What 37 carries for 58 yards. Edge the line sucks, but you are stealing money right now. The other thing that boggles my mind was the punt return. It makes me ask the question. Did any of the Cardinals stay on the field after the ball was kicker? To me that seems the only logical explanation why a guy returns the ball up the gut un-touched. THAT IS WHY YOU STAY IN YOUR LANES! When you break the special teams cardinal rule you get burned. The saddest part of all it is that the Cardinals could have won it. When Mr. Auto-Matic 2005 misses a 41 yarder. Oh wait it gets sadder, the Cards fire their O-coordinator, even though I think he called a good game. But they are laying the blame of the O-Line on someone, and he the guy who gets the sucker punch.
But he shouldn't worry, he can hang out with Fassell, who got thrown under the bus by his good friend Brian Billick. Fassell has said that there are too many generals and not enough soldiers. It may even be why Boller sucks since he hears three different things to do. That will f' with you. You had a staff of Billick, Fassell and Neuheisel. That to me is, "too much info running through my head". Oh sorry, I went all Police on you there.
Sorry if this entry is more hackneyed than others.
First off baseball. I hate to say that there is no truth to the rumor that I have been doing a rain dance to hold up the World Series. It is not a part of my feindious plot to not have a World Series played so I can keep saying that the White Sox were the last team to be World Champions. I wish I had thought of it.
But it looks like the Tigers will have some rust on them as they will be waiting a full week in between games. Again that is if the Mets and Cards actually get to play.
Speaking of the NL, I am surprised that this series is going as it had. Last night the Cards showed they are still up for the challenge. They got to Glavine who had their number in game #1. Also to get back up after Sunday's fiasco is taking away from the awful taste that was how they finished this season. They got a great performance from Weaver who showed the toughness that many felt he lacks, by holding the Mets at bay, after surrendering two runs in the 4th. They had chances to blow it wide open but did not capitalize, thankfully it did not bite them in the ass last night. Today the teams head back to Flushing for game 6. It is all set up for the Cardinals they send their ace as the Mets trot out Maine who has lost already in this series. So that means, since I feel good about the Redbirds chances that the Mets will win the next two.
Other baseball news.
Stay away from Juan Uribe's Jeep if you know what is good for you. Oh Juan, what the hell are you doing?
Ken Macha you just lead the A's to their first series win in 16 years. Where are you going? That's right, unemployment. Go figure that one out. Well as we have seen if you a good manager, you better suck up to the GM. Girardi now Macha fired, while Torre keeps his job because Cashman is in his corner.
So the Cubs don't take Giradi they take Lou Pinella. Wow Lou, the Cubs are going to pay you that much. Now you can give Steve Lyons his wallet back. He needs the cash. Oh wait I have just been fired from Fox for that joke. Lou I hope your time back in the dugout will be a fruitful as your stint with the Devil Rays. I am so praying that he shows that he now as dumb of a manager as he was doing commentary for Fox. Lou is coming and he wants A-Rod. That sentence sounded really sleazy didn't it. Sorry about that. Now it looks like the Trib may pour out cash to get him. One problem guys. Who are going to give up and who going to pitch. If A-Rod comes to Chicago as a Cub. I do hope that the Sox win another title again, so life will be miserable for the Cubs even more.
I think the Padres are being dumb in letting Bochy go. It is not his fault they don't win in the playoff. You asking the guy to win a knife fight with a nerf football. Give the guy some more weapons to work with and he will win.
Hey I told you stay away from Juan's jeep.
Hockey
The Kings suck.
College Football
When Miami and Florida International meet it is always a war. Thankfully this year Miami Dade Country Police and UN Peacekeepers where able to come it and calm things down. If you have not seen it well then that is just sad. And if you have seen less than 40 times well look again. (Deadspin) Stay Classy Lamar. You will need to now that you lost your job. So it looks like about 3,278 players past present and future were suspended for various lengths of time. I will say I have not seen Don Stock run around like that at the Orange Bowl in long time.
The BCS rankings are out and I don't care. Sure they make for great controversy but the system is screwed up and they have not figured it out after all these years. I going to keep watching, but don't talk to be about the rankings until we are deep into November.
UCLA had it's dignity stomped on for 3 quarters. They made it less of beating by holding the Ducks to 8 points in the second half and getting two late TD's. Carl, I love you, but this team has to make progress. Nothing will say that more than a win this week. Do that and you put UCLA back on the national scene. A big road game, come on, it is time to invoke the Gutty Little Bruins. So please have these guys ready to play for four quarters.
NFL
Okay seriously the Bidwells must have done something really heinous to deserve all the bad karma. What do they have to do. You do not blow 20 point leads folks, when the other team has turned the ball over 6 times. And boy is Denny pissed. The game should have been over when they made their last pick. 5 minutes and change up 13, game over. Nope the Cardinals gave their fans the bird with what happened. I think the fumble was not the best call in the world, but that happens. Also a word to Edge. Hey buddy you asked for the ball late and you did nothing with it. What 37 carries for 58 yards. Edge the line sucks, but you are stealing money right now. The other thing that boggles my mind was the punt return. It makes me ask the question. Did any of the Cardinals stay on the field after the ball was kicker? To me that seems the only logical explanation why a guy returns the ball up the gut un-touched. THAT IS WHY YOU STAY IN YOUR LANES! When you break the special teams cardinal rule you get burned. The saddest part of all it is that the Cardinals could have won it. When Mr. Auto-Matic 2005 misses a 41 yarder. Oh wait it gets sadder, the Cards fire their O-coordinator, even though I think he called a good game. But they are laying the blame of the O-Line on someone, and he the guy who gets the sucker punch.
But he shouldn't worry, he can hang out with Fassell, who got thrown under the bus by his good friend Brian Billick. Fassell has said that there are too many generals and not enough soldiers. It may even be why Boller sucks since he hears three different things to do. That will f' with you. You had a staff of Billick, Fassell and Neuheisel. That to me is, "too much info running through my head". Oh sorry, I went all Police on you there.
Sorry if this entry is more hackneyed than others.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Weekend Wrapup.
Okay let me lay out my thoughts and theories from what I watched, heard, or thought I heard or watched.
Let's start off with Baseball. Well I do not understand playoff baseball, since I only picked two of the series right. But I was way off on the # of games.
Was I doing crack when I picked the Padres to win their series, or that the Dodgers would have at least made it a series? I think I was. As for the Pitty Kittys. I will handed it to them they treated the Yankees like the liter box. Speaking of cat shit, how about that A-Rod. Speaking of Yankees stinking, it does look like 200 million just does not buy the same anymore. All that money and you couldn't buy another decent starter who was not over 35. Right now Wang is the ace of that staff by miles. Saturday when they had to run Jarret Wright out you knew it was over. Jarret Wright who is still living off the 1997 World Series. But the best part of all of this is that Old King George might be back . So there is hope we could see the Yankee go back to 80's when they spent way too much on guys who suck. And to top it they are thinking of bring back Pinella. Which will end poorly. So Yankee fans please enjoy. I know I will.
Padres would have trouble scoring runs in a T-Ball league. You need pitching and D, but you do have to get a hit or two.
Cards win, so what is the best you can roll out to face the Mets. Jeff Weaver. Mets lead the series 1-0.
I know I said that coming in the Dodgers were the streakiest team in MLB. Well it looks like they had one of their bad ones. The wheels just came flying off. They made strides this year, but you could see this was a patch work team. It will be interesting to see what happens next. I think LA and Anaheim will be throwing around a lot of money on Free Agents this off season.
Speaking of L.A. Saturday was a huge day for L.A. Sports. Two major college football programs playing at home.
USC is very lucky to have escaped with a win. The new rules got the Huskies at the end. As the BCS comes out today, the Trojans do not deserve to be #2. The Gators have beaten better opponents at this time. So they deserve it. People out here are just getting ancey over the fact the Trojans are not killing people by 40 points. Well I tell them to shut it. A win is a win.
As for the Bruins they played well again on D. Allowing on 7 points and knocking out a QB. The last few seasons the Bruins had given up 7 points during warm ups. The Offense is still not where it should be, but I was impressed on how Cowan came in for Olsen and moved the team. Next up they venture north to play the Ducks.
The Dodgers - The Blue Crew packed in another 50K plus to Chavez Ravine for playoff baseball. Which has been lacking over the years, as compared to the 70's and 80's. Sadly they stumbled all over themselves, even when they manged to get back into the game, they still shot themselves in the foot. Two many times they had unproductive at-bats. The Defense was not sharp and the pitching was awful. But that can also be attributed to the Mets being better and making the Dodgers pay at every turn.
The Kings - The scrappy little bunch shook off the loss to the Ducks on Friday and whaled on the lowlier Blues. Wow, that is franchise that has really fallen. They won 4-1, but more importantly they may have found something.
The Kings are giving play time to a rookie by the name of Anze Kopitar. The boy may be as ugly as sin, but he got a spark. Got two goals opening night and 3 assist Saturday. I know five points in two games at the start of a season is not a sign to get playoff tickets, but the kids shows something. His last assist is what I loved. He's on the break as he make a run at the net he is fending off the defense man, protecting the puck and as he gets ridden out past the keeper he gets the puck back out in front. Which was then scooped up and put in the net by Sopel. But again it is October and there is not even front on the pumpkins
College Football notes.
Auburn made to look a fool by the Razorpiggies. They just took it to them.
Florida another big win. Beating a good LSU team, again they should be the 2nd ranked team in the country.
Oregeon get out ugly jerseyed by Cal. Who put it too them. I was very surprised by how bad they beat them.
Texas deep fried the Sooners at the Texas State Fair.
I was watching the parts of the Tennessee/Georgia game could someone tell me what happened. I blinked and the score went from 31-27 to 51-33.
John L. Smith, that slap Saturday was from Michigan.
Okay, I will now say the Missouri Tigers are not be taken lightly. They may be the Big 12 North Champs. Since Nebraska is beatable. Sure they will get pounded by Texas, but it has been a long time since they played for something.
Well I have to pretend to work. I will give my wrap up of the Pros tomorrow after I have viewed the Ravens/Broncos.
Man I hate those freaking Ravens. The Broncos need to get a win tonight, they need to keep pace with the Bolts. Also, I love seeing the Ravens knocked down a couple of pegs. Ravens this, Ravens that. I hate them, I hate them, I hate them. Which means they will probably win a very ugly game tonight in which the Broncos lose the game and about 8 starters for the rest of the year. So, just in case I am starting to get out my hate for the Ravens now. I hate rush hour. But I really should have faith in this team. Shanahan will have them ready to play and I think they want to prove something tonight. So Mike prove me wrong and let us rub salt in their wounds.
Let's start off with Baseball. Well I do not understand playoff baseball, since I only picked two of the series right. But I was way off on the # of games.
Was I doing crack when I picked the Padres to win their series, or that the Dodgers would have at least made it a series? I think I was. As for the Pitty Kittys. I will handed it to them they treated the Yankees like the liter box. Speaking of cat shit, how about that A-Rod. Speaking of Yankees stinking, it does look like 200 million just does not buy the same anymore. All that money and you couldn't buy another decent starter who was not over 35. Right now Wang is the ace of that staff by miles. Saturday when they had to run Jarret Wright out you knew it was over. Jarret Wright who is still living off the 1997 World Series. But the best part of all of this is that Old King George might be back . So there is hope we could see the Yankee go back to 80's when they spent way too much on guys who suck. And to top it they are thinking of bring back Pinella. Which will end poorly. So Yankee fans please enjoy. I know I will.
Padres would have trouble scoring runs in a T-Ball league. You need pitching and D, but you do have to get a hit or two.
Cards win, so what is the best you can roll out to face the Mets. Jeff Weaver. Mets lead the series 1-0.
I know I said that coming in the Dodgers were the streakiest team in MLB. Well it looks like they had one of their bad ones. The wheels just came flying off. They made strides this year, but you could see this was a patch work team. It will be interesting to see what happens next. I think LA and Anaheim will be throwing around a lot of money on Free Agents this off season.
Speaking of L.A. Saturday was a huge day for L.A. Sports. Two major college football programs playing at home.
USC is very lucky to have escaped with a win. The new rules got the Huskies at the end. As the BCS comes out today, the Trojans do not deserve to be #2. The Gators have beaten better opponents at this time. So they deserve it. People out here are just getting ancey over the fact the Trojans are not killing people by 40 points. Well I tell them to shut it. A win is a win.
As for the Bruins they played well again on D. Allowing on 7 points and knocking out a QB. The last few seasons the Bruins had given up 7 points during warm ups. The Offense is still not where it should be, but I was impressed on how Cowan came in for Olsen and moved the team. Next up they venture north to play the Ducks.
The Dodgers - The Blue Crew packed in another 50K plus to Chavez Ravine for playoff baseball. Which has been lacking over the years, as compared to the 70's and 80's. Sadly they stumbled all over themselves, even when they manged to get back into the game, they still shot themselves in the foot. Two many times they had unproductive at-bats. The Defense was not sharp and the pitching was awful. But that can also be attributed to the Mets being better and making the Dodgers pay at every turn.
The Kings - The scrappy little bunch shook off the loss to the Ducks on Friday and whaled on the lowlier Blues. Wow, that is franchise that has really fallen. They won 4-1, but more importantly they may have found something.
The Kings are giving play time to a rookie by the name of Anze Kopitar. The boy may be as ugly as sin, but he got a spark. Got two goals opening night and 3 assist Saturday. I know five points in two games at the start of a season is not a sign to get playoff tickets, but the kids shows something. His last assist is what I loved. He's on the break as he make a run at the net he is fending off the defense man, protecting the puck and as he gets ridden out past the keeper he gets the puck back out in front. Which was then scooped up and put in the net by Sopel. But again it is October and there is not even front on the pumpkins
College Football notes.
Auburn made to look a fool by the Razorpiggies. They just took it to them.
Florida another big win. Beating a good LSU team, again they should be the 2nd ranked team in the country.
Oregeon get out ugly jerseyed by Cal. Who put it too them. I was very surprised by how bad they beat them.
Texas deep fried the Sooners at the Texas State Fair.
I was watching the parts of the Tennessee/Georgia game could someone tell me what happened. I blinked and the score went from 31-27 to 51-33.
John L. Smith, that slap Saturday was from Michigan.
Okay, I will now say the Missouri Tigers are not be taken lightly. They may be the Big 12 North Champs. Since Nebraska is beatable. Sure they will get pounded by Texas, but it has been a long time since they played for something.
Well I have to pretend to work. I will give my wrap up of the Pros tomorrow after I have viewed the Ravens/Broncos.
Man I hate those freaking Ravens. The Broncos need to get a win tonight, they need to keep pace with the Bolts. Also, I love seeing the Ravens knocked down a couple of pegs. Ravens this, Ravens that. I hate them, I hate them, I hate them. Which means they will probably win a very ugly game tonight in which the Broncos lose the game and about 8 starters for the rest of the year. So, just in case I am starting to get out my hate for the Ravens now. I hate rush hour. But I really should have faith in this team. Shanahan will have them ready to play and I think they want to prove something tonight. So Mike prove me wrong and let us rub salt in their wounds.
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