The suns got jacked..no justice in the NBA

For all of you dedicated nba fans out there you are probably quite aware of the importance of the San Antonio- Phoenix series. Some say that this is the nba finals right now so there is no need to watch anything else after this. I couldn't agree more, this is the marquee match up in the league and a shame that they meet in the second round of the western conference playoffs. So everything is going along nicely in the series, plenty of drama, spurs strike first and take back home court advantage, and then the scrappy suns led by my man nashy fight back to regain control. By the way doesn't nash look like that kid in breaking away, that eighties movie. Then the series, like most desperate struggles between powerhouses in the same conference, takes the inevitable turn towards the chippy and dirty shots. So when rob horry at the end of game four hip checks little nashy into the scorers table his teammates spring from the bench a little too far and are suspended for a game for that. The suns go on to lose game five without the two players that left the bench, two of their best players, first team all nba amare stoudamire, and boris diow. All for the bargain basement price of crappy horry.
The comissh really blew this one, because even though it is a rule that is known to all, the circumstances really needed some judgement by him. What else would you expect from teammates after your little guy who just so happens to be a two time mvp gets jacked almost into the first row. Could you imagine someone slams your best player to the ground and you just sit there yawning. The rule doesn't take into account human instinct which is to defend your own, and also they technically didn't enter into the frey. It in effect rewarded horry for his cheap shot and at the same time showed a glaring hole in the dont come off the bench rule. Look i do get the fact that you can't have players running onto the court every time there is a hard foul or you will have chaos. But, the comissh should realize that this is all he has as well, this is the series that will decide it all and that he should make a judgement call on this one. If he had stepped in when bruce bowen kneed nash in the groin maybe he wouldn't have had to deal with all this. He didn't and i hope it doesn't cost the suns.

For the steelers pimp'in aint easy

A former steelers linebacker was accused of pimping and was jailed in pittsburgh on a warrant issued in Nevada. Richard Seigler, who was on the Steelers practice squad last year, was arraigned and then promptly released by the team. He is facing three prostitution-related felonies including pandering and living from the earnings of a prostitute. He was apparantly accused of persuading a woman to become a pro by paying for her ticket from wasington to las vegas where she engaged in "activities" and then seigler took all or some of the earnings.
I guess you have to supplement your income somehow and this is i guess how the steelers, always one of the cheapest teams in the league, have now forced the hand of their players to get a second job. Maybe they could have a meeting in training camp on how to, instead of blocking and tackling drills, do that pimp slap, how to talk pimpin, or how to aquire that slanted pimp walk.

Brady and the yankee cap.

So recently mr. golden boy, all apologies to de la hoya, Tom Brady was seen walking around the streets of New York wearing a...a..yankee cap. The collective screams you just heard are coming from Red Sox fans who feel as though they've just been blindsided by another yankee trick. It has been reported that possibly he has been influnced by his new york living supermodel Giselle and that maybe he was just trying to go unnoticed in the big city by blending in. O.k. ill give him that, wearing the cap in N.Y. is good cover and is maybe helps him go a little cognito with that. Or is it the ol new girlfriend syndrome that has him wearing whatever she wants him to wear, yes honey ill wear your yankee cap if it makes you happy. Where is Brady's guile, his spunk, his man-up-it-ness. This is definately brady not man-upping it, especially since it shows something even more troubling than said cap in the same picture, a man purse. Yes thats right, in the same picture he is shown wearing that seinfeld parady the "murse" or commonly know as the dreaded un-manley manpurse. Shame on you brady, i dont know which one i am more ashamed of, now its a toss up, murse or benedict arnold cap. Whats next, will brady when he goes overseas put a canadian flag on his luggage and claim canadian citizenship, all the while searching his murse for his passport? All i know is this, brady, get your stones out of you murse, put on a real mans baseball cap and the next time i see you in the media i hope you're doing something a little more manly, like shotguning a beer or watching bullriding or something.

Happytrails Dallas

Last night the Golden State Warriors, an eight seed, beat the favorite to win it all this year the Dallas Mavericks. Im not going to say i told you so, but i kinda did. I just felt that this team, that everyone was sold on, was just an mvp choke artist (dirk) away from being shown the door. This furthur magnifies my point on dirk nowitzki that he is no mvp...not even close. This is a seven footer in love with shooting threes that is slow and doesn't make his other teamates better. He often looks for others in critical situations to have that moxy to take pressure shots, and rarely shows up in the big game...hmmm...sounds like to me this guys an mvp right? Everyone for whatever reason was all on him to win it though, the fact is the guy doesn't have that characteristic that most truly great players have, that killer instinct to never lose. Jordan most definately had it, magic, bird, even kobe has that desire to never ever let up and go down swinging. Eight points in the elimination game for the mvp last night, what a joke. And mark cuban how can you not root for his team to lose, that wwf type of owner of the mavs that is as arrogant as he is annoying constantly right in mix at the end of the bench and grimaceing with every tough situation...can he just go to the owners box already and show a little class. How annoying must that be as a player as well that this owner is always wanting some of that spotlight so he is always in your grill, right over your shoulder, get away you weasel!
Just to put it in perspective, and i know some of you could care less about the nba, the mavericks record this year was 67-14 and they got beat by a team that barely made the playoffs in the warriors with a record of 42-40. Just to keep in mind the other best records of all time in the nba are: Chicago in 19995 with 72-10; Lakers in 1971 with 69-13; Boston in 1972 with 68-14; 76ers in 1966 with 68-13. This also ushers in the new era in the nba, the era of fastbreak helter skelter threes and fun basketball to watch, no more half courts boring sets to put you to sleep. The suns do it to perfection, the warriors do it now and i hope more follow suit.

Dallas is in for a long series.

Well as we all may or may not know the n.b.a. playoffs have begun this week so you can all set your tivo's right now and get settled in. I know some of you are saying things like, oh i don't care about that crap, but remember that all of that going through the motions regular season stuff is over. I am a sucker for some of the playoff matchups, and some you should actually be watching: heat vs. bulls, san antonio vs. denver, new jersey vs. toronto, and dallas vs. golden state. All of these listed you have to check out if its on, especially the dallas G state matchup. Playoffs are of course so much better, with intensity ratcheted up and players getting rest with no back to back games it gives you all you want in an nba game. Now this brings me to my big series of the first round, the golden state-dallas matchup. This is what you want in a nba series: athletic underdog vs. supposedly best team in the league, former coach of dallas (don nelson) now with the golden state left Dallas with tons of animosity for the owner of the mavericks mr. p.t cuban, and not to mention that he knows all of the players weaknesses on dallas, and finally golden state has in their arsenal a plethora of young hungry athletic players that seem to have Dallas's number. Everyone has been on the dallas bandwagon for this whole season, with crappy nowitzki supposedly the frontrunner for mvp, well let me tell you something, im calling it right now...golden state brings down the team with the best record and supposedly the best player in the first round.

A few others you may not have heard of.

These are a list of a few English teams i seem to have forgotten, are they real..well maybe not, but who am i to say such things about such proud teams of the three lions.

Porridge and Shittingdom
Poppinton and Monkeyshire
Bobbins Tobbins Tinkletoot
Sodding Forest
Gingerbridge
Squeek and Whistle
Goodshagmington
Queensbridgemingshiprington
Pingpongringtingtionian
Hoot-scoot-poot welfare

Im Back and I've Got an Ipswitch to Pick with You

Although i have been slightly neglegent with my blog, i am back with a vengence and ready to bring some new jibberish to your attention. If you're like me you have always been infatuated with the english soccer league names, i mean it always sounds like they invented funny, silly words just to tickle the ear. It doesn't hurt that some leprechaun sounding announcer says them so cutsie i just want to curl up with a teddy bear a warm glass of milk and some ipswitch and soddingford. When i read some of these names i feel as if it is the dawn of the english language, some old english professor with a quill in hand twisting and turning the language so that it scoots and squirms its way to a very pleasing sound to the ear. So enjoy, and after my research i have listed some of my favorites in alphabetical order. Oh, it does help if you say them aloud and in an english accent. Some are easy and some are suprisingly more difficult requiring a double take. So take a look you sodding ginger!

These are a compilation of the Premier League, Football Conference, Nothern Premier League, Southern League, Isthmian League. All different levels of english soccer. I highlighted some of my favorites.

A.F.C. Hornchurch, A.F.C. Sudbury, Accrington Stanley, Altrincham, Armthorpe Welfare, Alvechurch, Bamber Bridge, Bashley, Basingstroke Town, Bedlington Terriers, Biddulph Victoria, Billingham Synthonia, Blackpool, Boreham Wood, Bowers & Pitsea, Boldmere St. Michaels, Braintree Town, Bridlington Town, Brodsworth Miners Welfare, Chalfont St. Peter, Charnock Richard, Cheltenham Town, Cheshunt, Chessington & Hook, Chippinham Town, Chipstead, Corinthian Casuals, Cray Wanderers, Crockenhill, (Dagenham & Redbridge), Dulwich Hamlet, Epsom & Ewell,
Eton Manor, Eversham, Flackwell Heath, Fleet Town, Forest Green Rovers,
Freckleton, (Frimley Green), Glapwell, Godalming Town, Gillingham, Goole,
Gravesend & Northfleet, Great Wakering Rovers, Guiseley, Gainsborough Trinity,
Hartley Wintney, Harwich & Parkeston, Havant & Waterlooville, Heybridge Swifts,
Hitchin Town, Holker Old Boys, Horsham, Ipswich Town,
Jarrow Roofing Bolden Community Association, Kidderminster Harriers, King's Lynn,
Kirkham & Wesham, Leatherhead, Lewes, Liversedge, Lordswood,
Macclesfield Town, Mangotsfield United, Merstham, Mickleover Sports,
Mildenhall Town, Milton Keynes Dons, Moor Green, Mossley, North Ferriby Utd,
Nottingham Forest, Nuneaton Borough, Ossett Albion, Pewsey Vale,
Pickering Town, Prescot Cables, Quorn, Radcliffe Borough, Ramsgate, Redbridge,
Runcorn Linnets, Rushden & Diamonds, Sawbridgeworth Town, Shepshed Dynamo,
Shierbrook Town, Slade Green, Sittingbourne, Slimbridge, Spennymoor Town,
Stalybridge Celtic, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Swindon Town, Team Bath, Thackley,
Tilbury, Tiverton Town, Tooting & Mitcham Utd, Tow Law Town, Thamesmead,
Walton & Hersham, Wivenhoe, Whyteleafe Twn, Wingate & Finchley, Worksop Town,

The power of giving your team some space.

I, like most people interested in their tourney brackets, was watching the Carolina Georgetown game with much rooting interest sunday, and i noticed that the harder i pulled for Georgetown the longer they just stayed down. Basically if georgetown loses this game my bracket is busted, so you can imagine my passion for a team that i wouldn't otherwise give a care about. As the game progressed i noticed that georgetown was strangely tight, unable to just draw the game to even, the game just hovered at this seven to ten lead for carolina even though the hoyas were playing very well respectively. Every lose ball was going to carolina, every rebound seemed to fall to a tar heel to give them an extra try, and everything was going their way, thats when i realized it: the sports whammy was upon me, and i had to do something to shake it out of the game. Now there is a lot of research that has been done on the power of rooting for a team, and studies show that if you scream at a player loud enough on television he might just heed your advice to, lets say,"throw the dam ball!" in football or "shoot it!" when inevitably a player cant obviously see the shot clock in basketball but my technique was obviously not working today.
Then the idea hit me, i must remove myself from the game and much like superman changing the spin of the earth i must change the direction of this game fast. So i left with fifteen minutes to go in the game and refused to watch it until there was two minutes to go in the game. When i came back it was as if my strategy had worked to perfection, with me gone and the pressure off my team was able to relax and cut the lead to one. Had it worked? Had my team simply needed me to take a walk to win? I don't know, you have to decide it for yourself, but i know what i saw, reversal magic. With the karma seemingly reversed i could then push them over the top, three point to tie with thirty seconds to go, and then a domination in overtime, perfect...all according to plan. I'm not saying that i had everything to do with this wonderful comeback victory, but is this just a coincidence that when i left they came back strong? I don't know, but i do know that sometimes you have to kick in a little change up rooting karma: take a nap, go for a run, kick your dog, pin stick your voodoo doll, do something different when your team isn't responding and you too might just see some results.

The tournement..and why the nba is better to watch.

I, like most people, are swept up in the initial hype of the march bracket madness, but i am here to tell you the nba has more to offer. Most people get caught up in the abundance of games, wow look how many crappie games i have to watch...wowie! Sure there are the occasional good buzzer beaters that give the tourney its name, but, for the most part all you get is sloppy second rate tense college play...i might as well be watching the nbdl(the nba's developmental league). So all we have left are these networks that give us a large dose of hoopla (pardon the pun) and take all the money and run. Hey wait there's a bracket of college lacrosse on as well...wow cant wait to watch lacrosse madness...please. I want good quality basketball and i don't care if there are college cheerleaders on the sidelines...well i do a little. So if you want to fall into the hype trap and watch eastern niagra take on circusville st. then by all means try the tourney on for size, but after you watch it for six hours and second rate ball, terrible refereeing, and boring all around play dont say i didnt warn you. I will take a great nba game any day over the whole ncaa tourney, the whole thing. Is the arena league on tonight i gotta find something to watch.

Nash i'll never dobut you again.

On wednesday night the mavericks took on the suns in one of the best nba regular season games you are ever going to see. The suns went on to win it 129 to 127 in double overtime in a battle of the two best teams in the nba. I was watching it last night and with actually five minutes left and the suns down ten, the mavericks were up six with thirty seconds left as well, i turned the channel...never again. Thankfully i turned back to see the end, and to my suprise the suns came all the way back in crazy nashy fashion and won it. Even though this was just one game, this was a very symbolic, because, there have been a lot of debate over who is the nba mvp this year: nash or nowitski. You almost watched the game decide it right before your very eyes. They should have stopped the game and gave it to him right there. He is the one of if not the best point guard i have ever seen play the game. He does it all, scoring and play making as good or better then anyone ever. (magic you know i got love for ya). As far as dirk is concerned... forget it, you are not the nvp and as far as I'm concerned shouldn't be in the top five. He had two chances in the game to seal the deal and failed (missing a freethrow with six seconds left and not drawing the foul in the end as the player jumped on the fake and missing the game winning shot) an mvp doesn't consistently choke like that. I repeat, there is no way dirk nowitski should be or even be in the running for the most valuable player award. He is a big man who can't jump, defends ok, can't create for other players, and can't deliver in the clutch. Just because his team is having a great year, then he gets consideration...please.
Nash is amazingly clutch, he hits the game tying three pointer after getting a second chance at it, and then makes a great defensive play by stealing the ball off of jason terry and throwing the ball off his leg going out of bounds. He consistently scans the court, analyzing and distributing perfectly in a wonderful execution of basketball mastery. For all of you out there who think the nba stinks, i challenge you to watch the suns and tell me if you don't fall in love with there style of play. It is fast and smooth with everyone included and an emphasis on finding the open man...well of course it is nash that stirs that drink. I am now converted, i am now a true suns fan, formerly a die hard laker fan but i can no longer endorse a laker team that is about kobe and the other boobs. I find it very funny as well that dallas let nash get away in free agency to phoenix in trying to better defensively, this is a move that will never pan out for them...for in maybe getting better defensively they have sacrificed one of the best players i have ever seen with the basketball. Mr. nash here is your mvp trophy, and later this year you will get your nba championship trophy.

Cheap shot on tobacco road.

In one of the most heated rivalries in sports the duke blue devils took on the North Carolina tar heels on sunday and the rivalry just got a little more bloody. With fifteen seconds to go, and the game well in hand for the tar heels, Gerald Henderson landed a vicious forearm to the nose of Tyler Hansborough going after his own rebound. The bloody incident has now of course sparked all the debate of was is on purpose, or was it just a whoops i accidentally smashed your nose in move. Of course after the game you have both coaches taking both sides of the fence with duke claiming that maybe Carolina shouldn't have had some of their starters in, and the tar heels claiming that it was a cheap shot. Well let me tell you this, it was a clear dirty cheap shot at a player who is one of the more unlikable Carolina players. His nickname is mad dog after all. To even go through the motions of saying that maybe Henderson's elbow wasn't extended, and that he was in the air and out of control...please, don't even try it dukies. Anyone who has ever played basketball can tell you the difference between a foul, and a I'm going up to knock your ass out type of foul. He was obviously jacked up about losing to a bitter rival and decided to take out his frustrations on Hansborough, a player who goes inside hard and powerful all day long. I almost cant believe a fight didn't break out in this one, they are very lucky about that. After all that the duke university has been through with the lacross rape case you would think that they would lay low for a while, but no, they give more fuel to the fire to the question of who is the most hated team in all of college basketball. Remember Bobby Hurly, didn't you just want to punch that guy? See, duke you couldn't just lose with a little class...something that your coach always seems to emphasize...hmmm, something just isn't right at duke.

Three...eh maybe four or five and your out.

The nfl this week has started serious talks with the players union about enforcing strict penaltys against players that cross that line of lewd or violent conduct. The straw that broke the camels back was apparantly mr. pac man jones nba all star weekend that included taking eighty-one thousand dollars into a strip club in a trash bag and ended with someone in his entorage shooting someone else. This has apparantly started a public relations barrage from the nfl's head office, Roger Goddel the comissh has started this whole three strikes proposition and it looks like the players union is behind it with a whole lot o' hot air. So here is the question, what is the definition of a strike and how does one qualify for one? I mean obviously if you do something direct, like drink and drive that should be one; but what about if somone you're with acts up, are you now also responsible for their actions as well? This seems to me to be a little hard to define. I think that the idea is good behind this but a little hard to determine the actual definition of what is improper. Did chris henry deserve a strike for riding in a car with someone who was under the influence even though he was not? The reality is a hard pill for most to swallow, that the nfl does have its good guys, but, there are a lot of thugs that live a wild crazy lifestyle in this game. It is a warriors game, and that does not excuse a person for their actions, but it does in the end lead to more violent tendencies off the field. Always has, more so than the other leagues. So before we all jump on the bandwagon and say that pac man is this, and pac man is that, just remember that it is very difficult to monitor all the people around you in the fastlane of the nfl sometimes. This will also be interesting to watch to see if it tests the oldest of sports unwritten rules, if you can play and are a high quality player on the field...no matter what...in the end you'll get another chance.

The curse of the texans

It has been recently reported that the Houston Texans are considering trading quarterback David Carr if the right offer is there going into this years draft. The abundance of quality qb prospects in their drafting region ( yeah...its the top five ) have obviously influenced this thinking. Oh, really texans? You think you should maybe look at taking a quarterback? Well that is brilliant. But i think people were saying that...ummm..maybe last year. In a move that will probably go down as one of the worst draft decisions in history, the texans passed last year on not only reggie bush but vince young. Collectively one and two in the rookie of the year voting. Last year when even the subject of replacing carr was brought up they took a very defensive stance ,literally, and refused to listen to reason and picked Mario Williams...yeah nice pick. It seemed so natural, young a Houston native and star of the college championship game was right there for the taking and if not him then regggie bush, if they did that people could hardly fault them. But they didn't. There was all the draft hype of the terrible score of Young's wonderlik test about how one train going one direction at this speed, and one going another at that speed, and at what time does train b get to destination x. Yeah that test was obviously thrown out the window right about the time that vince took a terrible team and almost made the playoffs. I mean i really felt bad for the Houston fans when he goes in there last year and runs thirty nine yards for an in your face win. The whole stadium just kind of sat there and looked frozen and horrified. But you know what, this piece isn't really about a told ya so to the texans, as it is more a tribute to the dumb draft moves of all time...oh wait, yes it is...texans you now have the current title of stupidest move by a franchise in recent years. Good luck.

So who do you like....Oden or Durant with the top pick.

This year in college basketball there are actually two players who have the potential to make a big impact with any NBA team that drafts them first, Kevin Durant out of Texas and of course Greg Oden from Ohio State. The debate has started, and this is very interesting because of the magnitude of the selection for each franchise. Of course the person sitting in the second spot doesn't have the pressure because they'll just take the other one, but, in this one you have the big man versus the tall versatile scorer. In Oden you have not just any big man but, a very athletic even keel big man who we haven't even seen how good he can be in collage because he has played most of the season with a broken hand. He has also taken to using his off hand in free throws, a feat not necessarily seen in centers these days....ahem...um you hear that shaq? Oh, and he's a seven footer, yeah, a true seven footer who plays great defense and rebounds...that's all. Now Durant, he is six foot nine and can score from anywhere...i mean anywhere. He shoots with great accuracy from outside and is a fast slashing force at all ends of the court. He simply dominates the game while reminding people of a kevin garnett/tracy mcgrady type player. So who do you go with? Both players are freshmen by the way so they will just get better and better theoreticaly. I dont know, i am leaning a little on the durant side just because he looks so nice right now but, i mean, how do you pass up the big man? It will be a hard choice either way..and a decision that impacts a franchise for years to come.

Come on C's it's been a long time...

The Boston Celtics just recorded their franchise record sixteenth straight (and counting going into fridays game) loss this season. What a slide that is for one of the leagues greatest franchises, i mean what is going on here boys? They have had time, ample time, to eventually get some semblance of a competitive team together. There was a time....ehh..about ten years ago where the ol Len Bias excuse had some credibility, and then there was the untimely death of Reggie Lewis that hurt the C's. I wonder, has the Boston curse simply shifted forms...and now resides in the generic fleet center? Maybe the spirits are angry about leaving the garden? Oh sure, that would be convenient...but the reality is that even when they just missed getting Tim Duncan by one pick in the draft things just have not worked out for the c's. I feel bad...like i should do something for this franchise. I have grown up a lifelong laker fan, even though being born in Boston should make me a die hard celtic fan....i mean i grew up with the bird era...but unfortunately the lakers were too flashy and fantastic with Magic for me to look anywhere else.
So i do feel for them, i mean dammit the league itself needs this team! What a sad state it is when the knicks, celts, sixers, all the old great franchises are just stuck...stuck in a downward pull of nowheresville. The celts do have some promise, they have added a lot of youth and are the youngest team in the league, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson to name a few. But so what, to me the biggest mistake they made in recent years was not respecting birds savvy as a basketball executive and letting him go back to Indiana and set up shop with the pacers. I mean for a while i guess i did enjoy them struggling for one reason or another but now after what, fifteen odd years of sucking...its time to get a winner in there. Maybe in a few years we will see some of that youth pay off, and this post will seem irrelevant, not like it isn't anyway, and all will be ok for the celts. I hope so, because all i know is that it has been a long time since the celts have been relevant. So lets go c's im rooting for you now, in my own weird don't really care way...because, and i quote the former attempted celtic coach Ric Patino, "Larry Bird ain't walking through that door...Robert Parrish, Kevin Mcale ain't walking through that door folks.."
Indeed they are not.

Amechi's out..tyson's going in..and can someone feed artests dog

In accordance with his book release recently John Amechi, the six foot ten former NBA center out of Penn state, has announced his coming out party. He is the only NBA player ever, past or present, to formally announce that fact. This is quite a bold and admirable move in a sports culture that doesn't exactly want to hear these things. Sports as a whole doesn't exactly deny that there have been gay athletes over the years, but they certainly don't want them to take center stage...after all imagine the ole' good play tap with a little extra squeezing of the charmin...for shame. But, i guess he should be applauded or something, no other athlete i can remember has taken such a public stance as this, to be rumored is one thing but to stand up and say publicly something that is so taboo is another.
Also in the news this week is the report that Mike Tyson has reportedly checked into a drug rehab center to counteract the arrest he had on felony drug charges..bravo Tyson that is bound to work. He was quoted as saying that he uses cocaine "whenever he can get his hands on it." Well since he cant seem to get his hands on anyone else in a fight, he obviously is in that post fight stage in his life that seems to me might be much more dangerous for him than any Las Vegas ten round night. Good luck mike, and good luck with that tonga war tattoo on your face when you're sixty...if you make it there.
Animal service officers recently seized the great dane of NBA star and notorious scrap happy Ron Artest this week. Neighbors apparently complained for weeks that the dog appeared starving and noticeably neglected. So, after a weeks notice, the animal cops show up and take the dog away. So upset by this matter (could you imagine how far it would have to go for neighbors to notice let alone take action) that the gated community has a plan to vote on new guidelines that would require homeowners to properly care for their animals. Ok sure, so it might be a case of people in a gated community looking out their windows and nothing better to do. But, come on artest, you wake up in your mansion and slop some gravy train down in marmadukes bowl...its not that hard...what an idiot.
Finally, this story is the ultimate show of either stupidity or maybe just maybe the worlds only true die hard fan, you decide. Scott Wiese a 26 year old bears fan told friends that his beloved bears would absolutely win the super bowl. If, in a show of idiocy, his bears did not win he would change his name to Peyton Manning. He even signed a petition at Katz piano bar in Decatur last week in front of two hundred people to drive his point home. Well as we all know sadly for scotty his bears lost, and so just like any dutiful fan would do...right...he trudged to the Macon Co. courts facility to file the paperwork..atta boy scotty...you just earned yourself the stupidest fan move of the year...congratulations. Hey everybody ( in dufus manning voice) I'm peyton manning)...

The superbowl, rex grossman, and othe ramblings

The super bowl took place this weekend and just in case you missed it, the colts defeated the bears by just a little more than the spread..and the colts in the process shook the ol proverbial monkey off the back of Peyton, Dungy, and the whole Indy colts franchise. Well let me be the first to congratulate the colts because they have always been there, but, always just fall a little short. Well not this time, as the colts looked like the team that is now just as much power as they are finesse....and let me just say that i was wrong about tony dungy...ok..i was wrong, he coached a great game and has always led his team with quiet excellence, so cheers to you. Grossman, where do i start here...has some semblance of talent...but when the time comes to deliver, he not only doesn't come up with anything positive he looks darn right silly out there sometimes. Look he has a great arm and is young enough to rebound and i think go on from this, but, all I'm saying is that maybe we've seen his ceiling.. i mean maybe that's as good as it gets with him.
Now on to Peyton manning...he has now cemented his place in the upper level quarterbacks of history. Right up there with Elwa, Montana, Unitas, Marino, all the greats. He shakes off all that stat guy label stuff with one big win, and dare i say it Brady fans, didn't he just creep a little closer or maybe even pass your beloved Brady? Well most importantly he can at least enter in to those discussions..
Once again i ran into the superbowl this year with all the expectations of a fantastic unbelievable extravaganza, and what i got is bloated, bored and disappointed. It always seems like the game itself just never lives up to the hype, and maybe that is in the end it's curse. The game itself i always look forward to and then it just seems to fizzle out, and this one with all the friggin rain....oh yeah, it rained the whole game, was another in the long line of superbowl flops in my book. So when the time comes and it lives up to the expectations i will capitalize the game known as the superbowl.

The man without emotion

There have been all these opinions in the press this week about how wonderful it would be if Tony Dungy wins and gets the proverbial monkey off his back...the general consensus is that it couldn't happen to a better man...one of the class acts of the nfl....a true gentleman....and apparently, when i watch him at least, not an emotional bone in his body.
What is this creature? Has he no passion? I have seen him interviewed many times and i don't know....sure he might be reasonably unoffensive but so is bryant gumbal....and i don't want him to lead me either..
When i watched him over the years in press conferences it was strange because, if you didn't know the score of the game, or watch any of the highlights, you would never know who won the game by the way he acted....like a long slow monotone lecture class....it could put you right to sleep..
It is true that he did smile after the afc championship win....wowie...i dont know about you but i like my football coaches with a little fire in his britches...could you imagine the quiet recommendation he might give to you after a mistake you make in a game...or maybe he'll just avoid it all together and give you an impassive look....ooh man hey tony are you upset that your team just lost the super bowl? Probably not or maybe he is....hmm i just cant tell.

You've got to get sportsaskew back, dude.

Beware the underdog

Well this is my first official post on my bloggie so im prettty excited about it...if nothing else it should improve my typing skills.....
Everyone seems to be talking about peyton manning this, and peyton manning that....well i got news for ya afc band wagon its going to be a lot closer than you think...everyone has doubted the bears all season, and i am not a big bears supporter by any means but i do love the underdog in general in sports. All the great coaches make their teams at least think they are the disrespected, no one thinks you can do it, they said this about you type team...even when billicheck has won three superbowls he still always plays this card...and why is it so effective?
Well its kind of obvious, these hulking neanderthals need a little something to take the edge off of the pressure of the big game...why not tell them that no one thinks you can do something...it has the effect of focusing and angering the frank-un steens...im not saying that all football players are some sling blades but i just mean that it is a game of aggression, look at the florida ohio state game for example, i know it was in college....Look at the steelers run last year, freed from the burden of the favorite tag they were loose enough to ride the u-card all the way last year... the underdog card is the strongest motivator in sports... so pressure builds for mr manning and the bears, and there are some big fast guys on that side, just keep listening.