Wow! Royals 6-0 up at the top of the 2nd... Yankees chasing tail already!
BRUINS> LIGHTNING
GO BOSTON!
YES!
drone
I can't wait, it's going to be great. I'm not going anywhere to watch it- just saying home w/ a few brews.
Same here. :)
drone
That just pisses me off because Calgary could have had Yzerman for our GM but noooo, we had to stick with the missed-the-playoffs tandem of Darryl and Brent Sutter instead; Yzerman went to Tampa and they were damn near the best team this year.
BOOOOOO. That game was terrible (for a Bruins fan)
The B's were definitely broken last night. Let's hope they're fixed for Game 2. I've got my fingers crossed that Bergeron will be back soon as well.
drone
Also- Thomas can't do it all. The defense looked like a bunch of high schoolers, at times.
OK. Go Bruins. Go Bulls.
NUCKS FUCKIN DESTROYED SAN JOSE
OMG
Game 3 tonight, baby. Go B's!
Quote from: TPD on May 19, 2011, 10:18:10 AM
NUCKS FUCKIN DESTROYED SAN JOSE
OMG
Could be their year. Too bad for us Flames fans!
The Winnipeg Jets are coming back home? :o
Well, a team is coming home to Winnipeg, I believe one way or the other. I'd like them to be called The Jets because The Moose (AHL) is an idiotic sports team name.
I'm sure it's gonna be the Jets. I can't imagine Winnipeg getting back an NHL team and not calling it The Jets...
Speaking of Western Canada...
OMG GO NUCKS GO!
totally pwnd that western conference.
YOU'RE NEXT, BOSTON!
It's adorable that they finally get a third kick at the can after 40 years as a team!
needs more Aussie Rules
Quote from: naut on May 25, 2011, 08:44:56 PM
needs more Aussie Rules
Weirdest sport I've ever seen in my whole life.
The Bruins are trying to send me to an early grave.
drone
Quote from: rokken like dokken on May 25, 2011, 09:03:08 PM
Weirdest sport I've ever seen in my whole life.
Since naut wanted Aussie Rules....
Boy, the Brisbane Lions are awful this year! Only they could lose to an expansion team getting blown out in every game in their first season. Lord almighty.
Quote from: rokken like dokken on May 25, 2011, 04:49:53 PM
It's adorable that they finally get a third kick at the can after 40 years as a team!
hahaha
hush you!
Quote from: rokken like dokken on May 25, 2011, 09:45:50 PM
Since naut wanted Aussie Rules....
Boy, the Brisbane Lions are awful this year! Only they could lose to an expansion team getting blown out in every game in their first season. Lord almighty.
:D
Gold star
Quote from: TPD on May 25, 2011, 10:24:02 PM
hahaha
hush you!
Yeah, I admit I'm a bitter Calgary fan but most of my anger is directed at Calgary management that doesn't give a flying fuck about winning now that we're making money again.
BRUINS
BOSTON GOIN DOWN ON WEDNESDAY, GIRLIE
i was watching the news earlier- y'all have an amazing team, I'm nervous. Plus, you have twins on your team, which must mean that they have some kind of crazy twin superpower that we're going to have to overcome.
AND THEY'RE GINGERS. SWEDE GINGERS.
Should be an epic match. Both teams are known for getting rough too. I foresee a lot of flying bodies and flying pucks.
As my buddy allen said, "CAN WHALES EAT A BEARS? WE'LL FIND OUT ON WEDNESDAY!"
:lol:
oh yeah, Le Mans 24 Hrs starts at 3:30pm and all 24 hrs will be televised! Gawd I love the Kingdom and their kick ass cable sport coverage.
I get all the UFC live pay-per-view fights free, which makes me a very happy bloodthirsty girl :D
The Patron is tasting mighty fine in the drone household. :D
drone
So what is that for BeanTown now? All four major US championships in 7 years? (baseball, football, hockey, and basketball).
Something like that, yeah.
drone
Sort of in a weird situation at the moment.
I am the League Manager of my Fantasy Football league. The league is entering its 3rd year and is generally enjoyed by all.
The problem is, two of the original members were boyfriend/girlfriend. Between the end of last season and today, they have broken up. I have spoken with some of the other members of the league and given the matter some thought on my own, and the conclusion that I have reached is that the the girl will no longer be participating in the league next year.
I think that it would show a decided lack of class to just start up the league without her (letting her find out that she's been dropped second-hand), and feel she is entitled to an email explaining the situation (at the very least, giving her time to join a different league, in case the season actually starts on time ::)). However, I am having a hard time crafting the appropriate statement conveying a sincere apology while giving an accurate explanation for deleting her from the league. Most of us have maintained cordial relationships with her since the break-up, and I want it to be clear that her deletion is in no way vindictive or punitive, but simply my decision to maintain and continue the friendly and fun dynamic that has ruled the league for the past 2 years and avoid unnecessary drama and/or tension.
Yes, I take my LM responsibilities WAY too seriously. :lol:
I would let her continue as a member rather than risk losing her friendship. It may not turn nasty between her and her ex on the boards anyway. I mean, hell, its only fantasy football eh! ;)
It is official - The Winnipeg Jets are BACK, baby!
now if only the Hartford Whalers would return!
Followed by the Nordiques.
Hey now, let's not go to far.
Quote from: r00 on June 27, 2011, 07:50:12 PM
Hey now, let's not go to far.
Nah, Denver's a fine city for a hockey team - there are plenty of southern teams to force back to Canada.
Just looked up the price of UFC fights...holy crap. $45 per card? Sunday is the last one I get to see for free. :'(
Did anyone else see the Kongo fight the other night? I'm still getting goosebumps. Am hoping the repeat will be on before we leave. :D
http://themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=23720
I was unaware until yesterday that Cael Sanderson had come out of retirement (goes to show what the wrestling coverage in this country is like, even in Iowa, the so-called wrestling capital of the nation). This gives the U.S. the only real legitimate shot that I know of of winning a gold medal at the upcoming Olympics (assuming he competes for that long).
As a huge Iowa Hawkeye fan it was infuriating watching him win 4 consecutive NCAA titles for the Iowa State Cyclones while winning 180 or so consecutive matches but I had to grudgingly admit that he was god damn amazing to watch and basically unbeatable within the U.S. (although I cheered heartily when he was defeated in the first match of a 3 match series at the 2004 Olympic Trials by Hawkeye alum Lee Fullhart before Fullhart dropped the next 2 matches).
Still, winning a gold medal at 33 (the age he'll be for the London Games) is a tall order for a wrestler. Nevertheless, Sanderson is the best American wrestler since Dan Gable (and arguably the best PERIOD) and I'll definitely cheer for the red white and blue if he suits up in London. It will be exciting to watch.
edit: Also, although I think that this is the 3rd time an active NCAA Division I head coach has qualified for the U.S. National Team (after John Smith of Oklahoma State and Bruce Baumgartner of Edinboro) I also think this is the first time a DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPION HEAD COACH in NCAA Division I (Penn State won the NCAA title this past season) has qualified for the U.S. National Team.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm
These rankings make absolutely no sense at all. I know they're only meaningless preseason rankings, but... huh?
Florida State #5? No Big Ten team higher than #10? Texas A&M #9? And how the eff did Georgia and Texas get ranked? They didn't even have winning records last year! And of course (after so many years of this, it's practically useless bringing it up), Notre Dame gets inexplicably ranked in the top 25. If I recall correctly, Florida State plays Oklahoma pretty early, and they might lose that game by 40, so there's that at least.
College football is a joke, or at least the whole idiotic system is. I agree with Mark Cuban, why isn't there a real playoff instead of AP polls to determine the #1 team? NCAA basketball has it and it is tremendously successful, what gives?
Okay, I'm going to be respectful to you because I respect you as a person, but I am usually extremely hostile and abusive whenever someone brings up a playoff.
Why doesn't college football have a playoff while NCAA basketball and the NFL do? Because NCAA Football is not NCAA Basketball or the NFL. It's like saying "My car runs on gasoline, so why can't I drink it?" Well, because you're not a car.
First off, NCAA basketball plays about 30 games a season, including a shit-ton of non-conference games, unlike NCAA football. There is ample opportunity to ascertain how good each team is, and who deserves to get a shot at the title.
Second, the NCAA basketball tournament is a MESS. It used to be 8 teams. EIGHT TEAMS. It expanded to 16, then 32, then 64, then 65, then 68. Now people are talking about expanding it to 96. No on agrees on which teams should get in, and which teams should be left out; there are DOZENS of teams that DON'T DESERVE TO BE THERE; they exist purely as "spoilers," and no one in their right mind agrees that they have any chance whatsoever of winning a title.
Thirdly, in regards to the NFL, there are 1/3 as many NFL teams as NCAA football teams, and there is centralized scheduling; if you added a playoff, you can kiss great non-conference games goodbye. Oregon vs. Boise State, Ohio State vs. Texas, Penn State vs. Alabama, Oklahoma vs. Florida State (to name a few recent ones). These games will disappear, because every team knows that all they have to do is win their conference and they'll make the playoffs, and the non-conference schedule will serve no purpose. If they DON'T win their conference, playing major opponents in non-conference games is an unnecessary risk, as a team from the SEC or Big Ten will likely STILL get in with a 11-1 record, even if they don't win their conference. Rather than winning big games, the emphasis will shift to avoiding losses, and every team will schedule a non-conference slate filled with clown-shoes teams like Eastern Michigan and Arkansas State. In the conference schedule, classic, big-time, important matchups like OSU vs. Michigan and LSU vs. Florida will lose their meaning, because in a lot of cases, the playoffs will be already "set."
The BCS isn't perfect, but it's better than a playoff. It picks the correct champion most of the time, allows for the fewest number of mistakes. If a playoff was instituted, people would bitch EVEN MORE about who "deserves" to get in and who doesn't.
Andrew Walker from Carlton Football Club (my team) taking what will probably be AFL 2011 Mark of the Year
http://youtu.be/ERTcZV7uTFU
Best thing about it is that it was against our arch rivals Essendon who we absolutely flogged :D
That is just fucking epic regardless of what sport it is.
that guy got tooled big time. hahaha
It was indeed wonderful! The best feature of our great game... to see the big men fly high! :)
Seeing as how a couple of you enjoyed that, I searched out a couple more clips for your entertainment :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlkSHIJkilc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlkSHIJkilc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc2uammtLQ0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc2uammtLQ0)
Enjoy! ;)
AFL is totally awesome, I wish games were easier to see here in Canada.
NFL is back! You are all going to think I am insane but I expect big things from the Lions as long as Stafford can stay healthy. No lie, I had a dream Stafford was going to take them to the Super Bowl.
I don't even think Stafford necessarily needs to stay healthy, since they won 4 games to close out the season without him last year, including a win over the eventual champion and division rival Packers (granted, without Rodgers, but still...). The x-factor for the Lions this year is if their inconsistent secondary can hold receivers long enough for that tits D-line to get the pass rush on and sack opposing QBs. I think Detroit's receiving corps is strong enough that whichever quarterback gets thrown in there will play well.
Agreed - their secondary and O-line are probably their biggest liabilities this year. It's just astounding to see the Lions competently run; I couldn't believe they were so close in the 90s but Fontes wanted a quarterback carousel or something.
Ocho Cinco. Wow.
Woodhead got his bell rung big time last week, they say that they're going to let him rest the remainder of the preseason.
Just wrapped up my NFL Fantasy Draft. I had an opportunity to draft Arian Foster, but I passed due to his hamstring injury. Good god I hope that doesn't come back to bite me on the ass.
My first four rounds:
1st: LeSean McCoy
2nd Maurice Jones-Drew (everyone was taking QBs in the first round, allowing me to glut myself on RBs)
3rd: Ben Roethlisberger
4th: Larry Fitzgerald (Larry, don't FUCK me this year like you FUCKED me last year. I believe in you...)
3 QBs taken in the first round (Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Tom Brady), and I didn't take one until the 3rd. Hope that works out. Managed to snag Matthew Stafford in the 9th round, as, IF he's healthy, he might actually be one of the top QBs in the NFL this year. Drafted Vernon Davis AGAIN, for the 3rd straight year, as he's always seemed to come up big for me in crucial weeks.
edit: I REALLY wanted to take Ray Rice instead of McCoy, and I'm worried I may have "outsmarted" myself. I liked McCoy's chances against the defenses in that division better than Rice's, but I immediately started second guessing myself as soon as I made the pick.
We all know that preseason is a perfect look at the season to come, so the Rams and Lions look really really good this year.
Serious post: the Rams and Lions actually do look good this year.
Really. I can't recall a preseason game that got so much analysis as Detroit vs. New England.
I thought the Lions looked pretty sharp in that game, but I thought the main stat (buried under Staffords 2 touchdowns, and the defenses hits/hurries/sacks vs. Brady) was overlooked:
Ford Field was sold out that night. FORD FIELD. IN DETROIT. WAS SOLD OUT. When is the last time that happened in the REGULAR season? This is the first season since Barry retired that the city of Detroit is excited about their team, and the first season in forever that the team has been excited to suit up for the Lions.
Ford Field was sold out? Wow. Seriously though, I actually think these Lions almost look better, as a team, than the 90s Lions did, although it's hard to say. Certainly Scott Mitchell was good for a year, and I'm not 100% sure Johnson-Burleson is a better tandem than Moore-Perriman. But Sanders had to carry that team and it's just...not easy to carry a team on one marquee running back, even as good as Sanders.
Hell, the Bears didn't have a hope in hell of contending for the Super Bowl when their only superstar was Payton; they needed that whole 46 defense too.
Yeah, with LeShoure's injury, I'm a little apprehensive about Jahvid Best's ability to carry that running game, which is why I'm tempering expectations. There's a lot of people outside of the organization picking them to go deep in the playoffs, but I'm sticking by my original 8-8 prediction. I would be ECSTATIC at a 9-7 finish. I'm just worried that a 9-7 non-playoff season (in THAT division?!) will seem like a failure due to unrealistic expectations. They're moving in the right direction, and that's all I ask for.
I'm a bigger Iowa Hawkeyes fan than any pro-team, and I showed patience during Ferentz's first 3 seasons when a lot of people wanted to fire him, and my patience paid off when they went 11-1 in his fourth season and lost to USC in the Orange Bowl. I think Jim Schwartz "gets it," and if the fans and management can have patience, I think he's capable of molding the Lions into contenders.
Yeah, I'd be surprised at anything better than 8-8 or 9-7. Not that I think they'll be that bad, mind you, but the NFC North looks like maybe the stiffest division in the league this year. NFC South should be super-competitive too, mind you, but not quite like NFC North.
I have confidence in Schwartz; unlike Fontes, he understands the value of consistent quarterbacking, and has been in charge of some really great defenses with Tennessee.
On another note, man; the way people talk about Michael Vick, you'd think there was no guy who wore no. 12 for the Eagles and was a dual-threat quarterback, named Randall Cunningham. His 1990 season was crazy:
-no truly excellent receivers (ever heard of Calvin Williams and Fred Barnett?)
-He was the top rusher on his team with 942 yards
-His top receiving target was a fullback named Keith Byars
-3466 yards, 30 TD, 13 INT, 58.3% completion
No wonder he was a one-man offense in Tecmo Super Bowl.
I was wrong about Tom Brady being a first round pick in my fantasy draft; Vick went #5 overall (Rodgers was #2, and Drew Brees was #8. Brady didn't go 'till the 2nd round).
I always liked Cunningham, though I was never a big Eagles fan, and I always thought McNabb was a better all-time Eagles quarterback. Still great. Not quite good enough all-time for the HOF, but pretty darn good.
Cunningham only showed flashes of his greatness because Buddy Ryan didn't give a flying fuck about offense; when Minnesota had him with Reed, Moss and Carter, it became clear exactly what he could do.
If he had won a SB with Philly, or with Minnesota that year, he'd probably be in the HOF.
Speaking of the all-time greats, the consensus around these parts is that Warren Moon was the best QB the CFL ever saw; I miss the early 90s Oilers.
When Favre broke the all-time yardage record, my friend who is a huge Packers fan was shitting his pants about it, and I couldn't resist reminding him that, if you combined NFL and CFL stats, he still trailed Warren Moon by a significant margin. Of course there's a REASON you can't combine NFL and CFL stats, but I just wanted to burst his bubble anyway.
edit: It's like when Bonds broke the home run record, and I insisted on reminding everyone that it was the MLB record, not the all-time record, as there was a player back in the old Negro Leagues who hit 850 or so, and a Japanese player who hit over 900 HRs in the Japanese leagues.
Yeah, if we want to go down that road, I think the all-time yardage leaders are guys who've played in the CFL forever - up until this year it was Marcus Allen's older brother Damon.
I WANT to make fun of Iowa State really bad for almost losing to UNI, but I can't, since WE almost lost to UNI in arguably our best season of the Ferentz era. Northern Iowa is no joke; 4 wins against FBS schools, I believe. Back-to-back FCS title game appearances during the '00's.
Really disappointed with Coker's performance in the season opener. We're breaking in a new quarterback (although not untested, based off of him taking Ohio State into overtime AT the Horseshoe in his first career start back in 2009 when Stanzi broke his ankle), and we need to lean on the running game for a bit before Vandenberg can settle in and get used to game-speed. Pretty happy with the first-team defense though, with Hyde and Prater being the beasts everyone expected them to be.
I'm just amazed at the Baylor-TCU shootout; I thought TCU was a defensive juggernaut?
I know it means nothing NOW, but I swear that I called that. I thought everyone was ranking TCU high because everyone wants to get behind "BCS Busters" now. Boise State is for REAL (I ALSO called a blowout over Georgia), but TCU got a lot of credit for being good LAST year. I think TCU was overrated, and Baylor was underrated. The result was about what I expected.
http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/ben-roethlisberger-close-to-completing-offseason-w,21311/
I think this is the funniest Onion sports segment I've ever seen, which is saying something. I literally peed my pants a little watching it.
"This may be the best 9/11 YET!"
For the record, I unironically agree with everything they said about Dallas.
Apparently NFL Films originally wanted the Steelers to be called America's Team; they said no.
Also, this game is shaping up exactly like I expected.
AFL finals this weekend. We're playing the same team as in this clip. Arch rival. Knock-out final. We've been in finals last 2 years and lost both knock-out finals we were in by small margins.
If we don't fucking win I'm seriously going to cry.
Quote from: naut on August 08, 2011, 11:55:06 PM
Andrew Walker from Carlton Football Club (my team) taking what will probably be AFL 2011 Mark of the Year
http://youtu.be/ERTcZV7uTFU
Best thing about it is that it was against our arch rivals Essendon who we absolutely flogged :D
So:
-Dallas can't help itself from making game-losing mistakes. I love it, not gonna lie.
-Sanchez can only perform under pressure, apparently. I mean only.
-Detroit is going to cause QBs to shit their pants once Nick Fairley can play.
-St. Louis needs a #1 receiver that can last a game without getting hurt. Rams fans should hope Bradford's not too hurt.
-I'm actually really amused that the NFL's rules about touchbacks seem to have encouraged kick returners to go for touchbacks less.
-Why does Kerry Collins keep getting starting jobs? Who is still under his spell? When the 2008 Titans were improbably good his numbers still weren't great.
My biggest impressions of the first Sunday were what the hell were going on with the Steelers and Falcons. I expected Dallas to get smoked, and wasn't surprised when Kansas City got stomped either (those guys were just a flash-in-the-pan; they're playing like they should have last year now).
In my fantasy league, I elected to start Matthew Stafford over Ben Roethlisberger and got a lot of comments to the effect of "That's pretty risky," and they all said "risky" in a way that made it clear that they would have said "retarded" if they weren't my friends, but I had the last laugh when he threw for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns (although I imagine a lot of Detroit fans reacted to that first pick-6 to Talib the same way I did, which was to groan and lament "here we go again...")
KC had two teams over .500 last year - I don't expect much from them this year.
Atlanta is way over-rated, I have to say, and I think Pittsburgh is getting soft. Harrison's probably dogging it as some sort of petty protest.
That or their run defense is suspect, but we'll see; Baltimore has one of the premier run games in the league.
I feel better about us losing to Iowa State now that they're 3-0 after an impressive win over UConn last night (TECHNICALLY a defending conference champion; even IF that conference is the Big East...). However, unless I'm mistaken, ISU has Texas next, and I am skeptical that the Cyclones can beat the Longhorns 2 years in a row.
edit: Steel Jentz (GREAT fucking name for a quarterback...) for ISU is like Ricky Stanzi for Iowa (or as we called him, "Pick-6 Rick") 2 years ago, as in, he plays maddeningly inconsistent for the first 3 quarters, but inexplicably turns into Joe Montana in the 4th.
Good lord that was an amazing game. I admit to blasphemy: I wrote Iowa off when they were trailing by a butt-load in the 2nd half. Vandenberg's 4th quarter performance was shades of Stanzi 2 years ago. Amazing.
Holy shit: James Vandenberg: 31/48, 399 yards, 3TD, no interceptions. Brilliant.
How about those Lions?
If Stafford can get a few more passing yards this game, he's one game away from a Kurt Warner start.
(3 straight games of 300+ yards and 3+ TD passes per game, to start the season)
Also, I know David Garrard was inconsistent for Jacksonville, but I'm pretty sure he never went 6/18 for 59 yards and 4 INT against a team in a long, long time - even one as good as the Jets. I think someone wants to sell the team to LA but if they're this bad nobody will watch them there either.
So this is apparently "The Year Of No Defense," at least through 2 games. ESPN's website had a headline that 5 quarterbacks are currently on pace to break Marino's yardage record right now. I don't know if it has anything to do with the short offseason, but it doesn't look like anyone is interested in stopping ANYBODY right now.
It's like everyone's like Hawaii or Texas Tech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWxOPSGE8mI&feature=fvst
Anyone who thinks Tim Tebow is the greatest college football player of all time needs to watch this video.
edit: The phrase "Man Among Boys" comes to mind...
If Tebow was the best college football player of all time, he wouldn't be 3rd string for the fucking broncos. ;-)
Well, you never know. Once upon a time, there was a legitimate debate about whether Ryan Leaf was better than Peyton Manning. Joey Harrington was once the new John Elway. Sometimes college accolades don't translate into NFL success. What did Archie Griffin do in the NFL after winning 2 Heisman trophies? Not much (he rushed for 2808 yards and 7 touchdowns in 7 seasons).
edit: Don't get me wrong, I despise Tebow, but I have to acknowledge that he's in the discussion of best NCAA players of all time; 2 NCAA titles with a Heisman trophy and 2x All-SEC quarterback selection. Dude was brilliant in college. I just don't think he's better than Sanders or Griffin, or even Herschel Walker.
2nd edit: Barry averaged 237.5 rushing yards per game in 1988. Averaged. AVERAGED. This is on top of piling up 37 rushing touchdowns and 3,248 total yards. In ONE FUCKING SEASON.
I think Barry could bend space or something.
I know that the term "Poetry in Motion" was coined to describe Muhammad Ali, but it applies equally to Barry when he was at OK State.
Watching that Barry Sanders footage reminded me a hell of a lot of watching Gizmo Williams and Pinball Clemens from a few years back. I know you guys have no fucking idea who those people are, but they were a really big deal in the CFL.
What was amazing about OK State in the Sanders days was that he was not even the starter on that team for his first two years. That was a man named Thurman Thomas, who should still be a household name in Buffalo.
As far as great college players go, Jerry Rice's quarterback is in the College Football Hall of Fame because of him. Rice set reception TD records that stood from the early 80s until 2006.
sin, you forgot to mention that Sanders's 1988 season had a 7.6 YPC average. That's comparable to Tecmo Super Bowl.
Quote from: sin on September 23, 2011, 07:28:46 AM
Well, you never know. Once upon a time, there was a legitimate debate about whether Ryan Leaf was better than Peyton Manning. Joey Harrington was once the new John Elway. Sometimes college accolades don't translate into NFL success. What did Archie Griffin do in the NFL after winning 2 Heisman trophies? Not much (he rushed for 2808 yards and 7 touchdowns in 7 seasons).
This is going back several years, but Bill Walsh said that Rick Mirer reminded him of Joe Montana more than anyone he'd ever seen.
I think Calvin Johnson is a robot.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AhtIIQDp0c.zFABpXULGBPhDubYF?slug=ms-silver_morning_rush_tebow_struggles_103111
"Can you believe '15'?" one Detroit Lions defender asked after his team's 45-10 immolation of Tebow and the Denver Broncos. "Come on – that's embarrassing. I mean, it's a joke. We knew all week that if we brought any kind of defensive pressure, he couldn't do anything. In the second half it got boring out there. We were like, 'Come on – that's your quarterback? Seriously?' "
It is clear at this point that the Lions do not give anything remotely resembling a fuck. To paraphrase Chris Rock: "If you were hanging off a cliff, and all it would take to save you was a single fuck, and the Lions came along with a pocketful of spare fucks, they still wouldn't give you one."
Well, you know what happens after a decade of being a laughingstock - you get angry, you get mean. They want to punish the league, and I want them to.
What I noticed is that Cam Newton is the QB all of Tebow's idolatrous fans want him to be. He's gonna be a star.
Oh yeah man, I love the Lions new attitude. The article mentioned it, and I've been saying it for weeks now, that these Detroit Lions are starting to sound/act like the 89/90 Detroit Pistons "Bad Boys" and I love that comparison.
edit: I remember back when I wrestled, and I went to the National Freestyle/Greco tournament twice, and, since Iowa was the big bully on the block back then in college wrestling, anyone stepping onto the mat with an Iowa uniform on was showered with a relentless chorus of boos from the vast majority of the crowd. I recall that I LOVED it. I reveled in being the villain in all of my matches; I FED off of the boos. I actually wrestled better when the crowd was against me than if they were cheering me on. I even racked up a couple of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties (which I NEVER accrued wrestling in-state) from taunting the crowd after a win.
I suspect Alabama might be cutting their PK.
Fuck the Giants.
New England's been saying that for a while haven't they? :P
:(
Pats have a bad defense this year. No one is arguing that- I certainly expect them to lose a few games this season. But losing to the Giants is especially painful :'(
2000 Rams proved you can't succeed with the best offense and worst defense - they had 10-6 and a wild card upset to New Orleans.
Green Bay needs to tighten up their defense, or else when they run up against an NO-caliber team in the playoffs they'll find that out too.
Yeah, those games on the road at Detroit and New York are going to be brutal for GB. I think they're going to beat Detroit, because they're going to prepare like crazy for that game, but I think the giants might knock them off.
If anyone can get to Rodgers it's Detroit.
Mike Leach is back! WSU is going to have some wild passing games next season, should be interesting. Maybe my proximity to Spokane TV affiliates will allow me to see some stuff.
A woman on the NFL network was just trying to say "Wild Card Hunt" and instead said "Wild Hard Cunt", and then giggled. I almost shit my pants.
Quote from: sin on December 05, 2011, 07:16:10 PM
A woman on the NFL network was just trying to say "Wild Card Hunt" and instead said "Wild Hard Cunt", and then giggled. I almost shit my pants.
That's a hell of a slip-up!
Holy fuck the Packers lost!
If the Pats don't beat this overly vocal jesus freak I am going to kill myself.
OCHO CINCO FOR THE TD!! WOO!
Quote from: kristin on December 18, 2011, 03:31:42 PM
If the Pats don't beat this overly vocal jesus freak I am going to kill myself.
OCHO CINCO FOR THE TD!! WOO!
I will become the #1 Tebow booster in the world today.
I still don't get the hate for Tebow just because he "loves jesus." Maybe because I am not a huge sports fan I am missing a lot of stuff he does or something. I see some of the dirtiest people alive thank god or jesus the second they win a grammy or oscar and it just makes them come across as massive hypocrites. Same goes for politicians.
Can someone explain it to me? Is he a massive dick that doesnt practice what he preaches or is it just PC BS?
Quote from: r00 on December 18, 2011, 07:22:20 PM
I still don't get the hate for Tebow just because he "loves jesus." Maybe because I am not a huge sports fan I am missing a lot of stuff he does or something. I see some of the dirtiest people alive thank god or jesus the second they win a grammy or oscar and it just makes them come across as massive hypocrites. Same goes for politicians.
Can someone explain it to me? Is he a massive dick that doesnt practice what he preaches or is it just PC BS?
It's not that "he loves Jesus" - it's that he "loves Jesus" in the way that someone who thinks Catholics are heathens "loves Jesus".
I see your point, r00. And obviously, as a Patriots fan, I am in NO position to comment about the media kissing a QBs ass. However, I'm just sick and tired of hearing about how Jesus helps him through a fucking football game. Save Jesus for the important things. Ha. Or, if you're me, for nothing at all.
alright I get it a bit more now. It's kind of become more of a, "Can't he have a post game interview without mentioning religion" type of thing. Yeah that annoys me to no end too. Play the thank-jesus card when you survive a car wreck, not when you win a football game.
For starters, I started hating Tebow when he started writing bible verses in his eye-black back in college. I mean, who does that?
But the main reason I get irritated by the Tebow hype is that since he became the starter, Denver has played TWO good teams, and the Broncos got BLOWN OUT in both of those games. It's like, oh yeah, Tebow beat the Raiders and the Chargers; so what? Kyle Orton just beat the Packers. Who gives a shit?
edit: I guess another big, unstated reason why I hate Tebow is because I'm actually a huge Kyle Orton fan; he played his high school ball nearby at Southeast Polk High in Iowa before signing with Purdue. I was IRATE when the Bears benched him in favor of Rex Grossman and later traded for Cutler to replace him, and I think he just keeps getting raw deals in the NFL. He's one of the top 20 QBs in the league (not great, certainly, but solid), but get's absolutely no respect at all.
I continue to insist also, to this day, that Kyle Orton is way better than people think; I think the team just associated him with McDaniels and gave up on him.
Also, exactly on the Broncos only playing two good teams. Detroit ate them alive all game long.
Well, Tebow beating the Steelers made me a believer. Of all the teams to beat Pittsburgh, Denver was probably the most embarrassing, so hooray!
I think you mean Demaryius Thomas beating the Steelers. You know, the guy who accounted for 46% of Denver's total offensive yards and nearly 2/3 of Tebow's passing yards, scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime, and who, strangely, almost NO ONE in the media is mentioning this morning?
Demaryius is all over the radio/tv here in interviews this morning, so at least the home state is giving him credit for things. They said they set a record for yards-per-completion for a playoff game.
It sucks that Detroit lost on Saturday, as that was what I watched instead of the wrestling meet of #1 Iowa vs. #2 Oklahoma State that was going on at the same time. The Cowboys edged my Hawkeyes 17-16 (ending Iowa's 84 dual-meet undefeated streak), in spite of Iowa's #4 Tony Ramos upsetting OK State's #1, undefeated, defending NCAA champion Jordan Oliver in double overtime (which I actually DID watch, before flipping back to the Detroit game).
This about sums it up.
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Quote from: r00 on December 21, 2011, 11:48:23 AM
alright I get it a bit more now. It's kind of become more of a, "Can't he have a post game interview without mentioning religion" type of thing. Yeah that annoys me to no end too. Play the thank-jesus card when you survive a car wreck, not when you win a football game.
Go with Christ brah!
Seriously though, I work with a 24 year old guy who mentions Jesus all the time in any context he can. If his car slips like an inch, he'll motion the cross in front of him and thank "JC", if he finds something in a contract during a legal despute, it's down to JC, if he remembers an appointment - JC! Sometimes it's a little eye-rolling, but that said, he's a great guy and if it gets him through his day, I really don't care.
I'd rather see people like that thanking Jesus or whatever religious deity they believe in, for day to day, than I would when someone who has -never- gone to church or cared for religion suddenly shows up for a prayer vigil because someone in their family is sick/dying/whatever, then ignore it all again when the person recovers.
To get back on the topics of sports, does anyone know any good stream sites with college football game links? Some of those used to be way more exciting than NFL.
Filled out my bracket; I have Syracuse, Missouri, Kansas and Baylor as my final four (YES, I know I have 3 Big 12 teams, I'm not happy about it either...) with Syracuse winning it all. Big upsets include Wichita State beating Kentucky, St. Louis beating Michigan State, Belmont beating Georgetown, and St. Bonaventure beating Florida State.
Word has it Jeff Fisher is interested in Trent Richardson, which makes sense - if you want to give Steven Jackson 500 carries a season he's only good for one more year. Let a new kid be your new Eddie George.
I'm SHOCKED that Peyton Manning's teams are down to the Cardinals and Broncos. Middling O-Lines with no running game. EXACTLY the team he left behind with the Colts. I would have thought he would have been chomping at the bit to play in KC. Shows what I know.
I'm not sold on Trent Richardson. I got burned on Alabama RBs too many times before. I would like the Rams to pick up a LB.
I'd have thought you're not sold on Fisher, either - but who knows, maybe 8-8 or 9-7 seasons are a massive improvement for the Rams? Seems like they could use someone for Bradford to throw to, as well - Amendola can't keep himself healthy apparently.
I think maybe Peyton, just a little bit, wants to go somewhere where he's THE guy. Like he still wants to carry the team on his back.
Don't get me wrong, Peyton Manning throwing to Larry Fitzgerald is EXTREMELY sexy...
edit: Also, who the fuck is playing TE in Denver or Arizona? Dallas Clark was a HUGE part of the Colts' offense. If he went to the Chiefs, he'd be getting Tony Moeaki, who not ONLY is a great Tight End, but ALSO played college ball at Iowa, same as Dallas Clark. Kansas City makes SO much sense all over the place.
AFL is back and my team had their traditional round 1 flogging of a cross town rival last night.
Can anyone stop the Kings?
Quote from: naut on March 29, 2012, 10:59:53 PM
AFL is back and my team had their traditional round 1 flogging of a cross town rival last night.
Lolz! things have gone backwards a bit since then Naut! :D
I don't know much about baseball. HOWEVER I think I'm gona try to con my C-attle friends into going to a game with me. Just looked and tickets are cheap. (well kinda. they have some super high priced ones, but they are really close to the field.) I'm also impressed with how many fucking games they play. Christ. I was expecting like a few a month. Not like weeks straight on end...
Maybe a foot ball game to. I know a bit more about it... HMMM they aren't on sell yet. BUT hopefully they aren't that much. (I don't care if I'm not close to the game. Just being to one...)
In the middle of negotiations on what would be a blockbuster trade in my fantasy league were it to go through. The current offer on the table is that I receive Wes Welker and Darren Sproles in exchange for Calvin Johnson and Reggie Bush. Were this trade to take place, it would likely be the biggest trade in the history of the league. Me and the other team have been exchanging texts all day with arguments, offers, and counter-offers. This part of fantasy football is WAY more fun than the actual games.
Quote from: Stariki on May 29, 2012, 07:34:26 AM
Lolz! things have gone backwards a bit since then Naut! :D
I know. Even my football team couldn't bring me any joy this year. Except beating Collingwood x2.
Made the finals in my Fantasy league for the first time ever in this, the first year we put money on it. If I can pull out a win this weekend I win $100, and still collect $40 if I lose. I could certainly use $100 right now.