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Sporty Dyke: Football 2
September 21, 2008 - 5:59am — Kandice Day
I’ve been telling my girl for the past…oh, I don’t know…few months, at least, that I want to buy a huge LCD, HD, Plasma, 3D, Scratch-N-Sniff, 100 inch, ultra flat screen TV. (I know, no such thing). She shoots me down every time, saying that I can watch it from my new home, the van parked down by the river. With our world diving into another Great Depression, she’s probably right. I guess I’ll have to settle for our measly, inexpensive TV to watch my beloved sports. There’s always my laptop.
(Speaking of which, have you checked out NBC’s Sunday Night Football site? If you haven’t, you definitely should! And NFL.com has some fun interactive stuff as well)
Week Two of our favorite game was pretty exciting, and controversial. I know you all caught that Denver-San Diego game. It was outrageous. Lets discuss instant replay, and how it should be operable at all times! It’s the corner stone of the NFL! When a receiver makes a grab, maintains possession, hits the ground, and then the ball comes flying out…it should be ruled down. The ground cannot cause a fumble. But, if instant replay technology isn’t working, what are you going to do? Oh, and the infamous dropped pass, or incomplete pass, or was it a fumble? (We all know it was a fumble) Referee Ed Hochull blew that call so badly he has been demoted. Well, he lost officiating points, which can lead to refereeing the Big Game. At 0-2, the Chargers have some ground to make up. But with River’s 377 passing yards, they will come out with a win.
How about my Cards, huh? They look pretty good this year. Ancient Kurt Warner still has got something! They should take it home against the Redskins next week.
Speaking of the Redskins, Chris Cooley has been all over the gay sports press as of late. He’s Washington’s fairly productive tight end, averaging around 700 receiving yards a season. Earlier this month he aired a fantasy football draft video of him and a few other Redskins players. He took some heat for calling fellow Redskin’s picks “gay” and for making snide homophobic comments.
Apparently he is in some new hot water for taking an “accidental” picture of his…um, privates. Yep. He has a blog and was taking a photo of a playbook for his site. I guess he was naked, set the playbook on his lap, and the rest is history. The “accident” was quickly covered up with Photoshop (below) and later removed. Cooley apologized. But, really, how does something like that happen? I mean, honestly!
The big game to watch for this weekend is definitely Cowboys vs Packers. Since they’re both undefeated so far, and both need to prove their worth, it should be an amazing game. Aaron Rodgers has been successfully filling some mighty shoes. He’ll need to prove to the world Sunday night that he’s for real. Romo just needs to prove that he is capable of not choking.
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Sunday, Sunday. La,la,la,luh-lala
Economy be damned...I love my high def LCD flat screen tv. Most especially on gameday. It is the only way to watch the glorious godsent sport of football if you can't get seats on the 50 yard line. You will want to make sweet sweet love to your tv after experiencing the joy of ultra clear crisp picture quality. You can see the face paint running like mascara down a beefy linebacker's sweat-soaked face. You will feel as though you can reach in and actually smack your favorite player on the ass in a display of sporty comraderie/encouragement..... and the colors are sooooo purty.
Anyways, on to the football. So here we are after 3 weeks and I have some serious gripes. First of all, what the hell happened to defense? Where the hell is it? The lowest scoring game so far is Eagles(15) vs. Steelers(6). I know lots of fans love a good shootout but I just can't get excited about a touchdown if there are so damned many of them in one game. Football is turning into baseball. It's disgusting. Next, what's up with celebrating mediocre wins? I love, love, love the NY Giants with a crazy foamed-mouth-football-fan frenzy. And I know they are now 3 and 0. But a 26 to 23 victory over the crappy ass Bengals in OVERTIME?! They let those mediocre Cincinnati suck-logs put 23 points on the board? Come on! Then, we have the Bills who barely managed to squeak past the rickety old Raiders, and the Jets/Chargers game filled with more turnovers than your sweet old granny's church bake sale. This season is shaping up to be one unpredictable head-scratching extravaganza.
Happily, there was the oh-so-satisfying joy of watching the worst team in football stick it to the almost perfects. I am of course refering to the Dolphins 38 to 13 victory over those douchebag Patriots. Proof that the Brady bunch aint worth much without Tom leading the way.
So, who are your picks for week 4? It's kinda hard to guess with all the wackyness that's gone on so far but I'm gonna go with-
Bengals, Jaguars, Broncos, Saints, Jets, Packers, Vikings, Chargers, Rams, Cowboys (yuck), Eagles, and Steelers.
Arizona!!
Well, I got to go with my Cards, even though their playing the Giants and they probably don't have a chance. Of course, the Giants barely squeaked by last week.I've gotta go with the Chargers, mainly because they're my fantasy team defense.
Keep hope alive
Your Cards are playing the Jets tomorrow, not the Giants. Kurt Warner has done a pretty good job leading the team so far this season, so I think Arizona has a decent chance. But with 3 defensive players suffering injuries I don't know if they'll be able to put enough pressure on Favre. Plus, the Jets have a crazy good special teams this year making sure that they start every drive with great field position. On paper it all leads to a Jets victory but if the Dolphins can spank the Patriots, then I say any damn thing is possible this year. So go ahead and root, root, root for the home team :)
True
True that, my friend. But the experts are saying the Cards, and until Favre really gets into his groove with his new offense I think the Cards have a great chance. And the Dolphins spanked the Patriots because the Pats are hurtin this year. They've lost all confidence when Brady got hurt. I'd be suprised if they did any better than .500 this season. If they kind find their rythm in October, than they've got a chance (to finish better than .500), otherwise I don't see it happening. It's amazing how one player can make or break a team, even if it might just be a mental thing.
Kurt Warner
I must decide if I will still start Kurt Warner tomorrow for my fantasy team. My Quarterback situation tanked after Tom Brady went out for the year. I picked up Kurt and at least he has been giving me some okay points.
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Old Man Warner
Here's my theory on Warner. I love him, and I hate him. If you can play him on a good day, you're set. If he finds his rythm...if the line gives him some time, then things should be good for you. But he always has a way, in my opinion, of showing his age by 4th quarter. When the Cards played Miami, he kicked ass and threw for 361 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions. But only a week later he threw for only 192. The Jets have got a tough line, and if Warner gets rattled a few times, you might have a rough fantasy week.
Kurt on the Bench
After hearing some last minute expert advice, I benched Kurt and started J.T. O'Sullivan instead of San Francisco instead. We'll see what happens.
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Good Call
The boys pick the Niners to win that game. I think it'll definitely be a close one.
Bad call
Imma cry. So far Kurt Warner, who is on my bench has 13.40 points and J.T. O'Sullivan, who I started, has only 1.70 pts. That's what I get for listening to the "experts."
Update: Kurt now has 27 pts. I'm sobbing now.
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My bad
Ya, so much for listening to the boys (Howie and Jimmy) on that one. My Cards got spanked! Ya Warner had 472 yads, but 3 interceptions! Unexceptable! Favre only threw for half of those yards but 6 TD's! At least Favre found his rythm with the Jets. Good for him.
i like football
but being from the south, and being from alabama, college football is bigger here than NFL. haha! but i like them both!
heyl yay! I won my first
heyl yay! I won my first fantasy game of the season last night. gotta keep my tempo going!
is it me, or are alot of your traditionally good players not showing up to work lately???
that youtube clip was pretty funny. I wondered if the pro's played ff or not. it seemed pretty new to most of them.
Cowboys vs. Packs
The Cowboys didn't used Owens much last night so my fantasy player, Terrel Owens got less than three points. Sob.
I know...I'm supposed to care about real teams, not just my fantasy team. But still. :-)
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cowboys/pack
I'm thinking the Pack in a squeeker....and Owens for whatever reason gets fined.
The Patriots are dead to me
The Patriots are dead to me now since some asswipe decided to kill my beloved Tom Brady in the leg. THANKS! THANKS A LOT!
yay
football.... i love football.
Woooo
The Bills are 3-0! First time since 1992 when we kept fucking up the superbowl!
Football season means hockey season is coming soon woooooo
GO GIANTS!
PEACE
I'm so glad someone loves
I'm so glad someone loves sports as much as me and that was a really bad call in the chargers-broncos game