The Packers rolled over the Lions as a hurt Matt Stafford (dislocated non-throwing shoulder) threw 1 TD and 4 INTs. Culpepper found out the morning of the game and was apparently pissed. I think I would be pissed too if I thought I was playing and the rookie who had been throwing ridiculous INTs got to start and apparently didn't learn anything because he threw 4 more INTs. 2 of those INTs went to Charles Woodson who returned 1 for a TD. I think Woodson is a HOFer, a couple of you think he needs a ring. Aaron Rodgers is my MVP so far this season, as I said yesterday I weight performances through adversity higher than those who are front running. Brett has some great stats but his team is stacked. ESPN first take, Friday morning, Marcellus Wiley said Manning, Jalen Rose said Drew Brees, Skip Bayless stepped up and said Aaron Rodgers.... I agree with Skip Bayless?
The Cowboys beat the Raiders to surprise no one. Their offense was spotty and very out of rhythm at times. Romo is still missing open targets for no reason. Miles Austin got back to putting up the best numbers on the team, 7 for 145 and 1 TD. December will be an interesting month as the Cowboys have always (recently) rolled through November and self-destructed in December. @Giants, Chargers, @Redskins, @Saints, Eagles.... 2-3 is definitely possible.
The Broncos woke up and beat a Giants team who looked horrible. What does this game mean? It was a short week and the Giants are battling injuries. I don't know what to take away from this game as it should have been more competitive. I'm still not buying the Broncos and Cowboys and Eagles fans shouldn't be ready to write off the Giants, especially a team that has to play them next week...
Thursday wasn't a good day for football as none of the games were competitive. I don't think Detroit should lose their Thanksgiving game because the Lions and Cowboys were the only 2 teams willing to host Thanksgiving games decades ago. The Lions are getting better and if Stafford pulls his head out of his ass and gets the ball to Calvin Johnson they could have some close games. There is no excuse for the Cowboys to be playing the Raiders on Thanksgiving. I actually can't remember the last time the Cowboys game was really entertaining, they either get beat bad or they roll over their opponent.
VY was ballin as he led his team on a 99 yard TD drive with 2:37 left in the 4th quarter. It wasn't Chris Johnson, or VY scrambling, he won the game with his arm. 5 straight wins after the Titans started 0-6 under Kerry Collins... He is the frontrunner for comeback player of the year. Next week they go to Indianapolis, not sure they can pull that one off but it is a division game so they definitely have a chance. Matt Leinert didn't play bad in place of Kurt Warner.
The Colts beat the Texans to win their division and stay undefeated at 11-0. The Texans jumped to the early 14-0 lead but couldn't even handle that. It seems like the Texans start fast every week but then fade as the game goes on, I place that squarely on the coach... Gary Kubiak 8-8 and no playoffs for the 3rd straight year should get you fired.
The Ravens beat the Steelers, Dennis Dixon played well regardless of the fact it was his first start. He almost got the Steelers there until he threw a late INT. Hines Ward was "frustrated" because Ben Roethlisburger didn't play because of a concussion. Has Ward ever played after a concussion? Dude should shut the hell up...
The Saints are 11-0 after whoppin the Patriots' ass. Drew Brees has had his 2 best games in weeks when he is playing my fantasy team... The Saints are the best team in the league. The Saints answered a lot of questions by handing out this beat down. Will they win next week? Right now it seems like they may be playing to their level of competition.
Gotta throw it out there, TO is not washed up. It looks like another offensive coordinator/coach needed to pull their head out of their ass and utilize him. TO's last 2 games, which came after his coach was fired have resulted in almost 400 yards receiving and 2 TDs for a season total of 659 yards and 3 TDs. Skip Bayless' punk ass is on vacation, he probably called in sick to avoid giving TO any type of credit.
The Bills beat the Dolphins
The 49ers beat the Jaguars
The Bengals beat the Browns
The Jets beat the Panthers
The Vikings beat the Bears
The Chargers beat the Chiefs
The Chargers are quietly positioning themselves for a possible 1st round bye, tied at 8-3 for 2nd place in the AFC.
The NFC looks easier to predict than the AFC...
Saints
Vikings
Eagles
Packers
Cardinals
Cowboys if they don't collapse (Falcons, Giants, 49ers)
Colts
Bengals
Chargers
Patriots
Ravens
Broncos
Jaguars
Steelers
Titans?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Lincoln University Imposing Fitness Standards to Graduate
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/30/lincoln.fitness.overweight/index.html
Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania not Missouri is requiring students who have a Body Mass Index (BMI) at 30 or higher to take a physical fitness course that meets for 3 hours a week and complete the course in order to graduate. A 3 time honor student wrote an editorial wondering why all students are not required to take the course. She has a "slightly" high BMI as she put it and is required to take the class. I like the idea.
Should a university take this kind of step? Seeing as Lincoln is an HBCU it's not surprising. HBCUs take steps to put students on what they perceive to be the right path i.e. visitation hours, curfews or no visitation at all, limited coed dorms, etc.
The article states 12 to 15 students will need to take the course in January. 620 students have tested out or taken the course with 80 remaining to be tested. The article didn't specify but I think those numbers are for the first class (entered Fall 2006) to fall under the requirement.
Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania not Missouri is requiring students who have a Body Mass Index (BMI) at 30 or higher to take a physical fitness course that meets for 3 hours a week and complete the course in order to graduate. A 3 time honor student wrote an editorial wondering why all students are not required to take the course. She has a "slightly" high BMI as she put it and is required to take the class. I like the idea.
Should a university take this kind of step? Seeing as Lincoln is an HBCU it's not surprising. HBCUs take steps to put students on what they perceive to be the right path i.e. visitation hours, curfews or no visitation at all, limited coed dorms, etc.
The article states 12 to 15 students will need to take the course in January. 620 students have tested out or taken the course with 80 remaining to be tested. The article didn't specify but I think those numbers are for the first class (entered Fall 2006) to fall under the requirement.
ranking of current QB
should be interesting with VY's latest heroics... may have to pull out folks previous rankings and compare current VY rank to previous...
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/rank?versionId=10&listId=23#topOfList
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/rank?versionId=10&listId=23#topOfList
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Week 11 Recap
I'll start off with my first Pro Bowl ballot.
QB:
Brees, McNabb, Rodgers
Manning, Rivers, Palmer
RB:
Peterson, S. Jackson, D Williams
MJD, Johnson, Benson
WR:
Fitz, Colston, Sidney Rice, D Jackson
A Johnson, Wayne, Ocho Cinco, VJ
TE:
Vernon Davis, Gonzalez
Clark, Gates
Safety:
Sharper
Reed
Corner:
Woodson, Samuel, Sheldon Brown
Johnathan Joseph, Leon Hall, Jarius Byrd not available (League leading 8 INTs)
Couldn't vote for Nnamdi as he has 1 pick and 2 passes defensed. It's been 10 games.
DE:
Forgot about Jared Allen... Peppers, Cole
Freeney, Mathis, Schoebel
ILB:
Bradie James, Willis
Ray Lewis (barely)
OLB:
Ware, Orakpo, Briggs
Suggs, Harrison, refuse to vote for Cushing
Obviously my votes are biased, I ignore players who pad their stats by blowing out JV teams (Brady, Moss) as well as those who can't play the real position (Welker, WRs were meant to be covered by CBs not LBs)
On to the week of upsets.
The Bengals lost to the Raiders... This isn't the most shocking thing in the world but damn. No Ace I am not jumping off the bandwagon. They will still make the playoffs, the question is will they have a bye, home game or will they be the 5 or 6 seed. They swept the Steelers and Ravens but losing to the Raiders left the door open.
The Steelers lost to the Chiefs. Didn't watch the game but I know they had a commanding lead in this game and they came from ahead to lose it. I never thought they were going to repeat, other people are probably thinking the same now.
The Colts beat the Ravens. No surprise there although the game was close. Steelers v Ravens next Sunday night. Must win if the Ravens want to be in the playoffs. Roethlisburger is hurt and so is Charlie Batch (his backup) so Dennis Dixon could start... That would be a win for the Ravens. Colts are 10-0, can they run the table? I think they play Houston next.
The Cowboys beat the Redskins 7-6 on a late TD pass. Romo tried to get Roy Williams killed a couple of times. He drops too many passes to be the WR who was supposed to replace TO. Overall the Cowboys receivers looked like shit in this game, Roy is still a bust. I thought the Cowboys were supposed to be great in November and then suck in December? Jason Campbell is getting way too much blame for the Redskins problems. Their O Line is horrible.
The Giants halted their losing streak by beating the Falcons. Matt Ryan the NFL has figured you out. Not sure this team will make the playoffs. I bet it's not so easy to forget about those great Michael Vick years right about now...
The Eagles beat the Bears to stay in the hunt for the NFC East.
Saints beat the Bucs to stay underrated
Vikings destroyed the Seahawks, do we know how good they are? When is te last time they played a good team? You people thought Denver and the Giants were great.
VY led the Titans deep out of their own territory to within field goal range to beat the Texans down in that shitty ass city... VY looks like he has learned how to play in the NFL. Chris Johnson is brasting on everyone. The Texans are still the underacheiving team we all know. Will Kubiak finally get fired? This was one of the few good Monday night games this season. These teams really don't like each other.
If I forgot anything let me know....
QB:
Brees, McNabb, Rodgers
Manning, Rivers, Palmer
RB:
Peterson, S. Jackson, D Williams
MJD, Johnson, Benson
WR:
Fitz, Colston, Sidney Rice, D Jackson
A Johnson, Wayne, Ocho Cinco, VJ
TE:
Vernon Davis, Gonzalez
Clark, Gates
Safety:
Sharper
Reed
Corner:
Woodson, Samuel, Sheldon Brown
Johnathan Joseph, Leon Hall, Jarius Byrd not available (League leading 8 INTs)
Couldn't vote for Nnamdi as he has 1 pick and 2 passes defensed. It's been 10 games.
DE:
Forgot about Jared Allen... Peppers, Cole
Freeney, Mathis, Schoebel
ILB:
Bradie James, Willis
Ray Lewis (barely)
OLB:
Ware, Orakpo, Briggs
Suggs, Harrison, refuse to vote for Cushing
Obviously my votes are biased, I ignore players who pad their stats by blowing out JV teams (Brady, Moss) as well as those who can't play the real position (Welker, WRs were meant to be covered by CBs not LBs)
On to the week of upsets.
The Bengals lost to the Raiders... This isn't the most shocking thing in the world but damn. No Ace I am not jumping off the bandwagon. They will still make the playoffs, the question is will they have a bye, home game or will they be the 5 or 6 seed. They swept the Steelers and Ravens but losing to the Raiders left the door open.
The Steelers lost to the Chiefs. Didn't watch the game but I know they had a commanding lead in this game and they came from ahead to lose it. I never thought they were going to repeat, other people are probably thinking the same now.
The Colts beat the Ravens. No surprise there although the game was close. Steelers v Ravens next Sunday night. Must win if the Ravens want to be in the playoffs. Roethlisburger is hurt and so is Charlie Batch (his backup) so Dennis Dixon could start... That would be a win for the Ravens. Colts are 10-0, can they run the table? I think they play Houston next.
The Cowboys beat the Redskins 7-6 on a late TD pass. Romo tried to get Roy Williams killed a couple of times. He drops too many passes to be the WR who was supposed to replace TO. Overall the Cowboys receivers looked like shit in this game, Roy is still a bust. I thought the Cowboys were supposed to be great in November and then suck in December? Jason Campbell is getting way too much blame for the Redskins problems. Their O Line is horrible.
The Giants halted their losing streak by beating the Falcons. Matt Ryan the NFL has figured you out. Not sure this team will make the playoffs. I bet it's not so easy to forget about those great Michael Vick years right about now...
The Eagles beat the Bears to stay in the hunt for the NFC East.
Saints beat the Bucs to stay underrated
Vikings destroyed the Seahawks, do we know how good they are? When is te last time they played a good team? You people thought Denver and the Giants were great.
VY led the Titans deep out of their own territory to within field goal range to beat the Texans down in that shitty ass city... VY looks like he has learned how to play in the NFL. Chris Johnson is brasting on everyone. The Texans are still the underacheiving team we all know. Will Kubiak finally get fired? This was one of the few good Monday night games this season. These teams really don't like each other.
If I forgot anything let me know....
do college footballers need body guards?
it must be hard beinga notre dame fan now but this.....
is this overseas soccer hooliganism?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4684326
is this overseas soccer hooliganism?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4684326
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sultry goes down in Scottsdale
How stupid can you be to do this as a black owner in Scottsdale.
Loved the atmosphere too!!
So So irritated!!! what a shame!!!
Check it out:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/scottsdale/sultry_dogs_arrest_111209
Loved the atmosphere too!!
So So irritated!!! what a shame!!!
Check it out:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/scottsdale/sultry_dogs_arrest_111209
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