I have no idea how I am still leading the pic'em! It seems like a new person does well each week, and I score just enough points to stay ahead of that person....
NFL Football - 2008-09 Season Discussion
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I just flipped over to the SD/Oakland game. Did the Raiders really just attempt a 76 yard field goal?!
Into the wind.
I have to imagine that Lane Kiffin bet somebody 50 bucks that he could get himself fired within two days, so he said, "Hey, Sebastian, we're at our own 42. Here's a bottle of vodka. Slam it and go kick the ball for the hell of it."
Other NFL observations...
- Ryan Grant is a bad football player, and the Packers' utterly insane addiction to the run when it clearly wasn't working was mind-blowing. As a Bears fan, I laughed. But, still. Good lord. That offensive line is getting manhandled every week, and it's no surprise that Rodgers is hurt, since the boy has to run for his life every time he drops back in the pocket.
- Dear Broncos, Bills, Cowboys: What the Christ?
- Holy God, the Titans' defense is frightening. They're just abusing opponents now.
- Dear Kyle Orton: I don't want you to be great. I don't want you to be good. I don't know if I even want you to be adequate. But for the love of God, please stop sucking.
- Dear Ron Turner: Please die in a fire. I'm serious. Please die. You are fucked and you are fucking the Bears' offense nine ways from Sunday, and the only reason the Bears won that clusterfuck of a game was because the defense stood tall like Olympian gods against an Eagles offense that became a 1-dimensional bag of shit thanks to Andy Reid, who clearly has no idea of how to manage an offense that doesn't have Westbrook.
- Dear Bears defense: You didn't have a "great goal line stand." Buckhalter was stopped because his head nearly got ripped off by a facemask pull that the officials somehow didn't see. Stop with the shitty penalties (fuck you, Tillman) and finish the goddamn game. If there's ever a repeat of last week's horrific episode of Brian Griese transforming into the Son of God in the fourth quarter and raping your shit, I'll fucking burn Soldier Field myself.
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Any word on that Arizona player that got hurt at the end of the jets game yesterday?
I managed a whopping 3 points in the pick'em!I got 2 points in the pick'em.
A lot of upsets this week. The Bronco's loss enabled me to win the Yahoo Survival pool (that didn't last long), but it knocked me out of our town's Loser board (thought K.C. was a shoo in to lose that one).
Boy, my Packers sure looked pathetic. Good thing the Twins were playing at the same time- at least I had something to distract me from watching Rodgers throw all of those interceptions.
It would help, it really would help, if the Packers' offensive line served more of a purpose than "Be turnstiles for defensive linemen and linebackers."
I just flipped over to the SD/Oakland game. Did the Raiders really just attempt a 76 yard field goal?!
Into the wind.
I have to imagine that Lane Kiffin bet somebody 50 bucks that he could get himself fired within two days, so he said, "Hey, Sebastian, we're at our own 42. Here's a bottle of vodka. Slam it and go kick the ball for the hell of it."
You know, the FG attempt actually makes sense in this context.
I do feel bad for Kiffin though. It's gotta be ulcer-inducing to have the old clueless zombie running the club jacking you around with no end in sight. At this point he probably just wishes he'd get fired already so he can move on with his life.
It's 2005 all over again. Ron Turner's absolutely worthless. He must have compromising pictures of Lovie or the Bears executive office to have kept his job this long.
That was Anquan Boldin, who had sustained a nasty helmet-to-helmet hi. Apparently he was alert and talking to teammates later in the lockerroom, but he had been knocked unconscious for a time. I haven't heard much lately, but he had movement in his extremities at some point.
You have no idea how long I worked on that thing!BTW... excellent avatar, with Dr. Who and Jon Stewart.
The Eagles loss really hasn't bothered me. I'm too thrilled about PSU potentially being good and the Phils making the playoffs (playoffs?!) to care about anything else.
File this under "Things to help keep life in perspective":
Jags' OT Richard Collier paralyzed below the waist, has leg amputated.
Jags' OT Richard Collier paralyzed below the waist, has leg amputated.
I'm tied for the league in the college pick em, but I'm doing horrible in the NFL one. If it was based on winning alone, I would be doing ok, but I can't seem to figure the spread out at all in the NFL at all.
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Sorry to say but that entire story is a bit fishy when it was released. Has there been any word on why it was a shooting because I thought someone shot down into the vehicle, not in a drive by but from a balcony?
BTW Childress or Kiffin? Which one gets fired first?
Kiffin has been fired according to ESPN.
They have improved significantly under Kiffin. He wasn't perfect by any stretch, but he did a decent job given the pieces he had to work with.
All but the hardest of the hardcore Raiders fans who will happily let Al Davis shit in their mouths should have given up hope by now. The franchise won't get better until he's no longer running it, period. Commitment to Excrement indeed.
I agree. How many head coaches has he gone through in the last five years? You gotta give someone a chance to actually build the program and he seems to be on such a short trigger since he let Gruden get away.
The Raiders have had four head coaches in the past five years.
I don't think any sane NFL or college head coach would join the club given its recent history, which is why they had to go with Kiffin in the first place (he had no head coaching experience at the collegiate or pro levels).
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