Seattle 10-6 vs Green Bay 13-3
Line: Green Bay -7 1/2
Location: Lambeau Field Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Weather Forecast: 30F with light winds and light snow
These teams are virtual mirror images of each other statistically, but that only proves that stats can sometimes be deceiving. The Seahags have no running game. Shaun Alexander is a shell of his former self as he has battled injuries and apathy all year. Meanwhile Green Bay started the season out that way but have found a diamond in the rough in running back Ryan Grant. Since taking over the starting role in Week 8 all he has done is rush for over 900 yards and 8 touchdowns. With a solid running game this frees up the legendary Brett Favre to pitch it all over the yard to his young wide receivers. In the playoffs the better defense usually wins and that team is Green Bay. Also in the divisional rounds the home teams almost always prevail. I see this game going to the home Packers in a game that will not be as close as the final score shows.
Final Score Prediction:
Green Bay 31 Seattle 17
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Sunday Live Blog
Welcome to Week 5!!
11:00am - We are as usual at the #1 son's house camped out in front of the big screen. We have on the NFL Network for now until the regular network crap comes on. Oh how I long for the days of Brent,Irv, and Phyllis. Pop Quiz: Which is louder, Sterling Sharpe or his shirt.
11:23 - Mariucci is talking like the Browns actually have a chance against the Pats today. Yeah right, and I have a chance to hang out with Marissa Miller in Hollywood.
12:08 - Gametime decisions suck
12:31 - OK power nap is over. Baldinger makes me sleepy
12:51 - Caliendo roasts Bradshaw!! He is on the money as usual. I am looking forward
to his new show. Frank not Terry, we get enough of Bradshaw's tired act on
Sundays
12:55 - We get 2 games locally here today!!!! Unfortunately its the Panthers/Saints
and Jets/Giants. Oh well thank goodness for the internet and NFL.com's
awesome scoreboard.
1:15 - These games suck as much as we thought they would. The Mangenius is a coward.
1:21 - Dick Enberg is an all-time great, but he has clearly lost his fastball. Thanks for showing up Brandon Jacobs. You play for the Giants not the Jets, nice gift.
1:26: - STUPID ANNOUCER ALERT - Randy Cross talking about the Jacobs fumble saying how Tiki used to carry the ball to prevent fumbles. Well Randy I don't know where you were but Tiki was known as a fumbler his first few years. One of the reasons he was not an every down back.
11:00am - We are as usual at the #1 son's house camped out in front of the big screen. We have on the NFL Network for now until the regular network crap comes on. Oh how I long for the days of Brent,Irv, and Phyllis. Pop Quiz: Which is louder, Sterling Sharpe or his shirt.
11:23 - Mariucci is talking like the Browns actually have a chance against the Pats today. Yeah right, and I have a chance to hang out with Marissa Miller in Hollywood.
12:08 - Gametime decisions suck
12:31 - OK power nap is over. Baldinger makes me sleepy
12:51 - Caliendo roasts Bradshaw!! He is on the money as usual. I am looking forward
to his new show. Frank not Terry, we get enough of Bradshaw's tired act on
Sundays
12:55 - We get 2 games locally here today!!!! Unfortunately its the Panthers/Saints
and Jets/Giants. Oh well thank goodness for the internet and NFL.com's
awesome scoreboard.
1:15 - These games suck as much as we thought they would. The Mangenius is a coward.
1:21 - Dick Enberg is an all-time great, but he has clearly lost his fastball. Thanks for showing up Brandon Jacobs. You play for the Giants not the Jets, nice gift.
1:26: - STUPID ANNOUCER ALERT - Randy Cross talking about the Jacobs fumble saying how Tiki used to carry the ball to prevent fumbles. Well Randy I don't know where you were but Tiki was known as a fumbler his first few years. One of the reasons he was not an every down back.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Weekend T.R.U.
Hello folks I am back after a week of R & R. The first lady and I had a wonderful trip to the beach this week. It was our first time without the kids. Needless to say our trip was stress free and fun. We love our children we really do but let’s face it, taking 4 kids to the beach is no picnic. Enough of that boring crap, on to this weeks T.R.U. I case your wondering T.R.U. stands for Thoughts, Ramblings, and Useless Information. Don’t gripe about Information not being in the anagram. It just doesn’t fit. Get over it. Now…on to the show….
NFL News & Notes
Keyshawn Johnson announced his retirement from the game this week. He had reportedly received several offers from at least a half dozen teams before deciding to hang up the cleats. He will be joining HYPESPN as an analyst for several telecasts, including pregame shows on Sunday and Monday nights. Hopefully he will be more accurate and coherent than Michael “The Pleamaker” Irvin who the network let go after last season.
React: This is a good move for both Me-Shawn and the Worldwide Leader. He is well spoken and obviously knows the game after 11 years in the league. He will be a much needed improvement from that joke Irvin. I still think as a player he was highly over-rated but he was an above average receiver with a nice career. He is not however Hall Of Fame worthy in my opinion which means he is a lock to get in.
Cincinnati Bengal Head Coach Marvin Lewis apologized to local police for a comment on a radio interview he made earlier in the week. He was talking on the Dan Patrick show on HYPESPN radio and made comments that indicated he felt the local police were targeting Bengal players. The Bengals under Lewis have been notorious for off-field issues. They have had multiple players arrested multiple times. The comments did not sit well with Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher who did not appreciate the inference that his officers are targeting Bengal players. The Bengals released a statement the next day saying the coach does not believe the police are targeting his players. “At no point did I say or mean to imply that these issues had anything to do with race” Lewis said. “When I spoke of our players being perhaps more subject to scrutiny than others, I was referring to their standing as public figures.”
React: This comes as no surprise as we now probably know where the players get their disrespect for the law from. The Bengals are the poster children for the new outlaw NFL. This has only happened after Lewis took over the team. The next day apology was obviously insincere. Why would he say what he did in the first place if he really didn’t feel that way? As a long time Bengal fan I will continue to boycott them until they hire a new head coach. It is not a race thing it is the fact that Coach Lewis has consistently drafted players with questionable character year after year. These repeated incidents have been a black eye to the city and the organization. I for one feel a change is needed. Hopefully after another year of mediocre football and court appearances that is exactly what will happen.
Not much else happening in the world of football, this is nuclear winter. Check out the countdown clock on the right hand column to see how long it is until opening kickoff day. It can’t come a minute too soon. I will be doing previews this week. Since I don’t care about baseball until September and the NBA playoffs are a joke. I might as well get started on some football. The only other sports going are racing, tennis, and golf….please don’t get me started on that garbage. That is a topic for another day.
That’s all for now folks. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. We will be back with more good stuff real soon.
NFL News & Notes
Keyshawn Johnson announced his retirement from the game this week. He had reportedly received several offers from at least a half dozen teams before deciding to hang up the cleats. He will be joining HYPESPN as an analyst for several telecasts, including pregame shows on Sunday and Monday nights. Hopefully he will be more accurate and coherent than Michael “The Pleamaker” Irvin who the network let go after last season.
React: This is a good move for both Me-Shawn and the Worldwide Leader. He is well spoken and obviously knows the game after 11 years in the league. He will be a much needed improvement from that joke Irvin. I still think as a player he was highly over-rated but he was an above average receiver with a nice career. He is not however Hall Of Fame worthy in my opinion which means he is a lock to get in.
Cincinnati Bengal Head Coach Marvin Lewis apologized to local police for a comment on a radio interview he made earlier in the week. He was talking on the Dan Patrick show on HYPESPN radio and made comments that indicated he felt the local police were targeting Bengal players. The Bengals under Lewis have been notorious for off-field issues. They have had multiple players arrested multiple times. The comments did not sit well with Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher who did not appreciate the inference that his officers are targeting Bengal players. The Bengals released a statement the next day saying the coach does not believe the police are targeting his players. “At no point did I say or mean to imply that these issues had anything to do with race” Lewis said. “When I spoke of our players being perhaps more subject to scrutiny than others, I was referring to their standing as public figures.”
React: This comes as no surprise as we now probably know where the players get their disrespect for the law from. The Bengals are the poster children for the new outlaw NFL. This has only happened after Lewis took over the team. The next day apology was obviously insincere. Why would he say what he did in the first place if he really didn’t feel that way? As a long time Bengal fan I will continue to boycott them until they hire a new head coach. It is not a race thing it is the fact that Coach Lewis has consistently drafted players with questionable character year after year. These repeated incidents have been a black eye to the city and the organization. I for one feel a change is needed. Hopefully after another year of mediocre football and court appearances that is exactly what will happen.
Not much else happening in the world of football, this is nuclear winter. Check out the countdown clock on the right hand column to see how long it is until opening kickoff day. It can’t come a minute too soon. I will be doing previews this week. Since I don’t care about baseball until September and the NBA playoffs are a joke. I might as well get started on some football. The only other sports going are racing, tennis, and golf….please don’t get me started on that garbage. That is a topic for another day.
That’s all for now folks. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. We will be back with more good stuff real soon.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Weekend T.R.U.
Greetings from the couch. Hope everyone is well. I just thought I would ramble a bit today about some different items around the world of sports. Please feel free to leave a comment or send me an email , or here. Look for my new articles at the Associated Content site as well.
Feel free to sign up but make sure to use my link on the right so I can get credit for the referral. Thanks for reading and away we go......
NBA Playoffs
I do not watch much of the NBA anymore. I was a huge fan growing up but they have lost me over the years as a hardcore fan. I still follow the scores and highlights but I can't watch a full game. I will elaborate on that in more detail at a later time. I wanted to comment on the Horry/Nash incident. The Suns are whining that they were punished unfairly and the Spurs gained an advantage when their player committed the flagrant foul. Well I agree to an extent. The rule states if you leave the bench to get involved in a fight you get a suspension. The 2 players, Stoudamire & Diaw, did leave the bench. After a few steps realized what they were doing and went back. They never approached a player from the other team to initiate an altercation. The NBA decided to suspend these players by using the old "letter of the law" excuse. I feel that they should have not been suspended because they did not violate the spirit of the law which is to keep players from leaving the bench to get involved in fights. This is in place for many reasons mainly to aid officials in restoring order quickly and to prevent serious injury to very highly paid athletes. So in one sense I agree with the Suns that the decision by the league probably cost them Game 5 of the series. On the other hand, the Suns had a chance last night to even the series and go back to their home court for a game 7. They were at full strength and the Spurs were the team that was down 1 player. What did they do? They couldn't even make it a close game. They instead spent the whole game complaining to the refs instead of worrying about winning the game on the court. The press conference was a sobfest as well still complaining how the league cost them the series. Get over it Nash. You had a chance last night to make it right and failed. I am so sick of hearing these guys blame others for their failures. Your are highly paid professionals. You are getting paid to play a game. Be a man and take your loss with class and dignity. The bottom line is you lost to the better team.
http://www.sportsline.com/nba/story/10188124
NFL News
This is nuclear winter for my favorite sport. Not much going on so there is not much to report. I will be doing some articles for Associate Content previewing the upcoming season. I will also be doing an article on how to draft and build a winning fantasy football team. Since there is not much actual news to report there are stories being overblown as usual this time of year.
The big news out of Green Bay is Brett Favre is not happy they organizaion did not do more in free agency.
http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/GB/10187652
He is also not happy the team did not aquire the troublesome Randy Moss. It was even reported Brett asked for a trade which he is denying. This is not a big deal. Brett is getting old and cranky like the rest of us. He has done everything possible in his career. He is a 3 time MVP, Super Bowl winner, sure fire first ballot HOF'er, the object of a serious and disturbing man crush by John Madden. Now who wouldn't want all that. I think he gets the benefit of the doubt here. He has given his all to the Packers. Is is not too much to ask for them to spend a little money to help him out. Let's face it, Brett is not the player he used to be. Then again who is, we all get old and cranky. Just ask my wife. Bottom line, it's a slow news week and the networks need something to talk about.
In this weeks edition of same crap, different pile
A Bengal was arrested
http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/CIN/10187681
Ricky Williams failed a drug test
http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/MIA/10176934
Michael Vick being told to grow up
http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/ATL/10176776
I grow weary of these thugs who think they are above the law just because they make alot of money and are famous. It is a shame that we spend most of our time talking about the criminals in sports when most of pro athletes are good people just like you and me. Unfortunately my love for football outweighs my disgust with the thugs so I will still watch.
Major League Baseball
Wake me when it is September. One quick statement though.
Don't blame Roger Clemens for his "unusual" contract perks. It is the Yankees fault for being so desperate for pitching they had no choice but to give in. Anyone of us would sign a deal like that in a New York minute (pun intended) if given the chance.
That's about all I have the energy for today. Look for my series of NFL previews as we go division by division and break down the upcoming season. What to look for fantasy wise on each team and predictions. Should be a hoot!!! Have a great weekend folks.
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