---- Top performers
QB: Tom Brady, 36.98 points -- started by Jeff
RB: Larry Johnson, 43.23 points -- started by Joanna
WR: Reggie Wayne, 39.20 points -- started by Paul
TE: Marques Colston, 28.87 points -- started by Joanna
K: Adam Vinatieri, 16.00 points -- sitting on Neal's bench
DEF: Oakland, 31.00 points -- started by Joel
Oakland? Oakland!!! You've got to be kidding me. No wonder my team stinks -- logic no longer has any place in the NFL.
---- Worst performers, players we started edition
Third place: David Carr, -0.88 points -- started by me
Second place (tie): Arizona, -1.00 points -- started by Paul
Second place (tie): Denver, -1.00 points -- started by Eric
First place: Carolina, -2.00 points -- started by Jo
This is the second week in a row Joanna had the best total in the league and the worst individual player too. Go figure.
---- Andy Reid blown call of the week award
Joel earned the award this week, thanks to his shrewd use of the waiver wire.
Last Sunday he decided to drop Joe Horn and Issac Bruce to pick up Chris Baker and Brandon Jacobs. And while I'm the first person who'll ridicule you if you forget to start a tight end, you really shouldn't give up two pro bowlers to get some average players back.
Horn and Bruce were worth a combined 31.40 points for Eric this week (he scooped up both of them over my waiver wire requests -- damn!) while Joel's three wide receivers and Baker combined for just over 35 points. Look for this one to haunt Joel's dreams for the rest of the year.
Jim gets honorable mention for starting a tight end on a bye.
---- "Worst passing performances in a win" stat of the week
*** QB Andrew Walter was 5 of 14 for 51 yards with one interception and no touchdowns in the Raiders 20-13 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday. His QB rating for the day was 17.3. (And remember, if you go outside and throw a football into the ground, your QB rating is 38.6).
*** QB David Garrard was 10 of 17 for 87 yards with no touchdowns in the Jags 13-6 win over the Eagles on Sunday.
*** QB Jake Plummer was 13 of 24 for 106 yards with one touchdown, one interception and one fumble in the Broncos 13-3 win against the Ravens in week five.
*** QB Mike Vick was 10 of 15 for 92 yards with one touchdown and one interception in the Falcons 14-3 win over Tampa Bay in week 2.
---- Stupidest thing I heard this week
I've been trying for the last two days to find the name of the guy who said this, but I think all records of him ever being alive have been destroyed in light of his stupidity.
During halftime of the Oregon State-USC game on Saturday, one of the FSN "experts" asked an analyst if the Beavers, up 16-10 at the time, could finish off the upset in the second half.
His response?
"I think they could potentially win this game, but remember: Potentially is a French word meaning what have you done for me lately."
The other two guys in the studio just stopped talking to him after that.
---- Midseason awards I'd like to see
*** The "bad half of the gene pool" award: This one goes to the Giants, who have both the lesser Manning (Eli has fewer passing TDs than Peyton) and apparently the lesser Barber (Ronde has two TDs, Tiki has zero).
*** The "leaving it all on the field" award: This one goes to Donovan McNabb, more for his penchant for puking than his hard work. And he has more passing attempts than anyone else in the league, so he has left more balls out on the turf than anyone else too.
*** The “living on the edge” award: Seven weeks into the season, the Colts haven’t attempted one fourth-down conversion.
*** The death penalty: This isn't a new award, but I'd like to see Daunte Culpepper get the death penalty after what he did to two of my fantasy teams.
---- Cowboys anagram insult of the week
Sure, QB Tony Romo had a good game Sunday night, but will he really last as their starter? Let's see what "Dallas Cowboys rookie third-stringer Matt Baker" can reveal to us:
*** Horrid team trots backwards. I’ll be in? Rats. Ye go, OK? ***
That sounds like a dare to me -- Baker is reluctantly challenging Romo for the starting job, so go tell your friends. Let them know you heard it from a reputable news source.
---- Our standings so far
First place: JapanUSRelations, Ant -- 1087.44 points
Second place: HoF Bus Drivers, Jo -- 1085.20 points
Third place: The War on Terrell, Mike -- 1063.14 points
Ant barley held onto first as Joanna posted her second 178-point week in a row. And don't look now, but our reigning champ (Jeff, in case you forgot) is just a few points out of the top three.
---- For the record
*** Holy crap, Temple won. At their current pace, their next win is scheduled for 2009.
*** The professional column is up again, but they ripped the heart and soul out of it:
Here’s what the lead was supposed to say:
If the NFL was run by the NCAA, this week’s slate of games would have been dubbed “Separation Sunday.” Of course, if the NFL was run by the NCAA, sportswriters would be inexplicably voting the Bears as the number two team in the league … behind USC.
It’s funny how one line change can destroy 1,000 words of text. They took some other funny stuff out and killed some others, so now it’s just a crappy, run-of-the-mill column. We’ll have a nice long talk with the sports guys tomorrow.
In the meantime, my ensuing rage is the reason this recap was sub-par. Next week I’ll save my good stuff for here, rather than waste it like this time.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Fantasy football recap, week 7
---- Top performers
QB: Peyton Manning, 37.58 points -- started by Mike
RB: Brian Westbrook, 30.63 points -- started by Neal
WR: Hines Ward, 37.40 points -- started by Jo
TE: Alge Crumpler, 31.80 points -- started by Jeff
K: Matt Bryant, 14.00 points -- sittin' on the waiver wire
DEF: Giants, 27.00 points -- started by Anthony
Dear gawd, those are some high individual performances. And that doesn't even include Mike Freakin' Vick (34.35 points) or Donovan "Pukey" McNabb (31.68 points) or Larry "No nickname given" Johnson (29.13 points).
---- Worst performers, everybody included edition
Third place (tie): Najeh Davenport, -0.10 points -- sittin' on the waiver wire
Third place (tie): Marcel Shipp, -0.10 points -- sittin' on the waiver wire
Second place: Seneca Wallace, -0.54 points -- sittin' on the waiver wire
First place: Pittsburgh, -1.00 points -- started by Joanna
Hmmm... Jo had the worst player and the best score. That’s not fair.
---- The Andy Reid blown call of the week
OK, fine -- I get the award this week. I left 22 points on my bench, the worst in the league for the third week in a row, and even managed to leave another 17 points on Joanna's bench when I set her roster at the last minute on Sunday.
So, since there's no one else who performed as poorly, I've got no choice but to give myself ... wait a second ... is that Ronde Barber running back another McNabb interception for a touchdown?
Nevermind. McNabb earned the blown call honors. The Don bails me out with his worst day of the season (which is still better than most of Eli's starts so far ... I'm just saying ...)
Honorable mention goes to Jeff, yet again, who left 18 points on his bench and refused to pick up a WR to fill his empty roster spot this week.
---- Who is throwing for touchdowns this week?
*** Vikings RB MeWelde Moore had as many TD passes in Sunday’s game against the Seahawks as Seattle QBs Matt Hasselback and Seneca Wallace combined (one).
*** Chargers RB LaDanian Tomlinson had as many touchdown passes on Sunday against the Chiefs (one) as division rival QB Jake Plummer had in the Broncos game against the Browns.
*** Hotlanta QB Mike Vick threw four TD passes against the Steelers on Sunday. In his previous 10 games, he threw six.
---- Stupidest thing I heard this week
I thought Brian Baldinger had this wrapped up early in the weekend when I heard him call a bruising Cadillac Williams sprint through five defenders "The picture definition of a downhill run."
No, Brian, the picture definition of a downhill run would be someone running down a hill. That was the figurative definition at best.
But on Tuesday morning I heard Stuart Scott say that Dallas QBs Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo are prone to throwing bad interceptions (you think?!?!) but that Romo was a better QB because he has more mobility and "can run down guys after he turns the ball over."
I can only assume he was joking, but he didn't have that haughty Stuart Scott voice turned on, so I really don't know. Either way it's slowly breaking down brain cells in my head today.
---- Most painful thing I read this week
From the Philly Daily News' Les Bowen:
"Eagles statisticians could not immediately say where Ronde Barber now ranks among McNabb's all-time favorite receivers, but we know he's caught more McNabb passes for touchdowns than Billy McMullen ever did."
I know you've gotta rip McNabb, but do we have to talk about Billy McMullen? Am I gonna get a Mike Mamula and Na Brown lecture next?
---- College football update
*** At 10 pm Sunday I was watching two sporting events: the Tigers/Cardinals World Series game (in the 6th inning) and the Cincinnati/South Florida football game (in the third quarter). At the time, the score to both was 2-0. That ain't right.
*** The Division III Springfield Pride beat St. John Fisher College 55-38 behind QB Chris Sharpe's 280 rushing yards and seven -- count 'em, SEVEN -- rushing touchdowns on Saturday. Springfield had 493 rushing yards total in the game.
What makes this hilarious is Sharpe's passing stats: two attempts, one completion, 41 yards. How did the second one fall incomplete? Was Fisher College actually defending the pass at some point? And who was back far enough in the secondary to make the tackle on the pass completion?
*** Temple broke that elusive 20-point mark in their 43-21 loss on Saturday. It's the most points they've scored during their nation-leading 20-game losing streak. So far this year they've been outscored 351 to 71, and over their losing streak they're surrendering more than 44 points a game.
---- Cowboys anagram insult of the week
Monday night the Cowboys had a chance to take over first in the NFC East with a win, but "Dallas Cowboys backup right tackle Jason Fabini" knew that wasn't going to happen:
*** First? A bucolic wish, joke. Pagan cabal knots badly. ***
If you saw the Dallas secondary trying to defend WR Plexiglass Burgess during the game, you'd agree that pagan cabal does knot badly when the game is on the line.
Yeah, I had to look up "bucolic" too. It sorta fits.
---- Our standings so far
First place: JapanUSRelations, Ant -- 970.10 points
Second place: The War on Terrell, Mike -- 906.94 points
Third place: HoF Bus Drivers, Joanna -- 906.35 points
What the heck happened? All three of these folks posted 170-plus point weeks to jump ahead in the standings, and Heidi -- yes, that Heidi -- scored the lowest this week and dropped all the way to sixth.
Anthony has taken over first by a wide margin, but there is no pride in it because he's using the Giants and Cowboys defenses to get ahead. Traitor. At least my floundering in ninth place is noble.
---- For the record
*** Professional column number three is up here.
*** Just in case you haven’t heard me say it yet: The Eagles are 0-3 over the last four years in games played in South Florida. And in all three games, Donovan has puked on the field.
As I keep saying, Philly’s entire conditioning staff should be shot, then burned at the stake, then have their ashes fired by cannon into New Jersey.
*** Best moment of a bad, bad football weekend: On Monday night, as Cowboys QB Tony Romo comes into the game in the second half, Tony Kornheiser says, "The backup is only a popular guy until he throws his first interception." Jo immediately counters with, "It would be awesome if he threw a pick right here."
First play, Romo scrambles out to his right, throws a pass that deflects off a lineman and into the arms of a linebacker.
Comedy, thy name is the Dallas QB controversy.
QB: Peyton Manning, 37.58 points -- started by Mike
RB: Brian Westbrook, 30.63 points -- started by Neal
WR: Hines Ward, 37.40 points -- started by Jo
TE: Alge Crumpler, 31.80 points -- started by Jeff
K: Matt Bryant, 14.00 points -- sittin' on the waiver wire
DEF: Giants, 27.00 points -- started by Anthony
Dear gawd, those are some high individual performances. And that doesn't even include Mike Freakin' Vick (34.35 points) or Donovan "Pukey" McNabb (31.68 points) or Larry "No nickname given" Johnson (29.13 points).
---- Worst performers, everybody included edition
Third place (tie): Najeh Davenport, -0.10 points -- sittin' on the waiver wire
Third place (tie): Marcel Shipp, -0.10 points -- sittin' on the waiver wire
Second place: Seneca Wallace, -0.54 points -- sittin' on the waiver wire
First place: Pittsburgh, -1.00 points -- started by Joanna
Hmmm... Jo had the worst player and the best score. That’s not fair.
---- The Andy Reid blown call of the week
OK, fine -- I get the award this week. I left 22 points on my bench, the worst in the league for the third week in a row, and even managed to leave another 17 points on Joanna's bench when I set her roster at the last minute on Sunday.
So, since there's no one else who performed as poorly, I've got no choice but to give myself ... wait a second ... is that Ronde Barber running back another McNabb interception for a touchdown?
Nevermind. McNabb earned the blown call honors. The Don bails me out with his worst day of the season (which is still better than most of Eli's starts so far ... I'm just saying ...)
Honorable mention goes to Jeff, yet again, who left 18 points on his bench and refused to pick up a WR to fill his empty roster spot this week.
---- Who is throwing for touchdowns this week?
*** Vikings RB MeWelde Moore had as many TD passes in Sunday’s game against the Seahawks as Seattle QBs Matt Hasselback and Seneca Wallace combined (one).
*** Chargers RB LaDanian Tomlinson had as many touchdown passes on Sunday against the Chiefs (one) as division rival QB Jake Plummer had in the Broncos game against the Browns.
*** Hotlanta QB Mike Vick threw four TD passes against the Steelers on Sunday. In his previous 10 games, he threw six.
---- Stupidest thing I heard this week
I thought Brian Baldinger had this wrapped up early in the weekend when I heard him call a bruising Cadillac Williams sprint through five defenders "The picture definition of a downhill run."
No, Brian, the picture definition of a downhill run would be someone running down a hill. That was the figurative definition at best.
But on Tuesday morning I heard Stuart Scott say that Dallas QBs Drew Bledsoe and Tony Romo are prone to throwing bad interceptions (you think?!?!) but that Romo was a better QB because he has more mobility and "can run down guys after he turns the ball over."
I can only assume he was joking, but he didn't have that haughty Stuart Scott voice turned on, so I really don't know. Either way it's slowly breaking down brain cells in my head today.
---- Most painful thing I read this week
From the Philly Daily News' Les Bowen:
"Eagles statisticians could not immediately say where Ronde Barber now ranks among McNabb's all-time favorite receivers, but we know he's caught more McNabb passes for touchdowns than Billy McMullen ever did."
I know you've gotta rip McNabb, but do we have to talk about Billy McMullen? Am I gonna get a Mike Mamula and Na Brown lecture next?
---- College football update
*** At 10 pm Sunday I was watching two sporting events: the Tigers/Cardinals World Series game (in the 6th inning) and the Cincinnati/South Florida football game (in the third quarter). At the time, the score to both was 2-0. That ain't right.
*** The Division III Springfield Pride beat St. John Fisher College 55-38 behind QB Chris Sharpe's 280 rushing yards and seven -- count 'em, SEVEN -- rushing touchdowns on Saturday. Springfield had 493 rushing yards total in the game.
What makes this hilarious is Sharpe's passing stats: two attempts, one completion, 41 yards. How did the second one fall incomplete? Was Fisher College actually defending the pass at some point? And who was back far enough in the secondary to make the tackle on the pass completion?
*** Temple broke that elusive 20-point mark in their 43-21 loss on Saturday. It's the most points they've scored during their nation-leading 20-game losing streak. So far this year they've been outscored 351 to 71, and over their losing streak they're surrendering more than 44 points a game.
---- Cowboys anagram insult of the week
Monday night the Cowboys had a chance to take over first in the NFC East with a win, but "Dallas Cowboys backup right tackle Jason Fabini" knew that wasn't going to happen:
*** First? A bucolic wish, joke. Pagan cabal knots badly. ***
If you saw the Dallas secondary trying to defend WR Plexiglass Burgess during the game, you'd agree that pagan cabal does knot badly when the game is on the line.
Yeah, I had to look up "bucolic" too. It sorta fits.
---- Our standings so far
First place: JapanUSRelations, Ant -- 970.10 points
Second place: The War on Terrell, Mike -- 906.94 points
Third place: HoF Bus Drivers, Joanna -- 906.35 points
What the heck happened? All three of these folks posted 170-plus point weeks to jump ahead in the standings, and Heidi -- yes, that Heidi -- scored the lowest this week and dropped all the way to sixth.
Anthony has taken over first by a wide margin, but there is no pride in it because he's using the Giants and Cowboys defenses to get ahead. Traitor. At least my floundering in ninth place is noble.
---- For the record
*** Professional column number three is up here.
*** Just in case you haven’t heard me say it yet: The Eagles are 0-3 over the last four years in games played in South Florida. And in all three games, Donovan has puked on the field.
As I keep saying, Philly’s entire conditioning staff should be shot, then burned at the stake, then have their ashes fired by cannon into New Jersey.
*** Best moment of a bad, bad football weekend: On Monday night, as Cowboys QB Tony Romo comes into the game in the second half, Tony Kornheiser says, "The backup is only a popular guy until he throws his first interception." Jo immediately counters with, "It would be awesome if he threw a pick right here."
First play, Romo scrambles out to his right, throws a pass that deflects off a lineman and into the arms of a linebacker.
Comedy, thy name is the Dallas QB controversy.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Fantasy football recap, week 6
---- Top performers
QB: Matt Hasselback, 30.92 points -- started by Joel
RB: LaDanian Tomlinson, 42.37 points -- started by Ant
WR: Torry Holt, 36.27 points -- started by Paulie
TE: Jeremey Shockey, 21.67 points -- sitting on my bench
K: John Brown, 16.00 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
DEF: Chicago, 24.00 points -- started by Mike
Four touchdowns out of Tomlinson? So that's why Anthony is suddenly near the top of the league.
---- Worst performers, the year so far edition
Third place: Brian Greise, -0.94 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
Second place: Kellen Clemens, -1.80 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
First place: Brodie Croyle, -3.38 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
Croyle saw his only action of the season on Sunday, passing for 23 yards with two interceptions and rushing for minus-3 yards in the Chiefs' loss to the Steelers. That's a mighty fine day right there, but not the worst of the weekend ...
---- The Andy Reid blown call of the week award
I left the most points on my bench and scored the lowest in the league this week, but we've already established that I'm not going to give it to myself, so ...
Instead let’s give an anti-award to Eric, who I almost taunted before Sunday’s games for deciding to start RB Mike Vick as his quarterback over QB Rex Grossman, who has been tearing up teams this season. On the year, Vick had only scored four TDs to Grossman’s 10, and was worth nearly 40 fewer points in our league.
What I’m saying is this move made no sense.
In retrospect, however, that was a pretty nice call. Vick was worth a serviceable 14.96 points. Grossman had SIX FREAKING TURNOVERS and was worth -6.78 points against the Cardinals, or whichever team suited up for the first half of that game. That's the worst I can ever remember any player scoring in this league.
Eric probably just forgot to set his roster this weekend, but I’ll give him credit anyway. The anti-award is redeemable for one-free pass next time he starts somebody on a bye week.
---- Fun facts I'm noting just to piss off Giants fans
*** Donovan McNabb threw his second interception of the year on the last play of the first half of Sunday's game against New Orleans. Eli Manning threw his second interception of the day with two minutes to go in the first quarter of Sunday's game against Hotlanta.
*** In six games this year McNabb has thrown for more than 280 yards five times. In five games this year Eli Manning has thrown for fewer than 280 yards four times.
*** Despite a sub-par performance on Sunday Donovan McNabb still leads the league in passer rating at 104.8. Despite a good performance on Sunday Eli Manning still leads the league in dopey faces made with 1,048.
---- Stupidest thing I heard this week
Lee Corso got the words "turnovers" and "turnouts" confused and said the key to one of the college games on Saturday would be "turnouts."
To quote Lewis Black, don't think about it too much or your brain will try and eat itself.
Almost as bad, but not quite, was Dick Stockton during the Eagles/Saints tilt on Sunday saying that Shawn Andrews had suffered a knee injury and his return to the game was questionable. He announced it on a play where Andrews had just laid down a big block and was still on screen.
I'm pretty sure that upgrades his return status to probable, but that's just me.
---- College football update
** The dream of an undefeated season died for Ursinus this weekend as they fell to the Muhlenberg Mules (not kidding, they're the Mules) 22-6 on Saturday. The Baby Bears had 311 yards of total offense but also threw three interceptions, lost two fumbles and had a blocked punt returned for a touchdown.
** Temple didn't cover that point spread against Clemson -- they lost 63-9 last Thursday. The Tigers scored on their first nine possessions. For some reason ESPN decided that game wasn't competitive enough to air nationally...
** Texas and Baylor racked up 784 yards of offense and 94 points in the Longhorns 63-31 win on Saturday. For comparisons sake, the Falcons and Giants racked up 816 yards of offense in their game Sunday but only scored 41 points in New Jersey's 27-14 win.
So, what I'm saying is, the Giants and Falcons are really just college football teams who execute their red zone offense poorly.
---- Cowboy anagram insult of the week
Still think T.O. is the biggest jerk on the Cowboys? I submit to you "Dallas Cowboys LB Bradie James," who had six tackles on Sunday and shows what he likes to do for fun when you rearrange the letters in his name:
*** A yell! Cold worm jabs sad babies. ***
Jabbing babies is bad enough, but sad ones? That's just overkill. What a jerk.
---- Our standings so far
First place: Heidi is too slow, Heidi – 793.29 points
Second place: JapanUSRelations, Ant – 791.11 points
Third place: Get drunk and screw, Neal – 774.90 points
Anthony makes a huge charge into the top three, Neal’s team is slowly slipping, and everyone is just shocked – SHOCKED! – that Heidi made it to first place.
She’s not even trying, you know.
---- For the record
*** The respectable, professional column is online this week. You can read it here.
*** I was going to look up how many times a team has had six turnovers and still won a game, like the Bears did Monday, but ESPN told me that has happened more than 40 times in league history. They might be lying, but now I don’t feel like checking.
*** Don’t ask how the picks are going with Dad. Just don’t.
*** Cowboys vs. Giants on Monday night next week, so somebody step up and give me a reason not to punch the television. I know I’m supposed to root for the Giants, then injuries, then the apocalypse, but it’s still gonna be a tough one to swallow.
QB: Matt Hasselback, 30.92 points -- started by Joel
RB: LaDanian Tomlinson, 42.37 points -- started by Ant
WR: Torry Holt, 36.27 points -- started by Paulie
TE: Jeremey Shockey, 21.67 points -- sitting on my bench
K: John Brown, 16.00 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
DEF: Chicago, 24.00 points -- started by Mike
Four touchdowns out of Tomlinson? So that's why Anthony is suddenly near the top of the league.
---- Worst performers, the year so far edition
Third place: Brian Greise, -0.94 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
Second place: Kellen Clemens, -1.80 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
First place: Brodie Croyle, -3.38 points -- sitting on the waiver wire
Croyle saw his only action of the season on Sunday, passing for 23 yards with two interceptions and rushing for minus-3 yards in the Chiefs' loss to the Steelers. That's a mighty fine day right there, but not the worst of the weekend ...
---- The Andy Reid blown call of the week award
I left the most points on my bench and scored the lowest in the league this week, but we've already established that I'm not going to give it to myself, so ...
Instead let’s give an anti-award to Eric, who I almost taunted before Sunday’s games for deciding to start RB Mike Vick as his quarterback over QB Rex Grossman, who has been tearing up teams this season. On the year, Vick had only scored four TDs to Grossman’s 10, and was worth nearly 40 fewer points in our league.
What I’m saying is this move made no sense.
In retrospect, however, that was a pretty nice call. Vick was worth a serviceable 14.96 points. Grossman had SIX FREAKING TURNOVERS and was worth -6.78 points against the Cardinals, or whichever team suited up for the first half of that game. That's the worst I can ever remember any player scoring in this league.
Eric probably just forgot to set his roster this weekend, but I’ll give him credit anyway. The anti-award is redeemable for one-free pass next time he starts somebody on a bye week.
---- Fun facts I'm noting just to piss off Giants fans
*** Donovan McNabb threw his second interception of the year on the last play of the first half of Sunday's game against New Orleans. Eli Manning threw his second interception of the day with two minutes to go in the first quarter of Sunday's game against Hotlanta.
*** In six games this year McNabb has thrown for more than 280 yards five times. In five games this year Eli Manning has thrown for fewer than 280 yards four times.
*** Despite a sub-par performance on Sunday Donovan McNabb still leads the league in passer rating at 104.8. Despite a good performance on Sunday Eli Manning still leads the league in dopey faces made with 1,048.
---- Stupidest thing I heard this week
Lee Corso got the words "turnovers" and "turnouts" confused and said the key to one of the college games on Saturday would be "turnouts."
To quote Lewis Black, don't think about it too much or your brain will try and eat itself.
Almost as bad, but not quite, was Dick Stockton during the Eagles/Saints tilt on Sunday saying that Shawn Andrews had suffered a knee injury and his return to the game was questionable. He announced it on a play where Andrews had just laid down a big block and was still on screen.
I'm pretty sure that upgrades his return status to probable, but that's just me.
---- College football update
** The dream of an undefeated season died for Ursinus this weekend as they fell to the Muhlenberg Mules (not kidding, they're the Mules) 22-6 on Saturday. The Baby Bears had 311 yards of total offense but also threw three interceptions, lost two fumbles and had a blocked punt returned for a touchdown.
** Temple didn't cover that point spread against Clemson -- they lost 63-9 last Thursday. The Tigers scored on their first nine possessions. For some reason ESPN decided that game wasn't competitive enough to air nationally...
** Texas and Baylor racked up 784 yards of offense and 94 points in the Longhorns 63-31 win on Saturday. For comparisons sake, the Falcons and Giants racked up 816 yards of offense in their game Sunday but only scored 41 points in New Jersey's 27-14 win.
So, what I'm saying is, the Giants and Falcons are really just college football teams who execute their red zone offense poorly.
---- Cowboy anagram insult of the week
Still think T.O. is the biggest jerk on the Cowboys? I submit to you "Dallas Cowboys LB Bradie James," who had six tackles on Sunday and shows what he likes to do for fun when you rearrange the letters in his name:
*** A yell! Cold worm jabs sad babies. ***
Jabbing babies is bad enough, but sad ones? That's just overkill. What a jerk.
---- Our standings so far
First place: Heidi is too slow, Heidi – 793.29 points
Second place: JapanUSRelations, Ant – 791.11 points
Third place: Get drunk and screw, Neal – 774.90 points
Anthony makes a huge charge into the top three, Neal’s team is slowly slipping, and everyone is just shocked – SHOCKED! – that Heidi made it to first place.
She’s not even trying, you know.
---- For the record
*** The respectable, professional column is online this week. You can read it here.
*** I was going to look up how many times a team has had six turnovers and still won a game, like the Bears did Monday, but ESPN told me that has happened more than 40 times in league history. They might be lying, but now I don’t feel like checking.
*** Don’t ask how the picks are going with Dad. Just don’t.
*** Cowboys vs. Giants on Monday night next week, so somebody step up and give me a reason not to punch the television. I know I’m supposed to root for the Giants, then injuries, then the apocalypse, but it’s still gonna be a tough one to swallow.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Fantasy football recap, week 5
---- Top performers
QB: Donovan McNabb, 30.26 points -- started by Ant
RB: Reggie Bush, 23.50 points -- started by Eric
WR: Lee Evans, 21.27 points -- started by Eric
TE: Antonio Gates, 12.67 points -- started by me
K: Robbie Gould, 19.00 points -- started by Neal
DEF: Jacksonville, 33.00 points -- sitting on my bench
That’s the second week in a row Donovan was the top QB. More to come on that Jacksonville defense in a minute.
---- Worst performers, players we started edition
Third place: Chad Pennington, -1.42 points -- started by Neal
Second place: Buffalo, -2.00 points -- started by me
First place: New York Jets, -5.00 points -- started by Eric
And that’s the second week in a row Eric started the worst defense in the league. Last week it was Tennessee with minus-6 for his squad
---- The Andy Reid blown call of the week award
I should get this, since I decided at the last minute to bench Jacksonville's defense (33 points) in favor of Buffalo's (minus-2), but since I give out the award that's not gonna happen.
So instead we'll award our first "Lifetime achievement blown call award" to T.O., who was so beautifully shown this weekend just how much nicer it is to have Donovan McNabb throw to you than Drew Bledsoe. Leaving Philadelphia was professional suicide for him (as opposed to ... well, you know.)
A special shout out goes to Jeff, who has already picked up a lifetime achievement award in this category and still hasn't picked up a tight end to start.
---- Great stats from that Eagles game
** Cornerback Lito Sheppard had one fewer catch (two interceptions) than T.O. (three catches, 45 yards) and caught the only touchdown pass Drew Bledsoe threw all game, that 102-yard interception return.
** The Eagles have three 100-plus yard interception returns for touchdowns in team history. All three have come against Dallas.
** Remember those ridiculous projections I made a few weeks ago? Well, Donovan McNabb (1,604 passing yards so far) is on pace for 5,126 passing yards, which would break the single-season record of 5,084.
** Dallas is still winless when T.O. scores a touchdown (0-1 on the season.) It's getting easier each week to track this stat, since he ain't coming close to the end zone.
---- Most awesome thing I heard all week
And just to beat this dead horse a little more, hopefully you didn’t miss this gem from Pam Oliver while interviewing Donovan after the Eagles game:
“I know it wasn’t you versus T.O., but a fair amount of people saw it that way. So what was it like to send that guy out here looking crazy?”
Looking crazy? Really? You get paid big bucks to interview folks and that’s what you came up with?
If you want to hear it for yourself, here’s the link – it’s around the 40-second mark.
---- College football update
** I don't know why no one else made note of it, but this week Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said the current college bowl game system is flawed, proclaimed that teams shouldn't be held hostage by the BCS and poll systems, and then promptly saw his 2nd-ranked Tigers lose to unranked Arkansas on Saturday. Way to jinx the team there, Tommy.
** The stinkin' good-for-nothing Blue Hens lost again this week, this time on a last second field goal against the Northeastern Nor'easters, or whatever the heck their mascot is. I'm too angry to actually look it up.
** Temple had their first lead of the season in their game against the Kent State Golden Flashes on Saturday, and nearly broke the impossible 20-point barrier in their 28-17 loss. It's the team's 18 loss in a row. They play 12th-ranked Clemson on Thursday, when they will be 44-point underdogs.
Yes, that's six touchdowns and a safety. And I'm betting Clemson will be covering the spread by halftime.
** The Ursinus football team scored 16 unanswered second-half points to stun the Case Western Reserve Spartans 16-7 and stay undefeated on the season. The college football world is abuzz with the Baby Bears success, and this week Ursinus received one 25th-place vote in the Division III rankings, putting them on par with Minnesota powerhouse St. Olaf College.
Watch out, Coe College of Iowa. That 25th-place D-III ranking isn't safe for long.
---- Cowboys anagram insult of the week
Greg Ellis had a big play in that Eagles game this weekend, so let's look at what "Dallas Cowboys starting DE Gregory L. Ellis" has to tell about what exactly happened this weekend:
** Rattling D blows. Oily losers cry. Eagles glad. **
Go ahead -– check it. That’s what it says.
---- Screwball stats that interest only me
** St. Louis is the only team in the league that still hasn't thrown an interception. They have a plus-12 turnover ratio already.
** Hotlanta hasn't allowed a passing touchdown this year.
** Detroit has more penalty yards so far this year (331) than rushing yards (298).
** The Eagles had 29 sacks in 16 games last year. In five games this year, they have 23.
---- For the record
** For the first time I can remember, every team favored to win by Vegas this week won. They didn't all cover the spread, but still ... that's pretty weird.
** Dad managed to tie up the annual picks contest, so we’re back to where we started. Usually he waits until around week 10 to catch up, then overtake me.
** Because I know you haven’t read enough of my ramblings yet, I’ve posted my first football column for the paper here -- just click on the picture to read it. If it comes up small, hold your cursor over it for a second and click the enlarge button that'll pop up in the lower right-hand corner.
It ran in our Pacific editions today and was written when my editors asked for “something better than the game recaps we always run.”
I still don’t know if this will be a weekly thing, a one-time thing, or an “Ohmigawd we have nothing for the sports section” thing, but we’ll see if I can finally turn all these stellar ideas into something profitable.
QB: Donovan McNabb, 30.26 points -- started by Ant
RB: Reggie Bush, 23.50 points -- started by Eric
WR: Lee Evans, 21.27 points -- started by Eric
TE: Antonio Gates, 12.67 points -- started by me
K: Robbie Gould, 19.00 points -- started by Neal
DEF: Jacksonville, 33.00 points -- sitting on my bench
That’s the second week in a row Donovan was the top QB. More to come on that Jacksonville defense in a minute.
---- Worst performers, players we started edition
Third place: Chad Pennington, -1.42 points -- started by Neal
Second place: Buffalo, -2.00 points -- started by me
First place: New York Jets, -5.00 points -- started by Eric
And that’s the second week in a row Eric started the worst defense in the league. Last week it was Tennessee with minus-6 for his squad
---- The Andy Reid blown call of the week award
I should get this, since I decided at the last minute to bench Jacksonville's defense (33 points) in favor of Buffalo's (minus-2), but since I give out the award that's not gonna happen.
So instead we'll award our first "Lifetime achievement blown call award" to T.O., who was so beautifully shown this weekend just how much nicer it is to have Donovan McNabb throw to you than Drew Bledsoe. Leaving Philadelphia was professional suicide for him (as opposed to ... well, you know.)
A special shout out goes to Jeff, who has already picked up a lifetime achievement award in this category and still hasn't picked up a tight end to start.
---- Great stats from that Eagles game
** Cornerback Lito Sheppard had one fewer catch (two interceptions) than T.O. (three catches, 45 yards) and caught the only touchdown pass Drew Bledsoe threw all game, that 102-yard interception return.
** The Eagles have three 100-plus yard interception returns for touchdowns in team history. All three have come against Dallas.
** Remember those ridiculous projections I made a few weeks ago? Well, Donovan McNabb (1,604 passing yards so far) is on pace for 5,126 passing yards, which would break the single-season record of 5,084.
** Dallas is still winless when T.O. scores a touchdown (0-1 on the season.) It's getting easier each week to track this stat, since he ain't coming close to the end zone.
---- Most awesome thing I heard all week
And just to beat this dead horse a little more, hopefully you didn’t miss this gem from Pam Oliver while interviewing Donovan after the Eagles game:
“I know it wasn’t you versus T.O., but a fair amount of people saw it that way. So what was it like to send that guy out here looking crazy?”
Looking crazy? Really? You get paid big bucks to interview folks and that’s what you came up with?
If you want to hear it for yourself, here’s the link – it’s around the 40-second mark.
---- College football update
** I don't know why no one else made note of it, but this week Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said the current college bowl game system is flawed, proclaimed that teams shouldn't be held hostage by the BCS and poll systems, and then promptly saw his 2nd-ranked Tigers lose to unranked Arkansas on Saturday. Way to jinx the team there, Tommy.
** The stinkin' good-for-nothing Blue Hens lost again this week, this time on a last second field goal against the Northeastern Nor'easters, or whatever the heck their mascot is. I'm too angry to actually look it up.
** Temple had their first lead of the season in their game against the Kent State Golden Flashes on Saturday, and nearly broke the impossible 20-point barrier in their 28-17 loss. It's the team's 18 loss in a row. They play 12th-ranked Clemson on Thursday, when they will be 44-point underdogs.
Yes, that's six touchdowns and a safety. And I'm betting Clemson will be covering the spread by halftime.
** The Ursinus football team scored 16 unanswered second-half points to stun the Case Western Reserve Spartans 16-7 and stay undefeated on the season. The college football world is abuzz with the Baby Bears success, and this week Ursinus received one 25th-place vote in the Division III rankings, putting them on par with Minnesota powerhouse St. Olaf College.
Watch out, Coe College of Iowa. That 25th-place D-III ranking isn't safe for long.
---- Cowboys anagram insult of the week
Greg Ellis had a big play in that Eagles game this weekend, so let's look at what "Dallas Cowboys starting DE Gregory L. Ellis" has to tell about what exactly happened this weekend:
** Rattling D blows. Oily losers cry. Eagles glad. **
Go ahead -– check it. That’s what it says.
---- Screwball stats that interest only me
** St. Louis is the only team in the league that still hasn't thrown an interception. They have a plus-12 turnover ratio already.
** Hotlanta hasn't allowed a passing touchdown this year.
** Detroit has more penalty yards so far this year (331) than rushing yards (298).
** The Eagles had 29 sacks in 16 games last year. In five games this year, they have 23.
---- For the record
** For the first time I can remember, every team favored to win by Vegas this week won. They didn't all cover the spread, but still ... that's pretty weird.
** Dad managed to tie up the annual picks contest, so we’re back to where we started. Usually he waits until around week 10 to catch up, then overtake me.
** Because I know you haven’t read enough of my ramblings yet, I’ve posted my first football column for the paper here -- just click on the picture to read it. If it comes up small, hold your cursor over it for a second and click the enlarge button that'll pop up in the lower right-hand corner. It ran in our Pacific editions today and was written when my editors asked for “something better than the game recaps we always run.”
I still don’t know if this will be a weekly thing, a one-time thing, or an “Ohmigawd we have nothing for the sports section” thing, but we’ll see if I can finally turn all these stellar ideas into something profitable.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Getting you ready
G's favorite sign from last week's game:
T.O.
8 1
too many
It took me forever to get it.
Less subtle was a caller into WIP this morning, who was trying to win tickets to the game on Sunday by guessing what message Donovan sent to T.O. earlier this week:
Caller: It was simple. He just wrote "Take 35 more and call me in the morning."
Angelo: That's pretty good, but what's in the lead? "I've got 117 million reasons not to commit suicide." I don't know if yours is funnier.
Caller: Well, you know that's not the whole story, right? You know Donovan wasn't the first person to text him, right?
Angelo: Really?
Caller: Yeah, Jeff Garcia actually sent him a message first. It said "If it looks like a suicide attempt, and it smells like a suicide attempt, it's a suicide attempt."
Angelo: You're going to the game.
T.O.
8 1
too many
It took me forever to get it.
Less subtle was a caller into WIP this morning, who was trying to win tickets to the game on Sunday by guessing what message Donovan sent to T.O. earlier this week:
Caller: It was simple. He just wrote "Take 35 more and call me in the morning."
Angelo: That's pretty good, but what's in the lead? "I've got 117 million reasons not to commit suicide." I don't know if yours is funnier.
Caller: Well, you know that's not the whole story, right? You know Donovan wasn't the first person to text him, right?
Angelo: Really?
Caller: Yeah, Jeff Garcia actually sent him a message first. It said "If it looks like a suicide attempt, and it smells like a suicide attempt, it's a suicide attempt."
Angelo: You're going to the game.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Fantasy football recap, week 4
---- Top performers
QB: Donovan McNabb, 38.22 points -- started by Ant
RB: Larry Johnson, 28.83 points -- started by Joanna
WR: Santana Moss, 31.02 points -- started by Heidi
TE: Marques Colston, 19.80 points -- started by Joanna
K: Jeff Wilkins, 18.00 points -- started by Heidi
DEF: Kansas City, 34.00 points -- started by Jeff
Good work, ladies. Guys, there are nine of us in the league, and together we managed just two of the top players this week. C'mon.
---- Worst performers, defenses we started edition
Third place: Cincinnati, -4.00 points -- started by Jim
Second place (tie): Seattle, -5.00 points -- started by Paulie
Second place (tie): Detroit, -5.00 points -- started by Mike
First place: Tennessee, -6.00 points -- started by Eric
Wow -- I started a defense that earned minus-two points and couldn't even crack this list. Rough week.
---- The Andy Reid blown call of the week award
Joel stepped up and grabbed the award this week. While reigning bad coach Jeff decided to throw up the top score of the season this week (179.49) Joel decided to keep almost 50 points on his bench and drift further down in the standings.
Among his highlights: Starting injured Seahawks RB Shawn Alexander, despite numerous news reports all week that he was out, instead of Chicago RB Thomas Jones, who was worth 24.40 points.
Honorable mention goes to Jim for the second week in a row for starting two guys on a bye and getting caught in the negative defenses massacre. All told, he left more than 38 points on his bench for the week.
---- "I'm angry at NFL experts" stat of the week
Everybody chuckled Sunday when the number one pick in last spring’s draft, Texans defensive end Mario Williams, got the first sack of the season in his fourth game. Houston has been hammered all summer after their decision to bypass Heisman trophy winner Reggie Bush in favor of defensive line help.
But before all the experts resume their taunting, someone needs to point out that Williams first QB mugging did come before Bush’s first touchdown. In four games, he still hasn’t found the end zone.
Despite leading the league in superlatives awarded, Bush’s performance so far (264 rushing and receiving yards) has been sub-par compared to fellow rookie RBs Laurence Maroney of the Patriots (370 total yards and three TDs) and Indy's Joseph Addai (279 total yards and two TDs).
---- Who is doing better than Daunte Culpepper?
** Daunte only has two TD tosses on the season, worse than Kansas City’s Damon Huard (three), Buffalo’s J.P. Losman (three), or backup Pittsburgh QB Charlie Batch (three).
** Daunte's QB rating is a pathetic 77.0, lower than 0-4 Detroit's John Kitna (87.1) and Arizona's turnover-happy Kurt Warner (81.9).
** Daunte has been sacked more than every other quarterback in the league (21 times) and for more yards (150 lost so far).
---- The third-stupidest thing I heard this week
It had to be the third stupidest, because there ain't nothing dumber than T.O.'s publicist saying "Terrell has 25 million reasons to live" in response to whether or not he tried to commit suicide.
That was so stupid, when they replayed the press conference it became both the stupidest and second stupidest thing I heard all week.
So, onto the third. During the game Monday night, as ESPN panned across the Philly skyline, Mike Tirico said, "And there's Ben Franklin, looking down on the city of brotherly love."
I know their research staff was having serious problems (see my post from yesterday) but even the Giants fan in my office knew that's Billy Penn up there. I'm astounded Tirico wasn't struck by lightning.
---- Our standings so far
First place: Get drunk and screw, Neal -- 558.62 points
Second place: Heidi is too slow, Heidi -- 552.31 points
Third place: Blue Collar Killers, Jeff -- 519.00 points
We still haven't had our first Doyle-free top three, but we're getting closer.
---- College football update
** Rhode Island beat Brown 28-21 on Sunday. University of Delaware beat Rhode Island 24-17 last week. Ergo, University of Delaware is a better school than Brown. Let's see you poke holes in that logic, you snotty little Ivy know-it-alls.
By the way, Delaware lost 52-49 to New Hampshire on Saturday. Apparently that state is just too big for the Blue Hens to handle. The teams combined for 987 yards of offense on the game and 43 points in the fourth quarter alone.
** Ursinus continued its undefeated football season Saturday with a 20-0 win over someplace called McDaniel. The baby Bears had more yards rushing (203) than the McDaniel Green Terror had total offense (184). Ursinus opponent next week is Phoenixville Middle School in what should be a tough battle.
Yes, they're the Green Terror. I was going to call them the McDaniel Daniels until I saw how bad their actual mascot is.
** Temple doubled its TD output for the season on Saturday, scoring twice in an impressive 43-14 loss to the powerhouse that is Vanderbilt football. On the season they've been outscored 211 to 24.
---- Cowboys anagram insult of the week
I always break these down from the Dallas perspective, but I often wonder what the Cowboys opponents can teach us about the evil that lurks inside their silver and blackened blue hearts.
So, with the cowpokes wandering into town this week, let's see what one of the new Eagles can teach us. Look closely at "Eagles wideout Donte Stallworth is da man" and you can clearly see:
*** Dallas to lose the game with new, sad TO-turd in ***
TO goes in, Dallas loses. Are you going to argue with Donte?
By the way, the Cowboys still haven't won a game where TO catches a TD (still 0-1).
---- For the record
** Stupid Phillies. How do you have the top home run hitter in the NL (Ryan Howard), the top RBI guy in the NL (Ryan Howard), the top two batters in runs scored (Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins) and not make the postseason?
** Best sign from the Eagles faithful this week? "TO get well soon, so we can hurt you."
** I won my fantasy baseball league for the third year in a row, and fantasy hockey starts this week. What do I have to do before you people stage an intervention?
** Stupid Phillies.
QB: Donovan McNabb, 38.22 points -- started by Ant
RB: Larry Johnson, 28.83 points -- started by Joanna
WR: Santana Moss, 31.02 points -- started by Heidi
TE: Marques Colston, 19.80 points -- started by Joanna
K: Jeff Wilkins, 18.00 points -- started by Heidi
DEF: Kansas City, 34.00 points -- started by Jeff
Good work, ladies. Guys, there are nine of us in the league, and together we managed just two of the top players this week. C'mon.
---- Worst performers, defenses we started edition
Third place: Cincinnati, -4.00 points -- started by Jim
Second place (tie): Seattle, -5.00 points -- started by Paulie
Second place (tie): Detroit, -5.00 points -- started by Mike
First place: Tennessee, -6.00 points -- started by Eric
Wow -- I started a defense that earned minus-two points and couldn't even crack this list. Rough week.
---- The Andy Reid blown call of the week award
Joel stepped up and grabbed the award this week. While reigning bad coach Jeff decided to throw up the top score of the season this week (179.49) Joel decided to keep almost 50 points on his bench and drift further down in the standings.
Among his highlights: Starting injured Seahawks RB Shawn Alexander, despite numerous news reports all week that he was out, instead of Chicago RB Thomas Jones, who was worth 24.40 points.
Honorable mention goes to Jim for the second week in a row for starting two guys on a bye and getting caught in the negative defenses massacre. All told, he left more than 38 points on his bench for the week.
---- "I'm angry at NFL experts" stat of the week
Everybody chuckled Sunday when the number one pick in last spring’s draft, Texans defensive end Mario Williams, got the first sack of the season in his fourth game. Houston has been hammered all summer after their decision to bypass Heisman trophy winner Reggie Bush in favor of defensive line help.
But before all the experts resume their taunting, someone needs to point out that Williams first QB mugging did come before Bush’s first touchdown. In four games, he still hasn’t found the end zone.
Despite leading the league in superlatives awarded, Bush’s performance so far (264 rushing and receiving yards) has been sub-par compared to fellow rookie RBs Laurence Maroney of the Patriots (370 total yards and three TDs) and Indy's Joseph Addai (279 total yards and two TDs).
---- Who is doing better than Daunte Culpepper?
** Daunte only has two TD tosses on the season, worse than Kansas City’s Damon Huard (three), Buffalo’s J.P. Losman (three), or backup Pittsburgh QB Charlie Batch (three).
** Daunte's QB rating is a pathetic 77.0, lower than 0-4 Detroit's John Kitna (87.1) and Arizona's turnover-happy Kurt Warner (81.9).
** Daunte has been sacked more than every other quarterback in the league (21 times) and for more yards (150 lost so far).
---- The third-stupidest thing I heard this week
It had to be the third stupidest, because there ain't nothing dumber than T.O.'s publicist saying "Terrell has 25 million reasons to live" in response to whether or not he tried to commit suicide.
That was so stupid, when they replayed the press conference it became both the stupidest and second stupidest thing I heard all week.
So, onto the third. During the game Monday night, as ESPN panned across the Philly skyline, Mike Tirico said, "And there's Ben Franklin, looking down on the city of brotherly love."
I know their research staff was having serious problems (see my post from yesterday) but even the Giants fan in my office knew that's Billy Penn up there. I'm astounded Tirico wasn't struck by lightning.
---- Our standings so far
First place: Get drunk and screw, Neal -- 558.62 points
Second place: Heidi is too slow, Heidi -- 552.31 points
Third place: Blue Collar Killers, Jeff -- 519.00 points
We still haven't had our first Doyle-free top three, but we're getting closer.
---- College football update
** Rhode Island beat Brown 28-21 on Sunday. University of Delaware beat Rhode Island 24-17 last week. Ergo, University of Delaware is a better school than Brown. Let's see you poke holes in that logic, you snotty little Ivy know-it-alls.
By the way, Delaware lost 52-49 to New Hampshire on Saturday. Apparently that state is just too big for the Blue Hens to handle. The teams combined for 987 yards of offense on the game and 43 points in the fourth quarter alone.
** Ursinus continued its undefeated football season Saturday with a 20-0 win over someplace called McDaniel. The baby Bears had more yards rushing (203) than the McDaniel Green Terror had total offense (184). Ursinus opponent next week is Phoenixville Middle School in what should be a tough battle.
Yes, they're the Green Terror. I was going to call them the McDaniel Daniels until I saw how bad their actual mascot is.
** Temple doubled its TD output for the season on Saturday, scoring twice in an impressive 43-14 loss to the powerhouse that is Vanderbilt football. On the season they've been outscored 211 to 24.
---- Cowboys anagram insult of the week
I always break these down from the Dallas perspective, but I often wonder what the Cowboys opponents can teach us about the evil that lurks inside their silver and blackened blue hearts.
So, with the cowpokes wandering into town this week, let's see what one of the new Eagles can teach us. Look closely at "Eagles wideout Donte Stallworth is da man" and you can clearly see:
*** Dallas to lose the game with new, sad TO-turd in ***
TO goes in, Dallas loses. Are you going to argue with Donte?
By the way, the Cowboys still haven't won a game where TO catches a TD (still 0-1).
---- For the record
** Stupid Phillies. How do you have the top home run hitter in the NL (Ryan Howard), the top RBI guy in the NL (Ryan Howard), the top two batters in runs scored (Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins) and not make the postseason?
** Best sign from the Eagles faithful this week? "TO get well soon, so we can hurt you."
** I won my fantasy baseball league for the third year in a row, and fantasy hockey starts this week. What do I have to do before you people stage an intervention?
** Stupid Phillies.
Monday, October 02, 2006
ESPN commentary
In case you missed it Monday, ESPN posted this right after Buckhalter's second fumble of the game:
Ya know, I was just thinking AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGG!!!!!
Ya know, I was just thinking AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGG!!!!!
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