I finally made it back to Indy today, only to find that leaving my dad in charge of Tivoing the game Monday was fruitless. Anyway, there won't be a podcast this week, it's just too late in the week, and we don't even have a tape of the game. We'll come back this Tuesday with the Panthers game.
As a consolation, here are some more links:
Whitlock is still begging for Jeff George, and more interestingly, insinuates that the ex-QBs are getting sick of the ESPN hype. I've noticed this as well.
John Clayton talks traps.
John D comes through again with a couple of nice reads:
QB skill? Nah, pick 'em on face value.
Not everybody thinks that QBs are the end all and be all.
I also went and posted the Trip to the Hole article on a Jags message board. We'll see how that goes.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
It's a TRAP!
Listen to Admiral Ackbar. He knows just what the Colts are up against. The biggest trap ever. Observe:
A) They play a team in Carolina which faces one of the worst quarterback controversies ever. . . Do they choose the old crappy guy who is color blind or the young crappy guy who wears creepy white gloves?
B) The Colts play AFC favorites New England and San Diego in back to back games, following their blowout win over Carolina.
C) See? I already chalked up the win.
Breaking news
ESPN just relayed that Corey Simon is announcing his retirement. Oh well, at least the Colts will still have him on the books next year!
Mailbag
There's been a lot of great stuff out there in the comments section this week, and I wanted to bring some of it to the front page. . .
John (who is a link sending beast) says the rumor is Dom is about to get cut from the Raiders. I feel bad for him. I'm glad he got a decent signing bonus, and I really hope he can get his life put back together. He also commented about whether people debated about Marino/Elway/Montana back in the day:
Where would we have held such arguments? Without the pervasive, interactive technology underpinning today's World Wide Web, there was no way to effectively hold a national argument except through media intermediaries or the ballot box. Now that everyone has their own personal soapbox to stand on and be heard globally, we need more and easier topics to argue about. I can't make an informed judgment on global warming, but I can root for Peyton.
Good points man! He also sends this link about Manning, Brady and Favre beating 31 teams if they all win this weekend.
That led to a great anonymous comment from a reader who says:
No QB has ever beaten one team, much less 31. Football is the ultimate team game. The more the media morons focus on QBs and spread the myth that they win or lose games, the more they diminish the game and reduce it to a cartoon.
I totally agree man, but this is the world we live in. Other than maybe Red Grange back in the day, I'm not sure that anyone can really win a football game by himself.
Funtimes gave us this great article from Yahoo sports of all places.
Zac says: Just don't disparage the Pats by accusing them of cheating again. If they get any more worked up they may end up killing players from opposing teams.
That made me laugh man.
An anonymous reader sent us this link to the foul mouthed Jets blog "Kissing Suzie Kolber." I'm reposting it due to it's Sun Tzu value.
CB says: Be glad you saw the game in person, and didn't have to put up with the ESPN crew. Kornhole kept having to interrupt his adulation of the Pats and Brady with an occasional nod to the actual game being played.As for the week-seven crowning of the Cheatriots, I thought I'd take a shot at setting the record straight.(It's a take on your CHFF margin-difference post a while back, only more in-depth.)
Thanks man, nice work. I'm glad we don't have to rely on this kind of analysis for much longer, though. It'll be settled on the field.
Finally, thanks to the guys from college who found us by accident. It was great hearing from you, and I'm glad you enjoy the blog.
Oh, and here's some more links. . .
Freeney was AFC defensive player of the week this week. Shove it, Jeremy Green.
Vic has lost his mind, saying that the Patriots are running up the score just like the '04 Colts. Um, Vic, Manning was benched in the 4th quarter of all those games. The Pats are playing Brady until the end and throwing the ball all over the field. He's a lazy fool.
John (who is a link sending beast) says the rumor is Dom is about to get cut from the Raiders. I feel bad for him. I'm glad he got a decent signing bonus, and I really hope he can get his life put back together. He also commented about whether people debated about Marino/Elway/Montana back in the day:
Where would we have held such arguments? Without the pervasive, interactive technology underpinning today's World Wide Web, there was no way to effectively hold a national argument except through media intermediaries or the ballot box. Now that everyone has their own personal soapbox to stand on and be heard globally, we need more and easier topics to argue about. I can't make an informed judgment on global warming, but I can root for Peyton.
Good points man! He also sends this link about Manning, Brady and Favre beating 31 teams if they all win this weekend.
That led to a great anonymous comment from a reader who says:
No QB has ever beaten one team, much less 31. Football is the ultimate team game. The more the media morons focus on QBs and spread the myth that they win or lose games, the more they diminish the game and reduce it to a cartoon.
I totally agree man, but this is the world we live in. Other than maybe Red Grange back in the day, I'm not sure that anyone can really win a football game by himself.
Funtimes gave us this great article from Yahoo sports of all places.
Zac says: Just don't disparage the Pats by accusing them of cheating again. If they get any more worked up they may end up killing players from opposing teams.
That made me laugh man.
An anonymous reader sent us this link to the foul mouthed Jets blog "Kissing Suzie Kolber." I'm reposting it due to it's Sun Tzu value.
CB says: Be glad you saw the game in person, and didn't have to put up with the ESPN crew. Kornhole kept having to interrupt his adulation of the Pats and Brady with an occasional nod to the actual game being played.As for the week-seven crowning of the Cheatriots, I thought I'd take a shot at setting the record straight.(It's a take on your CHFF margin-difference post a while back, only more in-depth.)
Thanks man, nice work. I'm glad we don't have to rely on this kind of analysis for much longer, though. It'll be settled on the field.
Finally, thanks to the guys from college who found us by accident. It was great hearing from you, and I'm glad you enjoy the blog.
Oh, and here's some more links. . .
Freeney was AFC defensive player of the week this week. Shove it, Jeremy Green.
Vic has lost his mind, saying that the Patriots are running up the score just like the '04 Colts. Um, Vic, Manning was benched in the 4th quarter of all those games. The Pats are playing Brady until the end and throwing the ball all over the field. He's a lazy fool.
Road trip
It's up. Demond and I have put together a little recap of our day in Jacksonville on Monday. Special thanks to our brother-in-law Darnell for the pictures and video. I hope you all enjoy reading this retrospective more than we enjoyed the 'Hole. Bear in mind, everything in this document is true. I swear I didn't make any of it up.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
That maniacal laughter...
is coming from Dwight Freeney. David Carr is his favorite target.
Hey, guess what? The Colts have a great D. They are #1 in the NFL in passing and #3 overall. The most impressive thing to me was the savagery they unleashed on the Jags WRs. They punished them for every catch.
The Czar wants to throw out the baby with the bathwater. I hate all the "shake everything up! No more conferences or leagues or divisions!" This talk occurs in every sport. Who cares? Why does it matter if the Colts beat the Pats in the Super Bowl or the AFC Championship game? I'm glad for the conferences. It gives some teams hope, and forces others to play white knuckle football all year. Let's say the Colts and Pats were in opposite conferences, or there weren't conferences at all. The Nov 4 game would be essentially meaningless, and both teams might hold back, not wanted to show anything to the other, knowing that even with a loss, they'd still get a bye and homefield all the way to Arizona. Now, they have to play two high stakes games for homefield advantage and the right to go to the Super Bowl. That rules.
Finally, more rumblings about cheating from the Pats. Seriously, I wonder if we haven't just seen the tip of the iceberg.
Hey, guess what? The Colts have a great D. They are #1 in the NFL in passing and #3 overall. The most impressive thing to me was the savagery they unleashed on the Jags WRs. They punished them for every catch.
The Czar wants to throw out the baby with the bathwater. I hate all the "shake everything up! No more conferences or leagues or divisions!" This talk occurs in every sport. Who cares? Why does it matter if the Colts beat the Pats in the Super Bowl or the AFC Championship game? I'm glad for the conferences. It gives some teams hope, and forces others to play white knuckle football all year. Let's say the Colts and Pats were in opposite conferences, or there weren't conferences at all. The Nov 4 game would be essentially meaningless, and both teams might hold back, not wanted to show anything to the other, knowing that even with a loss, they'd still get a bye and homefield all the way to Arizona. Now, they have to play two high stakes games for homefield advantage and the right to go to the Super Bowl. That rules.
Finally, more rumblings about cheating from the Pats. Seriously, I wonder if we haven't just seen the tip of the iceberg.
My old man rant of the day
When did I turn 60? The world is moving too freaking fast for me. By nature, I abhor hype. I realize that this works against my role as a blogger, in which I'm supposed to yell and bluster and rant and get all worked up over whatever. But by my nature, I get worn out when people start to get shrill. So now, I'm trying to write up my Jacksonville experience, still have to get 18 Plays out for this week, and come up with Eyes in the backfield for Friday, but the joke is...
NO ONE CARES ABOUT LAST WEEK.
NO ONE EVEN CARES ABOUT THIS WEEK.
Good Lord, people, can't we even just take care of the immediate crisis of playing a 4-2 team on the road 6 days after a physical game against Jacksonville? I swear my eye is twitching from the media coverage of Nov 4. Honestly, I've stopped even caring about who's better between Manning and Brady. Some of you older readers can help me out, but I don't remember these kinds of debates during the 80s and 90s when there was Montana, Elway, and Marino, and later Favre, Aikman and Young. Geeze, now those are great arguments, and maybe that's why they didn't happen with the same intensity, there were too many candidates. Or had we all just decided it was Joe Montana? Today, we have two real QBs and two real teams. With McNabb and Palmer struggling, there is no one even close to the Brady/Manning stratosphere.
All the hype might just kill me.
I'll have our recap of the weekend posted on 18t088 later today. 18 Plays will occur when Demond and I have time (maybe tomorrow night??). I'm really enjoying the emails and comments on the blog. They keep us working hard and having fun. Thanks.
Demond Sanders: By my count this is the seventh monster game between these teams (depending on if you count the regular season game of 2003 which took place before the teams were rivals). You know it is bad when even the fans of the teams involved are bored by the amount of coverage. The media should do us a favor and restrict it to the week leading up to the game. They won't, of course.
NO ONE CARES ABOUT LAST WEEK.
NO ONE EVEN CARES ABOUT THIS WEEK.
Good Lord, people, can't we even just take care of the immediate crisis of playing a 4-2 team on the road 6 days after a physical game against Jacksonville? I swear my eye is twitching from the media coverage of Nov 4. Honestly, I've stopped even caring about who's better between Manning and Brady. Some of you older readers can help me out, but I don't remember these kinds of debates during the 80s and 90s when there was Montana, Elway, and Marino, and later Favre, Aikman and Young. Geeze, now those are great arguments, and maybe that's why they didn't happen with the same intensity, there were too many candidates. Or had we all just decided it was Joe Montana? Today, we have two real QBs and two real teams. With McNabb and Palmer struggling, there is no one even close to the Brady/Manning stratosphere.
All the hype might just kill me.
I'll have our recap of the weekend posted on 18t088 later today. 18 Plays will occur when Demond and I have time (maybe tomorrow night??). I'm really enjoying the emails and comments on the blog. They keep us working hard and having fun. Thanks.
Demond Sanders: By my count this is the seventh monster game between these teams (depending on if you count the regular season game of 2003 which took place before the teams were rivals). You know it is bad when even the fans of the teams involved are bored by the amount of coverage. The media should do us a favor and restrict it to the week leading up to the game. They won't, of course.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Things I saw and heard today (and some links)...
My essay on our time in the 'hole will be coming in a couple of days, but for now, here's a random list of stuff I saw on my trip through North Florida and Georgia today...
1. A van with a hand-written, cardboard sign in the window that said, "When a Clinton opens their mouth, crap comes out". Aside from the obvious grammatical questions, the weirdness of having the passion to go to the trouble of writing that out and displaying it in a van, is offset by the fact that the writer used magic marker and a piece of corrugated cardboard to do it.
2. A billboard that read: "Sausage! Just like Granddad used to make!".
3. An ESPN cross promotion between the World Series and Taco Bell. Huh? Nothing says baseball like Taco Bell! I'm not sure exactly who was promoting who. Or why.
4. An Atlanta sports talk show devoting hours to the Colts Patriots. The game is 10 days away and local shows from markets that have nothing to do with either team are dedicating hours to it. Um, anyone notice the Panthers and 'Skins? Oh wait, they are NFC teams...
5. A lot of random links for the day:
PK talks Colts Pats and now thinks Brady is better.
FO says the Colts and Pats are closer than people might think, and are basically separated by the Colts crappy kick coverage.
Foxsports keeps ranking the the Colts number 1.
Chadia disagrees with his colleagues rankings.
Len P loves the physicality of the D.
CHFF praising Peyton? Has the world gone mad???
Babies are getting into the Manning/Brady debate (Thanks John).
Hashmarks has lots of Colts/Jags stuff. Keep advancing pages as you read.
The Charlotte Observer has a great piece on Peyton. I've never heard of that Panthers offer for the 1998 #1 pick.
And finally, TMQ paints the Colts Pats in cosmic colors.
1. A van with a hand-written, cardboard sign in the window that said, "When a Clinton opens their mouth, crap comes out". Aside from the obvious grammatical questions, the weirdness of having the passion to go to the trouble of writing that out and displaying it in a van, is offset by the fact that the writer used magic marker and a piece of corrugated cardboard to do it.
2. A billboard that read: "Sausage! Just like Granddad used to make!".
3. An ESPN cross promotion between the World Series and Taco Bell. Huh? Nothing says baseball like Taco Bell! I'm not sure exactly who was promoting who. Or why.
4. An Atlanta sports talk show devoting hours to the Colts Patriots. The game is 10 days away and local shows from markets that have nothing to do with either team are dedicating hours to it. Um, anyone notice the Panthers and 'Skins? Oh wait, they are NFC teams...
5. A lot of random links for the day:
PK talks Colts Pats and now thinks Brady is better.
FO says the Colts and Pats are closer than people might think, and are basically separated by the Colts crappy kick coverage.
Foxsports keeps ranking the the Colts number 1.
Chadia disagrees with his colleagues rankings.
Len P loves the physicality of the D.
CHFF praising Peyton? Has the world gone mad???
Babies are getting into the Manning/Brady debate (Thanks John).
Hashmarks has lots of Colts/Jags stuff. Keep advancing pages as you read.
The Charlotte Observer has a great piece on Peyton. I've never heard of that Panthers offer for the 1998 #1 pick.
And finally, TMQ paints the Colts Pats in cosmic colors.
We came, we saw...
And it was every bit as bad as it looked. We obviously have loads to say about this game, but it's 2:20 AM, and I have to drive 9 hours to Chattanooga tomorrow, so it'll wait...the full report to come, and it will be worth the wait...
In the mean time, if you want some fun, head to Jaguars.com. Read Vic's postgame article. Siiigh, it makes me happy inside
In the mean time, if you want some fun, head to Jaguars.com. Read Vic's postgame article. Siiigh, it makes me happy inside
Monday, October 22, 2007
What time is it?
IT'S GAME TIME! Yeah, we are getting excited down here in the Sunshine State. We'll be headed up to Jholeville this afternoon to annoy the locals. In the meantime, we'll content ourselves with links we stole off of some nice guys open wifi connection. If I knew where he was, I'd pay him because he's made my week a lot easier.
FO looks at two second year running backs. Question: why haven't the Patriots gotten KILLED for whiffing on Addai and Jones-Drew? They drafted an inferior injury prone RB, and no one says, geeze guys, bad pick? Because the pundits LOVED the move at the time (Simmons practically hyper-ventilated to say the Colts choked by not moving up in the draft to take him).
Kravitz was funny today. I think one of the weird developments in broadcasting has been the moronization of Tony Kornheiser. He is a smart, funny guy. His radio show was brilliant (ESPN radio has not recovered from losing it). I even like PTI, but Tony is really bad on MNF. It's all shtick. I never feel like he believes what he's saying. I think it must be the production or something, but he is not working.
Vic thinks this game IS the future of the franchise. Ayyy, what a dark future...
A couple of thoughts on the weekend: For crap's sake Cleveland, why don't you just put a bow on that game and give it away. And for everyone who killed Lou for yanking Zambrano, meet Eric Wedge and Jake Westbrook. THE BIGGEST MISTAKE MANAGERS MAKE IS LEAVING STARTERS IN TOO LONG. Happens all the time. What part of Westbrook's last start made Wedge think he was good for seven innings?
The Dolphins are ungodly bad. They had Moss double covered, and would just trip over themselves in the endzone. I watched that game thinking, geeze, this team is horrible a lot more than I thought about NE being good.
Watching the end of the Titans/Texans as told to me by the guys in the CBS studio was bizarre. By league rule, they couldn't show more than 4:15 of the game. That clock ran out with almost 2 minutes left. I spent the rest of the game watching them tell me what was happening, then showing replays. It was a great game, but a bizarre way to watch it. If any can find tape or a clip of this, let me know. It has to be seen to be believed.
Finally, a win tonight not only puts us basically 3 up on the division but 2 up on every team not named New England in the AFC. ARRRGH! We have to win this game!
FO looks at two second year running backs. Question: why haven't the Patriots gotten KILLED for whiffing on Addai and Jones-Drew? They drafted an inferior injury prone RB, and no one says, geeze guys, bad pick? Because the pundits LOVED the move at the time (Simmons practically hyper-ventilated to say the Colts choked by not moving up in the draft to take him).
Kravitz was funny today. I think one of the weird developments in broadcasting has been the moronization of Tony Kornheiser. He is a smart, funny guy. His radio show was brilliant (ESPN radio has not recovered from losing it). I even like PTI, but Tony is really bad on MNF. It's all shtick. I never feel like he believes what he's saying. I think it must be the production or something, but he is not working.
Vic thinks this game IS the future of the franchise. Ayyy, what a dark future...
A couple of thoughts on the weekend: For crap's sake Cleveland, why don't you just put a bow on that game and give it away. And for everyone who killed Lou for yanking Zambrano, meet Eric Wedge and Jake Westbrook. THE BIGGEST MISTAKE MANAGERS MAKE IS LEAVING STARTERS IN TOO LONG. Happens all the time. What part of Westbrook's last start made Wedge think he was good for seven innings?
The Dolphins are ungodly bad. They had Moss double covered, and would just trip over themselves in the endzone. I watched that game thinking, geeze, this team is horrible a lot more than I thought about NE being good.
Watching the end of the Titans/Texans as told to me by the guys in the CBS studio was bizarre. By league rule, they couldn't show more than 4:15 of the game. That clock ran out with almost 2 minutes left. I spent the rest of the game watching them tell me what was happening, then showing replays. It was a great game, but a bizarre way to watch it. If any can find tape or a clip of this, let me know. It has to be seen to be believed.
Finally, a win tonight not only puts us basically 3 up on the division but 2 up on every team not named New England in the AFC. ARRRGH! We have to win this game!
Saturday, October 20, 2007
More links
Here's another Manning-Unitas piece (Sheesh, John! You are pulling them in from freaking Canada? Nice work).
If you are interested to hear what Tony says about Whitlock, check out our boy Phil B. It seems Big Sexy got his numbers wrong... GASP!
We topped 20,000 hits on our counter since February. Thanks for reading. We can tell everyone is getting anxious for Nov 4, because there have been a ton of comments and emails this week. The storm is gathering, and all the animals of forest are a twitter. Or something like that. I honestly can't imagine a more cataclysmic event than the two Colts Pats games this year. In honor of that, we will be publishing 88 reasons we hate the Patriots. If you care to contribute, email (don't post them in the comments) reasons you hate the Patriots to 18to88@gmail.com. If they are funny enough or smart enough, but mostly original enough, they'll make the list. Pictures are a plus. I have a feeling we might have enough for two lists, one now, one in January.
We are juiced because the Hoosiers are ESPN! Sorry Comcast, not sure that'll be enough to save you in the long run...
If you are interested to hear what Tony says about Whitlock, check out our boy Phil B. It seems Big Sexy got his numbers wrong... GASP!
We topped 20,000 hits on our counter since February. Thanks for reading. We can tell everyone is getting anxious for Nov 4, because there have been a ton of comments and emails this week. The storm is gathering, and all the animals of forest are a twitter. Or something like that. I honestly can't imagine a more cataclysmic event than the two Colts Pats games this year. In honor of that, we will be publishing 88 reasons we hate the Patriots. If you care to contribute, email (don't post them in the comments) reasons you hate the Patriots to 18to88@gmail.com. If they are funny enough or smart enough, but mostly original enough, they'll make the list. Pictures are a plus. I have a feeling we might have enough for two lists, one now, one in January.
We are juiced because the Hoosiers are ESPN! Sorry Comcast, not sure that'll be enough to save you in the long run...
Friday, October 19, 2007
From the mailbag...
There is a real badge of honor to being young enough to be a 1st generation Colts fan in Indianapolis. To be part of the select group, you have to basically be born between 1978-1982. Any younger, and there are folks who have been Colts fans longer. Any older, and you probably had a team before the Colts came to town (I had a Bears jacket when I was 5). We got this picture from stalwart fan Andrew, who wanted to show just how long he's been a Colts fan. His dad worked at Anderson in 1984 when the Colts did training camp, and at 2 years old, he was there every day. Kudos to you, Andrew. . . a real fan.
I want to throw a couple of links on too. Stan sent me couple of links to 'Brady is the greatest ever articles. I'll only inflict one upon the rest of you. Let's all be realistic folks, this debate is about to be over. I'll forever believe that Manning is the greatest ever, but if Brady goes to four rings, Manning will have to win three for most people to find in his favor. If however, the Colts go on to win this year, there can be no more debate. If Brady can't win with Randy Moss, he'll never win another one. There is more to say on this debate, but frankly I'm sick of it, and we'll have the answer soon enough.
He also thought John Clayton's First and 10 was good this week. I saw it earlier, but was too busy enjoying Florida to post it, but since he mentioned it too, I'll link it. The per drive numbers for Peyton are sick.
John D passed along this gem about Nos. 18 and 19. Apparently ex-Colts who played with Johnny Football wonder if Olivia Manning was stepping out.
Also, check out Len Pasquarelli's tip sheet this week. Lots of Colts/Jags stuff including a beat down of the Jags for being so whiny all the time.
Give credit where credit is due
LZ Granderson of Page 2 has a nice, short editorial comment today. I couldn't agree with him more. He summarizes the point we've been hammering for the past month:
I hear a low, steady cry in the distance. One that will undoubtedly pick up steam as the Sundays go by and the New England Patriots continue their march toward the Super Bowl.
I hear a low, steady cry in the distance. One that will undoubtedly pick up steam as the Sundays go by and the New England Patriots continue their march toward the Super Bowl.
"Tom Brady is MVP," is what it says. Well, I would like to introduce another cry to the chorus. "No he is not -- it's Randy Moss."
Brady has thrown an NFL-best 21 touchdown passes this season and leads the league in QB rating (128.9). Prior to this season -- his first with Moss -- Brady's career high in those categories was 28 and 92.6. Not to diminish what Brady has done, but this ain't nothing new.
In 1997, Marshall's Chad Pennington set an NCAA record for TD passes by a sophomore with 39 -- 24 caught by Moss. Those 24 TDs also set an NCAA record for most QB-to-WR combo scores in a season. In '98, Randall Cunningham had the finest season of his 16-year career, thanks in large part to Moss, who caught 17 of Cunningham's 34 TD passes. The Vikings went 15-1 with an NFL-record 556 points. Daunte Culpepper threw 64 TD passes in his two best seasons ('03 and '04), and Moss caught 30 of them.
I'm not saying Brady isn't an excellent quarterback, and I'm not saying he isn't worthy of praise for the Pats' incredible start. But put your man crush aside for a moment and think about this: while Brady may be the best quarterback Moss has ever played with -- this, according to Moss himself -- Brady might be playing with the best receiver anyone's ever played with.
Like HGH, Moss can take a very good player and make him an all-time great. And if you didn't reward Culpepper and Cunningham for their Moss-enhanced seasons, you certainly can't turn a blind eye to what No. 81 has done for Brady. But what you can do is give the skinny kid from West Virginia his long overdue credit and name him MVP.Thursday, October 18, 2007
Quick links
Whitlock has left the building. I have no idea what to say about this article. Apparently, the Colts are successful because they are the whitest team in the NFL. They have the whitest fan base in the NFL maybe, but beyond that I can't really comment.
The Czar has seen the light. The Colts are legit and he knows it.
The Czar has seen the light. The Colts are legit and he knows it.
I can't make this stuff up
The Jags franchise is freaking hilarious. They can't even color coordinate correctly. Their home page is totally comical.
Wisdom never takes a holiday
Even on vacation, 18to88 is working hard for you. Eyes in the Backfield is up for this Monday's game. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The voice of a Vince Young fan
I've been having an interesting interchange with a Houston reporter named Chance who wanted to express why he's a fan of VY. We are usually amenable to allowing divergent viewpoints air time, and as we all always say, 'we don't hate Vince Young.' So without further ado, his comments:
Vince turns journalists into fans. I grew up loving the Longhorns, cheering for them, blah blah. Since Vince left it is like a veil was lifted and I could see UT the way the rest of the world saw it. Smarmy, rich jerk-offs with a dhady football program. I still root for them but not like I did by any stretch. Then the whole Texans/David Carr/Mario Williams FlusterCuck happens and I find myself drifting my allegiance to a team that I hate. S***...I have a CD out with a song called "I Hate The Titans" on it. I worked for The Texans last year. I know the players. I know the coaches. I know the brass. I love them all...they are real cool people. But when VY scored in overtime last year and jumped into the waiting arms of Texans fans in the stands I was happy. And I will be happy when The Titans beat the Texans this weekend. And if Vince is traded to the Raiders I will cheer for them probably although that would be a challenge. I have never been an individual over team guy but after I saw The Texans choke last years ace pick I realized that I would have more enjoyment rooting for an individual than a jacked up team.Phew. All in one breath.
That's cool man. And frankly sort of hilarious. As we said before, the Mario Williams pick was a Peyton Manning induced draft choice. Yet one more way Manning dominates like no other player in the game. Including Vince Young. Thanks for sharing.
Vince turns journalists into fans. I grew up loving the Longhorns, cheering for them, blah blah. Since Vince left it is like a veil was lifted and I could see UT the way the rest of the world saw it. Smarmy, rich jerk-offs with a dhady football program. I still root for them but not like I did by any stretch. Then the whole Texans/David Carr/Mario Williams FlusterCuck happens and I find myself drifting my allegiance to a team that I hate. S***...I have a CD out with a song called "I Hate The Titans" on it. I worked for The Texans last year. I know the players. I know the coaches. I know the brass. I love them all...they are real cool people. But when VY scored in overtime last year and jumped into the waiting arms of Texans fans in the stands I was happy. And I will be happy when The Titans beat the Texans this weekend. And if Vince is traded to the Raiders I will cheer for them probably although that would be a challenge. I have never been an individual over team guy but after I saw The Texans choke last years ace pick I realized that I would have more enjoyment rooting for an individual than a jacked up team.Phew. All in one breath.
That's cool man. And frankly sort of hilarious. As we said before, the Mario Williams pick was a Peyton Manning induced draft choice. Yet one more way Manning dominates like no other player in the game. Including Vince Young. Thanks for sharing.
In search of Jags fans...
As we noted, our posts will be few this week as we are living it up in Florida. Thanks for the great comments and stats posted by ya'all (hey, when in Rome...). Reader John wants you all to check out Michael Silver this week for more Brady/Manning blather.
Yesterday, we are eating dinner just out side of the 'hole (re: Jacksonville), when a lady approaches me. "You aren't a Colts fan are you?" What's your first clue, ma'am, the hat or the Harrison shirt I'm wearing? Finally, my first showdown with a Jags fan, what fun will ensue?! Why yes, yes I am a Colts fan. "Boo!" She says, "I'm a Patriots fan!"
Siiiiigh, I'm looking for some hi-larious Jhole fandom, and I'll I can find is more of the same Patriots crap. Oh well, welcome to Florida.
By the way, Phil B.'s blog yesterday about Manning dying is sort of hilarious. In the last week, I've seen stories on blogs about Marvin's knee being blown out and Peyton being dead. Crap like that makes me ashamed to be a blogger (well, that and the sheer geekdom of it-says the man wearing a "Vader was Framed" shirt this morning). Seriously, people, I know it was a bye week, but let's try to keep the insanity in check for a few days anyway. They'll be playing again soon enough, I promise.
Yesterday, we are eating dinner just out side of the 'hole (re: Jacksonville), when a lady approaches me. "You aren't a Colts fan are you?" What's your first clue, ma'am, the hat or the Harrison shirt I'm wearing? Finally, my first showdown with a Jags fan, what fun will ensue?! Why yes, yes I am a Colts fan. "Boo!" She says, "I'm a Patriots fan!"
Siiiiigh, I'm looking for some hi-larious Jhole fandom, and I'll I can find is more of the same Patriots crap. Oh well, welcome to Florida.
By the way, Phil B.'s blog yesterday about Manning dying is sort of hilarious. In the last week, I've seen stories on blogs about Marvin's knee being blown out and Peyton being dead. Crap like that makes me ashamed to be a blogger (well, that and the sheer geekdom of it-says the man wearing a "Vader was Framed" shirt this morning). Seriously, people, I know it was a bye week, but let's try to keep the insanity in check for a few days anyway. They'll be playing again soon enough, I promise.
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