MIDWEEK MIXIES AND MUSHIES!!

WEDNESDAY WHEREABOUTS

Oh Wednesday, you're here again…you dirty little minx you.  Teasing us into believing that the weekend is close while at the same time we hate you because we had to fight through Monday and Tuesday just to get here.  

It's a love/hate relationship and is kind of my theme for today's ramblings.  I like most Americans love the NCAA men's basketball tournament affectionately known as March Madness and all the revelry that goes along with it.  I love the NBA and NHL's long drawn out regular seasons because I can pretty much count on at least one of those professional sports being on TV from October until May, especially those late night games on the West Coast (thank you West Coast road trips!!!)

What I really can't stand/hate is the NCAA men's basketball coverage that picks apart every single win and loss…every single one.  For instance, the Duke Blue Devils have gone from unbeaten to having lost 2 games in a row.  NEWS Alert!! The universe is collapsing around, coaching legend Coach K has lost his touch, the freshmen led team is too young and inexperienced to lead themselves and their long standing love affair with the 3 point shot is turning sour and they can't find another girlfriend fast enough!!  Bleh!  I am not saying that 2 losses in a row for a previously unbeaten team of their level (perennial top ten team) is not cause for concern but I mean it's January…they have 2 losses.  They also have the potential number draftee for this year's NBA Draft.  No one has been declared out for the season, no one failed physics and can't play again until March…I say give it some air and focus your sports reports on something more exciting like this - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpBvBRn4juw Aaaaannd some of this - 

Looping back to the love for the NBA/NHL super long seasons with games every night, garners my hateful attention when it comes to the same exact thing…the long drawn out season!!  While I am addicted to sports and therefore must watch something each day/night but tuning into some of these games billed as "MARQUEE" match-ups is enough to make you go cold turkey on the whole idea of watching televised sports…it's that bad.  Whether it is a "highly touted" rivalry game between the Knicks and Celtics or Heat and Nets…they are usually duds.  Even the teams doing well end up playing a lot of midweek snoozers in Charlotte or Sacramento but get air time because LeBron James or Keving Durant are on the other side of the match up.

I don't know what the solution is but 82 games seems like it's too many for most teams/fans to handle.  Maybe play 48 games and have 2 All Star weekends in there filled with entertaining dunk, skills and 3pt competition.  Have one in Vegas and have one in New Orleans.  Get the word out, the NBA is about partying!!!  As for the NHL, it's just too many games…It's apparent with the speed and skill of most games played that there are no plays off because if you do, you get yourself snapped in half by the other team's goons (which I love that aspect of hockey).

Well that's about all I have to LOVE & HATE in sports right now.  Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday!!

HAPPY WATCHING!!!

Ligers, Unicorns & Other Mythical Matchups

Knock, Knock, Knockin' On Heaven's Door!!
(Thanks Axel)

Happy Friday everyone and get ready for a serious amount of top notch NFL action.  By this time you have probably figured out that the NFL playoffs are in full swing and there are all types of pools going on.  Boxes like the Super Bowl pools, eliminator pools with the spread and all types of variations in between.  So if you have the chance to pick your own teams this weekend, how do you make your decision?  There are all kinds of analytics being done…numbers being crunched, life savings being squandered this weekend…I have the fix for all of that…just like the NCAA Mens Basketball tournament, I like to pick my teams based on who would win if the battle was in real life - 

Despite the spread giving 7 points to the Baltimore Ravens you kinda have to think that a New England Patriot (with a gun) beats out a bird.  While the raven is a formidable bird and the guns used by the American Revolutionaries were primitive there really isn't much to discuss here…Pats win by 10 (especially in New England)

The late game on Saturday is the Carolina Panthers (-11 SEA) playing away from the den (I assume that's where panthers live) in Seattle against the Seattle Seahawks.  This is one of those weird ones where it is really, really hard to compare.  Both are pretty solid predators in their own right, but one flies and one doesn't.  I am not sure if panthers are capable of flight but I think that for the most part flying in this case will come in very handy.  I say Seattle wins but doesn't cover the spread in this long drawn out battle of beast versus bird.  That seahawk looks pissed...

Stay tuned for Sunday's matchups which get kinda funky in that it's two dudes fighting at 1PM and two horses at 4PM.

Enjoy your Friday & Saturday, eat chips!

HAPPY WATCHING!!!

Obama Thinks NFL Is Lame, I Agree!!!

Happy Humpy Day!  I really wasn't planning on putting up a post today but I came across a story that I am sure most of you if not all of you have seen already.  The Goodell Mafia has done it again in the NFL, bungling things and pretending that they care…and that my friends is something worth sharing!!  

So the story goes a little something like this - the Detroit Lions are beating the Dallas Cowboys in the 4th quarter of Sunday's second game of the day.  The Lions were in a tough spot on third down and as the play developed quarterback Matthew Stafford tried to hit his receiver down field for a first down which would have run more time off of the clock BUT as the ball made it's way to it's intended target the defender for the Cowboys more or less ran into the receiver and NEVER turned his head around towards the ball, which by the way is the easiest way to register a slam dunk call of pass interference on the defense.  The official in the best position to make this call throws his yellow handkerchief on the field and signals for pass interference.  The referee debates it while everyone waits for the call when low and behold the flag is picked up by the official put back in his pocket and no foul is awarded to the Lions.  They don't pick up the first down, punt the ball to Dallas, Dallas goes down the field scores and wins the game.  Dallas fans rejoice while the rest of the country (now instant Lions fans) curse the refs, moon, stars, sun and especially the NFL and it's elitist bull crap and know this whole thing is fixed (which it is). Pictured below, ex-bunk mates at Camp Turdington - (Left to right) some dude, Jones and Christie and some jackass behind Christie.

But hey, one can only be salty for so long after a bad loss...and then the NFL goes ahead and issues a statement essentially saying that they got the call wrong, go pound sand and buy our merchandise at www.evilempirethugs.com.  This statement was so stupid to make and proved nothing but their own ineptitude that President Obama weighed in on it, "If I was a Lions fan I'd be pretty aggravated".  In politically correct linguistics that means (to me at least) the POTUS is fed up with the NFL and how miserable they are at managing anything.  Look everyone makes mistakes but the NFL has just screwed so much lately that I have no sympathy for them.

And in honor of Humpy Day...how about this hump? - 

HAPPY WATCHING!!! 

We're Back Baby!! And Hairy!!

Welcome to Snowy, Post-Holiday 20 degrees Tuesday!!

It's been a loooong, long time since the last time I put something out there and I really have no excuse.  Yeah, I could blame it on the holidays, work, life…whatever.  I am just lazy, very very lazy, but that is all about to change!!  The best sports times are ahead of us!  The NFL playoffs conducted their "Wild Card Weekend" and wild it was.  

The NBA season is in full swing and I am pretty sure that no one noticed.  The Knicks made moves yesterday releasing under-performing big man Samuel Dalembert and a nice trade sending JR Smith and Iman Shumpert to the Cleveland Cavaliers and in return they got 10 pounds of poop in a 5 pound bag.  It's overflowing and landing on your shoes.  They can't contain it…you can't contain it the poop is just everywhere…it's even in your raccoon wounds (Family Guy reference).!!  BUT oh are the Knicks trying to squeeze it back into the bag by touting the draft picks, trade exceptions, better fit and the extra salary cap space, but I am not buying and I won't help try to push it back down into the bag…I like my shoes clean.  But this is just another event in a long line of wacky moves by the Knicks.

Well, well, well they concluded the most recent MLB Hall of Fame voting process.  One that includes sports writers and other associated baseball brass (I am not there yet) and four big name players were voted in.  These guys were very, very good...dare I say potential legends for playing admirably during baseball's JUICED Era, where everything was bigger but three of these guys' ERAs and the fourth guy's home run total made it in.  They are Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz, Randy Johnson and Craig Biggio…congratulations guys!  But let's get down to the real issue here - Mike Piazza was not inducted into baseball's Hall and I find this to be a travesty!!  I demand a recount!  He missed getting in by 28 votes, surely someone counted incorrectly…there is no other reason!  Breathe, breathe….Ok, he still has 7 years of eligibility…He got 69.9% of the vote, you need 75%...almost there.  It'll be fine, right?

Also - while I was away this happened…It was a result of GROVEMBER.  It's like Movember but you grow a full beard while raising money for charity, it's pretty cool.  After a while the beard went away and this was left for a few days.

Ok my friends, I am glad to be back and sharing the sports world with you.  I promise to be less lazy this year and who knows it may even happen but probably not.

HAPPY WATCHING!!