The underdogs had their way last week, covering 8 out of 12 games (3 were pushes). Will this week be the revenge of the favorites? We’ll see. Game by game breakdown as well as betting tips in the week 3 podcast.
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Pen it in now. Jot it down. Permanent ink. It’s not going to change.
Oklahoma will play Southern California for the national title. It’s set. Plan your trip to Miami.
Ah, baseball optimism. It springs eternal in those endless, freezing winter months. Here were my prognostications regarding the 2008 Yankees, surely bound for glory, before cruel reality could intervene. Hindsight wisdom located within parenthesis. Special props to Fire Joe Morgan, the forerunners of this journalistic style… I guess. Whatever.
Will someone slap me in the face? Please? Will someone bring me back to reality?
Not tomorrow or next week, not after Hurricane Ike destroys my apartment in the upcoming 24 hours, not on Saturday when I find out, but now. Slap me back to reality.
Maybe I’ve been brainwashed; maybe I’ve been lied to. Or, maybe, but unlikely, I am just missing something. The first two seem the likeliest.
Ryan and RJ lead the way, going 11-5 last week, followed by Vin at 10-6 and Trevor at 9-7. We hope to do better this week as week 1 is always tough to predict. Plenty of gambling advice for you degenerate gamblers on the podcast.
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” -Plato
Curt Schilling reminds me of the generic and requisite Real World stock character: the cantankerous jackass who falsely assumes his “candor” is anything more than pathetic and offensive white noise. The guy whose audition tape sounds something like, “I dont give a $%^& what people think. I just keep it real and say what no one else will say. I’m not afraid to go there.” And while he’s initially embraced by the other housemates, he ultimately alienates himself from the group, leaving him with nothing left to do but self-indulgent confessionals.
In the name of Tim Couch, what has happened to Alex Smith? If you take a closer look, past the recent shoulder injury, past the loss of his starting job, and even past now being labeled as a bust, you have to ask yourself, how the heck did we get here?
The truth is, the blame cannot and should not be put squarely on Alex Smith’s shoulders. As the number one overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft, Smith entered the league with as much hype as any quarterback in recent memory, only to throw one touchdown to 11 interceptions.
This less than desirable outcome had the San Francisco front office shaking their heads, wondering if they had made the right decision. Then came signs of progress in year two, with Smith posting admirable sophomore numbers, throwing for 16 touchdowns and almost 3,000 yards.
But now two years later, all we can remember is Smith as the underachieving, athletic quarterback who could never grasp the system, find his receivers, and realize his potential.
But therein lies the problem: the system.
One huge injury, and the entire NFL is shaken and destroyed.
But it wasn’t just Tom Brady’s injury that hit the league. Big names like Vince Young, Brodie Croyle, and Drew Bennett all found out they’ll be missing significant action with injuries.
We found out that Brett Favre is comfortable as a Jet, and likely to get more comfortable, that Aaron Rodgers isn’t shy about leaping into the stands, and Michael Turner is the real deal.
But away from all the injuries lies an even more interesting phenomenon: the impact of rookies immediately to start the season.
From the Titan’s Chris Johnson, to Philadelphia’s DeSean Jackson, rookies throughout the league turned in huge performances to help their teams go 1-0. See for yourself. The teams moving up in the rankings after week one, for the most part, all have a rookie or two playing a huge hand in their success.
(PICTURES WILL BE ADDED SOON; DON’T WORRY!)
These are the 10 images that have defined golf since Tiger Woods first appeared in the Masters Tournament as an amateur in 1995.
I have made this the cutoff for simplicity reasons. Yes, there are great images from before, but I wanted images that defined this era.
Barry Bonds
Weight: 228
Height: 6’2″
Grounded into Double Play (Career): 165
Edgar Martinez
Weight: 205
Height: 5’11”
Grounded into Double Play (Career): 190