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Of all the signs at Seahawks stadium (I have no idea what the corporate name is), this was the worst. What exactly does it mean? He’s gonna drop a loaf-a where? On the field? In the locker room? Is he going to pull a Najeh Davenport and take a dump in someone’s closet? Who the hell thought this would be a good sign. Nice touch on the steam coming out of the “loaf”, by the way.
I realize that 4 out of 6 of Sportsline’s NFL experts picked the Panthers but, really, this is kind of irresponsible isn’t it?
Felipe Alou suggested that he might bat Bonds second to get him more at bats. Sure, it’s not as cool as batting clean-up but it makes sense. Without Bonds, the Giants are a terrible offensive team and more at -bats might mean more steroid fueled dingers into McCovey cove. But Bonds wants none of it.
I am going to speak with Felipe, because at this point in my career it doesn’t work for me to be second bat.
Remember, Barry’s bigger than the team. Or at least his humongous melon is.
[SFGate]: Bonds Batting 2nd ‘Doesn’t Work
A teacher of a ethnicity class (embracing diversity and practicing tolerance) made a student take his midterm on the floor because he wore a John Elway jersey to class. Then he had him sit in a circle of desks and had the other kids throw paper at him. But according to the teacher, it was all just a big joke. Yeah, hey, you know, that burning a cross on your front lawn, that’s just a practical joke…ha. By the way, in his next class, Sex-Ed, they made him squeal like a pig.
I may be biased, but this is your typical Steelers fan, folks.
[Denver Post]: Teacher’s true colors definitely not orange, blue
A week after Bill Simmon’s column chastising Kobe for taking himself out of the game after scoring 62 in 3 quarters against the Mavs, Kobe goes and drops 81 on the Raptors. Now, Toronto is second worst in the league in defense but 81 points is monumental. It’s the second highest ever in the league (behind Wilt’s 100 of course) and Kobe’s 55 points in the second half is only second to Wilt’s 59 points in the first half of his 100 pointer. No matter how you feel about Kobe, you gotta respect a 81 point performance in the flow of the game. (The Lakers were only up 6 after three quarters and had traield by as many as 18 points in the 3rd.)
Not to be lost in all of this is the Chowd’s words to Kobe:
Kobe took the easy way out. And in doing so, it was just one more manifestation of what has gone wrong with his career. He should have been the next MJ, should have broken the non-Wilt record, should have been the defining player of his generation. Instead, he’s another couldashouldawoulda guy.The 62-point game will forever suggest as much.
Oops!
If your team wasn’t involved in either of Sunday’s conference championship games, then you don’t know the jubiliation of getting to the Super Bowl. But at the same time, you don’t have to go through the anguish of coming oh-so-close and falling short. So I guess there’s the silver lining for you. Here’s a round up of fan blogs for two reasons: 1) read and be glad you’re not in pain or 2) if you’re a Seattle/Pittsburgh fan, laugh at the trolls who have bothered you all week in message boards, at the office, at school, at church, etc.
Panthers
[Kwon Blog]: Disaster in Seattle
[Exclamatory]: meltdown
Broncos
[6-Iron 180]: Shameful Endings
[claysteiner.com]: Well, THAT certainly sucked…
[Cooker]: AFC Championship
Well, that didn’t take long. 10 minutes after Seattle beats Carolina and the odds are up. Pittsburgh is a 4 point favorite and the over/under is 48. Let the betting begin!
15:00: Ray Rhodes isn’t the smartest man in the world and his talent isn’t better than Lovie Smith’s. So why couldn’t the Bears figure out how to stop Steve Smith? Too arrogant perhaps.
11:22: This game is getting so boring that Trevor, Ryan and I are starting to discuss Lisa Guererro’s pictorial in playboy.
9:57: At what point do you take Hasselbeck and Alexander out of there? There’s still one more game to play for these guys. And now Jerramy Stevens looks a little banged up on the sidelines.
6:00: Alexander takes it in and it’s game over. Pack your bags for lovely Detroit, Seahawks fans. Or better yet, don’t.
Here are the top 5 stories you’ll be sick of hearing by the time Super Bowl XL comes around in two weeks:
5) How Cowher is the longest tenured coach in the league and how 40,000 coaches have come and gone since he was hired by Pittsburgh.
4) How nobody outside of Seattle knows about how good the Seahawks are.
3) Bettis is a Detroit native and he gave a rousing speech about wanting “to go home”.
2) Matt Hasselbeck’s connection to Brett Favre. We can’t let a football broadcast go by without worshipping Favre.
1) How Detroit is really (no, really guys, I mean it) a great city.
5:09: 47 yard strike from Delhomme to Carter doesn’t change anything except perhaps the over/under which was 44. Hope you bet the over.
5:08: Onside kick has a chance but fails. Why is Shaun Alexander still in the game? This is a guy who had a concussion last week. Come on Walrus! Stop yelling at your defensive coaches and take your starters out.
2:00: Well, they’re preparing the gatorade bath and this game is over. We’re looking forward to the Samoan Super Bowl in a couple of weeks. Should be a good one, even if the ratings will be pretty damn low.
15:00: Jake Delhomme:4/15, 58 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT. Quarterback rating = Eli Manning. Hasselbeck: 14/19, 159, 1 TD, 0 INT.
11:09: Hass to D. Jackson and the Seahawks go up 27-7. Quite a drive at the start of the third quarter. The nail isn’t in the coffin yet but the hammer is coming down. Speaking of which, does anyone remember the Amazing Stories episode where the guy pays an old funeral director guy in prison who is in charge of burials to sneak him out in a coffin and then dig him up again. Well, the plan goes well except at the very final scene, where he lights a match and he realizes the dead guy in the coffin is the guy he paid to dig him up. Man, that’s good stuff. Yes, this game is getting boring.
9:46: Carolina is able to do nothing with the ball and punts it back to Seattle. Ho hum. Is Jared from Subway gay? or just completely asexual? Because I’m pretty sure he’s not taking advantange of his fame.
I think we can raise a lot of money for a charity by auctioning off the chance to smack Dave Coulier in the face.
6:48: Sean Locklear just put his hands on the chest of Peppers. Police were called and now Locklear is in custody. Apparently, Locklear was upset that Peppers was rushing against someone else the previous play.
5:55: I’m not sure where Ryan’s head is at but he just said one end of the Seattle stadium looks like a giant vagina. I guess that’s why it’s so loud there – the echo.
I heard while taping this Nike commercial, A-rod missed the medicine ball and blamed his teammates.
3:24: Which is higher – Jake Delhomme’s QB rating or Ashlee Simpson’s blood alcohol level at McDonalds?
1:33: Boulware picks off Delhomme’s 3rd INT of the game. The Panthers were putting together a nice little drive there too. Just a terrible throw by Jake.
0:00: Seahawks fans are starting to feel it. This is their year. (To get to the SB at least.) They can’t possibly choke this game away. Right?
14:53: 17-0 as Alexander runs up in her like Bruce Jenner. I mean, runs into the endzone.
14:45 He Hate Me spotting! I mentioned Chris Weinke watch to Ryan McGowan. Ryan: “Who is older, Weinke or Doug Flutie?”
12:38 Huge throw and catch from Delhomme to Carter that breathes some life into this Carolina offense.
11:35 Carolina is trying too hard to involve Smith in the offense and Seattle’s not having any part of it. Smith is pissed. He looks like he’s about to go to the no respect card again. Carolina has to punt. Not even a FG try. FOX shows Smith melting down on the sidelines.
9:05 Smith takes it to the house on a punt return but there’s a flag on the play and it’s all for naught. Oh my god. They pick up the flag and it’s a TD. The only way Carolina could back into this game. The replay shows that there was indeed a block in the back. Joey Porter says “come on man, everyone wants Jake Delhomme to win this game!” It’s amazing how fast Steve Smith is. He ran through the Seattle punt coverage like he was in the Special Olympics. Meanwhile, Wilford Brimley goes nuts on the call.
6:55: FOX is pimping the Pro Bowl, a game absolutely no one with any life will watch. Don’t worry, I’ll give a full report.
4:12: Crackback block penalty ruins a good drive by Alexander and the Seattle offense. Brown on to kick the FG and…. it’s good! 20-7 Seahawks. Crowd is in full throat. How come when someone uses the phrase “full throat”, I think about my ex-gf?
1:14: Seattle running down the clock in the first half with the possibility of extending their lead. (Note to Mac users, you don’t need heat in your house if you have a Powerbook. The battery is currently killing future generations all over the world.) With 45 secs left and Seattle at the Carolina 30, the Walrus pulls a Marty Schottenheimer and runs the ball.
0:29: Josh Brown misses a FG that looks a lot like my drives off the tee. Except it came reasonably close to where he wanted it. And didn’t involve 3 other people laughing at him.
0:00: Half over. Well, even Rich Kotite could’ve gameplanned for the Panthers. Stop Steve Smith and you stop their entire O. We’ll see if Seattle can hold on in the second half.
