IRISH BEAT DOWN

how much fun was tonite???!!!!??? watching those smug pricks from notre dame getting their asses kicked up & down the football field for three hours made me and millions of other fans smile ear-to-ear!

FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YARDS OF OFFENSE against the vaunted irish defense?? impossible, you say? well, guess what, leprechaun boy, not only was it possible but the irish were exposed as a slow and fundamentally lacking team on defense and totally eviscerated by a superior team which comes from football's best conference. 

YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE SEC without having team speed.  i say again that at least 4 teams from the SEC would have trashed the irish. for seven consecutive years, a team from the SEC has held the crystal football and it was a joke to think that notre dame could compete on that level. a much better bowl game would have matched notre dame vs northern illinois, a battle between two teams deserving of a lower level bowl game.

FOR YEARS, officials have invented penalties to aid notre dame drives and turned a blind eye to irish infractions but ALABAMA took the officials out of the equation by jamming the ball down the irish throats early & often, thoroughly dominated the game to the point where the zebras could only watch and wince. even officials can't help a 28-0 half time lead. notre dame was beyond help.


any questions as to why notre dame has turned down numerous invitations over the years to play home & home series against various teams from the SEC? any questions on why notre dame chose to affiliate & hide in the ACC and play a very shielded schedule starting in the near future?
did you hear about the police action?? someone filed a 'missing person' report on golden boy Manti Te'o because he certainly was missing during the game. nfl scouting report should read: 6'02" 255 lbs. and realllllllllllllll slow with bad tackling skills.  an abominable performance in the biggest game of the year. melted like a cheap candle under the national spotlight. heisman candidate, my ass.

notre dame hasn't been relevant in college football for a quarter century but this year they had a chance to grab the brass ring and failed miserably. the beautiful part of this BEATDOWN was that the irish graduate 29 seniors so they'll ride off into non-contender country and be playing in the gator bowl for the next five years with a 9-3 record. cheer, cheer for old notre dame!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

a little bit of everything

506 murders in chicago last year.  now subtract the carnage from the ENGLEWOOD, AUSTIN, GRESHAM & LAWNDALE districts and the count is around a hundred. you can't control the animals and the clearance rate is less than 25% because the 'NO SNITCH' rule smothers the black neighborhoods and detectives simply move on to other cases where people actually care what happens in their neighborhood. i have no sympathy for those people when they won't cooperate.

fiscal cliff, my ass.  both parties playing 'chicken' with each other but finally making a deal when they realized citizens were actually paying attention and eventually the polls open again.

KUDOS TO CHRIS CHRISTIE, the governor of new jersey who once again called out his own party for 'playing games' with the lives of americans. "shame on you" and his compliments to PRESIDENT OBAMA during the east coast floods will get him re-elected as long as he wants to serve.  now if he would just lose a couple of pounds to stay healthy.

the weather in illinois continues to be a problem following the summertime drought. as of today, lake county has had ONE INCH of snow, down 13 inches from normal.  the water levels in the chain of lakes has been dropping for over two years and the current lack of snow isn't helping.  several years ago, a similiar weather pattern put about 20 tavern owners out of business on the chain ina single summer when boating was prohibited because of low levels and extremely hot weather.

how stupid were the two guys who escaped the federal correctional center? they were clever enough to mastermind rappelling 15 stories with bed sheets to escape and then they split up...........good so far.............but then they stay in the area! the first dumb ass was picked up in two days and the second one lasted 18 days but was arrested in a familiar neighborhood where he was sleeping in the basement of an apartment building.  HERE'S A HINT: when you escape, get the hell out of town! don't go back to areas familiar to you.  rocket scientists.

a little pressure on mchenry county judge MAUREEN MCINTYRE??? she caught the involuntary manslaughter case of  RICHARD VANECKO, the nephew of former chicago mayor RICHARD M. DALEY. actually, mcintyre is a republican who could care less about who the defendant is related to or who he knows.  mcintyre is 65 years old so what are they going to do to her, make her retire?? this is fair for everyone but watch for vanecko to be found not guilty. 'reasonable doubt' will be huge in this trial.

our boy JESSE JACKSON, JR. should be indicted soon and wouldn't it be cool after pleading guilty if he was sent to the same prison where BLAGO is residing?

also look for his wife sandy to file for divorce. enough is enough.

enough for now. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

a potpourri of sports

well, if you liked the favorites in the playoffs, you made a killing this weekend as all of the underdogs were eliminated from the NFL playoffs.  i've said it before: if you get beat on wild card weekend, you didn't deserve to be there.  will anyone miss the vikings, redskins, bengals or the colts?? i don't think so!!

and now on to the big boys! PATRIOTS & BRONCOS are big favorites while the NINERS & FALCONS are slight favorites. WHOYAGOT????

does anybody want to play SEATTLE?  scary.

would you like to challenge RAY LEWIS in a bar fight? yikes.

explain the bulls to me.  lose to the worst team in the nba at home and then beat the defending world champs IN MIAMI.  discuss.

the bubble will burst tomorrow for all the sycophants of notre dame football when they run into the SEC in the title game.  you have to believe that BAMA, LSU & GEORGIA would all fare pretty well against the irish.

hockey finally got smart and signed a 10 year deal and it looks at first glance that the players actually held their own in the negotiations.  the down part is they now play 48 games in 100 days. bad hockey is on the way but the games will mean much more with a limited schedule.

NIU'S debacle in the orange bowl just highlights why the BCS blows. why does a team ranked 15th get the nod to a big game? ridiculous.

how cool is it that PHIL EMERY has complete authority and proved it by whacking LOVIE the day after a 10-6 season??? if it's true that he's rebuilding, then say good-bye to JAY CUTLER & BRIAN URLACHER. cutler is a loser and has been since high school. plus, he needs a punch in the face.

if KELLEN DAVIS needs a ride to the bus station, i'm available.  i've watched the bears for a long, long time and he's the WORST TIGHT END i've seen in chicago.  can't block and dropped 6 passes at crucial times. adios.

CONGRATS TO THE CATS!!! coach PAT FITZGERALD finally got the monkey off his back by winning a bowl game.

hall of fame voting THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL. i like LEE SMITH & TIM RAINES. smith was a stud closer with almost 500 saves and raines put up big numbers over twenty years in the bigs with over 800 stolen bases and a .294 batting average and a batting title.

later!

NOTHING BUT FOOTBALL

carnage in the NFL! 7 coaches & 5 general managers get whacked on 'black monday' with more to come no doubt. so if your resume is in order and you're looking for a highly paid position, take your pick of cities. if you like the cold...new york, philly, buffalo, cleveland, chicago, kansas city.......or head west to san diego or arizona. one word of advice: lease, don't buy.

normally, when a coach gets fired, there's some emotion regarding his dismissal, either pro or con but a giant shrug of the shoulders is what i'm getting from bears fans.  either way was fine with most of them. lovie got us to the playoffs three times in nine years....a 67% failure rate will get you fired from most jobs.

the bears deserved everything they got regarding the playoffs. a terrible offense that relied on the defense to win games and some real bad in-game coaching decisions.. jay cutler is NOT the answer and they should trade him with one year left on his contract. the defense will still be ok for two more years but they need to draft only on one side of the ball.

there are some people who should never be a head coach, like romeo crennel.  in six years on the job with two different teams, he was 28-55, one victory for every two losses. his strong suit is defensive line play & special teams.  keep him there.

on the college side, notre dame fans are still crying that manti te'o finished as the runner up for the heisman trophy but if you think that whining is iritating, wait until the morning of january 8th.

does northern illinois have a chance???

will the SEC dominate the bowls again?

we'll meet again soon. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A FULL BAG OF SPORTS

well, the irish haters get their wish with a title clash against ALABAMA, the pride of the SEC. the irish are definitely over-rated but they have found a way to win close games all year, including two overtime calls although both were aided by phantom referee calls. the oddsmakers say 8 or 9 but i think it'll be more. ALABAMA 24-7.

the CHICAGO BEARS deserve whatever happens to them regarding the playoffs. LOVIE SMITH makes a horrible coaching decision by eschewing a field goal and the defense has seattle buried 97 yards away at the end of the game but lets them escape to force overtime.  they beat the bad teams and can't beat the good ones.
the game sunday is an absolute MUST if they want to make the post season.

the CHICAGO BULLS play great basketball for 3 1/2 quarters but they don't have a closer and let the games slip away. get used to it until #1 comes back.

ready for some hot stove chatter? the just released HALL OF FAME ballot includes first time eligibles SAMMY SOSA, ROGER CLEMENS and BARRY BONDS along with 3rd year nominee MARK MCGUIRE.  discuss.

the NHL blows. simple as that. they've cheated the shrinking fan base twice in five years and for what? the players ALWAYS lose when negotiations and lockouts drag on because once they start missing paychecks, they start conceding to the owners.  look for the lockout to be ended sometime this month.

BRET BIELEMA is about to find out what real football is all about. he leaves wisconsin prior to the rose bowl to take a job at ARKANSAS, in the best football conference in the world. bielema, who struggled with in-game adjustments will get crushed if he brings 'big ten football' to the SEC. watching 'big ten football' is like watching paint dry.

and how's this for the ultimate ego trip? BARRY ALVAREZ is the athletic director at wisconsin and HASN'T COACHED IN 7 YEARS but when bilema leaves, alvarez promotes HIMSELF to head coach for the rose bowl! bet that made the top assistants feel real good but it did send a message to all the assistants that bielema hired. get your resumes updated.

finally, what do poinsettias, potatos, roses, pizza,  oranges, pinstripes, a compass, cotton and the alamo all have in common?   give up? scroll down



















they all have college football bowl games named after them!  adios for now.

NEWS & NOTES

well, the dust has finally settled from november 6th and one thing is clearly evident in the political world. the republican party is so far removed from the middle class that they have zero chance of ever regaining national prominence unless they modify their hard line stances on several issues, including a women's right to choose and taxation of the rich.

the republicans have totally lost the black, hispanic and female voters and when you do that, you're toast. MR. ROMNEY'S now famous "47%" remarks about minorities pretty much sum up how republicans look at the worls. a select few should rule the country.  sorry, but that ain't happening any more.

regarding increased taxation, to paraphrase what the president said recently, "if the rich have to pay a little more, they're still rich but the same doesn't apply to those in lower tax brackets." makes perfect sense to me.

this country has a lot of problems and the republicans are under tremendous pressure to work with the president after months of rhetoric indicating they were more than willing to work in a bi-partisan manner. there can't be any more stalemates in the republican controlled house if the old guard still want to respected on the natinal level.

what's done is done.  you got your asses kicked in the election.....now man up and work WITH the president and get the country moving forward again. voting 'no' automatically just because a bill was introduced by a democratic is idiotic and only serves to hurt this country and from everything i hear, the majority of people are tired of  the same old crap in the house. so if you want to keep the majority in the house in two years, start working WITH the democrats and get something done.

big time kudos to CHRIS CRISTIE, the republican governor of new jersey who said the hell with you and complimented the president for the response shown to his area after the flood.  christie was taken to task by the republican party for his public response to the disaster, which is so typical.  christie's reaction? "hey, i don't agree with the president on many issues but they got this one absolutely right and fair is fair.  a big pat on the back to his entire emergency response staff."
and that, my friends, is how human beings are supposed to act.


moving along, JESSE JACKSON, JR. is waiting for the other federal shoe to fall in the form of an indictment and pre-set guilty plea. jackson was given some space while he received treatment for depression and anxiety but he recently terminated his treatment at the MAYO CLINIC. the investigation has been ongoing for a couple of years and jackson will end up losing his seat in the house and spending a little jail time in a federal prison. and now there's rumblings that his wife, SANDY, a chicago alderman, is also being investigated for misappropriation of campaign funds. a CHICAGO ALDERMAN breaking the law???????? be still my heart. it can't be true!   that's it for now.  have a good holiday.

ALL SORTS OF SPORTS

even before the cheap shot that knocked him out of the game, it was once again painfully apparent to real fans that JAY CUTLER cannot perform well in big games as his production under the bright lights of national games continues to be non-existent. wait dan....he was 7-1 before sunday night, right?  absolutely correct but 7 of 14 for 40 yards tonight??????? just jump in the old time machine and check out his record in big games against big teams.  cutler pumps his stats against the weak sisters in the league but spits the bit almost every time in big games. coming into this year, he was 24-17 but teams like the 49ers, packers, texans, ravens and giants are just a few of the upper level teams who have grounded air cutler, who has NEVER won anything in his career.  not in high school, not in college and certainly not in the pros. enough is enough.  you can't suceed long term with him.  buh-bye.

has ROBBIE GOULD entered that point in his career where his kicking is now a 'cross your fingers' situation?  gould has now missed two HUGE field goals this year on kicks that were automatic a couple of years ago. yes, it was rainy & the field was chopped up but that's why they pay him the big bucks. 

KELLEN DAVIS?? a piece of garbage who single handedly turned the momentum around THREE FREAKIN TIMES in the first half. ONE catch for six yards, two missed blocks, two drops and a fumble.  nice game, jerkoff.  he truly needs to be released THIS WEEK to send a message that this is your job and you need to be ready to play.

but things could be worse. we could live in detroit and be rooting for the most overrated pre-season team in nfl history. the lions pissed away another game on sunday and now face elimination games over the next seven weeks as they have to jump 4 teams just to get to the playoff picture and six of those games are against teams with winning records. i said it in august.......they all had career years last year and they would be taking a giant step backward this season. case closed.

ALABAMA gets whacked by A & M 29-24 IN tuscaloosa and throws away their chance at a BCS title game. and now i pray that KANSAS STATE & OREGON stay perfect to keep those cheating irish bastards out of the big game.

a week ago, pittsburgh has the cheatin' bastards on the ropes when an official throws a late flag for yet another south bend phantom interference. even the announcers commented that they couldn't find the foul. and to make matters worse, when the kid from pitt misses the game winning field goal, the referees suddenly develop group blindness and miss the irish violation of two players on the field at the same time with the same number. HOW DO YOU MISS TWO NUMBER 2'S ON THE FIELD?? that penalty would have given pitt another try and it's crap like this that boils the cauldron of hatred toward ND. enjoy the weak sister ACC, you dirt bags.      that's it for now. adios.