congratulations to NOTRE DAME, who went into norman and kicked the crap out of the sooners. i still have my doubts about their offense but the schedule indicates a 12-0 season and a berth in the FIESTA BOWL against KANSAS STATE or OREGON. the irish are not quite good enough to play in the big game but they're better than i thought.
"BIG GAME" BOB STOOPS???????????
this guy couldn't outcoach his mother in a big game. this is the same guy who opened the door for BOISE STATE'S whining over the last 5 years when he spit the bit as a 25 point favorite and lost 43-42 .
he was also outcoached by LSU in 2003 when the sooners were a 10 point favorite for the national championship and lost 21-14. and don't forget when they were also the favorite in the title game against FLORIDA in 2008 and got dumped 24-14. and then saturday, with a chance to move right back into the title game picture, they roll over and play dead AT HOME 30-13. check his bowl record. they only win the minor bowls, which is all they deserve. garbage.
i can GUARANTEE you one thing next saturday NIGHT in baton rouge. EVERY notre dame fan in the world will be rooting for LSU to drop ALABAMA because a 'bama win pretty much shuts the door on the irish reaching the top of the rankings because they'll have to have help from either OREGON or KANSAS STATE to make the bcs title game. the ducks have a tough closing schedule but k-state has a shot at a flawless record for the regular seaso, which would slam the door in the leprechaun's face. and then there's a small matter of winning at USC. at least it's interesting. my christmas wish? i would love to see a LSU-notre dame championship game. mercy!
the worst overall sports program in the big ten? that's right....YOUR FIGHTING ILLINI. football, hoops, baseball, whatever, they out & out suck and belong in the mid-america conference. just terrible talent from the administration on down.
most over-rated program in the big ten? the WISCONSIN BADGERS. again, take your pick of sports because fat, slow & stupid NEVER wins anything. and the sad part is they'll be playing nebraska for the right to represent the big ten in the rose bowl when their conference record COULD BE.......drum roll please..........3 wins and 5 losses. how sick is that?
at the other end of the spectrum, it appears that the SEC might qualify TEN teams for bowl games and they'll all have winning record. what a difference.
see you in death valley saturday night. geaux tigers!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
CHICAGO ANNOUNCERS
if life wasn't bad enough already for the chicago cubs, it actually got worse this week when WGN television analyst BOB BRENLY resigned after eight years on the job. brenly is quite simply one of the best in the business and his partnership with LEN KASPER was pure honey. without argument, they were the best baseball team announcers on chicago television and when paired with PAT HUGHES on the radio side, the cubs rated #1 in announcers. (excluding KEITH MORELAND, who should find another line of work)
brenly had originally replaced STEVE STONE in the color chair but like stone, was eventually overcome by the stench on the north side and is rumored to be heading to arizona to replace the drunken MARK GRACE on television or possibly going national. he could replace TIM McCARVER, who is JOE BUCK'S partner on FOX. mccarver just turned 71 and has done it all in 30+ years of broadcasting, winning three emmys along with being inducted into the broadcaster's wing of the hall of fame this past summer. at his age, mccarver has seen it all and might be ready to slow it down.
and what of the empty chair in the chicago television booth? KERRY WOOD would be a disaster. RICK SUTCLIFFE is a pretty good analyst and has a cubs background but maybe that's a bad thing.
how about this? STEVE STONE! stone, who left the cubs in 2006 when he felt the owners didn't back him or CHIP CARAY after DUSTY BAKER didn't like their honesty in the booth, is also one of the best in the business and does not have a good relationship with HAWK HARRELSON. stone has just one year left on his contract and a very good friendship with JERRY REINSDORF. hawk ain't going anywhere so it's possible that reinsdorf could let stone walk early to clear up the friction. and that would totally cripple the media part of the white sox.
ED FARMER & DARREN JOHNSON are absolute crap on the radio and i truly believe that i and my friend pete could do a better job and we have zero experience in the booth. they just suck. HAWK is the ultimate homer but his act has worn thin thru the years. if stone leaves, it would be the perfect time to retire hawk and send the other two walking.
and thank goodness that we're solid in all the other major chicago sports. PAT FOLEY & EDDIE OLCZYK rule the hockey air waves, NEIL FUNK & STACEY KING make the bulls tv broadcasts perfect and CHUCK SWIRSKY teams well on the radio side with BILL WENNINGTON. the bears are also very good with JEFF JONIAK & TOM THAYER. now if we could just clear up that mess on the south side.
brenly had originally replaced STEVE STONE in the color chair but like stone, was eventually overcome by the stench on the north side and is rumored to be heading to arizona to replace the drunken MARK GRACE on television or possibly going national. he could replace TIM McCARVER, who is JOE BUCK'S partner on FOX. mccarver just turned 71 and has done it all in 30+ years of broadcasting, winning three emmys along with being inducted into the broadcaster's wing of the hall of fame this past summer. at his age, mccarver has seen it all and might be ready to slow it down.
and what of the empty chair in the chicago television booth? KERRY WOOD would be a disaster. RICK SUTCLIFFE is a pretty good analyst and has a cubs background but maybe that's a bad thing.
how about this? STEVE STONE! stone, who left the cubs in 2006 when he felt the owners didn't back him or CHIP CARAY after DUSTY BAKER didn't like their honesty in the booth, is also one of the best in the business and does not have a good relationship with HAWK HARRELSON. stone has just one year left on his contract and a very good friendship with JERRY REINSDORF. hawk ain't going anywhere so it's possible that reinsdorf could let stone walk early to clear up the friction. and that would totally cripple the media part of the white sox.
ED FARMER & DARREN JOHNSON are absolute crap on the radio and i truly believe that i and my friend pete could do a better job and we have zero experience in the booth. they just suck. HAWK is the ultimate homer but his act has worn thin thru the years. if stone leaves, it would be the perfect time to retire hawk and send the other two walking.
and thank goodness that we're solid in all the other major chicago sports. PAT FOLEY & EDDIE OLCZYK rule the hockey air waves, NEIL FUNK & STACEY KING make the bulls tv broadcasts perfect and CHUCK SWIRSKY teams well on the radio side with BILL WENNINGTON. the bears are also very good with JEFF JONIAK & TOM THAYER. now if we could just clear up that mess on the south side.
Monday, October 15, 2012
ASSORTED THOUGHTS FOR YOU
first of all, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to all cub fans as it was nine years ago yesterday when my good friend, STEVE BARTMAN, changed the momentum of game six of the nlcs when he LEGALLY attempted to catch a foul ball down the left field line. he is forever my hero.
speaking of the cubs, a recent poll of national sportwriters put the cubs as the worst team in the league for NEXT YEAR with colorado finishing second.
"by far, the worst team in the last 30 years in MLB" said one scribe, "they simply have no players other than castro & rizzo." when asked how many games the cubs would lose in 2013, the consensus of 18 reporters was 112! be still my heart.
the WHITE SOX frustrated the hell out of their fans by doing a late september swan dive. leading by three games with ten to go, they went 2-8 and sunk like a rock. the team was a pleasant surprise and was in first place for 113 days but the 2013 edition could look drastically different as AJ, JAKE PEAVY & GAVIN FLOYD may be wearing other uniforms.
if bears fans think that the packers' talent level has dropped off, did you see that dismantling of the undfeated texans last night? wow. we all know the bears can't beat the packers so they better hold onto that division lead because they'll lose all the tiebreakers at the end of the year. and first place in the NFL means more than any other sport when you reach the playoffs.
the DETROIT LIONS will NOT be there at the end of the year but they are still very dangerous. beware next monday night.
JAY CUTLER is bothered by the criticism of his behavior. awwww, poor baby. just cover your face with that 15 million dollar paycheck and everything will be all right. cutler may be the biggest jerkoff in chicago since frank thomas and albert belle.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL IS BACK!!. at least until they play OKLAHOMA & USC on the road.
as i predicted, WISCONSIN is the best of a bad bunch and will probably represent the big ten in the rose bowl again this year. they play in a 6 team division in which two of the teams are ineligible for the post season, ohio state and pediphile university. thus, they only have to top illinois, indiana and purdue, three ghastly programs better suited for the MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE. so despite being fat, slow & stupid, the badgers will once again head west for the holidays .....where they'll be embarrassed once again.
that's all i got.
speaking of the cubs, a recent poll of national sportwriters put the cubs as the worst team in the league for NEXT YEAR with colorado finishing second.
"by far, the worst team in the last 30 years in MLB" said one scribe, "they simply have no players other than castro & rizzo." when asked how many games the cubs would lose in 2013, the consensus of 18 reporters was 112! be still my heart.
the WHITE SOX frustrated the hell out of their fans by doing a late september swan dive. leading by three games with ten to go, they went 2-8 and sunk like a rock. the team was a pleasant surprise and was in first place for 113 days but the 2013 edition could look drastically different as AJ, JAKE PEAVY & GAVIN FLOYD may be wearing other uniforms.
if bears fans think that the packers' talent level has dropped off, did you see that dismantling of the undfeated texans last night? wow. we all know the bears can't beat the packers so they better hold onto that division lead because they'll lose all the tiebreakers at the end of the year. and first place in the NFL means more than any other sport when you reach the playoffs.
the DETROIT LIONS will NOT be there at the end of the year but they are still very dangerous. beware next monday night.
JAY CUTLER is bothered by the criticism of his behavior. awwww, poor baby. just cover your face with that 15 million dollar paycheck and everything will be all right. cutler may be the biggest jerkoff in chicago since frank thomas and albert belle.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL IS BACK!!. at least until they play OKLAHOMA & USC on the road.
as i predicted, WISCONSIN is the best of a bad bunch and will probably represent the big ten in the rose bowl again this year. they play in a 6 team division in which two of the teams are ineligible for the post season, ohio state and pediphile university. thus, they only have to top illinois, indiana and purdue, three ghastly programs better suited for the MID-AMERICA CONFERENCE. so despite being fat, slow & stupid, the badgers will once again head west for the holidays .....where they'll be embarrassed once again.
that's all i got.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS
DREW PETERSON cost me a hundred bucks when he was found guilty of murder. my next bet says the verdict will be successfully appealed when the high courts throw out the 'hearsay law' that was passed just for the peterson trial. is he guilty? probably.....but allowing hearsay and 'voices from the grave' is a very scary thing for all of us.
POKER MACHINES are now legal in a couple of bars around the chicago area but they will be heavily scrutinized by state officials and maximum payouts will be severely limited. but people like to play so it will probably be state wide in a short amount of time. horse racing is a dying industry so the machines will help the state.
hey gov, poker machines are ok but not casinos? wake up!
CHRISTOPHER VAUGHN found guilty of murdering his family. the verdict was no surprise BUT this case was done the right way. letters, forensic evidence, bodies, direct conversations, etc. If you read the details of this trial, you'd be voting the death penalty back in. i truly understand when spouses kill each other but when you kill your own three kids at point blank range........
i feel bad for JESSE JACKSON JR. because being diagnosed as bi-polar and being treated for depression is a tough row to hoe but eventually (and soon) he will have to decide whether he can handle being a congressman while still being actively treated. will the medication keep him of sound mind or dull his senses? jackson was a very active political player and only missed two votes in 13 years but will he be able to handle the hours needed to be good at his job? he has until the end of october to make this difficult decision.
anyone catch the emmys? it was nice to see JON CRYER win for his role as allan harper on 'two and a half men' as he is truly a gifted actor with a great sense of timing. CHARLIE SHEEN never won during his 9 years on the show.
what the hell is "Veep?' JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS (from seinfeld) won best comedy actress for that show. one of these days, i'll have to order HBO.
see you later
POKER MACHINES are now legal in a couple of bars around the chicago area but they will be heavily scrutinized by state officials and maximum payouts will be severely limited. but people like to play so it will probably be state wide in a short amount of time. horse racing is a dying industry so the machines will help the state.
hey gov, poker machines are ok but not casinos? wake up!
CHRISTOPHER VAUGHN found guilty of murdering his family. the verdict was no surprise BUT this case was done the right way. letters, forensic evidence, bodies, direct conversations, etc. If you read the details of this trial, you'd be voting the death penalty back in. i truly understand when spouses kill each other but when you kill your own three kids at point blank range........
i feel bad for JESSE JACKSON JR. because being diagnosed as bi-polar and being treated for depression is a tough row to hoe but eventually (and soon) he will have to decide whether he can handle being a congressman while still being actively treated. will the medication keep him of sound mind or dull his senses? jackson was a very active political player and only missed two votes in 13 years but will he be able to handle the hours needed to be good at his job? he has until the end of october to make this difficult decision.
anyone catch the emmys? it was nice to see JON CRYER win for his role as allan harper on 'two and a half men' as he is truly a gifted actor with a great sense of timing. CHARLIE SHEEN never won during his 9 years on the show.
what the hell is "Veep?' JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS (from seinfeld) won best comedy actress for that show. one of these days, i'll have to order HBO.
see you later
Monday, September 24, 2012
GRAND THEFT FOOTBALL!!
i have no love lost for the GREEN BAY PACKERS but they got royally screwed by the replacement officials on monday night football. GOLDEN TATE, a cheating bastard from notre dame, committed a blatant foul on the last play of the game that WASN'T called and then received the benefit of the WORST call that i've seen in a long, long time to give the SEATTLE SEAHAWKS the win. i can't imagine how long that plane ride home was for the packers.
if anything good can come out of this, maybe the NFL powers-that-be will end the lockout with the regular officials because i GUARANTEE that these types of calls (or non-calls) will only magnify as we get deeper into the season and eventually, some jacked up lineman will explode with frustration and react to another blown call in a very physical way. mark that down.
on the other tv channel monday night, ADAM DUNN pulled the CHICAGO WHITE SOX from the abyss of defeat with two late inning home runs and kept them in first place, at least for one more day. with 41 homers, dunn has to be a very strong candidate for comeback player of the year. mercy!
by the way, don't believe the nfl standings in the sun-times. the CHICAGO BEARS have scored more points than the MINNESOTA VIKINGS and allowed less on defense. it won't last forever so enjoy your first place team!
over on the north side, the team that humiliates chicago on a regular basis still has a shot at a hundred losses. 3 games each against colorado, arizona and the dreadful houston astros. just to put it into perspectivehow bad these teams are: combine the records of the north side, colorado and houston to date and you have a combined 291 losses. two hundred and ninety-one. my fingers get tired just typing that.
i won my annual hundred dollar bet when the white sox won their 82nd game tonight and now i just need the north siders to lose 6 of the remaining 9 to cash in a real big ticket. no chance. they end up 64-98 and drown in their own vomit of mediocrity.
later.
if anything good can come out of this, maybe the NFL powers-that-be will end the lockout with the regular officials because i GUARANTEE that these types of calls (or non-calls) will only magnify as we get deeper into the season and eventually, some jacked up lineman will explode with frustration and react to another blown call in a very physical way. mark that down.
on the other tv channel monday night, ADAM DUNN pulled the CHICAGO WHITE SOX from the abyss of defeat with two late inning home runs and kept them in first place, at least for one more day. with 41 homers, dunn has to be a very strong candidate for comeback player of the year. mercy!
by the way, don't believe the nfl standings in the sun-times. the CHICAGO BEARS have scored more points than the MINNESOTA VIKINGS and allowed less on defense. it won't last forever so enjoy your first place team!
over on the north side, the team that humiliates chicago on a regular basis still has a shot at a hundred losses. 3 games each against colorado, arizona and the dreadful houston astros. just to put it into perspectivehow bad these teams are: combine the records of the north side, colorado and houston to date and you have a combined 291 losses. two hundred and ninety-one. my fingers get tired just typing that.
i won my annual hundred dollar bet when the white sox won their 82nd game tonight and now i just need the north siders to lose 6 of the remaining 9 to cash in a real big ticket. no chance. they end up 64-98 and drown in their own vomit of mediocrity.
later.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
BASEBALL & FOOTBALL THOUGHTS
the WHITE SOX are the pride of chicago but i'm still whistling past the graveyard when i look at two things: their finishing schedule AND the detroit tigers. three games apiece against tampa bay and the angels are a little more difficult than the tiger schedule which gives them 12 consecutive games against kansas city and the twins to finish the season for the central division title. the tigers have the MVP and two great starters and a very soft schedule plus the talent to win 8 or 9 in a row. very scary.
P.S.--the loser of the central division DOESN'T make the playoffs.
THE SECOND WILD CARD in baseball was a stroke of genius by commissioner BUD SELIG. there are three teams in the american and four in the national that are duking it out for the wild card spots with two weeks to go in the regular season. good stuff.
why do the PITTSBURGH PIRATES fold every year?
JAY CUTLER is a dickhead and a loser. WHO was it that said that when the bears traded for him in 2009? oh yeah, me. he has NEVER won anything....not in high school, college and obviously the nfl. now he's fractured the locker room which is never a good thing and his best friend on the team is a sociopath wide receiver who's been on three teams in six years and wore out his welcome in both denver & miami. but cutler's contract will probably keep him around thru 2013. i just want to punch him right in that jerkface of his.
the cubs are just miserable. the empty seats make me smile because "cub fans ALWAYS support them, good or bad" but apparently not this bad. and the fact is ..........they will be WORSE in 2013.
what is wrong with the NHL? how mentally challenged are they? in the past twenty years, there have been FOUR LOCKOUTS or STRIKES, with the last one in 2004-05 costing them an entire season and millions of dollars in lost revenue plus driving the sport into the ground. these selfish pricks have to understand that work stoppages affect everyone from the team trainer to the peanut vendor and i guarantee you those people can't make up the lost revenue. the owners are wayyyyyyyy too powerful and are just sitting back in their big leather chairs with their arms folded waiting for the players to collapse like they did last time.
the CHICAGO BULLS will come out of hibernation shortly and will provide the fans with gritty and ugly basketball but the team won't quit as they wait for the 'juice' that's normally provided by DERRICK ROSE, who won't be around until february. the good news is that #1 draft choice MARQUIS TEAGUE will get valuable minutes that normally wouldn't be available if rose was healthy. the 6'2" guard out of kentucky will have time to make mistakes as he goes thru the learning process the every rookie does in the nba but the errors won't hurt as much because the bulls won't be contenders this season.
enjoy the football this weekend.
P.S.--the loser of the central division DOESN'T make the playoffs.
THE SECOND WILD CARD in baseball was a stroke of genius by commissioner BUD SELIG. there are three teams in the american and four in the national that are duking it out for the wild card spots with two weeks to go in the regular season. good stuff.
why do the PITTSBURGH PIRATES fold every year?
JAY CUTLER is a dickhead and a loser. WHO was it that said that when the bears traded for him in 2009? oh yeah, me. he has NEVER won anything....not in high school, college and obviously the nfl. now he's fractured the locker room which is never a good thing and his best friend on the team is a sociopath wide receiver who's been on three teams in six years and wore out his welcome in both denver & miami. but cutler's contract will probably keep him around thru 2013. i just want to punch him right in that jerkface of his.
the cubs are just miserable. the empty seats make me smile because "cub fans ALWAYS support them, good or bad" but apparently not this bad. and the fact is ..........they will be WORSE in 2013.
what is wrong with the NHL? how mentally challenged are they? in the past twenty years, there have been FOUR LOCKOUTS or STRIKES, with the last one in 2004-05 costing them an entire season and millions of dollars in lost revenue plus driving the sport into the ground. these selfish pricks have to understand that work stoppages affect everyone from the team trainer to the peanut vendor and i guarantee you those people can't make up the lost revenue. the owners are wayyyyyyyy too powerful and are just sitting back in their big leather chairs with their arms folded waiting for the players to collapse like they did last time.
the CHICAGO BULLS will come out of hibernation shortly and will provide the fans with gritty and ugly basketball but the team won't quit as they wait for the 'juice' that's normally provided by DERRICK ROSE, who won't be around until february. the good news is that #1 draft choice MARQUIS TEAGUE will get valuable minutes that normally wouldn't be available if rose was healthy. the 6'2" guard out of kentucky will have time to make mistakes as he goes thru the learning process the every rookie does in the nba but the errors won't hurt as much because the bulls won't be contenders this season.
enjoy the football this weekend.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
BADGERS EXPOSED EARLY
last week, it was the laughable boise state broncos who spit the bit when they finally put a real team on their schedule and this week, the mighty wisconsin badgers also realized how dangerous it is to play REAL teams at the start of the football season.
in the first month of every season, the badgers traditionally schedule teams like the university of las vegas, the citadel, north dakota state and the hadley school for the blind and beat their chests when they're 4-0 heading into their league opener. then they muscle the slow farm boy teams of the mediocre big ten and ALWAYS end up with double digit wins and a nice bowl bid BUT when they meet REAL teams on the bowl circuit, more often than not, they are embarrassed by lesser ranked teams as evidenced by losing 4 of their last 5 bowl games despite being favored in three of the four losses.
FOR YEARS, the university of wisconsin has avoided entering into contracts to play home & home series against traditionally powerful opponents such as LSU, FLORIDA STATE & OKLAHOMA. instead, they signed contracts with DIVISION II teams like north dakota state & northern iowa which only added to the disdain across the nation for the badger football program and that animosity is well deserved. the FRONT PAGE headline in the new orleans paper said it best when the university turned down LSU's offer. "BADGERS OR CHICKENS?"
the new playoff system in 2014 will put an end to their scheduling nonsense and i truly believe that it will also mark the end of wisconsin as a football "power" unless they're content to be totally ignored by the panel who will seed the teams for the playoffs. come to think of it, that wouldn't surprise me at all if the badgers intentionally avoided the championship spotlight and continued to schedule little schools and avoid the potential humiliation of playing REAL teams.
maybe biose state and wisconsin could form a new league.........
in the first month of every season, the badgers traditionally schedule teams like the university of las vegas, the citadel, north dakota state and the hadley school for the blind and beat their chests when they're 4-0 heading into their league opener. then they muscle the slow farm boy teams of the mediocre big ten and ALWAYS end up with double digit wins and a nice bowl bid BUT when they meet REAL teams on the bowl circuit, more often than not, they are embarrassed by lesser ranked teams as evidenced by losing 4 of their last 5 bowl games despite being favored in three of the four losses.
FOR YEARS, the university of wisconsin has avoided entering into contracts to play home & home series against traditionally powerful opponents such as LSU, FLORIDA STATE & OKLAHOMA. instead, they signed contracts with DIVISION II teams like north dakota state & northern iowa which only added to the disdain across the nation for the badger football program and that animosity is well deserved. the FRONT PAGE headline in the new orleans paper said it best when the university turned down LSU's offer. "BADGERS OR CHICKENS?"
the new playoff system in 2014 will put an end to their scheduling nonsense and i truly believe that it will also mark the end of wisconsin as a football "power" unless they're content to be totally ignored by the panel who will seed the teams for the playoffs. come to think of it, that wouldn't surprise me at all if the badgers intentionally avoided the championship spotlight and continued to schedule little schools and avoid the potential humiliation of playing REAL teams.
maybe biose state and wisconsin could form a new league.........
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