Wednesday, November 21, 2007

SORRY!

So I was in Montreal all weekend, then got home and had friends from Portland in town, and now I'm back upstate for the holiday. Which is why the rankings haven't been updated, and I apologize. Well, to everyone except Sam. Sam, I've already decided that if you win I'm spending all your money on paying a skywriter to write "Dear Sam. People are jerks. Love, Sawyer."

I'll have them up asap, by tomorrow at the latest. I'd put them up now but I just got home and haven't seen my folks in forever, so that takes precedence.

Sorry again
-Sawyer

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Week 10.

Nothing special today, standings and scores and games. Don't forget, this is the last week with the Sunday deadline, next week we start up with Thursday games.

Week 10

Sawyer (7-7)
Amy (5-9)
Charlie (5-9)
Sam (5-9)
Chris (6-8)
Jason (7-7)
Emily (8-6)
Abby (9-5)
Henock (7-7)
Bugel (8-6)
John (5-9)

Season To Date

Sawyer-76 points, 4th
Amy-74 points, 6th
Charlie-77 points, 3rd (tie)
Sam-86 points, 1st
Chris-83 points, 2nd (tie)
Jason-68 points 9th
Emily-77 points, 3rd (tie)
Abby-83 points, 2nd (tie)
Henock-75 points, 5th
Bugel-71 points, 7th
John-69 points, 8th

Week 11 Games
SUN, NOV 18 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Cleveland at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel M&T Bank Stadium
San Diego at Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel ALLTEL Stadium
Miami at Philadelphia 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Lincoln Financial Field
Oakland at Minnesota 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Metrodome
Kansas City at Indianapolis 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel RCA Dome
Carolina at Green Bay 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Lambeau Field
NY Giants at Detroit 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Ford Field
Tampa Bay at Atlanta 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Georgia Dome
New Orleans at Houston 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Reliant Stadium
Arizona at Cincinnati 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Paul Brown Stadium
Pittsburgh at NY Jets 4:05 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Giants Stadium
Chicago at Seattle 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Qwest Field
St. Louis at San Francisco 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Monster Park
Washington at Dallas 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Texas Stadium
New England at Buffalo 8:15 PM NBC Tickets | Travel Ralph Wilson Stadium
MON, NOV 19 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Tennessee at Denver 8:30 PM ESPN Tickets | Travel Invesco Field

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Peyton Who? Tom What? PURPLE JESUS BABY!!

Man, Adrian Peterson already had the coolest nickname in sports, now he has one of the coolest records as well. And more importantly, he made a fool and a half out of me.

Being that two pools and two fantasy leagues aren't enough weekly gambling action for me, I always make stupid side bets with my friends on individual games. One of said bets this week was on the Chargers/Vikings game. I bet my friend that Peterson would rush for less than 75 yards and LT would rush for more than 150. It was a mildly stupid bet to make on the "if/then" level, but I got him to give me 3:1 odds on it. Unfortunately, 296 is just a tad more than 75. Fortunately, I won my other two bets with him so it was a wash, and I love PurpJes anyway. Hopefully this will convince Childress to give him more touches. Though he did 296 on just 30, which is insane.

I'm trying to find video of James Harrison's hit on Ed Reed, for anyone who didn't catch last nights game, because it was absolutely brutal. Harrison just picked him up like he was a small child and slammed him about three feet beneath the field. Not that I'm advocating bodyslamming children, but it was just unbelievable. And it's not like Ed Reed is some 4th string lightweight, he's a Pro Bowl safety, one of the best in the game. No dice digging it up though, maybe I'll find it later in the week.

I did find this video though. Imagine this, but about 100x harder.

http://kdka.com/video/?id=11977@kdka.dayport.com

Lastly, for anyone who heard Charlie rambling about the Colts cheating, verdict is in:
NO WAY.

Week 9
Sawyer (10-4)
Amy (10-4)
Charlie (11-3)
Sam (12-2)
Chris (11-3)
Jason (6-8)
Emily (9-5)
Abby (11-3)
Henock (9-5)
Bugel (8-6)
John (5-9)

Season To Date

Sawyer-69 points, 5th (tie)
Amy-69 points, 5th (tie)
Charlie-72 points, 4th
Sam-81 points, 1st
Chris-77 points, 2nd
Jason-61 points 9th
Emily-69 points, 5th (tie)
Abby-74 points, 3rd
Henock-68 points, 6th
Bugel-63 points, 8th
John-64 points, 7th

Week 10 Games
SUN, NOV 11 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Cleveland at Pittsburgh 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Heinz Field
Philadelphia at Washington 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel FedEx Field
Atlanta at Carolina 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Bank of America Stadium
St. Louis at New Orleans 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Superdome
Buffalo at Miami 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Dolphin Stadium
Denver at Kansas City 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Arrowhead Stadium
Jacksonville at Tennessee 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel LP Field
Minnesota at Green Bay 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Lambeau Field
Cincinnati at Baltimore 4:05 PM CBS Tickets | Travel M&T Bank Stadium
Dallas at NY Giants 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Giants Stadium
Detroit at Arizona 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel University of Phoenix Stadium
Chicago at Oakland 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel McAfee Coliseum
Indianapolis at San Diego 8:15 PM NBC Tickets | Travel Qualcomm Stadium
MON, NOV 12 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
San Francisco at Seattle 8:30 PM ESPN Tickets | Travel Qwest Field
· Bye: New England, NY Jets, Tampa Bay, Houston

***The Thursday games start in two weeks, so starting Week 12 you'll have to have your picks in by 9am Thurs. I'll keep reminding you between now and then, but this week and Week 11, the old standby of 9am Sunday is fine.***

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Not NFL, But Man...

So many laterals...

The New York Pop Warner Football Jets

I was going to make a joke about the Jets thinking THEY were the team that went to England, and thought they were playing cricket, and that three points would be plenty for a win, but I have no idea how cricket works, if they even have points, or if three are a lot. But that line of "comedy" (in the very loosest sense of the word) is going nowhere, so I'll stick with the far less inventive but far more accurate "J-E-T-S! S-U-C-K! SUCK SUCK SUCK!!!! Three points, against the BILLS? Really??? The ONE week I bet on them too. Bastards. Either way, Charlie can't bitch about me picking on the Giants, even though they only managed to beat the Dolphins (without Reggie Brown!) by 3 points! So if the Jets weren't so god awful, I'd probably be talking about that. Lord knows I'm not going to discuss a certain 52-7 debacle.

It's Wednesday again, I'm late again, and my hatred for Sam grows and grows, mirroring his climb further and further into first place. With the exception of the Vikings/Eagles game, which is the one pick I can fairly attribute to making my picks at 9am Sunday when I was still in really rough shape from the night before, it seems like I should have gone 12-1 this week and was somehow robbed.

Being that I'm slipping further and further BEHIND not only in this pool but in a few others, I'm going to have to start gambling much more heavily to feel better about the whole thing. I'll let you know how that all goes, probably from a Kinko's after I pawn my laptop.

If it's not obvious, I've been ripping a lot of the "content" on here from Kissing Suzy Kolber, so instead of copy/pasting it here, I'll just say again that it's pretty funny, and definitely worth reading. Especially the Schwarzenegger column to Shawne Merriman.

Lastly, Mike Greenberg put the over/under for THE game this week at 78. I wish that were the actual line just so I could put down a hundred bucks on over, because while 78 is a totally insane number, it's not really completely out of the realm of possibility, and everyone else would clearly take under. This was my get rich quick scheme this morning in the shower, that has faded under the harsh light of day. Goodnight.

Week 8
Sawyer (9-4)
Amy (7-6)
Charlie (9-4)
Sam (12-1)
Chris (10-3)
Jason (6-7)
Emily (9-4)
Abby (9-4)
Henock (9-4)
Bugel (6-7)
John (10-3)

Season To Date

Sawyer-59 points, 6th (tie)
Amy-59 points, 6th (tie)
Charlie-61 points, 4th
Sam-69 points, 1st
Chris-66 points, 2nd
Jason-55 points 7th (tie)
Emily-60 points, 5th
Abby-63 points, 3rd
Henock-59 points, 6th (tie)
Bugel-55 points, 7th (tie)
John-59 points, 6th (tie)

Week 9 Games
SUN, NOV 4 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Denver at Detroit 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Ford Field
San Francisco at Atlanta 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Georgia Dome
Cincinnati at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Ralph Wilson Stadium
Carolina at Tennessee 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel LP Field
Green Bay at Kansas City 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Arrowhead Stadium
San Diego at Minnesota 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Metrodome
Jacksonville at New Orleans 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Superdome
Washington at NY Jets 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Giants Stadium
Arizona at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Raymond James Stadium
Seattle at Cleveland 4:05 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Cleveland Browns Stadium
New England at Indianapolis 4:15 PM CBS Tickets | Travel RCA Dome
Houston at Oakland 4:15 PM CBS Tickets | Travel McAfee Coliseum
Dallas at Philadelphia 8:15 PM NBC Tickets | Travel Lincoln Financial Field
MON, NOV 5 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Baltimore at Pittsburgh 8:30 PM ESPN Tickets | Travel Heinz Field
· Bye: Chicago, St. Louis, Miami, NY Giants

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I didn't catch any of the games this week, because neither the apple orchard nor the bus, the places I spent the majority of my time Sunday, had TV. Go figure.

What actually is upsetting is that the orchard was OUT OF APPLES. Seriously. I didn't realize that could even happen. It's like going to the ocean but "whoops, sorry, we're out of sand!" If the hot cider weren't so damned good, and if I hadn't gotten to call a Donkey an Ass and enjoy it far too much, I would have been really upset.

It's already Wednesday because I never got around to updating yesterday, so there's not too much point in prattling on about last weeks games. The only thing that was so awesome that it can't be ignored was Randy Moss's catching the ball with his elbow. I can't fine a good clip on youtube, but he honestly caught it with the outside of his elbow, in coverage, and somehow rolled it around into his arms. Insane. Here's the best clip I could find.




Week 7

Sawyer (9-5)
Amy (9-3)
Charlie (11-3)
Sam (11-3)
Chris (10-4)
Jason (6-8)
Emily (10-4)
Abby (9-5)
Henock (10-4)
Bugel (9-5)
John (11-3)

Season To Date

Sawyer-50 points, 6th (tie)
Amy-52 points, 4th (tie)
Charlie-52 points, 4th (tie)
Sam-57 points, 1st
Chris-56 points, 2nd
Jason-49 points 7th (tie)
Emily-51 points, 5th
Abby-54 points, 3rd
Henock-50 points, 6th (tie)
Bugel-49 points, 7th (tie)
John-49 points, 7th (tie)

This Week's Games:
Week 8
SUN, OCT 28 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Indianapolis at Carolina 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Bank of America Stadium
Cleveland at St. Louis 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Edward Jones Dome
NY Giants at Miami 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Wembley Stadium
Philadelphia at Minnesota 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Metrodome
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Paul Brown Stadium
Detroit at Chicago 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Soldier Field
Oakland at Tennessee 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel LP Field
Buffalo at NY Jets 4:05 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Giants Stadium
Jacksonville at Tampa Bay 4:05 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Raymond James Stadium
Houston at San Diego 4:05 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Qualcomm Stadium
New Orleans at San Francisco 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Monster Park
Washington at New England 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Gillette Stadium
MON, OCT 29 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Green Bay at Denver 8:30 PM ESPN Tickets | Travel Invesco Field
· Bye: Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City, Arizona, Seattle, Baltimore

I'd say "Go Skins", but come on...
But here's hoping, in the loosest sense of the word.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Pretty Blah Week.

First of all, The Giants. (I'm not even going to discuss how disgusted I am with the Skins and the Bears.)

Charlie, don't start yelling from the back of the office about this because I'm just going to ignore it. Anyway.

They're not that good. In my infinite wisdom of "slightly more than part time football fan", I lump them in the "pretty okay, but in the long term, who cares" category. Maybe they'll make the playoffs, but they're not going much past that. I can understand getting all excited about it if they were my team
(ahem, Charlie "BIG BLUE WRECKING CREW BABY" Kessler) because it's nice and all when your team beats the...Falcons?

But seriously, even the frontpage of the NFL section of ESPN has them as the big story. Admittedly, they're questioning just how good they are, but this win shouldn't even be that big of a story. New Orleans FINALLY starting to look like the team they were last year is a bigger deal. Sure it's probably too late for them, but still, thats at least an interesting story. Eli throwing to Plaxico again, really not that shocking. Sure the 25 TD's between them since 2005 is an impressive stat, and of course its an even bigger deal that it's tied for the highest number with Peyton/Harrison, but come on. It's not like anyone seriously thinks he's half the quarterback Peyton is.

Plus, Peyton is hilarious. Eli hasn't made any awesome SNL Digital shorts, now has he? A tip of the hat to Shockey for that awesome kick tackle. I ran into that guy in a gas station in Albany (the Giants summer facility is SUNY Albany), and he was in line ahead of us with two 12 packs of Michelob Light, and topped it off with two packs of Marb Lights. My friend and I debated asking him to either take us to a party, or come party with us, and to this day I regret it, because it was a pretty win win situation. Either he tells us to fuck off, and I have a new excuse to boo him every chance I get, or he takes us to some awesome strippers-on-a-boat
party, OR we get to take him to go sit in the woods and drink by a fire and shoot off fireworks and break bottles. But of course by the time we thought this through he was long gone and we were driving away. Bummer.


Also, if Ron Mexico weren't such a dog-fight-having degenerate piece of garbage, the Falcons would have probably won.

Oh so here's that SNL clip, and a sweet "Adventures of Lil' Eli and Lil' Peyton" audio clip from the Max Kellerman site.




Lil' Eli and Lil' Peyton

(And finally, as a member of the Max Kellerman Army, I highly reccomend checking out his site/podcasts, etc.)

Max Kellerman


Now that I'm done quasi plugging things/trying to make my life sound more interesting, here's the meat and potatoes.

Week 6 Results

Sawyer (7-6)
Amy (9-4)
Charlie (8-5)
Sam (8-5)
Chris (8-5)
Jason (8-5)
Emily (7-6)
Abby (7-6)
Henock (8-5)
Bugel (9-4)
John (6-7)

Season To Date

Sawyer-41 points, 4th (tie)
Amy-43 points, 3rd (tie)
Charlie-41 points, 4th (tie)
Sam-46 points, 1st (tie)
Chris-46 points, 1st (tie)
Jason-43 points 3rd (tie)
Emily-41 points, 4th (tie)
Abby-45 points, 2nd
Henock-40 points, 5th (tie)
Bugel-40 points, 5th (tie)
John-38 points, 6th

This week's games...

Week 7
SUN, OCT 21 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Tennessee at Houston 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Reliant Stadium
Baltimore at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Ralph Wilson Stadium
Minnesota at Dallas 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Texas Stadium
Tampa Bay at Detroit 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Ford Field
Arizona at Washington 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel FedEx Field
San Francisco at NY Giants 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Giants Stadium
Atlanta at New Orleans 1:00 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Superdome
New England at Miami 1:00 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Dolphin Stadium
Kansas City at Oakland 4:05 PM CBS Tickets | Travel McAfee Coliseum
NY Jets at Cincinnati 4:05 PM CBS Tickets | Travel Paul Brown Stadium
Chicago at Philadelphia 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Lincoln Financial Field
St. Louis at Seattle 4:15 PM Fox Tickets | Travel Qwest Field
Pittsburgh at Denver 8:15 PM NBC Tickets | Travel Invesco Field
MON, OCT 22 TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION
Indianapolis at Jacksonville 8:30 PM ESPN Tickets | Travel ALLTEL Stadium
· Bye: Cleveland, Green Bay, San Diego, Carolina

The usual, picks in by 9am Sunday. One.