The Ballad of Vick Ballard

1.) Today, I am starting Vick Ballard in two fantasy football leagues.  Who is Vick Ballard you ask?  Damned if I know!  I couldn’t pick Vick Ballard out of a lineup, but now, my fantasy football hopes are pinned to him. Especially in theheadrush league, as I put up 172 pts last week, good for 2nd most in the league, only to be shallacked by the dude who put up the most points in the league: 272. But that’s how it goes sometimes in fantasy. Oh, here’s a picure of Vick Ballard that I just found on-line. Now I…

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Matt Cord Returns as Sixers PA Announcer!!!

Last year, Matt Cord was promoted, of sorts, in the Sixers organization and no longer held the title of PA announcer from all of the Sixers’ games in Wells Fargo. Tom Lamaine filled the position during the very short 2011-12 season and basically destroyed it. For 2 reasons: 1) Tom Lamaine compared play-by-play announcing at a basketball game to weather reports on the weekly news 2) Matt Cord was probably the coolest PA announcer in the history of basketball Seriously, it was so awesome hearing Matt Cord scream “AAAANDREEEYYYY IGUUOOOOOO (pause) DALA DALA DALA DALA!!!” during home games. He…

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Makin’ Some Picks Ya’ll

Hey there friends! The bland 2 days you have to spend without football are over! The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting ready to take on the Tennessee Titans (yawn), but before I get to that, I have some fodder. I just finished reading a story on Yahoo where a drunk girl in Colorado apparently wandered into some mansion that wasn’t hers, so when the home owner discovered her, he shot her in the hip. She was 3 times the legal alcohol limit and may have been given a date-rape drug. Police noted that her statements were incredibly incoherent and she…

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Infield Flies, Cabin in the Woods, Property Brothers

I do not usually bring up this subject, but in light of yesterday’s epic infield fly rule I think it is appropriate. That’s right; welcome to the world of Oakland Raiders fans you crazy Tomahawk Choppers because you just got Tuck Ruled. Hear me out — In each case an official made a rarely used call incorrectly. An infield fly rule should never be called in the OUTFIELD, and if an arm is moving forward because the quarterback is trying to secure the football it should not be an INCOMPLETE pass. However, in each case, the call is sooooooooo…

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You stop laughing right Meow!

1.) Right now, I am watching the Deadspin video of Atlanta Falcons Safety Thomas DeCoud play the “Meow” game–made famous by Super Troopers–on a live Sportscenter interview (the interview took place sometime before yesterday’s game against the Panthers). It is absolute hilarity and he is really, really good at slipping Meow’s into the interview such as, “Meow, we just have to be disciplined in our coverage.” Great stuff. He also ends the interview with “Most definitely, thank you.   MEOW!“ 2.) Here is the text I sent to Randy after reading his picks column on Friday “Peyton gonna pick apart…

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Week 4 Picks and Fodder

The Refs are back!! Sweet mercy, the refs are back!! And that’s literally all I want to say about that. By 3pm last Tuesday, I was already sick of hearing about the terrible call the refs made, how they sucked, what was happening with the new refs, blah blah blah. All is well now… If there’s one thing that I noticed about last night’s game, too, it’s that it was… well… kinda boring and normal. Things were controlled and a lot less tense. I guess that’s cool…. The Phillies disappointed like we all expected. This is a weird time…

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Roger Goodell is a Joke

Ok, now it’s time to bring back the regular refs. Let’s do it. Now. This is beyond absurd. We all felt this way before the Monday Night debacle. A quarterback lost part of HIS FREAKING EAR on Sunday. It’s time to end this. Besides the whole Matt Schaub losing his ear lobe thing, I have 3 prime examples from the Raiders/Steelers game that show why there needs to be real referees in the game to keep the players safe. And lest you think I am biased because I love my Raiders, two of them are calls the officials missed…

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