I was way wrong

could it be an all AFC west super bowl
like a espn sunday night game at the kingdome in 1988 with mike harden intercepting dave kreig in the endzone to set up elway win the game on a drive that features vance johnson.
give me football
give me football violence i gimme both of this week's road teams
panthers steelers
the bus
fast willie
steve smith needs a nickname fast
bad boys in that panthers locker room
cower gets to the super bowl in denver?
what if all the quarter backs in the super bowl were names jake?


mvp steve smith or shawn alexander?

Patriotism.. . better than what

Success against the blitz

Givens dropped his touchdown like he did in October. Perhaps thinking about his move.
then he threw a pick

Champ ran it back ... then pulled up.

watson a gator out hussles champ bailey a bulldog. On this play that really is my main concern.
If you are Champ Bailey you should be able to relax. The last 10 minutes

Its some sort of subjectivity like this that 15 year from now some empowered body will discuss while musing the cases for Champ
What to show your team about what it is to play this game.

Brady manages the game that has the patriots
demands a timeout from a tired Al Wilson after Wilson makes 2 fine tackles on defense.

Vinitieri misses.
Brown muffs his punt.
an easy touchdown for the ponies

NE scores in 2 plays.

Picks for this NFL weekend

Divisional Playoffs

Seattle over Washington
(is it odd for announcers to say Washington is in Seattle today, isnt that like saying a rectangle is a square or something)

why:
Shawn Alexander
8-0 record at home this season
The Redskins' offense will not generate enough production

Patriots beat Broncos

why?
Tom Brady is a very good quarterback
They are the patriots and champions don't lose until they are beaten, this Broncos team even in Denver cannot beat them.
Jake will make to many mistakes

Colts slam Steelers
How come:
They will slow the Pittsburg running game enough
Payton Manning will throw for over 300 yards and 3 touchdowns
Edgeren James will control the game physically

Bears barely over Panthers
why?
The game is in Chigago
They have a better defense... Steve Smith and Deshaun Foster will not find such easy treading as they did in New Jersey.
Rexy will get just enough more out of that offense

JRN and GTN on January football

JR wrote
yeah i watched the game last night and Vince Young showed that he was a dominate SCRAMBLING QB. He ran for over 200 yds. and 3 tds but NOOO passing touchdowns. Reggie Bush on the other hand a bad night with only 1 td, but atleast he got over 200 yards. But what's funny is that Lendale White was the star of this with atleast 3 TD's. Who do you got winnijng this weekend? Skins @ Bucs, Panthers @ Giants, Jaguars @ Pats, and Steelers @ Bengals?

I got Steelers, Pats, Panthers, and Skins

Write back
JR

GTN wrote:
i will be at the panthers game
i sell peanuts at giants stadium

pats, bucs, steelers, giants (secretly silently rooting for the panthers)


JR wrote:
That's sweet that you work at Giants Stadium. Yeah i believe that the Redskins will put it out cause of their crucial D and their Smashmouth O, but anyways. I believe Vince Young should stay in school for two reasons. One he needs to gain a better grasp on the meaning of QB and actually throw the ball more and 2 he has a full scholarship, so if he ever got hurt he'd have an education. And anyways i think that Leinart will be picked before Young.

Grant wrote:
errr body says what you say about vince but he led the nation in
passer efficiency
that includes matt linart
i went into that game only knowing one person for texas
after the game i only know one person for texas
that is number 10 vince young
that is as close to one person winnign a championship as i have ever seen
he ran cus his receivers were covered
he is the second wave of the future with michael vick/ron mexico being the first
your point on education is well taken but i think he'd find a way to manage
the boy has crazy skills

JR wrote:
Grant, your not listenin because Matt Lineart is a Heisman winner. He's thrown for almost more TD's than any before. He's got 2 championships to Vince's 1. Vince is still an amzing athlete, but today teams are looking for a pocket passer instead of a rushing, look what happened to Eric Crouch. Then second if the Texans get Reggie, which most likely they will, The saints will most likely go with Lineart because they would like a pocket passer instead of a scrambler. That's why Aaron brooks is looking for a Job.

Grant wrote:
geno torreta
andre ware
ty detmer
chris "grandpa" wienke
these are all heisman winners since 1990 that have...
well
lets just say they have not performed ....
well can you even tell me what pro teams drafted these people?
pro teams want to win games and sell tickets sometimes not even in that order
you have to be mobile in todays NFL
as for aaron brooks he went to UVA
really what good can come from that

from a week earlier...

So I know I should be all worked up, and beleive me i am... about half the time.

The other half of the time I am pretty pleased to have free time during the baseball playoffs and the best whether of the year. I mean I dont even have cable, so I miss a lot of the games, but I do have a darn good radio and that gets me through the day games.

Then bang, a jackpot explodes in my face and leaves a cottons candy stickiness all over. I will sell peanuts at Giants Stadium this Sunday.

So Cal Monday Night
Colon couldn't finish the 2nd inning, and that was just the first of several significant events that extended the second inning into the fist quarter of Monday Night Football.
Irvin Santana gave up 2 upon entering the game, but his boys got him 5 in the next two at bats. Santana put 2 on to start the 5th, and despite the stunned objections of both Joe Buck and Tim McCarver got his way out of it without having anyone warming in the Angels' bullpen.

When the former Nebraska punter crashed his way into 2nd base I could hear Jim Rome screaming the words "red ass" somewhere and smiling, kind of, but still trying to look tough.

Yes, Joe Buck people do forget Giambi came up as a 3rd basemen.

Gary and Bubba collided in a field somewhere and the fates of cities are alters for the nest month

Johnson gets out of trouble in the 6th.

2318: Did I just see Bernie Williams last at bat in a Yankee's uniform?

Derek Jeter leads off with a single. A-Rod who has never shown a shred of clutchness in seasons past, and who went the entire series without a single RBI is up, will he finally vindicate himself from past shortcomings...

5-4-3 double play. Had he simply struck out the Yankess would have tied the game, at least. Giambi singled and so did Matsui.

Vlad runs, smiles, and pulls his shirt tale out from inside his pants.

San Diego
I had just thought to myself that Hines Ward is pretty darn tough for a wide receiver. He seems to always just straight up. He took a hitch and got 9 yards and a first down by just running hard.
Just after losing the lead
Bettis runs hard.
Near the end of the 3rd quarter John Madden and Al Michaels were commenting on the jiggly possibilities that shake down when Jerome Bettis is running. Madden not the sveltist of figures himself commented that, "There is a lot of pressure on that belt." Bettis then used those Hall of Fame feet to get around the corner on the Chargers defense and get a first down.

Sports are fun.

Why work?

I should be panicked right? I lost my job on the last day of September. Ahh, never mind the Yankees have the first of three at Fenway to end the season. Saturday comes, and I find my way to the importance of a great afternoon of college football and even mixed in some of the second game of the previously mentioned baseball. Then Sunday, well how can an American boy not watch the NFL when its a crisp autumn afternoon. And yeah there was baseball too.

I dont have cable so I didnt bother with 49ers/Cardinals from Mexico City. In fact I still do not know who won this game. I do not care.

I guess if I should really feel bad about any part of my lathargic attempts to garner employment if i had not engaged in Woopi Goldberg's appearance on the Martha Stewart show. What diversion from the nessecity of employment.

Brett Favre reminded me of why Monday Night Football is cool. Because you may be one of only a few people who actually watch something that immediately history records as noteworthy. (yeah, this is spectator sports, but I know my watercoolers) Amongst sports enthusiests it is huge to brag Tuesday morning about what you stayed up for Monday night while the others were sleeping. His team is down, waaaaaay down, and he ALMOST brought them back. Ahhh, I dont even have a job who cares about the boys in the office. Still, its cool to say you were there when say the Jets come back from 4 touchdowns in the 4th to beat the Dolphins in overtime. (yep)

I haven't even mentioned that hockey is back. And now I am done mentioning it.

Come on, I have to get a job.

JR (is be) Nice wrote me this

Hey G,

Yes You Hokies are amazing this year with Marcus Vick and Imoh in the backfield i Love it.
But Texas and USC so far still deserve the number 2 and 1 spots despite USC showing a little weakness, since the loss of Norman Chow, by closely beating Arizona St. Texas on the other hand is outscoring opponents almost 180 to 20 ish it's crushing. And so our your hokies so don't feel left out. But still the most Dominant player in the league is obviously, Reggie Bush in my opinion (don't like em) but he's still good.

Now for NFL
Brett Farve couldn't win a game if he rigged it:
His running core is shot
He has NOOOOO Defense!!!!
And the fact is He's over the hill
Still one of the all time greatest QB's but don't do what Jerry did
And what did I say about those Chargers.
41-17 over the Pats!!!!
Despite The Pats without Rodney Harrison (Best SS in the League w/o a doubt in my mind)
And Matt Light (Brady's Leader on the Line) The Pats were still 3 time super Bowl Champs even without Charlie Weis, whose doing awesome with ND, and Romeo Crennel, whose holding up his end with the Browns. And the Eagles with a comeback win down 24-6 to win 34-31 is amazing even if over the Chiefs.
And Patuxent's Varsity is 2-2 and after a win on Friday against Calvert 48-21
JR

Another Brick in Hadrian's Wall

IN yet another sign that America has both Classical Roman ambition and Romanintic lack of intellectual honest vision the Washington Nationals made their debut in DC last Thursday.

During the game WTOP radio reprted that a "who's Who" of Washington was taking in the game. The two Connecticut Senators were sitting at level (a couple of rich white guys). The president (a rich white guy) never one to stray from his role as a vacant figurehead threw out the first pitch. If Bush does it it must be ceremonial.

I had heard on the radio that morning that Tony Kornheiser (rich orange guy) would be at the game. Monday's Washington Post had his musings from both the first and second games.

The complaints were that the ATM system was slowed and later crashed, and that there were not enough weiners to eat in the upper reaches of RFK.

The good news is that the gladiators in this case were not killing each other, they played a gentleman's game. Also though many would be considered minorities in this nations they are notslaves as they were in the days of Rome, they are well paid.

Is this progress?

i hate watching most sports

its true, i cant really sit down for any length of time and watch other people play sports when im decent at so many of them. i never understood being a sports fan the way everyone around me growing up did, i watched them watching with slavish devotion, hanging on every error or heroic block. listing off statistics of the greats went on for hours and the room became heavy with the sweat of gym socks and gatorade even if we were riding in the car.
but i was lucky enough to be sitting at the table recently with a man who i admire and revere as one of the best human beings i will ever have the chance to know. he is the father of a good friend of mine, and the occasion was a somber one. his youngest son has lost his girlfriend the day before in a horrible accident, a girl who craig would tell us over the course of the next few days meant more to the rest of his life than any of us had estimated.
well it was the day after her death and craig was with his girlfriends family and at the request of my good friend, the eldest son, i found myself at the house i have spent so many days and nights at, sitting across the table from their father. talking about craig, asking what i could do and trying i vain not to be fed, the man who ive seen in so many other wonderful lights spoke up to say that he had lost his best friend in high school. the next few minutes were something i will never forget as long as i live. " i could always hit and run, whistle right before i batted to get some cheerleaders attention and knock one out of the park.... i could always play and nothing could touch me just throwing and running all day, i could do that that i could do and.. " it is here where the tears welling up in his eyes became too many to keep to himself and he reverently excused himself from the table. the simplicity, the focus and the gift of solace that baseball had given him were understood and he told the story so quietly and evenly
i drove home thinking about all that this might mean. the three and four hour practices when you dont have time to think about all you have lost and the gift that was given to his sons in the form of a game of men and boys stepping out into the rest of their lives ..i thought of my own father and the disappointment and elation that were interchangable based on my own performance on the field as a child. i understand now that the gift of loving something comes to twice maybe three times in a lifetime, it might be a type of person, a place with water nearby or the warming spring days in the freshly cut outfield, heaving balls into home plate. i understand now that watching these games that the finest athletes of our time play and battle in, these are parts of ourselves battling and rattling off other men, and heaving chests and tired legs mean nothing when this much is at stake.