I want to go on the record and say that I think they will somehow win the last game of the year and screw up the one good thing they had going for them by getting the #1 draft pick. As a Lions fan growing up, you quickly learn one thing, they screw up everything!
I feel so sorry for Barry Sanders because he was the best running back by far to ever play the game. He amassed all kinds of records and yards by himself. If you ever want to see what it's like to be 1 vs. 11, go to YouTube and type in Barry Sanders to see some of his highlights. One thing you will notice during these highlights is the lack of blocking from any teammates. The other teams knew they were going to give the ball to him, what else were they going to do!? Let Uncle Rico toss the pig skin a quarter mile down the field?
Besides that one good player in Lions history, they have failed with all others. Andre Ware, Heisman winner, lasted about 14 minutes in D-town. Scotty Mitchell? Erik Kramer? These are quarter backs, among many, that started for the Lions and failed miserably at trying to take them to greatness.
Da Lions desperately need to lose this last game of the season to run the table and finish as the worst team in sports history, fitting for the worst organization in sports history. That way they can guarentee themselves the #1 pick and trade down and try to amass many picks in this next years draft. With 12 picks in the new draft, because the stupid Cowboys took Roy Williams off our hands for a ton of picks, they should just be able to at least draft themselves a new team.
Merry Christmas, Lions you better bring a Happy New Year and lose this last game!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Fantasy Sports
So if you've never done fantasy sports, you will not understand this post. Don't even try to because I used to think the same thing, "Fantasy Sports, that's stupid."
Too bad I was way wrong, they are great! One of the best things about it is that being a Lions fan, I actually have talented players to root for during the games. It's funny that I find myself watching the bottom line during the games and reading the stats. I figure out in my head how many points my player just got from that huge run/catch he had.
Hockey fantasy is fun too. There so many games and so many players you actually keep track of when games are on and who is playing who. Rather than being a fan of just one team, I become a fan of the whole sport! Football is still hard to be a fan of, but hockey is always great.
Fantasy sports make sense because there's so many of us ex-athletes that still want to be part of the sports we love. With managing out team, we get to yell at our players, bench them and even trade them and put them on the waiver wire if we want. Since we can't play anymore, why not manage these guys in a world that doesn't exist! They're also good for keeping your math skills up which is extremely important and they make you pay attention to the news (albeit ESPN Sportscenter, but that's the best news to me!)
Too bad I was way wrong, they are great! One of the best things about it is that being a Lions fan, I actually have talented players to root for during the games. It's funny that I find myself watching the bottom line during the games and reading the stats. I figure out in my head how many points my player just got from that huge run/catch he had.
Hockey fantasy is fun too. There so many games and so many players you actually keep track of when games are on and who is playing who. Rather than being a fan of just one team, I become a fan of the whole sport! Football is still hard to be a fan of, but hockey is always great.
Fantasy sports make sense because there's so many of us ex-athletes that still want to be part of the sports we love. With managing out team, we get to yell at our players, bench them and even trade them and put them on the waiver wire if we want. Since we can't play anymore, why not manage these guys in a world that doesn't exist! They're also good for keeping your math skills up which is extremely important and they make you pay attention to the news (albeit ESPN Sportscenter, but that's the best news to me!)
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Basketball Shorts or Pants?
Watching basketball, both NBA and College, is kind of painful these days. It used to be fun, but now with all the thugs the NBA is pretty much a waste of space. College is still fun to watch, but what is with the shorts!?
Don't get me wrong, I don't like the John Stockton shorts, but they may as well be playing in pants now! I'm not a fashion expert or anything, but it seems like it would be advantageous to play in shorts that the actual short ends at the knees. Instead it seems like the inseam ends at the knees. Dribbling through the legs would be much easier, although it's second nature to most of these guys anyway, but being an engineer (albeit out of work) they don't seem efficient.
I remember when this fad started with the famous Fab 5 at the UofM (see Chris Webber's infamous timeout call). The only legacy these goons left behind was to wear Hammer pants while playing. I did see a highlight of Howard dunking and then parachuting back to the floor one time. That may have been a dramatization, but I still believe it happened.
When sports seem to be trimming down on pads and making uniforms a little more classy, see hockey's recent Reebok uniforms, basketball "Hammer Shorts" seem to be getting longer and longer. Pretty soon we're going to be seeing the players yelling, "Uh oh, Uh oh, Uh oh....stop! I'm lost in these stupid things!"
Soccer seems to be doing the best at keeping the legs free to move, although this is one of the only sports where it seems like the athletes truly know how to use their legs. Seeing morons walking around in these awful things on the street I just want to ask, can't we negotiate a happy medium between John Stockton and the Memphis Tigers?!
Don't get me wrong, I don't like the John Stockton shorts, but they may as well be playing in pants now! I'm not a fashion expert or anything, but it seems like it would be advantageous to play in shorts that the actual short ends at the knees. Instead it seems like the inseam ends at the knees. Dribbling through the legs would be much easier, although it's second nature to most of these guys anyway, but being an engineer (albeit out of work) they don't seem efficient.
I remember when this fad started with the famous Fab 5 at the UofM (see Chris Webber's infamous timeout call). The only legacy these goons left behind was to wear Hammer pants while playing. I did see a highlight of Howard dunking and then parachuting back to the floor one time. That may have been a dramatization, but I still believe it happened.
When sports seem to be trimming down on pads and making uniforms a little more classy, see hockey's recent Reebok uniforms, basketball "Hammer Shorts" seem to be getting longer and longer. Pretty soon we're going to be seeing the players yelling, "Uh oh, Uh oh, Uh oh....stop! I'm lost in these stupid things!"
Soccer seems to be doing the best at keeping the legs free to move, although this is one of the only sports where it seems like the athletes truly know how to use their legs. Seeing morons walking around in these awful things on the street I just want to ask, can't we negotiate a happy medium between John Stockton and the Memphis Tigers?!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Who shoots themselves in the leg, honestly!?
I'll tell you who: Plaxico Burress (pronounced MO-RON for those of you that don't know).
That name will be synonymous with moron now. Why is it that these football players who make millions of dollars feel they have to pack heat when they go clubin'? Can't they hire bodyguards if they think they're crap don't stink? You'd think with all the money these guys make, they could just buy a club for themselves.
I think the New York Giants are completely right for getting rid of this cancer for a player. They have every right to tell him that he's worthless and to not even show his face around the stadium anymore. Who knows, he might try and go postal in the locker room! Although he'd end up shooting himself, so who cares.
It seems more and more often that football and basketball are both becoming sports where thugs run wild. Why in the world, as owners, don't more teams take on the motto's of successful teams like the New England Patriots and only bring in good characters rather than show boating athletes? Players know that when they play for the Patriots, they will have a chance to play as a TEAM, not as individuals, and win. When morons like this go out and take it upon themselves to shoot themselves (why in the world was he carrying a loaded pistol in the first place, really!?) they should be left high and dry by the team for their poor individual mistakes.
Secondly, Plaxico was supposedly hurt? What is he doing at a night club while he's injured? Don't these guys know that hard working ADULTS would give quite a bit to be playing a sport that they love to be paid a ton of money and not have to worry about much else other than performing during the games and being healthy?
Like I've said before, people are idiots and this just proves it once again.
That name will be synonymous with moron now. Why is it that these football players who make millions of dollars feel they have to pack heat when they go clubin'? Can't they hire bodyguards if they think they're crap don't stink? You'd think with all the money these guys make, they could just buy a club for themselves.
I think the New York Giants are completely right for getting rid of this cancer for a player. They have every right to tell him that he's worthless and to not even show his face around the stadium anymore. Who knows, he might try and go postal in the locker room! Although he'd end up shooting himself, so who cares.
It seems more and more often that football and basketball are both becoming sports where thugs run wild. Why in the world, as owners, don't more teams take on the motto's of successful teams like the New England Patriots and only bring in good characters rather than show boating athletes? Players know that when they play for the Patriots, they will have a chance to play as a TEAM, not as individuals, and win. When morons like this go out and take it upon themselves to shoot themselves (why in the world was he carrying a loaded pistol in the first place, really!?) they should be left high and dry by the team for their poor individual mistakes.
Secondly, Plaxico was supposedly hurt? What is he doing at a night club while he's injured? Don't these guys know that hard working ADULTS would give quite a bit to be playing a sport that they love to be paid a ton of money and not have to worry about much else other than performing during the games and being healthy?
Like I've said before, people are idiots and this just proves it once again.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Fountain Pop vs. Can Pop
So why is it that pop from the fountain machine at restaurants and gas stations tastes like sweet, bubbly heaven and the pop you buy in the grocery store tastes like "Eh, this will get me by until my next fountain pop."?
The answer has to lie within the deep understanding of the syrup/ice/water mixture. I think that if this were explained in some lab (that obviously didn't have that much to do) they would find the results would show the syrup percentage of pop is a little lower than pop bought at a store. Now this may be here say and conjecture, but I'm pretty sure it's fact.
Now for those of you that can't tell the difference or happen to like store bought pop better, you should just give up on life right now. I once heard an old wives tail that there is even a secret addictive chemical that they add to the fountain pop to make you sip steal some while you're pouring it yourself and makes you come back for more!
I have been known to drive to the nearest 711 or gas station or fast food place and just get a pop because it's so great. In fact hold on.....
Yeah, that's awesome stuff my friends! Go out and get yourselves one right now! (Coke is the best). By the way, if you are an advertiser from Coke, please send me a fountain pop machine for my house, it's my dream to have one in my kitchen! Or just send me a couple thousand dollars for the shameless plug, thanks!
The answer has to lie within the deep understanding of the syrup/ice/water mixture. I think that if this were explained in some lab (that obviously didn't have that much to do) they would find the results would show the syrup percentage of pop is a little lower than pop bought at a store. Now this may be here say and conjecture, but I'm pretty sure it's fact.
Now for those of you that can't tell the difference or happen to like store bought pop better, you should just give up on life right now. I once heard an old wives tail that there is even a secret addictive chemical that they add to the fountain pop to make you sip steal some while you're pouring it yourself and makes you come back for more!
I have been known to drive to the nearest 711 or gas station or fast food place and just get a pop because it's so great. In fact hold on.....
Yeah, that's awesome stuff my friends! Go out and get yourselves one right now! (Coke is the best). By the way, if you are an advertiser from Coke, please send me a fountain pop machine for my house, it's my dream to have one in my kitchen! Or just send me a couple thousand dollars for the shameless plug, thanks!
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