It was just a couple weeks ago Katie Nolan, the host of Garbage Time, went viral after ripping the Dallas Cowboys, Greg Hardy and the media to shreds...Well, Wednesday night/Thursday morning, Katie Nolan had some more to say about Hardy and his behavior Sunday, as well as how the Cowboys organization backed up Hardy and supported his antics...
So, here for your viewing pleasure...Katie Nolan, crushing Hardy and teh Cowboys!
The sports media, and really the news media need more people like Nolan who are willing to call bullshit!
Just like in this next video, where comedian Jim Norton calls out the News media, because they decided that a stupid tweet from a stupid college girl, should be considered news...
My God the news media has gotten really stupid and really lazy...
We're really going down shitty road...Hopefully these few voices of reason like Nolan and Norton will wake people up!
When during the off-season, the Boston Bruins traded young, talented Defenseman, Dougie Hamilton, Bruins fans were shocked, and not happy...It appeared that negotiations for a contract extension broke down...When the Flames reached a deal with Hamilton after the trade, Bruins fans were scratching their heads, seeing that the numbers were not that far apart...Well, the picture is getting clearer this week...
Tuesday it came out that Hamilton wanted out of Boston because the Bruins had refused to trade for his Freddie, who is with the San Jose Sharks...
Today, even more came out on the Toucher and Rich show on 98.5 in Boston...CSNNE's John Haggerty was on the show Wednesday morning, talking Bruins and was asked about the Hamilton reports...Haggerty had said he hadn't heard the 'trade for my brother' story, but did suggest that Hamilton's parents may have been a major factor in the Bruins trading Dougie boy...
“What I did hear was that his parents were heavily involved in his career probably more so than you see with most guys who are 21, 22 years old, and there was some push-back because there were phone calls made to the Bruins organization, or there was some involvement in the way he was being used and things like that.” The guys pushed, and asked if Haggerty was saying that Hamilton's parents were calling the Bruins and complaining about how he was used, Haggerty reiterated that they were “heavily involved in his career”...He also added that the parents have been "heavily involved" in Freddie’s career... As a parent, I can understand being fully concerned about your kids, and their career...Especially when it is a career that can be very lucrative, but also very short lived...But there is a line, and these people seem to be going way past it...This isn't Little League...Hell, it's not even college...And college programs wouldn't put up with this shit...It's the NHL...The elite...The best of the best, and Mom and Dad are calling the management to complain because their boy isn't getting enough minutes...'Why isn't my Dougie on the penalty kill?' Why isn't little Dougie boy a top-2 Defenseman?' This shit is ridiculous...And now that it's coming out, Hamilton is going to get some serious ball-busting...Especially next time he comes to Boston... Grow up Dougie...Tell Mom and Dad to mind their own business!
Yes, I am going to use unfriendly language here...
While talking with "conservative" Alfonso Aguilar on her MSNBC show Saturday, she got quite upset that Aguilar referred to Paul Ryan and a "Hard Worker"...Not upset about calling Ryan a "hard worker" in the same way I would have been upset, because I don't believe you can any of the DC politicians hard working...She was very upset about how the term "hard worker" as compared to slaves....
Bullshit Race Card Alert!
“I just want to pause on one thing, because I don’t disagree with you that I actually think Mr Ryan is a great choice for this role,”Perry said....“But I want us to be super careful when we use the language ‘hard worker.’ Because I actually keep an image of folks working in cotton fields on my office wall, because it is a reminder about what hard work looks like.” This stupid gash continued by saying...
“In the context of relative privilege, I just want to point out, that when you talk about work-life balanace and being a hard worker, the moms who don’t have health care who are working, we don’t call them hard workers. We call them failures, people who are sucking off the system.”
She tried to finish strong by lumping every "conservative" together, and maybe even all white people, with this...
“Really, y’all do!” “That’s really what you do!”
Poor Aguilar sat there looking puzzled by what the hell was happening...
So somehow this hatchet wound is speaking for every plantation worker/slave, and she knows how they feel...What the fuck makes gives her the fucking right to decide what the fuck hard work is...Cunt has a staff that prepares her notes, and she reads shit off a prompter...Fucking dog walkers work harder then this twat...
To quote Bill Burr, "Oh yeah, I thought roofing in the middle of July as a redhead was tough."
Hey Melissa, I have a picture of Irish Iron Workers taking lunch on an I-Beam 30 stories in the air...I'm Irish and my grandfather and uncle were Iron Workers, so clearly I have the right to tell an opinionated news reader that she is a lazy bitch, who wouldn't know hard work if it bit her clit!
Melissa, please shut the fuck up...You're just another dolt, giving liberal leaning people like myself, a bad name!
Well, that weekend went by too quickly...I had a bad week on my College Pick'em, going 2-3...Oh well...Bad weeks happen...And honestly, I didn't even watch any college football...We had friends over Saturday night, so it was eating, drinking and shooting the shit...
And of course, Sunday I watched no NFL football...And felt even better about my hatred of the NFL when Sunday morning I read THIS...The NFL has bought in, and paid for studies that explain away CTE ( chronic traumatic encephalopathy ) as ex-players being unhappy/sad/depressed that they are no longer famous superstars...Really....Really? What a fucking joke...This coming out, the same weekend as another high school football player in the U.S. dying after a game...All of these high school players deaths caused by the hits they have taken playing/practicing the game and/or practice conditions... I'm glad my son doesn't like football...I'm glad he has no interest in playing...If he did, I wouldn't let him...Not with what I have been seeing...And I have no faith that these new, lighter weight helmets help prevent head injuries...Plaxico doesn't like the new helmets... But besides all the helmet talk, the game is being taught wrong on too many levels...I watch high school football games every week...One live, in person...And a couple on TV...More and more kids are looking to make the BIG, highlight hit...The big hits that gave John Madden a boner...The ones ESPN loved showing during top plays...Guys just getting blown up...Linebackers and safeties flying like bullets, head first into a wide receiver or running back... So many kids I see today are leading with their head...Even the ones not being that stupid, are trying just to blow a guy up with a forearm or shoulder...Why the hell aren't these kids wrapping up and tackling the right way...It's horrible....It's aggravating to watch...And terrifying because the injuries and deaths are starting to pile up...This isn't the football I was taught starting in 5th grade at St. James...It isn't what my dad and and brothers taught me in the backyard with our Hutch equipment before that...Football today sucks...And the NFL, really sucks! Andre Smith Cam'ron Matthews Tyrell Cameron Ben Hamm Evan Murray Kenny Bui Rod Williams Collin Kelly Jayvon Quarles Those are all names of teenagers...Teenagers who died from injuries playing football...the last two names died in "practice accidents"...This shit shouldn't be happening.... -In other stupid ass football news, "the U"...That's so fucking gay...Do you Miami fags realize you sound like douchebags when you say "the U"? Anyway...Miami made fans and idiot alumni happy Sunday evening when the fired head football coach, Al Golden...Not surprising after all the noise big name alumni made...Especially after the Hurricanes got thrashed 58-0 by Clemson...Golden while trying to clean up a messy, dirty, program had a 32-25 record in 4 and a half seasons....He'll land on his feet...While hopefully, the stupid fucking "U" will continue to circle the drain... -The World Series is upon us...While I respect the small market Royals getting back there, and they have some quality, gritty ballplayers, I hate a couple of their big-mouth young pitchers...Besides that, there is something about the Mets...They continued to prove people, including me, all season long...And they have some arms...I'll take the Mets in 5... That's it for now... Have a week!
So so being the swell dad that I am, right after school Friday I took my oldest back to Ohio to see the last home game of the season for our Brooklyn Hurricanes...She wanted see her friends, and see the fantastic band one more time...she even had hope that the 1-7 'Canes would pull out a win...
But with a minute left, they blew it, and lost 24-21...
She had fun and was happy to see her friends...Then we went to the old house and grabbed some odds and ends that were "non-essentials" in the move...got gas, and a coffee and headed home...
I unloaded a few things and said screw it...It was midnight and I had been up since 6:45 AM....Then the damn dog starts bugging me for a walk, because he didn't get our standard late evening stroll...After that I caught some scores and passed out on the couch...woke up at 3:00AM and dragged myself off to bed...
For today, I have to take the kids to get pumpkins, and hit the grocery store so I can make some grub for friends that are coming over...
Well, after taking last week off for the big move, I'm back with a few more picks...There's not a lot I like this week, so this one will be short and sweet...
-Texas A&M at Ole Miss...
Ole Miss is 1-6 against A&M, with the win coming last season...The Rebels started out the season strong but have faltered mightily...While the Aggies have looked decent this year, I'm not sold...I look for Ole Miss to try and save their season with this game...Not sure if they'll pull out the win, but take the Rebels plus the 5.5 points...
- Kansas State at Texas...
Texas comes into this game as a 7 point favorite...I think Texas being a favorite against anyone this season is ridiculous...Since '98 K-State is 8-3 against the Longhorns...While the Wildcats are also having a down year, Bill Snyder's teams are always prepared, and he can coach circles around Charlie Strong in his sleep...Take K-State plus the 7 points...
- Iowa State at Baylor...
This is one of the games that scares some people because the spread is so big...But relax...It's Iowa State at Baylor...The Bears need to keep rolling people to make their playoff case, and crap team like the Cyclones is perfect when you're looking to rack up a bunch of points...Take Baylor minus the 37 points...
- Tennessee at Alabama...
'Bama has won 8 straight against the Vols...Tennessee has not won at Alabama since 2003...Everything in the world says take Alabama...But this is one of those goofy times where I just have a feeling...These feeling have struck big before...And they've fucked me before...That's why it's called gambling...Screw it, the Arrested Development song "Tennessee has been playing in my head all week....Take the Volunteers plus the 15 points!
- Utah at USC...
Some how, and I don't give a shit that USC is at home, but some how these dolts are a 3.5 favorite ...I don't need to give you any facts or history...Utah is good, and on a mission...USC is a fucking train-wreck...Take Utah plus the 3.5 points...
I originally thought of titling this series, 'Erie, the Town I Love, but often rip on to Make Myself Feel Superior, because Forty Years in Cleveland can Make you Feel Inferior.'
But that seemed a little too wordy...I've been coming to Erie often for the last 15 years...My wife grew up here, and we have come back repeatedly to visit her parents and some friends...But this month we moved here...Her parents getting older, and needing help...Driving up from Cleveland once a week was just getting old....And late night long distance calls when they have a medical problem suck...So we uprooted our lives, and a our kids lives...My wife felt this was something she needed to do...I won't deny, I have been looking to make a move...In the past we talked about places like Boston, Seattle and Toronto...So landing in Erie, PA surprised some people...
We're in a good community, with good schools, and the neighbors seem really nice...As a matter of fact, I have run into a lot of nice so far...If you have read my posts in the past, you know I'm a bit of an angry asshole...I'm going to have to work on that here, because everyone I have met, or come across has been nice...The employees at Lowes were all nice...At the CVS, they were nice...The Plumber we needed to come out was nice...The garbage man was nice...Random people walking down the street were nice...My wife said even the people working McDonalds were nice...(In Cleveland, there isn't a nice McDonalds employee anywhere, let alone one that isn't an idiot!)
The level of asshole here seems much lower...Sorry me rolling into town bumped it up a little...It must be something in the water...I've noticed over the past 15 years visiting, that Lake Erie is much cleaner here...I find it amazing that a hour and a half West from here, the same body of water is a steaming pile of crap...Maybe it's all the shit overflowing from the Browns Stadium...
Uprooting the kids has been the toughest part...My sales pitch to them is that this will be an adventure...We have so much to discover...We know about Waldameer, and that Sara's is awesome! We know about Splash Lagoon and the Erie Zoo...But I know there's more...My youngest and I always like finding knew parks to play at...Here, we only know Frontier, because it's close to my in-laws...We will be setting out on a mission to find all the best parks and playgrounds in the area...
As a sports fan, I find myself pinned between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh...So I'l still be able to follow the Indians...I like the Pirates, hate the Penguins, hate the Steelers, the Browns have made me hate them...Intrigued by the Sabres, and Rex Ryan makes me want to see what will happen next with the Bills...I'm also excited to see the next Connor McDavid come through the Otters organization...And I know Mercyhurst plays some good hockey...
As a food lover who has spent his life in the restaurant business, I know Erie is one of the Chain restaurant capitols in the country...But I'm looking for the good stuff...I'll tell you Alto Cucina is my favorite restaurant in town...But I want to checkout 1201 Kitchen, Cloud 9 Wine Bar, and 28 North...
I have many questions...Many things to discover....
Where is the best place for live music? Is the local music scene good? Please don't be all Train cover bands...My wife went to school with Pat Monohan, so I have a constant reminder of how my musical aspirations failed...
Is there any chocolate better then Romolo's? Gonna be tough to beat that...
What are the best bars? Best old man bar? Best dive? Best grub? Best "nice" bar for after fancy dinner and a show at the Warner Theater? Who makes the best Moscow Mule?
Another sports question...I'm from Ohio...And I don't care what they say in Texas...You and I know that high school football is just as big of a deal in PA and Ohio....So I have to ask...With McDowell being such a big school, why is their football team struggling? The past few years they have been taking on Northeast Ohio powers, and getting smoked...
I have a lot to do...We have a lot to discover, and I'll have more questions...But we have the rest of our lives...After the the pain in the ass that this move was, I told my wife, we're not moving again!
So my journey to become an Erieite begins...If you have tips, feel free to share them.
After starting this season 0-7-0 the upper management of the Columbus Blue Jackets felt a change, a drastic change was needed...So this morning, after getting smoked by the New York Islanders last night, the 'Jackets fired head coach Todd Richards and hired John Tortorella...Torts contract is for this season and the next two, which is the same amount of time that was left on his contract with Vancouver...and Vancouver is paying "some of it"....Columbus had to send a third round draft pick to the Canucks
After a season full of injury on top of injury...The Blue Jackets scratched and clawed late last season to be a thorn in the rest of the NHL's side...When the season was over, Richards' job seemed secure and the 'Jackets were on everyone's list of teams to watch this season...That thought was bolstered by the off-season trade for Brandon Saad, and signings of a couple role players...
Well, if you have watched them, you have seen that they aren't very watchable...The numbers of mistakes made by their defense is horrifying...A team with high expectations starting 0-7 is no good, and a move of some sort seems to be demanded by either the media, the fans, or both...Richards ended last season getting high praise form both...Now he has been shown the door...How quickly things can change....
Tortorella, well known for being a pain in the ass to his players, has a 444-371-115 record as a head coach...And a Stanley Cup ring from his time as the Lighting head coach when they won it all in 2004...When Torts time ended with the New York Rangers being hated by his players, who made it clear they were happy he was gone...His tactics that worked when they were young kids coming up, had grown tired...
In Vancouver, Tortorella didn't have the players to play his style...And they didn't seem to willing to buy in to his temper and tactics...When the coach leaves the dressing room to go after the opposing coach in his team's dressing room, it says a lot about your team and/or a lot about how they feel about you, when they don't follow you in...
In Columbus, there are a number of young players, especially on the blueline, that could use a Tortorella kick in the ass...There are also guys like Brandon Dubinsky...
Dubinsky played for Torts in New York...He became the player he is because of Torts...Playing Tortorella hockey killed some of his offensive numbers, but he plays every other aspect of the game very well...He's a Tortorella guy...I just wonder if he wants to deal with it again...
Nick Foligno can play Torts hockey...He seems to fit the mold...Saad can play it too...Christ, just walking in the door to Columbus killed his offensive numbers, so what the hell...Guys like Calvert and Atkinson, and Campbell will fit well into his system...
The guy who will have the most trouble with this move is rising superstar center, Ryan Johansen....
Johansen has all the skills...All the talent...He can play two-way hockey...But players like him often get caught in a tight spot with Tortorella...They are expected to play tight defense, physical, and then knowing their skills, Torts piles the bulk of the offensive pressure/load, on them...
I think Tortorella will help Columbus, but he may have to pull back on the asshole level slightly...His teams play D...This team has played no D so far...The 'Jackets will turnaround...I just don't know for how long...
I feel you bro....I was that fucking tired this weekend too!
Okay...Maybe not that tired...I may have been able to wake up for that party!
I'll be honest right from the top...I really don't have much in the way of sports...I posted my WEEKLY HAT TRICK a couple days late...I knew just what I wanted to write about, but with Friday being the big moving day, I just couldn't get to it...I thought maybe Friday night...But by the time I got the chance sit down, and not worry about anything, I was just wiped out like that dude above...And there was still plenty more to do Saturday...
Here's Molly and Finnegan settling in at the "pizza slice" table as Molly named it...
...I did see the second half of the Notre Dame and USC game Saturday night...I was glad to see the Irish pull out the win...We often see a team in a fucked up situation like USC, come out with another level of emotion that helps inspire them to a win...And the ND defense again showed lapses, but nutted up in the 4th quarter...
What a fucking mess at USC...How is Pat Haden still the the AD there...How is it the AD is the only guy who doesn't know Steve Sarkisianis fucking drunk...Not some softy drunk...A real drunk...him and a couple assistants knocking back 8 shots and 5 beers at 11:30 AM before going to recruit kids kind of drunk...Then Haden is going to act surprised when he hears Sarkisian coached a game shitfaced...And showed up to practices, and meetings in the bag...Fuck you Haden...
This guy has had 4 head football coaches in 4 years...And the best one, Ed Orgeron, he let walk, because Orgeron wasn't a big enough or sexy enough name to be coaching at USC...Who fucking cares if the team played it's best under him...Haden in 2013 also shit-canned his baseball coach 3 days before the season started, because of a NCAA rules violation that limit the number of hours players can do activities supervised by coaches...Again this was a case of Haden acting late...Instead of being on top of his coaches and making sure they don't screw up, he didn't act until the shit hit the fan...
Haden was going to be the guy to turn USC around and get things back on track and raise the bar again...Instead, Haden and USC are still shitting the bed...Good! Fuck'em!
Sunday rolled around, and I could have watched some football, but we all know I hate those fuckers...Plus, I wasn't really excited by my choices...Now living in Erie, PA. I am pinned between Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburgh...My one o'clock options were the Browns game and the Steelers game...NO THANK YOU!
So we hung out...Relaxed a little...Unpacked some more stuff...My wife's friend and her son who is little Beeze's age came over to hang a bit...It was a solid lazy day...
After my wife and oldest were done watching the stupid Walking Dead, I got the good TV to watch the second half of the only NFL game I wanted to see...The Patriots at the asshole Colts...I was confident the Patriots would win, but because of what I have learned about gambling from my father, I was more intrigued...The Patriots were only a 7.5 point favorite (that was the line when I looked Thursday)...many of us expected the Patriots to destroy the Colts...So seeing this line made me skeptical...It seemed to low...My Uncle John taught my Dad, and my dad taught me...If a line looks really out of wack stay away, the Line-makers know something you don't...I expected the line on this game to be at least 10 points, if not more...Well, if you felt confident with the Pats minus 7.5, sorry folks...
The Hat-Trick is late this week...I apologize, but after getting the big move done Friday, and then working on unpacking, and getting things settled, I was just too damn tired, and felt the best option was to crash on the couch with some football playing background music...But now, I'm slightly recharged...
-PINK
I'll start with the NFL...My favorite target...Every week, they pull some more stupid bullshit...Over the past however many years now, the NFL, and all other lower levels have followed, have ruined football teams color schemes by mixing in pink for breast cancer awareness...Pink gloves, pink shoes, pink wrist-bands, pink socks, pink towels, pink whatever, all over the place...I have firmly stood with Bill Burr's stance on this...We haven't forgotten about cancer, we're aware...But hey it's here, and while it seems to have toned down this season, it's not going anywhere...It makes the NFL a boat-load of money, then they donate 3% of the proceeds to charity, and the "Pink Lady" takes her cut of that before it is spread out...
But then, Steelers RB, DeAngelo Williams, and DE, Cameron Heyward said they were going to wear pink the rest of the season to pay tribute to family members they had lost...The NFL said no because it would violate the leagues "uniform policy"....This league is amazing...They will fine these guys each week after October for wearing pink...They fined a guy for pretending to take a nap using a football as a pillow, after a touchdown...But they let criminals like Greg Hardy continue to play in their precious league...It's okay for Jerry Jones (an owner) and Hardy to talk about another player's wife, (Tom Brady) but no pink after October...
This league tried to cover up CTE and ruined the Doctor that found this happening to football players...That's all perfectly okay, but don't fuck with our uniform policy....The level of which I hate the NFL is unmatched...There is no level of pain and suffering that will be enough punishment for Goodell and his top aids...These fuckers all need to go...Or even better, choke on a cock and die!
Here's a taste of some of Bill Burr's thoughts that I share...
- Unwritten Rules
Throughout all of sports, we have always been told about "The Unwritten Rules"...I've often thought about this, and how it's a load of bullshit...I think a better way to describe these so-called "unwritten rules" is, 'You're a fucking pussy and just can't take it!'
All the media talking heads were buzzing after Jose Bautista crushed what would be the game-winning, 3-run, home run, against the Texas Rangers in game 5...Bautista watched his handy work, and then did a power bat-flip...
This is where dolts chime in and say you don't "show a pitcher up" like that...It's an "unwritten rule"....Fuck you! The pitcher should have made a better pitch...And the dick-bag pitcher, Sam Dyson started talking shit after this, which caused the benches to clear...Fucking entitled pitchers are cunts...If asshole Dyson would have struck Bautista out, I bet he would have pumped his fist, or put his yell face on...Pitchers do that shit all the time...Aren't they showing up the hitter...The next time up, the hitter doesn't just swing and throw his bat at the mound...So why is it an "unwritten rule" that a pitcher "getting shown up" warrants a bean-ball?
It's the pitcher's job to get the batter out...It's the batter's job to get hits...Why are pitchers allowed to celebrate and batters aren't...Fuck your "unwritten rules!"
It was a tense game...Both teams were playing for their lives...The umps seemed unable to make a call on anything in a timely fashion...and the rowdy Toronto fans turned into total (Philly-like) assholes, constantly throwing shit on the field...but even worse on fellow fans below...
Bautista's flip was bolder then a normal bat-flip...But it fit the tone of what was going on...I loved it...Pitchers pumping their fist, and hitters flipping bats, baseball players showing passion and emotion is good for baseball...Please MLB, talking-heads, and fans, don't fuck up baseball the way football has been getting fucked up.
- No More Nudes in Playboy
"This whole world has gone crazy, God's gotten a little lazy"....
News that Playboy will not be publishing nude spreads broke this past week...As someone who likes porn, with was shocking news...I had myself quite a stash of Playboy mags, before the Internet found it's way into my life...
Now, I will never be the guy who said I got Playboy for the articles...Yes, after breaking off a load or two, I would thumb through and stumble across some quality reads...Playboy always got the big interviews, and got questions answered then many other didn't...And they had great fiction and non-fiction stories as well...Ray Bradbury often wrote short stories for Playboy...It really was great magazine, after you off-loaded...
And, while the no nudes news is sad...Sometimes barely dressed women can be pretty damn sexy and tantalizing....Like one of my favorite Playmates, and 1998 Playmate of the Year, Karen McDougal...
So, I swore off the NFL last year...And I have held my ground pretty firmly...But being in this sports blogging website business, I do tend to read, and hear, and keep an eye on the "trending" shit...Like the New England Patriots, Tom Brady, and Bill Belichick's 'Fuck You Tour' of the NFL...Kinda love that...Loved seeing they handed that dick-bag Greg Hardy and the Cowboys a 30-6 loss!
I have to ask...Hey Hardy....How the fuck does Brady's dick taste!?!
Besides all the rings, and records, there's the making a baby with the hot actress...
And then there's the Super Model wife...
All Hardy (a woman beater) has is a rap sheet and ...Ummm...Well a viral video about what a piece of shit he is!
-Moving along...I didn't do to well on my college football pick'em this weekend...The worst week I've had so far this year...Oh well, shit weeks happen...But I did notice something while watching games and scores...Ohio State only covered the spread versus Virginia Tech, which is something I pointed out in week one, that they cover in revenge games...But the rest of their games, they've been playing like a team that thinks they can just flip a switch, and boom...They'll win...Easy enough against Maryland, Western Michigan, and Northern Illinois...Well, it wasn't even that easy against Northern Illinois...
I wasn't sold on Michigan's dominating last couple wins, because, just like Ohio State, they weren't playing heavy hitters...But after the WOLVERINES abused what has looked like a solid Northwestern team, the Buckeyes better get their shit together before taking on Michigan....Michigan State has looked the same as Ohio State...They need to get their heads out of their asses...The big difference is MSU is playing the right QB...While I think Meyer made a mistake going with Jones...That kid has looked like crap this year...
-My Notre Dame Fighting Irish got back on track beating Navy Saturday...(Covered the spread as I predicted)...But while some have said they still have a shot at the playoffs if they win out, I have to disagree...While their schedule didn't look too weak at the start of the year, it does now...The ACC teams on the schedule, except Clemson, all look like shit...USC has fallen apart, and their coach just took a leave of absence...Texas is junk...And Stanford is solid, but won't carry a enough weight...
- The NHL season started, and we got our first taste of the new, 3 on 3 overtime...I voiced my displeasure about THIS back in June....Well, if you have just under 4 minutes to kill, this is what the first 3 on 3 OT looked like...
Yes, yes, yes...It was a fast paced, end to end action...Oh so thrilling....But it's a totally different game then what got those teams to that point...It's fucking stupid...And all the dicks out there who complain about the games going to a shootout to get the winner...Look what you got...You basically got a shootout decision...That game came down to a couple a one on one breakaways...Way to go, you got the same shit!
Fucking 3 on 3 can eat my ass!
- That's it for now...You won't see me much, as the big move is happening this week...Lots to do...Lots of stress...Lots of excitement...
Welcome to the first installment of the Weekly Hat-Trick...Which if you don't get the Hat-trick reference, it means I'll be touching on three topics from each week...(a hat-trick is three goals)...Sad that I felt I needed to point that out, but in this day and age, people are becoming more and more clueless!
1. Fighting in Hockey...
The NHL season started Wednesday night, and Thursday morning, the overly soft, politically correct, gas-bag, talking heads were already at it...Yep, bitching about fighting in hockey...What get them the most riled up...This scrap, two seconds into the Vancouver and Calgary game...
Yeah, yeah, yeah...The game just started, what do they have to be pissed about...Ferland being a physical thorn in the side of the Canucks last season...Both teams started their physical guys to try to set a tone...Some people don't get that part of hockey...It's a physical game...Is fighting necessary? Maybe not...Hockey is a beautiful game, that can be amazingly graceful while being controlled chaos at points...And I won't even give you all the pro-fighting bullet points about how it's good for the game...I'll just be blunt and honest...
I fucking like the fighting...I like a good hockey fight...Christ, when I was 6 my dad came home with boxing gloves and started teaching my brothers and I how to fight...And in my younger days when I was playing some younger-guy beer league hockey, I had a few fights...Some times a guy just needs to get punched...Shit, there were times guys felt the same about me...
Fighting in hockey = Good...Idiots on "Around the Horn" who know nothing about Hockey or Fighting, bad mouthing fighting in hockey = Bad
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2. MLB Wild Game...
When MLB added the extra Wild Card, I wasn't sure I liked the idea...But I think it's truly helped the races, proven by the tight, down to the wire, playoff races this season...But then two Wild Card teams' future coming down to one game kinda sucks...All year teams play 3 and 4 game series...And the rest of the playoffs are best of...I'd like to see the Wild Card be at least a best of three series...
Seriously...After seeing the tempers flare in Pittsburgh between the Pirates and the Cubs, did one game seem like enough...I would of loved to see at least one more game with that much heat between two teams...
Yes, this would make the playoffs go even longer, and we'll be dealing with possible snow showers in the World Series....I'll solve that too...Shorten the regular season...I can drop 40 games easy...And what the hell, lets add some of those classic, old school double-headers....Those were the days!
3. Katie Nolan...
Our pal Uncle B.O.B. hit this topic yesterday...And Katie Nolan and her rant has some serious heat to it, so why not jump on that bandwagon and grab some more page-views!?! I'm a page-view whore! Here is Katie Nolan's rant, in case you somehow missed it...
I agree with everything she said...Greg Hardy is everything that is wrong with the NFL...The NFL, Dallas Cowboys, and the douche-bags in the media who clearly support him being an asshole, also showed us how they are everything that is wrong with the NFL...They have all backed up my view of ignoring the NFL...After these events I am firmly planted in my stance...They'll get none of my time or money...
And all those bad mouthing Katie Nolan for being the rare voice in the media to call out the NFL, and media shills/douchebags...You can all eat a dick!
Feel free to share your thoughts on this week's Hat Trick!
While the Cheerleaders looked okay, the Georgia Bulldogs fell flat on their face against Alabama last week...Typical of a Mark Richt team...Can they bounce back? Let's see....
- Georgia at Tennessee....
The Volunteers are 4-12 over the last few years hosting SEC rivals...Georgia has won the 5 straight against Tennessee...And that streak will go to 6...Now that there is no pressure, the Bulldogs will get back on track and roll Tennessee...Take Georgia minus the 3 points...
- Washington at USC (Thursday night)....
Seriously, I have no faith that the Huskies will win this game...But they are getting 17 points...I like +17 points in this game...Take the Huskies with the points as they hang with the Trojans for awhile...
- Oklahoma at Texas (Dallas)....
Let's be honest...I don't care how big the rivalry crap is...Texas stinks...The program is in shambles...Take the Sooners minus the 17 points...They're going to take the Longhorns apart...(Texas should be getting use to that)
- Miami (Ohio) at Ohio University....
"The Battle of the Bricks"...Homecoming at Ohio....Miami has lost 4 straight in Athens...The Bobcats have won 8 of the last 9 meetings...I like Ohio to win again...But, I'll take Miami plus the 16 points...
- Georgia Tech at Clemson....
the Home team has 9 of the last 10 meetings...GT is 8-4 in the last 11 meetings...They played twice in 2009...Will Clemson have a letdown after the big win against Notre Dame? Will their defense be able to handle the Yellowjackets offense? The bookmakers think so, since they have Clemson as a 7 point favorite...I think they will win, but I'll take Georgia Tech plus the 7 points...
-Navy at Notre Dame...
Notre Dame leads this series 75-12-1...They've split the last 4 meetings...Navy never quits, and plays tough...They always make the Irish earn it...They will again...But I see the Irish getting back on track after last week's loss...Take ND minus the 14 points...
- Northwestern at Michigan...
Northwestern is 1-21 in Ann Arbor...That is horrible...just horrible...How could I even consider picking them...Easily...Michigan beat up on Maryland last week...Let's not forget, this isn't lacrosse...Bowling Green spanked Maryland...Northwestern will give Michigan a tough fight and may take it...Take Northwestern plus the 7.5 points...
- East Carolina at BYU...
This is ECU's longest regular season road trip since 1993...BYU is 19-5 versus current AAC teams...That includes being 9-0 at home against those teams...Tough to go against that....I'll take East Carolina plus the 8 points...
- Miami at Florida State...
The last 9 meetings, the visitor is 7-2...11 of the last 14 games have been decided by a TD or less...All that, combined with me having all the confidence that Everett Golson is due for one of his turnover filled games...Take Miami plus the 9 points...
- Cal at Utah....
I have no stats or facts here...I just don't care...I have bought all in with the Utah Utes...Take Utah minus the 7 points...
