Archive for September, 2012
Well I got a little bit of redemption last week, getting two out of three correct, after going 0-3 in week 2. Unfortunately, my Lock of the Week pick is starting to look like the Madden’s Curse. I’ve received thousands of emails from fans all over the world, begging me not to pick their teams […]
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Tags: great sports, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, N.Y. Giants, New Orleans Saints, NFL, NFL Game of the Week, Philadelphia Eagles, Sports Talk, Tennessee Titans, true sports fan
I must admit, I contemplated not doing this post this week. I mean, after last week’s explosion of officiating debacles, what could I say that everyone hasn’t already thought of themselves? However, after today’s announcement that the remainder of the season will be officiated by the real professionals, I decided to come back. Here goes: […]
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Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Defense Wins, Football, great sports, Green Bay Packers, Michael Vick, NFL, NFL Referees, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Sports Talk
The first two weeks of the NFL season are always difficult to predict. My records in each of the three categories show this, but I’m still going to share them with you. You’ll find them in brackets (correct-wrong) for the rest of the season. Let’s begin with this week’s Lock of the Week (1-1). With […]
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Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Football, great sports, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Sports Talk
I received such a great response from this last week (see THINGS I LEARNED THIS WEEKEND (from watching sports), dated 9/10/12), that I decided to make it a regular post. So without any further ado….. 1) Okay, maybe ‘genius’ was going a bit too far! Last week I was singing the praises for the Jets […]
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Tags: Football, great sports, N.Y. Giants, NFL, NFL Replacement Referees, Sports Talk, Steve Young, Taking a knee, Tampa Bay Bucaneers, true sports fan
NFL GAMES OF THE WEEK – WEEK TWO
Week one was full of thrilling games, and week two is promising to be just as exciting. So let’s not waste any time. Let’s begin with this week’s Lock of the Week. It pains me to say this, but this week it has to be New England over Arizona. Historically, the Cardinals have not done […]
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Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Football, great sports, New England Patriots, NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, Sports Talk
Since this was the first week of the NFL regular season, and things rarely go as planned in week one, I decided to make a list of a few things that I learned while watching America’s favorite sport this weekend. I came up with a short list of items, then realizing that the short list […]
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Tags: Football, Good Defense, great sports, N.Y. Jets, NFL, nfl games, NFL Referee's Strike, PAC 12 Football, Rex Ryan, Sports Talk, true sports fan
NFL GAMES OF THE WEEK – WEEK ONE
It’s my favorite time of the year. The NFL preseason games are over and week one of the real deals are here. All of the predictions have been made, the fantasy leagues have been formed and drafted, and the fans are perched on the edge of their seats, ready to root for their favorite teams […]
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I know, the season hasn’t even started yet, and here I am proclaiming the winner of Super Bowl XLVII (that’s 47, for those that don’t use roman numerals in their everyday life). But what the heck, everybody else is out there saying how many games this team is going to win, and what it’s going […]
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Tags: Football, great sports, NFL, NFL Predictions, Peyton Manning, Sports Talk, Super Bowl XLVII, true sports fan