Super Bowl Post View

“I have become comfortably numb”

I am not sure how the tone of this piece will come off.  I am still in shock.  Sure, I knew the G-men would cover, but beat the undefeated Patriots?  If you told me Eli Manning would take the ball from his own twenty-fiveish and drive the Giants down the field to score a Super Bowl winning touch down, I might not have believed you.

LWN Picks Conference Championship Games

“I Have A Secret”

No, this is not some sort of fetish issue I have. This is the downward dog yoga position that I found myself in on Tuesday night. You see LWN is not the most flexible man on the planet. He cannot touch his toes when stretching. This coupled with the muscle/fat bulk he has put on in the past few months makes stretching extra annoying.

LWN picks Divisional Weekend

“A Story About Single Serving Friends”

We’ve all seen Fight Club. A single serving friend is someone you meet once during travel and never see again. My most recent trip to Iowa had a number of noteworthy single serving pals.

But let me back up. I would like to make it clear that I do not enjoy Iowa. I even sent a text message to my boss at one point saying, “Is this heaven (Field of Dreams reference)? No, its a vast wasteland of fertile ground.” There is not all that much to Iowa, its not the worst place I have ever seen but it still sucks. Here is why. You know sometimes I reference the University of Tennessee to say that the problem with UT- Knoxville is that two of the dumbest people I have ever met went to that school. Well, one of the dumbest, most unintentionally annoying, arrogant people I have ever met is from the great state of Iowa. We will call him “E.”

Refs Happy With Giants – Patriots Outcome

*Note this was orginally written on 12/28 

Creative refereeing and one blown defensive play led the Patriots to 16-0 this evening.  Newsflash-  New York Sportswriters still blame Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin for 9/11.

 

Oh LWN is hot after watching the game tonight.  The lack of professionalism and terrible calls made against the Giants, or calls that seemed….wait WENT in favor of the Patriots were intentional, unfathomable and terrible.  How shall I count the ways?

1. The no-call on Vince Wilfork shoving his finger INTO Brandon Jacobs eye.
2. The pass interference call against Gerris Wilkinson when he did not touch Randy Moss, the call set the Pats up at the one yard line.
3. The Illegal use of hands play call against Corey Webster when the giants sacked Brady and it was clear Dontae Stallworth pushed off.
4. The gracious timeout given to Tom Brady well after the play clock went to zero
5. The amazing personal foul on Amani Toomer for simply being on the side line when  Brandon Merriweather hit Hixon when he was well out of bounds on a kick off
6. The subsequent hold on Toomer, which was as much a hold as Stephen Neal’s hold on Fred Robbins two plays later after the Manning INT.  The only difference was that Neal was removing Robbins from the play, while Toomer was no where near the action. 
7. The 15-20 times I saw Patriots receivers run illegal pick or rub plays also their amazing ability to get open when pushing off of defenders.
8. the no call on Burress when Ellis Hobbs tackled him in the end zone

But I guess its ok because the Giants got a late 15 yarder called on Rodney Harrison.  The make up call was way too late.  This was pathetic, if there aren’t 15-20 giants fined for commenting on the officials, I would like to throw in $100 into the NFL swear jar.  This  crew was run by Johnny Greer, an official I respect.  Unfortunately they looked like a bunch of monkeys trying to hump a football while letting the Pats play however they wanted while penalizing the Giants for bullshit calls.  Bully for you Darth Bellichick.

College Football Bowl Preview – Edition 1

“College Coaches Are No Different Than South American Freedom Fighters.”

 

An open letter to college coaches-

Dear Money Grubbing Ego-maniacal Scumbags:

I understand that coaching can be a brutal profession, but as Gregg Easterbrook pointed out, it can also be done by volunteers (unlike surgeons).  The only reason that your families collapse, your health fades and you sleep in your offices is because each of you are trying to keep up with the Joneses.

THRILLHO’s Top 10 Sports Stories of 2007

Sports fans…. The holidays are upon us, college football is in their annual 3 week lull, and obviously nobody cares about the NBA… What better time to reflect on the years best/biggest stories. Scandal dominated the news in 2007. The World Wide Leader focuses on the cheaters and liars, and the big stories reflected that.

Thrillho is heading home for the holidays, so he leaves you with his top ten run down (in no particular order). Please submit comments at the end and share your top stories of 2007:

NFL Week 14

“I don’t want to have sex with cars.”

If you have been watching commercials lately, and I bet you have then it is possible you are aware of two new ad campaigns. One is from Cadillac, the other Volkswagen. What is the Caddy slogan, something like “When you turn on your car it should return the favor.” Volkswagen’s is “When you get into your car, it should get into you.”

2007 NFL Playoff Picks (LWN Staff)

Last week the LWN staff gave you our playoff picks. This week we simulate the tournament. Enjoy the enlightenment.

Analysis: The Giants can’t lose three times in a season to the same team. New England coasts. Seattle get hot late. New England is the champ.

Gill is in at Nebraska?

This is all speculation, trust me on that. Yesterday Nebraska AD Tom Osbourne flew on a chartered plane to Baton Rouge, LA apparently to interview LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pellini. The plane then left to fly to Atlanta to meet with their coach searching firm and, presumably to interview Buffalo head coach Turner Gill. Huskernation yesterday was convinced Pellini was the man. After the Nebraska jet landed late last night Osbourne and Chancellor Harvey Pearlman got off the plane, without a new coach in tow.