2007-01-17 - 2:58 p.m. Best Weekend Ever? Thank you MLK! I truly must say that this last weekend was one of the better weekends in a long time. Let�s consider a few facts. Fact 1 � I saw one of my friends off who is leaving to go to war. So once we get through the fact that he is going to war, which is a sad thing, we have to remember he decided to do this. Unable to find a steady job he ended up getting turn down at a few different locations. Finally, after moving states, he decided that enrolling in the army might once again be his best bet. So he�s being deployed for 444 days. Fact 2 � The Patriots had one of the more ridiculous football games I can remember in my history of watching them. Their D-fence was absolutely great. We allowed only a few bad defensive plays. The offense wasn�t great. It was really bad. But in the end, our special teams played out of its gord. We didn�t allow the chargers to get one loose � we recovered a fumbled � it was great. And the best/worst play of the year was as follows. Fourth and Five. Patriots are down by eight points. Brady has to make this first down. He forces the ball into coverage. Now, he said, situationally, this is a place you take a chance. Why? Simply put � if they intercept it � its not a big deal, because it�s a turnover anyway. He forces the ball � and its picked off. The Stupidest man in the world has it. He thinks he can score a touchdown, he thinks he can make a highlight reel on ESPN. He�s right. The Stupidest man in the world tries to do his best impression of Jerry Rice, and turns into Leon Lett. Troy Brown Rips the ball out of this mans hands as it tumbles to the ground and we recover. Patriots First down. Simultantiously, Belechick tosses that play into the incinerator, while Marty �Playoff Magic� Shotemhiemer, tosses his timeout on the field in the form of a red flag. Its called a Jumbotron Marty. You�re at home. You can look at it. And the rest is History. Fact 3 � Speaking of History, lets look at the four teams that week. 1) The Chargers. By all accounts the best team in the playoffs. If Belichick had this team, they would have been 13-3, Tomlinson would NOT be the touchdown scoring leaders, and they�d be winning the superbowl. Blame the coach. But he went 14-2 so you�re stuck with him. Incidentally Chargers � you�ll cream us next year in the regular season. Guess what. You beat a total of ONE playoff team in your 14-2 record. 2) Baltimore. Held the Colts to 15 points. Scored 6. God they suck. People forget just how putrid the Baltimore offense is. Its terrible. Its horrific. Its Steve McNair�s animated corpse. And that, my friends, is why you�re watching TV. 3) The Patriots. Flawed team in a few ways. Brady has been throwing to morons. The WR bunch is finally starting to figure it out � and we�ve been doing well, just at the right time. We�ve yet to unleash the Dillion/Malroney tandem. But our defense is playing very well. We still have a weak secondary. We still have the lack of big play making. We still have a rookie kicker. But we�ve also 12-1 in the playoffs, 8-1 on the road, we just beat the other team undefeated at home and the Pats are the only team Manning didn�t really want to see. 4) The Colts. First. Your defense. Two weeks before the playoffs the notion was �THEY CAN�T STOP THE RUN!!!!�. Why? How about the loss to the Texans. Or the 44-17 loss to Jacksonville. What about that late season crumble to the Cowboys? Or the Titans? Yes, they�ve won on the road. Yes, they beat us. Yes, they�ve beat good teams. But don�t forget this �defense� people think is good? Listen. Just because you�ve played TWO one dimensional offenses with the craptastic Ravens, and the 780 carried wicked tired Larry Johnson�. I�m just saying that the run defense didn�t get magically better overnight, and Colts fans know it. If they had played the chargers it would have been another shootout. That said � Manning is playing like shit. Also a trend Colts fans know didn�t happen overnight. Manning WILL be good against the Patriots. Which means the colts need to score early to win. Turn the Pats into the team they don�t want to be. A pass happy team. The Patriots weakness is falling behind, and the Colts are a team that can put them there. But don�t for a second think that if Manning doesn�t Bring it � and I�m talking no more 1 touchdown 3 interception crap. Or getting shut down by the Chiefs�. Anyway, the Colts have to do it now. This is their time to put a stake in the Heart of the Patriots. I can�t wait to see them try. Fact 4 -- Season 6 of 24. I can�t say much, but let me tell you � Jack Bauer is a really amazing character on TV. I�ll never get tired of this show. It actually sells a black and white world of real life spies and terrorists. Everything is important. Everything leads down a new and exciting road. And this year is more freestyle than the last few, so I�m excited to see them use that. Fact 5 � The Burning Crusade. People waited for the Wii. People waited for the Playstation 3. They playstation 3 sold 200,000 copies its first week out. Meanwhile no newspapers picked up that 7 million people stood in line to buy the Burning Crusade. I was one of them. The new expansion to World of Warcraft. I don�t think I can really explain how Warcraft has dominated the Video Game world in the same way Microsoft dominates the operating systems. Its not the first, it might not be the most powerful, and it might not be the last. But it�s the best. The design, the simplisticness, the expansiveness, the detail, and the ability to tailor the game all make Warcraft the biggest, greatest video game ever. It will be interesting to start to see this seep into the mainstream, as it�s becoming more and more common. But anyway � I stood in line to grab the game at a 24 walmart at 12:01. I�ve also stood inline for the opening of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and the Matrix sequels. But at least I wasn�t in costume. | |||||||||||
