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Compliments of Deadspin... CP3

CP3 is awesome. This is like Reggie and Spike, but better. This guy isn't famous. He was probably only this close because the Pacers suck and his company was giving the tickets away to anyone who would take them. Anyway... CP3 is awesome.

Enough Already

Ok, so I enjoy listening to sports talk radio on my way to work in the morning. Because of the terrible people they put on the local stations, I sit there and listen to Mike & Mike because they have the largest broadcast and topic selection. Many times I listen to hear some of the guests they have on there and not them. Both Mikes had off this week and they replaced him Monday morning with Eric Casilias and Jamal Anderson. I must say I enjoyed listening them go back and forth talking about the NFL playoffs, firings, and how much Jamal could still put up on the bench (he claims 405).

Today got me heated up a little bit though. Eric was joined by none other than Stephen A. Smith. For Christ's sake would this guy go away already? Can't he or ESPN take the hint that NO ONE wants to hear it from this guy. All he does is talk shit, more like yell shit, and try to act like he is the blackest person in sports media.

Every time this idiot gets a microphone in front of him he has to bring up race issues. Why? He stated today that Larry Johnson should be a better person off the field because Herm Edwards is a black coach and is making him look bad. Seriously, what the hell does that have to do with anything?

Going off of sports for a little bit but why is it always white people being called racists? I've lived in a city populated by black people and have seen and heard plenty of discrimination toward white people but because our great relatives weren't slaves it is alright and not racist?

I'm not saying there aren't white racists in the world. There are a lot more than black racists. My question is why black racists are allowed to be on television and radio saying things like this. If Golic said that Eli Manning should act better off the field because Tom Coughlin is white and needs it to look good, he would catch heat from all angles, maybe even fined or suspended. Some of the stuff he said was totally wrong and he deserved to be booted, but look at Don Imus.

Of course Golic wouldn't say something like that though because unlike Stephen A., he's not a total idiot.

Here's some more Stephen A. bashing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAB5lOIl-2U

NFL: Act XLIII, Scene 17

The NFL is a staged play. This is the only way to explain what went down during the regular season. The script was well written and included all the main characters of past and present. There were heroes and villains and plenty of drama for fans to believe what they were seeing was real.

We had the Brett saga move to New York and saw the Packers do significantly worse without him. Of course they couldn't put it all on Aaron Rodgers so the ridiculously good defense from a year ago had to pretend to be bad and leave them with a 6-10 record.

Of course they couldn't let everyone to believe that Brett could ACTUALLY walk on water, so they had him start out his team 8-3 and then finish the season 1-4 and miss the playoffs.

Then the Jets had to be bumped out of the playoffs by their ex-quarterback who was released for Brett and signed with the Dolphins coming off a 1-15 season. Chad Pennington, the rubber armed no good QB who underachieved for the Jets for so long, led this new Dolphin team to an 11-5 record to keep out the Jets and...

...the New England Patriots. The Patriots went 18-1 last year with their only loss in the Super Bowl which was fixed perfectly. Essentially on the first series of the 2008 season, MVP/Jesus (son of Brett) Tom Brady, hurts his knee and is out for the season. Enter Matt Cassel, a guy who went to USC and sat the bench behind Carson Palmer and then Matt Leinart, gets drafted by the Patriots, and is the back up to Jesus Brady. He struggles his first couple starts but then realizes that he has a great supporting cast and finishes the season with eleven wins but still missing the playoffs. This ultimately may be good for Cassel though because he is a free agent this year and guess who is behind schedule on their recovery from knee surgery.

With this being the main plot, the rest of the league was in the background making its own waves. We had Plexico, Pacman, and Al Davis in their regular bad guy role. The Falcons and Dolphins battling for the "We sucked worse last year and are better this year" crown. T.O. ruining another locker room. Clinton Portis. The Lions making history, but not the kind they were looking for. The NFC West just not caring. The Seahawks getting in on the Brett saga by beating them in week 16 during coach Mike Holmgren's, who was tight with Brett in his earlier Packer days, final home game. The joke of the Ohio teams. Smash and dash in Tennessee/Carolina. And Denver shisting down their leg and losing their last 5 games to miss the playoffs and essentially let San Diego in after being 4-8.

The final scenes, otherwise known as the playoffs, should cap off a great story. I mean season.

Exciting Week 17

I can't remember a more exciting week 17 in years past for an NFL line up. The playoffs will not be set until the final game is over tonight and can be shaken up at any point. The early games today were fun to watch (except for the Browns and Lions), and these afternoon games have been very interesting so far.

Minnesota clinched the NFC north.
New England stayed in the playoff hunt.
Green Bay completed history.
Carolina clinched the NFC south.
Oakland upset Tampa Bay to pretty much eliminate them.

Now we sit and watch Chad Pennington and the Dolphins try and beat the Jets to get in for the AFC east. As good as Atlanta's turnaround has been this year, the Dolphins a year ago were a close game away with the Ravens to beating the Lions to the 0-16 record and now they are contenders.
Currently: 14-9 Dolphins

The Cowboys and Eagles are battling for a wild card spot in Philadelphia. The Eagles were pretty close to out of it and the Cowboys looked to be unstoppable at one point this year.
Currently: 27-3 Eagles

The Ravens are a win away from being in the second wildcard spot against the could be disappointment of the year Jacksonville Jaguars. The Ravens improved greatly under rookie quarterback Joe Flacco who won the job in the preseason because of a Kyle Boller injury and Troy Smith illness.
Currently: 24-7

Hopefully the playoffs will continue the NFL excitement while the college bowl season progresses.

The Cleveland Browns Are Pathetic

In case you have stopped paying attention... the Browns have gotten worse with every game they have played this year. A lot of fans thought this was the year for the Browns because of their "promising" 10-6 finish a year ago. This was untrue of myself and should have been of anyone watching them play last year or even this preseason.

Yea, it's the preseason and doesn't mean anything. But it is also the preseason where Peyton Manning didn't play and the Detroit Lions went 4-0. Romeo is as good as gone as soon as tomorrow and Savage might be out the door as well with him. Year after year there is promise for this team and they continue to suck. The jokes begin every year with the draft where they have had one good one since they have come back.

At least they aren't the Lions though...

Top 5 Wins of the 2008 Season

The 2008 season brought us a hope that we would again finish our season playing in the BCS National Title game. These hopes died in week 3 with a trip out to L.A. to take on the mighty Trojans of USC. Hopes of getting in with one loss then died again with a home loss at night to Penn State. Other than that the year was memorable with a young star in the making, a defense that was closer than most families, and a running back who provided more plays than Broadway. Here are the top 5 wins of the '08 season.

#5 Minnesota, 34-21

-The Golden Gophers came into the Shoe undefeated, looking to show the country that they have totally turned their program around. The Buckeyes had other plans. TP ran for a 33 yard touchdown to take an early 1st quarter lead. After a couple field goals back and forth, a touchdown catch from TP to Robo, another TP rushing touchdown, and another Robo touchdown from Boeckman in some mop-up time, this game was over. Minnesota added a couple 4th quarter touchdowns against the 2nd and 3rd team defenses to save some respect, but this was a day for the Bucks.
** Pryor: 8/13-70-1, 8-27-2
** B. Wells: 14-106
** B. Robiskie: 8-90-2

#4 Illinois, 30-20

-Ahh, time for revenge against the Fighting Illini after an '07 loss at home that ruined Ohio State's 2nd undefeated regular season in a row. This year the Buckeyes' defense stopped Juice Williams from doing his thing, showed by being benched in the 4th quarter, even though they gave up 450+ total yards.
** Pryor: 6/10-49-1, 13-110-1
** B. Wells: 24-143-1
** D. Sanzenbacher: 2-22-1

#3 Michigan State, 45-7

-Wow. I mean like... wow. What a whooping. The Buckeyes went into East Lansing slightly favored and showed that the Big 10 was only going to be a two team race. The 1st half was a highlight reel as they went into the locker room up 28-0. After allowing an early 2nd half touchdown from the back-up quarterback, the Buckeyes recovered two fumbles that went for touchdowns and added on another field goal to hang up 45 points on the Spartans. The D held then Heisman Trophy hopeful Javon Ringer to only 67 yards on 16 carries.
** Pryor: 7/11-116-1, 12-72-1
** B. Wells: 31-140-2
** B. Robiskie: 2-10-1

#2 Wisconsin, 20-17

-Is there a tougher place to play at night than Camp Randall? If there is then it is news to the country. This place is especially tough to play when the opposing team has a freshman starting quarterback. The kid stepped up big time down the stretch and ran in for a late, game winning touchdown. The game looked to be a dominant one for us after Beanie Wells scampered for a 33 yard touchdown early in the first quarter, but then with help from bad play calling and sloppy play, our offense shut down until the final drive. Other than TP and Beanie, the offense played horrendous all game. As much as Brian Hartline tried to give the game away on the final drive, the Buckeyes prevailed 20-17 with great defense.
** Pryor: 13/19-144, 15-20-1
** B. Wells: 22-168-1
** B. Hartline: 3-57

#1 Michigan, 42-7

-This Michigan team was probably the worst anyone that doesn't have a hearing aid has seen from them. They couldn't move the ball, and the defense was forced to play bend but not break, and there were times that they just couldn't hold. As I predicted, Michigan got a broken play that led to a score and that would be it for the day. As for the Buckeyes, they went into the locker room at half with only a 14-7 lead. The play calling was terrible again on this cold day but Beanie was able to break one off and TP had a nice touchdown pass to Hartline. In the second half, the Bucks came out knowing what they wanted to do to Michigan, and pretty much did it. Boom Herron had a long touchdown run coming a play after Beanie went off for one of about 50 himself, making the scoring drive 2 plays, 90+ yards. Boeckman added another score late in some mop up time that had many Buckeyes fans pleased. 42-7, what a great ass kicking to give before the end of the terrible Michigan season.
** Pryor: 5/13-120-2
** B. Wells: 15-134-1
** B. Hartline: 2-71-2

Just Shut Your Damn Mouth

Seriously dude... shut up. The only thing you should be talking about is your terrible, horrible hands. You couldn't catch a cold. I have seen better hands on a snake.

I'm sure Lions fans never appreciated Chris Spielman because he went to Ohio State. It has to be the faults of the charities and organizations you donate to that you are treated so poorly so you should stop helping them for sure.

Yes you went to the Pro Bowl last year and everyone was behind you, but bringing the Browns out of the darkness? 10-6 and no playoffs is hardly being in the light. After last year we did get a sort of "sunny day light that gets shines on your blinds just enough to not allow you to continue sleeping in" and you were a large part of it. We loved you. We praised you. The thought of you going to Michigan didn't even cross our minds (probably because we were busy beating them). Maybe it is Rich Rod's fault because he gave the beloved #1 Michigan jersey to a freshman DB and that got your panties in a bunch. Maybe it is Jim Tressel's fault for owning you. Or maybe you just suck dick.

Now it is time for you to go. We would love to send you to Hawaii, but you had more drops than an 8th grade boys locker room full of testicles. Hopefully the JOKEland Raiders take a chance on you and want to give us a draft pick. You will fail there too and it will be the fans fault because USC whooped your ass in the Rose Bowl plenty. If you want true peace of mind because you can't close the college yearbook then maybe you should go home to Detroit, where you would be the #2 receiver to Calvin Johnson and even those fans would boo you as he continues to tear it up and you continue to drop passes.

So I'm saying this with all do DISrespect... Go Browns!

UC

Saw an old high school friend out drinking at the bar last night. He spent 4 years at UC and announced that "If Virginia Tech thought the shooting was bad, wait until they have to play us". He also plans to road trip it to Bloomington with us on the 31 of January. Hopefully the witiness continues.

He's Back

Ok, so I haven't been around in a while. Let's just say finals whooped my ass and I didn't really feel like typing more than I had to for the past two weeks. Now I am in the working world, which means within 8 hours of the day there is plenty of time for blogging. So let's see, where did I leave off...

Florida and Oklahoma are nasty. Michigan sucks. Texas cries a lot. Auburn, located in ALABAMA, is composed of a bunch of racists. Sam Bradford and Cris Carter would light up score boards.

With that said, the Buckeyes are going back to a place where we have been embarassed before. With a pissed off, high scoring Texas team, I don't expect any different results. Tress will probably come out and try and show that we can run the spread offense too and before we know it blow an early lead (see: Florida '06. LSU '07). If we stick to the double headed running game of Beanie and TP and create turnovers, we will beat the "snubbed" Longhorns.