To start off, how bad do you think Capital's head coach was? I thought that Bruce Boudreau was great, just had some really big stars who always come with big egos (like Ovie, Semin, etc.). But he worked them and has put his whole heart into making this team a great hockey team. Even so, the Capitals have fired him as head coach and already have his replacement. Say hello to former Cap and now coach Dale Hunter. He played in the NHL for 19 years, 12 of those here in Washington. Boudreau will be missed by me and many others but we must move on to what's next and I hope that means a Stanley Cup at the end of the season. Hunter's first game ever as a head coach in the NHL is tomorrow night vs. the St. Louis Blues. One cool fact about Hunter is that his jersey number is one of only 4 retired by the Capitals.
Onto Sunday's football games:
Finally! The Washington Redskins have won a game (to be honest I was beginning to lose hope in them). They beat the Seattle Seahawks 23-17. One thing they can work on this week is the right guard; if you have a field goal and a extra point blocked then you have a problem. Even on the last field goal of the game, a Seahawk got a hand on it. The play of the game to me had to be when Roy Helu ran in for a touchdown jumping over Roy Lewis on his way to the end zone. Here's a video of it: Flying Helu. In all it was a good game but Rex Grossman is going to drive me nuts if he keeps playing like he has been the rest of the season.
Pittsburgh played the Kansas City Chiefs last night and manged to win 13-9. OK, it wasn't that hard to beat them but if they hadn't....well, I think that the media would be overrun with stories of angry Steelers fans. The Chiefs scored three field goals but seemed baffled by the Steelers, fumbling to find a way to stop them. If they had had more time they might have found the answer.
Oh, I sooo enjoyed watching the Patriots give the Eagles a lesson. By half time it was clear (at least to me) who was going to win. When they showed an overhead shot of the stadium at the beginning of the fourth quarter it was 3/4 empty and those who remained rained down boos at Vince Young and the Eagles; I'm not sure if everyone left in the stadium were Pats fans or were just so mad at the Eagles that they booed anyway. The Pat's back-up QB Brain Hoyer even got to play. Final Score: 38-20.
That's all. I hope to have more guest posts up this week.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Turkey Day Football
After eating my fill of turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie, I moved over to the couch to watch three games of underwhelming football. Really, you get to play on Thanksgiving and you play unexciting football?!?
To start, the Packers-Lions game: Yes, I could call who was going to win this game but I really didn't want the Packers to win the game, they already have a perfect 10-0 (now ll-0) on the season, why add another win? It's uncalled for, and speaking of uncalled for did anyone see the play in the 3rd quarter? Ndamukong Suh (of the Lions) tackled Evan Dietrich-Smith (of the Packers) and shoved Evan's head into the ground then when players pulled him away he stepped on Evan's bicep. You tackled him and help slow down the Packers drive to the end zone, why shove his head into the ground? Suh was ejected from the game and should be suspended, but that's just my thoughts on the matter. Final Score: 27-15.
And the Cowboys won (Gaaaag) over the Dolphins. For awhile I thought that Miami was going to win but then the Cowboys scored a last second field goal. Humpf, why does it seem that they always come back in the last seconds of the game? They are really are starting to get under my skin. It may be that it's the cocky attitude that seems to ooze from Dallas. Final Score: 20-19
The final game of the night has been blaah. The Ravens and 49ers head coaches happen to be brothers, the Harbaughs to be exact. I was playing cards for most of the game but as I sit here typing, the score is 16-6; this hasn't been a good game to watch. Last year's games were much more fun to watch.
To start, the Packers-Lions game: Yes, I could call who was going to win this game but I really didn't want the Packers to win the game, they already have a perfect 10-0 (now ll-0) on the season, why add another win? It's uncalled for, and speaking of uncalled for did anyone see the play in the 3rd quarter? Ndamukong Suh (of the Lions) tackled Evan Dietrich-Smith (of the Packers) and shoved Evan's head into the ground then when players pulled him away he stepped on Evan's bicep. You tackled him and help slow down the Packers drive to the end zone, why shove his head into the ground? Suh was ejected from the game and should be suspended, but that's just my thoughts on the matter. Final Score: 27-15.
And the Cowboys won (Gaaaag) over the Dolphins. For awhile I thought that Miami was going to win but then the Cowboys scored a last second field goal. Humpf, why does it seem that they always come back in the last seconds of the game? They are really are starting to get under my skin. It may be that it's the cocky attitude that seems to ooze from Dallas. Final Score: 20-19
The final game of the night has been blaah. The Ravens and 49ers head coaches happen to be brothers, the Harbaughs to be exact. I was playing cards for most of the game but as I sit here typing, the score is 16-6; this hasn't been a good game to watch. Last year's games were much more fun to watch.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Guest Blog #3 and #4
I asked my grandfather and cousin to write about their favorite teams. It happens that they like rival teams, the Steelers and the Ravens. First up, Insanely Awesome Ravens Fan.
I'll have a post tomorrow about the Thanksgiving football games, if I can move from the couch...
Heyyyy, my cousin asked me to write about my favorite team, the RAVENS!!!!! The Ravens have been doing great and I like Joe Flacco and Ray Rice. They also beat someone (I won’t say) 32 to 7 *hint hint* Well I bet they will make it to playoffs (I will not bet money because I am broke but they will make it.) I do know they are doing better than last year. This is my second year of football so I am still getting used to some rules but I really get it more and more. Well, that is it. :) <3
INSANE AWESOME RAVENS FAN
Next is Pops.
The Steelers - looking back: While the Steelers are on top of pack right now the road there has been rocky. I place the difficulty on them not being prepared (games against the Ravens for example), and that sits squarely on the shoulders of coach Tomlin. Injuries, lately especially on defense, have contributed but the Steelers usually do a great job of anticipating and adjusting (as they have done with the offensive line). But, being on top is not a bad place to be!
Looking ahead: It is sad to see Hines Ward move down the depth chart, but at the same time a positive thing. That means that the young guns are moving up. The remaining schedule favors the Steelers but they face stiff competition from the Ravens and the Bengals, and the Ravens have the tie breakers. Unless the Steelers self destruct (think last quarters of games), the most important game for their future they do not even play in! That's the "battle of the brothers" Thanksgiving night: 49ers vs Ravens. I look forward to a rematch with the Packers in the Super Bowl - different outcome!
I'll have a post tomorrow about the Thanksgiving football games, if I can move from the couch...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday Night Football
Since my aunt nicely covered the Redskins game for me and the Steelers had bye week, that leaves the Pats game. I'm sorry but it was not that hard to call who was going to win that game. Come on, the Chief vs. Pats, who's going to win that game? It was a slow start for the offense and the Chiefs did score first with a field goal in the first but that was it. The Pats came back with two field goals and four touchdowns over the three remaining quarters. Final score 34-3.
In the World of Hockey, the Capitals finally won last night without a goal from star right wing Alex Ovechkin. He needs to stop being such a hot head about being a big star and just play hockey. That's what this team needs, a hockey player not a drama star. But one good thing that happened in last night's game was that Cody Eakin (a rookie this year) scored a goal which helped the Caps win one point over the Coyotes.
Sydney Crosby made his return to hockey last night. Even through I don't like the Penguins I have to give Sid some credit here. He had two goals and two assists in his first game back since January when he suffered two concussions.
That's all, and for at least most of this week I'll have the guest bloggers with their football zviews.
In the World of Hockey, the Capitals finally won last night without a goal from star right wing Alex Ovechkin. He needs to stop being such a hot head about being a big star and just play hockey. That's what this team needs, a hockey player not a drama star. But one good thing that happened in last night's game was that Cody Eakin (a rookie this year) scored a goal which helped the Caps win one point over the Coyotes.
Sydney Crosby made his return to hockey last night. Even through I don't like the Penguins I have to give Sid some credit here. He had two goals and two assists in his first game back since January when he suffered two concussions.
That's all, and for at least most of this week I'll have the guest bloggers with their football zviews.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Guest Blog #2
Hey so for you who have already read this you can skip down to the next paragraph. Since we are about half way into this football season I thought it would be a cool idea to ask some of my friends and family who are fans of football to write up their thoughts on how their favorite team has done so far and how they think they will do the rest of the season.
This one is written by my Aunt Mindi and is her view of the Redskins.
So, how many of you Redskins fans were waking up this morning really upset and wondering "What if..."?! I know I was. Even looking at the Post this morning brought back the agony of last night. The elation of the last TD to take it to overtime, the excitement of winning the coin toss, then deflation when Gano missed the kick, to utter disgust when Dallas finally won. This game very much represents the Skins season in a nutshell, one wild ride, up and down with no view of the tracks ahead! Another one of those years...
The days of a winning record long in the rear view mirror, we are now in the dark days of November 2011 football. Gone are the days of Riggo and Monk where these games mattered, and for lots of fans, they don't even know a time when they did! It is sad when my daughter asks "Were we ever good?" and I have to try and paint her a picture so foreign it doesn't seem real to her. I just hope that one day, not in another 20 years but much sooner, she will get to experience it for herself. Sitting in Dec screaming as the games are meaningful, scheduling everything you do around games in Jan, and even finding a way to make the Super Bowl the greatest day of your life! That time will come, I know it will, I have faith, but just no time soon.
Let's all take a deep breath, understand that this is not the Skins of Super Bowl XVII or others, and bring our expectations to a realistic level. Hoping we can find some young guys to carry us into the future, get some wise draft picks, and believe in a day when my daughter can scream as loud as I did when the Redskins win another Super Bowl!
This one is written by my Aunt Mindi and is her view of the Redskins.
So, how many of you Redskins fans were waking up this morning really upset and wondering "What if..."?! I know I was. Even looking at the Post this morning brought back the agony of last night. The elation of the last TD to take it to overtime, the excitement of winning the coin toss, then deflation when Gano missed the kick, to utter disgust when Dallas finally won. This game very much represents the Skins season in a nutshell, one wild ride, up and down with no view of the tracks ahead! Another one of those years...
The days of a winning record long in the rear view mirror, we are now in the dark days of November 2011 football. Gone are the days of Riggo and Monk where these games mattered, and for lots of fans, they don't even know a time when they did! It is sad when my daughter asks "Were we ever good?" and I have to try and paint her a picture so foreign it doesn't seem real to her. I just hope that one day, not in another 20 years but much sooner, she will get to experience it for herself. Sitting in Dec screaming as the games are meaningful, scheduling everything you do around games in Jan, and even finding a way to make the Super Bowl the greatest day of your life! That time will come, I know it will, I have faith, but just no time soon.
Let's all take a deep breath, understand that this is not the Skins of Super Bowl XVII or others, and bring our expectations to a realistic level. Hoping we can find some young guys to carry us into the future, get some wise draft picks, and believe in a day when my daughter can scream as loud as I did when the Redskins win another Super Bowl!
Guest Posts #1
So since we are about halfway(ish) into the football season I thought it would be cool to have some of my friends give their opinions on how their favorite teams are doing and how they think they will do the rest of the season. First is the Amazing Packers Fan and as you can tell she's a huge Packers fan.
Yo! Wassup? SportsCrazy invited me to be a guest writer on her awesome blog because of my outstanding awe of the Green Bay Packers. They’re on fire this year, aren’t they? Rodgers threw 28 touchdowns and 2,869 yards! That’s something in itself there. The Pack is heading into a little milestone, almost every team that went undefeated lost on their tenth game (from what I learned on Google). But we’re up against the Buccaneers so that shouldn’t be a problem. Next week maybe? Against the 6-3 Lions? I personally don’t think so but the Lions do seem better this season. That should be a really epic, awesome, awe-striking, banana costume-wearing good game.
I predict that in the weeks to come, we will see a lot more of wide receiver Randall Cobb and even our back-up quarterback Matt Flynn. Desmond Bishop and Charlie Peprah on defense look really nice this season so we should see more of those guys, too. Look out for Rodgers, Finley, Nelson, Cobb, Flynn, Bishop, Peprah and basically everyone on the receiving end, people. Those are the guys who are going to set some records.
Yo! Wassup? SportsCrazy invited me to be a guest writer on her awesome blog because of my outstanding awe of the Green Bay Packers. They’re on fire this year, aren’t they? Rodgers threw 28 touchdowns and 2,869 yards! That’s something in itself there. The Pack is heading into a little milestone, almost every team that went undefeated lost on their tenth game (from what I learned on Google). But we’re up against the Buccaneers so that shouldn’t be a problem. Next week maybe? Against the 6-3 Lions? I personally don’t think so but the Lions do seem better this season. That should be a really epic, awesome, awe-striking, banana costume-wearing good game.
I predict that in the weeks to come, we will see a lot more of wide receiver Randall Cobb and even our back-up quarterback Matt Flynn. Desmond Bishop and Charlie Peprah on defense look really nice this season so we should see more of those guys, too. Look out for Rodgers, Finley, Nelson, Cobb, Flynn, Bishop, Peprah and basically everyone on the receiving end, people. Those are the guys who are going to set some records.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Update
This won't come as a surprise to most of you, particularly if you read my last blog and the score was 23-9 (there was 4:45 left in the 3rd quarter). The New England Patriots take control of the AFC east and crush the Jets while doing it (sorry, JH). The Jets D-fence must have been ready to quit by halftime from what I could tell. I'm sure if the offence had spent more time on the field it might have been a different story with the same ending. Oh, and
Form your own opinion about the game, but don't try and change my mind, it's set.
Form your own opinion about the game, but don't try and change my mind, it's set.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Kidnapping in Baseball
Pardon the delay on the post but I've been out of town in Florida at Walt Disney World. I didn't see any of last week's games but let me just say that it was a bad week and leave it at that.
Moving on to this week. On Wednesday, National's catcher Wilson Ramos was back in his home country of Venezuela playing in the winter baseball league. While sitting on his parent's front porch, eight armed men kidnapped him at gunpoint. Two days later on Friday he was rescued by Venezuelan police. Four Venezuelan men, an 74-year old man, and a 60-year old women were all taken into custody (the last two were giving and cooking food for the kidnappers). They are still looking for four Colombians who escaped. Ramos is shaken but is otherwise fine.
Football this week for the Redskins was, well, let's put it this way, if you lose to Miami than you really need to work on your team. Yes, the Skins lost to Miami who are 2-7 now after today's game. Oh and they played Grossman (he's gross). "Why would you play him?!" I yell at the face of Mike Shanahan who was talking to reporters after the game. "Beck is sooo much better!" But he calmly explained (probably because he couldn't hear me) that they put Grossman in because the O-line wasn't at their best (lousy is a better word for it but he's just to polite to say so) and Grossman has more experience than Beck in tough games. Fine, I don't like it but it makes sense. But you still need to do something, anything if you lose 20-9.
When will they learn? Steel always beats a tiger. As you can guess, the Steelers beat the Bengals in normal Steeler fashion. How's the Steeler way go, you ask? Well, try picking off the QB, scoring three touchdowns, and a field goal. That is a good game in my book. Steelers win it 24-17.
Right now I am watching the Patriots-Jets game. I have reached the point where I want to take the fastest plane up to the game and give the refs a peice of my mind; and since I'll be up there I'll give Rex Ryan a good talking to as well. He gets under my skin big time. I'll have an up date on who won the game tomorrow morning but right now Pats lead the Jets 23-9. If you don't watch football than you really should. This was the first game in awhile I have seen a safety stand after review. It happened in this game.
To conclude, hockey is amazing, football is great to watch, and I am still learning about baseball.
Moving on to this week. On Wednesday, National's catcher Wilson Ramos was back in his home country of Venezuela playing in the winter baseball league. While sitting on his parent's front porch, eight armed men kidnapped him at gunpoint. Two days later on Friday he was rescued by Venezuelan police. Four Venezuelan men, an 74-year old man, and a 60-year old women were all taken into custody (the last two were giving and cooking food for the kidnappers). They are still looking for four Colombians who escaped. Ramos is shaken but is otherwise fine.
Football this week for the Redskins was, well, let's put it this way, if you lose to Miami than you really need to work on your team. Yes, the Skins lost to Miami who are 2-7 now after today's game. Oh and they played Grossman (he's gross). "Why would you play him?!" I yell at the face of Mike Shanahan who was talking to reporters after the game. "Beck is sooo much better!" But he calmly explained (probably because he couldn't hear me) that they put Grossman in because the O-line wasn't at their best (lousy is a better word for it but he's just to polite to say so) and Grossman has more experience than Beck in tough games. Fine, I don't like it but it makes sense. But you still need to do something, anything if you lose 20-9.
When will they learn? Steel always beats a tiger. As you can guess, the Steelers beat the Bengals in normal Steeler fashion. How's the Steeler way go, you ask? Well, try picking off the QB, scoring three touchdowns, and a field goal. That is a good game in my book. Steelers win it 24-17.
Right now I am watching the Patriots-Jets game. I have reached the point where I want to take the fastest plane up to the game and give the refs a peice of my mind; and since I'll be up there I'll give Rex Ryan a good talking to as well. He gets under my skin big time. I'll have an up date on who won the game tomorrow morning but right now Pats lead the Jets 23-9. If you don't watch football than you really should. This was the first game in awhile I have seen a safety stand after review. It happened in this game.
To conclude, hockey is amazing, football is great to watch, and I am still learning about baseball.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Snow in October
Hey all, I'm really bad about writing I know but I've been busy. So just hang in there; as most of you know we got snow on the East Coast. Some places got more than others and one thing that comes along with snow is some good football. Like that Maryland college game on Saturday. It was snowing and they looked cold, well, that's not totally true because Danny O'Brian (QB) looked fine on the sidelines. I don't know if it was the snow or the fact that they are at the bottom of their division but they flopped. To be honest the only place to go is up for them.
The Skins may want to start heading up in the standings, too. With everyone saying that they need a new QB, must I be the one to say this, but they need a DOCTOR not a QB. John Beck is a great QB but he needs a good line to keep him off the ground and everyone on the O-line seems to be hurt or out for the season. In Sunday's game against the Bills, Beck was sacked 9 times. Oh, and they need a new QB, I don't think so.
It seems like there is another plague in the league, the bye week plague. Almost all the teams that have come back from bye have lost the first game afterwards. Take the Pats, they lost to the Steelers (a fine team to lose to if you must lose) on Sunday. With fog starting off the game and an illegal play ending it, it was crazy. I am sorry to say, ok not so sorry, that the Steelers were on top of their game Sunday. The defense has their swagger back but really they couldn't have waited a week? This is one of the few games that I am torn on who to cheer for, but in the end you want the underdog to win. In this case the Pats were the underdog. Most of the game was dominated by the Steelers, like the last play of the game. Brady was sacked and everyone went after the lose ball. Tory Polamau batted the ball into the end zone for a safety. Even thought it's an illegal play it still needs recognition.
That is all for now. And to all you out there who like to have new posts come weekly or daily; that's not happening here on this blog.
~Sports Crazy
The Skins may want to start heading up in the standings, too. With everyone saying that they need a new QB, must I be the one to say this, but they need a DOCTOR not a QB. John Beck is a great QB but he needs a good line to keep him off the ground and everyone on the O-line seems to be hurt or out for the season. In Sunday's game against the Bills, Beck was sacked 9 times. Oh, and they need a new QB, I don't think so.
It seems like there is another plague in the league, the bye week plague. Almost all the teams that have come back from bye have lost the first game afterwards. Take the Pats, they lost to the Steelers (a fine team to lose to if you must lose) on Sunday. With fog starting off the game and an illegal play ending it, it was crazy. I am sorry to say, ok not so sorry, that the Steelers were on top of their game Sunday. The defense has their swagger back but really they couldn't have waited a week? This is one of the few games that I am torn on who to cheer for, but in the end you want the underdog to win. In this case the Pats were the underdog. Most of the game was dominated by the Steelers, like the last play of the game. Brady was sacked and everyone went after the lose ball. Tory Polamau batted the ball into the end zone for a safety. Even thought it's an illegal play it still needs recognition.
That is all for now. And to all you out there who like to have new posts come weekly or daily; that's not happening here on this blog.
~Sports Crazy
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