I really didn't want to write this blog but I must since I am a Steelers fan. Well, as most of you know the Steelers lost to the Denver Broncos, 29-23. It was an agonizing game to watch. The Steelers scored first with two field goals but Denver came back and by halftime were up 20-6. The old reliable Steelers fought back to take the lead but only managed to tie the game, 23-23 late in the fourth quarter. Into overtime we go. I really hate play-off games that go into overtime but when they include one of my teams then it's torture. The torture didn't last long. The Broncos won the coin toss and on the first play the game was over. In two plays, Tebow and the rest of the Broncos pulled out a miracle, getting a touchdown pass to finish off the Steelers. Final Score: 29-23. There's always next year. I have a soft spot for the Broncos, but I do want the Patriots win on Saturday.
The Saints are moving on as well. They played Saturday (I still think football on Saturday is weird) against the Detroit Lions and won. But unlike some would have thought, it wasn't a one-sided game. The Saints did win 45-28.
Hockey can be a very lopsided sport, for example the Bruins game on Thursday. Let me start with the final score: 9-0 Bruins. Yes, you read that right, for a Bruins fan like me it's a great score. But if you see it from the point of view of a Flames fan than it's not such a good game. In fact it's a really bad game. Seven different people scored on the Flames goalie. You just have to feel bad for him.
The NHL realignment has been postponed because the players union didn't agree with how it was going to be set-up.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Let the Postseason Begin!
Sunday's games were the last of the NFL regular season. Unfortunately, the Skins didn't end it on a good foot, losing 34-10 to the Eagles. They did play well if you consider that they were playing without a tight-end (Chris Cooley's been on injured reserve and Fred Davis was suspended for the rest of the season for using recreational drugs); Roy Helu was recovering from a injury and I'm most likely forgetting a lot of other injured players but back to the game. The point of me telling you about all that was my attempted at covering the fact that the Skins lost badly....34-10 to a team and a QB I loath whole heartedly. The win wouldn't have matter all that much except for bragging rights. There was no feasible way that they were going to make it into the playoffs, even if Grossman didn't throw 3 interceptions per game (that's an estimate, it's probably more). One bright spot for them was the D-fence. Yes, they did allow the Eagles to score 34 points but they did look good.
The Steelers had a late start in their game with the Browns but managed to win. I was beat after staying up on New Year's and was in bed while the game was going on. Big Ben did start the game and helped them win 13-9. They are in the playoffs, I don't think it would be the same if they weren't in it... just a thought.
The Pats won over the Bills and now have a nice bye week to rest and plan how they're going to crush their opponents. To their game, this was one of those games that made me glad that I wasn't watching it (I happen to know more about this game than the Steelers because I was watching the Skins game and they kept cutting in to show highlights of the Pats game). The Bills jumped out to an early lead with 21 unanswered points in the first and most of the second quarters. But to all those who doubt the comeback power of the Pats, well you may be thinking, "there's little chance that they can come back from that," well you would be wrong. They did come back with 49 points. Now it was the Bills turn to be stunned. Final Score: 49-21 Patriots.
By the way, the Jets are out of the playoffs.
To Hockey, the Capitals won again! Mike Green was back in the line-up for the first time in 20 games. Things are looking up for the Capitals.
The Steelers had a late start in their game with the Browns but managed to win. I was beat after staying up on New Year's and was in bed while the game was going on. Big Ben did start the game and helped them win 13-9. They are in the playoffs, I don't think it would be the same if they weren't in it... just a thought.
The Pats won over the Bills and now have a nice bye week to rest and plan how they're going to crush their opponents. To their game, this was one of those games that made me glad that I wasn't watching it (I happen to know more about this game than the Steelers because I was watching the Skins game and they kept cutting in to show highlights of the Pats game). The Bills jumped out to an early lead with 21 unanswered points in the first and most of the second quarters. But to all those who doubt the comeback power of the Pats, well you may be thinking, "there's little chance that they can come back from that," well you would be wrong. They did come back with 49 points. Now it was the Bills turn to be stunned. Final Score: 49-21 Patriots.
By the way, the Jets are out of the playoffs.
To Hockey, the Capitals won again! Mike Green was back in the line-up for the first time in 20 games. Things are looking up for the Capitals.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Holiday sports in Fastforward
Seeing as how my holiday week was crazy I'll cover Christmas Eve's football games and the two Capital's games.
The Skins lost to the Vikings 33-26. The Steelers won over the Rams 27-0. Last but not least, the Patriots won 24-27 over the Dolphins.
On to hockey. The Capitals have a winning streak that includes a win away from the Verizon Center (finally). Right now the Caps are sitting in 9th in the East; they need to be in at least 8th to make it into the playoffs. So it's a good thing that they have a few more weeks to move up the list. Ovie, Semin, and Backstrom are warming up at just the right time.
I did warn you that this was going to be a fast blog. I'll have a post up about today's games later.
The Skins lost to the Vikings 33-26. The Steelers won over the Rams 27-0. Last but not least, the Patriots won 24-27 over the Dolphins.
On to hockey. The Capitals have a winning streak that includes a win away from the Verizon Center (finally). Right now the Caps are sitting in 9th in the East; they need to be in at least 8th to make it into the playoffs. So it's a good thing that they have a few more weeks to move up the list. Ovie, Semin, and Backstrom are warming up at just the right time.
I did warn you that this was going to be a fast blog. I'll have a post up about today's games later.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
The Skins WIN!! and more football
So yet again I an late but this will be full of useful things to rant about. Let's start with football.
The Washington Redskins won! They actually won against the NY Giants Sunday. If the Redskins are going to start winning now, well a win is a win... but why couldn't they have found their game earlier in the season!?!? It would have been so much more exciting if they had played well all season long. But back to the game, Rex of course, was unreliable as usual, throwing two interceptions, and the rest of the team had to work hard to pick up the slack. Amazingly the Giants couldn't seem to find a way to stop the Skins (no matter how slow/bad it was) they struggled to put even 10 points on the board. Eli Manning seemed bored or maybe he's just getting tried of playing football. Final Score: 23-10 Skins.
I really wasn't looking forward to the Denver-New England game. The reason is simple, I've taken a liking to Tim Tebow. I don't care that everyone is saying that he plays like a college player but I think that's what makes him so... good? He's unpredictable which is why the Patriots defense had such a hard time at the beginning of the game; well most of the first half to be honest. Tom Brady seemed frustrated to no end sitting on the sideline during the first half but once the defense got going they paved the way for Brady & Co. and as most of you know (or should know by now) once they get going it's hard to stop them. In this game Tebow wasn't able to pull-off a last minute win, sorry. Final Score: 41-23 Pats.
I was in Willamsburg, VA all day on Monday and I live were no one seems to care about the Steelers so I have just about no idea what happened in their game. About the only thing I heard was that the power went out twice during their game but the backup power worked and they managed to play the game. Big Ben (from what I hear) was limping around instead of walking and they lost to San Fransisco 3-20.
In other NFL news it was a week of weirdness. The "perfect team" aka the Green Bay Packers lost (13-1) to the Chiefs (6-8), 19-14. The Colts (1-13) who have tanked the season even worse than the Skins manged to win over the Texans (10-4).
On to hockey. The Capitals have been... I'm not sure how to put it... OK, that'll work. Until they show me that they and Ovie can be reliable to win more than one game in a row then and only then will I change what I said. Ovie needs to get going and fire more shots on goal and score more goals in general.
On last thing about hockey. When players get hit hard enough to get a concussion and they play again in the next game and get hit hard again, they'll most likely be out for a longer amount of time. To all coaches out there and doctors, even when science and the health report says the player is healthy to play, always leave it up to the player he (or she) knows better than anyone. And that applies to all sports not just hockey.
Post again on Saturday after the games.
The Washington Redskins won! They actually won against the NY Giants Sunday. If the Redskins are going to start winning now, well a win is a win... but why couldn't they have found their game earlier in the season!?!? It would have been so much more exciting if they had played well all season long. But back to the game, Rex of course, was unreliable as usual, throwing two interceptions, and the rest of the team had to work hard to pick up the slack. Amazingly the Giants couldn't seem to find a way to stop the Skins (no matter how slow/bad it was) they struggled to put even 10 points on the board. Eli Manning seemed bored or maybe he's just getting tried of playing football. Final Score: 23-10 Skins.
I really wasn't looking forward to the Denver-New England game. The reason is simple, I've taken a liking to Tim Tebow. I don't care that everyone is saying that he plays like a college player but I think that's what makes him so... good? He's unpredictable which is why the Patriots defense had such a hard time at the beginning of the game; well most of the first half to be honest. Tom Brady seemed frustrated to no end sitting on the sideline during the first half but once the defense got going they paved the way for Brady & Co. and as most of you know (or should know by now) once they get going it's hard to stop them. In this game Tebow wasn't able to pull-off a last minute win, sorry. Final Score: 41-23 Pats.
I was in Willamsburg, VA all day on Monday and I live were no one seems to care about the Steelers so I have just about no idea what happened in their game. About the only thing I heard was that the power went out twice during their game but the backup power worked and they managed to play the game. Big Ben (from what I hear) was limping around instead of walking and they lost to San Fransisco 3-20.
In other NFL news it was a week of weirdness. The "perfect team" aka the Green Bay Packers lost (13-1) to the Chiefs (6-8), 19-14. The Colts (1-13) who have tanked the season even worse than the Skins manged to win over the Texans (10-4).
On to hockey. The Capitals have been... I'm not sure how to put it... OK, that'll work. Until they show me that they and Ovie can be reliable to win more than one game in a row then and only then will I change what I said. Ovie needs to get going and fire more shots on goal and score more goals in general.
On last thing about hockey. When players get hit hard enough to get a concussion and they play again in the next game and get hit hard again, they'll most likely be out for a longer amount of time. To all coaches out there and doctors, even when science and the health report says the player is healthy to play, always leave it up to the player he (or she) knows better than anyone. And that applies to all sports not just hockey.
Post again on Saturday after the games.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Skins vs. Pats
Let's start with an update on the Capitals game: no more hat trick. Dennis Wideman's first career hat trick didn't last long. As the paper (The Washington Post) put it, after the NHL reviewed the play the goal was credited to Brooks Laich with an assist from Wideman.
To the NFL!
The Steelers played the Browns on Thursday and won in the low scoring game. I'm not sure but I think that Big Ben was still playing with a fractured right thumb (please don't take my word on that like I said not 100% sure). Late in the second quarter Big Ben took a hard sack and got his leg pinned under Browns defenseman Scott Paxson. He thought he had broken his leg. After being helped to the sidelines he headed to the locker room for an x-ray. Good news: it wasn't broken, bad news: it's going to hurt like all get out. Big Ben did come back to finish the game, hobbling onto the field, wincing as he tossed the ball to a player, and grimacing as he stepped up to throw. Even playing through pain Big Ben and the Steelers win 14-9 over the Browns. To read a full report on the Steeler's game here's a link.
The Skins had some hope at the start of the game but once the New England offense got going it was hard to stop, although they did mange to break Tom Brady's 200 game straight without an interception (and this happened right after the announcers showed us his stats). But Grossman showed me again why we just can't be a good team no matter how many good players we have. I'll give you an example, in the fourth quarter Grossman passes the football to S. Moss who fumbles it as he's tackled and it looks like he tosses it right to Jerod Mayo who lands hard on his right arm which he hurt earlier in the game. Two things I see:
1. Moss should have had that football under control
2. Grossman should have seen that Moss was covered and looked for someone else.
The deal with the Skins is they have spent a wee bit to much time on the defense and not enough time with the offense. End of story. Final Score 34-27 Pats
To the NFL!
The Steelers played the Browns on Thursday and won in the low scoring game. I'm not sure but I think that Big Ben was still playing with a fractured right thumb (please don't take my word on that like I said not 100% sure). Late in the second quarter Big Ben took a hard sack and got his leg pinned under Browns defenseman Scott Paxson. He thought he had broken his leg. After being helped to the sidelines he headed to the locker room for an x-ray. Good news: it wasn't broken, bad news: it's going to hurt like all get out. Big Ben did come back to finish the game, hobbling onto the field, wincing as he tossed the ball to a player, and grimacing as he stepped up to throw. Even playing through pain Big Ben and the Steelers win 14-9 over the Browns. To read a full report on the Steeler's game here's a link.
The Skins had some hope at the start of the game but once the New England offense got going it was hard to stop, although they did mange to break Tom Brady's 200 game straight without an interception (and this happened right after the announcers showed us his stats). But Grossman showed me again why we just can't be a good team no matter how many good players we have. I'll give you an example, in the fourth quarter Grossman passes the football to S. Moss who fumbles it as he's tackled and it looks like he tosses it right to Jerod Mayo who lands hard on his right arm which he hurt earlier in the game. Two things I see:
1. Moss should have had that football under control
2. Grossman should have seen that Moss was covered and looked for someone else.
The deal with the Skins is they have spent a wee bit to much time on the defense and not enough time with the offense. End of story. Final Score 34-27 Pats
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Hat Trick
Anyone see the game last night??I didn't see it but I sure heard about it. They won of course (finally) but a great help came from Dennis Wideman's three goals (in hockey teams three goals is a Hat Trick, don't ask me why it just is). After his third goal hats migrated to the ice. Maple Leaf players helped clear the ice of the hats, sounds like fun doesn't it? Over all it was a great game. Final Score: 4-2
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
I'm late I know
I know I'm really late but lets pretend that it's Monday. On second thought let's not. Last night the Capitals almost got blown out of the water by the Florida Panthers. They did manage to come within a point in the final minutes of the game but failed to tie the game by the end. The only exciting part was when Ovie was hit in the face. Otherwise it was a bad game for Caps fans, not counting the final minutes. Final Score: 5-4 Panters.
One good game last night was the Bruins-Penguins. Tim Thomas gets his 10th straight win as the Bruins beat the Penguins 3-1, and Crosby was held without a goal again (please feel free to celebrate this small but awesome fact).
The NHL will have a new look next season. The current two conferences will be reformed into four with no more divisions. Two conferences will have eight teams and two will have seven. This is what the conferences will look like:
A. Anaheim, Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose, Vancouver.
B. Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, Winnipeg.
C. Boston, Buffalo, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Toronto.
D. Carolina, New Jersey, N.Y. Islanders. N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington.
On to football. Things looked promising for the Redskins at the beginning of the game but it started to go downhill after half time. I really hate the Jets; for the longest time there was only a three point different between the two teams but it once the Jets got on a roll it was bad news for the Skins. Final Score: 34-19 Jets. Some really bad news for the Skins broke out in the open after their game. They will be losing tackle Trent Williams and tight end Fred Davis. They are being suspended for four games (which happens to be the end of the regular season) for breaking league rules about using recreational drugs. Oh great, just what we need right now, just one more thing to add to a LONG list of problems. Oh, these last few games will be fun, NOT.
The Colts needed to win a game but it wasn't to be when they played the Pats on Sunday. In my opinion, (which is totally unbiased) it could have been a bigger loss than it was. The Pat's offense stopped in the last quarter letting the Colts score three touchdowns. Like I said, it could have been played a bit better, oh well the Pats still have a better record than the Colts. (Colts 0-12-0, Pats 9-3-0) Final Score: 31-24.
One last brief note. The Steelers won as well but I didn't read or see mush of the game since I was busy putting up Christmas stuff.
Till next time.
One good game last night was the Bruins-Penguins. Tim Thomas gets his 10th straight win as the Bruins beat the Penguins 3-1, and Crosby was held without a goal again (please feel free to celebrate this small but awesome fact).
The NHL will have a new look next season. The current two conferences will be reformed into four with no more divisions. Two conferences will have eight teams and two will have seven. This is what the conferences will look like:
A. Anaheim, Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose, Vancouver.
B. Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, Winnipeg.
C. Boston, Buffalo, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Toronto.
D. Carolina, New Jersey, N.Y. Islanders. N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington.
On to football. Things looked promising for the Redskins at the beginning of the game but it started to go downhill after half time. I really hate the Jets; for the longest time there was only a three point different between the two teams but it once the Jets got on a roll it was bad news for the Skins. Final Score: 34-19 Jets. Some really bad news for the Skins broke out in the open after their game. They will be losing tackle Trent Williams and tight end Fred Davis. They are being suspended for four games (which happens to be the end of the regular season) for breaking league rules about using recreational drugs. Oh great, just what we need right now, just one more thing to add to a LONG list of problems. Oh, these last few games will be fun, NOT.
The Colts needed to win a game but it wasn't to be when they played the Pats on Sunday. In my opinion, (which is totally unbiased) it could have been a bigger loss than it was. The Pat's offense stopped in the last quarter letting the Colts score three touchdowns. Like I said, it could have been played a bit better, oh well the Pats still have a better record than the Colts. (Colts 0-12-0, Pats 9-3-0) Final Score: 31-24.
One last brief note. The Steelers won as well but I didn't read or see mush of the game since I was busy putting up Christmas stuff.
Till next time.
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