Archive for October, 2005

NFL Week 7 Power Poll and Comments

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Clearly the Colts should be favored against anyone.
Clearly the Chargers are the best team to have that record ever.
Clearly Washington is the worst team to have that record ever. Ever.
Clearly, San Diego, Dallas and the Pats’ defense are snakebit.
Clearly the Ravens are getting what they deserve for nuking Trent Dilfer. Cheater’s Proof!

Additionally, the Giants’ win vindicates my opinion that Denver is vastly overrated. No one was happier
in the state of Colorado to see that game-winning catch with 5 seconds to go than me. Also…Denver decided
they had the game won and lost their intensity and Elam missed yet another kick. Chinks in the armor, people!

1. Indianapolis
2. Atlanta
3. Pittsburgh
4. Kansas City
5. Philadelphia
6. NY Giants
7. Carolina
8. Cincinnati
9. San Diego
10. Seattle
11. New England
12. Denver
13. Dallas
14. Jacksonville
15. Tampa Bay
16. Buffalo
17. Tennessee
18. New Orleans
19. St.Louis
20. Washington
21. NY Jets
22. Miami
23. Oakland
24. Detroit
25. Chicago
26. Minnesota
27. Cleveland
28. Arizona
29. Green Bay
30. San Francisco
31. Baltimore
32. Houston

NFL Week 6 Power Poll

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

1. Indianapolis
2. Atlanta
3. Pittsburgh
4. Kansas City
5. Philadelphia
6. NY Giants
7. Carolina
8. Cincinnati
9. San Diego
10. New England
11. Dallas
12. Seattle
13. Denver
14. Jacksonville
15. Tampa Bay
16. Buffalo
17. Tennessee
18. New Orleans
19. St.Louis
20. NY Jets
21. Miami
22. Washington
23. Detroit
24. Oakland
25. Minnesota
26. Cleveland
27. Chicago
28. Arizona
29. Houston
30. Green Bay
31. Baltimore
32. San Francisco

As much as I enjoy ranking the Ravens as worst…I think it’s clear they would beat the 49ers.

As for New England…they deserve a better fate but the fact is they’re running a JV team due to injuries.

Blurred vision

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Ever watch so many tv shows they all blur together?
Like every cop show just ends up seeming like all the others?
Every alien show seems to mimic the rest?

Aren’t there any fresh ideas?

Someone out there should have a new idea. Too bad for Hollywood that person is probably a longshoreman or a trucker or a cosmetic supply sales rep and that great new vision will never be realized by the tv powers that be.

That sucks.

NFL Week 5 Power Poll

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

1. Indianapolis
2. Pittsburgh
3. Philadelphia
4. New England
5. Atlanta
6. Kansas City
7. NY Giants
8. Carolina
9. Cincinnati
10. San Diego
11. Dallas
12. Seattle
13. Tampa Bay
14. Denver
15. Jacksonville
16. Tennessee
17. New Orleans
18. St.Louis
19. Buffalo
20. NY Jets
21. Washington
22. Minnesota
23. Detroit
24. Miami
25. Oakland
26. Cleveland
27. Houston
28. Arizona
29. Green Bay
30. Chicago
31. San Francisco
32. Baltimore

Even if I didn’t have the Ravens in the bottom two before, that debacle in Detroit seals the deal.
If Mike Tice had just coached the Ravens to that game, he’d be unemployed right now.
BIg mover? Dallas continues to show that the ‘D’ is pretty good, Bledsoe can throw even if he can’t move
and they aren’t going to back down from anyone. But who are they? The team that beat the Chargers and
Eagles or the team that lost to Oakland? That question will keep them from winning the NFC East.
Is Denver good? Denver and Washington have to be the worst 1-loss-after-a-month teams I’ve seen.

Mr. Irrelevant

Friday, October 7th, 2005

In the NFL the title Mr. Irrelevant goes to the final player selected in the April entry draft.

In baseball the title should go to the Colorado Rockies’ manager.

How much difference can that position make?
The team plays at vast altitude meaning either short fences and too many home runs or distant fences and more acres than the Ponderosa in center field. Curve balls don’t curve. Every hitter becomes an all-star (insert Hammond, Jeffrey) and all of the finer subtleties of baseball disappear.

Why use the strategy or the sacrifice when you know the final score will be 9-8? In a 2-1 game, playing station to station means everything but when your team will acquire 40 total bases it’s easy to lose sight of one or two. No bunting, barely stealing; this brand of baseball is barely enough of that sport to maintain the moniker ‘baseball’.

The rules of baseball (or of physics) simply don’t apply. What difference can a manager in Colorado possibly make?

NFL Week 4 Power Poll

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

1. Indianapolis
2. Philadelphia
3. Pittsburgh
4. Atlanta
5. New England
6. Kansas City
7. Cincinnati
8. NY Giants
9. San Diego
10. Tampa Bay
11. Carolina
12. Seattle
13. Dallas
14. New Orleans
15. Denver
16. Jacksonville
17. St.Louis
18. Buffalo
19. Tennessee
20. NY Jets
21. Minnesota
22. Washington
23. Detroit
24. Miami
25. Oakland
26. Houston
27. Arizona
28. Cleveland
29. San Francisco
30. Chicago
31. Baltimore
32. Green Bay