Am I Taking Crazy Pills?
Just a few observations…
Why is everyone surprised that Daunte Culpepper is struggling? The guy has been spoiled since he became a starter because defenses would role their coverages to Randy Moss. Now he actually has to come to the line and read the defense.
NEWS FLASH!!!
Daunte Culpepper is not a smart man. Do you know why he went to UCF? Because his grades were so awful early on in high school that every big time program backed off. It wasn’t until Culpepper’s junior or senior year (I don’t remember which) that he became academically eligible to play NCAA football.
My hometown team, the Cleveland Indians, choked big time last week. They dropped seven of their last eight games to lose the wild card. They couldn’t hit the ball to save their lives, but the pitching was solid for the most part. I’m going to blame the SI curse. After all Ronnie Belliard was on the cover last week.
LeBron James came out and said that he has never asked out of Cleveland. I’m going to believe him, but I wouldn’t doubt that he told Dan Gilbert after the season that if Gilbert doesn’t get his shit together that he would force a trade. It was good to see a Cleveland owner finally react in the right way. I’m not sure about the new coach, but Danny Ferry was a great hire. I would have much rather seen Michael Redd in a Cavs jersey next season, but Larry Hughes will have to do. I think their biggest signing was Damon Jones. One of the most glaring holes in that team last year was someone that could consistently knock down 3’s. Jones plugs that hole and then some.
The Cleveland Browns have a realistic chance to have a winning record at the end of October. Their schedule is as follows: Bears, @ Ravens, Lions, @ Texans, and then Tennessee the first weekend of November. Now I’m not getting my hopes up because I know that this is the Browns. But they could feasibly be 4-4 when they go to Pittsburgh in Week 10. Is it bad to get excited about your team being .500 half way through the season?
Bowling Green’s offense looked like a basketball team on a constant fast break Saturday versus Temple. Temple’s defense is horrible, but it was still impressive. We left with 9 minutes left in the second quarter with the score 28-0 to go back to the bar.
Bowling Green is one of my favorite places on Earth. Not only are the bars great, but the eating establishments are awesome. I was only up there for basically a day but still managed to eat food from four of my favorite places and do multiple flaming Dr. Peppers at Mugs.
When I was in college me and my roommates used to “gobble” at girls on our way to the bars or if we were driving down the street. We did this because our term for college sluts was “Sausage Gobblin”. Needless to say we revisited the tradition this weekend.
As much as I hate to say it, the Yankees looked good last night. If their starting pitching holds up, I can see them winning the AL again.
I think the Red Sox starting staff resembles the Yankees last year. But what’s worse for the Sox is that their bullpen is in disrepair. I could see the White Sox beating them. But I can also see the White Sox coming down hard after blowing their load in Game 1 of that series.
I really feel like the Braves are going to beat the Astros. No one thinks these Braves have a shot especially against Petitte, Clemens, and Oswalt. Throw in Brad Lidge and they have one hell of a staff. But the Braves have Hudson and Smoltz. Along with the biggest steal of the year, Jorge Sosa, and a bunch of kids in the lineup that aren’t just happy to be there. That’s been their mindset the last couple of years. That fire to win another title had dwindled drastically. Now with this youthful influx the team is rejuvenated. Case in point, after they won the division all of the veteran players said they hadn’t had a clubhouse celebration like that in recent memory. Keep an eye on this series.
My boy Urban Meyer and the Gators got their butts kicked Saturday at Bama. I didn’t get to see the game until it was 24-3, so I really don’t know what happened. All I can say is if they win out they still win the east. But winning out involves winning at LSU and in Jax versus UGA. Not easy, but it can be done. Meyer will crack the whip this week and get them back on track. I don’t think he’s lost a game that bad since his second half debacle against Toledo in 2002, 42-24 (they led 24-21 at half).
I don’t make predictions too often, and I wouldn’t say I’m really going out on a limb here, but Ohio State will kill Penn State this weekend. It’s going to be something like 45-6. Penn State maybe undefeated, and they did beat a decent Minnesota team last week, but they haven’t faced a defense like the Buckeyes. Especially since they had an extra week to prepare. Michael Robinson might be dangerous, but this defense faced Vince Young earlier this year, they won’t be fazed. And look for the Glenville Connection (Troy Smith and Ted Ginn, Jr.) to have huge games.
I start every road trip of significant distance (i.e. driving to Ohio) with Weezer’s Blue Album. It just really sets the tone for me.
Last thing, I won the fantasy baseball league I was in. It’s the first fantasy league I’ve ever won. I ran away with 4 of the 5 batting categories and had enough pitching to hang on. My favorite part of the whole season was the fact that Mark, who finished second to last and probably didn’t look at his after May still managed to have the best ERA and WHIP in the league. With stats like that the Plus Size Models will live on in Fantasy Baseball lore.
Why is everyone surprised that Daunte Culpepper is struggling? The guy has been spoiled since he became a starter because defenses would role their coverages to Randy Moss. Now he actually has to come to the line and read the defense.
NEWS FLASH!!!
Daunte Culpepper is not a smart man. Do you know why he went to UCF? Because his grades were so awful early on in high school that every big time program backed off. It wasn’t until Culpepper’s junior or senior year (I don’t remember which) that he became academically eligible to play NCAA football.
My hometown team, the Cleveland Indians, choked big time last week. They dropped seven of their last eight games to lose the wild card. They couldn’t hit the ball to save their lives, but the pitching was solid for the most part. I’m going to blame the SI curse. After all Ronnie Belliard was on the cover last week.
LeBron James came out and said that he has never asked out of Cleveland. I’m going to believe him, but I wouldn’t doubt that he told Dan Gilbert after the season that if Gilbert doesn’t get his shit together that he would force a trade. It was good to see a Cleveland owner finally react in the right way. I’m not sure about the new coach, but Danny Ferry was a great hire. I would have much rather seen Michael Redd in a Cavs jersey next season, but Larry Hughes will have to do. I think their biggest signing was Damon Jones. One of the most glaring holes in that team last year was someone that could consistently knock down 3’s. Jones plugs that hole and then some.
The Cleveland Browns have a realistic chance to have a winning record at the end of October. Their schedule is as follows: Bears, @ Ravens, Lions, @ Texans, and then Tennessee the first weekend of November. Now I’m not getting my hopes up because I know that this is the Browns. But they could feasibly be 4-4 when they go to Pittsburgh in Week 10. Is it bad to get excited about your team being .500 half way through the season?
Bowling Green’s offense looked like a basketball team on a constant fast break Saturday versus Temple. Temple’s defense is horrible, but it was still impressive. We left with 9 minutes left in the second quarter with the score 28-0 to go back to the bar.
Bowling Green is one of my favorite places on Earth. Not only are the bars great, but the eating establishments are awesome. I was only up there for basically a day but still managed to eat food from four of my favorite places and do multiple flaming Dr. Peppers at Mugs.
When I was in college me and my roommates used to “gobble” at girls on our way to the bars or if we were driving down the street. We did this because our term for college sluts was “Sausage Gobblin”. Needless to say we revisited the tradition this weekend.
As much as I hate to say it, the Yankees looked good last night. If their starting pitching holds up, I can see them winning the AL again.
I think the Red Sox starting staff resembles the Yankees last year. But what’s worse for the Sox is that their bullpen is in disrepair. I could see the White Sox beating them. But I can also see the White Sox coming down hard after blowing their load in Game 1 of that series.
I really feel like the Braves are going to beat the Astros. No one thinks these Braves have a shot especially against Petitte, Clemens, and Oswalt. Throw in Brad Lidge and they have one hell of a staff. But the Braves have Hudson and Smoltz. Along with the biggest steal of the year, Jorge Sosa, and a bunch of kids in the lineup that aren’t just happy to be there. That’s been their mindset the last couple of years. That fire to win another title had dwindled drastically. Now with this youthful influx the team is rejuvenated. Case in point, after they won the division all of the veteran players said they hadn’t had a clubhouse celebration like that in recent memory. Keep an eye on this series.
My boy Urban Meyer and the Gators got their butts kicked Saturday at Bama. I didn’t get to see the game until it was 24-3, so I really don’t know what happened. All I can say is if they win out they still win the east. But winning out involves winning at LSU and in Jax versus UGA. Not easy, but it can be done. Meyer will crack the whip this week and get them back on track. I don’t think he’s lost a game that bad since his second half debacle against Toledo in 2002, 42-24 (they led 24-21 at half).
I don’t make predictions too often, and I wouldn’t say I’m really going out on a limb here, but Ohio State will kill Penn State this weekend. It’s going to be something like 45-6. Penn State maybe undefeated, and they did beat a decent Minnesota team last week, but they haven’t faced a defense like the Buckeyes. Especially since they had an extra week to prepare. Michael Robinson might be dangerous, but this defense faced Vince Young earlier this year, they won’t be fazed. And look for the Glenville Connection (Troy Smith and Ted Ginn, Jr.) to have huge games.
I start every road trip of significant distance (i.e. driving to Ohio) with Weezer’s Blue Album. It just really sets the tone for me.
Last thing, I won the fantasy baseball league I was in. It’s the first fantasy league I’ve ever won. I ran away with 4 of the 5 batting categories and had enough pitching to hang on. My favorite part of the whole season was the fact that Mark, who finished second to last and probably didn’t look at his after May still managed to have the best ERA and WHIP in the league. With stats like that the Plus Size Models will live on in Fantasy Baseball lore.
posted by CFunk28 at 11:11 AM
1 Comments:
Yeeeuh. I actually randomly checked my team about a month ago and saw that I was cleaning up in the pitching category. I wasn't as much of a deadbeat father as you had thought though. I dropped in to check on my team and make a couple of hasty and ill-advised moves each time.
Pitching was never the problem for my team though. It was the fact that I had a bunch of donkeys (Piazza, Chipper, Chavez (for the 1st half at least) etc.) on my team who couldn't consistently hit to save their lives.
That team is the greatest thing that has ever been associated with Babs Rogers. Ever.
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