Random Thoughts and Brutal Honesty V
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by user DRE-LO
First off, A happy and prosperous new year to all my Armchair alums and their families. Let's get down to being brutally honest.
- Giants fans need to lay off Tiki Barber. His retirement announcement may have been inconvenient and his comments a little wayward at times. But if it hadn't been for his 234 yards and 3 Tds, the Giants may have been watching the playoffs from their couch while using a whole bunch of Kleenex tissues. There are some that say this win will save Coughlin from a trip to the unemployment line. I don't share this opinion. If this team drops another bomb in the playoffs, Game over for Coughlin. I plan to e-mail Coughlin telling him about that other running back, that dude that wears # 27- Brandon Jacobs. USE HIM!!!!!
- I don't want to hear any more about safety Roy Williams until he actually does his job correctly. He and the Rest of the Dallas Cowgirl defense allowed Kitna to throw for 4 Tds and for the real Roy Williams and Mike Furrey to have 100-yards receiving. This powderpuff defense allowed 39 points to a one-dimensional Detroit Lions team that just fell short of the #1 pick in the NFL Draft. This team didn't back into the playoffs, more like crash-landed into the playoffs. All they need now is T.O to make a comment.
- How many people are compelled by these fabolous and dramatic bowl games that we've been so privileged to witness? I just love seeing meaningless college bowl games where the winning team's alumni gets to move their lips a little closer to the corporate sponsor's backside. It's so compelling and up to the minute that the last news posted on the best blog on the information superhighway about college football was 25 days ago. The last opinion was 5 days ago and it did not discuss any bowl games. Translation: Nobody gives two drops of Tropicana orange juice. College football is on fire!!!, literally it's burning in flames. Get a playoff system for 2007!!!
-I'm almost done setting my full roster in which I'll just take any old average Joe or celebrity off the street and create a basketball team that will win the Atlantic Division in the NBA. I originally thought the Nets would eventually turn their season around and win this division in a cakewalk. But it seems like no one wants to win this division, so I have no choice but to take control of this matter. Imagine a starting lineup of me, Stephen A Smith, the girl next door who works at CVS Pharmacy, Spike Lee and the retired Big Show. Of course, my sixth man will be Stone Cold Steve Austin.
- Nobody in the NFL has underachieved more than the Carolina Panthers, oh I'm sorry Kitty Cats. This team was favored by many to go the Super Bowl and yet they don't even make the playoffs in the powderpuff NFC.
- If this is Bill Cowher's final game of the Steelers, then it's the end of an great and stable era in Pittsburgh. And it ends with the Steelers ending the Bengal's season for the second season in a row in their house. The Bengals were sitting pretty at 8-5 three weeks ago. 3 losses later, they're now gonna watch the New York Jets. But a big cheers to Bill Cowher who is one of my favorites and who should end up in Canton. I'll believe he'll end up coaching again.
Kansas City notches a playoff berth thanks to the wonderful assistance of Alex Smith, Frank Gore {look out for him in 07} and that overrated, overhyped Denver D. The 49ers are an up and coming team that are getting better. A few more moves may put them into the playoffs next year.
This was a year for the Old School. Bill Cowher, Pat Riley and Tony Larussa all raised trophies in their respective sports this year. Jim Leyland brought the Tigers back to life.
Don't be fooled by the Bears # 1 seeding. They are as vulnerable as any of the NFC Teams. The team that is playing the most balanced and complete football and thus the most dangerous in the NFC are the Philadelphia Eagles. While the other teams continue to display their weaknesses down the stretch, the Eagles are fine-tuning their mistakes and coming together. This reminds me of a similar stretch involving another NFL team from Pennsylvania.
- Finally, I wish to offer up New Year's resolutions for a select few:
- A leash and muzzle on stand-by for Nate Robinson. - An edge and intensity for Eli Manning. - A Coach of the Year trophy for Mangini. - For T.O to shut up and play football. - A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SYSTEM!!! - College Basketball to top the great year it had this year. - Another miracle like Evan Mcfarlin. - For TNA wrestling to challenge the slipping WWE. - For Joe Buck to pick between being a studio host or color commentator. - For Bryant Gumbel to go back to the studio {what he does best} and never call another NFL game ever again. -For Tony Kornheiser to just disappear. -For Gus Johnson to call the Super Bowl. -And for every professional athlete to watch themselves on and off the court or field respectively, no head-butting, no sucker-punching, no groin pulling, no kissing your head coach, no motorcyle riding, no DWI or DUI arrests especially on boats.{Eric Steinbach} Don't carry guns into an airplane or nightclub and certainly don't fire shots off in the air. {Stephen Jackson} You guys are role models, like it or not.
