But if you will take a
moment to remember those who sacrificed so much and have allowed us to live with
the freedoms we have today, then join me and take a moment, or a few, to also
remember the following:
We have a moment of
silence for former Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Mike Brown. Look Mike, it’s
really not your fault. You were set-up to fail. After-all you were brought in
the season prior to a super-team being assembled. Say for instance that the
Lakers had a coaching vacancy in this off-season and had just traded for Nash
and Dwight. Do you really think they would have selected you to run this team?
OF COURSE NOT. Because what veteran team doesn’t enjoy running long practices,
playing crazy minutes in blowout games (something he did last year in a
shortened lockout season with gruelling schedules) and also taking the ball out
of the hands of a premier offensive genius in NBA history (Nash not Kobe). So
don’t feel too badly Mike, because perhaps your greatest contribution to this
team was playing poorly in the first 5 games rather than scraping by until
January.
A moment of silence
for the optimism that has spawned this week in regards to the NHL CBA negotiations.
OOOOOH! They locked themselves in rooms for 4 consecutive days and didn’t talk
to the media! AAAAAH! PROGRESS IS BEING MADE! This season is already tainted
like that last cookie on the plate your friend just licked. Both sides balked
at fixing this in time for an 82 game season from Nov 2nd and
suddenly a week later we think issues have just been resolved? Even by some
miracle this was resolved and we got say a 44 game schedule, how is a shortened
year reflective of what an NHL season should be. The season is a marathon, the
playoffs are the sprint. It’s going to make playoff hockey so brutal because
come April-May players are going to be EXHAUSTED by having to play at this
level. What made LA’s run last year so ridiculously amazing is that they played
with their foot on the pedal for every game. You can’t do that over an 82 game
season (which is reflected in the fact they finished 8th in the
West), so shortening a season to 40-50 games doesn’t allow you for those ebbs
and flows of a normal season. Just do us a favour NHL, put us out of our
misery... cancel the year and resolve your issues without deadlines. Don’t
pretend like you want to save-face for this year to get back into the ratings. Your
ratings can’t get any worse. Take the time to get this correct and make your
progression back into the middle. Besides, it’s not like you haven’t done it
before.
And finally, a moment
of silence for Mitt Romney. Dude, you never stood a chance. You’re 15 minutes
were egregiously hilarious. Thanks for being a continent’s punch-line and
finding yourself into internet lore forever. We appreciate your efforts to have
millions follow you blindly into your backwards ideology, but do us all a
favour and go away now. Tell your cronies to do the same. Or just catch up to
the era. Either or. We’d like that.
So bow your head for
all of the above and be sure to stop whatever you are doing this Sunday. Take a
minute to remember that which should never be forgotten. Also if you have a
moustache but not a poppy, you need help. Get a poppy now. Week 10 picks. Home
team in CAPS.
JAGUARS (+3.5) over Colts
Colts won 27-10 on
Thursday Night.
PATRIOTS (-11) over Bills
I just have no faith
in the Bills to do anything coherently consistently. Patriots are coming off a
bye and while it might take them a quarter to get back into the flow of things,
they’ll find ways to just dice this Bills team. To say that Buffalo has
under-achieved this year would be a laughable understatement.
Giants (-3.5) over BENGALS
When the Giants were playing the Redskins a few weeks back, and RG3 had
just gotten the go-ahead TD late in the game for Washington, I tweeted that I thought Tom Coughlin just findsgames to lose so his team will remain underdogs late into the year. Well I
should have waited until the end of the game because Eli hooked up with Victor
Cruz for a long TD which won the Giants that game. But then last week, they uncharacteristically
blew away a 10 point 4th quarter lead to the Steelers. Granted the
Steelers offence can be good, but Tom Coughlin teams shouldn’t choke away
double digit 4th quarter leads. The Giants once again have managed
to sink us back into that “maybe they aren’t as good as we think they are...”
mentality. This Bengals team is notoriously soft, and Giants are going to punch
them in the face.
BUCCANEERS (-3) over Chargers
I really feel like this could go either way. The Chargers could be primed
for another 2nd half of the season push like they always seem to
have + the Bucs could be on the verge of a come-down game after 2 EXPLOSIVE
weeks for their offense. But in reality, the Bucs seem like they got all their
pieces in working order and the Chargers have looked hapless defensively since
mid-way through that Saints game.
Broncos (-4) over PANTHERS
We all saw Matt Ryan launch a Hail Mary from his own
goal-line to lead the Falcons past the Panthers right? Now do you ever imagine
that Peyton Manning is going to let Cam Newton even REMOTELY close to that same
situation? Plus Von Miller is going to terrorize Newton.
DOLPHINS (-6) over Titans
Jake Locker is healthy
and will start for the Titans in this game. That’s pretty much all you need to
know about this game. I’m actually a big Locker fan, but dude has not panned
out how I was hoping for. A VERY likeable player, but it’s just not there yet.
Raiders (+7.5) over RAVENS
Take away the win in
week 1 vs. the Bengals (in a game that was actually a lot closer than the
score-line reflected: 44-13) the Ravens have won their other 5 games by an
average of 4.6 points. Those wins include a bizarre ending to the Cowboys game
where they won by 2. A 9-6 win over the Chiefs (yes the same Chiefs that has a
twitter account from its fans asking for them “to be saved”). A 25-15 win
last week over the Browns because Browns coach Pat Shurmur refuses to make
smart decisions in close games.
SAINTS (+2.5) over Falcons
VIKINGS (+2.5) over Lions
Cowboys (-1.5) over EAGLES
All 3 of these games
have a home underdog and I’m taking 2 of them. Make sure you tune into the
Cowboys/Eagles game because it might be the most hilarious game ever. 2 coaches
who can’t manage a clock or a game correctly. 2 QB’s who are just handing the
ball off to the opponents. All with owners who are waiting to fire their
coaches. But I think the Cowboys D is better than the Eagles so I’ll go with
that.
The Vikes are under-valued
here I think because people are always going to back the explosive Lions. But the
past 2 weeks I think Minnesota has had more bad luck than anything and back
home after 2 tough losses will do them some good.
Going into New Orleans
is 1 of the toughest places to play and this is basically the season for the
Saints. A classic throw everything you have against the wall and leave nothing
on the table.
SEAHAWKS (-6) over Jets
The Seahawks are at home. Enough said. Actually I’ll say more. Mark
Sanchez gets to play his former coach in Pete Carroll who should know all the things
that make Mark Sanchez do Mark Sanchez like things (throw picks, fumble the
ball etc etc).
49ERS (-11) over Rams
It’s a divisional game
at home for San Fran. No matter what the line was I’d have taken them.
BEARS (-1.5) over Texans
I’m not going to lie to you. I flipped a coin. But actually once news
came out that Charles Tillman would play, I liked the Bears just that little
bit more. So under a field goal for a home-team.... I’ll take it. But I still
flipped a coin.
STEELERS (-12.5) over Chiefs
After watching the
Chiefs do a remarkable thing and give up 2 non-offensive TD’s in a span of 2:06
minutes, I’m convinced they’re ready to give up on the season and quit on their
coach. Mentally, when you hit that stage, that’s it – it’s over. Just ask the
Bucs of 2012.
This Week: 0-1
Last Week: 5-9
Season: 64-67-1
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