An excellent time was had by all, as the Colonel, Flemmamming, J-Weezy and myself finished a solid 12th place in the outing...which was somehow in the exact right place to obtain a $10 BW3 gift certficate for each of us. The outing raised over $10,000 for St. Catherines, far surpassing last year's total....so I'm happy that I was a part of the fun!
Here's a list of what I learned this weekend..
FRIENDS
If anyone wants to buy Tim a birthday present, make it a mini-cooler...as he used a styrofoam bait bucket for a cooler yesterday.
Also, Tim broke out something called "The Farming Game"...which is basically a rural version of Monopoly. Flemmy, Mo-Mo, Uncle and I played a game, which I won...Tim finished in last and then refused to play the next day.
If you find yourself at a business at which the dude who does karaoke at the Pub is at.....turn around, walk out the door, and find another place. Trust me.
Don't let Skot use a butter knife to remove staples from anything.
A Pub pitcher now costs more than a small order of cheeze balls.
Flemmy will sell you his new LDT jersey for no less than $70 American dollars.
The Colonel is in full-on Commish mode and is fully focused on next Saturday, and I like that about him.
Josh enjoys a good man-pile as much as anyone I know.
If you are the former heavyweight Canadian boxing champion of the world....make sure your sons don't do heroin. And if they do....you may want to get them off the H train soon.
RAFFLE DRAFT
It looks like I am going to be staring down the Tom Brady Decision at the 6th overall pick...if the gentlemen above me are telling the truth (which, let's be honest, if they are it's a miracle), the top 5 picks will go
Trev--LDT
Justin--Peterson
Al--Westbrook
Nate--Addai
Tim--Barber
Now, I fully believe the top 4 people....as for Tim, he's likely just saying whatever he thinks I don't want to hear. However, the Commish has gotta be happy that the QB's may continue to slip his way in the first round.
The rough itinerary looks this way, with the final draft (I'm sure) coming from Colonel Commish this week...
2:00--2-Man scrambee tee-off at the Creeks. Teams will be chosen completely at random. Should be a good time.
4:30ish--Reconvene back at the Flem de la Casa de Flem for grill and draft.
8:55--Draft ends.
9:00--Nate announces he will win the league
9:10--The commish announces that my team sucks.
9:25--Tim begins his ceaseless trade offers, which will continue on a neverending, unyielding basis for the next 3 months of our lives.
9:35--Dave heads to Moorland Bar
9:42--Trevor begins debating the merits of Christian Laettner's college career.
9:44--Everyone leaves the room
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Olympics Part VI
2:00. The handball match ended CRAZY!! Korea scored a goal with 5 seconds left, and somehow Norway got the ball to its best player, who basically went the length of the floor and scored at the buzzer to give her team a one-goal win and a spot in teh gold medal match. They celebrated with what looked to be a game of ring-around-the-rosey in the middle of the court with their coaches.
2:02. The American women are in the gold-medal game in indoor volleyball after doing Cuba, cigar-style; just rolling them up and smoking them. The other semi, China vs Brazil, is on right now. And, wow. I mean, wow. Let's just say the Brazilian team has some absolute world-class talent. Speaking of that, my girl Logan Tom and the Americans play in the final on 8:00 AM on Saturday morning while we begin the Wildcat Open....I, for one, will be thinking of her at that time....
2:16. Tight first set between two teams who couldn't possibly look different, both physically as well as style-wise. China has the best setter in the world, so she basically is involved in every single play, whereas Brazil has a number of talented hitters and their Libero is a very good setter as well. I am surprised by the amount of time-outs in volleyball; now that they have rally-scoring in the game, where every serve ends with a point, they have "technical" time-outs once either team reaches 8 and 16 points. Seems like coaching in volleyball is a lot more important that I would have thought before watching these Olympics...and it stands in start contrast to some of the other team sports, like soccer and water polo, where in-game coaching seems to be virtually non-existant.
2:02. The American women are in the gold-medal game in indoor volleyball after doing Cuba, cigar-style; just rolling them up and smoking them. The other semi, China vs Brazil, is on right now. And, wow. I mean, wow. Let's just say the Brazilian team has some absolute world-class talent. Speaking of that, my girl Logan Tom and the Americans play in the final on 8:00 AM on Saturday morning while we begin the Wildcat Open....I, for one, will be thinking of her at that time....
2:16. Tight first set between two teams who couldn't possibly look different, both physically as well as style-wise. China has the best setter in the world, so she basically is involved in every single play, whereas Brazil has a number of talented hitters and their Libero is a very good setter as well. I am surprised by the amount of time-outs in volleyball; now that they have rally-scoring in the game, where every serve ends with a point, they have "technical" time-outs once either team reaches 8 and 16 points. Seems like coaching in volleyball is a lot more important that I would have thought before watching these Olympics...and it stands in start contrast to some of the other team sports, like soccer and water polo, where in-game coaching seems to be virtually non-existant.
RAFFLE 2008 Travershamockery, R4, V1
Back by popular demand, it's Round 4!
Unsure how closely this will track to the actual draft, but it was interesting in doing Rounds 2-3 how many WR's "they" believe will go in those rounds, and then doing our draft and noting how many of those WR's really seemed to fall to those spots. Also worth noting many of "those people" also said Rudi Johnson and Shawn Alexander were sure-fire first-round picks last year.
37-D Smith. Let's be completely honest. From this point forward, who the flip knows what this guy is going to do. Let's not forget, he could have picked as high as fourth, but he chose to pick at the back of these two rounds. I'm going to give Dave his second RB of the draft in MICHAEL TURNER.
38-BPRUWITME. Still reeling from the MEGATRON selection from Josh earlier in the day, BP thinks long and hard about Roy Williams, but instead continues to steady his 8 Bells team and selects DARREN MCFADDEN
39-Josh. I'm not sure any of you know how much I want to type in a certain QB's name who rhymes with Lon Spitka. However, I'll refrain from going Lion Crazy and instead make a sane selection for Josh, giving him EARNEST GRAHAM
40-Skot. He's got a solid team at this point, so I think Skot gets a little sassy and pulls the trigger on who he has repeatedly described during the football season as his favorite...let's say "RB", selecting FRED TAYLOR.
41-Helly. Following a short nap after his Manning/Wayne "Happy Release", he continues to stock up on RB's and adds EDGERRIN JAMES to his Channel 9 News Team.
42-Andy. He doesn't have a Seminole yet, so Hammer reaches out to ANQUAN BOLDIN, who (hopefully for him) will be traded to a big time team soon!
43-BB. This is another tough decision...or, as I love to quote from Anchorman, THIS IS HAARRRD!!! It's tough at this point to get away from my favorite 13th round draft pick in RAFFLE history, Ben Roeothleisaburger. But there are still some very intriguing WR's and RB's on the board. I'm going to roll the dice, wait on a QB until next round, and select LAVERNEUS COLES, assuming Farve is going to get this offense in full effect.
44-Timmy. I think Tim, noting my Roethlisberger decision, decides to attempt to stick it deep inside of me and take BIG STINKY BEN with this pick.
45-Nate Dogg. Plenty of rookie RB's still on the board...but I think Nate rolls the dice and takes ANGRY STEVE SMITH, hoping he doesn't get suspended for punching any more of his teammates.
46-Al-ly McBeal. I think Al thinks about a QB at this spot, but instead begins what could be a rookie RB run with JONATHAN STEWART.
47-Justin. Wyant goes WR with PLASTICO BURRESS.
48-Trevor. Needing a Lion of his own, Trevor ends the fourth round with ROY WILLIAMS.
Unsure how closely this will track to the actual draft, but it was interesting in doing Rounds 2-3 how many WR's "they" believe will go in those rounds, and then doing our draft and noting how many of those WR's really seemed to fall to those spots. Also worth noting many of "those people" also said Rudi Johnson and Shawn Alexander were sure-fire first-round picks last year.
37-D Smith. Let's be completely honest. From this point forward, who the flip knows what this guy is going to do. Let's not forget, he could have picked as high as fourth, but he chose to pick at the back of these two rounds. I'm going to give Dave his second RB of the draft in MICHAEL TURNER.
38-BPRUWITME. Still reeling from the MEGATRON selection from Josh earlier in the day, BP thinks long and hard about Roy Williams, but instead continues to steady his 8 Bells team and selects DARREN MCFADDEN
39-Josh. I'm not sure any of you know how much I want to type in a certain QB's name who rhymes with Lon Spitka. However, I'll refrain from going Lion Crazy and instead make a sane selection for Josh, giving him EARNEST GRAHAM
40-Skot. He's got a solid team at this point, so I think Skot gets a little sassy and pulls the trigger on who he has repeatedly described during the football season as his favorite...let's say "RB", selecting FRED TAYLOR.
41-Helly. Following a short nap after his Manning/Wayne "Happy Release", he continues to stock up on RB's and adds EDGERRIN JAMES to his Channel 9 News Team.
42-Andy. He doesn't have a Seminole yet, so Hammer reaches out to ANQUAN BOLDIN, who (hopefully for him) will be traded to a big time team soon!
43-BB. This is another tough decision...or, as I love to quote from Anchorman, THIS IS HAARRRD!!! It's tough at this point to get away from my favorite 13th round draft pick in RAFFLE history, Ben Roeothleisaburger. But there are still some very intriguing WR's and RB's on the board. I'm going to roll the dice, wait on a QB until next round, and select LAVERNEUS COLES, assuming Farve is going to get this offense in full effect.
44-Timmy. I think Tim, noting my Roethlisberger decision, decides to attempt to stick it deep inside of me and take BIG STINKY BEN with this pick.
45-Nate Dogg. Plenty of rookie RB's still on the board...but I think Nate rolls the dice and takes ANGRY STEVE SMITH, hoping he doesn't get suspended for punching any more of his teammates.
46-Al-ly McBeal. I think Al thinks about a QB at this spot, but instead begins what could be a rookie RB run with JONATHAN STEWART.
47-Justin. Wyant goes WR with PLASTICO BURRESS.
48-Trevor. Needing a Lion of his own, Trevor ends the fourth round with ROY WILLIAMS.
Olympics, Part V
The Mancino's here in Sturgis has potentially the greatest lunch special ever--Mon-Fri, 11-2, any 8 inch sandwich and drink, 4.95 OTD. I went chicken cordon bleu with extra honey mustard. Extra-solid work by the Mancino.
12:58--Halftime of the handball game. Korea leads Norway 15-14 at the half. Another good aspect of this sport--there are penalties and power plays, but shorthanded scoring happens somewhat regularly. Another good thing--much like water polo (and basketball, for that matter) contact is encouraged, necessary, and frequent.
Just did some Bryan Clay (officially my new man-crush) work. Of course, the first round of the decathlon was showed tape-delay...he struggled a bit in the last 2 events, finishing 10th in the high jump and 11th in the 400. But he still holds first place heading into the 2nd day of events, leading Andrei Krauchnuka by 88 points, and American Trey Hardee is in third.
The 2nd day of events begins at 9:00 EST tonite with the 110 hurdles, followed by the discus and pole vault tonite, then the javelin at 7:00 AM tomorrow morning, and then culminating with the 1,500 at 9:45 tomorrow morning. If they don't show the hurdles and discus tonight, I'm going to take Cris Collinsworth hostage.
Here's the larger question--Traditionally, the winner of the 100M dash is called the "Fastest Man Alive". The winner of the decathlon is referred to as the "Best Athlete Alive". Does that mean the Michael Phelps-fest would come to an end if Clay wins, since for some unexplaninable reason, NBC suddenly believes Phelps is comparable to Michael Jordan for all-time athletes. Or would Phelps' one-dimensional act still trump Clay's victory?
Also--I like how the "Best Athlete Alive" is crowned without stepping foot into a pool. All track and field events. No speedos, hairnets, or breastroking involved.
1:11-Norway leads 19-16 9 minutes into 2nd half and is dominating play at both ends. I know this only because Korea cannot even get a shot off, and Norway is sprinting past them up and down the floor.
Norway, much like the Netherlands in water polo, didn't even qualify for their respective Olympic tourney 4 years ago...now they stand to possibly win a gold medal. I can't imagine the amount of planning, coaching, and dedication it must take to go from completely outside the tourney to winning it within that 4-year cycle, especially in a sport that had no previous success in their country.
1:21-Halfway into 2nd half, Korea down 4. Announcer--"Everything going Norway's way". That sounded awkward. And apparently Korea needs to "step up their defense"...which to me would seem as though they need to grab, hack, and slap more...or play defense more like John Starks and Anthony Mason.
12:58--Halftime of the handball game. Korea leads Norway 15-14 at the half. Another good aspect of this sport--there are penalties and power plays, but shorthanded scoring happens somewhat regularly. Another good thing--much like water polo (and basketball, for that matter) contact is encouraged, necessary, and frequent.
Just did some Bryan Clay (officially my new man-crush) work. Of course, the first round of the decathlon was showed tape-delay...he struggled a bit in the last 2 events, finishing 10th in the high jump and 11th in the 400. But he still holds first place heading into the 2nd day of events, leading Andrei Krauchnuka by 88 points, and American Trey Hardee is in third.
The 2nd day of events begins at 9:00 EST tonite with the 110 hurdles, followed by the discus and pole vault tonite, then the javelin at 7:00 AM tomorrow morning, and then culminating with the 1,500 at 9:45 tomorrow morning. If they don't show the hurdles and discus tonight, I'm going to take Cris Collinsworth hostage.
Here's the larger question--Traditionally, the winner of the 100M dash is called the "Fastest Man Alive". The winner of the decathlon is referred to as the "Best Athlete Alive". Does that mean the Michael Phelps-fest would come to an end if Clay wins, since for some unexplaninable reason, NBC suddenly believes Phelps is comparable to Michael Jordan for all-time athletes. Or would Phelps' one-dimensional act still trump Clay's victory?
Also--I like how the "Best Athlete Alive" is crowned without stepping foot into a pool. All track and field events. No speedos, hairnets, or breastroking involved.
1:11-Norway leads 19-16 9 minutes into 2nd half and is dominating play at both ends. I know this only because Korea cannot even get a shot off, and Norway is sprinting past them up and down the floor.
Norway, much like the Netherlands in water polo, didn't even qualify for their respective Olympic tourney 4 years ago...now they stand to possibly win a gold medal. I can't imagine the amount of planning, coaching, and dedication it must take to go from completely outside the tourney to winning it within that 4-year cycle, especially in a sport that had no previous success in their country.
1:21-Halfway into 2nd half, Korea down 4. Announcer--"Everything going Norway's way". That sounded awkward. And apparently Korea needs to "step up their defense"...which to me would seem as though they need to grab, hack, and slap more...or play defense more like John Starks and Anthony Mason.
Olympics Part IV
12:15--Women's Team Handball Semifinal now on MSNBC! I heart handball. It's South Korea and Norway in a semifinal match, early first half.
Some basic handball rules--There is a restricted area roughly the size of the 3- point line in basketball in front of the goal that defenders can never enter, and offensive players can only enter once they are in the air, jumping and throwing the ball toward the goal. The court is essentially the size of a basketball court. It's 6 on 6 with a goalie.
2 30-minutes halves. No extra-time bullcrap in this sport.
A player can only hold the ball for 3 seconds at a time before doing anything. You can take 3 steps before or after dribbling. Contact is generally let go if the defender has good body position...think the block/charge call in basketball.
The ball is between a volleyball and softball in size and is not soft.
Transition offense and defense is key, just like in basketball.
I don't know how good a job I did describing the game, but it's very fun to play, having done it for a period of time during a PE course at GVSU (yes, Helly, I did get college credit for that class).
12:25--this new freecreditreport.com song/commercial is the worst thing on television EVER.
12:28--Swin Cash did the color commentary for the China/Aussie women's game. She did a reasonably good job of murdering the English language throughout the telecast. At one point she said that Aussie stud center Lauren Jackson had a "chronicle" ankle problem. Apparently her ankle doesn't enjoy reading Mike Mattson's picks?
12:31--My boy Brian Clay just threw the shot a career-best distance, putting himself solidly in first place with 2 events to go for the day. They then showed him on camera shirtless, he is not a small dude. He referred to his arms as "guns" while laughing about it, then said he is having a great time and just making memories while the rain just pelted him in the face. He said those things in the most sincere, I'm-having-a-blast way possible. The announcer said, with 7 events left, the gold medal was "his to lose".
Some basic handball rules--There is a restricted area roughly the size of the 3- point line in basketball in front of the goal that defenders can never enter, and offensive players can only enter once they are in the air, jumping and throwing the ball toward the goal. The court is essentially the size of a basketball court. It's 6 on 6 with a goalie.
2 30-minutes halves. No extra-time bullcrap in this sport.
A player can only hold the ball for 3 seconds at a time before doing anything. You can take 3 steps before or after dribbling. Contact is generally let go if the defender has good body position...think the block/charge call in basketball.
The ball is between a volleyball and softball in size and is not soft.
Transition offense and defense is key, just like in basketball.
I don't know how good a job I did describing the game, but it's very fun to play, having done it for a period of time during a PE course at GVSU (yes, Helly, I did get college credit for that class).
12:25--this new freecreditreport.com song/commercial is the worst thing on television EVER.
12:28--Swin Cash did the color commentary for the China/Aussie women's game. She did a reasonably good job of murdering the English language throughout the telecast. At one point she said that Aussie stud center Lauren Jackson had a "chronicle" ankle problem. Apparently her ankle doesn't enjoy reading Mike Mattson's picks?
12:31--My boy Brian Clay just threw the shot a career-best distance, putting himself solidly in first place with 2 events to go for the day. They then showed him on camera shirtless, he is not a small dude. He referred to his arms as "guns" while laughing about it, then said he is having a great time and just making memories while the rain just pelted him in the face. He said those things in the most sincere, I'm-having-a-blast way possible. The announcer said, with 7 events left, the gold medal was "his to lose".
RAFFLE Travershamockery, R1, V 1.1
Not going to go through the whole draft in detail...but sources close to me indicate that the Nate Dogg is not going to pull the Tom Brady Trigger in round 1 and will instead select Joseph Addai...which means that Timmy will potentially need to make the Tom Brady Decision at the 5th spot if Al chooses to go with the Westbrook Inn.
Also, it appears as though the first two selections are iron-clad locks in LDT and Peterson going 1 and 2, respectively.
This decision by Nate could also mean that the Beavers (this guy) may be willing to trade down from the 6th spot if Tom Terrific is available at that spot for anyone who has a Brady B0ner.
Lastly, I will re-do round 2 and post a round 4 by the end of the day.
here's the updated Round 1
Trevor--LDT
Justin-Peterson
Al-ley-Westbrook
Nate-Addai
Tim-Brady
BB-Barbarian
Andy-S Jax
Helly-Manning
Skot-Gore
Josh-Larry Johnson
BP-Portis
D Smith-Romo
Also, it appears as though the first two selections are iron-clad locks in LDT and Peterson going 1 and 2, respectively.
This decision by Nate could also mean that the Beavers (this guy) may be willing to trade down from the 6th spot if Tom Terrific is available at that spot for anyone who has a Brady B0ner.
Lastly, I will re-do round 2 and post a round 4 by the end of the day.
here's the updated Round 1
Trevor--LDT
Justin-Peterson
Al-ley-Westbrook
Nate-Addai
Tim-Brady
BB-Barbarian
Andy-S Jax
Helly-Manning
Skot-Gore
Josh-Larry Johnson
BP-Portis
D Smith-Romo
Olympics, part III
11:00--Water polo final--Match is tied at 8-8 5 minutes left in the match. One Dutch chick has 6 goals already! The Netherlands didn't even qualify for the Olympics 4 years ago. According to Wolf Wigo, the color commentator, this would be the "biggest upset of these Games." That doesn't sound like a good thing.
And yes, Wolf Wigo is apparently this dude's real name. He is one of thebest men's water polo players in American history, and here's the best thing I've read on the internet in quite some time, according to Wikipedia...."In December 1998, Wigo was in his father's backyard pool trying to win a bet with his 12-year-old twin brothers that he couldn't swim 20 laps underwater. He blacked out from lack of oxygen -- because he hyperventilated too much before he got into the water. His father dived in, pulled him out and performed CPR, saving his life.
11:02--Australia-China women's basketball semifinal game is on live (LIVE! I know, right?) on USA, with the Aussies leading by double-figures at halftime. The Aussie women wear one-piece spandex uniforms. No, I'm not making this up. They call them "sportsuits" and have been wearing them since 1994. Here's a link...http://espn.go.com/page2/s/worstuniform/round4/padres_australia.html
What I don't understand is why ESPN would consider these to be a "bad" uniform...?
11:04--On USA Network is the women's soccer final between USA and Brazil. We are leading 1-0....according to the scoreboard, we are in "ET1" period. I assume that means "extra time"? Man I hate soccer.
11:08--8-8 in the pool. There is a 30 second shot clock in water polo, which is another reason why it's better than soccer. Crap! Danielle De Bruyn just scored her 7th goal of the match, giving the Dutch a 9-8 lead with 26 seconds left. They just showed it on the underwater camera again--man I love that angle.
11:11--Coming out of a time-out, the Americans pull the goalie...pass it around...get 2 point-blank shots at the buzzer...and LOSE!!! 9-8 Dutch, the coaches jump into the pool and hug the players. Also not a bad reason to have the underwater camera.
11:15--In the women's basketball game, Australia is pounding the Chinese, duck soup style--hot and salty. 43-25 midway thru the third quarter. Back to the decathlon in a downpour...2nd event is the long jump. Brian Clay is possibly my new favorite track dude--smiling walking through the rain, enjoying his Olympics. Also, when you lead the Decathlon, you get to wear a special number bib that simply says "Leader" on it. I think we may need to take that into the RAFFLE draft and pass around a bib for the next person up to draft.
11:20--Clay hits the long jump in 25, 6 1'4 to keep the lead after 2 events. This makes me want to do an ORAL Olympics again in a bad way.....Jim Lampley announces, "Next up, the equestrian final." I sprain my right shoulder diving across my desk for the remote.
11:23--Australia is now doing the Chinese Kung Pow Chicken style--spicy and raw. 55-35 late third quarter. I'm going to try to get some real actual work done, will return at noon when the women's indoor volleyball semifinal between USA and Cuba is on.
And yes, Wolf Wigo is apparently this dude's real name. He is one of thebest men's water polo players in American history, and here's the best thing I've read on the internet in quite some time, according to Wikipedia...."In December 1998, Wigo was in his father's backyard pool trying to win a bet with his 12-year-old twin brothers that he couldn't swim 20 laps underwater. He blacked out from lack of oxygen -- because he hyperventilated too much before he got into the water. His father dived in, pulled him out and performed CPR, saving his life.
11:02--Australia-China women's basketball semifinal game is on live (LIVE! I know, right?) on USA, with the Aussies leading by double-figures at halftime. The Aussie women wear one-piece spandex uniforms. No, I'm not making this up. They call them "sportsuits" and have been wearing them since 1994. Here's a link...http://espn.go.com/page2/s/worstuniform/round4/padres_australia.html
What I don't understand is why ESPN would consider these to be a "bad" uniform...?
11:04--On USA Network is the women's soccer final between USA and Brazil. We are leading 1-0....according to the scoreboard, we are in "ET1" period. I assume that means "extra time"? Man I hate soccer.
11:08--8-8 in the pool. There is a 30 second shot clock in water polo, which is another reason why it's better than soccer. Crap! Danielle De Bruyn just scored her 7th goal of the match, giving the Dutch a 9-8 lead with 26 seconds left. They just showed it on the underwater camera again--man I love that angle.
11:11--Coming out of a time-out, the Americans pull the goalie...pass it around...get 2 point-blank shots at the buzzer...and LOSE!!! 9-8 Dutch, the coaches jump into the pool and hug the players. Also not a bad reason to have the underwater camera.
11:15--In the women's basketball game, Australia is pounding the Chinese, duck soup style--hot and salty. 43-25 midway thru the third quarter. Back to the decathlon in a downpour...2nd event is the long jump. Brian Clay is possibly my new favorite track dude--smiling walking through the rain, enjoying his Olympics. Also, when you lead the Decathlon, you get to wear a special number bib that simply says "Leader" on it. I think we may need to take that into the RAFFLE draft and pass around a bib for the next person up to draft.
11:20--Clay hits the long jump in 25, 6 1'4 to keep the lead after 2 events. This makes me want to do an ORAL Olympics again in a bad way.....Jim Lampley announces, "Next up, the equestrian final." I sprain my right shoulder diving across my desk for the remote.
11:23--Australia is now doing the Chinese Kung Pow Chicken style--spicy and raw. 55-35 late third quarter. I'm going to try to get some real actual work done, will return at noon when the women's indoor volleyball semifinal between USA and Cuba is on.
RAFFLE Travershamockery, R 3, V1
Alrighty, so everyone hates the Olympics. Sorry for talking.
Instead, I'll please the masses, be a sell-out, and do a mock 3rd round draft for a fantasy football league. Never thought I'd ever type that sentence in my life...
25-Trevor. Begins the 3rd round by pulling the trigger on DREW BREES
26-Justin. Wyant continues the Saints Train by taking MARQUES COLSTON.
27-Al-chemy. The Al continues the WR run by taking LARRY FITZGERALD
28-Nate Dogg. Everyone else is doing it...so Nate goes TORRY HOLT
29-TIMMY. I think he attempts to stick it to me by drafting FAT-@SS BRANDON JACOBS
30-BB. Peer pressure is a monster, so I, too, will grab a WR and go with SANTONIO HOLMES
31-Andy. After going RB-RB, he too jumps aboard the WR bandwagon and goes with ANDRE JOHNSON.
32-Helly. Jason, having went through half a box of Kleenex cleaning up his Manning-Wayne aftershocks, needs a RB and is just lucky enough to have RONNIE BROWN fall to him in the 3rd round.
33-Skot. I believe Skot is just enough of a man to take a Bengals WR, but both have been injured throughout the preseason. Nevertheless, I got Skot taking CHAD JOHNSON here. However, he may be offered a trade, because.....
34-Josh. Here's where potentially the most memorable moment of the 2008 RAFFLE Draft Extravaganza happens. Directly behind Josh is BP. You know, I know, we all know that they are both fully capable of taking a Detroit Lion ANYTIME. They may even attempt to call dibs on first Lion taken. There hasn't been a Lion taken at this point in the draft. MEGATRON is looming over everyone's head. I mean, this is the dude who has been called "LeBron in shoulder pads" this preseason!
I see this ending in a BIG ugly way as Josh rises from his chair, avoids an arm tackle from BP, stumbles to the white paper and writes...CALVIN JOHNSON!!
35-BPRUWITME. This throws BP into an immediate tailspin. In fact, I think he throws away his "Best NFC North Player Available" theory for the rest of the draft and begins to do semi-logical things, or at least as logical as he can be sitting next to D Smith, and takes WES WELKER.
36-D Smith. Dave, much like Helly, is RB-less right now...but with the giant run on WR in front of him, he too is lucky enough to have a very good one fall into his lap in the form of LAWRENCE MARONEY.
Instead, I'll please the masses, be a sell-out, and do a mock 3rd round draft for a fantasy football league. Never thought I'd ever type that sentence in my life...
25-Trevor. Begins the 3rd round by pulling the trigger on DREW BREES
26-Justin. Wyant continues the Saints Train by taking MARQUES COLSTON.
27-Al-chemy. The Al continues the WR run by taking LARRY FITZGERALD
28-Nate Dogg. Everyone else is doing it...so Nate goes TORRY HOLT
29-TIMMY. I think he attempts to stick it to me by drafting FAT-@SS BRANDON JACOBS
30-BB. Peer pressure is a monster, so I, too, will grab a WR and go with SANTONIO HOLMES
31-Andy. After going RB-RB, he too jumps aboard the WR bandwagon and goes with ANDRE JOHNSON.
32-Helly. Jason, having went through half a box of Kleenex cleaning up his Manning-Wayne aftershocks, needs a RB and is just lucky enough to have RONNIE BROWN fall to him in the 3rd round.
33-Skot. I believe Skot is just enough of a man to take a Bengals WR, but both have been injured throughout the preseason. Nevertheless, I got Skot taking CHAD JOHNSON here. However, he may be offered a trade, because.....
34-Josh. Here's where potentially the most memorable moment of the 2008 RAFFLE Draft Extravaganza happens. Directly behind Josh is BP. You know, I know, we all know that they are both fully capable of taking a Detroit Lion ANYTIME. They may even attempt to call dibs on first Lion taken. There hasn't been a Lion taken at this point in the draft. MEGATRON is looming over everyone's head. I mean, this is the dude who has been called "LeBron in shoulder pads" this preseason!
I see this ending in a BIG ugly way as Josh rises from his chair, avoids an arm tackle from BP, stumbles to the white paper and writes...CALVIN JOHNSON!!
35-BPRUWITME. This throws BP into an immediate tailspin. In fact, I think he throws away his "Best NFC North Player Available" theory for the rest of the draft and begins to do semi-logical things, or at least as logical as he can be sitting next to D Smith, and takes WES WELKER.
36-D Smith. Dave, much like Helly, is RB-less right now...but with the giant run on WR in front of him, he too is lucky enough to have a very good one fall into his lap in the form of LAWRENCE MARONEY.
Live Blog, Hour 2
10:24--2 straight US goald cut the lead to 4-2 to end the first period. There are so many good parts of water polo to like, but usually the one that everyone talks about is the underwater camera. I maybe could watch just that camera during an entire period of play. They just showed it for about 2 minutes straight, and it's nothing but people kicking the crap out of each other.
10:20--Theo Ratliff re-signed with Philly today. That means that the Pistons' post players are Rasheed, McDyess, Cram Max, Amir and Kwame Brown. Ain't exactly Laimbeer, Mahorn, Rodman, Salley and Edwards, is it? Yikes. But Jamaal Magloire is still out there. Double yikes.
10:17--Now trail 4-0. To borrow Skot's favorite baseball phrase..."we look a little RATTTT-led".
10:12--SWEET! Gold medal women's water polo match between USA and the Netherlands. It isn't live, but is sure is a whole lot better than equestrian. We are ranked #1 in the world and just went down 1-0 to the Swimming Dutch, who are ranked just 9th in the world, early in the first quarter. We also defeated the Dutch "quite easily" in 2 Olympic tune-ups, and now we are down 2-0 just 2 minutes into the match. We apparently have been the "dominant" team in the world over the past 6 years, but didn't win the gold in 2004 and we look "shaky in the pool" early on.
10:08--Clay runs the 100 in 10.44. His post-race quote "You just roll with the punches and do the best you can". This dude is locked in and not using the precip as any kind of an excuse. American Trey Hardee posted the 2nd best sprint time after the 100. I'm very much into this. These guys are doing 5 events in an absolute downpour and in the decathlon, you don't necessarily "race" against other people, but rather your scores in every event is awarded a point total based on a pre-determined scoring system.
They are now interviewing a "woman" named Chrystl Butros from the softball team. She is much bigger than me and much more of a man than Helly. Wow is she scary. Unsure why they aren't showing this game....other than it's likely the biggest upset in any Olympic event in the history of ever.
10:05--Onto the decathlon! Apparently we have a good dude named Bryan Clay from Hawaii who won the silver in 2004. Day 1--100, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400 dash. EVERY event in one day. It's pouring down rain, freezing, and they are getting it done. You think Michael Phelps is ever swimming in the rain? Nope. Your golden boy doesn't do precipitation. All he does is eat, sleep and swim. He doesn't even have time to watch the weather channel, open an umbrella, or use tweezers on those giant hedge-sized eyebrows of his.
10:00 Garbage. Pure garbage.
Apparently showing women in spandex wasn't good enough, as today on NBC they are showing Equestrian and Rhythmic Gymnastics. Just in case any hetero male is watching, they will also have some of the first day of the decathalon and some water polo.
10:20--Theo Ratliff re-signed with Philly today. That means that the Pistons' post players are Rasheed, McDyess, Cram Max, Amir and Kwame Brown. Ain't exactly Laimbeer, Mahorn, Rodman, Salley and Edwards, is it? Yikes. But Jamaal Magloire is still out there. Double yikes.
10:17--Now trail 4-0. To borrow Skot's favorite baseball phrase..."we look a little RATTTT-led".
10:12--SWEET! Gold medal women's water polo match between USA and the Netherlands. It isn't live, but is sure is a whole lot better than equestrian. We are ranked #1 in the world and just went down 1-0 to the Swimming Dutch, who are ranked just 9th in the world, early in the first quarter. We also defeated the Dutch "quite easily" in 2 Olympic tune-ups, and now we are down 2-0 just 2 minutes into the match. We apparently have been the "dominant" team in the world over the past 6 years, but didn't win the gold in 2004 and we look "shaky in the pool" early on.
10:08--Clay runs the 100 in 10.44. His post-race quote "You just roll with the punches and do the best you can". This dude is locked in and not using the precip as any kind of an excuse. American Trey Hardee posted the 2nd best sprint time after the 100. I'm very much into this. These guys are doing 5 events in an absolute downpour and in the decathlon, you don't necessarily "race" against other people, but rather your scores in every event is awarded a point total based on a pre-determined scoring system.
They are now interviewing a "woman" named Chrystl Butros from the softball team. She is much bigger than me and much more of a man than Helly. Wow is she scary. Unsure why they aren't showing this game....other than it's likely the biggest upset in any Olympic event in the history of ever.
10:05--Onto the decathlon! Apparently we have a good dude named Bryan Clay from Hawaii who won the silver in 2004. Day 1--100, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400 dash. EVERY event in one day. It's pouring down rain, freezing, and they are getting it done. You think Michael Phelps is ever swimming in the rain? Nope. Your golden boy doesn't do precipitation. All he does is eat, sleep and swim. He doesn't even have time to watch the weather channel, open an umbrella, or use tweezers on those giant hedge-sized eyebrows of his.
10:00 Garbage. Pure garbage.
Apparently showing women in spandex wasn't good enough, as today on NBC they are showing Equestrian and Rhythmic Gymnastics. Just in case any hetero male is watching, they will also have some of the first day of the decathalon and some water polo.
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