It's that time again...
1. I've been hoping the NFL would do something about the timeout one nano-second before a big field goal, but Sean Payton may have taken care of that for us. Did you see his assistants all looking at Payton when the camera found him right after the field goal the Saints blocked was nullified by Payton's timeout? Priceless.
2. Another coaching blunder...the Dolphins can't move the ball, the Jets are up 14-0, and Henne finds Davone Bess at the sidelines for a big gain into Jets territory. Replay shows Bess got one foot down but the other foot wasn't even close. The Dolphins run 25 yards down the field and snap quickly because the O-coordinator saw the replay, and Rex doesn't throw the red flag. Thanks Rex. If a player made a mental error like that you would be all over him.
3. The Big Ten should be ashamed of themselves. The schedule this week was an absolute joke. Thank goodness they're going to a nine game schedule next year. I don't want to hear any of the gaudy statistics some players piled up by feasting on teams with zero speed on defense. Those numbers mean nothing.
4. I tried to watch pre-season hockey, Rangers-Devils. I just can't do it for more than a minute or so.
5. Alabama looked very vulnerable. If Troy Mallette didn't panic during crunch time, Arkansas would have won. Everything analyst Gary Danielson said Mallette was doing right, he did wrong in the fourth quarter. I'll be very surprised if 'bama goes undefeated.
6. The blue field hurts my eyes. It just does.
7. The Raiders must have the fattest kickers on the planet. Between the two of them they probably have like 87% body fat.
8. Joe Girardi needs to take his foot off the gas pedal. The Yankees are going to make the playoffs, so now Girardi needs to set his rotation and rest some guys. If he goes all out to win the division he could cost the Yankees in the playoffs. I've reconciled that we're starting in Minnesota next Wednesday, and Girardi should start planning for that immediately.
9. Very stressful in the Sandra household from 11 PM - midnight last night. Yankees/Red Sox and Jets/Dolphins both coming down to the wire. Sweet holy moly that was intense. When is the last time Mariano and Papelbon both blew a save in the same inning?
10. WOW there were a lot of Jet fans in Miami last night.
11. Would really like to see Carmelo Anthony come to the Nets.
12. Tim Tebow demoted to third string in Denver. Think they're regretting that draft pick yet? Looks like not much wildcatting with Tebow this year. He won't be getting into games now.
13. All props to Michael Vick, but lets remember he's running up numbers agains the Packers when they went into prevent defense with a big lead, the Lions and the Jaguars. It's not like he's leading the Eagles through the Ravens or anything. Let's see how he does going forward.
14. My last triathlon of the year was this Saturday in Delaware...oh my goodness it was hot. Very unusual to be 95 degrees and extremely humid at the end of September, but it was. The run portion was a 10k (6.2 miles), out and back on the blacktop along the street that parallels the ocean, totally in the sun. The sun and heat were absolutely searing. You got to see everyone's face as they went the other way, and there was a lot of pain out there on the run course. At times like that you just have to realize you cannot keep up your normal race pace and keep putting one foot in front of the other. Many could not.
15. Rex Ryan almost knocked Jason Taylor out with the gatorade bucket last night. The first attempt hit Taylor on the head.
16. The Chiefs are in the early stages of building a perennial Super Bowl contender. They have the best personnel guy in the league and great coaching...watch out.
17. Very interesting game tonight. I was in Chicago for 48 hours last week and everyone is taking and writing about...the '85 Bears LOL.
18. As the league ponders an 18 game schedule, can you imagine that they used to play 14 regular season and SIX preseason games? SIX!!! What on earth was that like?
19. Congrats to-be for Ramy...the Reds will clinch any day now.
20. Wow, the football Giants are coming apart as we speak. Five personal fouls, lots of guys unhappy on the bench, Eli handling the ball like it's a grenade sometimes...we'll be talking Bill Cowher around here any day now.
Sandra
1. I've been hoping the NFL would do something about the timeout one nano-second before a big field goal, but Sean Payton may have taken care of that for us. Did you see his assistants all looking at Payton when the camera found him right after the field goal the Saints blocked was nullified by Payton's timeout? Priceless.
2. Another coaching blunder...the Dolphins can't move the ball, the Jets are up 14-0, and Henne finds Davone Bess at the sidelines for a big gain into Jets territory. Replay shows Bess got one foot down but the other foot wasn't even close. The Dolphins run 25 yards down the field and snap quickly because the O-coordinator saw the replay, and Rex doesn't throw the red flag. Thanks Rex. If a player made a mental error like that you would be all over him.
3. The Big Ten should be ashamed of themselves. The schedule this week was an absolute joke. Thank goodness they're going to a nine game schedule next year. I don't want to hear any of the gaudy statistics some players piled up by feasting on teams with zero speed on defense. Those numbers mean nothing.
4. I tried to watch pre-season hockey, Rangers-Devils. I just can't do it for more than a minute or so.
5. Alabama looked very vulnerable. If Troy Mallette didn't panic during crunch time, Arkansas would have won. Everything analyst Gary Danielson said Mallette was doing right, he did wrong in the fourth quarter. I'll be very surprised if 'bama goes undefeated.
6. The blue field hurts my eyes. It just does.
7. The Raiders must have the fattest kickers on the planet. Between the two of them they probably have like 87% body fat.
8. Joe Girardi needs to take his foot off the gas pedal. The Yankees are going to make the playoffs, so now Girardi needs to set his rotation and rest some guys. If he goes all out to win the division he could cost the Yankees in the playoffs. I've reconciled that we're starting in Minnesota next Wednesday, and Girardi should start planning for that immediately.
9. Very stressful in the Sandra household from 11 PM - midnight last night. Yankees/Red Sox and Jets/Dolphins both coming down to the wire. Sweet holy moly that was intense. When is the last time Mariano and Papelbon both blew a save in the same inning?
10. WOW there were a lot of Jet fans in Miami last night.
11. Would really like to see Carmelo Anthony come to the Nets.
12. Tim Tebow demoted to third string in Denver. Think they're regretting that draft pick yet? Looks like not much wildcatting with Tebow this year. He won't be getting into games now.
13. All props to Michael Vick, but lets remember he's running up numbers agains the Packers when they went into prevent defense with a big lead, the Lions and the Jaguars. It's not like he's leading the Eagles through the Ravens or anything. Let's see how he does going forward.
14. My last triathlon of the year was this Saturday in Delaware...oh my goodness it was hot. Very unusual to be 95 degrees and extremely humid at the end of September, but it was. The run portion was a 10k (6.2 miles), out and back on the blacktop along the street that parallels the ocean, totally in the sun. The sun and heat were absolutely searing. You got to see everyone's face as they went the other way, and there was a lot of pain out there on the run course. At times like that you just have to realize you cannot keep up your normal race pace and keep putting one foot in front of the other. Many could not.
15. Rex Ryan almost knocked Jason Taylor out with the gatorade bucket last night. The first attempt hit Taylor on the head.
16. The Chiefs are in the early stages of building a perennial Super Bowl contender. They have the best personnel guy in the league and great coaching...watch out.
17. Very interesting game tonight. I was in Chicago for 48 hours last week and everyone is taking and writing about...the '85 Bears LOL.
18. As the league ponders an 18 game schedule, can you imagine that they used to play 14 regular season and SIX preseason games? SIX!!! What on earth was that like?
19. Congrats to-be for Ramy...the Reds will clinch any day now.
20. Wow, the football Giants are coming apart as we speak. Five personal fouls, lots of guys unhappy on the bench, Eli handling the ball like it's a grenade sometimes...we'll be talking Bill Cowher around here any day now.
Sandra
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