At 10/16/09 09:43 AM, Idiot-Finder wrote:

They thought Steve Young's a bust when the problem's actually themselves

Also don't forget Bo Jackson denied them in the draft as well.

At 10/16/09 12:03 PM, Molotov wrote:

At 10/16/09 09:43 AM, Idiot-Finder wrote:

They thought Steve Young's a bust when the problem's actually themselves

Also don't forget Bo Jackson denied them in the draft as well.

That reminds me, if Bo Jackson have stuck to one sport, how much longer do you think he would've played?

At 10/16/09 12:05 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote:

At 10/16/09 12:03 PM, Molotov wrote:

At 10/16/09 09:43 AM, Idiot-Finder wrote:

They thought Steve Young's a bust when the problem's actually themselves

Also don't forget Bo Jackson denied them in the draft as well.

That reminds me, if Bo Jackson have stuck to one sport, how much longer do you think he would've played?

Not much, maybe another year or 2. Running Backs have one of the youngest retiring ages of any position. Usually around 30 or so you become the 3rd down back or take limited carries.

As a running back, you get beat up just about every down. Whether blocking or running, you're almost always in the play, and it takes it's toll.

Week 6:
Cincinnati Bengals > Houston Texans
Green Bay Packers > Detroit Lions
Baltimore Ravens > Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints > New York Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers > Cleveland Browns
Carolina Panthers > Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Kansas City Chiefs > Washington Redskins
Jacksonville Jaguars > St. Louis Rams
Philadelphia Eagles > Oakland Raiders
Arizona Cardinals > Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots > Tennessee Titans
New York Jets > Buffalo Bills
Chicago Bears > Atlanta Falcons
San Diego Chargers > Denver Broncos

At 10/15/09 11:29 AM, Crashman wrote:

Denver at San Diego
Chargers are gonna end it.

So is this still your Chargers' future?

Here is my obligatory college football post for this week:

Key Games:
20 Oklahoma vs 3 Texas
11 Iowa at Wisconsin
Arkansas at 1 Florida
6 USC at 25 Notre Dame
4 VTech at 19 Georgia Tech
22 South Carolina at 2 Alabama

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Yep, it's that time of year again, rivalry week. If you haven't been watching college football, now is a good time to start. The two big games this week is the Red River Rivalry game between OU and Texas and the game between power houses USC and Notre Dame. To say these games are big is an understatement.

While the winner of the USC/ND match is really a more important game for Notre Dame than for USC, this is a must win for both teams. This is the only game that ND has verses a ranked opponent and they have to win in order to even be in the BSC bowl conversation and to keep Charlie Weis's job. USC has to keep winning to compensate for their early loss to Washington and to keep pace with the Pac-10 leader Oregon.

The winner of the Red River Rivalry will undoubtedly will win the Big 12 South and is almost a shoe in for any BCS bowl Big 12 tie-ins. Trust me, there is nothing but hatred between these two teams and their fans. Everywhere you go in the city of Dallas you are always on notice on which team you support and each bar or hangout is a battlefield; sometimes quite literally. There is an air of tension all over the city before the game and after, there is a chant of victory for the winners and a long 3 1/2 hour drive home for the losers.

Go OU!

At 10/16/09 09:44 PM, TheThing wrote:

At 10/16/09 12:05 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: That reminds me, if Bo Jackson have stuck to one sport, how much longer do you think he would've played?

Not much, maybe another year or 2. Running Backs have one of the youngest retiring ages of any position. Usually around 30 or so you become the 3rd down back or take limited carries.

As a running back, you get beat up just about every down. Whether blocking or running, you're almost always in the play, and it takes it's toll.

Yeah, but he also tore a labrum in his hip IIRC (forget if it was mid-season with the Royals or mid-season with the Raiders, but that's neither here nor there) which did him in from both sports. Can't get rotation on your swing with a bad hip (ask a-rod or chase utley or alex gordon) and can't keep up good speed, especially breakaway speed, with a bad hip in football.

had he stuck with baseball and not been unfortunate up to fuck up his hip, i'd have given him another 5-10 years of regular major league action. football, under the same circumstances regarding not fucking up his hip, i'd give him 3-5 more years as a productive back before fading out. it wasn't that he suddenly hit that proverbial RB cornerstone and just fell off the charts; injuries robbed him of his skills.

At 10/16/09 11:22 PM, Molotov wrote:

At 10/15/09 11:29 AM, Crashman wrote:

Denver at San Diego
Chargers are gonna end it.

So is this still your Chargers' future?

Let them dream, beside they do have better chance with him than Leaf. Wonder what could've happen if they didn't trade Fred Dean in 1981.

And Bradford reinjures his shoulder.

Ruh-roh.

At 10/17/09 01:41 PM, TheBlackDahliaMurder wrote: And Bradford reinjures his shoulder.

Ruh-roh.

Softer than bread sandwiches

Mutter fucking turnovers will always kill you! The silver lining is that at least there won't be another BSC Bowl blow out for OU this year.

Oh yeah, don't forget to make picks for this week if you hadn't.

time to hit the bottle.

Why Tim Lewis is no longer a defensive coordinator.

So yeah, I've decided to get back to posting about American Football here on the NG BBS, and this be the place to do such. I recall there used to be an American Football Crew as I remember posting there, but I guess the thread got deleted as I see no record of my posts in that thread in my post history. Oh well.

Anywho, some of you know me from the MLB thread in the C+C, some might remember from way back when I posted regularly in the General/Wi+Ht Forums, and some don't have a fucking clue who I am, and to you I say "ahoy."

I'm liking the fact that you guys also talk College Football, and I'll throw in my 2 cents whenever I can (like will Weis ever beat USC?! I'm guessing no), but for the most part I'll stick with the Pro Game.

I'm also liking the fact that you guys do pick-'ems every week, and kudos for keeping track. I'll join in with that trend, and if you want to throw me in with the late-comers that's fine, but you might as well just save the effort and I'll keep track of it myself. I mean I missed the first 1/3 of the season and it's somewhat easier now to guess as most of the good and bad teams have been weeded out.

My week 6 picks:
Cincinnati over Houston; Green Bay over Detroit; Jacksonville over St. Louis;
Minnesota over Baltimore; New Orleans over N.Y. Giants; Pittsburgh over Cleveland
Carolina over Tampa Bay; Washington over Kansas City; Philly over Oakland
Seattle over Arizona; New England over Tennessee; N.Y. Jets over Buffalo
Chicago over Atlanta; and San Diego over Denver

I might be agreeing with most of the bookies in terms of picking favorites this week, aside from the Chicago/Atlanta game, but they think that a lot of these games could be close giving 8 of the 14 match-ups spreads of 6.5 or less. Frankly, I do too. Giants @ Saints is one I think would be close, with the Saints having a good home-field advantage and an underrated defense. In Carolina @ T.B. and K.C. @ Washington they could both be games of "who will screw up less?," so they could be close. Also the Arizona/Seattle, Chicago/Atlanta and Denver/S.D. games all have lines of around 3 or 3.5, so even though I could be picking the "favorite" there, it could very well be a close game that doesn't end in my favor.

Good luck this week all.

Houston at Cincinnati - Houston
Detroit at Green Bay - GB
Baltimore at Minnesota - Minnesota
NY Giants at New Orleans - NYG
Cleveland at Pittsburgh - Pitt
Carolina at Tampa Bay - Carolina
Kansas City at Washington - KC
St. Louis at Jacksonville - Jacksonville
Arizona at Seattle - Arizona
Philadelphia at Oakland - OAK....
Tennessee at New England - New England in another close one.
Buffalo at NY Jets - NYJ
Chicago at Atlanta - Chicago
Denver at San Diego - Denver

holy shit saints are for real

Oh, God!

I forgot to start Drew Brees in one of my fantasy teams :(

Nothing like watching your team get their asses handed to them one week, and then the team that demolished you gets their asses handed to them the next week. The Giants just made the Raiders look BAAAAD.

At 10/18/09 03:31 PM, pepeatumi wrote: Oh, God!

I forgot to start Drew Brees in one of my fantasy teams :(

Lucky me although it came at the expense of the Giants unfortunately, at least they'll be in the playoffs which is more than you can say for Oakland.

At 10/18/09 03:59 PM, DELUCA2400 wrote: As for my Brownies the defense had it's moments, but the offense turned the ball over way too much. With this and the upset to OSU I lost all hope for Ohio sports. Well at least we have the Cavs.

You can blame Modell for that, those aren't the same Browns you used to know and love. Also keep in mind Couch is not a draft bust.

aaaaaand the Ravens channel Scott Norwood all the way to 3-3.

My picks were looking so good this week too, way to blow it Baltimore :(

At 10/18/09 04:25 PM, EternitySpent wrote: aaaaaand the Ravens channel Scott Norwood all the way to 3-3.

My picks were looking so good this week too, way to blow it Baltimore :(

They should have kept Stover, oh well.

Brady had two TDs in less than a minute due to a Titans fumble. I hate New England, but goddamn I've never seen that happen before.

Jamarcus is 8/10 for 134 yards and a TD leading the Raiders to a 10 - 3 lead. In other news, hell has frozen over.

At 10/18/09 05:20 PM, 36Holla wrote: Brady had two TDs in less than a minute due to a Titans fumble. I hate New England, but goddamn I've never seen that happen before.

What is up with the Titans lately, granted they lost their best defensive player to free agency but still...seriously!

FREE VINCE YOUNG

At 10/18/09 05:20 PM, 36Holla wrote: Brady had two TDs in less than a minute due to a Titans fumble. I hate New England, but goddamn I've never seen that happen before.

Lucky me i had him on my fantasy team. ^_^

Why's Belichek gotta be a bitch and run the score up? The games over.

At 10/18/09 05:49 PM, Molotov wrote:

At 10/18/09 05:20 PM, 36Holla wrote: Brady had two TDs in less than a minute due to a Titans fumble. I hate New England, but goddamn I've never seen that happen before.

Lucky me i had him on my fantasy team. ^_^

yeah, i'm getting schaub outscored and a 70-point early lead is down to 12

<<<<<<< Picked the Raiders over the Eagles.

At 10/18/09 05:49 PM, Molotov wrote:

At 10/18/09 05:20 PM, 36Holla wrote: Brady had two TDs in less than a minute due to a Titans fumble. I hate New England, but goddamn I've never seen that happen before.

Lucky me i had him on my fantasy team. ^_^

I have him on two fantasy teams actually including the Newgrounds one. Poor Nightcrawler.