I have such a headache, so I cannot sleep. So here are those little items that are going *bump* in my head right now.
*Philly....run the freaking football! In 5 games, the Eagles have passed the ball 214 times [43 per game] and have run it 88 times [17.6 per game]. McNabb has run it 10 of those times....and 30 of those 88 rushes were in that blowout win over San Francisco. So in their other 4 games, they've run it about 14.5 times per game. Horrible!! My feeling is that if you have an injured QB, you might wanna turn around and run the football.
*Let's see. Angels-Yankees in New York on Sunday. Angels-Yankees is Anaheim on Monday. Angels-White Sox in Chicago on Wednesday. Sorry, but baseball needs to come up with something a tad bit better than that.
*P.S. You are "Major" League Baseball. Stop with the best-of-5 first round. For a league with a 162 game season....it is ridiculous to shed off half your playoff participants in a 5 game series.
*The NFL has completely dropped the ball on the entire Saints issue and it was due to money. I usually will defend most of what the NFL does...but they've completely gotten all of this wrong. First, it was moronic to hold the Saints' first game in New York against the Giants. It did nothing but keep the game close and [in a good heart] got some press coverage for their telethon. Then, they've split up the remaining home sked by sending the Saints to San Antonio half the time...and Baton Rouge the other half. In doing so, the Saints essentially are on the move 10 straight weeks or something. That's bullcrap!!! Now the NFL is being rewarded by having brisk sales at the Baton Rouge games....one of which features Nick Saban, former LSU head coach, coming back to the Bayou with his Miami Dolphins. NFL head dudes....just leave the Saints in San Antonio. Probably forever.
*I wonder if Sports Illustrated is going to write up this big pimping article about how Mike Price squeezed them for $20M after his defemation lawsuit was settled?
*While I like the "Chase For The Cup" format....I do find it very flawed. The reasoning behind the change was Matt Kenseth winning the 2003 NASCAR title despite not having a dominant season....essentially cruising the final 15 races, avoiding wrecks, pounding for points. Now, the Chase turns into who doesn't have any bad weeks....and can hold on for the duration. So the big flaw is that one bad race, not of your doing [read: crash], could take you out quickly. It has happened. Mark Martin wrecks one week...and it cost him a ton of points that he couldn't have gained because someone nails him. Then, he wins a race, but gains just 25 points on the scoring leader, Tony Stewart. Of the Chase contenders...only Stewart hasn't had a god-awful race to deal with. Everyone else has at least one. And that is why Stewart...who can now cruise, avoid wrecks, and pound for points...can win. The one lucky part of all this [BCS style] is that Stewart deserves to win the title. His pre-Chase resume was the best...and if there was no Chase, he'd be the champion anyways. Unlike last season, where Jeff Gordon would have been the champ under the old system....but Kurt Busch won the Chase. I feel [and many gear-heads feel this way too] that NASCAR needs to put more emphasis on WINNING races. Add more points to the winner of races...so that makes it more of a premium. I mean, I know the money and prestige of winning a race are meaningful....but you aren't gonna do anything stupid for a mere 5-10 points when you could turn around and lose those points by dropping to third. Bump up the points.
*Congrats, Amare Stoudemire, on that new contract extention. Now good luck on your knee surgery.
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