Monday, December 04, 2006
The Vault
The vault is open. Lets see what is inside:
1. Told you it would be close. This game scared me. I knew the Giants would be coming in with a chip on their shoulder and it showed with all the emotion yesterday. 4 personal foul penalties. I wondered what Tony Romo would respond to adversity and he did well, considering he did not play well for most of the game. I knew it was bound to happen. Romo came in handy and nailed the game in the final minutes something that magicians like Elway and Montana did often. i know it is too early to annoint him like Bill Parcells says but that was a great final drive.
2. Be honest Cowboy fans. Did you not think why did we not keep Mike Vanderjagt after that botched field goal try early in the game by Martin Gramatica? I was. But he quickly rebound and mad 3 field goals including the game winner.
3. No way in hell huh Jeremy Shockey?
4. You know, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman talk too much during the telecast and I had to put the game on mute for a while and just watch.
5. The Giants have issues. 4 personal foul penalties and 9 penalties all together. Tom Coughlin is usually a very dicipline-oriented coach coming from the Bill Parcells tree of coaching. But look at his emotion on the sideline. How can a team show discipline when he can't show discipline with his emotions? Bill Parcells has some restarint at least.
6. The Cowboys should seriously consider giving more carries to Marion Barber rather than Julius Jones. Barber has just that gift that seems to get through the barricade of players blocking the end zone. I sometimes have felt that the reason he is so good is because of that workload, not carrying as much has caused his production to increase, but I would like to see how far he can go.
7. The Broncos might want to reconsider putting Jake Plummer back in at QB. Jay Cutler made decisions last night that make Jake Plummer look like Joe Montana.
8. I wonder what Merril Hoge is thinking about his thoughts on Vince Young. Hoge has said regularly that he is not impressed with Youngs play and did not even think that Young should have been drafted in the first day much less the first round. Now Young is starting to do well and with not a lot of talent around him. I still don't know the name of his receivers.
9. The Jets are a sellper team in the upcoming weeks. The final four teams they play having losing records in Miami, Oakland, Minnesota and Buffalo. They could easily be 11-5. Eric MAngini is looking like Bill Bellichek Jr.
10. Bengals player Reggie McNeal was arrested for trying to enter a night club after it was closed in Houston. Someone better sit down with Marvin Lewis and get this team straightend out. I don't know if they can afford another arrest.
11. The Colts are not really convincing to me as a Super Bowl contender and I feel the real contenders are the San Diego Chargers. If the Super Bowl were to be tomorrow, I would pick Dallas-San Diego.
12. Rex Grossman had a QB rating of 1.3 yesterday in a win. First I don't know how they figure out the QB rating but don't you get a QB rating for a pass attempt? I still don't think Griese is the answer but the Bears need to simplify their offensive schemes and quit trying to make all these big plays and let Grossman get back to basics.
13. No NFL Network yet, probably never will.
14. BCS. Well it came, it saw, and it pissed a lot of people off. The BCS did not get it wrong. It did exactly what the human polls did. For some reason, the voters did not want to see a Michigan-Ohio State rematch and tried to vote another team No. 2. In this case Florida. Also it was evident last week that USC was voted No.2 as well. I think a rematch would have been fine. I am not sold entirely on Ohio State-Florida match, at leat not as much as Michigan-Ohio State or Ohio State-USC. So I do not know why the pollsters were so intent on getting a different team to play. Well it was a pretty bad BCS mess. But I love it. When USC lost, I was just like yes, the BCS is messed up again. Maybe a playoff will come of it. No probably not. This is the only sport where they vote on who gets to go to the title game. Can you imagine in baseball if that was the case? The Yankees would always go. If the entire regular season is a playoff, than it is sure messed up. A 8 or 16 team playoff will not make the regular season less of a factor. There are no guarantees whow will go to theplayoffs and if you want a higher seeding, you have to play to win. So don't tell me that Ohio State or Michigan would rest all their players instead of playing a fierce game. I think they would have had their hearts more into that game than they will for USC.
15. People are giving a lot of heat on Urban Meyer for his campaigning to get Florida into the BCS title game. I have no problem with what he did. He had to. I don't like the BCS system but it is the system that has to be used and in order to get what a team wants, you have to do whatever you can. I tell you who Michigan fans should be mad at, that is Lloyd Carr. Carr should have done what Meyre was doing and start campaigning for his team. MAybe instead of listening to Meyer put down the Big Ten and the teams in the conference, he could have poked some jabs at Florida's margins of victories over its opponents. Meyer knew that this would be the only way the Gators could go to the BCS title game. Is it fair? No, but you got to do what you got to do. That is why Steve Spurrier always ran up the score when he coached the Gators, to impress the voters.
16. The SEC teams can now stop whining about how their conference always get subbed and now can see they got in the game when Auburn got jilted back two years ago. Don't say the system is not good for the SEC any more guys.
17 . The list of Bowls is ridiuclous. The Papa Johns bowl? Please.
18. A report has said the Rangers offered 6 years $102 million to Athletics pitcher Barry Zito. Whoa. I know he has won the Cy Young and is a left handed starter which benefits the Ballpark in Arlington. But he is a fly ball pitcher, not good for the Ballpark and he benefited from playing in Oakland, a pitcher friendly ballpark. Better hope this is not a Chan Ho Park mistake or worse, a A-Rod mistake.
19. Same report also says that the Rangers will offer Vicente PAdilla a contract of 3 years in teh $30-$33 million dollar price range. For some reason or another, Padilla loves to pitch in the heat, and there is no better place for heat than the Ballpark. Plus, he was probably overall our best pitcher last year. I say go for it, at least we know how he responds to the conditions in the Metroplex.
20. I never have seen so much hype over a freshamn player like Greg Oden for Ohio State. Since when was he annoited the next Lebron James?
21. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said thanks but no thanks to the Miami FL head coaching job. Good. Don't make the same mistake Colorado coach Dan Hawkins made when he left Boise State.
22. I am rooting for Boise State to beat Oklahoma.
23. Dwaye Wade was named SI's Sportsman of the year. No problem with that.
24. Troy Smith for HEisman still.
25. I have no problem with Jim Tressel abstaining from voting in this poll. I mean, he would have made one team mad and they are probably still mad at him but, what could he do? His motives for voting for a certain team would have been questioned, I know I would have. But something needs to be done so these coaches are not afraid to vote for somebody in the polls.
26. Barry Bonds was not offered arbitration by the Giants. Ireally thought the Giants would offer, so I would be shocked if there are any takers.
The vault is empty, I am leaving.
1. Told you it would be close. This game scared me. I knew the Giants would be coming in with a chip on their shoulder and it showed with all the emotion yesterday. 4 personal foul penalties. I wondered what Tony Romo would respond to adversity and he did well, considering he did not play well for most of the game. I knew it was bound to happen. Romo came in handy and nailed the game in the final minutes something that magicians like Elway and Montana did often. i know it is too early to annoint him like Bill Parcells says but that was a great final drive.
2. Be honest Cowboy fans. Did you not think why did we not keep Mike Vanderjagt after that botched field goal try early in the game by Martin Gramatica? I was. But he quickly rebound and mad 3 field goals including the game winner.
3. No way in hell huh Jeremy Shockey?
4. You know, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman talk too much during the telecast and I had to put the game on mute for a while and just watch.
5. The Giants have issues. 4 personal foul penalties and 9 penalties all together. Tom Coughlin is usually a very dicipline-oriented coach coming from the Bill Parcells tree of coaching. But look at his emotion on the sideline. How can a team show discipline when he can't show discipline with his emotions? Bill Parcells has some restarint at least.
6. The Cowboys should seriously consider giving more carries to Marion Barber rather than Julius Jones. Barber has just that gift that seems to get through the barricade of players blocking the end zone. I sometimes have felt that the reason he is so good is because of that workload, not carrying as much has caused his production to increase, but I would like to see how far he can go.
7. The Broncos might want to reconsider putting Jake Plummer back in at QB. Jay Cutler made decisions last night that make Jake Plummer look like Joe Montana.
8. I wonder what Merril Hoge is thinking about his thoughts on Vince Young. Hoge has said regularly that he is not impressed with Youngs play and did not even think that Young should have been drafted in the first day much less the first round. Now Young is starting to do well and with not a lot of talent around him. I still don't know the name of his receivers.
9. The Jets are a sellper team in the upcoming weeks. The final four teams they play having losing records in Miami, Oakland, Minnesota and Buffalo. They could easily be 11-5. Eric MAngini is looking like Bill Bellichek Jr.
10. Bengals player Reggie McNeal was arrested for trying to enter a night club after it was closed in Houston. Someone better sit down with Marvin Lewis and get this team straightend out. I don't know if they can afford another arrest.
11. The Colts are not really convincing to me as a Super Bowl contender and I feel the real contenders are the San Diego Chargers. If the Super Bowl were to be tomorrow, I would pick Dallas-San Diego.
12. Rex Grossman had a QB rating of 1.3 yesterday in a win. First I don't know how they figure out the QB rating but don't you get a QB rating for a pass attempt? I still don't think Griese is the answer but the Bears need to simplify their offensive schemes and quit trying to make all these big plays and let Grossman get back to basics.
13. No NFL Network yet, probably never will.
14. BCS. Well it came, it saw, and it pissed a lot of people off. The BCS did not get it wrong. It did exactly what the human polls did. For some reason, the voters did not want to see a Michigan-Ohio State rematch and tried to vote another team No. 2. In this case Florida. Also it was evident last week that USC was voted No.2 as well. I think a rematch would have been fine. I am not sold entirely on Ohio State-Florida match, at leat not as much as Michigan-Ohio State or Ohio State-USC. So I do not know why the pollsters were so intent on getting a different team to play. Well it was a pretty bad BCS mess. But I love it. When USC lost, I was just like yes, the BCS is messed up again. Maybe a playoff will come of it. No probably not. This is the only sport where they vote on who gets to go to the title game. Can you imagine in baseball if that was the case? The Yankees would always go. If the entire regular season is a playoff, than it is sure messed up. A 8 or 16 team playoff will not make the regular season less of a factor. There are no guarantees whow will go to theplayoffs and if you want a higher seeding, you have to play to win. So don't tell me that Ohio State or Michigan would rest all their players instead of playing a fierce game. I think they would have had their hearts more into that game than they will for USC.
15. People are giving a lot of heat on Urban Meyer for his campaigning to get Florida into the BCS title game. I have no problem with what he did. He had to. I don't like the BCS system but it is the system that has to be used and in order to get what a team wants, you have to do whatever you can. I tell you who Michigan fans should be mad at, that is Lloyd Carr. Carr should have done what Meyre was doing and start campaigning for his team. MAybe instead of listening to Meyer put down the Big Ten and the teams in the conference, he could have poked some jabs at Florida's margins of victories over its opponents. Meyer knew that this would be the only way the Gators could go to the BCS title game. Is it fair? No, but you got to do what you got to do. That is why Steve Spurrier always ran up the score when he coached the Gators, to impress the voters.
16. The SEC teams can now stop whining about how their conference always get subbed and now can see they got in the game when Auburn got jilted back two years ago. Don't say the system is not good for the SEC any more guys.
17 . The list of Bowls is ridiuclous. The Papa Johns bowl? Please.
18. A report has said the Rangers offered 6 years $102 million to Athletics pitcher Barry Zito. Whoa. I know he has won the Cy Young and is a left handed starter which benefits the Ballpark in Arlington. But he is a fly ball pitcher, not good for the Ballpark and he benefited from playing in Oakland, a pitcher friendly ballpark. Better hope this is not a Chan Ho Park mistake or worse, a A-Rod mistake.
19. Same report also says that the Rangers will offer Vicente PAdilla a contract of 3 years in teh $30-$33 million dollar price range. For some reason or another, Padilla loves to pitch in the heat, and there is no better place for heat than the Ballpark. Plus, he was probably overall our best pitcher last year. I say go for it, at least we know how he responds to the conditions in the Metroplex.
20. I never have seen so much hype over a freshamn player like Greg Oden for Ohio State. Since when was he annoited the next Lebron James?
21. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said thanks but no thanks to the Miami FL head coaching job. Good. Don't make the same mistake Colorado coach Dan Hawkins made when he left Boise State.
22. I am rooting for Boise State to beat Oklahoma.
23. Dwaye Wade was named SI's Sportsman of the year. No problem with that.
24. Troy Smith for HEisman still.
25. I have no problem with Jim Tressel abstaining from voting in this poll. I mean, he would have made one team mad and they are probably still mad at him but, what could he do? His motives for voting for a certain team would have been questioned, I know I would have. But something needs to be done so these coaches are not afraid to vote for somebody in the polls.
26. Barry Bonds was not offered arbitration by the Giants. Ireally thought the Giants would offer, so I would be shocked if there are any takers.
The vault is empty, I am leaving.
# posted by ttheman @ 4:57 PM 
