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Another Sign Of The Apocalypse

There are a lot of examples of opposites attracting in couples over time.  Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett, Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn, Anna Elway and GreenNicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. But did you ever think you’d see Denver Bronco great John Elway marry a former Raiderette?

Yep that’s right Elway popped the question to his girlfriend, Paige Green, who happens to be a former Los Angeles Raiders cheerleader. This has to be stunning news in the Rocky Mountains. A Colorado legend marrying someone from the dark side this has to be a sign of the impending apocalypse.

With it there are questions. Will Raider owner Al Davis give away the bride? Will she wear silver and black? Will her bridal party be made up of those nut jobs who attend Raider games? Is she doing this to steal and then fence Elway’s two Super Bowl rings? Will the wedding have a pirate theme? Will Broncos OnesieRaiders OnesieElway renounce the Broncos and pledge his allegiance to Davis and then get named Raiders head coach after Lane Kiffen is fired? If they have children which teams onsie’s will the babies wear? Will half the church and the hall be orange and blue and the other half silver and black? Will Elway start wearing an eye patch, carry a sword and call everyone “matey”? Will he have to sleep on the couch every time the Broncos beat the Raiders?

Arrrrr matey’s my head is spinning just thinking about it.

Ed Hochuli…The Website

Hochuli signaling a holding callWhile reading an article about NFL referee Ed Hochuli and the incomplete pass call from last Sunday in the San Diego – Denver game I came across the fact that he has his own website complete with a message board forum run by his son, Scott. 

There’s a few clips on the front page from article and interviews about “Eddie Guns” and a link to the message board which has topics like: Where he will work this week, photos, Everything Ed, questions about rules and officiating as well as talk about the NFL and college game. 

Hochuli, who is probably the best know NFL referee because of his physique, recently was in the news because he admittedly blew a critical call late in a game in Week 2 in Denver.  Personally I think Hochuli is the best ref the NFL has to offer and I hope he can move on from the mistake and continues to show up every week and make calls.

By the way Hochuli is in action this week he and his crew are scheduled to call the Cleveland-Baltimore game.

Joey, Joey, Joey…Part Deuce

Cassel (l) and Porter.  ESPN.com graphic

This was just too good to pass up and the mere fact that it’s Miami linebacker Joey Porter flapping his gums again makes it even better. You will recall he had comments on the camera incident after the season was said and done as well.

Seems Joey isn’t too impressed with Matt Cassel.

I just know he’s not a Tom Brady,” Porter said. “So if it’s not Tom Brady, it shouldn’t be that hard.”

But wait with Joey there’s always more.

“It’ll be good to go out there and get our first victory.”

So let me get this straight. Joey thinks the Miami Dolphins who have already lost twice this year, including a shellacking at the hands of the (cough) Arizona Cardinals (cough), thinks they can beat the Patriots on the road.

Unless Joey lost his mind when he attacked Levi Jones at a Las Vegas casino he should know that the Dolphins have lost 20 times in the last 21 games they played. He must also know that the Patriots have won 21 consecutive regular season games.

While I understand on an given Sunday anything can happen I just don’t see the Patriots losing to Miami at home.  Just remember this was the guy when he was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers was once seen on the sideline in Pittsburgh screaming THEY’LL NEVER BE AT OUR LEVEL!! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!!” after Pittsburgh beat New England in a regular-season game in 2004.

As Richard Seymour likes to say we’ll see you on the field at 1 p.m.

Just a reminder to check out the game preview on Friday, I’ll have something special for you buried at the bottom.

Picking Up The Blitz Ver 10.1

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What’s up with Vince Young? He says he is committed to football but based on reports coming out of Nashville you’d think he just plain ol’ needs to be committed.

It all seemingly started Sunday during the Titans season opener when he was resoundingly booed after a pick. He actually refused to go back into the game until head coach Jeff Fischer pleaded with him to return.

Once he returned he ended up getting injured spraining his MCL and he will miss between 2 and 4 four weeks of action. But the curious part in all this started later on.

Then on Monday night concern for his mental state led the Titans to notify Nashville police and report Young missing when he abruptly left his house, speeding away from his agent on the interstate at speeds approaching 100 mph to evade him. Friends and family said Young was upset and left the house with a gun.

Young reportedly was at a friends house eating chicken wings and watching the Monday Night Football games. He didn’t say what he thought of Tony Kornheiser or the three Mike’s but I’m always interested in the opinion of a crazy man so needless to say I’m disappointed that was omitted from any reports. I am also disappointed no one told us whether the wings were breaded or naked and how hot he likes them and if he uses bleu cheese or not.

This episode prompted VY’s momma to speak to reporters. And in the name of Allen Iverson and Donovan McNabb’s momma’s this is never, ever a good thing. Momma Felicia Young said her son was “hurting inside and out.” My guess is he ate too many wings and the sauce was too hot, that usually wrecks me for a good day. I feel your pain VY but dab, don’t rub and the burning goes away shortly.

But momma Young continued to flap her gums and told the Tennessean that “he will be fine if people are prayerful and help my baby boy out. He is a young man. He just needs a lot of love and support.”

Personally I see every opposing lineman in the league willing to help Vince out. I’m sure they will offer him plenty words of encouragement from across the line of scrimmage and tell him how much they love his momma. That should have a calming effect on Vince much like it always did for Tony Eason.

Young’s agent has down played any depression or Young’s fragile emotional state saying it’s all been blown out of proportion. But then Friday comes the report that Young talked to his therapist, Sheila Peters, a clinical psychologist and reportedly had thoughts of suicide. She even went as far as reportedly setting up an evaluation for Young at a Nashville psychiatric hospital.

Norm Chow who was Young’s offensive coordinator at Tennessee last season said Young “takes things too personally” and “lets his emotions get to him”. But he added he hopes this is all blown out of proportion. We as football fans do too but you are really left to wonder if Young has the mental make up it takes to be able to play this game.

And now Miami Dolphins running back and fellow Texas alum Ricky Williams is empathizing with Young. My prediction is pretty soon you’ll see Ricky and Vince driving around the country in a beat up old van with smoke pouring out like Cheech and Chong playing pass the bong and trying not to spill the water.

New LaDainian Tomlinson Action Figure

Hey Chargers fans just because your team suffered another season ending loss at the hands of the New England Patriots doesn’t mean you have to forget about the highlights of their season. With that in mind ToyWiz.com has a brand new LaDainian Tomlinson action figure to help you through your off season or at least until it’s time for the Padres to choke again.

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R.I.P Georgia Frontiere, 1927-2008

RIP Georgia Frontiere 1927-2008

Georgia Frontiere, the owner of the St. Louis Rams, has died at the age of 80 after a battle with cancer. Frontiere inherited the Rams when her sixth husband, Carroll Rosenbloom passed away in 1979 and left her the team in the will.

She kept the team in the Los Angeles area (Anaheim) until 1994 when she moved the team to St. Louis. She was rewarded with a Super Bowl win in 1999-2000 season when her Rams beat the Tennessee Titans in the Super Bowl.

Our condolences to the Frontiere family and the St. Louis Rams.

Picking Up The Blitz Ver 2.3

I heard the other day that a 30 second televsion ad for the Super Bowl is going to cost $2.7 million.   That’s $90,000 a second.  If Ian and I gave them like $9 and some change do you think we could get 1/10,000 of a seconds worth of ad time?  You know just a quick flash of the blog name. 

Brady, Moss Headline AP All-Pro Team

Patriots First Team All-Pro Players - AP photos

The record-breaking duo of Tom Brady and Randy Moss from the New England Patriots headlines this year’s AP All-Pro First Team. Moss was an unanimous selection while Brady was almost an unanimous choice. One voter decided to split his vote of Brady with Green Bay QB Brett Favre. LaDainian Tomlinson was the only other unanimous selection to the team.

Joining Brady and Moss on the first team were teammates T Matt Light, OLB Mike Vrabel and CB Asante Samuel. For each of them except for Moss, this is their first time being named to the AP All-Pro team. Moss was a member of the team three times while with the Minnesota Vikings.

Four other Patriots were chosen to the AP All-Pro Second team as well. They are WR Wes Welker, G Logan Mankins, C Dan Koppen and DT Vince Wilfork.

The Patriots led the way with 5 players on the first team. The Chargers, Cowboys and Seahawks each placed 3 players on the first team as well.

A full look at both teams after the jump.

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Picking Up The Blitz Ver 2.2

You might say this is a wee bit superstitious but once Tuesday’s “In The Red Zone” runs you will not see me refer to the Patriots as perfect, undefeated, unbeaten, etc.  The only reference will be their record being mentioned when appropriate and I will not be bringing up the 1972 Dolphins unless for some reason Mercury Morris goes into another residual cocaine induced rant. 

What the team did is great but it’s the playoffs now and nothing else matters until and if they win the Super Bowl.