Entries from September 2007

September 28, 2007

Football Picks Look to Bounce Back

My choices last week were dismal. A big 0-4 with a push, leaves me with a 5-9 record in the Pros. My college selections were 2-3, which has me 11-8 for 2007. Changes I tell you, are in our future. First a few thoughts on NFL stories in the news.

Rex Grossman [...]

September 26, 2007

Is ESPN.com Even Relevant Anymore?

A popular game among sports bloggers is to rip ESPN. While I’ve had my problems with elements of the world-wide leader, I have given props to the things the network does very well.

The network presents college football beautifully, as Chris Fowler is the best pre-game show host in sports. Most of their annoiuncers [...]

September 24, 2007

Please Explan: Keanu Reeves

At the beginning of Keanu Reeves’ career, I understood what he had to offer, as he was the quintessential stoner dude. He played these teen roles solidly, as he demonstrated in River’s Edge and Permanent Record. Then came the wild success of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, which cemented his natural instincts of playing [...]

September 21, 2007

Football Picks for this Week

Last week picks were basically a reverse mirror image of each other, as the colleges went 4-1 (9-5 for the year), while the NFL choices went 1-4 (5-5 for the year).  I’ve been in the Northwest this week, driving way too much, so I haven’t had much time to produce much for the site.  I [...]

September 20, 2007

Please Explain: Reggie Bush

Much was discussed about how the Houston Texans made a collossal mistake when they passed up Reggie Bush with the first pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. While I agreed that they messed up by not taking hometown hero, Vince Young, I’ve never thought Bush was anywhere close to the hype thrown his way.
Now, let [...]

September 13, 2007

Football Picks Are On Fire!

Kicked off the NFL season with 4 wins, 1 loss, and a push. The colleges I won my 2 best bets, but lost my other 3 selections, leaving me 5-4 this year on NCAA choices. I am posting the picks tonight, as I like one Thursday college game. Also, if you didn’t get [...]

September 12, 2007

Why I’m Rooting for the Yankees and Cubs to Make the Playoffs

There has been an absence of baseball posts here. While the complete meltdown of the Chicago White Sox hasn’t helped, the 2007 season has been pretty anti-climatic since the middle of August. The only divisional race that has any intrigue is in the NL Central, where staying above .500 seems to be all that [...]

September 11, 2007

God Bless America?

Before I began writing this blog, I used to have a couple thousand people that had signed up to read a weekly column I would email to them. These columns eventually formed a book that I put out titled Dysfunctional Thoughts of a 21st Century Man. Below is one of those columns. [...]

September 8, 2007

NFL Pre-Season Power Rankings

I lost all the work I did on these rankings when some malfunction sent them floating in the cyberspace netherworld. (NOT HAPPY) I will try to find some time to post them again, with my reasons. Below are just the rankings.

Colts
Chargers
Patriots
Ravens
Cowboys
Broncos
Bears
Rams
Seahawks
Bengals
Jaguars
Saints
Eagles
Vikings
Panthers
Titans
Jets
Steelers
Redskins
Giants
Packers
49ers
Chiefs
Bills
Texans
Lions
Cardinals
Browns
Dolphins
Bucs
Raiders
Falcons

September 8, 2007

NFL Pre-Season Power Rankings