Tuesday Afternoon Line Backer
Okay, so it’s Wednesday. Believe it or not I actually had to do real actual work at work yesterday. But if I actually keep this going, expect it on Tuesday afternoons. Basically, this will be my run down of football from the past weekend. I don’t catch all the games, so I don’t have information from all of the games. If you want that, you can go elsewhere. And why Tuesday Afternoon Line Backer? Most people who would do something like this would want to be the Something Something Quarterback. Not me.
Mr. Rourke
I receive a call Sunday afternoon on my way to the parents’ house to watch the Bucs get drilled. It’s Gr8hakr. He’s doing much better in the fantasy league than I am, and this past weekend we were matched up. After checking to see if we wanted to head over to watch the game on the beautiful HD wide screen they have he let’s loose with a little trash talk. Well guess what? My sorry team won. I am now 1-2-1 and a half game up on Gr8. I would say that this is the Football Gods taking action after Gr8 munged my draft.
Cheesy
Once we get to the folks’ house we’re treated to the final three quarters of the Packers/Giants game. Now I missed the “heroic” touchdown by Favre Beans. But I was(n’t) surprised that the cameras were on Favre standing on the sidelines almost as much as they were on the actual game action. Pathetic. Please retire.
Pamplona
The USF Bulls are just a good offense, defense, and special teams from being a good team. I enjoyed being at the RayJay though. Wasn’t USF good last year or the year before? And boy do they have a penalty problem. So many good plays of theirs were called back it was almost like watching a Gator game.
They Got No Push
I’m seven weeks into my first franchise year in Madden 2005. So far the Bucs are 7-0, having just dispatched the hated Bears by some ungodly score of 70-0 or something like that. It’s true, the new AI in Madden is horrible. If I get up by more than four touchdowns all I have to do is call in my nickel cover-2 defense and just pick off balls left and right. This goes for just about any team I play against. Maybe I should crank it all the way up to All Madden.
Monday Night
You know, they really need to work on the schedule for this game. I don’t see any reason why if both teams playing are based in the Eastern or Central time zone the game can’t start at eight. This is basically why I don’t really watch MNF anymore unless the Bucs are playing.
Sooiee
Damn those Razorbacks. Two years in a row they go and mount a come back after the Gators get a big lead. At least this time we take care of business before they can get too close.
Youth Is Served
I guess the writing is on the wall now. Chris Simms will be starting at QB for the Bucs this coming week. Hopefully Clayton can find his way onto the field some more too. Let the rebuilding begin. 2005 is going to be great.
Running Items
WTF?
Five weeks into the college football season and South Carolina is in second place in the SEC East. Shouldn’t they have lost one by now?
Seriously, WTF?
Ricky Williams is asking if he can come back and play with the other kids.
Current Football Wish
The Bucs run the table to finish 12-4, beat the Eagles in the NFCCG (again). Then a nice leisurely trip to J-Ville for the Bowl against whoever.
Breath Of A Salesman
The strangest ad I saw all weekend during football was for “Team America: World Police”. I wouldn’t have figured that movie was aimed at the football watching crowd.
I plan to add to the Running Items every week. I’ll probably end up with a stable of RI’s and pick a few to trot out.That does it for the inaugural TALB. Tune in next week for, uh, something about football I’m sure.
