Today's games include:
New Orleans vs. Seattle at 4:35pm
Indianapolis vs. New England at 8:15pm
My predictions:
Seattle 31 New Orleans 17
New England 27 Indianapolis 21
New Orleans vs. Seattle at 4:35pm
Indianapolis vs. New England at 8:15pm
My predictions:
Seattle 31 New Orleans 17
New England 27 Indianapolis 21
I would love to think they pushed Stevie because it was just going to be a beat down role he was playing and they didn't want to damage Guererro and Jericho's brands. But we all know WCW didn't care about little guys and had no clue how to plot things in advance.
ReplyDeleteI think New Orleans makes it closer. Just a feeling.
ReplyDeleteBoston media outlets are reporting that the Pats put Brandon Spikes on IR not for an injury but because he constantly showed up late and instead of releasing him and making Spikes eligible to join another team, they put him on IR instead
ReplyDeleteIs that legal?
ReplyDeleteHe did leave a game with an injury week 17 so you can put someone on IR if they are hurt. In training camp, teams puts guys on IR all the time who are hurt but they dont want to cut.
ReplyDeleteIt is absolutely pouring in Massachusetts right now so the Pats game will be a mess. Luckily, I am in Florida this weekend.
ReplyDeleteA new Hulk Hogan video pumping up the Pats
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/thebuzz/2014/01/hulk_hogan_is_back_to_pump_up_the_patriots.html
Duggan vs. Darsow in 1998 is something no one wants to see
ReplyDeleteWith the weather the line on the Seattle game is Seattle -10. I took the points, virtually guaranteeing a Seattle blowout.
ReplyDeleteI like the Patriots to cover the 7 in the late game.
I dont like the Saints chances at all in this game
ReplyDeleteThis is awkward for me,first watching a football(US style) in my life,let's see how it goes.
ReplyDeleteNew Orleans and Seattle are playing a game to determine who loses to Carolina next week!
ReplyDeleteIt is the single most over rated product in American socitey
ReplyDeleteI don't how this sport works,I even don't know why I'm watching,maybe boredom.
ReplyDeleteGift to those who partake. Tease Seattle and NE. If Seattle wins, hedge with Colts money line. Your guaranteed to win money if anything other then Patriots win by exactly 1 point occurs.
ReplyDeleteOfficerFarva: the name you can trust
As much as I love sports, I'd extrapolate to sports being the most overrated thing in society. I know it's the market bearing prices, revenue, salaries, etc but when nurses and teacher are making 65 and 40 k. Something is fucked up. Give that money to half Asian ER Dr's or something
ReplyDeleteCall me crazy, but I'm smelling a Saints upset.
ReplyDeleteDay care teachers are lucky if they make $8 an hour... some pitchers will make more for 1 pitch than they do in a year.
ReplyDeleteSocial workers need master degrees and make shit
ReplyDeleteYea. It's insane
ReplyDeleteI understando your viewpoint,you're right.
ReplyDeleteAny career, aside from Doctors/Lawyers that involves helping people as its main focus never pays well it seems.
ReplyDeleteI think all of 2+2 was on the wong before the line ballooned up to 10. If the Saints win or only lose by 1, the internet gets blown out for the 2nd week in a row.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that Karl Marx guy had a point. I kid
ReplyDeleteDownvote all you want but Carolina is better at sports than all other teams!
ReplyDeleteHe did for sure
ReplyDeleteYea. That's my concerns is if Seattle doesn't cover the tease. Then it's a crap shoot. I feel great about Seattle -2 tho
ReplyDeleteI actually think the Chargers have a chance tomorrow
ReplyDeleteHome teams win today. The Colts will make the game with the Patriots close, but will pull through to play the Chargers in the AFC title game.
ReplyDeleteUgh. Commie!
ReplyDeleteVal Venis would like a word with you
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq65tZJkhQQ
ReplyDeletePeyton does choke in playoff games, and the Chargers went in there and punched them in the mouth a few weeks ago, so maybe.
ReplyDeleteChargers probably have the best chance of all the 3 dogs to win outright. Like all Chargers games though, you never know if they're going to actually show up and play hard.
ReplyDeleteAs a math teacher in an urban school district, I agree 1000%.
ReplyDeleteDude I do to. People think I'm nuts when I say that. It would not surprise me if SD won a shootout
ReplyDeleteThe weather in Foxboro today is going to make things interesting. Rain all day long
ReplyDeleteIt feels like I'm stealing... I cancelled cable 2 weeks ago, but can watch the games via HD antenna. I love it!
ReplyDeleteAs field staff for the biggest Senate race in the country in 2010 what I made shook out to about $3 an hour.
ReplyDeleteWhat antenna did you get? Mohu Leaf?
ReplyDeleteIf that game comes down to a referendum on whether or not the Colts can run between the tackles, it's going to be a bad day for Indy. Nobody trusts Trent at all in that fanbase. Even in a game that features 40 carries for the backs, Trent would still get 10 or less.
ReplyDeleteI watch everything on streams,don't punish yourself.
ReplyDeleteClearstream Micron. Found it at Best Buy. I've said this before, antennaweb says I should get two stations where I live, but I'm getting Fox, CBS, NBC, a CW, and an independent station. It's an indoor antenna, and part of the challenge/fun is pointing it in the right direction from my apartment window to get the best signal. It claims to be "omnidirectional" but I don't think that's the case.
ReplyDeleteI hear that. I did ground work for the John Kerry campaign back in 2004. Granted it was in California so we didn't have a lot of funds allocated to us but I worked roughly 400 hours for $2200. Nobody makes money in politics at the ground level.
ReplyDeleteDONALD BROWN~!
ReplyDeleteI love Donald but I don't think he's going to hold up for the 30 carries they're going to need out of him today. Someone else is going to have to take a few and I don't trust anyone else who's left.
ReplyDeleteWho are these jabronies calling this game? I thought Darryl Jonhson, Tony Sirigusia and the other guy were the Fox B-team?
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Despite this being my pet issue I haven't bothered with an antenna yet as I just don't see myself ever using it... but I am thinking I would get more than what antennaweb/tvfool says I would. I live on the second floor with a balcony and not much in any surrounding direction.
ReplyDeleteRichardson did cough the ball up last week. Trading him to Indy for a first round pick has got to be the smartet thing the Browns have done since they returned to the league.
ReplyDeleteSounds shady to me; but Bill Bellicheck has tried shadier moves in the past. Sometimes they worked and sometimes they didn't.
ReplyDeleteIIRC they didn't even let him touch the ball other than that. All his appearances after the fumble were blocks and the 1 zone read that Luck held onto on 4th down. Don't know how it all went so bad for him, I loved him coming out of college. Shows what I know.
ReplyDeletePoints to who can tell me what team and what position William Frizzell played for. I met his, that's why I ask. No Google either
ReplyDeleteI'd rather feel like I'm stealing, not actually BE stealing.
ReplyDeleteLook at the Saints, running the ball. Mark Ingram could be a great RB if you gave him ~20 touches a game.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the option of mounting an antenna on my roof, I wouldn't be surprised if I could pull all the major networks out of Philly.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap cm punk is on the necessary evil DVD.
ReplyDeleteHoly shit,I'm actually enjoying this?!
ReplyDeleteIt is a brutal way to make a living. Guys like David Plouffe and Karl Rove make a lot of money in campaign politics everyone else is basically starving to death... and it is BRUTAL work particularly the hours. 7 days a week 15 hours being a short day is not at all uncommon and no matter how good you do, you get fired in November... all that said it is what I still find myself wishing I was doing every single day.
ReplyDeletePleasant surprise for me I can't stand moose or goose
ReplyDeleteLACES OUT. Shane Graham is going to kidnap Drew Brees in a few years now.
ReplyDeletePersonal opinion but I think Carolina is a one and done. Their d is great but so is the 9ers and without a healthy Steve smith I like San Fran offense a bit more
ReplyDeleteTeams that go on the road and get blown out in the regular season and then return to the scene of the crime in the playoffs... tend to have better luck. Not saying Norleans will win, but I think they'll cover the spread.
ReplyDeleteWhere's Marshawn Lynch going to play next season?
ReplyDeleteSo I can turn this into a thread about WWE Network.... will the WWE Network show the XFL games?
ReplyDeleteAnd probably the dumbest trade the Colts ever made.
ReplyDeleteThis game could be over real fast if the Saints can't get their act together. Brees looking real shaky here.
ReplyDeleteIs it unfair or unsporting if Seattle thrashes the Saints, then half the defense and Russell Wilson get busted for performance-enhancing drugs and get suspended for next week? I was hopeful that Seattle and New Orleans would take it to each other, but this looks more like The Violation of Drew Brees, Part Deux.
ReplyDeleteThat's one of the most interesting stories in sports to me right now. The Seadderall Seahawks are blatantly flaunting the NFL's rules and daring the league office to actually step in.
ReplyDeleteI blame Pete Carroll. He's been dirty his entire career.
Parallax1978, I pray that you're right. Also, I want your babies.
ReplyDeleteA+. You've improved so much.
ReplyDeleteGood gamble, bad result.
ReplyDeleteYeah I don't mind them going for it. I even like the playcall, Graham is going to be open or have a smaller guy on his back not threatening him like 80%+. Just didn't work out.
ReplyDeleteThe way the ball came out I'm not sure Colston would have had a shot at it, deflection or not. Brees is not executing.
ReplyDeleteHe was shaky last week also. He threw those 2 picks then Payton went to the run to protect him. This year isn't helping his "dome QB" reputation.
ReplyDeleteDownvote for repeating a joke from last week.
ReplyDeleteHack.
Are you married?
ReplyDeleteI will be repeating it for several more weeks as they march forward and reign victorious in the World Series!
ReplyDeleteof Poker?
ReplyDelete... and there it goes.
ReplyDeleteHelpful advice: if your favourite team has a prominent player or coach with the last team "Ryan," prepare for disappointment.
ReplyDeleteThis response made me laugh until I was nearly in tears
ReplyDeleteIt's not like New Orleans had a stout defense or anything.
ReplyDeleteHe's not a miracle worker.
There were two great blocks by the o-line there and it resulted in a loss.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's it for Harvin.
ReplyDeleteHe's hurt again?!
ReplyDeleteSaints D is coming up big today.
ReplyDeleteThe good: Only 1 TD in 4 possessions.
ReplyDeleteThe bad: Down 16-0 still sucks.
The best part about underdogs in giant spreads is that I'm still just a TD away from the cover!
ReplyDelete...that's all I can take out of this putrid 1st half
I think he was unconscious on that endzone hit, if only for a half-second. But that's enough.
ReplyDeleteAnd the worse: Seatle starts the 2nd half with the ball.
ReplyDeleteI smell a Drew Brees pick six coming up here.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I took the over on this game, but I still got a sweet two game teaser going for the Niners and Broncos.
ReplyDeleteOkay, okay... I just learned what a teaser was last week and haven't bet on anything besides participating in March Madness pools, but I wanted to fit in with the subsection of gambling addicts on this site.
Wierd Dream Threadjack: So last night I had a wierd wrestling related dream. I had apparently time traveled to the early 2000s. I didn't experience the time travel but I'm just sitting in a crowd watching a wrestling match. It's a tag match and a young John Cena is in it. I elbow my friend and say "hey, look, John Cena", he nods. Then a couple of Hispanic men get into an argument about the match. Then I woke up.
ReplyDeleteRemember, it's only an addiction if you lose. When you win, it's supplemental income.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing dangerous about gambling is the monster that has enslaved you. I call him Gamblor! And it's time to snatch you from his neon claws!
ReplyDeleteGod Petuka. I had a lengthy reply to you talking about going that I had to delete.
ReplyDelete*betting
ReplyDelete#paddingpostcount
You sure it wasn't a portent predicting the break up of Los Matadores with those arguing Hispanic men?
ReplyDeleteHahhahahaa. I bet alot but that's such a funny analysis. I'd always say "it's only betting when you lose" then proceed to lose on a 3 team parlay
ReplyDeleteMagoonie, as a wrestling fan living close to me, I highly suggest going to Hogans bar in Clearwater. I've been twice, saw Jimmy Hart once and Greg the hammer the other time .
ReplyDeleteI had a dream about Undertaker vs Dean Ambrose for WWE title in street fight match at WrestleMania XXXI. Ambrose won after using his finisher from the top of the titantron, creating a huge crater at the arena, killing hundreds of people except Taker and himself.
ReplyDeleteIt's only 3 scores (okay, 2 if they go 2-for-2 on 2pt conversions), but I don't think the Saints are coming back here. 16-0 might as well be 34-0.
ReplyDeleteTheir chance might be better if Graham nailed that FG.
ReplyDeleteSure, 16-3 isn't much better than 16-0, but one defensive stop and a TD and it's a game again.
TraitorAlex, do you have numbers on a 2nd half line?
ReplyDeleteI can't find it
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing -3.5 for Seattle on 5dimes. It's off the board on other sites
ReplyDeleteNevermind. To late
ReplyDeleteZero faith in the Saints to even score.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I didn't have it on mine.
ReplyDeleteHahaha. I love it of that's the case. They're fucking hell bent on trying to establish the run and bring the safety up in the first 2 quarters. Go with your strength and chuck the ball around
ReplyDeleteSeattle ges the ball first. This will be 19-0 or 23-0 before long.
ReplyDeleteNot a strength in that weather.
ReplyDeleteHey, the D's still alive. Your turn Brees... prove me wrong.
ReplyDeleteGood defensive stand by New Orleans here. Let's see if Drew Brees can follow up.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. It's your strength all year. You have a top 5 qb. Let him toss it. Sure the weather will fuck him up a little but let him figure it out
ReplyDeleteSaints D has played well so far. They gave up 16 but they were sabotaged by the special teams and the offense. They're still competing out here.
ReplyDeleteWas Valentine washing dishes there?
ReplyDeleteWait, what you bet man?
ReplyDeleteI had a dream I was Ted Mosby and I went at it with Lily.
ReplyDeleteSeattle wins this game 30-7. New England wins tonight 24-21.
ReplyDeleteHam. Dude the hammer was FUCKED up running around the bar.
ReplyDeleteUsually I don't give a shit and will go talk to anyone but I was seriously intimidated by his antics
ReplyDeleteIf the Saints outscore the Seahawks by a margin of more than 17 points in the second quarter, they will probably win this football game.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've been thinking about going there since it opened up. That's cool about the wrestler sitings. I saw John Tenta years ago (of course) at a local pizza place my cousin worked at.
ReplyDeleteThat will be difficult, considering the second quarter ended a while ago.
ReplyDeleteThat's a fun dream, better than mine. In my dream I have a time machine and I apparently use it to go back and watch a rookie Cena match. Wierd.
ReplyDeleteAlternate response: Did parallax write this post?
ReplyDeleteI took Saints +10. Not my best idea. I was too late to get in on the wong that everyone else had. I gotta stop doing the math on Friday mornings and put in my bets on Tuesday like a civilized man.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes I am.
ReplyDeleteTHAT is a good dream. Any dream that ends with you nailing Allyson Hannigan (or any female cast member from Buffy or Angel) is a good dream. I had a very nice dream that involved Amy Acker years ago.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome, seeing a drunk Valentine running around. Yeah, I would have been apprehensive too.
ReplyDelete+10? I haven't seen it higher then +9. Either way, hope it's a 19-10 game so everyone makes money
ReplyDeleteI guess the refs have had enough of the post-play bullshit.
ReplyDeleteSaints got away with one there.
ReplyDeleteBy Gawd that's a big penalty
ReplyDeleteWhich I noticed a second after I posted it and edited forthwith.
ReplyDeleteRaw was taped and they never addressed it
ReplyDeleteThe show was, yeah, but necessarily the commentary. Plus, I meant more in general, not just the night after. They were live at SOME point after the Rumble.
ReplyDeleteI actually think Yoko throwing him over is an impressive spot. However, it made no sense for Macho Man to try to pin him to set it up. What would have made sense though would be for Macho Man to try to pick up Yokozuna to throw him over the ropes. He gets him half way over the ropes, but doesn't have the strength to get him completely over. Both Yoko and macho fall to the ground in the ring right by the ropes, but Macho falls on Yoko. Then Yoko throws him over the ropes from the ground. That would have been a a way to have that same ending, but without making Macho Man look like a moron. I remember renting this royal rumble when i was 7 from the video store (When i still though wrestling was real), and thinking Macho Man was stupid as hell.
ReplyDeleteI hate pretty much all of 1999 in general as far as wrestling goes.
ReplyDeleteI wish they'd shown all of Luke's entrance to show how he was doing that goofy walk down the aisle, into the ring, tossed by Quake so he just goes right on walking without breaking stride to the back, which is priceless.
ReplyDeleteThe commentary nailed it, too.
ReplyDeleteLawler: He's flying!
JR: Well, he had his cape on, of course he's gonna fly.
Not pictured: Maven's corpse, seconds later.
ReplyDelete21 years later and I still don't understand the point of that spot.
ReplyDeleteSantino was a very underrated heel. He had a period where he was consistently the most entertaining part of the show.
ReplyDeleteWrestlecrap sums up why the '99 Rumble was so astonishingly terrible.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/1999-royal-rumble/
Yeah WCW was abysmal and 1999 WWF hasn't aged well.
ReplyDeleteOh I know that, when did it start to go downhill? After WM 25?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I find the moment in full funny too.
ReplyDeleteWhenever the Santina stuff started with Vickie. Everything before that? Gold. I still think he has one left heel run left in him as a smarmy Jimmy Hart-type manager.
ReplyDeleteThat would be WM 25 when Santina started.
ReplyDeleteand thats what helped him in turning face.
ReplyDeletehard to think that santina of all things cemented a face turn for him
Any rumble that ends with a non-wrestler winning is automatically the worst. Also 07's being uneventful? That was the one that ended with Undertaker & HBK as the final 2. No way THAT was worse than 99.
ReplyDeleteWhen did Lee Marshall get canned from WCW? I watched from this period and have no recollection of him as an announcer after the Wolfpac formed.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the time Coach had an interview with Vince and Vince basically no sold him. Classic Vince.
ReplyDeleteSavage took an incredible shit kicking, happened to hit his finisher out of desperation, and instinctively went for a cover like in every match he had as a babyface.
ReplyDeleteStill, there was no reason for him to think that going for a pin would be a dangerous thing to do.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he realized that he had no hope of throwing Yokozuna over the top rope, and thought that a referee might come in to eliminate him by pinfall?
Macho Man has always been a trailblazer in uncovering obscure rules, having shown that he could avoid elimination in a Royal Rumble if he merely propelled himself over the top rope. He also somehow figured out a way to win the Doomsday Cage match, which is the pro wrestling equivalent of defeating the Kobayashi Maru.
King botched his spot by not going over on the first punch to set the new record for least amount of time in the Royal Rumble.
ReplyDeleteI still kind of find it funny that despite most wrestlers being treated as fairly-unbeatable on TV a lot of the time, with most babyfaces usually only losing to cheating or Monster Heels, that they'd just go right out there and tell everyone that The Bushwhackers were losers and jokes.
ReplyDeleteI think the "you can't eliminate yourself" rule was done away with as soon as they changed their minds about it. Much like how in one year, Vader's tossing of Shawn didn't count because he'd already been eliminated, but in later years, that would always count.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they had to tell us.
ReplyDeleteI remember that crowd in Fresno getting really panicked when Vader tossed Michaels out because they thought it would count.
ReplyDeleteThat article's great, thank you x
ReplyDeleteSaturn's continuing streak of good matches is why I always get annoyed when people totally bypass him when talking about good workers, or deride his general ability. Even Scott is bad for this, pooh-poohing an old rating of his for the Saturn/Goldberg PPV match in a "Scott Sez", assuming that Saturn could NEVER have gotten such a good bout out of a rookie Goldberg. In fact, the match is probably Goldberg's second-best career match.
ReplyDeleteFor a LONG time, Saturn was one of the best parts about WCW. He'd lost a few steps by the time he got to the WWF and usually got stuck doing comedy stuff, but he was legitimately a very good wrestler. He was just a fair bit below the OTHER three Radicalz, so he looked a bit weaker. Hell, fans at the time assumed he'd have been the biggest star of the four, since he had The Look and had done more "Sports Entertainment" stuff in WCW than they had.
You know, I have no idea- Wikipedia doesn't even include the dates. But HOLY FUCK, he is apparently the current voice of Tony the Tiger!
ReplyDelete09 is strong contender for the worst, sure. I thought 2007 was great stuff. As meka3000 has already noted, it ends with that mini match between UT and HBK, and there are tons of fun little segments and portions dotted about. No way is that a shitty RR.
ReplyDelete99 is fucking irredeemable. Deal with it. What were the nice stories?
So basically they'd be offering Wrestlemania for $60 or for $30.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a horrible business move.
I thought the 40 man Rumble was worse than 99...it just went on. and on. and on. and on. and on.
ReplyDeleteAlso the HHH/Mysterio rumble was just so bad. So very slow. Two blown up guys working the whole thing was just not entertaining. Mysterio doesn't have a "sixty minutes" style and HHH's style isn't conducive to making a long Rumble run interesting. That's more the realm of a Jericho or Bryan or Punk type worker.
I hated that Owen and Backlund were eliminated like that. That rumble was lacking serious star power and really could have used more 'over' heels for fans to root against. Owen should have had a iron man run that year, hanging on like Martel in '91.
ReplyDelete06, 07, and 09 didn't have three separate points where the ring was COMPLETELY EMPTY!
ReplyDeleteIs this the deadlift chokeslam episode?
ReplyDeleteI anxiously await Ziggler getting rushed back to the ring so that he can take some bonkers bump during the Rumble match that will swiftly be forgotten a week later when he goes right back to jobbing to Fandango for no reason.
ReplyDeleteBut what if Darsow "broke his stinkin' arm?"
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