Folksy, normal, average, mediocre and "a mom" are now viwed as legitimate qualifications to be the leader of the free-world. But where else would these things ever be viewed as qualifications for even moderately important jobs.?
Heart Surgeon:
You: so Doc how did my heart get so bad?
Dr. Palin: Well who really knows, but I know we need to operate until the job is done and get your heart back on track and declare victory - golly-gee!!
You: I am fucked.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
When You Know Your Season has not Gone as Planned
"Victor Zambrano Could Return to Majors with Yankees" was the headline just texted to me in my auto Mets news text message thingy. Wanting to bring in that guy to pitch for your major league team is like eating Hunt's (Hunt's!) ketchup packets for your dinner. Not good.
Can't that guy just donate his body to science or something? Him and Carl Pavano, just go away!
Can't that guy just donate his body to science or something? Him and Carl Pavano, just go away!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Integrity, Bitches!
4 days after the dude cranks his 29th homerun, Ryan Ludwick is added to a CPL roster. This is ain't a league for pussies. (Fenn's semi-sexual man-crush on Brett Favre notwithstanding.)
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Ball-Cuppers
So, there' hasn't been much to bitch about since the Giants whupped up on some Patriot asses in the Super Bowl. And, to give credit to the collossal morons over at EEI, they were pretty objective and humble and non-whiny in their reactions to the defeat.
However, today's morning broadcast was pretty frustrating. While Mr. Callahan slandered Sitting US Congressmen and accused them definiteively of being literally corrupt, a certain story - also related to cheating - went conspicuously unmentioned. That would of course be the fact that the Patriots have been cheating at NFL football since the 2000 season as admitted to by coach Bill Bellichek. What does it mean? Is it really that bad? Does it taint the Super Bowl titles the team had one? Why did Comissioner Goodell only reveal this information now that he is being pressed on the issue? These seem like fair questions that would make for interesting dsicussion on a sports opinion/analysis radio show. But yet no mention.
I suppose once they get done making fun of the concept of "misremebering" they'll move on to this topic. Oh wait, no they won't because they are hacks and Patriots water carriers who would pay money to cup Bill Bellichek's balls. I forgot.
However, today's morning broadcast was pretty frustrating. While Mr. Callahan slandered Sitting US Congressmen and accused them definiteively of being literally corrupt, a certain story - also related to cheating - went conspicuously unmentioned. That would of course be the fact that the Patriots have been cheating at NFL football since the 2000 season as admitted to by coach Bill Bellichek. What does it mean? Is it really that bad? Does it taint the Super Bowl titles the team had one? Why did Comissioner Goodell only reveal this information now that he is being pressed on the issue? These seem like fair questions that would make for interesting dsicussion on a sports opinion/analysis radio show. But yet no mention.
I suppose once they get done making fun of the concept of "misremebering" they'll move on to this topic. Oh wait, no they won't because they are hacks and Patriots water carriers who would pay money to cup Bill Bellichek's balls. I forgot.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Dan Shaughnessy Getting Paid to be a Sports-Writer is Like Dan Shaughnessy Getting Paid to be a Model
Shorter Dan Shaughnessy: Many predictions have not worked out so that's evidence that predictions are stupid. Some predicitons did work out, but those were just, like, different, or something. Don't ask me to explain though because that would probably undermine my point. Oh, and I'm a hack.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
We're Letting Idiot Fans Write Our Front Page Stories Now
From Boston.com. There are so many things wrong with this article, it's hard to know where to begin, and end.
First off, this article is about a simulated game. That's right a game simulated on the Madden '08 video game. On top of that, the writer, not content to fabricate an entire sporting event with computers, makes up fake Randy Moss quotes with his brain, which we will see, is much dumber than the computer brain foudn in my old Caleco-vision. One of those fake quotes is this gem: "I remember telling Tommy before the season, 'If we play like we're capable, can't no one stop us.'" Which is weird because he's not just making up a quote but an entire conversation that occured about 5 months ago.
Then he goes into this mind-numbing thing about analyzing the Pats off-season priorities and bringing back various free agents, but only from the perspective of knowing the results of this fake game where Randy Moss has earned himself "a few extra offseason dollars with [his] play Sunday." In a fake game. Are those real dollars?
It's also really annoying how he keeps describing a player using his speed as "turning on the blazers." Anyone ever heard this term before. Rockets or Jets maybe, but blazers? Then, continuing to discuss Moss's speed, he says on one play - in the fake game - Moss turned on" some of that 'The old Randy Moss is back' speed." Why not just call it the "old Randy Moss" speed. Doesn't that imply it is back? How is the old Randy back, when the old Randy was never even this good?
But the cake-taker is the fake quote from Bellichek in his post-game victory press-conference. "Asked to sum up a perfect season, Belichick paused as if searching for the perfect words to encapsulate the 2007 campaign. 'I'm not here to talk about the past,' he said, with a simulated smile."
This is a joke right? We all know Bill doesn't like to get into detail in his press-conferences but does this person seriously believe that some 30 minutes removed from winning a championship Bellichek will have to simulate a smile? That he won't reflect on the season because it's in the past? Like all he's thinking about is game planning to sit on the beach and drink Mai Tais.
Someone got paid to write this nonsense.
First off, this article is about a simulated game. That's right a game simulated on the Madden '08 video game. On top of that, the writer, not content to fabricate an entire sporting event with computers, makes up fake Randy Moss quotes with his brain, which we will see, is much dumber than the computer brain foudn in my old Caleco-vision. One of those fake quotes is this gem: "I remember telling Tommy before the season, 'If we play like we're capable, can't no one stop us.'" Which is weird because he's not just making up a quote but an entire conversation that occured about 5 months ago.
Then he goes into this mind-numbing thing about analyzing the Pats off-season priorities and bringing back various free agents, but only from the perspective of knowing the results of this fake game where Randy Moss has earned himself "a few extra offseason dollars with [his] play Sunday." In a fake game. Are those real dollars?
It's also really annoying how he keeps describing a player using his speed as "turning on the blazers." Anyone ever heard this term before. Rockets or Jets maybe, but blazers? Then, continuing to discuss Moss's speed, he says on one play - in the fake game - Moss turned on" some of that 'The old Randy Moss is back' speed." Why not just call it the "old Randy Moss" speed. Doesn't that imply it is back? How is the old Randy back, when the old Randy was never even this good?
But the cake-taker is the fake quote from Bellichek in his post-game victory press-conference. "Asked to sum up a perfect season, Belichick paused as if searching for the perfect words to encapsulate the 2007 campaign. 'I'm not here to talk about the past,' he said, with a simulated smile."
This is a joke right? We all know Bill doesn't like to get into detail in his press-conferences but does this person seriously believe that some 30 minutes removed from winning a championship Bellichek will have to simulate a smile? That he won't reflect on the season because it's in the past? Like all he's thinking about is game planning to sit on the beach and drink Mai Tais.
Someone got paid to write this nonsense.
Plax the Prognosticator... or Sean Salisbury is a Moron
This morning on the world-wide leader in sports (broadcasting? analysis?), Sean Salisbury was asked to comment on Plaxico's prediction that the Giants will win Sunday's game, 23-17.
He said this was a bad move by Plaxico because it would get the Pats fired up and put pressure on him individually. He supported this brilliant point by stating "there's only one Joe Willie Namath."
Yes, your right Sean "If I wasn't inexplicably one of the lead football analysts for ESPN I'd be roofying co-eds' drinks at a bar in Daytona" Salisbury, there is only one guy who is unquestionably the most over-rated quarterback in Football History, there is only one guy who wore panty-hose on national TV AND drunkenly tried to kiss a woman who was interviewing him while said interview was being broadcast over a similar medium, and there is only one guy who used to do a pretty solid job hawking CD players for Nobody Beats The Wiz back in the day.
But Joe Namath is not exactly the Nostradamus of sports. He was (like Plaxico) a cocky, arrogant athlete who ran his mouth a little too much and fortunately happened to back it up, despite not playing particularly great in Super Bowl III. Besdies Joe Willie guaranteed a win, Plaxico just predicted one.
(I seem to remember a guarantee worked out pretty well for one Mark Messier. Obviously, 15yo me sitting up near the roof of that crummy arena in the Meadowlands willed the Rangers to victory that night, but I think Messier's 3 goals may have also contributed. )
Here's hoping the Giants win 23-17 and in 30 years we're watching Plaxico on his own reality show. I'd also just take a Giants' win.
He said this was a bad move by Plaxico because it would get the Pats fired up and put pressure on him individually. He supported this brilliant point by stating "there's only one Joe Willie Namath."
Yes, your right Sean "If I wasn't inexplicably one of the lead football analysts for ESPN I'd be roofying co-eds' drinks at a bar in Daytona" Salisbury, there is only one guy who is unquestionably the most over-rated quarterback in Football History, there is only one guy who wore panty-hose on national TV AND drunkenly tried to kiss a woman who was interviewing him while said interview was being broadcast over a similar medium, and there is only one guy who used to do a pretty solid job hawking CD players for Nobody Beats The Wiz back in the day.
But Joe Namath is not exactly the Nostradamus of sports. He was (like Plaxico) a cocky, arrogant athlete who ran his mouth a little too much and fortunately happened to back it up, despite not playing particularly great in Super Bowl III. Besdies Joe Willie guaranteed a win, Plaxico just predicted one.
(I seem to remember a guarantee worked out pretty well for one Mark Messier. Obviously, 15yo me sitting up near the roof of that crummy arena in the Meadowlands willed the Rangers to victory that night, but I think Messier's 3 goals may have also contributed. )
Here's hoping the Giants win 23-17 and in 30 years we're watching Plaxico on his own reality show. I'd also just take a Giants' win.
Antiquated Understanding of the AFC v. NFC
Among the groundbreaking thoughts shared with all those lucky enough to receive the WEEI radio frequency this morning were that the Patriots would have the Superbowl won by halftime. Now, whether this opinion is in and of itself stupid is certainly debatable. The Patriots are perhaps the best team of all time. They are 18-0, have an average margin of victory in excess of 15 points, possess probably the best offense of all time, and beat the Giants in week 17 in a game in which everything seemed to go the G-Men's way.
Did he cite any of these reasons as the basis of his opinion? NO. Well, you may ask, upon what nuggets of brilliance did he base this condescending, demeaning and controversial opinion? The answer, because the Giants have made their run to the playoffs through the NFC, a cakewalk compared to the rigors of the AFC playoff tree.
Wow. This is unbelievably stupid for so many reasons I do not even know where to begin. First of all, the two conferences went 32-32 against each other this year. This number certainly suggests parity between the two divisions. If the AFC is so vastly superior to the NFC, wouldn't it atleast have a winning percentage over .500 against it during the regular season. Moreover, the stupidity of this comment becomes even more outrageous when you compare the relative roads to the Superbowl endured by the Pats and Giants.
Because the Patriots had a bye, I will limit my analysis to the Divisional game and Conference championship, ignoring the fact that the Giants went on the road to beat the #1 rated defense in the NFL in the first round of the playoffs. In the Divisional round, the Giants beat the 13-3 Dallas Cowboys in Dallas, and the Patriots defeated the 11-5 Jacksonville Jaguars at home. Dallas was 6-2 at home on the season, and 3-1 against AFC teams, with one of its home losses coming against the Philadelphia Eagles and the other home loss and sole AFC defeat coming at the hands of the Pats. Unquestionably these are two quality defeats. The undefeated Patrots were clearly the class of the NFL this year, and I think any New England fan can attest to the potential for the Eagles to play well on the road, especially when their starting quarterback is actually active. Furthermore, Dallas is universally recognized as one of the most intimidating and difficult playoff atmospheres to play in, especially when they are coming off of a bye week. The Patriots on the other hand played the Jags, who were 3-1 against the NFC, with wins against the powerhouses of the NFC South, Atlanta, Carolina, and Tampa Bay by 1 point, and a loss to New Orleans by 17. The Jags were a pedestrian 5-3 on the road, including road losses to New Orleans and Houston. Moreover, the Jags were coming off a grind game against Pittsburgh in the Wild Card while the Pats enjoyed an extra week of preparation. Is there really any question who had the more difficult game here?
In the Conference Championship the story was no different. The Giants played at Lambeau Field in sub-zero weather against the 13-3 Packers, who posted a 7-1 home record and an undefeated 4-0 record against the AFC, including a defeat of the San Diego Chargers, the Patriots Conference Championship opponent. The San Diego Chargers were 11-5 on the year, a mere 4-4 on the road and 2-2 against the NFC. Moreover, those numbers were accumulated in large part due to the contributions of their big 3, LT, Antonio Gates and Philip Rivers. However, all three were severely injured during the playoffs. LT was, for the most part, inactive for the Conference Championship, taking only 2 ineffective carries on his sprained knee. Gates was totally unable to run on his dislocated toe, and was limited to 6 catches for 60 yards in 3 playoff games and 2 catches for 17 yards in the AFC championship game. Rivers suffered a torn ACL and played some-what effectively despite not being able to fully transfer his weight.
The bottom line is, the Patriots will most likely win the Superbowl, but to argue that the AFC is vastly superior to the NFC and that consequently the Pats had a more difficult road to the Superbowl is totally idiotic. It is without question that the Giants had an unbelieveably difficult two games against teams that were superior even without consideration of injuries and home-field. You sir, are a moron.
Did he cite any of these reasons as the basis of his opinion? NO. Well, you may ask, upon what nuggets of brilliance did he base this condescending, demeaning and controversial opinion? The answer, because the Giants have made their run to the playoffs through the NFC, a cakewalk compared to the rigors of the AFC playoff tree.
Wow. This is unbelievably stupid for so many reasons I do not even know where to begin. First of all, the two conferences went 32-32 against each other this year. This number certainly suggests parity between the two divisions. If the AFC is so vastly superior to the NFC, wouldn't it atleast have a winning percentage over .500 against it during the regular season. Moreover, the stupidity of this comment becomes even more outrageous when you compare the relative roads to the Superbowl endured by the Pats and Giants.
Because the Patriots had a bye, I will limit my analysis to the Divisional game and Conference championship, ignoring the fact that the Giants went on the road to beat the #1 rated defense in the NFL in the first round of the playoffs. In the Divisional round, the Giants beat the 13-3 Dallas Cowboys in Dallas, and the Patriots defeated the 11-5 Jacksonville Jaguars at home. Dallas was 6-2 at home on the season, and 3-1 against AFC teams, with one of its home losses coming against the Philadelphia Eagles and the other home loss and sole AFC defeat coming at the hands of the Pats. Unquestionably these are two quality defeats. The undefeated Patrots were clearly the class of the NFL this year, and I think any New England fan can attest to the potential for the Eagles to play well on the road, especially when their starting quarterback is actually active. Furthermore, Dallas is universally recognized as one of the most intimidating and difficult playoff atmospheres to play in, especially when they are coming off of a bye week. The Patriots on the other hand played the Jags, who were 3-1 against the NFC, with wins against the powerhouses of the NFC South, Atlanta, Carolina, and Tampa Bay by 1 point, and a loss to New Orleans by 17. The Jags were a pedestrian 5-3 on the road, including road losses to New Orleans and Houston. Moreover, the Jags were coming off a grind game against Pittsburgh in the Wild Card while the Pats enjoyed an extra week of preparation. Is there really any question who had the more difficult game here?
In the Conference Championship the story was no different. The Giants played at Lambeau Field in sub-zero weather against the 13-3 Packers, who posted a 7-1 home record and an undefeated 4-0 record against the AFC, including a defeat of the San Diego Chargers, the Patriots Conference Championship opponent. The San Diego Chargers were 11-5 on the year, a mere 4-4 on the road and 2-2 against the NFC. Moreover, those numbers were accumulated in large part due to the contributions of their big 3, LT, Antonio Gates and Philip Rivers. However, all three were severely injured during the playoffs. LT was, for the most part, inactive for the Conference Championship, taking only 2 ineffective carries on his sprained knee. Gates was totally unable to run on his dislocated toe, and was limited to 6 catches for 60 yards in 3 playoff games and 2 catches for 17 yards in the AFC championship game. Rivers suffered a torn ACL and played some-what effectively despite not being able to fully transfer his weight.
The bottom line is, the Patriots will most likely win the Superbowl, but to argue that the AFC is vastly superior to the NFC and that consequently the Pats had a more difficult road to the Superbowl is totally idiotic. It is without question that the Giants had an unbelieveably difficult two games against teams that were superior even without consideration of injuries and home-field. You sir, are a moron.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
What Nick Lacks in Manners He Makes Up For in Backhair
Ladies and Gentlemen, we apologize for not giving this venture the proper introduction. Our wildebeast-esque friend could not resist diving right into the pontificating. Mr. T has been wetdreaming of authoring his own blog since wombdom. Nick will handle most of the well-thought and presented arguments. Me, not so much. Nick likes arguing and is good at it. I have to present arguments daily for money and as a result don't like to do it for free without getting to add my own personal touches (rage, vulgarity)
My name is Ricky and I will be the vulgarian of this group. I use words like twat, fuckhead, fuckbrain, slapdick, boltneck, dumbdumb, stupidface, dicksmack and fart. You may be wondering why I speak in such a way. Upbringing? Lack of intellect? This would be incorrect. I moved to Boston 18 months a superior master of the King's English and a perfect gentlemen. The only insult I would ever throw at anyone was referring to unfavorable fellows (people who cut me off in traffic or grab my sister's tits) as "twits." You may be wondering what drove such a solid citizen to adopt the disgusting words and phrases mentioned above that I now employ on a daily basis......well that would be having my eardrums and frontal lobe prison-raped on a daily basis by the trouserstain hosts and douchebag callers of Boston's own WEEI.
Nick, Javier and myself are commuters (defined in the Boston area "the unfortunate band of cannon fodder most threatened by the inanity of the above mentioned radio station). Each day we drive to and fro of our designated place of soul deadening and have to listen to likes of Dennis, Callahan and the Big O-ring. Fed up to the point of contemplating serious self-abuse, we decided to start this site as a forum for WEEI rantings and any other sports media rantings that we come across (the world is not short on assholes with microphones these days). So on behalf of the three of us welcome to our nightmare
My name is Ricky and I will be the vulgarian of this group. I use words like twat, fuckhead, fuckbrain, slapdick, boltneck, dumbdumb, stupidface, dicksmack and fart. You may be wondering why I speak in such a way. Upbringing? Lack of intellect? This would be incorrect. I moved to Boston 18 months a superior master of the King's English and a perfect gentlemen. The only insult I would ever throw at anyone was referring to unfavorable fellows (people who cut me off in traffic or grab my sister's tits) as "twits." You may be wondering what drove such a solid citizen to adopt the disgusting words and phrases mentioned above that I now employ on a daily basis......well that would be having my eardrums and frontal lobe prison-raped on a daily basis by the trouserstain hosts and douchebag callers of Boston's own WEEI.
Nick, Javier and myself are commuters (defined in the Boston area "the unfortunate band of cannon fodder most threatened by the inanity of the above mentioned radio station). Each day we drive to and fro of our designated place of soul deadening and have to listen to likes of Dennis, Callahan and the Big O-ring. Fed up to the point of contemplating serious self-abuse, we decided to start this site as a forum for WEEI rantings and any other sports media rantings that we come across (the world is not short on assholes with microphones these days). So on behalf of the three of us welcome to our nightmare
Patriots Place is the new Cotton Gin
I can't remember who, but one of those stupid monkeys on the morning show today had the metal-beam-bending stupidity to say, in a slurp-tastic lead up to an interview with the Kraft family, that the Krafts were such great owners and so far ahead of the curve in terms of sports ownership that they were being copied by other football franchises not in how they run their organization or delegate football decisions or reach out to their fans, but in how they build shopping malls and restaurants around their stadium. I shit you not.
Yes, apparently all those brand new baseball stadiums that have popped up in the last 15 years which are surrounded by shopping centers, bars and restaurants, the old plans to move Giants stadium to the West-Side of Manhattan to be next to the best shopping an restaurants in the entire country, and the plans for the Mets' new stadium which has been in the works for several years and will include shopping and restaurants in the surrounding area, were all copied from the Krafts!!!
So when the Giants and Cowboys (as monkey boy cited to) decide to put shopping and restuarants near their stadiums, we know they are not following this tried and true model of sports franchise management that has existed for over a decade, they are copying the Messrs. Kraft! We know this because the Krafts - in additon to inventing putting places that sell stuff near places where lots of people go, like sports stadiums - also invented time travel and sent a killer robot through a worm-hole back to the early 90s to lead a sports management revolution. That robot is Mark Cuban.
Why didn't the Pats build Patriots' Place in the early 90s if they had the advantage of time travel? Well, they didn't have fans back then.
Update: The Hartford Whalers used to play basically inside of a shopping mall in the 80s!
Yes, apparently all those brand new baseball stadiums that have popped up in the last 15 years which are surrounded by shopping centers, bars and restaurants, the old plans to move Giants stadium to the West-Side of Manhattan to be next to the best shopping an restaurants in the entire country, and the plans for the Mets' new stadium which has been in the works for several years and will include shopping and restaurants in the surrounding area, were all copied from the Krafts!!!
So when the Giants and Cowboys (as monkey boy cited to) decide to put shopping and restuarants near their stadiums, we know they are not following this tried and true model of sports franchise management that has existed for over a decade, they are copying the Messrs. Kraft! We know this because the Krafts - in additon to inventing putting places that sell stuff near places where lots of people go, like sports stadiums - also invented time travel and sent a killer robot through a worm-hole back to the early 90s to lead a sports management revolution. That robot is Mark Cuban.
Why didn't the Pats build Patriots' Place in the early 90s if they had the advantage of time travel? Well, they didn't have fans back then.
Update: The Hartford Whalers used to play basically inside of a shopping mall in the 80s!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Selective Application #1
This morning the debate was whether or not this Super Bowl will be close (of course there's no debate on who will win - that's been over for 3 months now). Mr. Callahan was of the view that it would be a not close, not competitive game, and he brought out the big guns in support of his position: he cited the point differential for the whole season for each team, where the Pats outscored opponents by like 7,000 points and the Giants by only 22 or something.
Now, that certainly is relevant in measuring who is the better team - which of course no one is really debating here - but using that to figure out how close of a game it will be seems a little fishy. The Ravens point differential this season was over -100, and they lost by 3 points to the Pats in a game which they won on the field, but a self-imposed do-over cost them the 'W.' And yes the Giants were pretty terrible early on getting demolished by Dallas and Green Bay, but they seem to have come a little ways since then as evidenced by their, ya know, whole getting into the Super Bowl thing. Moreover, football is a game played with an oblong ball and it has a lot to do with matchups, turnovers, funny bounces, luck and hot streaks. Looking at information that heavily weighs events from 4 months ago is not that helpful to a game taking place in 6 days.
To be fair, it's tough to blame Mr. Callahan for relying on this stat; I mean, it's not like these teams played head-to-head very recently and we could look to that game as a prognosis of how this game will turn out. What a shame.
But really, Mr. Callahan was at his super-selective finest when he went to the quarterbacks numbers. Specifically, he pointed out how Eli had a 23-20 TD/INT ratio and the last quarerback to do that was.... Rex Grossman. You remember Rex, he played in last year's big game, in which his team was leading for most of it even though they were outplayed, and it ended up being somewhat close (at least numerically). Well, clearly since his numbers were identical to Eli's in those that Mr. C just cherry-picked, this game is going to be a, um, not close? Cuz, you know 23-20 is a pretty important ratio. If Eli threw 21 or 22 interceptions all frickin' bets would be off, because then we'd have to compare him to guys who sucked so bad they couldn't even get their teams to the Super Bowl and what value does that have when trying to make stupid predictions?
I suppose we could look at the last time a team was a 14 point underdog in the Super Bowl (the Pats) and point out how that team won that game, but I wouldn't do that because I know spreads are contrived creations instituted solely to encourage bets, not to predict actual outcomes, and also because I harbor no delusions that the Giants will win this game.
But they will keep it close! How do I know? Simple they won all their games this season by a combined 22 points or something - this team loves close games!
Now, that certainly is relevant in measuring who is the better team - which of course no one is really debating here - but using that to figure out how close of a game it will be seems a little fishy. The Ravens point differential this season was over -100, and they lost by 3 points to the Pats in a game which they won on the field, but a self-imposed do-over cost them the 'W.' And yes the Giants were pretty terrible early on getting demolished by Dallas and Green Bay, but they seem to have come a little ways since then as evidenced by their, ya know, whole getting into the Super Bowl thing. Moreover, football is a game played with an oblong ball and it has a lot to do with matchups, turnovers, funny bounces, luck and hot streaks. Looking at information that heavily weighs events from 4 months ago is not that helpful to a game taking place in 6 days.
To be fair, it's tough to blame Mr. Callahan for relying on this stat; I mean, it's not like these teams played head-to-head very recently and we could look to that game as a prognosis of how this game will turn out. What a shame.
But really, Mr. Callahan was at his super-selective finest when he went to the quarterbacks numbers. Specifically, he pointed out how Eli had a 23-20 TD/INT ratio and the last quarerback to do that was.... Rex Grossman. You remember Rex, he played in last year's big game, in which his team was leading for most of it even though they were outplayed, and it ended up being somewhat close (at least numerically). Well, clearly since his numbers were identical to Eli's in those that Mr. C just cherry-picked, this game is going to be a, um, not close? Cuz, you know 23-20 is a pretty important ratio. If Eli threw 21 or 22 interceptions all frickin' bets would be off, because then we'd have to compare him to guys who sucked so bad they couldn't even get their teams to the Super Bowl and what value does that have when trying to make stupid predictions?
I suppose we could look at the last time a team was a 14 point underdog in the Super Bowl (the Pats) and point out how that team won that game, but I wouldn't do that because I know spreads are contrived creations instituted solely to encourage bets, not to predict actual outcomes, and also because I harbor no delusions that the Giants will win this game.
But they will keep it close! How do I know? Simple they won all their games this season by a combined 22 points or something - this team loves close games!
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