Today’s completely worthless Super Bowl article: Dan Marino tells Ben Roethlisberger to ‘Enjoy the moment.’ You’ll notice that Dan didn’t give him any advice on actually winning it. That’s not Dan’s strong suit. Isotoners, non-descript commentary, big stats, enjoying the moment… sure, Dan’s your guy. Winning the Super Bowl… ask someone else.
I shouldn’t post this, because I have a feeling it will take the comments in all kinds of unintended directions, but… man, I’m starting to like this Castro guy. He just doesn’t give a fuck. First, he said the Americans were afraid to play the Cubans in the World Baseball Classic. Today, he’s lobbing more shots. “We will be there, but I would never have thought I would have to answer that question. That is, if [the Americans] don’t start in on messing around with not giving the visas, or if they go crazy.” And you wanna talk about beards? This guy makes Jake Plummer look like Jamie Mottram.
I was watching Minnesota and Memphis last night on ESPN, and they had referee Joey Crawford mic’d. He was talking to Mike Miller, explaining some call, and he said, “Well, they weren’t in man-to-man, they were playing a zone.” And Miller responds, “You got everything right but one thing, Joey. They weren’t playing man or zone, they don’t play any defense.” Nice little shot, Mike Miller. And he was right, Minnesota was fucking terrible last night.
Dr. Z’s annual commentator rankings. These are awesome. I don’t agree with everything he says… but so much time and effort goes into something like this that you’ve got to appreciate it. He’s paid careful attention and handed out a grade to just about every steady commentary team on CBS, Fox, ABC, and ESPN… and the ESPN crew ranks exactly where you’d think. I don’t have a whole lot to add to his ratings (though he thinks more highly of Al Michaels than I do, and I’ve heard Curt Menefee do some good work), just check it out for yourself… it’s probably the most worthwhile thing you’ll read on the web today.
There is a lot of mindless blather being written about this superbowl game. But what else does a football writer have to do this time of year.
There is also a lot more talk about the line then usual or that I ever remember. Way too many people out there that are way too bullish on the Steelers. I would go the other way, it’s like the stock market, when everyone is saying buy X it’s time to sell folks. I say it’s the Seahawks in a landslide. I say Ben chokes, and the Bus can’t stay above 55 mph like in “Speed” and blows the hell up. You’ve got a rookie running back another back that should have retired last year and a sophmore quarterback that is just about to run out of luck. Seahawks have the finesse and the power not to mention the hunger and the underdog mentality. Watch out and put the smart money on the Hawks.
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tony Says:
January 26th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
The move to WP *AND* an official Martina Hingis logo for Backdoor Cuts!?!?
Me likey very much!
(pretty nice transition to WP, too… aside from the black sidebar, I don’t see much difference)
VTHokie01 Says:
January 26th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Dude, I don’t get it. WP? Anyhoo, whatever it takes to keep your stuff safe for the masses. Keep up the good work.
kelly kortman Says:
January 28th, 2006 at 2:48 am
There is a lot of mindless blather being written about this superbowl game. But what else does a football writer have to do this time of year.
There is also a lot more talk about the line then usual or that I ever remember. Way too many people out there that are way too bullish on the Steelers. I would go the other way, it’s like the stock market, when everyone is saying buy X it’s time to sell folks. I say it’s the Seahawks in a landslide. I say Ben chokes, and the Bus can’t stay above 55 mph like in “Speed” and blows the hell up. You’ve got a rookie running back another back that should have retired last year and a sophmore quarterback that is just about to run out of luck. Seahawks have the finesse and the power not to mention the hunger and the underdog mentality. Watch out and put the smart money on the Hawks.