Day: September 16, 2007

      Water cooler recap: Week 2

      September 16, 2007 /

      Most impressed with: Granted, he was facing a Pop Warner defense in Cincinnati, but Jamal Lewis (215 yards, 1 TD) showed he still has purpose in the NFL.

      Least impressed with: The Bengals defense is simply atrocious. The Browns are underrated in some respects, but they’re not 51 points and 531 yards underrated. What a waste of a great offense in Cincinnati.

      Wake up call goes to: Hey Saints, you’re not going to sneak up on teams like you did last year. Fix the offense and do something (anything) about the defense or underachieve all year.

      Play of the day: Braylon Edwards’ full extension 34-yard touchdown snag in the third quarter against the Bengals was an unbelievable blend of concentration and savvy.

      My best advice this week: Don’t buy Jaguars postseason stock quite yet. There’s just something missing – a run game for example – and you get the impression they don’t match up with some of the better AFC teams.

      Many applauds to: Congrats on the win this week for everyone who has Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson on the same fantasy team…Everyone is waiting for Brett Favre (286 yards, 3 TDs) to retire, but in the meantime he continues to produce…The Falcons should have asked for three second round picks for Matt Schaub…In just two games, the Vikings D has produced three TDs, seven turnovers and 10 sacks…Jon Kitna is 35 percent toughness, 35 percent heart and 30 percent brass balls…In two games, Tony Romo has thrown for 531 yards and five touchdowns…For those who read my Week 1 recap, “Joey Galloway” is the answer to my question about the Bucs’ offense…Instead of giving up a TD to Devin Hester, teams should just kickoff and punt out of bounds…

      Cheap shots: The Rams out gained the 49ers by 206 yards (392 to 186) and 12 first downs (20 to 8 ), and still lost…Joey Harrington isn’t bad, but forget about this guy ever leading a team down the field in less than two minutes to win a ballgame…Has anyone seen Lee Evans?…A botched handoff is a hell of a way to lose – just ask Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander…

      NFL

      ND embarrassing

      September 16, 2007 /

      It’s one thing to lose to a rival on their home turf – it’s quite another to get shutout, shellacked and downright embarrassed much like Notre Dame was in a 38-0 defeat at Michigan Saturday.

      “My confidence isn’t shaken,” Weis said. “But as an organization, we haven’t done a very good job.”

      No, you’ve done an absolute abysmal job Charlie. A bad job would be starting off a season 0-3, but showing a fight. An absolute abysmal job is going 0-3 and losing by a combined score of 102-13. An absolute piss poor job is getting shutout by one of the worst defenses in the nation.

      The one thing I’ll credit Weis for, however, is the way he always takes responsibility. As a good coach does, he never points fingers and never puts it on the kids. Also, I realize Weis is working with a freshman quarterback and a very young team. However, these are the players he recruited and he’s in his third year. Ty Willingham was fired after three years and he was the one who recruited the players Weis took to the slaughterhouse last year. Is Notre Dame going to hold Weis under the same standards as they did Willingham? Doubtful.

      Although hey, at least they didn’t lose to Appalachian State at home, so Weis has that going for him I guess.

      College Football

      Big East does it again

      September 16, 2007 /

      It didn’t fail last year and it won’t this year – the Big East teams will fall again. People cried last year that West Virginia, Louisville and Rutgers were ranked too high. Well what happened? Louisville knocked off West Virginia, Rutgers upset Louisville and Cincinnati beat Rutgers. End of national championship discussion.

      Without failure, the first Big East team fell Saturday, as the #9 Cardinals were upset in a thrilling 40-34 battle in Kentucky. Brian Brohm (28 of 43 for 366, 1 TD) was fantastic once again, but unfortunately the future No. 1 pick won’t be playing for a national title this year.

      And as much as I love to watch Ray Rice, Steve Slaton and Pat White play, West Virginia and Rutgers won’t be playing for a NC either. The theory that Big East teams will knock each other off is just too sound.

      College Football

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