Weekend!

Gotta love the weekend. After a rough last night of Hawaiian Tropic Zone followed up by the exquisite White Castle, I think I'm going to take it easy tonight.

Sportswise it's a good weekend, here's what I'll be watching/trying to watch:
Knicks/Cavs tonight - I'm a knick fan, should watch the opener
Dallas/ATL tonight - I'm a huge Salim Stoudamire fan, so gotta watch Slim.
College football all day Saturday but mainly:
Oregon/ASU @ 6:45 - Oregon, for those that haven't watched them this year, is extremely fun to watch. Spread offense and all that. Plus, I despise ASU. Ideally though I'd prefer if ASU went undefeated only to lose their last game of the season and drop them from the BSC championship game.
And finally:
Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler, HBO 9pm - please please watch this fight. Two white boys from across the pond will pound the living shit out of each other. Or so every expert says. Everything about this fight screams "Fight of the Year" potential. Tune in and enjoy.

Sunday needs no mention. Apparently there's some game on at 4 that's supposed to be OK.

Big Blue - (NFL)

I gotta put down some thoughts on the Giants. I understand liking the way they are playing, and I understand why they should be considered a top NFC team. But first everyone take one deep breath and remember that their six wins are against Philly (3-4), the Jets (1-7), Atlanta (1-6), San Fran (2-5), Miami (0-8), and Washington (7-52). Those teams are a combined 11-33. Eleven wins.

This bye week is huge, as they always are in this violent sport. The Cowboys at home is the first major test. An ex-NFL quarterback once said that offenses are typically ready to go in week one, while it always takes the defense several weeks to get going. Giving up 80 points to Tony Homo and Old Man Winter don't look so good, but the two teams most people have in front of the GMen are the Packers and Cowboys. I'm giving them a pass on those games (that's not gonna haunt me later...)

Again, let's wait until Dallas comes into town before there is more Super talk.... but if Big Blue becomes Big Bad Blue and just runs the football down the throats of opposing defenses, and Eli continues to limit his mistakes and nail the playaction deep ball, then we got a serious Super Bowl team. That is assuming the defense holds up. They are playing so well right now it would be a shame to see them falter.

The remaining schedule is very favorable for the Giants:
Cowboys - the test
@Lions - the potential let down game if Giants beat Cowboys, and the potential "oh shit, here's last year again" game.
Vikes - feisty team at 2-5. If the Giants are trying to run as I said above, and the Vikes are stopping them, then we got a problem. Oh wait, the Vikings haven't figured out how to stop the pass yet.
@Bears - This. Team. Sucks. Saw them in person against the Lions. Checklist item number 17 on "does your team suck?": Introduces the Special Teams to avoid booing of own team. Seriously, Devin Hester is by far the best player on this team. Sorry Urlacher, Briggs, and Griese (not really).
@ Eagles - Said it before, said it again. You play a team twice a year, sometimes three, it should be a tossup game. You should both know everything the other team is going to do. Should. You should also bench an aging and degrading quarterback and plan for the future (nods to the Jets, glares at Miami).
Skins - see above, but come on, 52-7?
@ Bills - "Look ahead" game. Which brings us to:
Patriots - Even though I can pretty much guarantee that the Patriots will not be 15-0 heading into this game, there is a slight chance they will be 15-0 heading into this game and the Giants could need this game for home field advantage in the playoffs. "Could".

Giants should be fine during the rest of the season yet they better be ready for the Cowboys and Lions so as not to start the snowball rolling.

Things I Learned Today

Today was not too eventful. I did learn that three coworkers did not give two shits if they left me on the roof of a 50-storey building. I went to one corner to check the view figuring they were coming right there. I turned around, didn't see anyone. Walked toward back to the other side and they were gone. As I was heading back down the stairs I could hear them in front of me, and when I came out on our floor they were like "holy shit". So I guess in the end they were somewhat stupefied and did not realize I was still up there when they left. Makes you feel real comfortable, does it not? Them not double-checking to ensure everyone that was on the roof had safely vacated? Kidding, didn't blame them for anything plus the door was propped open and shit.

I also learned that the New York Football Giants are getting a lot of hype right now. I haven't had a chance to read Dr. Z's power rankings, but I'm definitely hearing the GMen as Super Bowl contenders. Oh shit. I'm gonna go read these rankings, maybe come back and drop some thoughts on the GMen.

Quick Links:
Martha Washington was a widow when she met George.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Washington


The NIT's reign over the NCAA Tournament ended in the 60's, though Marquette did spurn the NCAA's in 1970.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIT

Goal

No this ain't soccer, just need to put to paper what my actual goal(s) will be for this "blog". I can't update during work (because that's like reason #37 to get fired), won't write every single day since I don't necessarily come running to my computer from work after sitting in front of one for 10 hours, nor can I focus on one particular subject. In two sentences I probably took a 3 katie couric shat on grammar yet don't even know if I did.

I think these are some topics I should write about:
1. A "Things I Learned" section - humorous, insightful, whatever. After reading you'll know what random facts I learned today.
2. Football - obvi!
3. Sports in general - gotta weigh in. I prefer if it I'm giving an unique voice though.
4. TV - I don't watch an enormous amount, but I do recommend great shows (I got a solid streak in this department going at work, we'll get to that).
5. Other media - I don't go to too many movies these days, I do read, I do listen to music but not radio or tv, but I'll do my best.
6. Politics - while I may not know every one's platform, I am successful at pointing out how fucked these people are.
7. Business - shit, it's what I do, might as well
8. Random thoughts - this may fall under 1 though
9. EXPAND - You know, take over the Internet. I see you Internet, oh I see you.
10. News - if something catches my eye while I'm here and posting, I'll post it since I won't do that at work... when I could really do good though

Those are the ten topics I'd like to do, "things I learned", football, sports, tv, media, politics, business, random shit, expand, news, and dinning. Sorry, there are eleven topics I'd like to do...

Welcome

So you found me. You sneaky little shit you. OK then, here's the deal. There is no deal. I try to label my posts for a category or something, so you'd know when you see the headline what the story is about. Except for "Things I Learned Today" and any other random posts. Enjoy.

All posts are by me unless noted otherwise.