The Sports Scrooge

And with the 232 in the NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons select...

2008-04-28T10:18:00.001-07:00

Keith Zinger, Tight End, LSU. That is right my friends, my childhood friend is living the dream. I would like to take this moment to express how happy I am that he is living our dream. Yes, I said "our" because when we played backyard football he needed someone to throw him the ball so he could punish them with his brute size. Who was that person throwing Keith the ball the vast majority of the time? This guy...Yes, there I was. We were quite the dominant QB-WR backyard football combination and because I was such a small little guy (back then), I was the QB. I like to again congratulate him on his success and wish him all the luck in the world.

HELP WANTED!

2007-12-10T07:09:00.000-08:00

Wanted: A blowhard safety with no sense of team or destiny. Must be unable to contain a receiver and must always bite on play-action. Lack of tackling ability is a must. Ability to alienate you team and anger opposing teams with fruit-less guarantees preferred but not required. All qualified applicants please send your resume to Arena Football or the CFL.

Week 14 Picks

2007-12-07T23:10:00.000-08:00

Come one, come all, to the spectacle known as the great phildini. I has been along time since i have updated and I want to update you on how my picks are going. Last week I went 10-6 which was not good in my opinion. I am trying to keep a solid winning record and this week will be a struggle I foresee. My season record is 113-59 which is a 65.7% winning percentage. My week 14 picks are as follows:

Washington vs. Chicago

Jacksonville vs .Carolina

Philadelphia vs. New York Giants

Cincinnati vs. St. Louis

Tampa Bay vs. Houston

Buffalo vs. Miami

Green Bay vs. Oakland

Dallas vs. Detroit

San Diego vs. Tennessee

Minnesota vs. San Francisco

Seattle vs. Arizona

Cleveland vs. New York Jets

New England vs. Pittsburgh

Denver vs. Kansas City

Indianapolis vs. Baltimore

New Orleans vs. Atlanta

(Winners enlarged and bold)

Week 12

2007-11-21T17:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Turkey...week! I believe that this is an amazing time of year and the biggest reason is football starts on thursday!!!! Last week I had a record of 11-5 bringing a 103-53 which is a 66.03% winning percentage. Week 12 is full of trap games so I will pick pretty carefuly this week.

Green Bay vs. Detroit

Dallas vs. New York Jets

Indianapolis vs. Atlanta

Seattle vs. St. Louis

New York Giants vs. Minnesota

Jacksonville vs. Buffalo

New Orleans vs. Carolina

Tampa Bay vs. Washington

Cleveland vs. Houston

Cincinnati vs. Tennessee

Kansas City vs. Oakland

Arizona vs. San Francisco

San Diego vs. Baltimore

Chicago vs. Denver

New England vs. Philadelphia

Pittsburgh vs. Miami

(Winners ENLARGED and BOLD)

Week 11 Picks

2007-11-15T08:31:00.000-08:00

Week 10 didn't happen, did it? I only got 5 games! Someone forgot to tell the Colts, Lions, Panthers, and Saints that they were playing "weaker" opponents. Peyton Manning must of thought he was Tony Romo when he thought he could throw a million picks and still win the game, stupid, stupid man. Also, who told Vinatieri that Sunday was "Lin Elliott Appreciation Day?" I will kill 'em I tell ya, kill 'em dead. Anyway, today is Thursday and I need to start thinking about next weekend. My overall record is 92-48, which lowers my season winning percentage to 65.71% from the 69.04% last week.

Cleveland vs. Baltimore

Jacksonville vs. San Diego

Philadelphia vs. Miami

Minnesota vs. Oakland

Indianapolis vs. Kansas City

Green Bay vs. Carolina

New York Giants vs. Detroit

Tampa Bay vs. Atlanta

New Orleans vs. Houston

New England vs. Buffalo

Cincinnati vs. Arizona

Pittsburgh vs. New York Jets

San Francisco vs. St. Louis

Dallas vs. Washington

Seattle vs. Chicago

Denver vs. Tennessee

(Winners are ENLARGED and Bold

YOU CAN HATE ME NOW!! BUT I WONT STOP NOW!!!

Week 9 Results

2007-11-06T07:11:00.000-08:00

WooHoo! I am not perfect, but i aint hurtin. last week i went 11-3 to bring my season total to 87-39 which makes my winning percentage a very decent 69.04%! San Francisco was one leg tackle from giving me 12 wins, AP was unstoppable for San Diego, and someone forgot to tell New Orleans that they started 0-4. Better luck this week, even without my shoe in Patriots pick.

Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland

Washington vs. Philadelphia

Carolina vs. Atlanta

New Orleans vs. St. Louis

Buffalo vs. Miami

Kansas City vs. Denver

Tennessee vs. Jacksonville

Green Bay vs. Minnesota

Baltimore vs. Cincinnati

Dallas vs. New York Giants

Arizona vs. Detroit

Chicago vs. Oakland

Indianapolis vs. San Diego

Seattle vs. San Francisco

(Winners enlarged and in bold)

YOU CAN HATE ME NOW!

Week 9 Picks

2007-10-30T06:35:00.000-07:00

I have achieved the near impossible this week blog haters. I had the perfect week in picks, that's right, 13-0. First, I would like to thank blogger.com for the opportunity to make these picks. I would also like to thank God, without him there is no football. Now that my academy award speech is over, it is time to point out that I am currently 76-36 halfway through the season giving me a winning percentage of 67.9%. Here are my picks for my drive for consecutive perfect weeks.

Detroit vs. Denver

Atlanta vs. San Francisco

Buffalo vs. Cincinnati

Tennessee vs. Carolina

Kansas City vs. Green Bay

San Diego vs. Minnesota

New Orleans vs. Jacksonville

Washington vs. New York Jets

Tampa Bay vs. Arizona

Cleveland vs. Seattle

New England vs. Indianapolis

Oakland vs. Houston

Dallas vs. Philadelphia

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore

Winners in Bold and Enlarged

You Can Hate Me Now!

Week 8 Sunday Night

2007-10-28T19:48:00.000-07:00

Here are the rest of Sunday's scores and how i called them:

New York Jets vs. Buffalo
My pick: Bills
Winner: Bills
Why?: Because Chad Pennington is the QB of the NY Jets

Jacksonville vs. Tampa Bay
My pick: Jags
Winner: Jags
Why?: Jeff Garcia is great and Quinn Gray should not have won but it happens!

San Diego vs. Houston
My pick: Bolts
Winner: Bolts
Why?: Because tragedy makes winners

New Orleans vs. San Francisco
My Pick: Saints
Winners: Saints
Why?: Jeff Hostler is their Offensive Coordinator

New England vs. Washington
My Pick: Pats
Winner: Pats
Why?: Tom Brady is the QB and the hoody is the coach.

For those unfortunate souls who know I even blog can tell that I had a perfect week going into MNF. I still think that Favre gets it done but I can live with one loss this week. I would prefer to stay like Red Sox in the World Series....perfect!

You can hate me now!

Week 8 Results (as of 3:45pm)

2007-10-28T13:42:00.000-07:00

I usually reserve my results blog until Tuesday but I am having a great first half of Sunday and I thought that I would make a premature entry. Hopefully, this doesn't bite my in the end.

Indianapolis vs. Carolina
My Pick: Colts
Winner: Colts
Why?: Vinny could not make it two in a row and I knew that they could not contain the Colts

Cleveland vs. St. Louis
My Pick: Browns
Winner: Browns
Why?: The Rams had to lose to still make history this season as one of the few teams ever to go completely...defeated.

New York Giants vs. Miami
My Pick: Giants
Winner: Giants
Why?: Same as Rams

Philadelphia vs. Minnesota
My Pick: Eagles
Winner: Eagles
Why?: Kelly Holcomb and Tavaris Jackson

Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati
My Pick: Steelers
Winner: Steelers
Why?: Mike Tomlin has that team in the palm of his hand and any team will have a tough time with this rejuvenated team.

Chicago vs. Detroit
My Pick: Lions
Winner: Lions
Why?: Chicago won't put in Kyle Orton who is the best QB on that roster.

Tennessee vs. Oakland
My Pick: Titans
Winner: Titans
Why?: Oakland almost made me eat this pick but Culpepper's INT at the end of the game made me smile.

You can hate me now!

Week 8 Picks

2007-10-25T19:41:00.000-07:00

Hello sports fans! This is your friendly neighborhood NFL blogger back to bring you my picks for Week 8. Last week, I went 9-5 with a couple upsets ruining a great week. My total score at almost the half-way point is 63-36 keeping my winning percentage around 63-64%.

Indianapolis vs. Carolina

Cleveland vs. St. Louis

New York Giants vs. Miami

Minnesota vs. Philadelphia

Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati

Chicago vs. Detroit

Tennessee vs. Oakland

New York Jets vs. Buffalo

Jacksonville vs. Tampa Bay

San Diego vs. Houston

New Orleans vs. San Francisco

New England vs. Washington

Denver vs. Green Bay

(Winner enlarged and bold)

Week 7 picks

2007-10-19T08:26:00.000-07:00

I went 10-3 last week as continue to roll through LockTober. My overall record is 54-31 raising my winning percentage up to 63.5% which is not bad for a first year baller. This are my picks, hate me all you want!

Houston vs. Tennessee

Baltimore vs. Buffalo

Dallas vs. Minnesota

Detroit vs. Tampa Bay

Washington vs. Arizona

New York Giants vs. San Francisco

New Orleans vs. Atlanta

New England vs. Miami

Oakland vs. Kansas City

Cincinnati vs. New York Jets

Philadelphia vs. Chicago

Seattle vs. St. Louis

Pittsburgh vs. Denver

Indianapolis vs. Jacksonville

(Winners are enlarged and in bold)

Week 6

2007-10-10T06:58:00.000-07:00

We are nearing the 1/2 way point and I had a 12-2 record this week, woo hoo! My record now is 44-28. We are into Locktober which means my records should stay strong.

Washington vs. Green Bay
I think that Favre mania is beginning to fade.

Miami vs. Cleveland
Cleveland keeps Miami under wraps. Lemon gets injured taking out the legs of Jason Taylor.

Minnesota vs. Chicago
Minnesota shows the complete disarray of the Bears in this one.

St. Louis vs. Baltimore
Baltimore is back on track making sure that the 'fins aren't the only ones shut out of the win column.

Tennessee vs. Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay puts a hurting on VY, but only barely.

Philadelphia vs. NY Jets
Philadelphia SHOULD beat the Jets like a red headed step child.

Cincinnati vs. Kansas City
KC is in shambles and Ocho-Cinco should had a HUGE game.

Houston vs. Jacksonville
Jacksonville has found their niche again and should prevail.

Carolina vs. Arizona
Zona is at the top of the NFC West, and they will stay their this week.

Oakland vs. San Diego
Oakland is hitting it's stride, unfortunately so is San Diego.

New England vs. Dallas
MNF showed Dallas' vulnerability and New England should come away with the victory.

New Orleans vs. Seattle
New Orleans gets in the win column, hopefully.

NY Giants vs. Atlanta
Boring game that should see the G-men come away victorious.

Those are my picks, judge me all you want!

winners in bold and enlarged

Week 5

2007-10-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

Houston vs. Miami

Tennessee vs. Atlanta

Kansas City vs. Jacksonville

New York Giants vs. New York Jets

Carolina vs. New Orleans

Arizona vs. St. Louis

New England vs. Cleveland

Pittsburgh vs. Seattle

Washington vs. Detroit

Indianapolis vs. Tampa Bay

San Diego vs. Denver

Baltimore vs. San Francisco

Green Bay vs. Chicago

Dallas vs. Buffalo

Winners in Bold and Enlarged Type

Week 3 Review and Week 4 Picks

2007-09-25T07:55:00.000-07:00

9-5, Not a bad week after all. that brings my season record to 26-18 which is pretty darn good. San Diego let me down and baltimore, new york giants, and kansas city all gave me a scare. Hopefully this week will be different.

Houston (2-1, 1-0 away)
Atlanta (0-3, 0-1 home)

Baltimore (2-1, 0-1 away)
Cleveland (1-2, 1-1 home)

Chicago (1-2, 0-1 away)
Detroit (2-1, 1-0 home)

Green Bay (3-0, 1-0 away)
Minnesota (1-2, 1-0 home)

Tampa Bay (2-1, 0-1 away)
Carolina (2-1, 0-1 home)

Pittsburgh (3-0, 1-0 away)
Arizona (1-2, 1-0 home)

Philadelphia (1-2, 0-1 away)
New York Giants (1-2, 0-1 home)

New York Jets (1-2, 0-1 away)
Buffalo (0-3, 0-1 home)

St. Louis (0-3, 0-1 away)
Dallas (3-0, 1-0 home)

Oakland (1-2, 0-1 away)
Miami (0-3, 0-1 home)

Seattle (2-1, 0-1 away)
San Francisco (2-1, 1-0 home)

Denver (2-1, 1-0 away)
Indianapolis (3-0, 1-0 home)

Kansas City (1-2, 0-2 away)
San Diego (1-2, 1-0 home)

New England (3-0, 1-0 away)
Cincinnati (1-2, 1-0 home)

Winner in bold!

Those are my picks, judge if you must!

2007-09-20T07:32:00.000-07:00

San Diego vs. Green Bay
My pick: San Diego

Minnesota vs. Kansas City
My pick: Kansas City

Buffalo vs. New England
My pick: New England

Miami vs. New York Jets
My pick: J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets

Detroit vs. Philadelphia
My pick: Philly

San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh
My pick: San Francisco

St. Louis vs. Tampa Bay
My pick: St. Louis

Arizona vs. Baltimore
My pick: Baltimore

Indianapolis vs. Houston
My pick: Indianapolis

Jacksonville vs. Denver
My pick: Jacksonville

Cleveland vs. Oakland
My pick: Cleveland

Cincinnati vs. Seattle
My pick: Seattle

Carolina vs. Atlanta
My pick: Carolina

New York Giants vs. Washington
My pick: New York Giants

Dallas vs. Chicago
My pick: Chicago

Tennessee vs. New Orleans
My pick: New Tennessee

Well there are my picks, judge me all you want.

PEACE OUT!

Week 2 results (partial)

2007-09-17T07:50:00.000-07:00

Cincinnati vs. Cleveland
My pick: Cincinnati
Winner: Cleveland
Thoughts: Screw you Derek Anderson!

San Francisco vs. St. Louis
My pick: St. Louis
Winner: San Francisco
Thoughts: Torn because the team I love one but it cost me a pick.

Buffalo vs. Pittsburgh
My pick: Pittsburgh
Winner: Pittsburgh
Thoughts: Finally I get a tick mark in the win column, unlike Kansas City

Indianapolis vs. Tennessee
My pick: Indianapolis
Winner: Indianapolis
Thoughts: At least Vince Young made it interesting

Houston vs. Carolina
My pick: Carolina
Winner: Houston
Thoughts: Damn, when did the Texans become legitimate

Green Bay vs. NY Giants
My pick: Green Bay
Winner: Green Bay
Thoughts: Brett Favre is the record for most wins, congrats!

New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay
My Pick: New Orleans
Winner: Tampa Bay
Thoughts: New Orleans is returning to the days of Ditka, Ricky Williams, and unrespectability.

Jacksoville vs. Atlanta vs. Watching Something Else
My Pick: Watching Something Else
Winner: Me
Thoughts: I am glad the Niners game was on.

Minnesota vs. Detroit
My pick: Detroit
Winner: Detroit
Thoughts: Calvin Johnson is the real deal and may change the Lion's franchise like Reggie did his rookie season.

Dallas vs. Miami
My pick: Dallas
Winner: Dallas
Thoughts: Romo arm is remaining hot and T.O.'s mouth is remaining shut, GOOD DAY!

Seattle vs. Arizona
My pick: Seattle
Winner: Arizona
Thoughts: Upset of the week, Seattle looks more like the Cleveland Browns than even Cleveland does.

Kansas City vs. Chicago
My pick: Kansas City
Winner: Chicago
Thoughts: At least they were competitive.

Denver vs. Oakland
My pick: Denver
Winner: Jason Elam
Thoughts: Jason Elam is a demigod who cannot be stopped. Se-Bass should tame his leg a little.

NY Jets vs. Baltimore
My pick: Baltimore
Winner: Baltimore
Thoughts: Easy pick of the week

San Diego vs. New England
My pick: New England
Winner: New England
Thoughts: No cheating in this won, SD just stunk.

This week I am 8-6 because I refused to pick two games including MNF. This season I am 17-13.

PEACE OUT!

WEEK 2

2007-09-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

I won 9 games last week and look to bring some more success as I have a clearer picture seeing all the teams perform for real.

Cincinnati vs. Cleveland
My pick: Cincinnati
Why?: Brady Quinn is not going to start and Derek Anderson will likely be shipped to the Patriots after a horrible week 2 performance.

San Francisco vs. St. Louis
My pick: St. Louis
Why?: This pick hurts because I am a niners fan and I know the rams are going to have a field day on me.

Buffalo vs. Pittsburgh
My pick: Pittsburgh
Why?: Ben Roethlisberger will have another amazing day as Cowher is quickly becoming the most forgetful man in the Steel City.

Indianapolis vs. Tennessee
My pick: Indianapolis
Why?: Peyton Manning looks to add to his fantasy numbers at he shreds the Titans D and Vince Young sees what a real QB looks like.

Houston vs. Carolina
My pick: Carolina
Why?: Houston 2-0, not likely. Houston 1-15, probably

Green Bay vs. NY Giants
My pick: Green Bay
Why?: Brett Favre vs. the Pillsbury Throwboy Jared Lorezen, my money is on Favre. The running gaps for Brandon Jackson will be wider than Strahan's gapped teeth.

New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay
My pick: New Orleans
Why?: A must win game for New Orleans as they were embarrassed by Peyton and company. Tampa hopes to bring a hurricane of their own to Bush and Brees and G-Dub still won't come to their aid because he "hates black people."

Atlanta vs. Jacksonville vs. Watching Something Else
My pick: Watching Something Else
Why?: Please, oh please, don't be on FOX. I want a real game not the sequel to "The Replacements."

Minnesota vs. Detroit
My pick: Detroit
Why?: Kitna looks like a guru, against cupcake opponents as Detroit will win a close one. I still really like Adrian Peterson and see another 125+ yard performance.

Dallas vs. Miami
My pick: Dallas
Why?: In the words of Drew Rosehaus, "Next Question!"

Seattle vs. Arizona
My pick: Seattle
Why?: Should be a slam dunk pick, could be disappointed, fuckin' Wizincunt.

Kansas City vs. Chicago
My pick: Kansas City
Why?: Upset of the week as the Sex Cannon is denied yet again a tick mark in the win column. I say that KC and the sunshine band win by double digits.

Denver vs. Oakland
My pick: Denver
Why?: If Detroit can outscore them, Denver SHOULD win, right?

NY Jets vs. Baltimore
My pick: Baltimore
Why?: Kyle Boller leads the Ravens to a handy victory as a member of the JETS organization parades around in Ravens gear to steal signals on OFFENSE and DEFENSE. Hey, isn't that Chad Pennington?

San Diego vs. New England
My pick: New England
Why?: The sluggish Chargers will not pick it up as bellychoke keeps his undefeated season alive.

Washington vs. Philadelphia vs. Monday Night Raw
My pick: Raw
Why?: Because i would not be impressed by either of the other two teams.

Well there are my picks, judge me all you want.

PEACE OUT!

The Patriots Cheated?

2007-09-12T07:56:00.000-07:00

For one I would like to point out for the record that the Patriots stealing signals is not a symptom of society's need to be the best, it is simple greed. Bill Bellychoke put his entire coaching career in jeopardy, at least public jeopardy, by doing something that stupid. Unfortunately, the taping of the other team's defensive signals is now considered outlandish will probably become as routine as CBS broadcasting the games on TV. The question has to arise now and that is how good is Tom Brady, you know, really. If he knew what to run because he knew he was going to see as far as coverage, then I could be a multi-time pro bowler and have impregnated Bridget Moynahan (DAMN!). Now that we know that Bellychoke has tarnished he reputation, and therefore the reputation of his entire franchise, he should probably go relieve Charlie "I'm Not Fat, I'm Big Boned" Weiss in Notre Dame where no one really pays attention to whether you are stealing the signals of Murray State.

I'm Out!

Week 1 Results

2007-09-10T07:46:00.000-07:00

Indianapolis vs. New Orleans
My pick: Indianapolis
Result: Indianapolis
My view: Peyton was Peyton and New Orleans was vintage New Orleans

Denver vs. Buffalo
My Pick: Denver
Result: Denver
My view: Jason Elam is quickly becoming my personal favorite kicker

Tennessee vs. Jacksonville
My Pick: Jacksonville
Result: Tennessee
My view: Vince Young is the next Michael Vick, keep your dogs inside

Miami vs. Washington
My Pick: Miami
Result: Washington
My view: What? Are you kidding me?

Carolina vs. St. Louis
My Pick: St. Louis
Result: Carolina
My view: Steven Jackson was as effective as Britney Spears VMA performance was to reviving her career.

New England vs. New York Jets
My pick: New England
Result: New England
My view: Tom Brady just bitch slapped Pennington again and Moss gave him a money shot.

Atlanta vs. Minnesota
My pick: Minnesota
Result: Minnesota
My view: I predicted Adrian Peterson would have a 150 yard game and he had 163 so I am pretty proud of myself.

Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland
My pick: Pittsburgh
Result: Pittsburgh
My view: As long as a motorcycle was not allowed on the field, my money would always be on the Steelers versus the Browns.

Philadelphia vs. Green Bay
My pick: Philly
Result: Green Bay
My view: Damn you special teams

Kansas City vs. Houston
My pick: Kansas City
Result: Houston
My view: KC blew like...Lil' Kim

Tampa Bay vs. Seattle
My pick: Seattle
Result: Seattle
My view: Predictable

Chicago vs. San Diego
My pick: San Diego
Result: San Diego
My view: LT has as many TD passes as half the QBs ever drafted, DAMN!

Detroit vs. Oakland
My pick: Detroit
Result:Detroit
My view: Calvin Johnson proved why he should've been number 1, Raiders proved that they should have picked him number 1

New York Giants vs. Dallas
My Pick: Dallas
Result: Dallas
My view: Romosexual to the rescue, even making TO look like a pro.

While I was not perfect in week 1, i still have two games left and i am confident in those picks so

PEACE OUT BITCHES!

Week 1 Picks

2007-09-07T08:34:00.001-07:00

So i am making my picks one day after the first game is played, wrong idea? I don't think so, i will at least be 1 for 16.

Indianapolis vs. New Orleans
My pick: Indianapolis
Why?: why not?

Denver vs. Buffalo
My Pick: Denver
Why?: Simeon "Don't call me Semen" Rice

Tennessee vs. Jacksonville
My Pick: Jacksonville
Why?: Jacksonville defense vs. Vince Young, doesn't seem fair does it?

Miami vs. Washington
My Pick: Miami
Why?: Cam Cameron will put in Cleo Lemon to take the 'fins to the Super Bowl

Carolina vs. St. Louis
My Pick: St. Louis
Why?: I have Steven Jackson and Marc Bulger on my fantasy team

New England vs. New York Jets
My pick: New England
Why?: Tom Brady is still mad his son's initials are J-E-T

Atlanta vs. Minnesota
My pick: Minnesota
Why?: Atlanta has proven that they have no defense and Adrian Peterson should have 1
150 yard game.

Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland
My pick: Pittsburgh
Why?: Hello, it's cleveland. They couldn't even beat themselves off.

Philadelphia vs. Green Bay
My pick: Philly
Why?: Donovan McNabb is completely healthy for the first time in years an Brett
Farve is beginning to development Alzheimer's.

Kansas City vs. Houston
My pick: Kansas City
Why?: Houston is still Houston and Kansas City still has LJ

Tampa Bay vs. Seattle
My pick: Seattle
Why?: Tampa can't play all four quarterbacks in one game, can they?

Chicago vs. San Diego
My pick: San Diego
Why?: Rex Grossman

Detroit vs. Oakland
My pick: Detroit
Why?: JaMarcus Russell isn't playing quarterback and that Calvin guy is pretty good.

New York Giants vs. Dallas
My Pick: Dallas
Why?: Eli is too nervous about matching his brother's performance leading to 4 picks
and one fumble.

Baltimore vs, Cincinnati
My pick: Baltimore
Why?: Only OT game this week with Ravens pulling one out of their ass.

San Francisco vs, Arizona
My pick: San Francisco
Why?: 49ers have Alx Smith, should have had Matt Leinart. Cards have Matt Leinart, should have an over the hill qb. Advantage, 49ers new Defense.

Look out for my picks next week as I will probably be upset about how my picks came out.

Saint’s are coming, but nobody’s home

2007-09-07T08:28:00.000-07:00

They have been called the new “America’s Team,” future NFC champions, they have even instilled the belief that they have a realistic chance to win the Super Bowl. That was until Peyton Manning gave us a typical Manning shredding of the Saints defense. Manning looked like he was playing as the quarterback for Appalachian State against Michi….too soon? Dallas Clark could have even thrown for as many yards as Drew Brees, and he would go for 2. Reggie Bush was as impressive as Tyrone Wheatley in his prime and that isn’t saying a lot. The most impressive aspect of that game was the Colts Defense. Who would have thought that they would stop one of the top offenses in the league in Week One? They looked more like the Bears and Ravens D than that of the Houston Texans. Joseph Addai was equally impressive after getting his world rocked on the first play to him. I truly think that Addai will be a top 5 back by the end of the year, given that Tony Ugoh plays like Jonathon Odgen in his prime for the rest of the season. The Saints may very well be in the Super Bowl at years end but we know who they can’t beat from the AFC, THE COLTS!!!

My next little spiel is about my co-worker calling me a communist. Marx probably wasn’t a Red Sox fan, he rooted for the Bronx bombers. George Bush isn’t the greatest president ever because he cries a lot and criers are not the greatest ever, they are annoying. The dollar defense is a gift from the Madden god…Pat Summerall, I miss that guy, is he dead yet? If you can’t stand the heat, change the channel. 70% of the time, it works all the time, like me.

Welcome to my blog, cratchit!

2007-09-05T08:45:00.001-07:00

Hello world! I am the sports scrooge and I chose that blog title because I tend to be particular in my dissatisfaction with the topics that I will talk about. I am not a long blogger because I believe that the point should be short, like Doug Flutie but don't get me started on him. No one should have their career defined by one play...right University of California and Kordell Stewart. I love baseball and the Red Sox and Yankee fans will probably have a strong negative reaction to some of my posts (just dont swallow your tongues). Football is another favorite of mine and unlike EA I will not kiss LT's ass and talk about whether it will be the Colts or Patriots in the Super Bowl. Basketball is better in college and LeBron is the guy who could bring me back to the pro ranks. My view on hockey is... next topic. Madden 08 is my newest obsession and John Madden is a money loving whore who needs to be more involved in his games other than the ask Madden feature. Make sure to tune in sometime because I do this for free. Later Gator Haters!

One love,
Ril Phobles