THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Miami Dolphins at CAROLINA PANTHERS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2009
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at Chicago Bears
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at Baltimore Ravens
Washington Redskins at DALLAS COWBOYS
Cleveland Browns at DETROIT LIONS
San Francisco 49ers at GREEN BAY PACKERS
Buffalo Bills at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
PITTSBURGH STEELERS at Kansas City Chiefs
Seattle Seahawks at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
Atlanta Falcons at NEW YORK GIANTS
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
ARIZONA CARDINALS at St. Louis Rams
San Diego Chargers at DENVER BRONCOS
New York Jets at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
CINCINNATI BENGALS at Oakland Raiders
MONDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2009
Tennessee Titans at HOUSTON TEXANS
Stuff: Why, oh why, must the Bears play at night on prime time tv...this is definitely not must see tv...get Jay Cutler some sort of corrective lenses, because he doesn't seem to see well at night...seriously, is anyone going to watch the Browns-Lions game, a match between two 1-8 teams?...is is possible for them to both lose?...is there one game this week that is a must see?...not really...Jets and Patriots, possibly, but the Jets are pretty much out classed in every way by New England...is there a team more fickle than the Steelers...you never really know when they're going to lose, or who they're going to lose to...ok, Chargers and Broncos would be a good Sunday night game...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Week 10: The Results: The Tennessee Salute
Winners and losers:
THURSDAY NOVEMBER, 12 2009
Chicago Bears at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
SAN FRANCISCO 10, Chicago 6
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2009
Detroit Lions at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
MINNESOTA 27 Detroit 10
DENVER BRONCOS at Washington Redskins
Washington 27, DENVER 17
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at MIAMI DOLPHINS
MIAMI 25, Tampa Bay 23
Buffalo Bills at TENNESSEE TITANS
TENNESSEE 41, Buffalo 17
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at St. Louis Rams
NEW ORLEANS 28, St. Louis 23
Jacksonville Jaguars at NEW YORK JETS
Jacksonville 24, NEW YORK JETS 22
ATLANTA FALCONS at Carolina Panthers
Carolina 28, Atlanta 19
Cincinnati Bengals at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Cincinnati 18, PITTSBURGH 12
Kansas City Chiefs at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Kansas City 16, OAKLAND 10
Dallas Cowboys at GREEN BAY PACKERS
GREEN BAY 17, Dallas 7
Philadelphia Eagles at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
SAN DIEGO 31, Philadelphia 23
Seattle Seahawks at ARIZONA CARDINALS
ARIZONA 31, Seattle 20
New England Patriots at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
INDIANAPOLIS 35, New England 34
MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2009
BALTIMORE RAVENS at Cleveland Browns
BALTIMORE 16, Cleveland 0
Stuff: The Chicago Bears are in a death spiral...they are a bad team from ownership on down to the towel boys (ok, I don't really know that the towel boys are incompetent, I'm just assuming based on the product I see on the football field that everyone involved with the Bears must not be any good at their job)...they are a team that for some reason, maybe some sort of curse involving a goat, hasn't been able to put a great quarterback on the field in the last 60 years...even when they get someone with the potential of a Jay Cutler, they seem to find a way to turn a rough diamond into a piece of coal...has Kyle Orton's luck run out?...I mean, losing to the Redskins?...really? the Redskins?...the Patriots are vanquished, hopefully not to be heard too much of anymore...the Titans didn't just get a second win, they produced a stomping over the Bills of Buffalo...and then the Titans owner showed true class by giving Dick Jauron's team a Tennessee salute...
THURSDAY NOVEMBER, 12 2009
Chicago Bears at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
SAN FRANCISCO 10, Chicago 6
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2009
Detroit Lions at MINNESOTA VIKINGS
MINNESOTA 27 Detroit 10
DENVER BRONCOS at Washington Redskins
Washington 27, DENVER 17
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at MIAMI DOLPHINS
MIAMI 25, Tampa Bay 23
Buffalo Bills at TENNESSEE TITANS
TENNESSEE 41, Buffalo 17
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at St. Louis Rams
NEW ORLEANS 28, St. Louis 23
Jacksonville Jaguars at NEW YORK JETS
Jacksonville 24, NEW YORK JETS 22
ATLANTA FALCONS at Carolina Panthers
Carolina 28, Atlanta 19
Cincinnati Bengals at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Cincinnati 18, PITTSBURGH 12
Kansas City Chiefs at OAKLAND RAIDERS
Kansas City 16, OAKLAND 10
Dallas Cowboys at GREEN BAY PACKERS
GREEN BAY 17, Dallas 7
Philadelphia Eagles at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
SAN DIEGO 31, Philadelphia 23
Seattle Seahawks at ARIZONA CARDINALS
ARIZONA 31, Seattle 20
New England Patriots at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
INDIANAPOLIS 35, New England 34
MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2009
BALTIMORE RAVENS at Cleveland Browns
BALTIMORE 16, Cleveland 0
Stuff: The Chicago Bears are in a death spiral...they are a bad team from ownership on down to the towel boys (ok, I don't really know that the towel boys are incompetent, I'm just assuming based on the product I see on the football field that everyone involved with the Bears must not be any good at their job)...they are a team that for some reason, maybe some sort of curse involving a goat, hasn't been able to put a great quarterback on the field in the last 60 years...even when they get someone with the potential of a Jay Cutler, they seem to find a way to turn a rough diamond into a piece of coal...has Kyle Orton's luck run out?...I mean, losing to the Redskins?...really? the Redskins?...the Patriots are vanquished, hopefully not to be heard too much of anymore...the Titans didn't just get a second win, they produced a stomping over the Bills of Buffalo...and then the Titans owner showed true class by giving Dick Jauron's team a Tennessee salute...
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Let Me Expand Upon Why I Think the NFL Sucks
Too many rules.
Too many rules that don't make a lot of sense.
Too many decisions that don't make a lot of sense.
There are a lot of rules in the NFL. Rules dictate how you can tackle an opposing player, how and when you can or cannot hit the passer, rules for this, rules for that.
There are rules for unsportsmanlike conduct. But when a player, say Tommie Harris, slugs an opposing player while that opposing player is lying face down on the ground, he is justifiably thrown out of the game. Yet the NFL does not discipline him. Mystifying.
I enjoy watching a game on occasion. Football can be awfully exciting. But there are too many rules and too many curious decisions that make the game frustrating for me, frustrating enough to really take away my enjoyment of the game.
I may have to switch to watching hockey, now that I can see the Blackhawks on tv.
Too many rules that don't make a lot of sense.
Too many decisions that don't make a lot of sense.
There are a lot of rules in the NFL. Rules dictate how you can tackle an opposing player, how and when you can or cannot hit the passer, rules for this, rules for that.
There are rules for unsportsmanlike conduct. But when a player, say Tommie Harris, slugs an opposing player while that opposing player is lying face down on the ground, he is justifiably thrown out of the game. Yet the NFL does not discipline him. Mystifying.
I enjoy watching a game on occasion. Football can be awfully exciting. But there are too many rules and too many curious decisions that make the game frustrating for me, frustrating enough to really take away my enjoyment of the game.
I may have to switch to watching hockey, now that I can see the Blackhawks on tv.
I Just Can't (Chicago) Bear It Any Longer
-I didn't watch last night's Bears game. Couldn't if I had wanted to, which I didn't, because I don't get whatever cable network the Thursday night games are on.
But even without watching, even before the game was played, I knew what was coming. Whether the Bears won or lost it was going to be ugly, and ugly it was. A 10-6 loss to a team that just lost 4 straight is never going to be pretty.
-Lovie Smith says it's still possible for the Bears to make the playoffs, that "there's a lot of football" left to play. That's just silly, but what else is a coach supposed to say. Is he supposed to tell the team that they suck and they should all just ride out the season?
-Lovie Smith is not the guy who will ever lead this team to a Super Bowl victory, nor is Jerry Angelo the general manager to get a team a Super Bowl victory. But they both have a couple years remaining on multi-million dollar contracts and the McCaskey family is not going to pay either of these two guys to go away. So we are stuck with losing Bears teams until their contracts are up.
-Speaking of the McCaskey family, they are owners who cared much more about getting a stadium upgrade than a team upgrade. I've said it before and I'll say it again, as long as the McCaskeys own the Bears the only way the team will win a Super Bowl is by shear luck. And let's face it, that's what the 1985-86 season was, shear luck. A team full of players having career years all at the same time. Shear luck.
-The Bears could very well not win another game this season. We all expect them to lose to Philadelphia and Minnesota (those games are going to be brutal for the fans to watch), but is this Bears team at this point in a miserable season even capable of beating the St. Louis Rams or the Detroit Lions?
But even without watching, even before the game was played, I knew what was coming. Whether the Bears won or lost it was going to be ugly, and ugly it was. A 10-6 loss to a team that just lost 4 straight is never going to be pretty.
-Lovie Smith says it's still possible for the Bears to make the playoffs, that "there's a lot of football" left to play. That's just silly, but what else is a coach supposed to say. Is he supposed to tell the team that they suck and they should all just ride out the season?
-Lovie Smith is not the guy who will ever lead this team to a Super Bowl victory, nor is Jerry Angelo the general manager to get a team a Super Bowl victory. But they both have a couple years remaining on multi-million dollar contracts and the McCaskey family is not going to pay either of these two guys to go away. So we are stuck with losing Bears teams until their contracts are up.
-Speaking of the McCaskey family, they are owners who cared much more about getting a stadium upgrade than a team upgrade. I've said it before and I'll say it again, as long as the McCaskeys own the Bears the only way the team will win a Super Bowl is by shear luck. And let's face it, that's what the 1985-86 season was, shear luck. A team full of players having career years all at the same time. Shear luck.
-The Bears could very well not win another game this season. We all expect them to lose to Philadelphia and Minnesota (those games are going to be brutal for the fans to watch), but is this Bears team at this point in a miserable season even capable of beating the St. Louis Rams or the Detroit Lions?
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Road to the Stairs: Day 32 - Swag Bag
I did not work out today. Which is fine. The big day is only 3 days away so it may be a good idea to let the body rest a bit. I may go for a walk tomorrow, if time permits (I do have other things to do besides train, you know; Fridays are laundry days!).
What I did do today was drive downtown to the Willis Tower to pick up the climb packets. Included in said packet is a lovely white t-shirt with the SkyRise logo on the front (very cool) as well as the "bib," which is a rectangular piece of paper with your number (I may be a free man, but I am also a number, just not #6) and the microchip that gets attached to the laces of one of your shoes, all the better to accurately record just how long it will take to get my fat ass up 2,109 steps. (For those inquiring minds, that's 1,353 feet, straight up to the 103rd floor).
There were also some goodies in the swag bag, like freeze dried fruit and a protein shake. I say "were, " as I ate the fruit on the long construction clogged drive home. I'm saving the protein shake for another day. Perhaps Sunday.
What I did do today was drive downtown to the Willis Tower to pick up the climb packets. Included in said packet is a lovely white t-shirt with the SkyRise logo on the front (very cool) as well as the "bib," which is a rectangular piece of paper with your number (I may be a free man, but I am also a number, just not #6) and the microchip that gets attached to the laces of one of your shoes, all the better to accurately record just how long it will take to get my fat ass up 2,109 steps. (For those inquiring minds, that's 1,353 feet, straight up to the 103rd floor).
There were also some goodies in the swag bag, like freeze dried fruit and a protein shake. I say "were, " as I ate the fruit on the long construction clogged drive home. I'm saving the protein shake for another day. Perhaps Sunday.
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