~Picks:
New York at Green Bay
Lambeau Field in January. That is a huge edge for the Packers...right? In the snow, sure, but in the cold I'm not so sure. Green Bay looked absolutely AWFUL against the Bears earlier this year in the freezing cold. That doesn't mean the Giants have an edge or anything, as there was a stat that said Eli Manning's QB rating in ice-cold games was well below par. So what is the recipe for playing in the cold? Run the ball and have a QB that won't make mistakes? I'm just not sure. Everyone is picking Green Bay in this game, in part because of Favre, in part because it's in Green Bay, and in part because of what Green Bay did to Seattle last week. I just can't get over that Chicago game at the end of the season where the Packers got spanked. New York has played in the cold before, so it won't be like Tampa Bay coming into Lambeau. Weather is the great equalizer in football, so I'm going to ride the hotter team in this one, the one with more to prove and show the world, and take New York.
New York 27, Green Bay 24
San Diego at New England
Lord have mercy 0n the Chargers.
New England 30, San Diego 13
~Before I move on, I willingly hand in my man card (some would say I turned it in longgggg ago). Here it is, take it, shred it, destroy it, I am no longer deserving of it. Why you ask? I am officially in love with HGTV (for those of you not in the know, it's the "Home and Garden" network). If you were to rank my most watched shows on television, Sportscenter would be number one (every morning!), followed by about fifteen HGTV shows. Yeah, I am a complete addict to the stuff. Shows like "House Hunters", "Hidden Potential", "My First Home, "Buy Me", etc. have me watching all the time. Over Christmas break, and I swear I'm not lying, HGTV was on my television for about six straight hours- this during the college football bowl season. I know, I know, not only should my man card be revoked, my penis should be taken away from me as well. I love watching couples decide which house they should get, how couples redesign houses to make them look amazing, and how houses can be redone to look wonderful again. Why do I like all this? Well, because I want a house. Grace and I have a savings account we put money into that will hopefully get us there someday. I would have never thought, however, that I would be this interested and intrigued by house shows. So much so that I put them above sports and reruns of King of Queens. Wait, wait, wait...am I (gasp)...growing up???
~MSU basketball. Looked good for a half...and then didn't look good for other half. I think what we're seeing is that it's not Neitzel that is the cog that makes this machine run, it's Raymar Morgan. When that man is on the floor, our team functions at a high level. That's not a knock on Neitzel, as he has carried us many a times. But what Neitzel has proven throughout his career is that he is very streaky. When he's hot, he's on fire. When he's cold, he can't get anything to fall. Morgan has provided the consistent play for us, and we need him to continue to do so. The only problem is that Morgan continues to get in foul trouble. This can be easily avoided though! Everytime I watch Raymar play, he picks up at least two ticky-tack fouls a game. He needs to grow up and not make those. If he's on the floor and can do his thing, that takes the pressure off of Neitzel and Suton (as well as the defensive pressure), and as a team we can excel. When did OSU make it's second half run? While Morgan was on the bench. When did it stop? When Raymar returned. I'll take the win this past Tuesday, but I'd like to see a better effort for forty minutes from the entire team. Oh, and I've been meaning to do this for awhile: Raymar Morgan next to Miss J from America's Next Top Model. Yeah? Do ya see it???
Don't have much else I'd like to talk about, so I'll write again another day.
~Mikey D
4 comments:
Berman has officially reached Madden status. He doesn't have much valuable to say, but everyone in the sports media thinks he runs the show. My feeling is that over recent years, Sportscenter has grown into a more sophisticated sports show. People like Scott Van Pelt and John Anderson are examples of this. In the past, it used to be like a morning show, like the Today Show, for guys that had a lot of "fluff" and "kitsch". Berman was from the old era and isn't fresh anymore.
Gutsy pick with the Giants. That game definitely is not the lock that everyone thinks that it is. If the Giants can shut down Ryan Grant, they will be able to expose the Packers and make it difficult.
I completely agree that Raymar looks like Miss J. Watching HGTV doesn't revoke your man card - you are excited to buy a house and watching all of these house shows feeds that excitement - completely understandable. Knowing that his/her name is "Miss J" was the thing that revoked your man card.
Aw, come on! Just cause a guy knows the name of one drag queen from a show about models starring Tyra Banks he gets his man card revoked???
Fair enough =)
he is not a drag queen. he is a runway coach. obvi if you are teaching girls to do a runway walk you are going to need to do it in heels.. and a skirt...and have better legs then any woman i have ever met.
In addition, i think you have down played your house obsession just a bit. Not only do you watch a bizillion hours of HGTV but you also pick up real estate magazines, and research house prices and mortgages we can afford with the money we've saved. If i had to rank how you divide your time it would go something like this:
1.) sports
2.) real estate
3.) video games and/or blogging
4.) grace
5.) school
but i still love you :)
Haha, I put you fourth? Not only do I not have a man card anymore, I am a bad boyfriend. I'm finding so much out about myself from this post =).
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