My apologies for any lack of posting on my part.

Like you care.

Just been busy that’s all.

However, something did pull me out for a brief second to offer my piece of shit thoughts. That’s the whole idiotic “controversy” about Jay Cutler. If Bret Favre was the cum that covered splattered over the media that willingly swallowed it, Cutler is the condom that left them unsatisfied. I don’t know what I just wrote. 

Fuck it. I’m owning it. Hear that LeBron?

In any event, I don’t think I ever witnessed such unsubstantiated retardedness in all my useless life of watching sports.

Anybody who took a “Maurice Jones-Drew” position is a boob with a wart on their eyeball. I don’t care that Jay Cutler is an “asshole” and may even be have a low pain tolerance. It’s nobody’s business to make a comment from their comfy couch.

And if you’re going to do it, make damn sure that the slander you’re hurling is backed up by something called proof to back your venomous bull. And no, chiming in with a “oh, he’s standing on the sidelines on his knee ergo he can play” is not legitimate.

It’s a logical fallacy rooted in circumstantial perception.

It reminds me of the losers who somehow attempted to connect that moosebush Sarah Palin to the Tuscon murders. What a bunch of decrepit intellectual morons.

Apparently, slander without proof is all the rage now as long as it makes a stretchy point in your private defunct mind.

As you can tell, I’m annoyed. A tad.

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All this tough talk by athletes makes me puke. Not that it matters, but I played soccer on a torn ACL and all it proved is I was an idiot for damaging it more. I even played on a badly twisted ankle (ah, the miracle of cortizone), dislocated shoulders and even a loose tooth during a hockey game. Bobby Clarke eat your heart out. Basically, I played sports at maybe 60% during most of my life. I know, wah-wah, life stinks and sucks.

What I’m saying I kinda get the whole thing.

Yeah, I know, I didn’t have money at stake, but I had everything equal to any competitive bastard and that’s the desire to damn play and WIN. Sports is all relative. Whether you play AAA or big leagues, athletes all share the same DNA: To play and win. Playing with an injury that’s preventing you to slug your way to victory sucks big time.

The one thing I learned in life is no matter how much you feel something, if you can’t prove it shut the hell up. There’s no way to judge Cutler. An MCL sprain is not something one can easily quantify. Because one person decides to play on a bum PCL or MCL doesn’t mean another can.

There are degrees to it you know.

I don’t care about Jay Cutler. While I don’t think he deserves the insane attacks,  he’s a big boy. What I care about is the pressure we put on kids to go out and play on serious injuries lest we deem them “pussies.” Also, if you have a serious injury, you’re, more often than not, rarely helping your team or mates.

The real pussies are the ones who can’t face an injury with maturity. Or the ones who don’t own their Twitter comments.

That all being said, don’t get me wrong. Sometimes you have to play through pain. No doubt about it. It’s just that with the Cutler thing, fucking injured players were slamming him. Effen media jumped to all sorts of conclusions – journalistic integrity my ass. It just wasn’t cool.

Speaking of the media, I don’t get these guys sometimes. One minute they’re urging teams to take injuries like concussions seriously, but somehow a knee is not important?  I guess it didn’t matter he was thrown around and sacked like a cheap potato all year.

Let it all play out. If his own teammates come out and slam him or facts come out suggesting he wasn’t that hurt and he quit, then we can revisit it. Until then…

Shut up.

Talk about a shift in emotions during the Eagles-Giants game this past Sunday. All I’m going to say is I was astonished that Andy Reid didn’t throw the flag to challenge on DeSean Jackson’s fumble – Jackson later more than made up for it with an incredible punt return that won the game for the Eagles. That braincramp led to a NYG score and a G-men 31-10 lead.

Game over, right?

Nope.

Not on this day.

Vick does deserve his name being considered for MVP.

Well, just watch. A comeback for the ages indeed.

Just a quick post about the New England Patriots. After what they’ve done to the Steelers, Jets and Steelers (three of the best defenses in the NFL), and witnessing the growth of their invincibility factor, I thought about one Randy Moss.

Here’s a guy blessed with talent while probably coming from little growing up, who was lucky enough to not only make the big time, but to be part of the most successful team in the last 15 years. The Patriots are wicked good and he wasted a chance to be a part of it.

It’s been quite the ride watching the Patriot offense go absolutely berserk without Moss. Talk about sending a message to someone. Of all the teams to verbally bash!

He now wallows around the league like a soulless vagabond, first with the dysfunctional Minnesota Vikings, and currently with the  increasingly dysfunctional Tennessee Titans.

It could have all been different for Moss. Alas, his ego has taken a massive bite out of his logic.

All that’s left is for the Pat Rack to win the Super Bowl to make Moss realize the error of his ways.

Fantasy College Blitz

Same variables as the defense rankings, but flipped over to the offense. So we want low yards per point (YPPT) to rank higher as it takes fewer yards to score. And high PPG for obvious reasons. Darned if a lot of the same teams are on this list too.

Fantasy College Blitz Offense Rank 04Dec2010 

1    Boise St.
2    Wisconsin
2    Oregon
4    TCU
4    Auburn
6    Oklahoma St.
7    Ohio St.
8    Stanford
9    Hawaii
10    Northern Ill.
11    Nevada
12    Utah
13    Virginia Tech
14    Georgia
15    Alabama
16    Tulsa
16    Arkansas
18    East Carolina
19    UCF
19    Houston
21    San Diego St.
22    Kansas St.
23    Nebraska
24    Southern Miss.
25    South Carolina

However, after the game Alouettes QB Anthony Calvillo, the cornerstone of the Alouettes dynasty,  revealed he will undergo surgery to remove a “lesion on his thyroid.” Thyroid cancer generally has a high success rate, however, he may have to remove half his thyroid. He doesn’t believe his career to be in jeopardy at this point.

Still. It was shocking news.

He played with this weighing in his heart for most of the season unbeknownst to the public.

It must have been hard to manage those emotions and the stress that undoubtedly accompanied it.

It’s not the first time the Calvillo faces a major health issue. In 2007, his wife Alexia was diagnosed with B-Cell lymphona.  

As for the game itself, this was possibly his best Grey Cup performance completing 29 of 42 passes for 336 yards. The Als outpasses, outrushed and controlled time-possession the Riders for the entire game despite the controversy of the poor treatment faced by Montreal all week leading up to the game. Recall the Riders were hooked up with the est accomodations including easy access to practice facilities while the Als were bussed in to the field also questioning the quality of the hotel they were in.

Defensively, the Als never really gave QB Darian Durant a chance to capitalize on Saskatchewan’s talented receiving corp.

Interestingly, neither team turned the ball; cold weather notwithstanding. Als receiver Jamel Richardson was the MVP.

All these stats mean little today for Calvillo and the Alouettes family as they prepare for a different kind of challenge. A challenge that is not easy to prepare for.

They almost threw away that came against the Indianapolis Colts last week.

They possess a dyamic offense and a defense that’s slowly getting its stuff together, but all that can easily come undone in critical moments of a game  if they don’t manage those intangibles better mentioned earlier.

Fantasy College Blitz

I believe it was a wise man that once said the real fantasy star of the Big East was the defense. Despite only a two game schedule for the conference for week 10, it was evident again that defenses win mediocre league games! That’s the phrase right?

 BJ Daniels, stepping it up when fantasy owners need him most (Icon SMI)

Bulls QB B.J. Daniels did throw for two scores and has four touchdown passes in the last two games. In terms of fantasy value, Daniels recent success is something to keep an eye on, however, I wouldn’t trust him just yet. It’s the USF defense, which was ranked 20th in the latest BlitzIndex prior to this win, that is the catalyst to their success.  The Bulls held Rutgers to a total of 238 yards – Scarlet Knights QB Chas Dodd threw the ball 22 times for 139 yards and zero touchdowns. One of Dodd’s completions was to RB Kordell Young on a screen pass who failed to advance the ball out of the Rutgers end zone resulting in a safety. The rarely seen screen pass in your own end zone resulted in points for the other team. illustrating why it’s rarely seen?

With Louisville on the schedule the Bulls D becomes a must start for Big East only or AQ leagues.

Louisville 28 @ Syracuse 20

It is probably a bad sign when the stars of a game are considered to be the coaches, no? But that was the case when Charlie Strong‘s Cardinals came to the Carrier Dome and took on the Orange of Doug Marrone. Both coaches have taken moribund programs and breathed new life into them. In fact, both teams are thinking bowl game for the first time in year.

U of L won thanks to a hard hitting and blitzing defensive effort masterminded by Strong. Syracuse mustered 256 total yards and the Cards held Syracuse to just three second half points. Orange running back Delone Carter did break 100 yards rushing (107 yards and 1 TD), but the senior picked up the majority of those prior to halftime.

Factoring in that the Cards played without starting QB Adam Froman and RB Bilal Powell and the win at the Carrier Dome becomes that much more impressive. Powell, for his part, came into this game fifth in the nation in rushing yards per game. With two straight home games, against South Florida and West Virginia, U of L D/ST is still a strong play. The Cards have proven they can hold their own in the Big East thanks to Strong’s defensive philosophies.

What you see is what you get in the Big East. Seven of the eight teams have two conferences losses, yet all eight still have a shot at going bowling this season. Outside of Pittsburgh, who offers up fantasy stars like RBs Dion Lewis and Ray Graham along with WR Jon Baldwin, the reason for the parity in the league is due to the defenses. In deep fantasy leagues, or Big East onlys, week in and week out you can’t go wrong with a Big East defense (as long as it is a Big East conference game).

Some guys just get the benefit of every doubt because of the talent they possess. I get that.

But how many times does an athlete putting his own interests over the team have before people realize they’re just not worth the headaches?

Randy Moss is beyond an enigma at this point. Right now, he’s just plain daft. Everywhere he goes his mouth shoots off like Yosemite Sam shooting at the sky. He barely played a full game with the Vikings before they waived his cantakerous and cancerous ass.

Moss. What an appropriate name at this point.

Some fans are willing to accept Moss into their camp. It’s easy to understand why. The guy can catch and run.

However, what’s the trade-off? And is it worth the time and cost?

That’s the question an organization has to answer when it comes to one Randy Moss.

October is breast cancer awareness month, yet the league thought in its obvious limited wisdom to fine Winnipeg Blue Bombers fullback Jon Oosterhuis $200 for wearing….pink gloves? The color associated with breast cancer. 

I don’t see ANY problem with letting players wear pink gloves or shoes. An exception was made in the NFL and for the life of me can’t understand why the CFL wouldn’t either.

They do it in soccer as well for the record.

Bad, myopic call CFL.

They’d better hand over that $200 to a breast cancer charity.

I was purturbed, admittedly, watching TCU coach Gary Patterson scream at a doctor on the sidelines following the loss of consciousness to one of its players after a hit.

It’s all fine and dandy everyone has apologized to one another with all the requisite “in the heat of the moment” slogans that go along with it, but the main issue remains coaches (and their bosses) are not always looking out for the best interest of their players when it comes to health. The pressure to win is that heavy.

Brain injuries, with merit, are the main topic of discussion these days. Concussions are brutally out in the open not just in football but hockey as well and even soccer.

It behooves us, as sports fans, to explore this serious injury with intelligence and not barbaric notions of “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.” Once upon a time athletes were essentially slaves with no leverage while the sports community was ignorant of the potential long-term impact of concussions. It’s not the case anymore.

Coaches, as far as I’m concerned, have no business challenging a doctor’s authority. None. They have no medical training.

Patterson’s actions show we have a long way to go in changing sports culture with regards to health.