I’m not going to lie. This is a complete dick move. The title grabs your attention. Right now you’re saying, “Oh shit did somebody lose big??” Come on man, it’s the Colts. It’s Colts fans. Their quarterback is as pure as the snow in the Alps. Tony Dungy coached this team forever.
The playoffs got underway, and Cricket Reece and her co-worker Billy Johnson started rolling the dice. They were amped up for the playoffs. I mean this was the big time, so they decided to get crazy and throw down. The stakes…… a cup of McDonald’s hot chocolate. If the Colts beat the Ravens, Cricket would get her hot chocolate on. Then things got really f$#ked up. If the Colts beat the Jets, Cricket would win hot chocolate and a Volcano Taco from Taco Bell. Holy shit man!
Who the hell would even bother to write this article? Sweet Jesus. It’s Monday morning and if I have to be exposed to this crap, so do you…. I’ll at least admit I was initially pumped too.I got suckered in so now it’s your turn. I thought some rich idiot got fleeced. I was wrong…..very wrong.
The Jets were pretty easily the hottest team in football, having beaten the Bengals and then the Chargers, who had themselves won 11 in a row. Indy, meanwhile, had rested its starters over the last two weeks of the regular season and, as they had the #1 seed locked up for the playoffs, earned themselves a first round bye. But as it turns out, everyone crying that the Colts shouldn’t have rested Peyton and the rest of the starters and should have gone for 16-0 now has to sit and watch the Colts in the Super Bowl.
Because let’s face it – the whining was never really about the Colts being rusty for having taken too much time off. It was because certain fans wanted to see a 16-0 season, the Colts brass had placed a Super Bowl appearance as a higher priority, and so said fans fell back on the old, “well, they’re gonna be rusty in the playoffs” argument. Which turned out to be a heap of bullshit. I argued that the Colts did absolutely nothing wrong by resting their starters, citing the Colts’ goal of winning a Super Bowl over a perfect season as support.
Resting starters before the playoffs is like global warming – it’s hip to argue that human beings are the source of climate change, but in the end, there’s quite a bit of evidence for both sides. Same type of situation here – nobody really knows if resting starters is a bad thing for the playoffs, and it’s likely that no one ever will. I’m pretty sure it’s something that should be determined on a team-by-team basis. So when the fans who wanted to see a 16-0 season were denied that opportunity and shouted for weeks that the Colts were dumb…well, they’re the dummies now.
I’m kind of getting tired of being right all the time.
After watching the Colts dismantle the Jets after trailing 17-6 I wasn’t really thinking about the Superbowl. Sure I was kind of excited to watch New Orleans and Minnesota play to see what the matchup would be. But after hearing about Jim Caldwell’s great job this year (and he obviously has done a great job) I couldn’t help wonder if the Colts star QB would be good on the sidelines.
It’s evident that Manning is a stud. That much we know. His ability to pick apart a defense is astonishing. It’s like the guy is playing speed chess out there. I mean just when you think the Colts might suffer a loss you notice bit by bit that Manning completes a pass here, there, and then all of a sudden sees every single hole in a defense and exploits it to no end.
Will he pick apart New Orleans’ D? The smart money says yes. Personally I just think it’s always a matter of time. And it’s the job of the defense to shield it as long as possible. I don’t know if that falls on the coaching or just praying that Manning’s head isn’t clear that day.
But I wonder if that “chess” skill would making Peyton a good coach. Like could he still pick apart a defense on the sidelines and then send in signals to his QB on the fly? I don’t know. Considering how many audibles this guy calls and how frantic he is before the snap I have a hard time believing his coaching would work. Sure he could come up with plays and stuff but what this guy does ON the field is truly the work of an artist.
Anyway, I just though it’d be a good topic to bring up since all we talk about is him being a quarterback. I’m just curious to see what he’ll do when all is said and done.
Bottom line, I think Peyton Manning is the best offensive coordinator in the NFL.
Pretty filthy. But in fairness, I’m pretty sure I could manage a handful of assists against the Nets. Maybe even a couple would be behind the back.
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Click on Photo to read about Mike Vick’s humbling return to the scene of the crime
I’m big on forgiveness. Not soo much with Mike Vick. Deep down, I know this guy still has a giant “fuck you” etched in the back of his brains, and is doing what is necessary to get his bankroll back. The dude doesn’t give a shit.
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Holy F’in Saints Fan in the Caption Contest [BostonBarstool]
More Evidence you just need a jersey to get hot tail [Busted Coverage]
Tebow’s Ex-babe on American Idol [Buster Sports]
Apocalyptic Movies and their babes [Coed Mag]
You picking up a theme yet for Friday’s Press?
As if you didn’t see the story on Emmanuelle Chriqui, but just in case [Cuzoogle]
Five things more likely than you having a job [The Bachelor Guy]
Top 99 of 2010 [AskMen]
A little big of ARODD at the Aussie Open [Total Pro Sports]
You tell me. There’s something with the words “big blow” and that girl. I guess having it on mute kind of sucks but there’s something going on here that we don’t know about.
I think it’s time to start following DePaul Cheerleading.
Jason Williams came out of his brief retirement to play with the Magic this season, but almost all of the flash that earned him the nickname “White Chocolate” is gone. He’ll still whip out a nasty crossover or no-look pass every once in awhile, but early in his career, he was pretty easily the flashiest player in the league. There was nothing that Jason Williams wouldn’t try in a game, and the results were often spectacular.
I love watching Kobe, Wade, Lebron and the other freaks of nature in the NBA, but I kind of miss seeing a 6’1″ white guy making the NBA look like an And 1 Tour. Enjoy some incredible and impossible to imitate Jason Williams career highlights on your Friday afternoon.
This isn’t a nuts-in-your-mouth posterization or anything, but I still think it counts as getting dunked on, and Robin has every right to talk shit to his brother Brook for a while after this. I can’t remember the last time 0 if it ever happened – one twin dunked on the other. Maybe Horace and Harvey Grant or the Collins brothers did it at one point, but I sure as hell can’t remember.
And is it just me, or does Brook seem like he’s older than Robin? Maybe it’s the hair, but I half-expected Brook to give Robin a huge wedgie after the dunk. And you can’t call a technical foul on that – family business trumps all.
