Not much to say, straight to the action today:
Today in the bag, I'm wrapping the crappy weekend in Oregon, taking a look at how the rest of the Pac-12 fared, and giving my outsider view of the Super Bowl whether you want to read it or not.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Tuesday Grab Bag: Go Home, Pac-12, You're Drunk
Have you been watching Pac-12 basketball recently? Have you noticed how everyone seems to be capable of beating any other team on any random night (some exclusions may apply)? Well, then this image from Reddit should come as no surprise to you:
It's only been four weeks, not even halfway through the conference schedule, and we can create a "12 degrees of parity" scale. The standings themselves are even more confusing - there's currently a six-way tie for 3rd. While teams like Arizona State and Washington State are clearly behind the rest of the Pac, they've still earned entry in the circle; one large mish-mash of confusing, hilarious sameness. As we continue to inch closer to the second week of March, and the annual rumble in the MGM Grand, I can only giggle at the idea of a conference with a six-way tie for 3rd place, and no real way to set a bracket. This is the kind of stuff Doc Brown warned about in Back to the Future II. Indeed, this is heavy...
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Today in the bag, I'm wrapping the split earned in the State of Washington, taking a look at the rest of the 'League of Parity,' and battening down the hatches in advance of the oncoming surge of Super Bowl mania.
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It's only been four weeks, not even halfway through the conference schedule, and we can create a "12 degrees of parity" scale. The standings themselves are even more confusing - there's currently a six-way tie for 3rd. While teams like Arizona State and Washington State are clearly behind the rest of the Pac, they've still earned entry in the circle; one large mish-mash of confusing, hilarious sameness. As we continue to inch closer to the second week of March, and the annual rumble in the MGM Grand, I can only giggle at the idea of a conference with a six-way tie for 3rd place, and no real way to set a bracket. This is the kind of stuff Doc Brown warned about in Back to the Future II. Indeed, this is heavy...
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Today in the bag, I'm wrapping the split earned in the State of Washington, taking a look at the rest of the 'League of Parity,' and battening down the hatches in advance of the oncoming surge of Super Bowl mania.
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Monday, February 3, 2014
Monday Grab Bag: Broncos party like it's 1990
I have a strong feeling many reading this won't sympathize, but I had a pretty solid sports weekend. All the teams I was rooting for (except for the Blackhawks) won, and I made some money betting on the Super Bowl. That's about all I could ask for, so I'm counting the weekend as a win.
For the rest of you, pick your heads up. I've always said that I'd rather get blown out than take a close loss. Whatever it was that the Broncos were doing yesterday will be forgotten by Wednesday, whereas the sting of a nail-biting defeat would've stayed with you for months. And hey, it could've been worse. Trust me, I marched at 70-3, there's always a worse...
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Today in the bag, I'm recapping the happy little win over the Utes, talking Pac-12 hoops, and putting the Donkeys to rest.
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For the rest of you, pick your heads up. I've always said that I'd rather get blown out than take a close loss. Whatever it was that the Broncos were doing yesterday will be forgotten by Wednesday, whereas the sting of a nail-biting defeat would've stayed with you for months. And hey, it could've been worse. Trust me, I marched at 70-3, there's always a worse...
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Today in the bag, I'm recapping the happy little win over the Utes, talking Pac-12 hoops, and putting the Donkeys to rest.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Quick Post: On Peyton Manning, and his crashing of CU's dance party
Dear Mr. Manning,
Addictive personalities being what they are, your forthcoming free agency decision has gotten the Bronco tweakers back on the blue and orange dragon. I don't think it's healthy for them, or those of us around them, to jump back into their destructive addiction so quickly.
Further, your search for a new home, while understandably public, has begun to take attention away from the first Tournament berth for the University of Colorado (and that small ag school up the road) in just shy of a decade. Simply, what should be a time for incessant celebration has been overshadowed by your search.
Accordingly, I ask that you please make your decision quickly; it's March, and football shouldn't be discussed by anyone, anywhere during this time.
Kthnxbai,
RumblinBuff
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While I'm on the subject, if this process has made one thing clear to me, it's that John Elway would rather don a Raiders cap than have Tim Tebow as his QB come fall.
Over the past few months, the Donkeys have been linked to everything from QB money-pit Matt Flynn, to a destructive trade to grab one of the top-two draft picks (and the QB prospects that come with them). Now, this high profile pursuit of an aging, injury-plagued superstar has all but driven home the point that Elway would rather anyone, seriously ANYONE, other than Tebow take snaps.
Elway needs it to be a high-profile name to mollify the section of the Broncos fanbase that is squarely in 15's corner. Manning certainly fits that bill.
Add this to the lukewarm assurance that Little Timmy would be the QB come training camp (duh), and I wouldn't expect to see the ratings cow on the Denver sidelines much longer, Manning or no Manning.
Addictive personalities being what they are, your forthcoming free agency decision has gotten the Bronco tweakers back on the blue and orange dragon. I don't think it's healthy for them, or those of us around them, to jump back into their destructive addiction so quickly.
Further, your search for a new home, while understandably public, has begun to take attention away from the first Tournament berth for the University of Colorado (and that small ag school up the road) in just shy of a decade. Simply, what should be a time for incessant celebration has been overshadowed by your search.
Accordingly, I ask that you please make your decision quickly; it's March, and football shouldn't be discussed by anyone, anywhere during this time.
Kthnxbai,
RumblinBuff
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While I'm on the subject, if this process has made one thing clear to me, it's that John Elway would rather don a Raiders cap than have Tim Tebow as his QB come fall.
Over the past few months, the Donkeys have been linked to everything from QB money-pit Matt Flynn, to a destructive trade to grab one of the top-two draft picks (and the QB prospects that come with them). Now, this high profile pursuit of an aging, injury-plagued superstar has all but driven home the point that Elway would rather anyone, seriously ANYONE, other than Tebow take snaps.
Elway needs it to be a high-profile name to mollify the section of the Broncos fanbase that is squarely in 15's corner. Manning certainly fits that bill.
Add this to the lukewarm assurance that Little Timmy would be the QB come training camp (duh), and I wouldn't expect to see the ratings cow on the Denver sidelines much longer, Manning or no Manning.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Monday Grab Bag: The practice facility is open!
That shiny new practice facility that CU's basketball junkies were promised is finally a reality. The Buffs are out of the roundball dark ages, and the future looks as bright as ever for a program that was continually mired in obscurity.
Today in the bag I'll talk about the new facility before speculating on a depth chart update, congratulating the women's soccer team, and discussing the demotion of a national treasure.
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Today in the bag I'll talk about the new facility before speculating on a depth chart update, congratulating the women's soccer team, and discussing the demotion of a national treasure.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Monday Grab Bag: It's on to Vegas
For the last grab bag of the year (I'm taking next week off so I can fly home and eat like a king) I've got lots of Buffs news (as always), the snowballing Legend of Tim Tebow, and Mason Crosby looking foolish trying to tackle a fat man. If you're looking for my thoughts on the (finally) announced new football staff, you'll have to wait a day as I feel it deserves it's own space; in the mean-time, however, it's on with the bag...
Off to Las Vegas - The basketball team heads to the Las Vegas Classic fresh off a 104-59 blitzing of the Longwood Lancers yesterday afternoon. The win capped a 100% successful 5-game home-stand that included the OT thriller against CSU and the embarrassment of struggling future-conference foe Oregon St. I could play the role of "Objective-newsman-#5" and complain about the continuing struggles inside, but that story is boring. Anyone who has seen the team play over the past 3 years knows that interior defense and rebounding is an issue, and pouring that sour milk into the tasty cereal that is a 5-game winning streak isn't going to do anyone any good.
Look on the bright side: 5 wins, all of them well deserved, in the "dead-gym" time-period of December (when attendance is lousy and the kids are distracted by finals) are nothing to sneeze at. Remember 2003-04 when a random loss at home during this time frame to a semi-difficult Richmond Spiders club eventually cost the Buffs a place in the Tourney? You win the games on the schedule and move on. I'll certainly take 90 points a game, out-rebounding 4 of 5 opponents, and causing 16 turn-overs per game over a 5 game stretch. Should the team have a better record considering the paucity of truly strong teams on the schedule so far? Sure, but I'm not going to jump off the 3rd Flatiron over it. The home-stand was successful, despite any contention to the contrary, and the team can feel good about itself headed into Wednesday night's contest with New Mexico.
Levi! - Speaking of the 5-game stretch being a sign of good things, rather than a harbinger of doom-to-come, frickin' Levi Knutson shot 80% from the field (!!!!!!!!!) over the 5 games, and averaged 16 points a game. Hell, yesterday he took 9 shots (2 from inside the arc, 3 from beyond the 3pt line, and 4 free throws) and made them all en route to a 17 points in 19 minutes effort that looked as fluid and perfect as it sounds. It's really coming easy for the maligned senior from Littleton. For a guy who never averaged more than 4.6 points per contest in the past (in a shooting offense, mind you), Levi must be sacrificing the good shit to the Basketball Gods now, because his season has an un-holy stench to it. 12 points a game on 61% shooting, 50% from 3, and 90% from the line. His true-shooting percentage (combined shooting from all aspects) is an astronomical 76%. Really, I'm sorry I ever said an unkind word about the kid.
Ben Mills - I've been kind of scratching my head all season about this kid. Not his performance (his spattering of good efforts amongst stretches of abysmal play is on par for a young big-man), but the crowd's reaction to him. Every time he gets up off the bench he gets a well-meaning round of applause from the Buff-faithful. Huh? Dude lands a hook shot against a team that had no one who could guard him and he gets his own headline in the DC? Why is he the freshman who gets all the love? Andre Roberson is the freshman who deserves the column inches. Back-to-back double-doubles and leads the team in rebounding. 'Dre has been everything I could hope for this year, and is making me forget the whole failed Toby Veal experiment.
Recruiting hullabaloo - Late last week Jon Embree landed the first recruit of his freshly minted head-coaching career as he got wide-out Nelson Spruce to say yes to being a Buffalo. In the interest of keeping up with the times I've included his highlight video below:
In addition, we may or may not have lost/given-up on Valor Christian's QB Brock Berglund. Typical message-board horseshit is circulating. Odd considering how solid he was a week ago, but that's the soap opera of 18-year-old kids trying to make a life-altering decision for you. Don't look to me to get my panties in a bunch over it.
"There was greatness here" - That was Mike Klis' lead to his article following the Broncos 39-23 loss to the Raiders on Sunday. That load of schlock deserves a dismissive wank that I'm stealing from FilmDrunk.
Great lead Super-Hack! Of course he was referring to the Jesus-back, Tim Tebow. Dude couldn't move the team effectively on 3rd down, got lucky on a broken draw play that he confessed was designed for someone else, and the team took yet another loss, but we can start throwing "greatness" at him already? LOL, OK. Have fun being a doormat Bronco nation.
Sack-up Mase, you gotta tackle better than that - On the lighter side, check out former CU legend Mason Crosby try and tackle this fat dude:
Happy Monday!
Off to Las Vegas - The basketball team heads to the Las Vegas Classic fresh off a 104-59 blitzing of the Longwood Lancers yesterday afternoon. The win capped a 100% successful 5-game home-stand that included the OT thriller against CSU and the embarrassment of struggling future-conference foe Oregon St. I could play the role of "Objective-newsman-#5" and complain about the continuing struggles inside, but that story is boring. Anyone who has seen the team play over the past 3 years knows that interior defense and rebounding is an issue, and pouring that sour milk into the tasty cereal that is a 5-game winning streak isn't going to do anyone any good.
(Burks and the boys head to Las Vegas fresh off a very successful home-stand. From: The BDC))
Look on the bright side: 5 wins, all of them well deserved, in the "dead-gym" time-period of December (when attendance is lousy and the kids are distracted by finals) are nothing to sneeze at. Remember 2003-04 when a random loss at home during this time frame to a semi-difficult Richmond Spiders club eventually cost the Buffs a place in the Tourney? You win the games on the schedule and move on. I'll certainly take 90 points a game, out-rebounding 4 of 5 opponents, and causing 16 turn-overs per game over a 5 game stretch. Should the team have a better record considering the paucity of truly strong teams on the schedule so far? Sure, but I'm not going to jump off the 3rd Flatiron over it. The home-stand was successful, despite any contention to the contrary, and the team can feel good about itself headed into Wednesday night's contest with New Mexico.
Levi! - Speaking of the 5-game stretch being a sign of good things, rather than a harbinger of doom-to-come, frickin' Levi Knutson shot 80% from the field (!!!!!!!!!) over the 5 games, and averaged 16 points a game. Hell, yesterday he took 9 shots (2 from inside the arc, 3 from beyond the 3pt line, and 4 free throws) and made them all en route to a 17 points in 19 minutes effort that looked as fluid and perfect as it sounds. It's really coming easy for the maligned senior from Littleton. For a guy who never averaged more than 4.6 points per contest in the past (in a shooting offense, mind you), Levi must be sacrificing the good shit to the Basketball Gods now, because his season has an un-holy stench to it. 12 points a game on 61% shooting, 50% from 3, and 90% from the line. His true-shooting percentage (combined shooting from all aspects) is an astronomical 76%. Really, I'm sorry I ever said an unkind word about the kid.
Ben Mills - I've been kind of scratching my head all season about this kid. Not his performance (his spattering of good efforts amongst stretches of abysmal play is on par for a young big-man), but the crowd's reaction to him. Every time he gets up off the bench he gets a well-meaning round of applause from the Buff-faithful. Huh? Dude lands a hook shot against a team that had no one who could guard him and he gets his own headline in the DC? Why is he the freshman who gets all the love? Andre Roberson is the freshman who deserves the column inches. Back-to-back double-doubles and leads the team in rebounding. 'Dre has been everything I could hope for this year, and is making me forget the whole failed Toby Veal experiment.
(Dre's the one who's been workin' in down low. Where's his love? From: the BDC)
Recruiting hullabaloo - Late last week Jon Embree landed the first recruit of his freshly minted head-coaching career as he got wide-out Nelson Spruce to say yes to being a Buffalo. In the interest of keeping up with the times I've included his highlight video below:
In addition, we may or may not have lost/given-up on Valor Christian's QB Brock Berglund. Typical message-board horseshit is circulating. Odd considering how solid he was a week ago, but that's the soap opera of 18-year-old kids trying to make a life-altering decision for you. Don't look to me to get my panties in a bunch over it.
"There was greatness here" - That was Mike Klis' lead to his article following the Broncos 39-23 loss to the Raiders on Sunday. That load of schlock deserves a dismissive wank that I'm stealing from FilmDrunk.
(Your savior has arrived, anoint him with oils and 10+ loss seasons. From: the post)
Happy Monday!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Monday Grab Bag: Lulz all around; it's Tebow time!
Basketball is on finals week hiatus, the hyper-storm of press over Jon Embree's signing has died down, and baseball's Winter Meetings have concluded; i.e. not much to talk about. Oh, Wait! The Broncos suck! Thank the heavens! On to the bag...
Tim Tebow is coming to town, so be good for goodness sake - The Broncos got humiliated (were you expecting anything different?) 43-13 yesterday; therefore Tim Tebow will solve the franchise's problems. What stage of grief is Broncos Nation currently experiencing? Is insanity an option? I've seen them hack through Denial back when fans couldn't believe that the team was this bad, and Anger during the whole "Fire J-Mac NOW" thing, so that must mean they're on to Bargaining. Sit back and watch the fun as Broncos fans actually clamor for Tim Tebow to lead their team onto the field. Accordingly, I fully expect Broncos brass and interim head coach Studesville to cave to fan pressure and start the Jesus-back sometime over the next few weeks. What's amazing is that grown-ass men in the front office and in the media, who should know better, are listening to religious-ly induced crazed hordes wanting a glorified 3rd string washout to run some form of the option in a meaningless NFL game next Sunday. Holy Hell this can only end up being hilarious.
What's even more perfect is that the Broncos have a built in excuse when he fails. Not only was Josh McDaniels the one who drafted him (He, and only he, was the problem!), but the fans backed the 'Cos brain trust into starting Tebow before he was ready (We gave you what you wanted!). Pat Bowlen and the rest of his John Elway coat-tail riding wannabe's will get off scott-free in this whole fiasco (He's coming back, this will solve all of our problems!). Please remember, it wasn't just J-Mac that lead to the impending Tebow disaster (where-in not only will he fail to impress, but he will also cause the Donkey's to spend yet another draft pick on a QB next year).
BTW (and completely sarcastic), where are the hordes screaming for Brady Quinn? At least he's taken some meaningful snaps in the NFL. If Bronco nation is going to bray and kick for a young QB to play the final few games this year, why not scream like a jackass for the other J-Mac QB flop.
Just how similar is the Broncos Situation to the Buffs? - Think about it. Team hires young up and coming "offensive mind" to lead team. He shows up with a lot of promise, completely remaking the team in his own image; even bringing in a QB who may not exactly have the talent to succeed at the current level. Nepotism is involved. While there is a little success early, and the accompanying fan-base hype, the whole thing eventually comes crashing down to the point where the fans desperately want to see the young coach get fired. When he does, the fanbase turns fervently to legends of days gone by to "bring the program back to glory." Hype machine builds up again...
The situations are eerily similar. Obviously the Denver sports base has pissed the Football Gods off somehow... I blame Betsy Hoffman (somehow she's behind all of this).
Embree lands his first recruit - I don't like to talk recruiting news before signing day, but I would like to mention Jon Embree's first "get" as Buffs head coach. Sticking it to future conference rival UCLA, Embo nabbed Arvada West's OL Marc Mustoe who had previously committed to the Bruins. Mustoe is the 5th ranked prep from Colorado and 2nd best lineman in the state. Mustoe's a big dude; 6-7, 270. The Buffs now have 3 of the top 10 recruits from the state of Colorado on their commit list.
Bears stink - Are the Bears leading their division with a 9-4 record? Yes, but that doesn't mean that they don't secretly suck. This team has "first-round playoff loss" written all over them. Playing at home in adverse conditions, the Monsters of the Midway managed to have the worst first-half in franchise history en route to a 36-7 loss to the Patriots yesterday. Sigh. The worst part is the Bears will be just good enough for Lovie Smith to keep his job. The good-ish news was that the Lions knocked Packers QB Aaron Rogers out early enough Sunday afternoon to escape with a 7-3 win, thereby keeping the Bears in first place (for now).
Metrodome Collapse - Speaking of the Bears, the location of next week's Monday Night Football tilt with the ViQueens is up in the air after the Metrodome roof sprung a leak. Seriously, take a look at this:
Good God, that coulda killed someone! Domes are a threat to humanity and should be banned!
Happy Monday, and stay out of domes!
Tim Tebow is coming to town, so be good for goodness sake - The Broncos got humiliated (were you expecting anything different?) 43-13 yesterday; therefore Tim Tebow will solve the franchise's problems. What stage of grief is Broncos Nation currently experiencing? Is insanity an option? I've seen them hack through Denial back when fans couldn't believe that the team was this bad, and Anger during the whole "Fire J-Mac NOW" thing, so that must mean they're on to Bargaining. Sit back and watch the fun as Broncos fans actually clamor for Tim Tebow to lead their team onto the field. Accordingly, I fully expect Broncos brass and interim head coach Studesville to cave to fan pressure and start the Jesus-back sometime over the next few weeks. What's amazing is that grown-ass men in the front office and in the media, who should know better, are listening to religious-ly induced crazed hordes wanting a glorified 3rd string washout to run some form of the option in a meaningless NFL game next Sunday. Holy Hell this can only end up being hilarious.
(Should they really turn to this random woman and her ilk for football advice? She looks totally knowledgeable in the ways of building a championship football team. Much like free candy vans, this seems legit. From: the post)
What's even more perfect is that the Broncos have a built in excuse when he fails. Not only was Josh McDaniels the one who drafted him (He, and only he, was the problem!), but the fans backed the 'Cos brain trust into starting Tebow before he was ready (We gave you what you wanted!). Pat Bowlen and the rest of his John Elway coat-tail riding wannabe's will get off scott-free in this whole fiasco (He's coming back, this will solve all of our problems!). Please remember, it wasn't just J-Mac that lead to the impending Tebow disaster (where-in not only will he fail to impress, but he will also cause the Donkey's to spend yet another draft pick on a QB next year).
BTW (and completely sarcastic), where are the hordes screaming for Brady Quinn? At least he's taken some meaningful snaps in the NFL. If Bronco nation is going to bray and kick for a young QB to play the final few games this year, why not scream like a jackass for the other J-Mac QB flop.
(He's the one of the right)
The situations are eerily similar. Obviously the Denver sports base has pissed the Football Gods off somehow... I blame Betsy Hoffman (somehow she's behind all of this).
Embree lands his first recruit - I don't like to talk recruiting news before signing day, but I would like to mention Jon Embree's first "get" as Buffs head coach. Sticking it to future conference rival UCLA, Embo nabbed Arvada West's OL Marc Mustoe who had previously committed to the Bruins. Mustoe is the 5th ranked prep from Colorado and 2nd best lineman in the state. Mustoe's a big dude; 6-7, 270. The Buffs now have 3 of the top 10 recruits from the state of Colorado on their commit list.
Bears stink - Are the Bears leading their division with a 9-4 record? Yes, but that doesn't mean that they don't secretly suck. This team has "first-round playoff loss" written all over them. Playing at home in adverse conditions, the Monsters of the Midway managed to have the worst first-half in franchise history en route to a 36-7 loss to the Patriots yesterday. Sigh. The worst part is the Bears will be just good enough for Lovie Smith to keep his job. The good-ish news was that the Lions knocked Packers QB Aaron Rogers out early enough Sunday afternoon to escape with a 7-3 win, thereby keeping the Bears in first place (for now).
(That's a very sad Urlacher; he must have just come to the realization that '06 was his only shot at a ring. From: the Trib)
Metrodome Collapse - Speaking of the Bears, the location of next week's Monday Night Football tilt with the ViQueens is up in the air after the Metrodome roof sprung a leak. Seriously, take a look at this:
Good God, that coulda killed someone! Domes are a threat to humanity and should be banned!
Happy Monday, and stay out of domes!
Monday, October 25, 2010
UPDATED: Monday Grab Bag: I ain't gonna work on Dan's farm no more
I woke up this morning, folded my hands and prayed for rain. I got a head full of ideas that are driving me insane. No I ain't gonna work on Dan's farm no more. Seriously, he has to go, NOW. On with the bag.
Buffs Lose Winnable Game... Again - The Buffs coulda, shoulda won on Saturday. Up 10 points at home at the end of the 4th quarter, you should never drop a game. (Bob Bell at TRR had nearly the same phrasing. Swear to God I didn't take that from him) Yet, with the injuries to Tyler Hansen and Jon Major, the Buffs just couldn't put enough talent on the field to keep the Red Raiders at bay. Surprisingly, Cody Hawkins entrance into the game also brought with it a momentary spell of vertical passing. Seriously, it looked like Bob Hodge to Jeremy Bloom on every play. However, that series of deep passes in the 3rd quarter would give way to offensive ineptitude in the 4th. After a promising drive ended on another Aric Goodman field goal miss (great to see him out there, btw), the Buffs went 3-and-out on their final 4 drives. The run game: forgotten. The defense: breathless, and left alone to defend the gates of Folsom. Cody: bravely screaming at freshmen wide receivers to cover up for his own ineptitude. It was a disaster, and one that drives the nail into Dan Hawkins coaching coffin.
(I hate Dan Hawk.... OMG THAT'S THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN)
I would've rather been beaten 59-14 over the weekend (I'll get to the Broncos in a bit) than lose a game like this at home. A shameful performance that proves the current coaching staff has no imagination or spark of life left in them, and no care for how the rest of the season plays out. If they have cared, maybe they would've tried adjusting to the 4th quarter defensive schemes Tech was throwing at them. If they cared maybe they would've tried to run the ball to keep the short-handed and exhausted defense off the field. If they cared maybe Aric Goodman wouldn't have been relied on to save the season. The rest of the coaching staff has checked out and is already thinking about their next job, and Hawk is an empty coaching polo as it is. Why are we keeping this guy around for another 45 days again? We might get 1 more win the rest of the way...
(He's got to go, now. From: the BDC)
Season's over *clap* *clap*, *clap*-*clap*-*clap* - The students couldn't even muster a half-hearted "Fire Hawkins" chant at the end of the game. No one cares, and the whole situation is starting to get damn depressing. There are 5 games left on the schedule, and no one gives a damn. Yet, I hear idiots like Neil Woelk telling me that we need to keep Hawk around for 6 more weeks cause it would would do no good to make a change now; that we owe it to the seniors to play it out as is. Horseshit. Not only would the jump start on the public coaching search be beneficial, but I know anecdotally that seniors like Nate Solder have already checked out and are focusing on life after Dan Hawkins. At least Neil, the man who repeatedly compared Hawk to Coach Mac, now admits that Hawk is surely fired.
As to recruiting, what difference does it make between recruiting with a coach who's surely fired and one who's non-existent (essentially the same thing?). Hell, how hard is Hawk really recruiting right now? We already threw away one recruiting class (last year's class when Hawk thought he was fired only to get a last minute reprieve from Oil-man Bruce), shouldn't we at least try and save this one? The thing is done, we need to move on; the sooner the better. (That's not an OU pun, but it's going to sting next Saturday... on national TV too.)
(That's the face of a man who knows his fate. From: The BDC)
Cody, just stop talking - Speaking of the problems with Boulder and the family Hawkins, Cody went and opened his mouth to the media after the game. I never want to criticize the kids who play; they're pouring their hearts on souls out for the paying customers, and deserve nothing but appreciation. (I bash Goodman from the perspective of why does Dan keep subjecting this kid to further humiliation, rather than a personal attack on him as an individual.) However, on Saturday Cody started throwing his teammates under the bus and whining to the media like a little school girl. His petulant temper tantrums on the field after 4th quarter incompletions pissed me off to no end. To make matters worse, he goes into media interviews with his "you're being mean to my daddy" attitude. I don't want to hear how mean the media is, and I don't want to see a senior QB throw his promising freshman receiver under the bus for miss-running a route (especially after he did such a good job earlier int he game). Freshman will make mistakes, the media is going to pile on a losing coach, and those same losing coaches will be fired; it's how this shit works.
Sometimes I feel bad for the kid; his father's success or failure at his job was partially resting on his young shoulders over the past 4 years. It's a heavy burden, and I've given him a lot of passes over the years (excusing him in the on-going feud with Ringo, supporting his a starting QB for far longer than I should've). A part of me even wants to let this weekends indiscretions slide; with his father's job on the line, Cody went 6-19 in the 4th quarter for 25 yards and essentially sealed his father's fate, that can't be easy to live with. However, I just can't excuse petulant attitudes in the face of necessary criticism. If he can't handle it, he shouldn't be on the roster. He needs to be quiet the rest of the season and understand that this is how the world works. Hell, since poppa Hawk is going to walk away with $2 million, the family Hawkins will walk away from this fiasco in decent shape. (speaking of being petulant... that's the last time I'm going to bitch about Cody)
M*A*S*H unit - As for on the field shit, with the injury total piling up (Major and Hansen are done for the season) it's starting to become difficult to field a credible team. With the injury to Hansen the Buffs are one play away from having to burn the redshirt on yet another promising young QB (Hirschman); they're so desperate to keep that redshirt intact that they are openly talking about using WR's Kyle Cefalo and Scotty McKnight as QB's in a pinch. Defensively, with Major out for the season, the Buffs are further short-handed. We'll have to rely on Liloa Nobriga and other young, untested LB's to fill Major's shoes. At least Terrell Smith looked good on Saturday (albeit with the usual spate of freshman mistakes).
(Update 10/25) I forgot to add my thoughts on the Hansen injury. After getting dicked around by the Hawkins family for 2 and a half years (burning his redshirt twice, and pulling him twice), I was happy to see him take over the team. It was his job, and he deserved it. Now he's done for the year. The kid doesn't deserve this. The football gods are spiting the hell out of the good people on this team, and it just aint fair.
The whole state sucks at football - Collectively, the State of Colorado (Broncos and the 3 D-1A schools) lost 183-51 over the weekend. Woof. The Broncos especially, who carry the hopes of everyone in the State, shit the bed. Rival in town, they lost 59-14, showing absolutely no fight. How long before McDaniels is seriously on the hot seat? Since starting his coaching career with 6 wins, the team has gone 4-13.... not good. Bad football all-around; maybe we should become a baseball state? How would that suit everybody?
(The natives are getting restless. From: the post)
Dolphins game - Interesting play in the fins game. With the fins leading late int he ballgame, Ben Roethlisberger dives for the endzone and gets awarded the touchdown. On replay it was shown that he actually fumbled before the endzone, but because the Dolphins didn't immediately recover the ball, the ref couldn't award them the ball. Instead the ball was placed at the half-yard line and the Steelers went on to win. I was actually impressed with the ref; it was a brilliant interpretation of the rule, regardless of the fact that it screwed over my team. I'm just frustrated with the linesman who originally called the play a TD; what was he looking at?
Bears also suck pretty hard - Jay Cutler's favorite target Sunday was DeAngelo Hall. Unfortunately, DeAngelo plays for the Washington Redskins. You would think that after the first 3 picks that Cutler would stop trying to force the ball into Johnny Knox, but nooooooo, he tried it again and got picked for a 4th time. Sigh... another team that I root for drops a winnable game; maybe I'm just a jinx.
("Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me three time, shame on you. Fool me four times, shame on the Bears for trading a bajillion draft picks for me. From: the trib)
Happy (lol) Monday!
Buffs Lose Winnable Game... Again - The Buffs coulda, shoulda won on Saturday. Up 10 points at home at the end of the 4th quarter, you should never drop a game. (Bob Bell at TRR had nearly the same phrasing. Swear to God I didn't take that from him) Yet, with the injuries to Tyler Hansen and Jon Major, the Buffs just couldn't put enough talent on the field to keep the Red Raiders at bay. Surprisingly, Cody Hawkins entrance into the game also brought with it a momentary spell of vertical passing. Seriously, it looked like Bob Hodge to Jeremy Bloom on every play. However, that series of deep passes in the 3rd quarter would give way to offensive ineptitude in the 4th. After a promising drive ended on another Aric Goodman field goal miss (great to see him out there, btw), the Buffs went 3-and-out on their final 4 drives. The run game: forgotten. The defense: breathless, and left alone to defend the gates of Folsom. Cody: bravely screaming at freshmen wide receivers to cover up for his own ineptitude. It was a disaster, and one that drives the nail into Dan Hawkins coaching coffin.
(I hate Dan Hawk.... OMG THAT'S THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN)
I would've rather been beaten 59-14 over the weekend (I'll get to the Broncos in a bit) than lose a game like this at home. A shameful performance that proves the current coaching staff has no imagination or spark of life left in them, and no care for how the rest of the season plays out. If they have cared, maybe they would've tried adjusting to the 4th quarter defensive schemes Tech was throwing at them. If they cared maybe they would've tried to run the ball to keep the short-handed and exhausted defense off the field. If they cared maybe Aric Goodman wouldn't have been relied on to save the season. The rest of the coaching staff has checked out and is already thinking about their next job, and Hawk is an empty coaching polo as it is. Why are we keeping this guy around for another 45 days again? We might get 1 more win the rest of the way...
(He's got to go, now. From: the BDC)
Season's over *clap* *clap*, *clap*-*clap*-*clap* - The students couldn't even muster a half-hearted "Fire Hawkins" chant at the end of the game. No one cares, and the whole situation is starting to get damn depressing. There are 5 games left on the schedule, and no one gives a damn. Yet, I hear idiots like Neil Woelk telling me that we need to keep Hawk around for 6 more weeks cause it would would do no good to make a change now; that we owe it to the seniors to play it out as is. Horseshit. Not only would the jump start on the public coaching search be beneficial, but I know anecdotally that seniors like Nate Solder have already checked out and are focusing on life after Dan Hawkins. At least Neil, the man who repeatedly compared Hawk to Coach Mac, now admits that Hawk is surely fired.
As to recruiting, what difference does it make between recruiting with a coach who's surely fired and one who's non-existent (essentially the same thing?). Hell, how hard is Hawk really recruiting right now? We already threw away one recruiting class (last year's class when Hawk thought he was fired only to get a last minute reprieve from Oil-man Bruce), shouldn't we at least try and save this one? The thing is done, we need to move on; the sooner the better. (That's not an OU pun, but it's going to sting next Saturday... on national TV too.)
(That's the face of a man who knows his fate. From: The BDC)
Cody, just stop talking - Speaking of the problems with Boulder and the family Hawkins, Cody went and opened his mouth to the media after the game. I never want to criticize the kids who play; they're pouring their hearts on souls out for the paying customers, and deserve nothing but appreciation. (I bash Goodman from the perspective of why does Dan keep subjecting this kid to further humiliation, rather than a personal attack on him as an individual.) However, on Saturday Cody started throwing his teammates under the bus and whining to the media like a little school girl. His petulant temper tantrums on the field after 4th quarter incompletions pissed me off to no end. To make matters worse, he goes into media interviews with his "you're being mean to my daddy" attitude. I don't want to hear how mean the media is, and I don't want to see a senior QB throw his promising freshman receiver under the bus for miss-running a route (especially after he did such a good job earlier int he game). Freshman will make mistakes, the media is going to pile on a losing coach, and those same losing coaches will be fired; it's how this shit works.
Sometimes I feel bad for the kid; his father's success or failure at his job was partially resting on his young shoulders over the past 4 years. It's a heavy burden, and I've given him a lot of passes over the years (excusing him in the on-going feud with Ringo, supporting his a starting QB for far longer than I should've). A part of me even wants to let this weekends indiscretions slide; with his father's job on the line, Cody went 6-19 in the 4th quarter for 25 yards and essentially sealed his father's fate, that can't be easy to live with. However, I just can't excuse petulant attitudes in the face of necessary criticism. If he can't handle it, he shouldn't be on the roster. He needs to be quiet the rest of the season and understand that this is how the world works. Hell, since poppa Hawk is going to walk away with $2 million, the family Hawkins will walk away from this fiasco in decent shape. (speaking of being petulant... that's the last time I'm going to bitch about Cody)
M*A*S*H unit - As for on the field shit, with the injury total piling up (Major and Hansen are done for the season) it's starting to become difficult to field a credible team. With the injury to Hansen the Buffs are one play away from having to burn the redshirt on yet another promising young QB (Hirschman); they're so desperate to keep that redshirt intact that they are openly talking about using WR's Kyle Cefalo and Scotty McKnight as QB's in a pinch. Defensively, with Major out for the season, the Buffs are further short-handed. We'll have to rely on Liloa Nobriga and other young, untested LB's to fill Major's shoes. At least Terrell Smith looked good on Saturday (albeit with the usual spate of freshman mistakes).
(Update 10/25) I forgot to add my thoughts on the Hansen injury. After getting dicked around by the Hawkins family for 2 and a half years (burning his redshirt twice, and pulling him twice), I was happy to see him take over the team. It was his job, and he deserved it. Now he's done for the year. The kid doesn't deserve this. The football gods are spiting the hell out of the good people on this team, and it just aint fair.
The whole state sucks at football - Collectively, the State of Colorado (Broncos and the 3 D-1A schools) lost 183-51 over the weekend. Woof. The Broncos especially, who carry the hopes of everyone in the State, shit the bed. Rival in town, they lost 59-14, showing absolutely no fight. How long before McDaniels is seriously on the hot seat? Since starting his coaching career with 6 wins, the team has gone 4-13.... not good. Bad football all-around; maybe we should become a baseball state? How would that suit everybody?
(The natives are getting restless. From: the post)
Dolphins game - Interesting play in the fins game. With the fins leading late int he ballgame, Ben Roethlisberger dives for the endzone and gets awarded the touchdown. On replay it was shown that he actually fumbled before the endzone, but because the Dolphins didn't immediately recover the ball, the ref couldn't award them the ball. Instead the ball was placed at the half-yard line and the Steelers went on to win. I was actually impressed with the ref; it was a brilliant interpretation of the rule, regardless of the fact that it screwed over my team. I'm just frustrated with the linesman who originally called the play a TD; what was he looking at?
Bears also suck pretty hard - Jay Cutler's favorite target Sunday was DeAngelo Hall. Unfortunately, DeAngelo plays for the Washington Redskins. You would think that after the first 3 picks that Cutler would stop trying to force the ball into Johnny Knox, but nooooooo, he tried it again and got picked for a 4th time. Sigh... another team that I root for drops a winnable game; maybe I'm just a jinx.
("Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me three time, shame on you. Fool me four times, shame on the Bears for trading a bajillion draft picks for me. From: the trib)
Happy (lol) Monday!
Friday, April 23, 2010
And on the 1st day of the NFL draft, he is risen
Let me start off by saying that I am not a Broncos fan. In fact, being inundated with Bronco-fan homer-ism the past 8 years had made me rather loathe the team. But, the topic du jour in Colorado Sports today is the dude that said this:
(Thank you Tim Tebow for dying for our sins..... wait what?)
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"To the fans and everybody in Gator Nation, I’m sorry. I’m extremely sorry. We were hoping for an undefeated season, That was my goal, something Florida has never done here. I promise you one thing, a lot of good will come out of this. You will never see any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of the season. You will never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of the season. You will never see a team play harder than we will the rest of the season. God Bless." (-link)What a ego-maniacal douche! Those are the words of the Jesusback, Tim Tebow after he lost some random game a few years back. (Seriously, if that's how he reacts after 1 loss, what happens when he drops multiple games?) And lo! The faithful took upon themselves these words and did maketh a placard of them; for his is the word, and the word is truth.
(Thank you Tim Tebow for dying for our sins..... wait what?)
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At first, I couldn't believe that the Broncos did this. Seriously, after 2 years they have gone from the Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall combo(regardless of my feelings towards Emo Jay, that's one hell of a QB/WR combo) to the the Neckbeard/Quinn/Jesusback-trifecta and not-Dez Bryant combo. WTF?
But then I settled down. As everybody in the main-stream media tried to use some version of "leader" in their description of the circumsizer, I tried to look at it from a different perspective. If any team was going to take a chance on Tebow, the Broncos put themselves in the best position to do it. They obviously felt like grabbing a WR early in the 1st round was a waste of money, so they traded down (multiple times) to get in slot position to grab the guy they wanted. This frugality gave them the pieces to grab another 1st round pick. With this extra pick, they were given the opportunity to be bold. They already got the piece they really wanted from the 1st round (Demaryius Thomas), so this extra pick was, almost, on the house. Obviously, they should've spent that extra 1st rounder on almost anything else, Jimmy Claussen or Sergio Kindle for example, but they didn't; this is certainly a blunder.
But, you have to give Coach McDaniels a little credit; at least they didn't blow their only 1st round choice on him.
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All kidding and Bronco skewering aside, Tim Tebow was a waste of a first round pick last night. For a team with a need for either a NFL-ready QB or no QB at all to draft a project QB is ridiculous. If you're going to pay someone 1st round QB money, then they'd better be ready to go. Almost immediately after taking Tebow, McDaniels was in front of a camera saying that Neckbeard was still the starting QB. Why spend the money then? In terms of Tebow's "flex-back" possibilities: this guy is essentially Bradlee Van Pelt with a little more size and speed (and an IQ over 25). He's not going to be able to run past defenders, and he's not going to be able to run them over. Again, why pay him 1st round money?
Many people, including Coach J-Mac, said that Tebow "has all the traits you`re looking for in terms of toughness, competitiveness, he`s intelligent, he`s won a lot of games, he`s a leader, he works hard, he`s got all the intangibles you look for in a player at that position."(-link) O.K., whatever. You draft and play talent in the NFL, not character. I know everyone is afraid of character issues right now, but practicing hard and being nice guy doesn't win games; just ask the Colorado Buffaloes.
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