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2007-01-10T01:35:00.000-08:00

Round 2 Predictions

4. Seahawks @ 1. Bears
Winner: Bears, 24-10

3. Eagles @ 2. Saints
Winner: Saints 34-21

4. Patriots @ 1. Chargers
Winner: Chargers 23-20

3. Colts @ 2. Ravens
Winner: Colts 24-16

I also felt like ranking my top bands and putting my favorite album by each in parenthesis and my favorite song by the band behind a hyphen. Cool.

1. Jimmy Eat World (Clarity - 23)
2. Saves the Day (Stay What You Are - Firefly)
3. Thursday (Full Collapse - How Long Is the Night?)
4. Brand New (Deja Entendu - Jesus)
5. Modest Mouse (Building Nothing Out of Something - Never Ending Math Equation)
6. The Get Up Kids (On a Wire - Walking On a Wire)
7. Hot Rod Circuit (Sorry About Tomorrow - Let's Go Home)
8. Something Corporate (North - Konstantine)
9. Cursive (Domestica - The Night I Lost My Will to Fight)
10. Thrice (The Illusion of Safety - Like Moths to Flame)

I did okay.

2007-01-07T17:00:00.000-08:00

I was 2-2 picking the first round of the playoffs.

2-0 AFC
0-2 NFC

I blame Romo for dropping a snap, Koy Detmer for catching a snap.

...

2007-01-06T20:56:00.001-08:00

Damnit Romo.

No fudgin' way.

2007-01-03T10:39:00.000-08:00

Vince Young, 2006 OROY.

Let's take a look at this;

Maurice Jones-Drew
166 carries, 941 yards, 13 TDs, 1 fumble
46 Receptions, 436 Yards, 2TDs
31 Kick Returns, 27.7 yards per return, 1TD
Team Record in games played: 8-8

Marques Colston
70 receptions, 1038 yards, 8TD
Team record in games played: 8-6

Vince Young
51.5%, 2199 yards, 12 TD, 13INT, 66.7 QB rating
83 carries, 552 yards, 2 TD, 12 Fumbles
Team record in games played: 8-5

Voting: (Name - Position, Team - Votes)
1. Vince Young - QB, Tennessee - 23
2. Colston - WR, New Orleans - 9
2. Jones-Drew - RB, Jacksonville - 9
4. Marcus McNeil - LT, San Diego - 6
5. Reggie Bush - RB, New Orleans - 3

Rex Grossman had a higher QB rating than Vince Young! Are you fucking kidding me? I don't think Vince Young deserves this award, much less to run away with it.

Hold On

2007-01-02T07:22:00.000-08:00

Did I dream that Boise State - Oklahoma game last night?

No fucking way that happened. Because this is what I saw...

Boise State goes up 28-10.
Oklahoma comes back.
Oklahoma gets three attempts at a two point conversion, finally get it to tie the game at 28 all.
On the following drive, with a minute left, Boise State throws and interception and Oklahoma scores, going up 35-28.
Boise State is stuck at 4th and 18 from their own 50.
Boise State throws a pass to a receiver, the receiver starts to make a move, then pitches it to another receiver who runs it in for the TD, hook and lateral play ties the game.
OT
Oklahoma scores on the very first play, up 42-35.
Boise State gets to 3rd down. The center snaps the wall to the wide receiver, who throws it for a TD, 41-42.
Boise State is going for two, this is the game.
The QB fakes a throw to the wide receiver and suddenly the running back has the ball, he runs into the end zone, BSU wins!
The QB faked the throw and stuck the ball behind his back for the running back to grab and sneak off with.

I mean, did I dream all of this, or did I just witness the best backyard football game of all time.

Consolidating random thoughts

2007-01-01T17:51:00.000-08:00

I had like 5 posts today, and had more to gripe about, so I'm just throwing them all together into random thoughts:

Jim Valvano = greatest ACC coach ever.
David Thompson = greatest ACC player ever.

Lloyd Carr can apparently take you close to the top, only to fail miserably when you get there.

I hate Fox's broadcasting style. First off, they build 18 stories around the game, as if they are trying to bring in non-sports fans, who are probably all watching Heroes or something. In the process of showing these back stories, they use bullshit camera editing tricks and get random students to tell pieces of the story. They're like the VH1 of major athletics.

It seems that it's safer to be a rapper than a football star these days. Seriously though, tragic, tragic story.

The Carolina Panthers should draft USC Wide Receiver Steve Smith.

Marquette is my sleeper pick for the final four. Usually when I predict these things, said team falls to shit, so I'm not going to specify NCAA or NIT.

My prediction for NC State Basketball; 16-14, (6-10)
Next year: 21-9 (9-7)

Playoff Prediction

2007-01-01T10:47:00.000-08:00

NFC Wildcard
6. Giants @ 3. Eagles
Winner: Giants 24-22
The Giants will stop pointing fingers and actually play up to their potential.

5. Cowboys @ 4. Seahawks
Winner: Cowboys 35-24
The Seahawks have struggled on both sides of the ball often and won a shaky NFC West. TO shuts his mouth and catches two TDs.

AFC Wildcard
6. Chiefs @ 3. Colts
Winner: Colts 42-38
LJ gets at least 150 yards rushing but fall just short in a shootout.

5. Jets @ 4. Patriots
Winner: Patriots 24-10
Pats step up the D.

NFC Round 2
6. Giants @ 1. Bears
Winner: Bears 24-21
Bears D isn't playing fantastic right now but Eli has a reputation for making a few bad decisions and letting it alter the rest of his game. Giants lose on an Eli lest second heave into the end zone.

5. Cowboys @ 2. Saints
Winner: Saints 31-27
The Boys come to play but so does the Saints offense. Brees amasses 300 yards in the air with healthy contributions from Bush and McAlister

AFC Round 2
4. Patriots @ 1. Chargers
Winner: Chargers 30-17
Chargers D disrupts Brady and Maroney. LT has a modest game, only popping two TDs. (ha)

3. Colts @ 2. Ravens
Winner: Ravens 24-17
The D makes a few plays for the Ravens, Steve McNair does just enough to get the job done.

NFC Championship
2. Saints @ 1. Bears
Winner: Saints: 34-13
The Rex factor. Early turnovers leave the Saints with a short field and an early lead. The running game of the Saints keep the Bears D on the field.

AFC Championship
2. Ravens @ 1. Chargers
Winner: Chargers 24-13
Close game at half time until LT breaks free in the second half. The playaction opens up Gates for a big game.

Super Bowl
New Orleans Saints - 24
San Diego Chargers -38
MVP: LT (Who else?)

LT embarasses the Saints front 7. Rivers makes plays when he has to. A couple of turnovers from Brees cement the game for the Chargers.

We blow.

2006-12-30T17:09:00.000-08:00

The ACC has 8 bowl teams... that means four teams didn't make it. Three teams from North Carolina. Yes, we rock.

At least we have the 1AA Champion

Night Drive Mix

2006-12-26T12:53:00.000-08:00

1. The Postal Service - Recycled Air
2. The Spill Canvas - This is For Keeps
3. Mae - Sun
4. Murder By Death - Intergalactic Menopause
5. City on Film - Pony's Last Trick
6. Midlake - Bandits
7. The Appleseed Cast - Santa Maria
8. Incubus - Dig
9. Modest Mouse - Dramamine
10. Owen - Bed Abuse
11. Manchester Orchestra - Colly Strings
12. Terminal - Dark
13. Minus the Bear - Pachuca Sunrise
14. Cursive - Bad Sects
15. Incubus - Love Hurts
16. Jimmy Eat World - My Sundown
17. Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine

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Twenty Five Favorite Albums of All Time

2006-12-23T04:22:00.000-08:00

Twenty Five Albums, One Per Artist.

1) Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
2) Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
3) Brand New - Deja Entendu
4) Thursday - Full Collapse
5) Saves the Day - Stay What You Are

6-25)
The Appleseed Cast - Mare Vitalis
At the Drive In - Relationship of Command
Coheed and Cambria - Second Stage Turbine Blade
Cursive - Domestica
Dashboard Confessional - Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
Days Away - Mapping an Invisible World
Death Cab For Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting 'Yes'
The Format - Dog Problems
Further Seems Forever - How to Start a Fire
The Get Up Kids - On A Wire
Hey Mercedes - Every Night Fireworks
Hot Rod Circuit - Sorry About Tomorrow
Incubus - Make Yourself
Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit
Limbeck - Hi, Everything's Great
Modest Mouse - It's a Long Quiet Drive
Nada Surf - Let Go
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Starting Line - Say It Like You Mean It
Thrice - The Illusion of Safety

Favorites of 2006.

2006-12-21T11:15:00.000-08:00

Rock Albums
1. The Format - Dog Problems
2. Thursday - A City By the Light Divided
3. Saves the Day - Sound the Alarm
4. Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
5. As Tall As Lions - Self-Titled
6. Damien Rice - 9
7. Anathallo - Floating World
8. Pompeii - Assembly
9. Sparta - Threes
10. Owen - At Home With Owen
11. This Day and Age - The Bell and the Hammer
12. Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness
13. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
14. Kevin Devine - Put Your Ghosts to Rest
15. Midlake - The Trails of Van Occupanther
16. Rocky Votolato - Makers
17. Joshua Radin - We Were Here
18. AFI - December.Underground
19. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
20. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
21. Trophy Scars - Alphabet.Alphabets
22. Burns Out Bright - Save Yourself a Lifetime
23. Blackpool Lights - This Town's Disaster
24. John Mayer - Continuum
25. The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun
26. The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
27. Cursive - Happy Hallow
28. The Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not
29. New Found Glory - Coming Home
30. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

Hip Hop Albums
1. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
2. Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
3. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
4. The Roots - Game Theory
5. Ludacris - Release Therapy

Top 5 Movies
1. The Departed
2. The Prestige
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. Talladega Nights
5. Clerks II

15 Anticipated in 07

Jimmy Eat World
Modest Mouse
Days Away
The Starting Line
Something Corporate
Motion City Soundtrack
Hot Rod Circuit
Say Anything
Explosions in the Sky
The Shins
Straylight Run
Nightmare of You
Death Cab for Cutie
Coheed and Cambria
The Academy Is..

The reason why they allow euthanasia in Oregon.

2006-12-20T05:35:00.001-08:00

Now add this to the above unis:

I don't understand this trend;

2006-12-20T05:06:00.000-08:00

TV shows about TV shows. Who the hell came up with this ingenious idea? I mean, hell, NBC booted off their comedy season with two sitcoms about piecing together sketch comedy shows, 30 rock and whatever the hell the dude from Friends' show is called. And a bit down the Friends connection is Lisa Kudrow's mock-reality HBO show about an actress making a TV show, which may or may not be canned by the time you read this.

Another odd trend that has created some great shows is the current fascination with mock documentary, which has given us gems like the Office and Arrested Development... two of the best written comedies in recent memory.

While on the subject, fuck Fox. Let's pump all our resources into draining Family Guy for every last cent we can muster. Fox's "don't draw it, we ain't laughin" stance on comedy is really killing me. Who in the fuck was convinced that "American Dad" is too valuable to pass up for AD? If Fox kicked in my door and gave me a million dollars to laugh at this show, I'd wake up from my stupor based coma and hang myself for missing my one shot at being a millionaire. Fox probably spent about $12 advertising AD in three years and in turn won credible television awards, but no, we must hang on to that horrible Michael Rappaport sitcom about a mildly dysfunctional white, irish family. Original idea guys.

and HBO, don't get rid of Jeremy Piven. He is Entourage.

I want to dropkick Mike Patrick in the ovaries.

2006-12-19T17:40:00.000-08:00

My hatred for Josh McRoberts grows and grows everyday. I am here to tell you, it has reached an all-time high. Tonight, I watched Kent State have players drop 30 points, block several shots and gets a nods up from the announcers. Now everything was good. Kent State was doing well.

Suddenly, McRoberts pulls up and misses a 6 foot jumpshot. Mike Patrick offers up this wisdom "Nice job pulling up by McRoberts, but he missed it." What the hell does that mean? He missed the shot, what's so great about pulling up? Okay, that upsets me, but whatever.

"You have to appreciate McRoberts ability to dominate a game."
"You have to respect McRoberts passing ability, so they're hesitant to double down"
"McRoberts saw a lane and was able to drive the lane being an above average ball handler."
"This is a turning point for McRoberts. He's stepped it up big today and I expect him to continue playing at this level."
"McRoberts needs to know how good he is and bring this to the table every night."

He's playing against fucking Kent State!!!!

I hope Gonzaga eats your shit for lunch.
I cannot wait for Brenden Wright to expose you when you go to Carolina.

I will not pull for Duke in any circumstance at all this year. I don't care who they play.

Train Rex

2006-12-11T22:41:00.000-08:00

Rex Grossman still sucks. Can't wait for Sean Salisbury to tell us all Rex is getting his game together and all that bullshit, because he finally managed to not look like a complete piece of shit against a bad defense. Bravo on your 200 yards passing, really. Luckily, the special teams took off any pressure needed to perform. Nevermind that his two longest completions were thrown a combined 5 yards down the field.

So congratulations for not fucking up and tricking ESPN into calling you a Super Bowl Team. I'm sure he'll get plenty of more playoff quality challenges down the road when they play Tampa Bay, Detroit and Green Bay, who combine for a gawdy 10-29.

And also, thank you to other universities in Florida for providing another top notch quarterback in Chris Weinke. When you miss a tight end by 4 yards on a button hook, you should have your Heisman revoked. The very same Heisman he won the year he led his team to a 13-2 (not even a typo) defeat in the national title game. Thank you, cause now one of the more talented teams in the NFC must beat Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New Orleans to make it to the playoffs. It's only the defending super bowl champs, Michael Vick and the team that just obliterated another top NFC team.

Good luck Tim Tebow and Chris Leak. You're in GREAT company.