by Steve
Alright, this is the obligatory NBA post for the remainder of 2009. Really all I wanna do is talk about Johnny Flynn. What a beastttt. Chad Ford of ESPN has local boy Flynn going #6 in tonights draft to the Minnesota Timberwolves, evidently they still have a team.
Thats about it. I don't know much more about the NBA or the draft other than Big East players and Paul "I jumped for no particular reason other than my age and cause Flynn did" Harris. Harris, also from the Falls and from 'cuse is 23, has a checkered past and is probably only a wide body in college with little game translating to the pros. He can't really shoot doesn't have a good enough handle to be a guard and would get owed by Dwight Howard.
Back to the true balla Flynn for a second. At number six that means he's the third best PG in the draft beind Rubio and Curry but ahead of Ty Lawson, "Jrue" Holiday, Eric Manor and Brandon Jennings.
According to the Buffalo News only 21 players from Western New York have been drafted in the NBA. The number is based on players that actually played high school ball here not players like Oden, Calvin Murphy, and Randy smith. Here's the full list. Flynn will be the first player drafted since Damone Brown in 2001.
Oh, and Shaq got traded to the Cavaliers. I think this trade pretty much solidifies the idea that after LeBron and co fail yet again in May/June 2010 bron bron will opt for free agency and thus go to the biggest market available.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Manny Ramirez is back day 2
Wha wha? no soccer post? It was arguebly the largest in in US soccer history beating Italy (a team that hasn't lost in 3 years, yes years, when they were like 50-1 to win the tourney)
Man-ram went 0-1 with a walk. 0-3 with the Isotopes thus far in two games in left field leading off.
Man-ram went 0-1 with a walk. 0-3 with the Isotopes thus far in two games in left field leading off.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Man-Ram is back!
Leading off for the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Pacific Coast league and playing in his customary Left field spot, Manny took the collar going 0-2 with a strike out.
Monday, June 22, 2009
US Open Reaction
-Coast
For the 2nd year in a row, the US Open finished on a Monday and I had to miss the majority of the final round, which is bullshit. Other than all Bills' games, the US Open final round might be the best day of sports all year (with the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Confederation Cup hot on it's heels...team USA vs. Spain preview coming soon).
Lucas freaking Glover. Who had this guy in their US Open pools? He has one career win and it came on a lucky hole out from a sand trap on the final hole. Lucas Glover is a bum, let's face it. He shot 73 on a final round which may have been the first time he played in conditions that were the same as the other half of the field. Lucas Glover and Ricky Barnes got the luckiest draw in major championship history. They played their entire first two rounds in absolutely ideal conditions...and they made it pay off. The fact that Ricky Barnes holds the 36 hole scoring record for the US Open tells you all you really need to know...that along with his stellar 76 in the final round. The final group shot +9. That is some good golf.
The crowd favorite was obviously Hefty Lefty. He made a run on the back 9 and a dramatic eagle gave him a share of the lead. Then, Mickelson realized who he was...the biggest US Open choke artist in history. 15 was playing as the hardest hole on the course. Mickelson was just on the back fringe after his approach shot, tied for the lead at -4. He lagged his first putt to about 4 feet...these putts you just have to make...and Phil didn't even hit the hole. Then on 16, he ran a 25 foot birdie putt 8 feet by and got lucky to make par...then on 17, he had another 4 footer for par...again it didn't hit the hole. Just like that, he was basically out of it.
The 882nd ranked player in the world, David Duval, put on the greatest show. Duval made birdies on 14, 15 and 16 and grabbed a share of the lead with 2 holes to play. His 4 footer for par on 17 lipped all the way around the hole which basically eliminated him. Duval put on the best show this week. The former world number one who fell off the face of the earth may be finally making a come back. If he didn't get screwed with a plugged lie in the bank of the bunker leading to a triple bogey, we may be talking about him instead of the bum Lucas Glover.
Tiger never really was a factor. He got it to -1 at one point and was only 3 back after being 15 back yesterday, but that is as close as he got. His first round 74 killed him. You can blame the conditions, but that was the hand he was dealt and he played his final 4 holes of the first round at +3...that just isn't going to get it done.
Hunter Mahan may have gotten the most unlucky break I have ever seen. He was at -2 going into 16, only one shot off the lead. He hit his approach on the par 4 perfectly. The ball hit the base of the pin basically in the hole, bounced 60 feet away and off the green. He failed to get up and down and made bogey. A sure birdie turned into a bogey and that one stroke of bad luck cost him a chance at a playoff.
In the end, the champion is Lucas Glover...perhaps the biggest joke of a US open champion in recent memory. He hit a clutch shot on 16 to make birdie and ice it...but other than that, he was just the beneficiary of a lucky draw. At least he is American I guess.
For the 2nd year in a row, the US Open finished on a Monday and I had to miss the majority of the final round, which is bullshit. Other than all Bills' games, the US Open final round might be the best day of sports all year (with the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Confederation Cup hot on it's heels...team USA vs. Spain preview coming soon).
Lucas freaking Glover. Who had this guy in their US Open pools? He has one career win and it came on a lucky hole out from a sand trap on the final hole. Lucas Glover is a bum, let's face it. He shot 73 on a final round which may have been the first time he played in conditions that were the same as the other half of the field. Lucas Glover and Ricky Barnes got the luckiest draw in major championship history. They played their entire first two rounds in absolutely ideal conditions...and they made it pay off. The fact that Ricky Barnes holds the 36 hole scoring record for the US Open tells you all you really need to know...that along with his stellar 76 in the final round. The final group shot +9. That is some good golf.
The crowd favorite was obviously Hefty Lefty. He made a run on the back 9 and a dramatic eagle gave him a share of the lead. Then, Mickelson realized who he was...the biggest US Open choke artist in history. 15 was playing as the hardest hole on the course. Mickelson was just on the back fringe after his approach shot, tied for the lead at -4. He lagged his first putt to about 4 feet...these putts you just have to make...and Phil didn't even hit the hole. Then on 16, he ran a 25 foot birdie putt 8 feet by and got lucky to make par...then on 17, he had another 4 footer for par...again it didn't hit the hole. Just like that, he was basically out of it.
The 882nd ranked player in the world, David Duval, put on the greatest show. Duval made birdies on 14, 15 and 16 and grabbed a share of the lead with 2 holes to play. His 4 footer for par on 17 lipped all the way around the hole which basically eliminated him. Duval put on the best show this week. The former world number one who fell off the face of the earth may be finally making a come back. If he didn't get screwed with a plugged lie in the bank of the bunker leading to a triple bogey, we may be talking about him instead of the bum Lucas Glover.
Tiger never really was a factor. He got it to -1 at one point and was only 3 back after being 15 back yesterday, but that is as close as he got. His first round 74 killed him. You can blame the conditions, but that was the hand he was dealt and he played his final 4 holes of the first round at +3...that just isn't going to get it done.
Hunter Mahan may have gotten the most unlucky break I have ever seen. He was at -2 going into 16, only one shot off the lead. He hit his approach on the par 4 perfectly. The ball hit the base of the pin basically in the hole, bounced 60 feet away and off the green. He failed to get up and down and made bogey. A sure birdie turned into a bogey and that one stroke of bad luck cost him a chance at a playoff.
In the end, the champion is Lucas Glover...perhaps the biggest joke of a US open champion in recent memory. He hit a clutch shot on 16 to make birdie and ice it...but other than that, he was just the beneficiary of a lucky draw. At least he is American I guess.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Farewell JP Losman
-Coast
Don’t worry, I have not retired from this blog. With the latest news on JP Losman possibly being out of the NFL, I needed to reminisce on his five year stint as a Buffalo Bill.
The Bills drafted Losman with the 22nd pick in the 2003 draft. He was the 4th quarterback taken in the first round that year, and was self proclaimed as the best. He claimed he had a better arm than the other three, was better than the other three at throwing on the run and was generally just a better athlete than the other three. All that may be true. However, Eli Manning has a ring, Ben Roethlisberger has 2 rings and Philip Rivers is a pro bowl quarterback and a legit star in the league. JP may be able to throw it farther, but that is where the comparison between these guys ends.
At the time I thought this was a great pick. After the debacle that was the 2003 season, the Bills were dying for a new quarterback and who didn’t love the cocky, talented, athletic quarterback out of Venice Beach, California? I bought his jersey probably 2 weeks after the draft and couldn’t wait for him to dethrone Drew Bledsoe. After all, analysts were comparing JP to Brett Favre. In fact, the Bills traded up with Dallas I believe to jump in front of Green Bay who was eying JP.
When training camp and the pre season began in 2004, JP looked like a stud. He looked good in practice, showing off his big arm. He looked good in the pre season, albeit in the 2nd half vs. the oppositions scrub players. In August of 2004 however, JP Losman’s career took it’s first turn in the wrong direction. Troy Vincent, frustrated at Losman’s ability to scramble, decided to hit the rookie quarterback while he was scrambling during practice. Losman’s ensuing leg injury sidelined him for half the season. This was a prelude to the bad fortune this guy would have during his five years.
Losman didn’t get much action in 2004. On a Sunday night, Mike Mularkey decided to throw him to the wolves at Foxboro in a blowout against New England. Why he would do this is a mystery. Losman entered the game, threw a pick to Larry Izzo, but who could forget the perfect form tackle he applied to Izzo on that play. What a tackle it was.
After the 2004 season, Tom Donahoe thought it was time for JP Losman to become the starting quarterback. In a move of genius, the Bills released the veteran Drew Bledsoe and gave the job to the unproven, raw, 2nd year quarterback in JP Losman. They also brought in free agent “back up” Kelly Holcombe. I thought the Holcombe signing was a good move, thinking he would be there to mentor Losman and only play if JP were to get hurt. I didn’t think that JP would be jerked around as much as he was. The 2005 season began just as the Bills could have imagined. An opening day blowout against the Texans made many believers. Losman threw for a modest 164 yards, 1 touchdown (to Jason Peters) and no interceptions. Little did anyone know that this was going to be the high point of the season. The Bills lost the next three games. JP threw for a grand total of 203 yards in those three games, combined. Finally, with Mike Mularkey thinking that this team actually had a chance during the 2005 season, pulled the string on his young quarterback in favor of journeyman Kelly Holcombe.
The Bills won two of the next four under Holcombe before coming home to play Kansas City. Holcombe got a concussion in the game and JP was given another chance. Who could forget the two perfect touchdown passes he threw to Lee Evans to lead the Bills to victory. This was a little preview of the connection Evans and Losman would have in the future. Now with his mind swayed yet again, Mularkey named JP Losman his starter.
Losman had to have in the back of his mind, if I screw up, I am benched, and when you commit to a young quarterback, you can’t jerk him around like that. Look at the Giants, they went through the growing pains with Eli Manning. He was awful in his first year, but he didn’t get jerked in and out of the lineup. The Bills wouldn’t win another game under Losman in 2005. They got throttled by the Chargers, lost a pathetic home game to the Panthers and then wasted three first quarter touchdown passes to Lee Evans in an embarrassing choke job in Miami which cost me $412. After a 35-7 blowout loss to New England, Mularkey decided it was time to pull the string on Losman again, in an attempt to save his job and in an attempt to appease the complaining veteran receiver Eric Moulds. The Bills won one more game, finished 5-11, fired Donahoe, and hired Dick Jauron and Marv Levy.
2006 was a fresh start for JP entering his third season. Training camp was an open competition in which Losman won the job over Craig Nall. Losman showed signs of being a good quarterback all throughout the 2006 season. He did have some pathetic games…threw for only 64 yards against Green Bay, 51 yards against Indianapolis (in a game where Dick Jauron had the most conservative game plan in NFL history), had bad games against the Bears, and the winless Lions.
He did however also showed signs of being the player the Bills were hoping he would be in drafting him in the first round. He threw for 333 yards in a comeback win against the Texans on the road. He led a great last minute drive capped off with a perfect touchdown pass to win the game to Peerless Price. The very next week, he led another last minute drive to set up a winning field goal against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bills playoff run was stunted due to poor coaching more so than the play of their quarterback. Jauron cost them the Chargers game. He also cost them the Titans game in week 16. Losman played flawless football against the Jets and Dolphins in December, two late season divisional games. He earned his way to a pro bowl alternate honor. He threw for 3,051 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions. He solidified his position as the starting quarterback of the Bills. There would be no competition or controversy in 2007.
So, the 2007 draft came around and a young, raw quarterback slipped into the third round named Trent Edwards. The Bills didn’t need a starting quarterback this year more likely a project or backup. Finally, Losman would have a clear head and not have to worry about losing his job. So, Marv Levy and the Bills brass took Trent Edwards because he was the best value on the board. I was shocked, pissed, floored, stunned, couldn’t believe it, it was a stupid pick, I still stand by that opinion. The coaches loved Edwards from the start. He was smart, he was an Ivy leaguer, he was the prototypical 6’4” quarterback that could stand in the pocket that the Bills coaches envisioned. The Bills couldn’t wait to pull the string on JP again. The Bills lost opening day to the Broncos. Again, I blame the coaching for their ridiculously conservative play calling. Week two against the Steelers can’t be used against JP. Who could prepare for that game after the injury to Everett. Then the scum bag Vince Wilfork took out Losman’s knee and the jerk around of JP would begin again. Edwards started the next 4 games before he got injured and Losman was plugged back in. He started the next four games before he was again pulled in favor of Trent Edwards for the final time. He had a final opportunity to save his NFL career in 2008 but it didn’t work out. He looked down right bad and his tenure with the Bills was over and now perhaps even the NFL.
In his career with the Bills, JP Losman threw for 6,211 yards, 33 touchdowns and 34 interceptions. He was inserted and removed from the starting lineup more than five times. He played under two coaches that could be the worst two coaches in Bills history. He came to Buffalo and embraced the city unlike most players that come here. He bought a house here and started a program to clean the city. The problem was his wins and losses. He was 1-7 in 2005, 7-9 in 2006, 2-5 in 2007 and 0-2 in 2008. He was 10-23 as a starter. So now to Las Vegas where JP will play with the best coach he has ever had as a pro. He will play under Jim Fassel and probably will have the best chance he’s ever had to resurrect his career. Tommy Maddox jr?
Don’t worry, I have not retired from this blog. With the latest news on JP Losman possibly being out of the NFL, I needed to reminisce on his five year stint as a Buffalo Bill.
The Bills drafted Losman with the 22nd pick in the 2003 draft. He was the 4th quarterback taken in the first round that year, and was self proclaimed as the best. He claimed he had a better arm than the other three, was better than the other three at throwing on the run and was generally just a better athlete than the other three. All that may be true. However, Eli Manning has a ring, Ben Roethlisberger has 2 rings and Philip Rivers is a pro bowl quarterback and a legit star in the league. JP may be able to throw it farther, but that is where the comparison between these guys ends.
At the time I thought this was a great pick. After the debacle that was the 2003 season, the Bills were dying for a new quarterback and who didn’t love the cocky, talented, athletic quarterback out of Venice Beach, California? I bought his jersey probably 2 weeks after the draft and couldn’t wait for him to dethrone Drew Bledsoe. After all, analysts were comparing JP to Brett Favre. In fact, the Bills traded up with Dallas I believe to jump in front of Green Bay who was eying JP.
When training camp and the pre season began in 2004, JP looked like a stud. He looked good in practice, showing off his big arm. He looked good in the pre season, albeit in the 2nd half vs. the oppositions scrub players. In August of 2004 however, JP Losman’s career took it’s first turn in the wrong direction. Troy Vincent, frustrated at Losman’s ability to scramble, decided to hit the rookie quarterback while he was scrambling during practice. Losman’s ensuing leg injury sidelined him for half the season. This was a prelude to the bad fortune this guy would have during his five years.
Losman didn’t get much action in 2004. On a Sunday night, Mike Mularkey decided to throw him to the wolves at Foxboro in a blowout against New England. Why he would do this is a mystery. Losman entered the game, threw a pick to Larry Izzo, but who could forget the perfect form tackle he applied to Izzo on that play. What a tackle it was.
After the 2004 season, Tom Donahoe thought it was time for JP Losman to become the starting quarterback. In a move of genius, the Bills released the veteran Drew Bledsoe and gave the job to the unproven, raw, 2nd year quarterback in JP Losman. They also brought in free agent “back up” Kelly Holcombe. I thought the Holcombe signing was a good move, thinking he would be there to mentor Losman and only play if JP were to get hurt. I didn’t think that JP would be jerked around as much as he was. The 2005 season began just as the Bills could have imagined. An opening day blowout against the Texans made many believers. Losman threw for a modest 164 yards, 1 touchdown (to Jason Peters) and no interceptions. Little did anyone know that this was going to be the high point of the season. The Bills lost the next three games. JP threw for a grand total of 203 yards in those three games, combined. Finally, with Mike Mularkey thinking that this team actually had a chance during the 2005 season, pulled the string on his young quarterback in favor of journeyman Kelly Holcombe.
The Bills won two of the next four under Holcombe before coming home to play Kansas City. Holcombe got a concussion in the game and JP was given another chance. Who could forget the two perfect touchdown passes he threw to Lee Evans to lead the Bills to victory. This was a little preview of the connection Evans and Losman would have in the future. Now with his mind swayed yet again, Mularkey named JP Losman his starter.
Losman had to have in the back of his mind, if I screw up, I am benched, and when you commit to a young quarterback, you can’t jerk him around like that. Look at the Giants, they went through the growing pains with Eli Manning. He was awful in his first year, but he didn’t get jerked in and out of the lineup. The Bills wouldn’t win another game under Losman in 2005. They got throttled by the Chargers, lost a pathetic home game to the Panthers and then wasted three first quarter touchdown passes to Lee Evans in an embarrassing choke job in Miami which cost me $412. After a 35-7 blowout loss to New England, Mularkey decided it was time to pull the string on Losman again, in an attempt to save his job and in an attempt to appease the complaining veteran receiver Eric Moulds. The Bills won one more game, finished 5-11, fired Donahoe, and hired Dick Jauron and Marv Levy.
2006 was a fresh start for JP entering his third season. Training camp was an open competition in which Losman won the job over Craig Nall. Losman showed signs of being a good quarterback all throughout the 2006 season. He did have some pathetic games…threw for only 64 yards against Green Bay, 51 yards against Indianapolis (in a game where Dick Jauron had the most conservative game plan in NFL history), had bad games against the Bears, and the winless Lions.
He did however also showed signs of being the player the Bills were hoping he would be in drafting him in the first round. He threw for 333 yards in a comeback win against the Texans on the road. He led a great last minute drive capped off with a perfect touchdown pass to win the game to Peerless Price. The very next week, he led another last minute drive to set up a winning field goal against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bills playoff run was stunted due to poor coaching more so than the play of their quarterback. Jauron cost them the Chargers game. He also cost them the Titans game in week 16. Losman played flawless football against the Jets and Dolphins in December, two late season divisional games. He earned his way to a pro bowl alternate honor. He threw for 3,051 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions. He solidified his position as the starting quarterback of the Bills. There would be no competition or controversy in 2007.
So, the 2007 draft came around and a young, raw quarterback slipped into the third round named Trent Edwards. The Bills didn’t need a starting quarterback this year more likely a project or backup. Finally, Losman would have a clear head and not have to worry about losing his job. So, Marv Levy and the Bills brass took Trent Edwards because he was the best value on the board. I was shocked, pissed, floored, stunned, couldn’t believe it, it was a stupid pick, I still stand by that opinion. The coaches loved Edwards from the start. He was smart, he was an Ivy leaguer, he was the prototypical 6’4” quarterback that could stand in the pocket that the Bills coaches envisioned. The Bills couldn’t wait to pull the string on JP again. The Bills lost opening day to the Broncos. Again, I blame the coaching for their ridiculously conservative play calling. Week two against the Steelers can’t be used against JP. Who could prepare for that game after the injury to Everett. Then the scum bag Vince Wilfork took out Losman’s knee and the jerk around of JP would begin again. Edwards started the next 4 games before he got injured and Losman was plugged back in. He started the next four games before he was again pulled in favor of Trent Edwards for the final time. He had a final opportunity to save his NFL career in 2008 but it didn’t work out. He looked down right bad and his tenure with the Bills was over and now perhaps even the NFL.
In his career with the Bills, JP Losman threw for 6,211 yards, 33 touchdowns and 34 interceptions. He was inserted and removed from the starting lineup more than five times. He played under two coaches that could be the worst two coaches in Bills history. He came to Buffalo and embraced the city unlike most players that come here. He bought a house here and started a program to clean the city. The problem was his wins and losses. He was 1-7 in 2005, 7-9 in 2006, 2-5 in 2007 and 0-2 in 2008. He was 10-23 as a starter. So now to Las Vegas where JP will play with the best coach he has ever had as a pro. He will play under Jim Fassel and probably will have the best chance he’s ever had to resurrect his career. Tommy Maddox jr?
Saturday, June 20, 2009
The failure of JP Losman
by Steve
As you have all read/heard/seen, JP Losman has signed up for the UFL. What you may not know is what the fuck the UFL is. Nobody does because they haven't played a season yet. We'll get to that in a bit, but this "official" signing of Losman to a minor league football team for now ends the short pathetic sad and disappointing career of Johnny Paul Losmeng.
Since his career in Buffalo and perhaps even in the NFL is over lets reminisce for a few.. Tom Donachuck took over from scape goat GM John Butler following the 2000 season. Not only was he one of the worst GMs in Bills history, he is probably up there as worst of all time in the NFL. Blunder after blunder Tommy boy probably peaked in sucktitude in 2004. After drafting Lee Evans (who in all honesty was a good pick, although no Ben Roethlisberger [who was available only two spots higher at 11] ugh) Donahoe thought, "shit we need a QB, three have already been taken, lets see who's left. How about this bum from some small school in Louisiana that is undersized has a big arm and little else including no football acumen. Oh, Dallas you'll trade your 22nd over all pick for him? Whatever you want!"
In the following five seasons Losman was jerked around, the team was jerked around, coaches changed like the weather at the Ralph, GMs changed, there was no continuity. So of course this stunted Losman's growth and certainly messed with his head. There was really only one year in which Losman had a real chance to succeed. After finishing up strong in 2006 Losman was the only man in town to start the 2007 season, or at least I thought.
Of course, Losman got hurt, sort of lost the starting QB position, got it back, lost it again, and was lost forever. If that fuckin cheater Vince Wilfork didn't dive at Losman's knee who knows what could have been. Oh well, on to the 4 team six game UFL for the QB with raw talent and nothing else.
In all honesty I would love for the United Football League to succeed. The NFL is too big, too pretentious and too arrogant. They need to be knocked down a few pegs. The games will allegedly start in October, be played on Thursday and Friday, and end around Thanksgiving. They have some big name coaches like Fossell, Cottrell, Haslett, and Dennis Green. LV, NYC, O-town and SF are the first four teams. With more on the way for 2010.
I'd say, get some good college talent that is less than 3 years removed from high school to play, get players that want to regain form, get out of jail, make one last push for fame or are desperate. Also play from July to September and don't be as gimmicky as the XFL. It could work but odds are it will fail unless a perfect storm of luck and perhaps a development deal with the NFL occurs. Either way this might be Losman's last stand.
As you have all read/heard/seen, JP Losman has signed up for the UFL. What you may not know is what the fuck the UFL is. Nobody does because they haven't played a season yet. We'll get to that in a bit, but this "official" signing of Losman to a minor league football team for now ends the short pathetic sad and disappointing career of Johnny Paul Losmeng.
UFL Access, the official website of the United Football League, reports that former Bills 2004 1st round draft pick J.P. Losman could soon sign with the Las Vegas franchise. The quarterback is an unrestricted free agent but had no takers in the NFL to this point. The website states that a deal has not officially been made yet."
Since his career in Buffalo and perhaps even in the NFL is over lets reminisce for a few.. Tom Donachuck took over from scape goat GM John Butler following the 2000 season. Not only was he one of the worst GMs in Bills history, he is probably up there as worst of all time in the NFL. Blunder after blunder Tommy boy probably peaked in sucktitude in 2004. After drafting Lee Evans (who in all honesty was a good pick, although no Ben Roethlisberger [who was available only two spots higher at 11] ugh) Donahoe thought, "shit we need a QB, three have already been taken, lets see who's left. How about this bum from some small school in Louisiana that is undersized has a big arm and little else including no football acumen. Oh, Dallas you'll trade your 22nd over all pick for him? Whatever you want!"
In the following five seasons Losman was jerked around, the team was jerked around, coaches changed like the weather at the Ralph, GMs changed, there was no continuity. So of course this stunted Losman's growth and certainly messed with his head. There was really only one year in which Losman had a real chance to succeed. After finishing up strong in 2006 Losman was the only man in town to start the 2007 season, or at least I thought.
"On to back up back up Trent Edwards. Green isn't even the color to describe T-Eds. What we do know: he's smart, he went to Stanford, the Stanford Cardinals football team sucked, and Edwards took a beating and got hurt a lot. Look for him to sit on the bench for 2 seasons, get bit parts in 2009 and hopefully traded, great move Marv and Co."
Of course, Losman got hurt, sort of lost the starting QB position, got it back, lost it again, and was lost forever. If that fuckin cheater Vince Wilfork didn't dive at Losman's knee who knows what could have been. Oh well, on to the 4 team six game UFL for the QB with raw talent and nothing else.
In all honesty I would love for the United Football League to succeed. The NFL is too big, too pretentious and too arrogant. They need to be knocked down a few pegs. The games will allegedly start in October, be played on Thursday and Friday, and end around Thanksgiving. They have some big name coaches like Fossell, Cottrell, Haslett, and Dennis Green. LV, NYC, O-town and SF are the first four teams. With more on the way for 2010.
I'd say, get some good college talent that is less than 3 years removed from high school to play, get players that want to regain form, get out of jail, make one last push for fame or are desperate. Also play from July to September and don't be as gimmicky as the XFL. It could work but odds are it will fail unless a perfect storm of luck and perhaps a development deal with the NFL occurs. Either way this might be Losman's last stand.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Us Open preview
by Steve
Who else got a similar text this week, "two words, bethpage black". Anyone, anyone? Either my compatriots and I are the biggest sports fans in the world, or we're like millions of other people with our obsession of competitive athletics.
The 2009 US Open starts friday in the greater NYC area at Bethpage on the "black" course. Eldrick won last time it was held there. He also won the last US Open. Most think he'll win again, a minority, hope he loses.
Last year was one of the more memorable Opens. RocCo Mediate went head to head with Woods, eventually losing a playoff (after Woods nearly collapsed). Doubt it will be as intersting as least year, or even half as interesting as the Masters; where Woods and Hefty lefty went toe to toe for like uh fifth place.
Some dude from WGR likes Bajagus who ever that is. Others like Justin Rose. Most likely it will be someone we didn't really see coming, a whiley ol' vet, or Woods will run away with it on moving day.
Regardless, the NHL and NBA playoffs are over, interleague baseball is getting played out and there is nothing else even remotely interesting on. Plus, fuck golf. Other than the fifty or so people that are great at it, the rest of us are terrible, waste a shit load of money, and will never be good at it. Then again, try and get a tee time on the weekends between July and September. All I know is someone is getting rich it aint us, and hopefully, for a day, it isn't Eldrick either.
Who else got a similar text this week, "two words, bethpage black". Anyone, anyone? Either my compatriots and I are the biggest sports fans in the world, or we're like millions of other people with our obsession of competitive athletics.
The 2009 US Open starts friday in the greater NYC area at Bethpage on the "black" course. Eldrick won last time it was held there. He also won the last US Open. Most think he'll win again, a minority, hope he loses.
Last year was one of the more memorable Opens. RocCo Mediate went head to head with Woods, eventually losing a playoff (after Woods nearly collapsed). Doubt it will be as intersting as least year, or even half as interesting as the Masters; where Woods and Hefty lefty went toe to toe for like uh fifth place.Some dude from WGR likes Bajagus who ever that is. Others like Justin Rose. Most likely it will be someone we didn't really see coming, a whiley ol' vet, or Woods will run away with it on moving day.
Regardless, the NHL and NBA playoffs are over, interleague baseball is getting played out and there is nothing else even remotely interesting on. Plus, fuck golf. Other than the fifty or so people that are great at it, the rest of us are terrible, waste a shit load of money, and will never be good at it. Then again, try and get a tee time on the weekends between July and September. All I know is someone is getting rich it aint us, and hopefully, for a day, it isn't Eldrick either.
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