- 01:08 AM
- 12/22/24
So, I skipped watching the SB (yes, I'm that guy). I just had a feeling that this wouldn't be a good game. Looks like I was correct.
Also, I got the spread right, but the team wrong, so my predictive powers are weak.
posted by Bonkers at 08:37 PM on February 08, 2016
The Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee discussed whether to induct Eddie DeBartolo Jr.
For some reason, I read this as them discussing to "indict" Eddie DeBartolo, Jr.
posted by Bonkers at 08:25 PM on February 08, 2016
Louisville basketball is self-banned from the posteason this year.
posted by Bonkers at 08:02 PM on February 05, 2016
I think Holt at least will become the first victim of the NFL starting to factor in eras and stat inflation against players, similar to how baseball is starting to do.
As far as Bruce, I think he makes it in, maybe 4th or 5th year.
Interestingly, # of Pro Bowls:
Holt-7 Owens-6 Bruce-4
posted by Bonkers at 07:32 PM on February 01, 2016
This is great.
Sadly, therefore it's only a matter of time before the NCAA bans it.
posted by Bonkers at 08:04 PM on January 30, 2016
First off, hi again, Sportsfilter! Long time no see.
Second off, we've talked about him before briefly, so it's worth a mention:
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to "Tony", who will be behind the state capitol in a black Cadillac with the engine running. Cash only, please.
posted by Bonkers at 01:26 PM on January 28, 2016
What's amazing to me is that I completely forgot that the Broncos beat the Falcons in John Elway's last Super Bowl...
To me and especially for recent games, there's a definite connection between memorability of a team's SB appearances and whether or not they were/became a dynasty, or whether it was a fluky one-off.
Remember SB XXXV? (aka The Festivus Maximus) Jim Fassel would prefer you not, but looking at that team, you'd be hard pressed to remember anyone on that Giants squad other than Sehorn and Strahan. Yet, they went to a Super Bowl.
Also, as a Bucs fan, I wonder what Dexter Jackson is doing these days.
posted by Bonkers at 01:24 PM on January 28, 2016
making silence seem even more attractive.
posted by Bonkers at 08:04 PM on April 29, 2015
How (not) to respond to a vicious tackle:
posted by Bonkers at 10:33 PM on February 23, 2015
Stark received his nickname as a plebe at Annapolis in 1899. There was an entertainer named Betty Stark who was quite popular at the time.
I've always thought it was from a misremembered quote of John Stark's.
Love to know where they think the State of RI is going to come up with money to build a new stadium for them.
Don't worry, they'll let Buddy Cianci take care of it (since he's not otherwise busy being a mayor); he knows a guy...
posted by Bonkers at 10:21 PM on February 23, 2015
Mayweather-Pacquiao is finally official.
posted by Bonkers at 08:15 PM on February 20, 2015
How much of a degenerate gambler do you have to be to bet on a friendly match between Belarussian squads?
Probably someone right up there with the guy who bets on the NASCAR Truck Series. Or Div-III women's basketball.
posted by Bonkers at 11:36 AM on February 19, 2015
A quarter century-ago today, Buster Douglas shocked the world.
posted by Bonkers at 01:43 AM on February 11, 2015
Both Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz fail drug tests (Silva for steroids, Diaz for marijuana-SHOCKED)
Even worse, the test was given on January 9th.
This might end up being FPP-worthy, actually.
posted by Bonkers at 11:34 PM on February 03, 2015
This is absolutely bonkers bad management on the part of the NFL.
What's that supposed to mean?
(Couldn't resist)
posted by Bonkers at 01:37 AM on January 24, 2015
Big deal. You know who else (almost) climbed El Capitan without ropes?
posted by Bonkers at 07:10 PM on January 15, 2015
My solution for the Pro Bowl?
Jimmy Johnson vs Bill Cowher in Electric Football.
Admit it, you'd watch that way more than you'd watch the real Pro Bowl.
posted by Bonkers at 12:19 PM on January 13, 2015
Stepping away from the Manning theme for a moment, as a Broncos fan I cannot wait for the day that Fox and his mediocre-to-insipid coaching is booted out the door.
Poof
Man, deflated should have posted that on SpoFi awhile ago.
posted by Bonkers at 06:06 PM on January 12, 2015
I've said it before in a couple of other places, but I don't think I've said it here:
For all his acclaim as being one of the best QBs ever (and he is, I'm not questioning that)...
...his lack of playoff success is becoming a "Yeah, but..." on his career.
posted by Bonkers at 08:40 AM on January 12, 2015
Noteworthy to remember that a lot of our current rules on catch comes from the Bert Emanuel rule (which I remember as a TB fan).
posted by Bonkers at 09:21 PM on January 11, 2015
Jon Jones tests positive for cocaine, enters rehab facility.
posted by Bonkers at 07:46 PM on January 06, 2015
I would have been far more comfortable with everything if there had been some kind of explanation for the wave-off.
Like rcade, I didn't have a problem with the call, and I wouldn't have had a problem with a non-call, either.
posted by Bonkers at 10:11 AM on January 05, 2015
I earlier articulated my belief that the best part of Bowl Games was the ludicrous offensive performances.
Allow me to present Bonker's Exhibit A:CMU-WKU.
posted by Bonkers at 09:14 PM on December 24, 2014
My favorite part of Obscure Bowl Season is teams from the back half of the FBS (MAC, Sun Belt, MWC, etc) abandoning all pretense of defense and engaging each other in ludicrous shoot-outs (not always of the aerial varieties, either). It's fun to watch the offensive plans work so well.
posted by Bonkers at 10:17 PM on December 21, 2014
"I'd ask how they sleep at night, but I'm afraid the answer would be "deeply and soundly as only genuine monsters can."'
I thought the appropriate answer was "On top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies."
posted by Bonkers at 07:59 AM on December 12, 2014
I had told some friends for a couple weeks that Ohio State was going to get in. and the difference was that they were going to be playing in a conference championship game in the final week.
I had some concern when they went down to the 3rd string QB, but those were cured by half time
posted by Bonkers at 01:17 PM on December 07, 2014
I'm surprised USF doesn't make the top three anywhere around Tampa.
As a USF alum...sadly, I'm not. USF hasn't reached the point where it owns it's own backyard. People who go to USF still are people who couldn't get into UF or FSU.
Winning would definitely help more, but things don't seem to be getting much better with Coach Willie Taggart.
posted by Bonkers at 09:02 AM on December 05, 2014
Eric Berrry of the Chiefs placed on the Non-Football Illness list with possible lymphoma.
posted by Bonkers at 11:03 PM on November 24, 2014
2008 Lions uncorked the Boone's Farm
Fixed that for you.
posted by Bonkers at 08:03 AM on November 21, 2014
Do you have Air Force 1 in leopard print? Thanks.
How about Naugahyde? That'd be pretty awesome.
posted by Bonkers at 01:03 PM on November 17, 2014
DIE SPAMMER, DIE!
Where's the flag button on SpoFi?
posted by Bonkers at 09:23 AM on November 17, 2014
If the Bengals don't make the playoffs...expect everyone to be fired.
posted by Bonkers at 01:04 PM on November 07, 2014
What A-Rod's revelation reinforces is that MLB and its purists will have to admit at some point that there was an entire era of baseball that was awash in PEDs and people doing them.
Then, they have to think about how to deal with that entire era, and the stats it produced.
posted by Bonkers at 08:33 AM on November 07, 2014
Erin Andrews is staring a hole in Rikke Wilde*, thinking, "If he would just listen to me about probiotics!"
* Is that his Chippendale's name or something?
Taking a look at him...I'm guessing "no".
Though maybe he was in Motley Crue for a little bit.
Edited: apparently, SpoFi rejects umlauts. Good to know.
posted by Bonkers at 02:08 PM on October 30, 2014
Watching the 30 for 30 on The Boz, which is fantastic.
The quote of the night from Brian so far, in response to getting popped for steroids: "I let The Boz handle it, and The Boz doesn't make good decisions."
posted by Bonkers at 07:47 PM on October 29, 2014
Colt McCoy is now 2-0 as a quarterback in Washington.
Kirk Cousins is somewhere weeping.
posted by Bonkers at 08:07 AM on October 28, 2014
Not Hockey Night tonight in Canada.
Thoughts and prayers to everyone affected.
posted by Bonkers at 01:49 PM on October 22, 2014
Prior to the season, Kirk Cousins might have gotten you a first-round draft pick in trade bait.
At this point, you'd be lucky to get a 7th round pick for him.
posted by Bonkers at 04:12 PM on October 19, 2014
I'm really, really surprised by the Duke numbers, since I know very, very, few Duke football fans (it's a tiny, private, rich, elite school that historically hasn't been all that good at football, though they've done better recently). There are lots of Duke basketball fans, to be sure. And somehow, I didn't even see UNC in there.
posted by Bonkers at 01:56 PM on October 03, 2014
Almaty winning it might be the tipping point, since it will go to a city that's not only not all that important, but to a country that isn't, either; at least you could justify many of the recent choices by the latter criterion if not the former.
Edited to add: not to tute my own horn too loudly, but I actually did know somewhere in the depths of my brain that Kazakhstan was the largest land-locked nation.
posted by Bonkers at 10:04 AM on October 03, 2014
The 15th is the last thing you ever see.
posted by Bonkers at 09:47 AM on October 03, 2014
One day, we'll get a competitive Thursday Night Football.
Today is not looking like that day.
posted by Bonkers at 09:50 PM on October 02, 2014
Exclusive video (briefly NSFW, which I had totally forgotten about) of Brady Hoke on the sidelines during the game.
posted by Bonkers at 08:35 AM on October 01, 2014
Also, Dave Grohl is now starting for the bills.
posted by Bonkers at 12:28 AM on September 30, 2014
Fox Sports reporting the Raiders have fired head coach Dennis Allen. It's on Wikipedia, so it must be official.
posted by Bonkers at 11:54 PM on September 29, 2014
I believe the "Kirk Cousins should be starting vice RGIII" train has officially derailed.
posted by Bonkers at 10:55 PM on September 25, 2014
For only the second time in his career, Derek Jeter will play a baseball game today while not in contention for a playoff spot.
posted by Bonkers at 09:08 AM on September 25, 2014
Ward's family laid a patch of a statement suggesting a civil suit is waiting at the pole.
Good luck with that when you have to argue against the fact that Ward was high at the time.
posted by Bonkers at 08:00 PM on September 24, 2014
apparently every point scored between NE and Oakland was scored by a 'kowski.
I bet Elias doesn't keep statistics on that one.
posted by Bonkers at 10:28 PM on September 21, 2014
The CBS analysts thought this would be a tough, close, low-scoring game tonight between the Falcons and Bucs.
It's now 35-0, and we've got 7 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.
posted by Bonkers at 09:32 PM on September 18, 2014
Maybe he'll go back to being a terrible boxing announcer. NUTS AND GUTS!
posted by Bonkers at 12:07 PM on September 15, 2014
Jadaveon Clowney is also out for 4-6 weeks with a knee injury.
posted by Bonkers at 09:00 PM on September 08, 2014
A video of Ray Rice doing a boxing work, apropos of little.
posted by Bonkers at 06:02 PM on September 08, 2014
AJ Green is back in form.
posted by Bonkers at 10:22 PM on September 07, 2014
Was that in response to "Seattle doesn't miss any tackles. Except for that one just now."?
More his whole schtick, to be honest.
posted by Bonkers at 11:57 PM on September 04, 2014
Man, I'm so excited about football being back! Football is so awesome!
(listens to Chris Collinsworth for about an hour)
Meh. Football's back.
posted by Bonkers at 11:03 PM on September 04, 2014
We aren't talking about Hard Knocks...but we can be.
I finished the last episode tonight. I was not impressed overall, but mostly because that's the Falcons. They're the vanilla ice cream/pepperoni pizza of NFL teams-nothing to fancy, just solid and reliable, and bland. The person with the most personality of anyone on the team seemed to be Bryan Cox. Is that a problem? I don't know, but it would have been nice to have seen some character and some reflection of the team. Unless of course, there is none.
I get the impression from the year that the Falcons may win the NFC South, but that's about as far as they are going to go.
posted by Bonkers at 10:32 PM on September 03, 2014
I'm always impressed that any article even tangentially critical of Russia gets its fair share of Kremlin paid astroturf commenters going off on it hyperbolically.
Their information operations section is terrifyingly awesome.
posted by Bonkers at 04:11 PM on September 03, 2014
Also, I can't think of a better way to welcome College Football back than having a team run up 500 yards of offense against a conference rival...and they haven't even finished the 3rd quarter yet.
posted by Bonkers at 08:47 PM on August 28, 2014
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Beastmode is now set to "off".