Saturday, September 6, 2008

Foosball Blog

Well, I was going to write something about big schools scheduling cupcake opponents, but Thomas Neumann at ESPN wrote this surprisingly good article doing a much better job than I could have done. Therefore, mini previews for the NFL games are in order.

Detroit at Atlanta: I think, and Will disagrees, that Atlanta has a very good shot at pulling off the upset. I believe not in Atlanta, but against Detroit. Atlanta seems ready to pretend last year never happened, but Detroit is hoping they can duplicate their fast start. Too much written about this, ugh.

Seattle at Buffalo: If it were November or later, I'd say Buffalo would win. And Seattle is usually better than it's given credit for.

Jets at Miami: Sure, everyone will be paying attention to this game. I'd love to see Miami pull off the upset, but realistically...

Kansas "City" at New England: Tempt me with a 16 point spread will you? Let's see, a team unchanged from last year (mostly) versus a terrible team mostly unchanged from last year... yeah, moving on.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans: I'm too classy to make a hurricane joke. I think the Bucs blow and the Saints have a gale force offense, powered by Drew Brees. With suspect defenses, there will be a storm of passing and a flood of running, breaking the levees of the defensive line. Did I forget to include a "not" in the first sentence?

St. Louis at Philthadelphia: Yawn. Eagles fans are annoying.

Houston at Pittsburgh: Consider this: Houston is 1-0 all time at Heinz Field. Might actually be an entertaining game, but just in case it sucks, wait until halftime to watch.

Jax at Tenn: Too lazy to type out two of the longest team location names. While it looks like a Jags blowout in the making, the TITans did surprise them last year. I'm already bored though.

Cincy at Baltimore: Joe "Af" Flacco (say it aloud) could be good. Or he could be bad. Those are pretty much the two options, but hearing someone say something along those lines in the commentary is pretty much a given. I still think the Ravens have a good chance of winning, and since I'm not a Ravens fan I don't fear jinxing them. Ravens 24-20.

Carolina at San Diego: As a Chargers fan, I refuse to jinx them.

AZ at SF: Too bad Leinart isn't playing. They could have made this season Real World: NFL Quarterback and interviewed him between downs talking shit about the other players, and also beer.

Dallas at Cleveland: At least one of these overrated teams will look stupid after this game.

Chicago at Indianapolis: When you think the Bears might win, you remember that despite an injury, Manning still plays like Manning, and the Bears will always suck when they have the ball.

Minnesota at Green Bay: Almost unfair to Aaron Rodgers. But I've had enough arrogance from fat fucks from Cheeseland to want to see the Packers get pummeled.

Denver at Oakland: Either a really bad football game or a really good KISS concert.

I am seriously Jonesing for some hockey. I might do something crazy soon.

- Matt

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