Monday, September 15, 2008

Intoxicated With Madness

So yeah. You'd expect me to be pretty mad about sports right now. Chargers got reamed by a call the ref himself said was terrible, Orioles clinched losing season #11, and the Penguins STILL aren't playing yet. But frankly, life rocks too much right now to really care. So I guess it's down to some minor observations about the two major sports going on right now:

1. The Ravens should be considered a legitimate dark horse for the AFC North. Did anyone see how terrible both the Steelers and Browns looked last night? I know there was wind, but neither offense seemed to click, and the defenses looked stupid (see: Polamalu knocking a tipped pass into a Browns player's hands).  I know the Ravens played only the horrible war crime known as the Bengals, and they have 15 straight weeks of football ahead, but they could win the division at 10-6 easy, and 9-7 maybe. Not out of the question.

2. The Chargers' loss is a lot less disheartening this week. Don't feel like going into detail, but this is the best I've ever felt about an 0-2 team. They play the Jets, Raiders, then Dolphins. If they aren't 3-2 by the end of that stretch, I'll be surprised.

3. The Penguins' prospects have been destroying other teams. This bodes well for the regular season, as injuries (see: Ryan Whitney) happen all the time. I have high expectations, since the East is less than competitive.

4. The Pensblog is making posts again! Also, they disabled comments so a lot of the douchebags can't be stupid anymore. Hooray!

5. Speaking of the Pensblog, they have a video of the 82-0 thrashing by the Slovakian "women" against Bulgaria. It's actually painful to watch, everyone is just awful in it. If you told me the oldest player was 5, it would make more sense.

6. No one still cares about baseball. And I found out yesterday that the MLS season has in fact been going on for a long time. I'm sure Will can make a post soon, I don't actually feel like looking any news up on it.

7. Also, in soccer in the Congo, a riot erupted because the goalie started using witchcraft. Wow.

Next week the Chargers play on national television. If I'm not at water polo I can do a real recap of it.

- Matt

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