The New Orleans Saints are headed to their first Super Bowl in franchise history after winning a thrilling overtime game 31-28 against the Minnesota Vikings. Garrett Hartley confidently nailed a 40-yard goal that ignited a celebration in the Super Dome and throughout New Orleans of epic proportion. Things could have ended very differently had Brett Favre not thrown an interception deep in Saints territory very late in the fourth quarter of the game. Time to burn those paper bag masks and drop the nickname the Aints because even though the Saints were outgained by 218 yards, tallied 16 fewer first downs and possessed the ball almost 10 minutes less than the Vikings they still found a way to win the NFC Championship. New Orleans will have their hands full in Miami in a couple of weeks when they face Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts, but they deserve a lot of credit for making the biggest game on Earth. Who Dat!
NFL Bets of the Day – January 24th, 2010
Things didn’t go so well for us in the Divisional Playoff games, but we plan to turn it around for the Conference Championship games. Good luck to everyone and enjoy the games.
Colts -7.5
Vikings +3.5
Overall Record:
NFL 33-20 (2009-10) 136-92-5 (overall)
College Basketball 15-8-1 (2009-10) 212-157-7 (overall)
NBA 44-36
NHL 1-2
MLB 90-69-5
College Football 37-24 (2009-10) 142-115-1 (overall)
The Pro Bowl Has Lost It’s Luster
Are you getting amped up in anticipation for the Pro Bowl next Sunday in Miami? I didn’t think so and really why should you? Let’s face it when Vince Young is named to the AFC roster you know it has become a complete joke. I’m not saying Young isn’t a good quarterback because he did help turn around the Titans season, but he shouldn’t be at the Pro Bowl. Vince had 10 touchdown passes on the season to go along with 7 interceptions and Jason Campbell had a higher QB rating than him. Uggh!
No Philip Rivers, no Tom Brady and no Ben Roethlisberger plus Larry Fitzgerlad has pulled out to only be replaced by New York Giants wide receiver Steve Smith, who basically disappeared the second half of the season. As a fan, I like the idea of all-star games, but I’m starting to understand that the NFL’s version is just generic. It’s being played now at the wrong time of the year and this year is won’t be in Hawaii so the paradise destination is no longer attached to it. By moving the game up a couple of weeks, the NFL is robbing me the luxury of watching any of the Super Bowl players because not one of them will participate. I understand players will pull out due to injuries and I get it that players like Brett Favre, if he is available after this Sunday, will turn down the invite yet it used to be fun. Yes, the game is lax, the rules are made for points to be put up and the players themselves do everything they can to not get injured, but it was fun. It’s nice to watch the league’s best players play one more game before we lose football totally until late August. Not this year. We will instead watch a lot of second tier guys take the field in Miami without the colorful sideline gear we are used to seeing in Hawaii. Roger, I’m begging you to wise up and move this game back to Hawaii the week after the Super Bowl or
Sean Salisbury’s Package
Sean Salisbury was a former ESPN football analyst who liked to bicker back and forth with “The Professor” John Clayton on the airwaves until out of nowhere he vanished from the goliath sports network. Salisbury has admitted to USA Today that he took cell phone pictures of “Lil Sean” a few years ago and then decided to show the pictures to his colleagues. This has been rumored for a very long time, but until now Sean has vehemently denied this ever happened. The former vagabond NFL quarterback claimed it was “a sophomoric mistake” and I have to agree when you consider he was 43 when he pulled out Captain Winky at the job. The one other disturbing part of the article is it doesn’t address if he showed these pictures to men or women?? Salisbury is currently unemployed and I don’t see much luck on the horizon for him to get a new job after this disturbing revelation.
Tar Heels on the Bubble
The very young UNC basketball squad lost again last night leading to their third loss in a row which is something they have never done under head coach Roy Williams since he took over in 2006. The Tar Heels were beat soundly last night at home by unranked Wake Forest and they are clearly missing sophomore forward Ed Davis and sophomore forward Tyler Zeller who are injured. Tension is in the air right now in Chapel Hill and if you don’t want to believe me then just look at the statements from ole Roy Williams on Wednesday after the game. Williams clearly frustrated after another loss decided to rip freshman Dexter Strickland for his actions earlier in the day. During practice this morning we ran a set play and I said, ‘Dexter, what are you doing?’ And he said, ‘Coach, I don’t know what to do.’ ‘Well, whose fault is that –mine or yours? This is practice No. 53, son.’ I know Williams is frustrated, but Strickland is about the only wing that can create a shot for the Heels right now. The bigger issues are the injuries to Davis and Zeller in conjunction with senior wing Marcus Ginyard playing very poorly and super frosh John Henson who looks more like something from Avatar running up and down the court these days rather than a real ball player.
North Carolina is currently 1-3 in the ACC and an unimpressive 12-7 overall. The Heels have crucial games coming up on the road at NC State, at home against UVA who leads the ACC, and then at Virginia Tech. When you consider the Heels haven’t won a true road game yet this year you understand why fans are freaking out. It’s obvious the media has been in love with UNC all year long, but they will now finally fall out of the top 25 in the next poll and with a RPI ranking of 55 before the Wake game they need to tread lightly or their bubble just might pop.
World Cup Merchandise Gone Wrong
Do you have your ticket yet for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa? If you do then you might be thinking about how you are going to remain safe around all the amped up Africans along with the typical rowdy fans/hooligans that follow the game of soccer. Well worry no more because a British company based in South Africa called Protektorvest has created a flag-emblazoned stab vest for the low low cost of $69.95 to keep you safe and sound. The Protektorvest will protect “the vital inner body parts from stabs, cuts, slashes and blows from sharp, edged or spiked weapons.” This doesn’t unfortunately protect you from cocktail bombs, rocks, bottles or human stampedes, but those never happen at soccer events, right? I’m not sure what kind of message this really sends when you are basically telling your potential assaulter that I’m scared, I’m British and if you really want to hurt me my head and lower extremities are wide open.
Dusty Dvoracek is a Douche
Dusty Dvoracek is currently an ineffective defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and a former stud for the Oklahoma Sooners. Dvoracek ran into some trouble down in Norman, Oklahoma when he was arrested at a bar called Seven47. Witnesses reported that once Dusty was asked to hit the road he did what all liquored up meatheads do when they are told to leave a club. He decided to “allegedly” hit a representative of the security team for the bar instead of doing as he was told. Luckily he was arrested for assault and battery, public intoxication, interfering with an official process and most importantly for simply being a douche. Dvoracek might have a bit of a chip on his shoulder these days since he has basically done nothing for the Bears since arriving as a third round pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. To date he has played in only 13 games over a four year career and the lack of playing time is due to ending each of his four seasons on injured reserve.
NFL Bets of the Day – January 16th, 2010
Today starts the Divisional playoff games and I couldn’t be more excited. While I think tomorrow is the best slate of games today isn’t shabby at all. Good luck!
Arizona +7
Baltimore +6
Overall Record:
NFL 33-18 (2009-10) 136-90-5 (overall)
College Basketball 15-8-1 (2009-10) 212-157-7 (overall)
NBA 44-36
NHL 1-2
MLB 90-69-5
College Football 37-24 (2009-10) 142-115-1 (overall)
College Basketball Bets of the Day – January 13th, 2010
We are running at a pretty decent clip so far and we plan on continuing the trend through April. There are a ton of games when you consider 15 of the top 25 are playing tonight so if you don’t like our picks find something to ride. Good luck!
Pittsburgh +6.5
Kansas -12
Nevada -3
Overall Record:
NFL 33-18 (2009-10) 136-90-5 (overall)
College Basketball 14-7 (2009-10) 211-156-6 (overall)
NBA 44-36
NHL 1-2
MLB 90-69-5
College Football 37-24 (2009-10) 142-115-1 (overall)
Runnin’ Rebs National Championship Ring Sold
An eBay auction ended this past Friday that sold a 1990 NCAA Basketball National Championship ring. The ring was sold for meager $3,700 so the auction winner made out like a bandit if you ask me. The 1990 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels slaughtered the Duke Blue Devils 103-73 in what had to be the most boring title game in the last couple of decades. The only interesting thing that happened was when freshman point guard Bobby Hurley had to run off the court right before the game started due to a serious case of the “squirts.” UNLV led by Jerry Tarkanian was a dominant team the following year when they won 34 in a row before they ultimately fell to the Dookies in the Final Four. Unfortunately we don’t know who the seller of the ring is, but I’m going with either George Ackles or Moses Scurry.