We have been pretty hard on Dan Snyder in the past here at SU.com and once we even compared the Redskins owner to Kim Jong. The stats don’t lie that the team itself has been atrocious when you consider since Dannie took over the Skins in ’99, Washington has had only two winning seasons, a playoff victory and haven’t won more than 10 games in a season. Which means Snyder has to be considered one of the worst owners in all of the NFL, right? Well, there is another side to being an owner and Mr. Snyder does a stellar job in this area. The Skins earned $345 million in revenue just last season which is $25 million more than the New York Yankees. The franchise has nearly doubled in value since Snyder purchased the team for $800 million roughly a decade ago. They are now the third most valuable sports team in the world, behind Manchester United and America’s Team the Dallas Cowboys. Snyder may frustrate fans to no end, but if he could just step back and let someone else run the team he could be the most successful owner in professional sports.
NFL Bet of the Day – December 19th, 2009
The Dallas Cowboys take on the undefeated New Orleans Saints tonight in the Superdome. The Cowboys have lost 2 of their last 3 games and continue to look bad during the month of December just like they have in recent years. The Saints remain undefeated, but have been given some scares recently from the Falcons and Redskins. I’m not sure if the pressure of being undefeated is getting to the Saints, but it sure seems like that is the case. Dallas needs a win really bad and while they probably won’t win this game I expect them to keep it close.
Cowboys +7.5
Overall Record:
College Football 34-23 (this year) 139-114-1 (overall)
NFL 32-18 (this year) 135-90-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 8-2 (this year) 205-151-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36
Well Said Clinton Portis
Clinton Portis has done some zany things over the years and quite frankly hasn’t come across as the sharpest or sanest person in our opinion. Well, we no longer think these things and actually we now think Clinton Portis very well might be a genius. Portis has a weekly appearance on an ESPN radio show in DC and recently rather than asking Clinton about how he is doing since his concussion the host decided to ask him about his thoughts on Tiger Woods. Portis went on to share these thoughts and I couldn’t agree with him more.
“I say don’t get married, if it’s not out of your system. I’m not married. You know, I would love to be able to say, I’m a perfect guy, yeah, baby, yeah. I’m not. You know, I’m gonna have temptations. If I find the temptation worth fulfilling, I’m gonna fulfill my temptation. If that ends up getting me in trouble at times, you know, I’ll deal with it then. But right now I’m not married, and I’m 28 years old, and I’m gonna enjoy my life … If he could keep that a secret and ain’t nobody came out and told [on him], hey, congratulate him. You know, most of the time there’s one or two, and you can’t keep that a secret. So if he can balance 14 and keep it a secret, congrats.”
Tiger might make a lot more money than Clinton Portis, but he really should have sought counsel with him before getting married to Elin.
NFL Bet of the Day – December 14th, 2009
Tonight we have an interesting Monday Night Football matchup between the Cardinals and the 49ers. The Cardinals are 8-4 ATS this year and the road team is 8-0 ATS in their last eight meetings. It just a week ago that the Cardinals trashed the Vikings on national TV so don’t be surprised to them come out tonight hitting on all cylinders. Take the Cards!
Cardinals -3
Overall Record:
College Football 34-22 (this year) 139-113-1 (overall)
NFL 32-17 (this year) 135-89-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 7-2 (this year) 204-151-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36
Ugly Stat of the Year in the NFL
In case you didn’t hear last night the Cleveland Browns scored their first rushing touchdown of the season by a running back. Which means it took the Brownies over three months and their 13th game to push the ball across the plane into the end zone while running the ball. That is a revolting 49 meaningless quarters of aimlessly wandering around a football field and never succeeding in one of the most important goals of the game. Take all that into consideration and then factor in the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to Cleveland last night 13-6! This comes on the heels of a loss to Raider Nation the week before at Heinz Field. All Terrible Towels must be neatly folded and placed in the closet until the 2010 season.
One other little stat nugget. The Cleveland Browns quarterbacks have completed a TOTAL of 8 passes in their two wins this year. PUKE!
Skins Fan Loses Bet then Saints Fans Wreak Havoc on His TV
If this isn’t the biggest white trash hoedown you have ever seen then I want you to produce video of the incident or else I won’t believe it. This home video shows what happened to a Redskins fan after he made a very stupid bet with all of his New Orleans Saints friends. The Skins fan bet that if they lost to the Saints that they could come over and have target practice on his 60’ flat screen television. He almost got lucky and was able to keep his beloved television until Shaun Suisham missed a 23-yard field goal that led to the Saints winning in overtime. Well, it didn’t take long for his country bumpkin friends to head over to the house with firearms and a lot of Keystone Light ready to take out the TV. I think my favorite Saints fan is the one who has the Saints logo on the back of his head with cut-off jeans over some Miley Cyrus printed thermal underwear with a gun that could kill an elephant. It doesn’t get much better than this my friends!
NFL Bet of the Day – December 7th, 2009
Tonight we have the Ravens at the Packers and both teams are fighting to get in the playoffs in their respective conferences. Green Bay has been playing pretty well since their ugly loss to the Buccaneers back in early November in Tampa. Baltimore has been all over the place this year, but I expect them to get some shots on Aaron Rodgers due to the pitiful protection he gets from his offensive line. I’m going with the Ravens and the points.
Ravens +3.5
Overall Record:
College Football 34-22 (this year) 139-113-1 (overall)
NFL 32-16 (this year) 135-88-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 1-1 (this year) 198-150-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36
NFL Bet of the Day – December 3rd, 2009
What do you do to make the New York Jets versus the Buffalo Bills interesting? Well, you put some cold hard cash on it of course. Take the Bills!
Bills +3
Overall Record:
College Football 34-22 (this year) 139-113-1 (overall)
NFL 32-15 (this year) 135-87-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 1-1 (this year) 198-150-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36
NFL Bet of the Day – November 30th, 2009
Tonight we have what could be the best Monday Night Football game of the season. The Patriots roll into New Orleans to take on the 10-0 Saints who have the best offense in the NFL this year. I think this game is much more important to the Saints than the Patties so look for them to elevate their game to an even higher level.
Saints -1.5
Overall Record:
College Football 34-22 (this year) 139-113-1 (overall)
NFL 31-15 (this year) 134-87-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 1-0 (this year) 198-149-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36
NFL Bets of the Day – November 29th, 2009
I hope everyone is having a nice holiday weekend because I know I am. Here are our week 12 NFL picks and we wish each of you a happy NFL Sunday!
Brownies +13
Jax/SF under 41.5
Dolphins -3
KC +14
Seahawks/Rams over 42
Texans +3
Overall Record:
College Football 34-22 (this year) 139-113-1 (overall)
NFL 28-12 (this year) 131-84-5 (overall)
MLB 90-69-5
College Basketball 1-0 (this year) 198-149-6 (overall)
NHL 1-2
NBA 44-36