Archive for October, 2009
New York and Philadelphia face-off in NFL
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
And although these teams from NYC and Philly won’t be playing for the World Series, this one should be as exciting since we’ll have two of the best in the NFC.
Yes, Week 8 of the 2009 NFL football season continues with a classic rivalry in the NFC. The New York Giants take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field, and since both teams are playing to be on top of the very competitive NFC East, expect this one to be one of the most physical games you’ll ever see in the NFL this season.
As of this writing, the New York Giants have a half game lead over both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. All three teams haven’t lost more than two games after seven weeks and it looks like the NFC East is once again turning into the best division, not only in pro football, but in sports, period.
Last Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles started taking on the NFC East, beating the Washington Redskins 27-17 on Monday Night Football. Everybody picked the Eagles over the Redskins coming into this one and after scoring the first 17 points of the game, it was clear the Eagles were dead serious in claiming the top spot of the division.
This Sunday, the Eagles have the Giants, the second of three teams from the NFC East they have to take on in succession. Can Philly get another win before they take on the Dallas Cowboys next week?
The Eagles have been struggling offensively lately. Despite beating Washington last Monday night, their loss to the Oakland Raiders two weeks ago is still more than enough reason for Philly fans to be worried. And since Brian Westbrook could be out for what could be one of the biggest games the Eagles will play this season, ”worried” could be an understatement.
For all ya’ll who missed it, Eagles running back Brian Westbrook suffered a concussion after he was inadvertently kneed on the head in their game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field last Monday night. Westbrook was out cold for several minutes before being revived and helped off the field.
Westbrook, 30, has already missed one game this season due to an ankle injury. He bounced back from that one, coming up with his best game of the year after getting 141 rushing and receiving yards. Unfortunately, his best game was during their humiliating 13-9 loss to Oakland.
Can Westbrook return in time for their NFC East rivalry game with the Giants? Don’t count on it. The chances of him being medically cleared to play this week appear slim.
Luckily for the Eagles, the Giants ain’t doing so…
Who will meet in MLB World Series?
Monday, October 26th, 2009
We are, along with other baseball fans across the country.
You can almost feel the intensity of the 2009 MLB World Series as the ALCS and the NLCS will decide which two teams will come out to play for the world championship.
In the ALCS, the New York Yankees are looking to return back to the big dance as they go up against the Los Angeles Angels, a team looking to get at least one team from Hollywood in the World Series.
In the NLCS, the Philadelphia Phillies are looking to 
return to the World Series and defend the world title they won last year after dominating the Tampa Bay Rays in five games. They do battle with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team looking to give Joe Torre his first world championship ring since moving to Hollywood.
What’ll happen if the Yankees face their old mentor and take on the Dodgers? Will the World Series be settled in Hollywood this year? Can the Philadelphia Phillies win back to back titles and beat whichever team that’ll come out of the American League?
Here’s a look at all four possible matchups and who we think will take it. Unfortunately, we’re not picking the Los Angeles Angels to win ANY matchup. Sorry.
Los Angeles Angels vs. Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2009 MLB World Series
Another cross-town World Series match-up in the making? As everybody knows, this kind of scenario never materialized like the New York Yankees – New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals – Kansas City Royals matchups they were gunning for before mainly because there still is the ”baseball doesn’t exist west of Kansas” reaction.
And since East Coast fans usually can’t…
Eagles – Redskins on Monday Night
Monday, October 26th, 2009
We have an NFC East rivalry game for you this Monday.
Because on Monday Night Football, we have two teams in the NFC East looking to bounce back from their disastrous outing the last time they were on the field.
It’s the Washington Redskins taking on the Philadelphia Eagles as they relive their storied rivalry in the NFC East.
As of this writing, the New York Giants lead the division, but after that it’s still everybody’s game and a win on Monday night will be big for both.
The Philadelphia Eagles were shocked last week when they could only manage to put up nine points in a stunning 13-9 loss to the struggling Oakland Raiders.
You just know they can’t wait to get back on a football field after that fiasco in Oakland, luckily, they have the Redskins who, just a few days ago, managed to humiliate themselves even further without being on the field.
You see, the Washington Redskins just stripped their own head coach Jim Zorn, of his play calling responsibilities.
That means, Zorn is till the team’s coach but he won’t be making any coaching.
Yes, that’s the kind of stupidity they have going on right now in the nation’s capital and this is the perfect opportunity the Eagles can capitalize on to get back in the NFC East.
Birds by…
Florida on top of 2009 BCS Rankings
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Surprise surprise.
After all the drama and the emotional comebacks, everything is where it should be at this point of the 2009 NCAA college football season.
You read it, because after watching Tim Tebow go down hard that almost destroyed the world around Gator fans in Florida, the Florida Gators are once again on top of the BCS rankings.
Thanks to Tebow’s surprising return to the Florida Gators roster two weekends ago, the Gators were able to stay undefeated to be named no.1 in this season’s first BCS rankings. Their first test as the nation’s no.1 team this year is on Saturday when they go up against Mississippi State.
Not far behind are the Alabama Crimson Tide. Second in every statistical category compiled by the USA Today coaches’ poll and the Harris poll, the Crimson Tide is easily Florida’s biggest threat, so far anyway. If both the Gators and the Crimson Tide remain undefeated, they will play each other in the Southeastern Conference championship. A prelude to the BCS national championship game perhaps?
Sitting on third are the Texas Longhorns, joining Florida and Alabama in the top three. With the strength of their schedule, all three just need to win out to reach the BCS national championship game on January 7 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. At least that’s according to BCS analyst (yes, the BCS has analysts…) Jerry Palm.
The problem is, it seems history is not on their side.
In the first 11 years of the BCS rankings, the top two teams in the first standings have only reached the title game once when Texas and Southern California did it in the 2005 season. Overall, only 10 of the 22 teams that were ranked first or second in the first standings made it all the way to the championship game.
That’s probably good news to the still undefeated…
Redskins strip Jim Zorn of Play Calling
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
But isn’t a head coach there for the main purpose to call plays?
That’s the dilemma the Washington Redskins are at this point of the 2009 NFL football season. In case you haven’t been following Washington’s campaign this year, it has been a year of firsts. How come? The Redskins have been giving away all these first wins to teams that haven’t won a game until they get to play the Skins. And quite frankly, it’s becoming pathetic really.
The New York Giants were the first ones to score their first victory of the year after playing the Washington Redskins and since that was the season opener, everybody in Washington wasn’t concerned. But after they gave the Detroit Lions, who were then coming in at 0-19 stretching from last year, their first win of the year, it started getting ridiculous.
Losses to then 0-3 Carolina Panthers and then 0-5 Kansas City Chiefs were just too much for the Redskins organization. So what did they do? They stripped Redskins head coach Jim Zorn of his play calling responsibilities while still keeping him as the team’s coach.
What?!? That’s like getting a race car driver who can’t drive race cars or hiring a bodyguard who can’t guard anybody. But since the Redskins have a quarterback who can’t play quarterback and a running game that was just unable to run in six games, I’m not surprised to see them keep a head coach who got his head coaching responsibilities taken away from him.
I can’t blame the Redskins too for taking away Zorn’s play calling duties. The Redskins haven’t scored more than 17 points in any game this season. On defense, they allow opposing teams to score at least 27 points and gain at least 402 yards. That people, is a recipe for disaster, THAT along with a disastrous 2-4 start.
The only problem I have with the decision is…
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