tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post116947328345671245..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Monday 01/22 A.M. Quickie:Colts Shock Pats, Bears Bash SaintsLet the SB XLI Frenzy Begin!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169513901057426162007-01-22T19:58:00.000-05:002007-01-22T19:58:00.000-05:00He's NOT Trent Dilfer (who NEVER could have put up...<I>He's NOT Trent Dilfer (who NEVER could have put up that 2nd half drive that Grossman delivered Sunday) - he's much better.</I><BR/><BR/>He is much better than Trent Dilfer. But what scares me is that he can also be much worse than Trent Dilfer. In that Rexy can really hurt you with disasterous plays. I'll give you that he played some bad defenses. That could bring a 100 QB rating guy down to, I don't know, a 40-ish, but when you're pulling off 1.3? That's something else entirely. I don't care if it's you're lining up against the 2000 Ravens and you forgot to bring your offensive line with you--a 1.3 should not happen.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923521765537437204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169508658581774012007-01-22T18:30:00.000-05:002007-01-22T18:30:00.000-05:00>>seriously, i became uncomfortable with these spo...>>seriously, i became uncomfortable with these sportscasters constantly reminding me of the two coaches race; as if it was some sort of extra-special accomplishment and they weren't ordinarily capable of coaching a champion.>><BR/><BR/>Great comments, jizzymc..seriously. The only semi-legit reason I can think of to mention Smith and Dungy's color is to pound it into the thick skulls of intelligentsia poseurs who make excuses that blacks (and other minorities) can't make it without quota crutches that, well, anybody can accomplish anything, skin color be damned. Same theory applies to bassackwards people who still have the mentality that blacks can't float. Ig'nance is ig'nance.EPorvaznikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653412963180740901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169503586011708682007-01-22T17:06:00.000-05:002007-01-22T17:06:00.000-05:00I have largely laid off Dan for supporting Florida...I have largely laid off Dan for supporting Florida over Northwestern, but it is pretty ridiculous. I am a lifelong Buckeyes fan and they will always be my favorite team. As such, I also always hope for the Big 10 to go undefeated in bowl season (even cheering for Michigan on occasion) to validate the strength of the conference and thereby the Buckeyes. I didn't go to OSU, so I also have very strong ties to my alma mater (Army) and will root for Army in their 2 games against OSU (2009-2010) coming up. <BR/><BR/>The Dan corollary is that my wife went to an ACC school. While none of my schools play her school, I would be a total poser if I liked her team just because I like her. But, as it is, I have season tickets to her school and have a great time there, so by default I have become a huge backer of her school (unless they ever play Army or OSU).<BR/><BR/>So I think it is only acceptable to grab onto a spouse's favorite team if there is a second compelling reason to do so -- such as having season tickets. But that only counts if the two teams rarely play and you keep loyalty to your favorite team when they do!Natsfan74https://www.blogger.com/profile/02774593132826810650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169503532002832272007-01-22T17:05:00.000-05:002007-01-22T17:05:00.000-05:00b1b in mn - sorry. Didn't mean to insinuate you m...b1b in mn - sorry. Didn't mean to insinuate you made the worst QB in a Super Bowl comment. That was all Don Banks.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm just sick of the Good/Bad Rex comments is all. Yeah, he had some bad games - largely against great defenses (with 2 exceptions - Arizona where Rex just played horribly, and Green Bay at the end of the season when his only concern was avoiding injury and he wasn't focused at all). <BR/><BR/>The larger point is, as jo fer points out, that when Rex is on he's REALLY good - and the fact of the matter is he has been "on" this season far more often than he's been off. If Ron Turner keeps the running game going like he did this past week (which softens up coverage and allows Rex to stretch the field deep), Rex will have another good game in Miami, I think.<BR/><BR/>I think this game (like most games for the Bears this year), comes down to 2 things, neither of which are Rex Grossman: 1) which defense shows up? (the one that forces turnovers like mad, or the one that gives up tons of yards), and 2) does Ron Turner stick with the running game, and does the O-line get Benson and Jones going?<BR/><BR/>If those questions are answered the right way for us Bears fans, we'll be Shuffling in Grant Park for a party....Chaddogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381349910580062539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169501827150121002007-01-22T16:37:00.000-05:002007-01-22T16:37:00.000-05:00re: Chaddogg said... b1b in mn - you're an idiot. ...re: Chaddogg said... <BR/>b1b in mn - you're an idiot. It's okay, you're in great company with all the other morons who keep harping on the "Good Rex/Bad Rex" storyline.<BR/><BR/>I have no problem with being called an idiot or a moron. If I was a Bears fan, I would have your same argument (maybe), but since I have company, I won't be lonely.<BR/><BR/>Even YOUR argument seems to paint a good picture of hot/cold, if you live outside of Chi.<BR/><BR/>If you are looking for some positivity, I would trade Rex's year for most of the other QB's in the league, especially the Johnson/Jackson crap here.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I never made the "worst SB QB" statement, because I agree, it is untrue. Don't know where that came from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169500844442395142007-01-22T16:20:00.000-05:002007-01-22T16:20:00.000-05:00todd ching - Northwestern is non-competitive? Ouch...todd ching - Northwestern is non-competitive? Ouch.<BR/><BR/>Maybe in basketball (alright, definitely in basketball), but since 1995, we've won a share of 3 Big Ten football titles (and made bowl games a couple other times). And with Pat Fitzgerald in place as our eventual version of JoePa, we're poised for future greatness (the recruiting experts have all lauded Fitzgerald's recruiting class as one of the tops in the Big Ten this year, behind OSU, Michigan, and Illinois).<BR/><BR/>As for rooting for a family member's team, I think for spouse's it's okay, or other people if you have no stake in the game. But you can never support your spouse's (or family members') team if they play in the same conference under any circumstances (I don't care how gorgeous she is, if I marry a girl who went to Michigan, I still will never root for them...unless it's bowl season and they're playing an SEC team....)Chaddogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381349910580062539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169498948172226832007-01-22T15:49:00.000-05:002007-01-22T15:49:00.000-05:00I disagree Heroin Sheik, my brother went to Duke, ...I disagree Heroin Sheik, my brother went to Duke, and there's no way I'd ever root for them, considering my school (BC) has a competitive D1 team. <BR/><BR/>I think exceptions can be made if your school doesn't have a D1 team, you grew up with a state school, or if your school is non-competitive (read: Northwestern), otherwise, you can't be a sports bigamist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169498715512764842007-01-22T15:45:00.000-05:002007-01-22T15:45:00.000-05:00Damn. Denmark? I got to get FSN.Damn. Denmark? I got to get FSN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169498110286410272007-01-22T15:35:00.000-05:002007-01-22T15:35:00.000-05:00I hate the colts mostly because i hate peyton mann...I hate the colts mostly because i hate peyton manning form his UT days., but you have to respect coach dungy. The man turned around the tampa franchise and has done a pretty good job in indy. Combined with his son's suicide last year you have to really feel good for the man. Regardless I have to root for the bears because if I don't I wont get vah-j-j- privileges from the woman. It makes sense why dan has to root for the gators even though he has no connection to the city other than his wife. I think it should be perfectly acceptable to root for any team that has some connection to your family unless they are playing your team. Luckily for dan N'western will probably never play UF so he wont have to make the hard choice of who to support.The heroin sheikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860402732123149415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169497932263130472007-01-22T15:32:00.001-05:002007-01-22T15:32:00.001-05:00Chaddogg~ Can you make that a 32-23 Bears victory....Chaddogg~ Can you make that a 32-23 Bears victory...I'll win $12k then!<BR/><BR/>What drugs is Caldwell on? Those eyeballs were scaring me.<BR/><BR/>That was a great AFC championhip game. I thought Belichick's answers after the game to the CBS sideline guy were HILARIOUS (very monotone and 3-5 words)! Then they went back to studio and Sims and Marino have their hands in the air as if they were saying "WTF was THAT!?"<BR/><BR/>I didn't think the officiating was that bad. The back of the endzone catch was so close...if the Colts' defender hadn't touched him, I don't think he would have gotten that second foot down, but who knows. So, because of that rule, you should tell your DBs to lay off??Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071405721004631626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169497924019404502007-01-22T15:32:00.000-05:002007-01-22T15:32:00.000-05:00Yes, Grossman led the league in games with a QB ra...Yes, Grossman led the league in games with a QB rating under 40 - I just don't get all the Good/Bad Rex discussions.<BR/><BR/>Looking at his season, the following games were bad: Arizona (inexcusable, but he might have been lax in his preparation), Miami (against a great defense, though), New England (on the road, against a great defense, and the Bears were still in the game until the end), the 2nd Minnesota game (on a really brutally bad weather day, against a good defense), and the last game against Green Bay (Bears had nothing to play for, Rex admittedly didn't prepare too much). With the exception of Arizona and Green Bay, his bad games came against teams with good defenses - teams, in other words, that made a LOT of QBs look bad.<BR/><BR/>I just don't buy Rex as being such an enigma or wildcard - in big games (with the exception of New England), he's played really well. He's NOT Trent Dilfer (who NEVER could have put up that 2nd half drive that Grossman delivered Sunday) - he's much better.<BR/><BR/>I think the national media will make a huge mistake if they think Rex is automatically SOOOO much worse than Peyton. Hey, Peyton's a Hall of Famer - no arguments there. But I don't think the drop off from Peyton to Rex is insurmountably steep.<BR/><BR/>(P.S. Rex should have been the NFC's 3rd QB in the Pro Bowl - not Romo. Just compare the stats....)Chaddogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381349910580062539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169496580122456212007-01-22T15:09:00.000-05:002007-01-22T15:09:00.000-05:00He was second in the NFL (behind Bulger, I believe...<I>He was second in the NFL (behind Bulger, I believe) in games with a QB Rating over 100.</I><BR/><BR/>But he was also tops in the leaguye in games with QB rating under 40. This season, there was really only one way to describe his performances: Good Rex/Bad Rex. Yesterday, though, Bad Rex just happened to not show up. We got Meh Rex for the first half and Pretty Good/Clutch Rex for the second. Hoinestly, it was kinda weird.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923521765537437204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169496411459348142007-01-22T15:06:00.000-05:002007-01-22T15:06:00.000-05:00What happens if Tom Brady does the very Tom Brady ...<I>What happens if Tom Brady does the very Tom Brady thing? If the Pats win, what do people say about Peyton?<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>I hope they would say what my buddies and I were saying as Brady started that last drive: well, Brady's gonna throw the TD, but this thing wasn't Peyton's fault. <I>Great</I> second half, and a clutch performance after the thumb thing.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923521765537437204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169495966078797902007-01-22T14:59:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:59:00.000-05:00I called the Brady INT. Granted it was for the pre...I called the Brady INT. Granted it was for the previous series when they took the lead but close enough in my book.<BR/><BR/>Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bears!chitown italianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005966579859344446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169495734052819702007-01-22T14:55:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:55:00.000-05:00Brady didn't choke. He played a really good game,...Brady didn't choke. He played a really good game, and so did Peyton. At the end he had to drive 80 yards for a TD in 1 minute with 2 timeouts. It's doable, but not expected (which is how I would define chokiing). Time was running out and Brady needed to try and force a ball ... interception ... ball game. But I don't see how that's choking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169494911788505432007-01-22T14:41:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:41:00.000-05:00Yep, Tomlin is keeping LeBeau. Reported in Post-G...Yep, Tomlin is keeping LeBeau. Reported in Post-Gazette. <BR/><BR/>Good choice. and practical. Why retool a good defense all at once? LeBeau won't coach that many more years (and only has 1 on contract I think) so stay in 3-4 as you retool personnel for the 4-3 if needed.rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09286062038193331350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169494574579927652007-01-22T14:36:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:36:00.000-05:00b1b in mn - you're an idiot. It's okay, you're in...b1b in mn - you're an idiot. It's okay, you're in great company with all the other morons who keep harping on the "Good Rex/Bad Rex" storyline.<BR/><BR/>I'll remind all of you, our "hot and cold," "unpredictable", "worst QB in a Super Bowl ever" (thanks, Don Banks, for that last one), is at last check 18-6 as a starter in the NFL. He was second in the NFL (behind Bulger, I believe) in games with a QB Rating over 100. Yesterday, his 2nd half passing rating was 105.4 (yes, he had a rough first half - part nerves, part the fact that the Bears whole game plan was pounding away with the running game). 8 games this season the Bears scored more than 30 points, all with Sexy Rexy leading them.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, and all that in his first full season as a starter.<BR/><BR/>Good/Bad Rex discussions are all a farce. Please, keep it up. It'll make the post-Bears blowout in the Super Bowl Manning face (while Rex is clutching the MVP award) all the more sweet....<BR/><BR/>(Oh, and EVERYONE in Chicago is THRILLED that the Bears are a touchdown underdog....just where we like to be - playing with a chip on our shoulder).Chaddogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381349910580062539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169494524559646612007-01-22T14:35:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:35:00.000-05:00After Simmons, Gallo is the one guy that I never m...After Simmons, Gallo is the one guy that I never miss an article from. This paragraph was simply priceless.<BR/><BR/><I>Quotations always need their proper context. But sometimes they're better without context. This is one of those cases. Following the game Sunday, Peyton Manning said: "I don't get into monkeys." Now, you can Google that phrase and find the AP article with the full quote and what prompted it. Or you can just imagine we live in a world in which a reporter asked Manning after reaching his first Super Bowl: "Dude, I hear you're into monkeys." I suggest the latter.</I>GuyInTheCornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281686811471557576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169493765177505022007-01-22T14:22:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:22:00.000-05:00solomonrex,The US beat Denmark, not the Dutch.Not ...solomonrex,<BR/><BR/>The US beat Denmark, not the Dutch.<BR/>Not as impressive by a longshot.NAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17958843468425299776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169493053639857922007-01-22T14:10:00.001-05:002007-01-22T14:10:00.001-05:00Bill Belichick coaching LT and other Bolts in Pro_...Bill Belichick coaching LT and other Bolts in Pro_Bowl should be interesting!<BR/>News: "According to the Boone County Sheriff's Department, Bengals defensive back Johnathan Joseph was a passenger in a vehicle that was weaving around 2:15 Monday morning. When deputies stopped the vehicle, they said they detected an odor of drugs. Police said a search turned up a bag of marijuana, and Joseph was charged with possession."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169493036491225252007-01-22T14:10:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:10:00.000-05:00SeanFrom the Pitt post-gazzette"Dick LeBeau, in hi...Sean<BR/><BR/>From the Pitt post-gazzette<BR/><BR/>"Dick LeBeau, in his second tenure as the Steelers' defensive coordinator, is unlikely to remain in that capacity under a head coach who believes in the 4-3 defense."Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311561721262804113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169492374110020962007-01-22T13:59:00.000-05:002007-01-22T13:59:00.000-05:00Gallo-Patriots choke<A HREF="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/070122" REL="nofollow">Gallo-Patriots choke</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169491689046316862007-01-22T13:48:00.000-05:002007-01-22T13:48:00.000-05:00Thanks Daddy Rosee. Finally someone realizes that...Thanks Daddy Rosee. Finally someone realizes that we all haven't dubbed him our new spokesperson. ala Ben Afflek.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy his articles, but despise being lumped into the collective "New England Asshole" group with him.marcomarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507640418000407851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169491272669846482007-01-22T13:41:00.000-05:002007-01-22T13:41:00.000-05:00Do you honestly think that Tomlin was hired becaus...Do you honestly think that Tomlin was hired because he is black and that is what is "hot" right now? Let's ignore the fact that on Saturday reports surfaced that Tomlin was the choice BEFORE the Championship games. The Steelers have had only 2 coaches in the last 38 years and they obviously picked someone that they hope will last another 15 years - so I don't think they'd follow any fad and I'm sure the Rooneys would be insulted to hear that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169489150488509512007-01-22T13:05:00.000-05:002007-01-22T13:05:00.000-05:00LeBeau is staying in Pittsburgh! Long live the 3-...LeBeau is staying in Pittsburgh! Long live the 3-4!!!<BR/><BR/>Pitt is STILL a contender...stop making stupid comments...you're turning in to a real idiot!<BR/><BR/>Congrats to the Colts and Bears fans!!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305096508964522753noreply@blogger.com