2007 Top Ten

so instead of the usual Best Moments of 2007 or whatever, i'm going to list the Top 10 Things that Annoy Me In Sports Right Now. (I'm bitter, thanks Jim Sorgi you tool)

After a weekend in which i watched the Giants totally blow it against the Patriots, then the Vikings get eliminated from the playoffs, then the Titans eliminate the Browns from playoffs, then the CU Buffaloes lose to 'Bama, i'm bitter.

Here's the Top 10 Thing in Sports that Annoy Me:

10: Soccer in the USA: Okay, so i'm a total soccer-nut. i love it. i play it, i follow it, and i invest in it by going to MLS games and watching the games on TV. I even purchased an English soccer channel earlier this year to watch just one game.

But the truth is that you can't sell soccer to NFL fans. so stop trying. The MLS is good, better than some people will admit, but let the product sell itself, stop over-producing it, when you do that, the american fans fell let down and well, soccer loses. so just stop pushing it here, let the league and it's players prove they're worth watching without the 'Beckham Cam'.

9. Coors Field: How stupid was it when the Rockies made it to the World Series and still the announcers know nothing of Coors Field. Seriously, this is the World Series, you should everything about the 2 teams that are there. But the humidor or whatever, and the announcers still thinking (outloud) that its the easiest park to hit homeruns out of is just stupid. there were at least 2 other parks that were easier in the playoffs alone including Boston and Philadelphia.

8. Rockies Awards: Staying with MLBA for a second. The fact that Holliday didn't get MVP, Tulo didn't get Rookie of the Year, Francis didn't get the Cy Young and Hurdle didn't get Coach of the Year is wrong. Seriously, we're the 2nd best team in baseball and we go 0-4 in awards. And on top of that, we broke the record for in-fielding percentage and got no Gold Gloves. really?

7. Barry Bonds Haters: If you're whining about Bonds, please stop, or at least refocus your effort to something more original like Shawne Merriman.

6. NBA Downfall: This could be several different points on this list, but i'll put them all together. The NBA is getting lame, the gambling ref scandal doesn't help. The talent is too spread out so you have superstars with no help, see Lebron James, and the TV coverage is terrible. Who wants to see the Spurs play 5 nights a week? seriously, show some other teams.

5. Hockey Highlights: I don't follow NHL, i never will. The fact that season is so long just pains me. then, when i watch Sportscenter's top 10 and see 5 hockey highlights, lame. seriously, maybe 1 or 2 but with the NBA going on, plus NFL, golf, soccer and everything else, lets cut the lame hockey highlights out

4. Impatient Owners: Stupid owners making stupid decisions and ruining teams. I won't dwell so just see Rick Adelman firing in Sacramento or Marty Shottenhower...in San Diego.

3. New England Patriots: I hate them. I hate that everyone talks about Tom Brady and forgets about Peyton Manning. I hate Rodney Harrison. I hate seeing Junior Seau not in a Chargers uni. I hate that we'll have to hear about this team forever now. I hate Belichick and how he apparently used Cleveland as a practice stop before becoming a good coach in other places. I hate all the coverage and interviews with the Patriots. i like Randy Moss

2. New York Giants: This is pretty much the east-coast bias issue, but this team is so overrates its not even funny. how do they get so much publicity? Eli is terrible, Shockey is terrible, he'd be the 6-8th best TE in the AFC if he played there. Tiki was never really that good. The only good part of this team is Plaxico and the D-Line. But still, the NFL shows talk about this team like they're good or something. they're terrible in a weak conference. Imagine some of the AFC teams playing the NFC like Jacksonville, San Diego, Cleveland.

1. ESPN: this company has been going downhill fast. their website is 90% fluff, they're tv stations are full of blow-hards like Steven A Smith, and about the only thing still worth watching is the Top 10 Plays. They're even jacking up ESPNews now, i used to go to that station just for numbers and scores, but now they have shows on there as well. This is slowly going the way of MTV where now MTV doesn't actually play any music at all. At what point will ESPN stop showing sports and just show Madden Nation and WSOP?

NFL Draft Rumors...

already?

More awesome stuff from Yahoo! who is now reporting that Bill Parcells wants Romeo Crennel to be the coach for the Dolphins next years. Well, speaking for Dawg Nation

you can have him

Seriously, the dude is a terrible head coach, and this year's turnaround has very little to do with Romeo and has a lot to do with underachieving last year, making this season look ridiculous.

Also, the Big Tuna apparently wants a quick turnaround in Miami, and knows he can't do that drafting a QB, so he wants Derek Anderson, which would then surrender the #1 pick to the Browns, who in turn would turn that into Darren McFadden and go on to win the Superbowl for the 2nd year in a row.

I wish all this came true. We'd replace Crennell with someone like Bill Cowher and destroy everyone.

Go Jim Sorgi!!

Okay, so the Browns completely dropped the ball last weekend against the Bungles, literally. And no, the Bungles didn't beat the Browns, the Browns beat themselves. 4 interceptions, fumbles, Romo-quality field goals, and after all this, the Browns still had the ball on their 30 with 1:35 to go in the game, down 19-14. The Bengals really didn't capitalize at all on the mistakes the Browns were making, and we almost won, should have.

Anyway, this brings us to Week 17. The Browns miraculously still in the hunt. It doesn't matter what the Kardiac Kids do this weekend at home against the 49ers, the only thing that matters is the Colts beating the Titans.

So GO JIM SORGI

I hate Vince Young and yet here i am again, rooting against him just like the Rose Bowl, just like the Draft.

I think Tony Dungy learned his lesson about resting players, but when Peyton finally takes a seat, the Browns playoff hopes will rest with Jim Sorgi, and i feel pretty good about that, bring on the Squeelers in the playoffs!

Kidd to Denver?

the latest most awesomely reliable rumor from Yahoo! Sports has Denver as the front-runner to get Kidd over the Lakers.

interesting

Considering the Nets want a center, and we're apparently offering Camby which makes the Nets like Denver since LA is offering Mihm and won't part with Bynum.

Why would Denver trade away its only defense, on a team that has no defense at all? why would Denver want to trade away and aging center, who's been a true leader these past few seasons for an aging PG who hasn't really been getting good publicity lately?

it makes no sense. but remember, Yahoo! loves to post crap for rumors, Artest and Bibby still play in Sacto so there ya go.

Purple People Eaters

The NFL Flex Scheduling has finally worked, the Vikings home game against the Redskins has been moved to Sunday night. Originally it was going to be the 49er's and the Buc's. good thing they changed it!

Now just if the Browns can get on national tv. one week left to see.

Getting Back on Track

So it's been awhile, life is crazy

Mitchell Report: this is what i think about this whole steroids thing. i really think we're going after the wrong people. Yes the players have responsibility, but why aren't the coaches getting ripped apart? the trainers? the owners? the commissioner? oh wait, he is already getting the finger pointed at him

but seriously, these coaches are just as guilty as the players. Tony LaRussa totally turned a blind eye to Jose Canseco back in the day, he put winning first. these players aren't even smart enough to know what crap is legal and illegal, and some trainer is gonna tell them hey, take this, it'll make you heal faster.

the players are wrong, but they aren't close to being alone in this. oh, and if your kids is taking steroids to get ahead in junior high basketball, it isn't some pro athletes fault, it sounds like a parenting problem to me

NBA: i'm still not really into the season at all right now. all i know is that the Nuggets are boring, the Kings have a better record than like 10 teams, which is crazy, and i'm sick of turning on TNT or ESPN to see the same 5 teams playing. no one wants to watch the Spurs, seriously.

NFL: the real sport. The Browns vs Vikings superbowl is still on. with two weeks left, i can't believe this is still a possibility. The Browns got absolutely jacked on the Pro Bowl considering the fans voted Eric Steinbach the best guard in the AFC and he doesn't even make the roster. nor did Kellen Winslow, Jamal Lewis, Derek Anderson or Joe Thomas. seriously, the AFC is stacked at TE, but Gates was not the best this year, Winslow and Gonzo were better, and Dallas Clark was as good

I don't think the Pats are going to lose in the regular season, and that sucks. but they won't win the superbowl

Adrian Peterson is ridiculous

I really have no idea who's gonna make it out of the NFC. the Cowboys and Packers are obviously the best 2 teams, but they have both shown weakness that any team can exploit. If the AFC doesn't win the Superbowl this year, they should be embarrassed.

the Bronco's need help

i don't like Devin Hester. not because he's supposedly good, but because i think he's severely overrated. he's a punt returner. he's a reject WR. he cannot take over games because he only spends about a total of 2 minutes on the field. QB's take over games. RB's take over games. Punt Returners don't

Fantasy Football: i'm terrible. i think my record was a combined 6-40 between my 3 teams. seriously bad. i'm only playing in one league next year, with Alan, Tahoe, Justin and the boys. i'm so bad. at least i'm above average at Pick'em.