UFC 104

Last night I went to my buddy Dunne's house to watch UFC 104, and I'm not sure if I gonna watch another ppv again. That statement is probably false, I've been watching UFC closely for about a year now, and I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna bail. The reasoning behind it though, I can make a reason for being pissed. The Main Event, Shogun vs. Machida, was a great fight. The undercard started out well. Then quickly turned to crap. First of all let's visit this entire idea of a Pay Per View. When you ask people to spend money to watch your sport on TV, your asking for trouble. Boxing used to be in the top 3 sports in the country. Then the 80's came and you had to pay to watch the best fighters in the world, and it was ok because Tyson was carrying the sport. Nowadays though who watches boxing? Who's the heavyweight champ? I don't know either. It's hard to gurantee a great night of fights when you have a PPV, it's not like wrestling where you can build it up, and then have good scripted matches all night long. These are guys trying to make a paycheck and guess what if they can knock you out in the first round that's what your gonna get. I love KO's as much as the next guy but watching them all night gets redudant. However, I guess I'd rather watch KO's all night as opposed to the couple of crap fights that the middle of the card had last night.

The first two fights were fun to watch. Anthony Johnson looked awesome, with a great KO of his opponent, the ref stopped it early according to Dunne, but I thought the dude was out. The second fight Joe Stevenson took it to Spencer Fisher, and got a 2nd round TKO, once again dominating the fight. The the UFC showed a fight from the undercard, not sure why they do this but it went all three rounds and frankly took the wind out of the room. We were all excited from the first two KO's and then we had to watch a snorefest for 15 minutes, not sure who was even in that fight. So, when we got back to live fighting we were all ready for another action packed fight, we were dissapointed. Gleison Tibau decisioned Josh Neer in a lackluster performance. Tibau just kept taking Neer down and then getting back up, this isn't wrestling you don't get points just for a takedown, I thought the object was to hurt the guy. Well after two 15 minute fights we were really realing. The fact that Machida was still to come kept us going. Then the undercard wound up with Cain Velasquez, fighting for a shot at Lesnar, fought newcomer to the UFC Ben Rothwell. Rothwell is a big dude, that's all we figured out about him Velasquez took the fight to him and was whipping his ass all the Octagon. Giving the room some life for the first time in an hour, then in the second round the ref stopped the fight. I thought he stopped it early, but whatever that big dude was a few seconds away from being knocked the F out.

So finally we made it the main event. They show the stats of Machida, never lost a round in UFC, never been taken down in UFC, been hit the least of any fighter ever in the UFC. He looked unbeatable and you wondered if Shogun Rua had something for him. Well he had something for him, and it was one of the best fights I've ever seen. It was like two surgeons picking each other apart, neither making mistakes for the other to capitalize on. I'm all for watching two champions have it out, and not just one dominating and knocking the other guy out in the first round. Rua kept landing kicks to Machida's legs and body. Machida kept counter striking to the body, just a great battle. It was pretty even until the 4th round when Rua started to dominate the fight, in the 5th round Dunne left the room because Machida wasn't fighting well. So I was feeling pretty good, Shogun looked like he was gonna wear some gold out of the ring tonight. When the final bell came, Shogun raised his hands in victory and Machida half heartdly raised his arms. Then the judges came down, Rua with his head up, Machida's down awaiting defeat, and all the judges score the fight 48-47 for Machida. WHAT the hell, what fight were these judges watching. The crowd at the fight was booing, the 5 people at Dunne's house couldn't believe what happened. Machida was surprised as hell, he thought he lost. I thought Machida won one round and Rua won four rounds apparently I was wrong, until I got home and looked at the ESPN/Sherdog blog of the fight and each guy scored the fight for Rua, including one guy give Shogun every round. This is where fighting in general gets a bad rap, if a dude doesn't get KO'd it goes to the judges. Well when you have people judging the fight if opens you up for scrutiny and the possible ideas of a fix. I'm not sure if this fight was fixed but it looked awful fishy, I thought Shogun won and so did about 90 percent of the people watching, just not those 3 judges, what crap. I want a rematch tomorrow.

Chicks that rock

Time for some more fun. Been really getting into some background of bands. I've found some cool stuff especially the amount of women in rock bands. This is mostly coming from me checking out the Sick Puppies website and their bassist Emma Anzai is pretty hot. You'll see a lot of girls front bands, with all guys playing the instruments, Lacey from Flyleaf, Lzzy Hale from Halestorm, and Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil. Sometimes the whole band will be girls like Kittie was in the 90's, but hardly ever is their a girl that just play instruments, that's why I find Emma so interesting, then I ran across the band Skillet, they've been around a while. Their song Monster is one of my favorites at the moment. Well the drummer and guitar player are both woman, guitar player Korey Cooper is the lead singers wife, and they have a new drummer Jen Ledger.

Think it's pretty cool when the girls can rock out, especially when they play bass or drum, two physically demanding instruments. I espcecially like Emma because from what I've read she gets tons of respect from other bass players that she's toured with. Also, with only 3 people in the band she has to carry a large part of the song and just can't blend in with and let everyone else play over her. The begining of "Your Going Down" she starts the song off with a great bass line. So I'm not gonna get all long winded here just want some opinions who is your favorite "Chick that Rocks?" Post a comment, I'll take Emma with Lacey a close second.

Jr

So I'm going to skip my NFL thoughts for the week. On my mind is all the Earnhardt Jr talk from the past week. The poor guy is in a rut and can't catch a break. Something needs to change. Not real sure what it is, but something should be done. Here's what i believe happened to him in his career. February 18 2001. Jr as we all know lost his father and had all Dale Srs fans thrust on him. In Sr Jr had obviously a father and somebody to steer him in the right direction. If Sr has still around its hard to believe Jr wouldn't have a title right now. Losing his father like that had to be crushing. Then when you take that Alms race in the Corvette when he was lucky to make it out of the fire that was to be hard. Maybe this is more of business instead of being a winning driver for him. Before that crash on off weekends you would see Jr running races. Jr had gotten into running the 24 Hours of Daytona every year. After that wreck do you see Jr running in anything but that Hendrick 88 car? No. In going to Hendrick he put all the pressure on himself. So he went from being a number one driver to being number three. I know the equipment at Hendrick is better,but that's rough not getting things your way. Hendrick is all about Jimmie and Jeff that's fine they deserve their status in the organization. Jr really doesn't fit there. I mean people can say he was born with a golden spoon. I'll take that spoon you say he had and hit you with it. Jr was never in car till he was a teenager. Jeff was racing all over the country by like age twelve. Jimmie was running off road races and bikes when he was younger. Ya Jr had everything handed to him. Sure keep saying that. I'm not saying that Jimmie and Jeff running all those races when they made them champions but it helps. If you want to race F1 over the pond you better get your kid in a go kart when they are four. Ya I said it four. Those kids are running fifty mile an hour go karts learning car control. Man when i was four I loved my big wheel. Not a go kart. The three drivers at Hendrick now have won everything they have driven. All I know is how many four car teams in Nascar can you say that all four are success? None. To me the perfect car number is three. I have no clue why you need four cars. Does an organization really have enough resources to to run those four? I know Rick Hendrick says all four cars all equal. Ok but why in California in February did Jr and Mark Martin blow up but Jimmie and Jeff didn't? If you didn't know they 24 and 48 are built in one shop and the 5 and 88 are in another. I know everybody is sick of the excuses and it is put up or shut up but maybe this isn't really a fight he can win. If Jr wins a championship it will be great. If he doesn't it won't be the end of the world. Some guys are just great when it comes to stock car racing. And some are just good. People have to remember though there is another seven time champions son who never produced anything.

Rush to judgement

Last week a little news happened in the NFL and I didn't really cover it. Not sure why, but today at work I was like, dude what is all the fuss over Rush Limbaugh. A little disclaimer here, one I'm not very political, get most of my news from the Daily Show. Secondly I'm not a republican and I could care less for Rush, he's dumbass who is like Sean Hannity, basically a fear monger when the Dems are in charge, but doesn't think anything of it when W. broke laws for 8 years as president. That's just my opinion of the guy and as I said I'm not as informed politically as I should be. However, this is a sports blog so here it goes, Rush was asked to join a group interested in buying the St. Louis Rams. ESPN got wind of this and ran with it, several players said if Rush bought the Rams they wouldn't go there, hell even an owner said he would vote against Limbaugh's group if they had the highest bid. Well that group swiftly kicked Rush out, after they asked him in.

My problem with this whole deal is they didn't tell the whole story. I'm not even gonna research it b/c I could really care. But, they never said how much of the team he was gonna own. I know for sure he wasn't gonna be primary owner, so you wouldn't see him in the owner box every week like Jerry Jones, Ziggy Wilf, or Al Davis. All he was really gonna do is put up some dough and make a little return on his cash, being a minor owner of NFL team is easy money, it's not like a team loses money ever. As I said, I don't agree with his politics but the guy wasn't running the team or anything why would you care if he owned some stake in the club. A lot of the critisism stems from a few years ago when Rush said Donovan McNabb wasn't any good, and the NFL wanted a black guy to make at QB, during ESPN's pregame show. Well Rush your and idiot for even saying that, but well some people think that, and there idiots too. When he said that he pretty much alienated 85% of his possible workforce, so why would he act so surprised when there was an uproar about possible ownership for him. I can't gurantee there aren't owners who feel the same way, but they keep there mouths shut. Pretty sure southern boy Jerry Jones might have just cracked some black jokes as a kid, no gurantees there but maybe. Everyone is a little racist whether you want to admit it or not, but most of us keep our opinions to ourselves, we don't broadcast to the world on a radio show. So, guess what I'm saying is I see both sides, but Rush don't act like your the victim here, you started this crap a few years ago don't act like you didn't say what you said, but on the other side, more people need to get the facts before they go ape shit.

Week 6

I'm heading out tomorrow, gonna be in a truck all day and night so I'm gonna do this a little early. We all know where I stand on the Skins and my opinion is not changing, the only thing that happened today was Jason Campbell got benched in favor for Todd Collins in the second half. Now only if Jim Zorn would get fired already. So, that's that, what else did we learn.....

even when Denny doesn't F up something goes wrong the last two chases seem to be ending up about the same. The rest will be about football.

hey, Belichek you can let off the gas now, 44 points in the first half, seriously dude, get a running game so you run the clock out.

Brad Childress, take a note out of Belichek's notebook and NOT let off the gas, I watched this game and I'm pretty sure Childress is gonna be the demise of my Super Bowl pick. At one point when Minny was up, they ran the ball 3 straight times including a draw on 3rd and 8, Childress you got Brett Favre let him throw.

Green Bay get a freaking line already.

Detroit well your still Detroit.

Way to Oakland, way to go, cha cha, way to Oakland way to go, love it when the Walrus loses.

Matt Schaub realized that it's not preseason anymore, but riddle me this, how you gonna throw 4 TD's and not find Andre Johnson for one?

Hey, Rams, nice try, I'd like to think that if you guys had the Skins schedule you might have one a game by now.

Pittsburgh didn't you win the Super Bowl last year? Start playing like it.

DREW BREEEEEEEESSSSSS, I was an idiot and started Favre over Drew today, however I still won.

How 'bout that Aints D, they are playing amazing.

Snow in October glad I don't live in the Northeast.

Watching this Jets-Bills OT, a few things Rex Ryan your not a good coach, you coached your guys up the first 3 weeks and since nothing, losing to teams you should beat. Dan Fouts you suck as an announcer. Lee Evans caught that ball. Love OT no commercials. Rian Lindell spells his name weird according to my g/f. But he can kick, way to go. Rex Ryan, you need to keep playing after your personal Super Bowl 3 weeks ago. Mark Sanchez this NFL thing is hard ain't throw to the guys in green not in white bro.

NASCAR HOF

Well Chris asked me a question in the post below, and I will answer it. First of all totally agree with Chris on the windbag from CBS Sports, if you gonna keep anyone off the ballot it's Bill France Jr. not Dale Sr. That's all I'm gonna say about that. Here is where I think they screwed up, they should have had 10 guys in the first class, this sport is over 60 years old and plenty of guys have claims to be HOFers. This is the first class make it special, next year go to 5, but this year 10 would be fine. First 5 for me, Bill France Sr. founder of NASCAR, built Daytona, took the sport from dirt to pavement. Richard Petty, 200 wins, 7-time points champion, team owner, was the face of the sport. Dale Earnhardt Sr., 7-time points champion, 76 wins, won championships when rules were stricter, death may have been reason for the second biggest fan boom in the sport. Junior Johnson, probably one or the most respected drivers ever, owner of six championship cars. David Pearson, 3 time points champion, 105 wins. Well there you go my top 5, but since I said I wanted 10 in the first class, so here are the final 5. Bill France Jr. took the sport from the South to the nation, got big time sponsors and national TV interested. Cale Yarborough, 3 time straight points champion. Bobby Allison, part of one the best racing families in the sport, 1 time points champion, 85 wins, part of the the biggest event in NASCAR history along with brother Donnie Allison, and Cale Yarborough, if you've never seen this fight check it out. It's from the Daytona 500 in 1979, watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXbHQtZH8dE. These two deserve to be in for transcending the sport, this is the biggest thing to ever happen to the sport. Darrell Waltrip, 3 time points champion, great announcer as well. The final spot I'll give to a car owner, Rick Hendrick, has owned 8 driver point championships, about to be 9, has owned cars when rules have been the strictest and the playing field has been the most even. Well there you have it, I have a lot guys from the last 30 years, but seriously the last 30 years have been way way bigger than the first 30 years of the sport. I have an argument I use often, just because your first doesn't make you the best. Couple of guys who should be in the next 5 years, Red Byron, Bobby Isaac, Tim Flock, Lee Petty, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons, Joe Weatherly, Fred Lorenzen, Fireball Roberts, Terry Labonte, Bill Elliott, my man Rusty Wallace, Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison, and Dale Jarrett. These guys when they retire, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson. There you have it, my only question is what took so long for this Hall of Fame?

What?!?

So today while I was at lunch I was on Cbs Sports and I saw an article from Peter Pistone entitled Byron, not Earnhardt should part of the inaugural HOF class. For people that didn't know Nascar voted for their first five into the hall of fame yesterday. The France family who started and took Nascar to where it is today where the first two in. Richard Petty a remarkable 200 race winner and seven time champion. Dale Earnhardt seventy six race winner and seven time champion. Junior Johnson two time championship driver and two time championship owner rounded out the list. I saw that title for his article and instantly said my new catchy pharse cha please. For those who don't know cha please check ur Chad Ochocino thesaurus. Then i thought this man is creating career suicide. I understand people are in titled to their own opinion but come on! To say Dale Earnhardt shouldn't be in the first hall of fame class is asinine. The man he suggested was Red Byron Nascars first champion. Red was a two time champion in 1948 and 1949. So we will get his due into the hall soon enough, but not over Earnhardt. So then this jag bag goes on saying how great Earnhardt is and what he did for the sport but doesn't believe he should in the hall this year. What?!?! I understand he was the first champion but come on what did he do that Earnhardt didn't. I know he raced in the forties on it was different times but really? I understand with seventy six wins Dale wasn't the driver with the most wins in Nascar history. But when you win seven championship you must be doing something right. I also believe that from the mid 80s to the mid 90s was the most competitive time in Nascar. I mean think of the good drivers from that time. Davey Allison, Mark Martin, Bill Elliot, a young Jeff Gordon, Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd, Tim Richmond, and Darrell Waltrip. Every single one of them will be in the hall. Well maybe not Richmond he should be but hes a black sheep. As you can tell I'm an Earnhardt fan who is shocked that somebody would honestly think he wasn't a first time hof er. I wonder how Mr. Pistone email inbox is doing? I'm sure there are quite a few people who agree with me. So Derek who's your first five?

Week 5

So another week in the book and the Bears bye is over. Thank god!

1. The Raiders should should really have to play USC every year to be able to play the NFL season. I mean come on is this team ever going to progress?

2. By the way if you haven't caught my drift Jamarcus Russell sucks.

3. Congrats to the Broncos on beating the ugly uniforms and the Pats,but Josh McDaniels losing both his challenges in the first quarter and a half not smart. Losing them on a clear fumble and a three yard gain not bright.

4. Just want to call Mike Sims Walker a tool for almost costing me a game in fantasy football! Way to get suspended for violating team rules.

5. What the heck happened to the Jags?

6. How many points could the Vikings put up on the Rams? That was a nice easy coast.

7. I really feel bad for Steven Jackson. Heck of a player really doesn't talk much and he hasn't played on a winner.

8. Watching the Jets Monday night just because the Dolphins are great at running the wildcat doesn't mean you have to.

9. Funny how well Braylon Edwards played. When your on a good team helps.

1o. Cedric Benson is a bust. j/k WOW he looks great. Like a said before this is the Texas Ced.

11. So Derek K.C. this weekend have you guys played a team with a win?

12. Looking at the schedule this weekend all those great noon games why wasn't one moved to three?

13. So when you playing the Lions and your running all over them why does the idea we should go shotgun all second half sound like a good idea?

14. What will it take for the Texans to realize their potential.

15. Jeff Fisher just play Vince Young you gotta see what you got. I know Colt and Bradford are waiting but give him a shot.

16. I'm a huge supporter of Tony Dungy but Jim Caldwell is on the gas at all times there is no burn the clock out he is go go go.

Well that's all i got for the week. Week six is next with hopefully some revenge for the Falcons ahead.

Wonderings 10-13-09

Going back to the well, I wonder........

what is taking so long for Dan Snyder to pull the trigger on Jim Zorn, seriously I knew he should be gone almost a year ago.

if anyone besides Miami can run the Wildcat, I'm almost a believer on this thing but I wanna see it work a little bit more, but Monday night it was awesome.

if John Gruden is cut out for the booth, not a fan, he overanalizes everything and why do we need three guys, nobody else goes 3 guys, why does ESPN. Tirico and Jaws would be good enough.

if Brad Childress is gonna screw this up by being Brad Childress, watched Sunday's game and he did not seem to be pushing the right buttons, but maybe I'm wrong.

why everyone picked the Cardinals, pretty sure the Dodgers were the best team in the NL all year, I'm gonna go out on a limb and pick them to go to the series.

if the Angels can make me happy and win this series.

if Brandon Marshall is smarter than I think, the dude played the game and lost, now he's playing out of his mind and could demand some real value if he throws another tizzy.

why receivers can go over a DB's back, but DB's can go over WR's back, I watched that play in the Denver-New England game, Orton threw a deep ball to Marshall, and he totally raped the DB but no call. Jess said it was because he was going for the ball, if the DB was going for the ball Denver get its at the 2.

if Phil Ivey can show back up in November and bring this thing home for the Pro's. Sorry watching Poker on ESPN right now, so I'm in that train of thought. I hope he does it.

if the Colts actually got better when Dungy left, this is a total farce but dude, 5-0 and are kicking some arse.

are the Saints ready for all this attention, if they keep it up New Orleans is gonna be busy place, and guess what we're gonna be reminded of again. Her name starts with a K.

if Boise is undefeated, Florida or Bama have one loss, and Texas has a loss, does Boise get it's shot, they better damn it.

can Iowa run the road gauntlet the next two weeks, or is there a let down in there, Wisconsin is a tough place to play, but they did just win a Penn State.

can San Fran bounce back from that loss, come on guys I'm drinking the Kool-Aid, please don't let me down.

why are there bye weeks? I don't need a break from the losing.

how much longer before we see some Vince Young, he might have played Sunday I didn't watch, but Fisher what you got to lose, your done.

if the Rams are gonna win one this year, seriously you had your shot against the Skins, not many bullets left.

if Rex Ryan had his Super Bowl week 3, all that talk leading into the Pats game now since two losses.

Lost Sunday

Yesterday sucked, what a shit day. We go out and lose to another team with zero wins, I'd like to thank the NFL for this easy ass schedule, and I'd like to thank the Skins for screwing it all up. You guys have got to be kidding me, 17-2 lead blown, well good job Z-man, why aren't you fired yet? The problems are all the same, accept for these few. This is Chris Cooley's line, the best player on our team, ZERO CATCHES for ZERO YARDS. Hey, Zorn you have Todd Yoder to block, let him block and let Cooley run some pass routes, and Campbell get it through your thick skull Cooley is a great option. Speaking of thick skulls, we might have won is Byron Westbrook didn't muff a punt inside the twenty. Which begs the question, why was he returining a punt, I thought Randle El did that, and when he needed a blow Santana Moss did it, good call Zorn. Too make matters better Chris Samuels is out at least one week, and Phillip Daniels is playing hurt. Why do we have Phillip Daniels again? I'm sorry but Chris needs to go, he's been hurt a lot the last few years. Well moving on in my day, my boy Denny decides he needs to be dumb ass, takes a hard line on Juan Montoya, and then takes a few spins around and catches the end of the pit wall ending his day. Hey Denny when your in the lead try not wrecking yourself. Seriously dude, you need to leave these personal vendetta's out of the car. They bit you in the ass twice this weekend, first on Saturday subbing for Kyle you were so focused on Keselowski that when Biffle got behind you, you didn't notice and got wrecked. Then when Montoya is in second you try to cut him off, WHY, if that JJ or Gordon you don't make that move, I know you don't because you don't have beef with them. Denny your a dumbass and need to grow up just a little more. First place to 36th stellar move in the Chase. I was so grumpy last night I didn't even bother to watch the Colts game, instead opting for Footloose on CMT, I hate watching movies on regular TV, but it was better than being reminded of the days failures.

Iowa

I live in Iowa now. I lived in Wisconsin for around 22 years, I've never liked anything Wisconsin sports. I've cheered for University of Wisconsin hockey, that's it. For most of my sporting life I like Michigan in football and basketball, then a few things happened, mainly Rich Rodriguez, and I no longer like Michigan. Well me and Chris had a little drawing one night and I drew Alabama among other schools, I chose 'Bama, of course to make me look like a fair weather fan the go undefeated regular season. Lose the SEC Championship game and lose the bowl game. Well, I'm having a hard time liking the SEC, I know it's the best conference, but I'm a Big Ten kid and I miss not have rooting interest in the Big Ten accept for cheering for whose playing Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio State. With the recent developments in my life I've pretty much decided I'm gonna start cheering for the Hawkeyes. I know I know, their undefeated leave your bandwagon comments on the bottom. But, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna live in Iowa for a long time, my kids are gonna grow up here, and well it's easier to follow a team close to home than thousands of miles away. I'll still have rooting interest in Alabama, but I'm gonna start following the Hawks.

Now you ask, Derek why Iowa it's because their good isn't it. Well, for one yeah, nobody wants to cheer for a loser. But there are other reasons, Iowa City is around an hour way, easy to get to games. The other D-I team Iowa State is 2 1/2 hours away, they stink, and well their in the Big 12, so my missing of the Big Ten is still there. My brother is a Hawks fan, has been since I've known him. His liking was really for wrestling, but he follows the football team, and this is gonna burn his ass when I start showing up with the black and gold on, and know more about the team than he does. They show the games on local TV, this is more of a basketball thing but still, it'll be easier to follow the basketball team, I couldn't name one guy from Alabama last year. I also want this, when I was a kid I more or less berated Badger fans every Monday, now in the workplace I wanna be able to talk to guys on the long ass road trips about stuff they like. So if I learn more about the Hawks I'll have more to talk about. So there you go call me a bandwagoner, a homer, whatever you want, but at least it's Iowa not USC or Florida.

The Brett Favre Enigma

I gotta come out and say it, I LOVE Brett Favre. I do, he is awesome, ageless, timeless, and ruthless, that's a whole bunch of lesses. If you didn't watch last nights game, why do read this blog, if you like sports you watched. Since I'm on the east coast and had to work at 6 I only stayed up until the middle of the 3rd quarter. The part or the game I watched, Favre had "it," whatever that is he had it. Aaron Rogers looked good as well, he can move and throw like none other, he makes mistakes though, and his line stinks. Side note, thank you for the 8 sacks I won a fantasy game by 1 points because of those sacks. Back to the topic, Favre, the dude was on. That pump 'n go to Berrian was awesome. Sidney Rice is turning into a go to guy, he's kind of turning into what Cotchery was last year. You know Berrian like you knew Lavernius Coles, and fans knew of Cotchery and Rice, but neither were great. Both Cotchery last year, Rice this are showing what can happen when they have talent throwing them the ball. Rice a second round pick in 2006, I had to look that up, has been playing to that potential for the first time in his career, he was there for Brett every throw, accept for the one he wasn't expecting to get the ball on. Also, the first TD to Shiancoe, spelling on that, the play was amazing, look right, look right, oh yeah that guy on the other side of the field is open, Brett threw the ball 20 yards on a rope for a 1 yard TD, pretty cool.

I'm not a Packer fan, never have been. I had my interests peek just because when you live with Packer fans, have family Christmas with Packer fans, go to school with, be taught by, live by, pretty much anything you do in Wisconsin, you do it with Packer fans. On the Bredeson side I have 9 cousins, plus my 3 siblings, and Greg, step brother. Of those 13 people 11 on Packer fans, at least when I was younger, only non ones are my sister, 49ers and my cousin Russ, Colts. So guess what at family gatherings we watched Green Bay, that's it. So my point is this, I had to watch the guy from 1992 to now. When you watch one of the greatest ever, you learn to appreciate the guy. You can't be a Favre hater, you can try all you want but you have to respect talent. How many QB's have played in the NFC North since '92? Well at least 20 in Chicago, 10 or so in Minny, Daunte had a few years, and Detroit, well nobody cares. Green Bay has had 2, and Rogers is his second year. Brett is all the things that people say about him, gunslinger, plays a little out of control, rocket arm, and linebacker mentality. The last is totally true, he's gonna be 40 in less than a week and on the bubble screen to Harvin last night, when Harvin reversed his field ole number 4 was running downfield looking for someone to block. Of course Harvin got tripped up behind the line but still the oldest QB in the league was running downfield looking to light someone up, or at least get in there way. How many people has Peyton Manning blocked in his career? Yet he's the one whose gonna challenge the records. If he played with that intesity I'm sure he'd miss some games. When a guy plays like that you can't help but love him.

The love of Brett wasn't instant for me, I was young, I wanted to hate Green Bay with a passion. You know when I picked the Skins, the Pack was nothing, they had the Majik man and Sterling Sharpe that's it. Then the Majik man went down and the streak began. People say you can't lose your job to injury, oh yeah ask Brett Favre and Tom Brady how that works out. I always wanna point that out when people say that crap. "You can't lose your job, you just can't, your the QB your team needs you, and needs to know who the leader is. When you get back your job should be waiting for you," say the random ESPN Analyst. Oh yeah dude, how'd that work out for Don Majkoski and Drew Bledsoe? So, as Brett got older I noticed some things, for one in those days he threw a lot of picks. Two he threw to Sharpe a lot. Then Sharpe retired due to injury and Favre started his list of guys made better by him. Starting with Robert Brooks and Antonio Freeman. The Super Bowl year he was helped out by Andre "Bad Moon" Rison, and a stellar D led by the one of the greatest ever. I kind of bandwagoned onto that team, had to cheer for someone and I like the NFC more than the AFC, it was kind of like when I cheered for the Rams against the Titans because my two buddies and one buddies dad liked them, just showed support to the people I knew. Favre played with so much passion and the celabration after the first TD in the Super Bowl, when he ran around the field helmet off, I was like this dude loves this game. He still celebrates like a little kid after every score. I love that about him, he still has the passion the flare, the whatever you wanna call it. Think that guy who played last night looked like a guy who should be at home watching football? I don't think so, he was throwing beads all over the field, and making decisions better than he ever has. He also picked the perfect situation, the Pack showed it last night, teams are gonna make Brett beat them because their affraid of Adrian Peterson. Hate to break it to teams, but Favre is in the top 3 QB's of all-time, All Day is the best RB right now but he's not even in the top 20 of all time, YET. I go yet because he's still young. If I had a choice I'd let the RB beat me, not one of the greatest ever. So, I know this was a lot jibberish about stuff you already know, but I just had to explain why I love me some Brett. My final thought on Brett can be summed up by an old announcer. "When you get a guy like Brett Favre on your team you get Brett Favre type of plays, and a Brett Favre type of player, who makes Brett Favre type of throws." Thanks John, maybe we'll see Brett in the Super Bowl again this year, and guess who I'll be cheering for?

Week 4 Thoughts

So first off I want to say I was at the Bears game so I didn't watch most games.

1. So good guess Derek about Aaron Rodgers, but nobody wants to see Jenna Jameson on her back anymore. Way to used and abused think of somebody newer.

2. Great idea the N.F.L. had with the wearing pink for breast cancer awareness. But the N.F.L should really do something for the majority of its viewers. I'm all for saving the ta tas but for a guy why don't they do something for prostate cancer or maybe wear baby blue for the E.D. suffers.

3. Speaking of pink Tom Brady should be required to wear pink at all times. That "hit" he took are you kidding me personal foul!!! That was terrible.

4. Yet again why I love football. Sixteen games is all you got. Baseball 162 and guys get hammered before the biggest game of the year. I always wonder how many times at the end of the year a player goes gee we could have made that one game up but i got shitfaced and went 0-4 for the day.

5. Jamarcus Russell still sucks.

6. For the people that say Jay Cutler doesn't care did you see the hit he took diving for that touchdown? Ya he cares.

7. So it looks like there will be a battle in Cleveland. Lebron James vs. Braylon Edwards. Name of the fight will be. Guys Who Will Be Gone Next Summer.

8. How many 0-4 teams can the Skins play? Looking good I mean enough to get by against them though.

9. Pretty disappointed that Chicago didn't get the 2016 Olympics. Always find it funny that something like this the world wants to pretty much tell us where to go. But if it comes to something serious they beg us to help. The IOC knows Chicago had the best bid and basically screwed them.

10. Danica Patrick now rumored to go be going to Jr Motorsports. Would be the best move for her going to a satellite team of the best team in the garage. Wise and easy choice.

11. Why is it whenever you see Brett Farve play the announcers always act like they are ten years old and the saw there first Playboy. I mean Jon Gruden clam down!

What if

No fantasy match up this week, or ever again. I've picked three games and haven't gotten one right, heck everytime the team I picked got killed. So instead of being the Sports Illustrated curse I'll refrain from picking. Besides you can admit it, you didn't care about fantasy match ups. So, I'll try something new again, after the wonderings, which I believe is a hit, it's gonna be along the same lines only I'm gonna say, "What if" this happens and add what an effect could be or along that lines. Let's see how it works, what if........

Bill Cowher never said no to Dan Snyder a summer ago? Pretty sure we're 3-0 defending our NFC East championship with a bitter taste in our mouths after losing in the NFC Championship game.

Aaron Rogers is on his back more than Jenna Jameson on Monday night? This is more of a prediction, that terrible line against Jared Allen and the rest of the Vikes, Rogers may leave the field on a golf cart.

Sam Bradford left Oklahoma? Well, for one Sam is in Detroit, not hurt, Drew Stafford is the QB for the 1-2 Jets, and Mark Sanchez knowing Sam came out, stays at USC and they are 3-0 on their way to the ship.

the Cubs won a world series? The entire midwest would burn to the ground, I think the riots in Iowa would rival those in Chicago.

Jay Cutler convinced Jerry Angelo that Brandon Marshall was worth whatever Denve asked for? Dude, can you say Chicago vs. Minny for the NFC Championship, and the score would be 56-55, amazing.

Michael Crabtree wasn't an idiot? San Francisco, is undefeated, Crabtree has around 5 TD's in his first 3 games, Samurai has his defense swarming to the ball and playing out of their minds. I guess that last one is happening anyway. Side note, how dumb do you look holding out on a 2-1 team, that was 8 seconds away from 3-0?

a Nascar drive had a bad car after a wreck? Every time someone gets wrecked in the first half of the race, they had a great car. Jeff Burton is king of this. "Ok let's go down to Dave Burns with Jeff Burton." Burton takes a swig of Coke Zero. Burns say, "Jeff what happened out there." "Well we thought we had a real good car, one that was gonna contend for a win today. The 31 Catapilliar Impala was running great and we were moving to the front." Dude, you were in 19th when you got wrecked how were you contending? Plus, you can say you had a good car when you can't prove because your out of the race. Just once, I want someone besides Kyle Busch to go, well we had junk today the car wouldn't turn, I really didn't pass anyone, and well at least with this wreck we won't have to run the final 200 miles to finish where we were gonna end up anyway.

Superman turned to a life of crime? He couldn't be stopped.

Urban Meyer got nailed for recruiting violations? I am not accusing him of any wrong doing, NONE whatso ever. That is not a joke, he's a good coach, their a good team, and they prove it year after year. But could you imagine, he gave Tebow money to stay or something crazy like that. I mean Tebow has a clean image, ESPN eats him up, that dude is purer than pure. I mean it would lead Sportscenter every day for a week straight. This just in Tebow got 2.5 million dollars from Meyer, which he used on the weekends for cocaine and strippers. What a bombshell man, if this happens remember where you heard it first. I pray this never happens.

Jacksonville never go the Jaguars? Actually not much would change, LA might have a franchise, it's not like the people of Jacksonville would miss them.

someone told the NHL it's way to early to start the season? Seriously thought the NFL is 3 weeks old, and your starting, they don't finish until May. People say baseball is a long season, hockey has to be longer.

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin ended up on the same team? It would be like the Edmonton Oilers of the 80's with Gretzky and Messier. By the way GO PENS.

the Giants had one person who could get a hit down the stretch? Well, with Timmy, Cain, and Zito all pitching well, the sky was the limit, just didn't have a bat. Hey Brian Saben we haven't had anyone who could hit since you let Bonds go, it's time to fix that problem.

Michigan hired Les Miles? Well, for one I'd still be a Michigan fan, West Virginia would still be a good team. LSU would be the same. So the only person it would affect is me.