It had been over a year since the St. Louis Rams had won a road game in the NFL. This post is a little late but that's exactly what happened on Sunday afternoon as the Rams knocked off the Denver Broncos 36-33.
Denver got up early in the game by a 10-0 count and seemed to have things under control. But, rookie quarterback Sam Bradford started hitting passers to his wide outs and the Rams were up at half.
The Rams were up at one point by a 36-20 score, before the Broncos started picking apart a Rams defense that had lost it's aggressiveness. But, on the last series of the game the Rams forced Denver into a 4th and 16 situation that the Broncos could not get out of and the game ended.
I thought the play of rookie WR Danario Alexander and defensive players James Laurinaitis and Chris Long was outstanding. The Rams are now 5-6 and tied with Seattle for 1st place in the NFC West. Sure, it's a lame division, but the Rams already have four more wins than they did all of last year and with a couple of breaks this year could have three more wins. Let's Go Rams!!!
November 30, 2010
November 27, 2010
Check Out This Beer
I stopped by the Schlafly Tap Room on my way home from work this evening. Now, I do this frequently when I work on Saturday. But, tonight there was a new beer on tap. The innkeeper asked me if I had tasted the Imperial Stout. When I told him no, he poured me a "taste". I was sold and I have to tell you, I've had some fine beers in my life but this creation may be my new "favorite". The Schlafly Imperial Stout is 10+ percent alcohol by volume and aged over Bourbon barrels that Schlafly buys from a Kentucky distiller. The bottom line is this is one tremendous beer. It is a little pricey, but then you get what you pay for. Great Job Schlafly!
Tigers Win...jayhawks lose...big surprise
Congrats to my Tigers. (Mizzou Tigers). They beat the tar out of Kansas this afternoon 35-7. Mizzou dominated in every phase of the game. Gary Pinkel and his staff had a great game plan in getting the Tigers an easy win over the chickenhawks. More realistically though, Missouri had superior talent over those ugly Jaybirds.
The Tigers are now 10-2 on the season and with a break of two, could end up in the Orange Bowl. But, realistically the Tigers will end up in the Alamo Bowl. That's not exactly what I had hoped for, but it sure beats the heck out of not going to a bowl (see Kansas). I'll bet former KU coach Mark Mangino is having one heck of a laugh this evening.
The Tigers are now 10-2 on the season and with a break of two, could end up in the Orange Bowl. But, realistically the Tigers will end up in the Alamo Bowl. That's not exactly what I had hoped for, but it sure beats the heck out of not going to a bowl (see Kansas). I'll bet former KU coach Mark Mangino is having one heck of a laugh this evening.
November 14, 2010
The Most Hated Man in Hoosier Land and Other Thoughts on this Week's Top 25
What was Bret Bilema thinking this weekend? Bielma is the head coach at Wisconsin and his Badgers stuck it to the Indiana Hoosiers 83-20. Yep, that score is correct. Why would Bielma embarrass Indiana like that. Sure, he has a high powered offense and putting up 83 on a bad Indiana team might please his boosters up in Madison. But, Bielma needs to remember what goes around comes around. At some point in the future Bielma is going to find himself in the position that Mack Brown is this weekend.
Brown is the head coach at Texas and the Longhorns lost yet again yesterday. This time they got soundly thrashed by Oklahoma State. The Cowboys beat the Longhorns 33-16 in a game that really wasn't that close. Brown is going to have a lot of 'splaining to do to his big money oilmen that support the program. The Dead Horns have lost four in a row and six of their last seven. And the rest of the Big XII is taking great delight in Texas's misfortunes.
Oregon is fortunate to still be undefeated. The Ducks won 15-13, but dodged a bullet when California missed a 29 yard field goal in the fourth quarter. To make matters worse for the Golden Bears, a 24 yard field goal that had been good was wiped out by a penalty. The Bears moved back five yards and kicker Giorgio Tavecchio decided it would be a good time to miss. Oregon remains undefeated and will still be ranked #1 when the new polls are released.
Brown is the head coach at Texas and the Longhorns lost yet again yesterday. This time they got soundly thrashed by Oklahoma State. The Cowboys beat the Longhorns 33-16 in a game that really wasn't that close. Brown is going to have a lot of 'splaining to do to his big money oilmen that support the program. The Dead Horns have lost four in a row and six of their last seven. And the rest of the Big XII is taking great delight in Texas's misfortunes.
Oregon is fortunate to still be undefeated. The Ducks won 15-13, but dodged a bullet when California missed a 29 yard field goal in the fourth quarter. To make matters worse for the Golden Bears, a 24 yard field goal that had been good was wiped out by a penalty. The Bears moved back five yards and kicker Giorgio Tavecchio decided it would be a good time to miss. Oregon remains undefeated and will still be ranked #1 when the new polls are released.
Thoughts on This Week's Mizzou Game
First of all I was happy to see my Missouri Tigers get back on track with a 38-28 win over Kansas State. K-State is a tough and dangerous football team. Yeah, I know they were down 18 points with 7:00 to go in the game, but had it not been for a few poorly timed turnovers, K-State could have been in position to win the game.
K-State quarterback Carson Coffman fumbled the ball on the Mizzou half yard line just before the half, and you could see it take the momentum away from the team. Then in the second half Missouri's Aldon Smith sacked Coffman for a fumble and the loose ball was picked up by Jacquies Smith and returned 53 yards for a touchdown that put the Tigers up 28-14. Otherwise, the play was relatively even with both squads struggling at times. The Tigers go 8-2 on the season and 4-2 in the conference. K-State is 6-4 and 3-4.
Up next for Mizzou is Iowa State in Ames. The Tigers have always had problems playing up there and they had better be ready this week as again they will face a team that moves the ball on the ground extremely well. I bleed Black and Gold but this one will be tough and it could be a tough night for the Tigers.
K-State quarterback Carson Coffman fumbled the ball on the Mizzou half yard line just before the half, and you could see it take the momentum away from the team. Then in the second half Missouri's Aldon Smith sacked Coffman for a fumble and the loose ball was picked up by Jacquies Smith and returned 53 yards for a touchdown that put the Tigers up 28-14. Otherwise, the play was relatively even with both squads struggling at times. The Tigers go 8-2 on the season and 4-2 in the conference. K-State is 6-4 and 3-4.
Up next for Mizzou is Iowa State in Ames. The Tigers have always had problems playing up there and they had better be ready this week as again they will face a team that moves the ball on the ground extremely well. I bleed Black and Gold but this one will be tough and it could be a tough night for the Tigers.
November 07, 2010
Bad Night in Lubbock
I am having a tough time getting past the loss my Missouri Tigers put up last night at the hands of the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Missouri went into Lubbock ranked in the top 20 and played a stinker losing to Tech 24-17. I give credit to Tech coach Tommy Tuberville and his staff for a solid game plan and for being able to move the ball on the ground against the Mizzou defense. On the other hand the Tigers didn't execute last night and much of the credit has to go back to Tech's defense. Blaine Gabbert, Mizzou's quarterback, had his worst night of the season completing just 12 of 30 passes. Gabbert's receivers didn't give him a lot of help either. The Tigers are now 7-2 on the season and 3-2 in the Big XII conference. Texas Tech is now 5-4 & 3-4.
What is perplexing to me is that Tech's pass defense was ranked 119 of 120 BCS schools coming into the game and the Missouri coaching staff didn't exploit a known weakness. The middle of the field appeared to be open most of the night, but the Tigers rarely struck there. I am looking forward to Gary Pinkel's news conference Monday morning.
I'm confident Pinkel and his staff will fix the passing game before next week's game against Kansas State and will make the needed adjustments to the team's rush defense. But, K-State will be sky high coming into Columbia after beating a highly regarded Oklahoma team last night in Manhattan. At the risk of using a cliché the game will be a dofight. Fox Sports will show it to the nation beginning at 11:30 Saturday morning.
What is perplexing to me is that Tech's pass defense was ranked 119 of 120 BCS schools coming into the game and the Missouri coaching staff didn't exploit a known weakness. The middle of the field appeared to be open most of the night, but the Tigers rarely struck there. I am looking forward to Gary Pinkel's news conference Monday morning.
I'm confident Pinkel and his staff will fix the passing game before next week's game against Kansas State and will make the needed adjustments to the team's rush defense. But, K-State will be sky high coming into Columbia after beating a highly regarded Oklahoma team last night in Manhattan. At the risk of using a cliché the game will be a dofight. Fox Sports will show it to the nation beginning at 11:30 Saturday morning.
November 01, 2010
A Very Fine Beer
If you're a fan of big beers and a hop head to boot then you need to pour yourself a Lagunitas Brewing Hop Stoopid. It has an IBU of 104 and is 8% ABV. It pours about the color of tea. But, this is certainly no tea.
I was lucky enough to have a 22 ounce bottle of it before dinner last night. It starts out with a bit of a sweet taste of grapefruit and pine but then turns bitter and stays bitter until the finish. Technically this is a Double IPA, but for as big as it is the beer is quite drinkable. Be careful or you may end up getting "stoopid" yourself. This is another great job by Lagunitas which is located in Petaluma, California. A+ Lagunitas!
I was lucky enough to have a 22 ounce bottle of it before dinner last night. It starts out with a bit of a sweet taste of grapefruit and pine but then turns bitter and stays bitter until the finish. Technically this is a Double IPA, but for as big as it is the beer is quite drinkable. Be careful or you may end up getting "stoopid" yourself. This is another great job by Lagunitas which is located in Petaluma, California. A+ Lagunitas!
Thoughts on This Past Weekend
First of all congratulations to Nebraska on it's 31-17 win over my beloved Tigers. The Huskers punched Mizzou squarely in the mouth on their first possession of the game and never looked back. Running Back Roy Helu, Jr. ran for 307 yards and scored on three long touchdown runs. I am sure there were some Tiger D'backs who had nightmares for Halloween dreaming about trying to run him down. But, they couldn't he was just too doggone fast. In fact the whole Nebraska team is fast. Combine that with the domination from the Huskers Offensive Line and that was the difference in the game. On a brighter note, while the Tigers got down 24-0, they never gave up and at one point had cut the gap to ten points. But, then Helu took off down the field frustrating the Tigers. Still even in a tough loss on the road to Nebraska, I am very proud of my Missouri Tigers. They are now 7-1 and ranked 12th in the latest BCS poll. Up next this Saturday is a trip to Lubbock, Texas to take on a 4-4 Texas Tech Team. M-I-Z!!!
On a happier note the young St. Louis Rams continue to grow and learn how to win. The Rams beat a bad Carolina Panthers team 20-10 yesterday. Even with injuries at the Wide Receiver position the Rams were able to move the ball when needed. The Rams are now 4-4 headed to their bye week. The schedule is not nearly as favorable for the Rams in the next eight weeks. The team has one one home game between now and December 19th. But, I look forward to the second half of the season as this team continues to grow and improve. Go Rams!
On a happier note the young St. Louis Rams continue to grow and learn how to win. The Rams beat a bad Carolina Panthers team 20-10 yesterday. Even with injuries at the Wide Receiver position the Rams were able to move the ball when needed. The Rams are now 4-4 headed to their bye week. The schedule is not nearly as favorable for the Rams in the next eight weeks. The team has one one home game between now and December 19th. But, I look forward to the second half of the season as this team continues to grow and improve. Go Rams!
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