Hope You are Doing Well

Greetings, we've made it to the end of the month and are one day closer to Spring. I am alive and well and have frequently planned to write in this blog, but just as frequently got distracted. As a result I am still posting only once or twice a month.

I have a lot to say about the current administration in the United States, but you'll need to stay tuned for my take on Washington and the way the media has reacted.

My most written about topic has always been sports. I won't go into detail about the game, but congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks on winning the NFL Championship. The Seahawks made the New England Patriots offense look like a seventh grade flag football team. I enjoyed the first half and the tough defense displayed by Seattle and New England. The second half wasn't much to see as Seattle exerted its dominance.

Look for more thoughts from an old man in the middle of the Midwest United States.

Super Bowl 49 Thoughts

Seattle should have won Super Bowl XLIX (Every time I look at those Roman Numerals I think they belong to a Mexican radio station).

Pete Carroll outsmarted himself by not running on second and goal from the one yard line with a timeout left late in the 4th quarter.  Seattle's Offensive line had been winning the war in the trenches for most of the quarter.  With Marshawn Lynch going into "Beast" mode I doubt the Patriots defense, even with nine men in the box, could have stopped Seattle.  So, the Seahawks management decided to stop themselves and lost to New England 28-24.

The game reminded me of Super Bowl 36 when the Patriots pulled off a huge upset by beating the Saint Louis Rams 20-17.  The Rams had All Pro and future Hall of Fame Running Back Marshall Faulk in the backfield.  But, the Rams Head Coach "Mad" Mike Martz decided to throw the ball all afternoon. That didn't work out so well for the Rams and they lost to an inferior team which just happened to be quarterbacked by Tom Brady and coached by Bill Belichick.

Oh and one final thought.  Belichick and the Patriots cheated that year too, as they spied on the Rams in their practices leading up to the Superbowl New Orleans.  I guess the saying "Once a cheater, always a cheater" is true.

The Who Cares Superbowl

We are about four hours away from Super Bowl 49 in suburban Phoenix.  Most years I have a team I want to win.  This year I really don't care who wins the game.

I'm not a fan of either team.  I can't root for the Patriots.  The team's head coach Bill Belichick is a cheater who's been caught on more than one occasion.  And the coach of the Seahawks, Pete Carroll isn't exactly a choir boy.  To put it mildly I think Carroll is a sleazeball who jumps ship at the first sign of adversity. He got out of Los Angeles one step ahead of the NCAA.

Another thing about the Seahawks I don't care for is their players strange behavior.  These idiots look into a TV camera and scream.  I've heard the talk of them taking Adderall to play better. Maybe that explains the moronic behavior.

I will root for a good game.  If not I might turn on one of the marathons on a satellite channel.

I Have a Lot to Write About but No Time to Write

I would start this post with;  So...  but I have come to hate that word.  Instead I will start this post this way:

Hello there reader. There have been a lot of things that have transpired since I posted three weeks ago.

-The Cardinals are home for the holidays after being whipped by the Giants.

-My beloved Tigers are 5-2 having lost to Indiana and Georgia but winning on the road at Florida.  Florida is terrible.  The offense and special teams could work for months but they're not going to get any better.  If I were Will Muschamp I would have someone update my resume.

-Seriously, did any of you pick Kansas City as the American League representative in the World Series?  And does the fact they are playing the Giants mean they are playing to be the 9th best team in baseball?

-This new TV season is kind of a bust.  There are few new shows I think will make it but the rest are pure crap.  "Jane the Virgin" is funny and well written.  I also like(d) "Manhattan Love Story".  But, apparently no one else was watching it.  It was cancelled earlier today by ABC.

-The Saint Louis Rams are an enigma.  They have the talent but they haven't grown yet to the point they believe in themselves.  They got off to big leads against the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers and then choked.  This past week though they grew.  They jumped on the defending world champion Seattle Seahawks and held on to win 28-26.

That's it in a nutshell.  I will try to write soon but don't hold your breath. Adios.

Football Part - II

The St. Louis Rams season didn't end as I had hoped. They ended up losing to the Seahawks in Seattle 16-6. The Rams didn't move the ball all night long and you have to credit the Seahawks defense for coming up with a game plan that shut down Sam Bradford and Steven Jackson. (Although part of the blame has to go the Rams receiver corp which dropped numerous catchable balls). The Rams had too many three and outs and never did get un-tracked. The squad ended the 2010 campaign with a 7-9 record. While it tied Seattle for the NFC West title, Seattle won the tie-breaker by having a better division record than St. Louis.

If you had told me in July the Rams would win seven games in 2010 and be battling for a playoff spot the final game of the season I would have been ecstatic. The seven wins surpassed the team's win total for 2007, 2008 and 2009 combined.

After seeing the team win some tough games, my expectations going into Seattle were a lot higher than where they were a year ago. After all the Rams had beaten up on Seattle on their visit to the Jones Dome. But, alas it wasn't meant to be.

I am looking forward to the 2011 season (if there is one) because of the improved defense and the talent that will be back on offense. With a good draft this spring the Rams could not only make the playoffs but be playing late into January.

Thoughts on the Rams

Here it is Christmas Eve and the St. Louis Rams, who won only one game last year, are leading the NFC West. Granted they are not a good team, but they are the best in a mediocre division. And like it or not the winner of the division will host a playoff game. The Rams are 6-8 and tied with Seattle. But, the Rams beat the Seahawks earlier this season and hold the tie breaker at this point. Just one game back is San Francisco.

Up next is the 49ers on Sunday afternoon at the Jones Dome. The Rams lost to the Niners earlier this season at Candlestick Park in overtime. But, the Jones Dome has a definite home field advantage. The Rams should prevail on Sunday afternoon. After the Rams game finishes the Seahawks will be playing about 3,000 miles from their home at Tampa Bay. The Rams lost in Tampa earlier this season on the final play of the game.

The Rams will then wrap up the regular season with a road trip to Seattle the first weekend of the new year. That game will have a playoff atmosphere as the winner will most likely win the division and get to host the first round wild card game on the weekend of January 8th & 9th.

Rams Win on the Road

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!!!