The Drubbing

Andddd….we are back.  Last week’s poll results are in, and they are tied with Al Davis and Dan Snyder getting 40% each.  I gotta say Snyder has to be worse, only because his age will allow him to dismantle the ‘Skins for longer.  Now off to the links:

Ladies and Gentelmen, the bar has been set for “what would you do for World Series Tickets“.  I wonder if she offered the undercover a ZJ.  What’s a ZJ? if you have to ask, you can’t afford it.

When i think of the 2010 NBA draft, the scene in Major League where 2 guys at the Diner in Cleveland are reading the spring training invitees comes to mind.

Speaking of the 2010 draft, maybe the Knicks were on to something when they traded away their unprotected 2010 1st rd pick years ago.  What, you don’t remember that? Well lets take a walk down memory lane:

• In 2004 Isaiah Thomas traded Howard Eisley, Antonio McDyess, Charlie Ward, a 2004 draft pick, and a future protected draft pick to the Suns for Penny Hardaway and Stephon Marbury
• A month later, the Jazz traded Keon Clark and Ben Handgloten to the Phoenix Suns for Tom Gugliotta and that Knicks first-round pick.
• Here are the Protections for that pick:  Protected 2006=top 25, 2007=top 24, 2008=top 23, 2009=top 22. Unprotected in 2010.

What does that have to do with the Links of the week? well, i can’t let a Goog’s mention come up without playing a little game of Where’s Googs in this old Nike Poster.

Apparently Andre Agassi used Meth in the 90′s when he dated Brooke Shields.  What i want to know is, did he use the meth to put up with dating her, or did he use it with her.

Redskins, again making news off the field which i guess is better than drawing people’s attention to their play on the field.  Banning signs, that’s getting to be a bit much.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in only three moves.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

The NBA season completely crept up on me. I think I was still baffled by the Red Sox quick exit from the playoffs and nervously wondering if Tom Brady would regain his Pro Bowl form. By the way, he has, even though he still can’t throw the long balls to Randy Moss, but those will come, and I digress.

So year two of the Basketball Jesus Rankings are upon us and what better way to kick off the NBA season that to get right to the pre-season rankings. But first, a little refresher. The criteria is simple, each player must do their best to impersonate the most well-rounded player in NBA history, none other than Basketball Jesus himself, The Hick from French Lick, Larry Joe Bird. To do so, the top-ranked players will be the ones that can amass the most points, rebounds and assists. Any combination will do.

The magic number is 45. Any combination of points, rebounds and assists that adds up to 45 per game lands you in an elite club. LeBron came close last season, averaging 43.3 in the 81 games that he played. He always has a chance. So here are the pre-season Basketball Jesus Rankings for the 2009-2010 season with the players totals from last year next to them.
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So the poor man’s Grand Mama, Larry “Penn St” Johnson is complaining about his coach….shocker.  So 2 good years of running behind a VERY good offensive line that included William Roaf, Will Shields, and Tony Gonzalez gives you the ability to trash anyone? This is hardly the career of someone who should be listened to:

The only record LJ holds, is the career rushing attempts in a single season.  One would think this would be enough to shut up a player, but the TO of running backs apparently doesn’t think he gets the ball enough. He has clashed with Dick Vermeil in the past, and now Todd Haley is feeling the brunt of Larry’s rage.  There is no need to call anyone names, never mind your coach.  I mean British cigarettes are harmful and cause cancer if used for prolonged periods of times, not cool LJ, not cool.
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This week’s poll results are in, 75% of you said you would like to see a documentary on the “failed” Manning Brother.  I gotta agree with you on that one.  On to the links:

Here is a little known fact about the Yankees and Red Sox i was unaware of.  In 1925 the Yankees tried to trade the Red Sox Lou Gehrig.  Never mind the Babe Ruth trade, think of how THAT trade would have changed the landscape of baseball, history, and quite possibly my recent marriage.

So you may have heard that Thurman Thomas’ statue was stolen and found in Canada.  What you may not have known, is it may be quite possibly the ugliest thing i have ever seen.  I am serious, it looks like some kind of grade school class project gone bad.  If my 6 year old came home with that, i would throw it away and blatantly tell him he will not be pursuing a career in the arts.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

There is no theory of evolution.  Just a list of animals Chuck Norris allows to live.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

The NFL has some bad teams. I mean really bad. St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders and the Detroit Lions to name a few. Teams so bad even their home-town fans don’t want to watch them. Watching the Atlanta Falcons stomp the San Francisco 49ers 45-10 is fun in the first half, if your a Falcons fan. But after that it gets boring, pathetic and embarrassing to watch.

Fortunately we can look to the European football leagues for a solution. Split the league up into two divisions by level of competition. [Note: NCAA football has a similar configuration, but until they get a playoff system in their premier league, they're not worthy of being a model for anyone else.] This can easily be accomplished and here’s how we do it.
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While Chuck Norris does not believe in apologies, i do.  My bad for not posting the last 2 weeks.  I was legally losing my man-card by getting married.  Anywho, check out these links, and hopefully they will make up for it:

With the Broncos and Patriots playing this week, lets take a look back at one of the most memorable plays in recent history.

One of my favorite commercials from Nike, Jason Williams & Randy Moss.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

First, I know I have been gone for awhile. Lets not dwell on it. Second, I have recently been asked by a nice lady friend to try and help her with an NFL picks pool. In pursuit of making this fair lady happy, I have actually done research and tried to pick well. So, I figured I would post those picks here. Their selections come out on Wednesday, and I am not even sure what lines they use. You have to pick every game with the spread and add a lock of the week and a point total for the Monday night game. Here goes (HOME TEAMS IN CAPS):

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