The Drubbing

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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It’s Sunday morning, you are waking up and stumbling to the TV to sober up and watch NFL football.  You prep the snacks, check the fridge for some beverages and throw on your favorite team’s jersey.  You fire up your laptop and check all your fantasy teams.  Yup, its your favorite day of the week.  Now, you turn on the tube and make a critical decision.  Which NFL pre-game show do you watch?  Which show will entertain you for the next hour and a half with updates, insight and entertainment?  Lucky for you i have broken down the shows:

CBS – James Brown, Boomer, Dan, Shannon and Coach Cowher.  Cowher, might as well have Steely McBeam giving opinions while eating a Rothlesberger sandwich and drinking an IC beer.  Getting an unbiased answer out of Cowher with regards to Pittsburgh is like asking Fox to analyze the Democratic party without slanting the facts, don’t hold your breath.  This show is only good for comedy.  Whether its watching Boomer take shots at Dan, or listening to Shannon try and talk there is always comedy.  However, that is all you get, comedy and no insight.  The occasional Charlie Casserole report is fairly interesting.  It’s like he only comes on to TV to show the Houston fans, “See i was right about not drafting Reggie Bush”.
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Weekly poll recap:

100% of you said Crabtree will never play for the 49ers.  These polls may be more telling if more people than just myself votes…

Now on to the links:

I’m speechless with this Florida Gator girl.  Just click on the link, and thank me later.

Pretty effing cool website with the history of Jordan’s Nike shoes.

Speaking of Jordan, a Utah Developmental League owner is trying to get a 1v1 game of 21, between MJ & Byron Russel.  I guarentee MJ pushes off for a jumper every time.

This, and only this, is the reason i am rooting for the Twins to tie the Tigers in the Central.  Which leads me to think, who will win? who has priority?

Rich Rodriguez, once again looks like a fool.  Seriously, the school should be the first ones setting an example, and taking action.

Russia’s richest man (read: Russian mobster IMO) is buying the Nets.  One Mobster hooking up with another one, in David Stern.  I wonder who will wack who first?

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

When Chuck Norris wants popcorn, he breathes on Nebraska.

* 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.

Officiating in the NBA has gone through an intentional, systematic, year-by-year shift. The advantage tipping further and further in favor of the defensive side of the ball. The amount of offensive foul calls, all over the court, with or without the assistance of a defensive “flop” is officially outrageous. But his is nothing new.

Then there is the “clearing” foul, when an offensive player going up for a layup is whistled for a foul when they push away the arm of a defensive player that is trying to block their shot. However if an offensive player is dribbling the ball outside of the arc, they’re allowed to “block” an attacking defender’s advancing arms with their arm. This inconsistency came to light over and over again in the Orlando vs. Celtics series.
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Weekly poll recap:

What conference will win the Super Bowl, this is at a heated deadlock of 50% for each.  Personally i think the AFC will win it again this year.

Now on to the links:

Add this to the many reasons why i don’t want to have a daughter.

There are a few athletes that i would never want to be stuck in a dark alley with, Ben Wallace, Ray Lewis, Ron Artest, and Serena Williams shows us why she should be added.  If i am the line judge, I’m puckered up pretty tightly during this fiasco.

Is Jorge Posada a…  I would say yes.  The last time both of these teams faced, Randy Ruiz takes one in the grill, now fast forward to this game where Aaron Hill and Edwin Encarnacion were drilled.  Jorge should be thankful the ball was thrown low, behind and didn’t hit him.  Take it like a man that this was a sign the Blue Jays did not appreciate their players being hit, end of story.  Don’t throw ‘bows.

Now, i will get some heat for mentioning Jorge and not Kevin Youkili’s charging of the mound.  Both were stupid individuals, but i will say at least Youk charged right away, instead of a sneaky cheap elbow.  The helmet toss was a nice touch, and he got flung to the bottom of the pile and worked for a good few minutes for his stupid decisions.

NY Mets fans, first the collapses, now the injuries. Someone actually took the time to put this together.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.

* 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.

Rogue my ass

Sports lockouts are typically never a good thing, however in the case of the NBA, i think this may be a blessing.  Far too often, i have watched some horribly officiated games in the NBA over the past 5 years.  Add in the “rogue” official impacting games and i am ecstatic by this possible lockout with the Officials.  David Stern has far too long sided with the officials, never holding them accountable for their god awful, completely horrible calls.  We have been watching Joey Crawford and Dick Bevetta ref way past their prime (if they ever had one) and added in a female official that might as well make calls blind folded.

I want a officiating training camp, sponsored by the NBA.  I want young ref’s in their athletic prime, who can run up and down the court in a 3 person formation and be in position to make calls.  I am sick and tired of ref’s anticipating a foul or solely calling something based on the superstar that last complained.  You can’t honestly tell me Dick Bevetta can run down the court with Ty Lawson on a fast break and be in position to see the contact.  Maybe this lockout will allow a young, new breed of ref’s to get into the NBA and help make a great product and sport, even better.

The greatest basketball player of all time gets voted into the Hall of Fame today.

Weekly poll recap:

Biggest joke job in sports, 66% of you said the ’04 Yanks.  Interesting, i would have gone with C-webb personally.

Now on to the links:

I wonder if this kid will get the same 2 years that Plexiglass received? Probably not.

This looks like a sweet time, not as good as the tomato fight in Bunol, Spain, but damn close.

This is what happens when you combine someone looking for someway to make a buck with the rise of fantasy sports.

Whelp, if it looks like a duck, runs like a duck, it is probably a duck.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris can unscramble an egg.

* 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.

…but I don’t see why Ricky Rubio would. Last week it was reported (we know how these things go after the Brett Favre saga) that Ricky Rubio has agreed to a six-year deal with FC Barcelona B
àsquet. The deal won’t allow him to be eligible for play in the NBA until the 2011-2012 season. The Minnesota Timberwolves will retain his rights but clearly he doesn’t want to play for them.

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Today FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, laid down some serious pavement over a persistent problem in the world of professional soccer.  It announced today that Chelsea Football Club has been banned from participating in the next two available transfer windows (January and Summer 2010) as a result of a little tapping up on a player.  Back in 2007, Lens striker Gael Kakuta was allegedly encouraged and “induced” to break his contract with the club by Chelsea officials.  Tapping up directly undermines the integrity of the game and casts a shadow over the clubs that take part in it.  If deals are being honed without agents or team officials involved, then its begets a feeling of anarchy to the whole transfer system.

Wow. I stand in awe at the sheer brilliance of the move on FIFA’s part.

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Chuck will be Las Vegas on Thursday, so he is posting a bit early.

Weekly poll recap:

Who would you take 1st in your fantasy football draft?

84% of you said Adrian Peterson.  I think MJD will have a better year with more chances for receiving yards and is not as injury prone as AP is, but either way your team is good.

Now on to the links:

Introducing ballers with random girls.  Just check out the link and enjoy.

Talk about timing, at least Andre can take some time to find a ‘bro that will fit him during the season.  Speaking of which, i try not to, but there is nothing else in the mornings, and i was tuned into Mike & Mike when Golic was talking about how un-athletic and fat golfers are, really….nutra-system was used for what then, you coordinated Olympian you?

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris once ripped a man in half, just to see what he had for lunch.

* 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.