RANDOM THOUGHTS:
Sorry for the delay in posting this month's edition of "End of the Month." You should see it sometime mid-week. Until then, here are some thoughts that ran through my mind between the final four days of October 2010 and the 1st day of November 2010.
- Another year, another uninteresting or entertaining game played in London as the 2-5 49ers beat the 2-6 Broncos by the score of 24-16. This is the third time in the four years that the NFL has played in London in which the game featured either one really good team and one really bad team or two sub-par teams with the exception of the 2008 game between San Diego and New Orleans. If the NFL really wants to spread this great gladiator sport that is ours across the pond and around the world, should it offer the fans watching the game in Miami two teams that people could consider the league's best? Instead of San Fransisco and Denver, couldn't they have played teams like the Jets and the Eagles or the Ravens and the Packers? We want the rest of the world to like the sport, not have their opinions stay the same of it or grown worse.
- First he does a fantastic Will Smith impression. Then, he does a terrific Denzel Washington impression. Then on this week's "SNL" he does a terrific Eddie Murphy impression! Is there any black person that Jay Pharaoh can't impersonate fantastically?
- I still can't believe Washington coach Mike Shanahan's decision to bench Donovan McNabb with the team down by five and with less than two minutes to go in favor of Rex Grossman. Yes, I know of McNabb's struggles as of late. He stunk in the Chicago game, he stunk yesterday, and he stunk through most of the season with a passer rating of 76.0, 57% passer rating, 22 sacks and 8 INTs. But is Rex Grossman really the better QB to have in the two minute warning? I have watched all of Grossman's starts in Chicago from his rookie year to his final two games in '08 and I could say for a fact that he is never the better choice unless McNabb is injured and the third stringer is really bad. Ever!
Speaking of Shanahan, that explanation in itself was really curious. I mean, Rex Grossman is a better QB in the two minute warning? As opposed to an 11 year Pro Bowl veteran who has led his team to six NFC Championship appearances and a Super Bowl appearance who by the way has studied your system for seven months and has played in more first team drills than any other QB on the team combined? Yeah, I'm not buying that. There has to have been another factor in Shanahan's decision for sure.
- When did FOX start using their football theme song for MLB playoff games?
- Brad Childress: "All right, so we're 2-5 and we have to do something to get this team back on track. What to do? Hey, I know! Let's get rid of our best WR, a man who we gave up a 3rd round pick less than a month ago and a fan favorite! That's the ticket!" (http://www.nfl.com/videos/minnesota-vikings/09000d5d81bca2b4/Moss-released-by-Vikings)
- Being an anchor on ABC World News Now must be the easiest news job in the world. Most of the time, all you do is either segue into a five minute news report leading to a commercial afterward or spend seven minutes on something completely irrelevant followed by another commercial for three full hours. Plus, because it is on at very late night/very early morning you can be loose and comfortable knowing that only a few hundred people at most watch it.
- First, game 4 of the World Series was beaten by the Steelers/Saints game. Then, the game got pushed out of the American sporting world's top story by the Moss release. Is the NFL ever going to give MLB a break these days?
- How can I possibly respect a system like the BCS when they constantly do things like ranking team A over team B despite the fact that team B defeated team A earlier in the season or decide which two of the five remaining undefeated team are the best?
- Wow! Not only did "The Walking Dead" live up to my high expectations of it in the pilot, in exceeded it! Great acting, superb writing, simple yet brilliant directing, intense and yet eerily fascinating story, some beautiful cinematography and head shots to give "Call of Duty" fans an orgasm. In one episode, it has already matched the thrill and intensity that some dramas like "Rubicon" produced throughout their entire first season. Let's hope the rest of this first season will be just as good. If not, this show will be the biggest disappointment since the "Star Wars" prequels.
And that's going to do it for now. I will be back with some new Thoughts this upcoming Thursday. Until then, don't try to stop being adorable!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
If you have any opinions on today's post, or if you just have any suggestions or tips for my next blog entry, e-mail me at: mj1599@aol.com. Your e-mails are greatly appreciated.
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