Welcome Back Football! (you’ve been missed)
Friday September 1, 2006 at 12:35 am | Filed under Sports
I’m in two fantasy football leagues this season again, one with family, and one with friends. Both should be a lot of fun. In the family league we’ve adopted a Star Trek meets Football theme for the team names. Here’s are examples of some that were thought up (I can’t take credit for the ones with asterisks. I’m only so much of a geek, you know) :
Go Long & Prosper
The Ghahgck Straps*
Jean Luc Pic-Off*
Warp Drive*
The Away Team*
Offense 8472
Worf and Long
Riker the Hiker
Training Ocampa
4th and 7 of 9
The Fighting NCC-1701s
Go for Tuvok
Darmak and Jalad in the Endzone
I’m a Dr. not a QB!
The Post Pattern Buffers
He’s Benched, Jim
So I’ll leave you with this note: Here’s what I found today when looking at one of my drafted players’ status updates…
“The Associated Press reports New York Giants DE Michael Strahan (groin) went down on the first series of the team’s preseason game Thursday, Aug. 31, in obvious pain after a tackle. It looked serious for a minute, but the team later said he was kicked in the groin.”
Oh.. good. For a minute there I thought it was SERIOUS! (ouch.)
Edmonton in 6.
Monday June 5, 2006 at 6:40 pm | Filed under Sports
I know it’s already midway into the first game, but I had this prediction before it began. Edmonton is just playing too great of a defensive game throughout this playoff season. Carolina is the most dangerous when on the Power Play, so if Edmonton can stay out of the box, this series is over… in 6 even.
Sharks Lose to Oilers
Thursday May 18, 2006 at 1:30 am | Filed under Sports
After getting out to a 2-0 series lead, the Sharks lost 4 straight games and were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night. Ugh! Man, this was a tense series. The Sharks could have easily been up 3 games to none if a couple of bounces went their way. But I guess we can play the “what if game” all day. Normally that would be fun, but not in this case.
Looking back on the Sharks season they had perfect pre-season, going undefeated. This was not a sign of what was to come during the regular season though, as the young Sharks were very streaky and their delicate confidence showed. Once they pulled off a huge trade to get Joe Thornton, things improved quite a bit skill-wise, and they won more than they lost down the stretch rocketing into the playoffs. Unfortunately in the 2nd round they met their match and were unable to mount enough comebacks to get to the next round. It’s the confidence that will come with time as these kids are really young and have a lot of hockey ahead of them. Here’s hoping the bulk of the team comes back next year and maybe some veteran leadership can be added (Did someone say Owen Nolan?).
It will be a great series between the Ducks and Oilers in the West, and I think we’ve got 4 really good teams left that either have never won the cup or haven’t in along time. Should be fun to watch!