NFL Week 1 and More
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Week #1 of the NFL is in the books. I am writing this prior to the Monday night match-ups, so I will not comment on either of those games here. Some real interesting items of note in the first week of action:
- New Orleans offense – Who needs defense when you can score at will each and every week. I realize they were playing the Lions but still a very impressive show by Brees and Company
- Injuries – The Steelers Lose Troy Polamalu for extended time. The Colts lose their answer to Marvin Harrison, Anthony Gonzalez, for up to six weeks. Donovan McNabb cracks some ribs and might miss time. The Bears Lose Brian Urlacher for possibly the remainder of the season. What do all of these have in common … they are all on my fantasy football teams.
- Adrian Peterson – A monster opener for AP. Of course the Browns were porous against the run, but nothing makes a good friend to an over the hill, third comeback QB like having the best back in the game behind you to hand it off to 25 times a game.
- Jay Cutler – He is missing having a receiver right now that knows how to run an accurate pass pattern. The Bears faithful will be hard on him early and often. Let’s see if he can be a team leader…which is already being questioned a lot by the talking heads on the radio.
- “I Want Winners!” – Mike Singletary and the Niners win the opener against the defending NFC Champion Cardinals on the road. A nice win for San Francisco.
Tiger Woods vaulted back to the top of the Fed Ex Points race with a runaway win at Cog Hill. This gives Eldrick five wins on that course in his career as well as a couple of 2nd place finished. He obviously likes the golf course, but in the same vein it is obvious that win he brings his “A” game, the rest of the field is playing for second place.
Ichiro captured his 9th straight 200 + hit season. He is the first Major League baseball player to do so. How tough is this record…..the last person to smack 200 or more base hits for 8 straight seasons was Willie Keeler….from 1894-1901!
Tennis missed a chance at another battle of the titans with Federer and Nadal. Nadal was promptly retired by Juan Martin del Potro in the Semi’s on Sunday at Flushing Meadows 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. Del Patro is playing well, but this match up in the final won’t have the same feel as another battle of the current heavyweights of men’s tennis.
Women’s volleyball gets a mention this week as the Huskers fell for the first time in a home match in 90 contests. The attendance of 13,870 set a new NCAA record for single game attendance for a volleyball match. The UCLA Bruins won under the great play of tournament MVP Lauren Cook … who just happens to be the daughter of Nebraska Head Coach John Cook.
College football had some exciting games this past weekend as well. The two biggest games on the national radar were of course the USC vs. Ohio State contest. Ohio State seems to play very conservative and Pryor looked rattled often during the game. USC starts an unproven quarterback as well, but being on the road, with a host of young players proved to be the better team on Saturday night. Ohio State needs to beat a non Big Ten School….and soon.
I am still waiting for Lou Holtz to apologize for his outrageous comment about the Golden Domers making the BCS title game – undefeated. I mean you have to get by Michigan first … and that shouldn’t be THAT difficult at this point.
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September 15th, 2009 @ 8:03 am
I’m going to be a bit of a contrarian here. Should 200 hits be a magical target to shoot for? Would you rather have a guy with 200 hits and 25 walks or 185 hits and 90 walks? I’m not suggest that Ichiro isn’t a fine player – clearly, he is. But it might be time to tweak some of the traditional milestones.
No mention of Serena’s meltdown? Maybe this can serve to educate kids (and adults) that this sort of behavior can have serious consequences.
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January 12th, 2010 @ 1:56 am
I like number 9,just because I love NFL.Would you rather have a guy with 200 hits and 25 walks or 185 hits and 90 walks? I would rather 90 walks than 25 walks.I like sports.
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