NFL - The Giants need a new punter, but at least they won the first game in the new Giants Stadium. It really is a shame that the Cowboys and the Eagles can't both lose everyday, but at least they accomplished the feat today, which is nice. Tom Brady seems to have not been impacted by the accident he had last week and the Patriots looked good in their win over the Bengals. Pete Carroll seems to have made the right decision after 1 week in Seattle; at least there it's not a problem if his players talk to agents.
Miami @ Buffalo - Miami was very disappointing offensively and, truthfully, was lucky to escape Orchard Park with the 15-10 victory. The plays were there to be had for the Dolphins, but dropped passes and a running game that was bottled up (make sure you cut up those plastic things that hold your six-packs! as they're very injurious to marine life!) kept this game close. Bills coach Chan Gailey did show some major cajones by going for it on 4th and 11 late in the 4th quarter down 13-3 instead of taking the field goal, but the move paid off as Trent Edwards found Roscoe Parrish for a touchdown to make it 13-10.
Green Bay @ Philadelphia - Fans were heard calling for Eagles coach Andy Reid to bench quarterback Donovan McNabb...for old time's sake. Kevin Kolb and the offense sputtered and the Eagles fans again called for McNabb to be benched. Instead Kolb suffered a concussion and Michael Vick came on in relief. Vick looked very good at quarterback for the Eagles in rallying them back from deficits of 20-3 and 27-10, but the Packers won 27-20 when they stuffed Vick on a 4th and 1 near mid-field late in the 4th quarter; the Packers then ran out the clock to seal the victory.
Indianapolis @ Houston - Didn't see any of this game, but there is a good thing about the Colts losing right away: we won't have to hear any debate about whether or not they should play or sit their starters in pursuit of a perfect season. Instead, once they've clinched the division with a week or two to play, they can sit Peyton Manning and co. and nobody will care.
As for my week 1 picks, through Sunday I was 10-4, losing with Indianapolis, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Dallas.
NCAA - Forgive me for not being into college football yet. I know it's the only sport in which even early season games are extremely crucial, but I just can't get into it yet; perhaps if I were involved in some kind of pool, I would be, but I am not. That said, I did see a little bit of a few games.
West Virginia (23) @ Marshall - I was glad to see that WVU was losing to the Thundering Herd 21-6 in the 4th quarter on Friday night. Marshall looked very good in front of their home crowd and WVU was having trouble holding on to the football. Unfortunately, I didn't see the rest of the game and when I turned on the TV on Saturday morning I saw that WVU had pulled out a 24-21 OT win.
Michigan @ Notre Dame- HAIL TO THE VICTORS! (...except for Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez) What a shame that luck was not on the side of the Irish on Saturday afternoon in South Bend. Maybe instead of hiring Brian Kelly, the Golden Domers should have hired Saint Jude, the patron saint of lost causes. Keep trying Notre Dame, you used to matter...
Rutgers @ Florida International - Rutgers barely escaped with a victory over this glorified community college football team. While the defense showed up and created 5 turnovers, the offense went missing and put up 10 points off those turnovers and 172 yards in the 19-14 victory. If Rutgers does not find a way to create some offense during the upcoming bye week, they will be in for a long day against North Carolina in 2 weeks in Piscataway.
And the answers to the Mets trivia questions:
1. Which two Mets have won the National League Cy Young award?
Answer: Tom Seaver won the award 3 times and Dwight Gooden
2. Who managed the Mets to their two World Series championships?
Answer: Gil Hodges (1969) and Davey Johnson (1986)
3. Who scored the winning run in game 6 of the 1986 World Series?
Answer: Ray Knight scored as Mookie Wilson's ground ball trickled up the first base line and under the glove of Bill Buckner.
4. Which two members of the 1969 World Series champion Mets were also high school teammates in baseball and football?
Answer: Outfielders Tommie Agee and Cleon Jones
I don't know much about football but I do know two things:
ReplyDelete1) I still hate Gary Bettman
2) Gil Hodges' grandson once had to enter federal protection because he was responsible for the death of a major crime boss' son in a stupid automobile accident. The kid who died was riding on the roof of a car that Hodges, Jr. was driving. True story.