Dreams Blog
December 29, 2011
Thank You
Thank you, readers, for visiting with me in the “toy department”.
Have a Happy, Healthy, Safe, and Serene New Year!
Giants-Jets Week 16
There were two different Jet QBs playing against the Giants (8-7). The first Mark Sanchez was the QB who played while the Jets (8-7) were ahead. The second Mark Sanchez played while the Jets Trailed. S-1 was calm, confident, and cool. S-2 had happy feet, called the wrong plays, and didn’t throw to the right receiver.
“Easy Eli” was only 9-27 throwing the ball but seemed to knock the Jets off their game plan by throwing to Cruz 3 times for 165 yds. The Giants “D” collected 5 sacks, a safety, 2 INTs, and 1 forced fumble, while pushing the Jets to commit 10 penalties in the 29-14 Giants win.
Interesting Goings-On
I find this time in the NBA’s year very interesting. The stances and positioning that’s being done by the league players, the GMs, AND the league’s management is on a par with those being done by the members of the Mergers and Acquisitions Departments of Wall Street firms. One of the biggest differences between the two, however, is that salaries for the players have been written about without very many unknowns. While the business people’s salaries are held pretty close to the vest.
When I think about the “Bigs” like Dwight Howard, I recall how Al McGuire referred to them as- “Aircraft Carriers.”
Acorns FromThe “Oak-man”
Ian Begley (ESPN.com)reported that Charles Oakley talked about the Knicks and said,
“Oakley picked the Knicks to win 48 to 50 games.
‘If Carmelo [Anthony] does what he’s supposed to do, and everybody else does the same, then they’re going to have a successful year,’ he said.
Less than two months earlier, Oakley questioned the Knicks’ credentials in a scathing critique of D’Antoni.
So why the change of heart?
Two words: Tyson Chandler.’”
Tebow-Mania I think that all of that noise about Tim Tebow and his successes is like the noise we heard about the “Wildcat” offensive play. The play burst onto the NFL scene and was hot stuff for a short time. While it was enjoying its time in the spotlight every NFL team “had to” run the play- until, that is, defenses made adjustments to stop it.
Tebow’s lack of passing acumen will push through and deposit him back on the bench.
NFL Playoff View
As we near this year’s race toward the Super Bowl, I’m not looking too hard at teams with the most wins. Historically, it’s the team that gets hot enough at the end of the season to take the big prize. Up in smoke
Dwight Perry (Seattle Times) said that, “The Orange Bowl has turned down a planned sponsorship deal with Camacho Cigars. When it came time to put it to a vote, bowl officials say, it was close but no … nah, too easy.” Urban Renewal Ohio State hired Urban Meyer as its new football coach, replacing Jim Tressel. It was during Tressel’s tenure last year that O. State had 12 victories and a Sugar Bowl victory voided. Tressel had been caught in lies, signing false reports, and used players whom he knew had cheated. Meyer has been hired to clean up the football program at Ohio St. but remember Meyer had 30 of his Florida players arrested in less than six years but IS known to be a great recruiter who won two national championships. Ryan’s View What convinced Nolan Ryan to pass on the pursuit of C.J. Wilson and Mark Buhrle but to go after Yu Darvish? Ryan has Darvish penciled into be the number three starter for the Texas Rangers, behind Lewis and Holland. Are you ready for all of the noise that will most likely pump the volume heralding the pitching match-up between Darvish and Ichiro of the Mariners? That game will probably be the first game of the season for Monday-Night-Baseball. Mother’s Day Jerry Greene (ESPN.com) asked his readers to give him some suggestions on how a small market NBA team would be able to hold on to a Super-Star. One suggestion was for the team to, “Name your facility after your star’s mother- The Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks Arena.” Sports Marriage Trouble Jerry Greene’s readers gave him some clues for pro-athletes to know their marriage is over. Here are just a couple: “The tag on their Christmas present reads ‘From the plaintiff.’”“ Their wife is talking about Kris and Kim’s marriage and says, ‘They really deserve credit for sticking it out so long.’” Just call him Iron Mic Announcer Michael “Let’s get ready to rumble” Buffer will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Just one question: Will they make him introduce himself ? They Said It Dwight Perry (Seattle Times) forwarded these: “Writer Alan Ray on Dallas nearing the end of the NFL regular season: “The Dallas Cowboys organization has two more games to iron out the wrinkles. And that’s just Jerry Jones’ plastic surgeon.” Washington Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman to NFL Radio on New York Giants safety Antrel Rolle’s statement last week that the Giants would beat the Redskins 99 times out of 100: “I mean, 99 out of 100 times they are going to beat us? And we beat them two in a row this year? I’m not going to the casino with him any time soon.”Greg Drinnen (Kamloops Daily News) about Ryan Braun’s suspension for misuse of testosterone:“Braun said he’ll comment soon,” writes Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-and then Greg wrote: “After Golden State Warriors guard Charlie Bell showed up drunk for a DUI hearing, Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out: “Memo to NBAers: ‘Order in the court’ does not mean ‘What’ll you have?’ ”
Incorrect Pick According to Dwight Perry, one of the worst college basketball predictions for the entire year came in April when CBS picked Butler over UConn in the NCAA men’s title game. “ There hasn’t been a forecast this flat-out wrong since General Custer was minus -7 ½ at the Little Big Horn.”
