Sunday, September 28, 2008
Browns 20 Bengals 12
Shitty game against a crappy team who started a backup QB who got hardly any reps this week. I'LL TAKE IT! GO BROWNS. FUCK YEA 1-3!!!!! I am going to savor this one since it might the only win until 12/21 when the Browns play the Bengals again. On a side note, is Derek Anderson flirting with the Booger Sugar?
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Cleveland Browns 2008 season [so far]
Is the 2008 season over? Maybe, maybe not. Is it over for me?, most likely. As a Browns fan since 1979 I have become used to disappointment and heartbreak. Red Right 88, The Drive, The Fumble, Losing in the 1994 playoffs, Losing the team in 1995, The craptastic expansion seasons of 1999 & 2000, The Bottle game against the Jags in 2001, The Dwayne Rudd Helmet Toss, The Jan 2003 collapse against the Steelers. If you are a Browns fans each of those memories brings a unique type of pain. I thought I was immune to it, but no. Last Sunday's game against the Steelers destroyed me. I hate the Steelers so very much. More than I hate Micheal Moore, the entire Gyllenhaal Family and Whoopi Goldberg combined. Yes, I know we had injuries, lousy clock management, and a bunch of other intangibles, but, The Steelers were beatable.
The Browns treated the opening game against Dallas like game 5 of the preseason, whatever. But, with the team on the field we should have beaten the Steelers, but we didn't. The Steelers were who we thought they were. Our defense actually played decently. D.A. and the offense along with the coaching staff shit the bed. I was worried in preseason, but I thought that they would make it work in time for the season, especially with such a strong batch of contenders to open the season with.
It seems that the Brownies got high on their own fumes. They shouldn't have, because I know a secret that escaped the media who named the Browns as this years hot, trendy pick for the playoffs (as Al Micheals repeated quite a few times last sunday.) The secret is that they didn't really beat anyone that good last season. Seattle was perhaps the best team that they beat. The best team that they met all season, the Steelers, they lost twice against. In true Cleveland fashion, they got stuck with a playoff team's schedule, without even making the playoffs. They needed to step up and so far they are playing worse than last year. Let's say they get their shit together and win the next two games against Baltimore and Cincy , they get the NY Giants on MNF 10/13/2008, ugh. I just have the sinking feeling that this is going to be a rebuilding year. Unfortunately, 2 out of every 3 seasons are rebuilding years for the Brownies. The steeler's game just sucked whatever enthusiasm I had for the season right out of me. Week 2 is a new personal record for me, usually its about halfway through the season when I lose my faith.
The Browns treated the opening game against Dallas like game 5 of the preseason, whatever. But, with the team on the field we should have beaten the Steelers, but we didn't. The Steelers were who we thought they were. Our defense actually played decently. D.A. and the offense along with the coaching staff shit the bed. I was worried in preseason, but I thought that they would make it work in time for the season, especially with such a strong batch of contenders to open the season with.
It seems that the Brownies got high on their own fumes. They shouldn't have, because I know a secret that escaped the media who named the Browns as this years hot, trendy pick for the playoffs (as Al Micheals repeated quite a few times last sunday.) The secret is that they didn't really beat anyone that good last season. Seattle was perhaps the best team that they beat. The best team that they met all season, the Steelers, they lost twice against. In true Cleveland fashion, they got stuck with a playoff team's schedule, without even making the playoffs. They needed to step up and so far they are playing worse than last year. Let's say they get their shit together and win the next two games against Baltimore and Cincy , they get the NY Giants on MNF 10/13/2008, ugh. I just have the sinking feeling that this is going to be a rebuilding year. Unfortunately, 2 out of every 3 seasons are rebuilding years for the Brownies. The steeler's game just sucked whatever enthusiasm I had for the season right out of me. Week 2 is a new personal record for me, usually its about halfway through the season when I lose my faith.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Elitist equates Obama's community organizing with McCain's POW ordeal
Veronica Miller compares Barry's time smoking dope and knocking on doors in Chicago to McCain's POW ordeal:
Oh Yes we can sista! Oh yes we can.So what does this mean? Well, it means we really shouldn't complain about attacks on Michelle Obama if we freely take jabs at Cindy McCain. We can't assume respect for John McCain's war service if we're going to denigrate Obama's years on the ground in the South Side of Chicago. And we really shouldn't be letting folks get away with calling Palin out of her name, even if we can't stomach her positions on the issues. (Or that hairdo… okay, I'm sorry. I couldn't resist. I'm still growing.)
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Cleveland Browns opening day memories: Dwayne Rudd
If you are a Browns fan, you know who Dwayne Rudd is, but let me steal from wikipedia:
Rudd's most (in)famous moment came in the 2002 season opener between the Browns and the Kansas City Chiefs. With less than 10 seconds left on the clock and the Browns clinging to a 39–37 lead, Chiefs quarterback Trent Green dropped back to pass, but the entire Browns defensive line swarmed him and it initially appeared that Rudd sacked Green. However, Green lateraled the ball to tackle John Tait just before he went down. Rudd did not see the play, however, and after getting up he threw his helmet in the air in celebration, thinking Green had been sacked and the game was over.
Tait rumbled to the Browns' 25-yard line where he was knocked out of bounds. That would have been the end of the game, but Rudd's premature helmet toss drew the Browns an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty which moved the ball to the 13-yard line (half the distance to the goal), and since football games by rule can not end on a defensive penalty, Chiefs kicker Morten Andersen booted a 30-yard field goal with no time left to win the game 40–39.
Rudd's most (in)famous moment came in the 2002 season opener between the Browns and the Kansas City Chiefs. With less than 10 seconds left on the clock and the Browns clinging to a 39–37 lead, Chiefs quarterback Trent Green dropped back to pass, but the entire Browns defensive line swarmed him and it initially appeared that Rudd sacked Green. However, Green lateraled the ball to tackle John Tait just before he went down. Rudd did not see the play, however, and after getting up he threw his helmet in the air in celebration, thinking Green had been sacked and the game was over.
Tait rumbled to the Browns' 25-yard line where he was knocked out of bounds. That would have been the end of the game, but Rudd's premature helmet toss drew the Browns an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty which moved the ball to the 13-yard line (half the distance to the goal), and since football games by rule can not end on a defensive penalty, Chiefs kicker Morten Andersen booted a 30-yard field goal with no time left to win the game 40–39.
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