All hail the New York Giants!!! Wow ... what a terrific Super Bowl performance by the G-men. They did it by putting great pressure on Tom Brady, by moving the ball on offense in disciplined fashion with a good mix of run/pass to keep Brady off the field, and of course they cemented it with probably the most suprising thing of all ... an Eli Manning-led, clutch TD drive when … [Read more...] about Super Upset
Super predictions
Well ... it's time to put our money where our keyboard is. Let's see everyone's Super Bowl predictions ... Winner, final score, MVP, and anything else you care to prognosticate. Wally says: Pats win 27-24 on (what else?) a game-winning FG with hardly any time left after a Brady-led drive starting on the NE 25 with 2:30 left in the game. Tom Terrific is the MVP due to 25 of … [Read more...] about Super predictions
ND wins again … off the field
This just in: Continuing their fine work Sunday through Friday, the ND football team achieved a fifth straight semester with a team average G.P.A of over 3.0. Prior to Charlie's tenure at ND, the highest team GPA (since such numbers were recorded '92) was 2.91. Sticking with the academic theme, Notre Dame was awarded the 2007 American Football Coaches Association's Academic … [Read more...] about ND wins again … off the field
The Mitchell Report
Certainly haven't read the Mitchell Report itself, but have now read enough articles and excerpts to be dangerous. Two things make me happy from what I've seen. First, the cocky-as-hell Roger Clemens will now stand with Barry Bonds as a high profile cheater of the first degree. (I thought it was pretty fishy that someone could pitch that well into their mid-40's ... now we … [Read more...] about The Mitchell Report
Hall of Fame Ballots (cont’d)
Ol' Wally says ya can't have these Hall of Fame arguments without diving into the numbers a bit. (One of the many reasons I love baseball). The players that seem to be highly debated by our readers are Dawson, Rice, Raines and Blyleven. Their career stats are shown below and put into context with actual Hall of Famers (*) and potential HoFers. BA OBP SLG Hits HR … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Ballots (cont’d)