The Broncos are fleeing with the lottery

Just finished up watching Monday Night Football. How the hell are the Broncos so good? Where did this come from, and why didn't anyone see this coming? Josh McDaniels is putting himself as the main contender of coach of the year. With ease by the way. How can McDaniels automatically transform Kyle Orton into a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback? This is what makes me wonder what he knows that Chicago didn't. I think everyone else just assumed that the only thing would be the same from Chicago would be Orton's neck beard.

Looks like he shaved it. Yeah, right before he moved to a mountain, shaves his neck beard and then becomes an all-pro leading the Donkeys to an undefeated season. Maybe the biggest difference was his neck beard. Wouldn't that be something?

And why don't the Broncos go after the mid-90s Mecklenburg jerseys instead of those terrible yellow and brown ones?

But thanks to Neck Beard Orton and Eddie Royal being able to flee the entire Chargers special teams, I was handed ANOTHER loss in my fantasy football league. I'm 1-5 now. I feel like the Titans. I feel slightly better than the Rams, however, WAY better than Rush Limbaugh. If the season before I lost every game, I'd feel grateful for my one win like the Lions.

You know what sucks? I'm not very good at fantasy football. Not sure why, but every year my players that I choose suck it up. They suck it worse than a Hungarian prostitute trying to pay rent.

You know what I love about baseball now? The pie in the face after a big win. Like tonight, Jimmy Rollins nails a walk-off double that won the Phills the game and put them up 3-1. Pie in the face. This is something that is becoming more and more common. But at least this time, J-Roll only got a pie in the face.
As a matter of fact, I think after every game at least someone should get a pie in the face. Even if it's a 5-0 win for any team. Even if it's in the middle of June when the games don't really matter yet. And if there's not a player to pie, pie the manager for wearing a jersey. I would love it. And no more shaving cream in the towel, I'm talking about a freshly baked apple pie. Or rhubarb if that's your type. If that's who you are.

Can someone tell me why TBS has three former American Leaguers (Dennis Eckersley, David Wells and Cal)? And can someone tell me what channel TBS is on, too? And big ups to Craig Sager. He'll wear these ridiculous suits anywhere he covers for TBS/TNT.

So this was one of the more terrible weekend in Washington football. The sad thing is is that this isn't the first and it's not going to be the last. As I stated above, the Broncos are 6-0, which means that little first round draft pick that we own of theirs doesn't have the same luster that it previously did. Now, it's almost like the Hawks should lose the rest of the games so they can get another top 5 pick. I'm only joking of course, I would never want them to lose more games. I'm just sayin' though.

I can't believe the Huskies sometimes. I get it though. You can't be fully angry with them like you can with an NFL team. They're kids. They're still learning. Somehow Willingham managed to take good football players and regress their talents. It's as if Sarkisian has a bunch of freshman and sophomore, no matter the true class. You know, last year's injury to Locker was a blessing in disguise. If Locker never gets hurt, they possibly win the Apple Cup and maybe even another. And by not finishing with an oreo at the end of the season, Willingham would have stayed and this year's team would have allowed ASU to blow out UW. Instead UW lost that game. ASU didn't win it. Last year it would have been all day passing TDs over UW. This year, luck is all that gets by now. I can live with that for now.

Now with the Hawks. I was at the game. The Cards owned the Hawks on the first drive. The 12th man had no affect on Kurt Warner. The 12th man was benched on Sunday. There are a lot of finger pointing. Which I don't like. Mora needs to man up and admit that he didn't have his men prepared fully. There was a lot of terrible things happen in this terrible game. First is the Hawks couldn't get the Cards off the field on the opening drive, there's one against the defense. Then the Cards recover an onside squib kick, that's a BIG one against the special teams. And just because the special teams produced one of few first downs of the game doesn't let them off the hook. Justin Forsett is playing like a scared little boy. Not fully sure if he should fair catch it, and if he doesn't, which way should he go? I have a suggestion, don't run towards the guys who are on the other team! Then, the offense looked as if they were channeling 1992 when Rick Mirer was quarterbacking the Seahawks. Those were great years, huh? I'm quickly having a flash back. Those early 90s team would be the same team we're seeing right now. They would have a great game one Sunday, then fall flat on their faces and lose the next Sunday. Oh, Mike Holmgrum, where are you?

I know Mora still needs time to work out the kinks and get players that he needs to run his offense and defense. I know injuries are taking this season over again. I know this is NOT 1992. I know that the defense is better than that. I know that it's still early in the season. I know that Ruskell needs to reevaluate his previous moves and maybe move on himself.

But I also know that whatever it is, things need to change.

Speaking of Holmgren, he gets the Stache of the Week:

Biiiiiiiig Weekend

So, let me start off by stating that this is the finest time of year for all sports fans alike. There is no other time of year that involves college football, NFL, MLB playoffs, NHL, NBA, AND now college basketball is soon to be under way. This is sequential to my love of sports for my birthday falls right in the middle.

A little thoughts of college football. This is written on Friday, October 16 2009, which means that tomorrow is not only the Red River Shootout between OU and Texas, but the ND v. SC game. These will be two historic games that we'll all be paying attention to. Also, we'll be paying a lot of attention to the UW v. AZ game as well. At least for those who are Dawg fans. I'll Bark for Sark. I'll bark for him being Pac 10 coach of the year already. And if the Dawgs become bowl eligible (and if they become eligible lets just assume they're going to a bowl game), Sark should be crowned NCAA coach of the year. If Obama has already been crowned with a Nobel Peace Prize, there should be no gripe in predicting that Sark is giving UW more hope than ever imagined. So, I suppose they should give Sark a Nobel Peace Prize for he, too, has inspired hope in the hearts of Husky fans!

And oh yeah, if Boise State can barely handle Tulsa, what makes you think they're deserving of a No. 5 ranking?

The NBA still sucks.

The NHL is coming back strong. Thank the Lord above for Ovi and Sid the Kid for bringing that league back .

Here are my picks for the weekend:

OU v. Texas: Texas, 28-21. Bob Stoops will do his best impression of his brother...and blow it.

ND v. USC: USC in 3 OT, 44-41. Charlie Weiss' stomach will then explode...along with his ego.

Florida v. Arkansas: Florida, 55-10. Tim Tebow 55, Arkansas 10.

VT v. GT: V Tech, 27-12. Tyrod Taylor will do something that Vick never did...beat GT on the road during week 7 at night.

South Carolina v. Bama: Bama, 9-1. The 'Ol Ball Coach will actually figure out a way to score 1 point...and brag about it.

UW v. ASU: UW, 31-26. Steve Sarkeeeeesion will find another improbable, immaculate play that could only happen once in a blue moon and win in the 4th quarter...and then act like it was all a plan.

Hawai'i'i'i v. Idaho!: Idaho!, 789-24. Not sure how the Vandals will have a victory so large...but I'm sure they won't even care, it's a win.

With no kids and no wife, there are no rules to this life.

You know how there is a time in your life where a decision needs to be made? I'm there. The trouble with making such a decision now versus 5 years ago is that there were no other options for me. I had nowhere to go except putting myself in a new situation.

When I was a young 22, I was immature. Naive. Stupid to the world. Easily fooled and afraid. Nevertheless, I was ready for a failure. I was ready for mistakes. I put myself out there; thinking the best possibility for me was to experience more. The only problem was that my cord was still connected to home. I had no desire to mature because of my safety net. I was a young 22 year-old. Too young to value education. Too young to value a good time. I had too much weight on what other people thought. It held me back. As if to go forward always second guessing my own steps.

I was going to school for the wrong reasons. I wanted to just get away from Olympia and Lacey. I just wanted out of my own life. Experience and meeting new people without seeing the importance of learning.

You become humbled when you lose your love, your job, your desire and your way, and your overall self-esteem. Living in Idaho was the best thing I've ever done. There I lost a lot. There I gained much.

Do I love journalism? No. Do I love sports? Yes. Do I love writing? Always. But sometimes the best of both loves don't always mix well.

Back then I was certain, so certain that journalism was my passion, only to find that it isn't. People must have a more acute eye for it. I didn't. I just had a passion of writing about sports. Not covering the day-to-day aspect of it.

Do I want to continue a path of working for small newspapers? No. And if the new direction I want yields new doors, which way do I want to go? Will I stay in communications? A masters degree perhaps? Or do I want something new all together? That's the conundrum I am faced with on a day-to-day basis.

Do I have a desire for communications? And if I do, which field? The more I grow and the more I mature, the more desire I have to do greater things with my life. I'm not yet 30. I still have room for a career change.

With no kids. No wife. There are no rules to this life.

I have nobody telling me to do this or that.

I have no obligations to refer to.

Nothing to hold me back.

I've lived and learned. I've written for a newspaper and written for magazines and have seen the true competitiveness of it all.

If I go into teaching, which direction shall I lean? I enjoy kids. I enjoy the value of teaching and I understand it in full now. And if teaching is the road that I choose, which minor shall I possess? One minor seems not enough. Two seems good. History? Nutrition? Photo-journalism? Communications? Radio? All of which sounds good, I want to dip into everything now.

But how do I do it all without becoming a career student? Is that even a profession? We will see. I shall meditate on this more.