Friday, August 29, 2008

When does Preseason matter?

When you go 1-15 the year before... Preseason freaking matters!! The Patriots say it doesn't matter, but trust me the Dolphins won't say that. Woo Hoo!!

AFC EASTWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
Miami 3 1 0 .750 63 41 Won 3 0-0 2-0
NY Jets 3 1 0 .750 71 60 Won 2 0-0 1-0
Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 64 59 Lost 1 0-0 2-0
New England 0 4 0 .000 56 89 Lost 4 0-0 0-1

New Los Angeles NFL team nickname suggestions...

I remember back in the early 90's when they were taking suggestions for the new NHL franchise in Miami. I was convinced it was a no-brainer. How could there ever be a cooler name in hockey than the Miami Ice... well, Florida Panthers won. Huh? So when LA finally gets their NFL franchise back in town what are some good nickname possibilities?

How does the Los Angeles _______ sound?

- Traffic
- Plastics
- CalTrans
- Liars
- Users
- Fakes


Thursday, August 28, 2008

Official: NFL to play in Los Angeles next season

Interesting article I came across. While it's mind blowing that Los Angeles does not have an NFL team I can't say I blame the NFL or owners for not having a team here. Without being involved any deeper than living in LA and being a huge sports fan I do know this much, LA is a front running town, period. Just look at the Lakers, Trojans and Bruins and you can see the enormous spike in attendance and buzz with the good and bad teams each have had over the past 10 years. Loyalty in LA goes about as far as their word. Furthermore, nobody in LA is from LA, apparently everyone in LA is really from Boston since all you see or hear at the local sports bars are Patriots, Celtics and Red Sox fans wearing their jerseys and being braggadocios. Hmmmm... that's funny. Anyway, I hope this happens... and as a Dolphins fan I hope it's the Bills that come here so I'm guaranteed a Fins game every year and maybe even a playoff game when my kids are in college. Truth is the teams listed in this article, I believe Buffalo and Minnesota are the least likely to relocate. I went to college in Viking country, North Dakota to be specific, and all the surrounding states not called Wisconsin are huge and I mean huge loyal Vikings fans. It's all they have in that region... Vikings are going nowhere. And Buffalo has a 135 year old whacky owner, old people don't like change and Buffalo is one of the leagues older teams. I think it will be Jacksonville... way to many Florida teams not to mention at least 3 major NCAA teams with faithful followings. Jags are sort of an afterthought. No fan loyalty like the other teams.
The last 2 sentences say a lot.


http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_10320589

Vegas odds of ever NFL teams chances of winning it all....

Super Bowl XLIII - Outright

  • New England Patriots +350
  • San Diego Chargers +700
  • Indianapolis Colts +700
  • Dallas Cowboys +800
  • Pittsburgh Steelers +1200
  • New York Giants +1500
  • Jacksonville Jaguars +1600
  • New Orleans Saints +2000
  • Philadelphia Eagles +2000
  • Minnesota Vikings +2000
  • Green Bay Packers +2800
  • Seattle Seahawks +2800
  • Cleveland Browns +3300
  • Tennesee Titans +3300
  • Washington Redskins +4000
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers +4000
  • Denver Broncos +4000
  • New York Jets +4000
  • Arizona Cardinals +4500
  • Carolina Panthers +5000
  • Chicago Bears +5000
  • Cincinatti Bengals +5000
  • Baltimore Ravens +6000
  • San Francisco 49ers +6600
  • Detroit Lions +6600
  • Buffalo Bills +6600
  • Houston Texans +6600
  • St Louis Rams +7500
  • Oakland Raiders +8000
  • Kansas City Chiefs +10000
  • Miami Dolphins +12500
  • Atlanta Falcons +12500

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

NFL is upon us!

Go Fins!

At least I know we'll be better!