WHAT IF ELI WINS

 

IF ELI MANNING WINS

I can only imagine what will be wondering through the mind of Eli as he steps into his brother’s home stadium. Will he be nervous, motivated, or totally unfazed? I will assume the latter. Who would of thought after the end of last season the younger of the two Mannings would be the only one to play in Lucas Oil Stadium? The funny thing if he wins, he may be looking at his brother through the rearview mirror.

2 SUPER BOWLS

If Eli wins, that will give him 2 Super Bowl rings. One more than his brother and he would have defeated Brady twice. He would enter a class that includes Bart Starr, Roger Staubach, Jim Plunkett, Bob Griese, John Elway and Ben Roethlisberger. Pretty nice group if I might add. Only four names would be ahead of him.

BETTER THAN BROTHER

If Eli wins, is he better than his brother? I am personally not a big stat guy. Winning is the only thing that matters and if it doesn’t than there is no reason to watch sports. Peyton has all the stats you can imagine while throwing the football. However the biggest stats when it comes to winning, Peyton is 9-10 in the playoffs. Eli is currently 7-3 and would be 8-3 with a Super Bowl win. Giving him a 73% winning percentage in the playoffs. This would put him ahead of Brady although Brady would have 15 more playoff starts.

UNLIMITED FUTURE

Eli has grown exponentially over his last Super Bowl win. He is now THE GUY for the Giants. His last game against the 49ers showed us a man who has it all. Smarts, skills, guts, leadership and will. I doubt you ever thought those words would come out of your mouth describing Eli Manning. If he wins in a couple of weeks his future is one without bounds. The Giants are young and only getting better. They are built perfect for the playoffs and will have many more opportunities for Super Bowls. As Eli continues to get better always remember you can’t spell Elite without ELI

RAIDERS HIRE DENNIS ALLEN

According to Yahoo Sports, Raiders hire former Broncos Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen.

Allen is a Texas A&M Graduate and has been coaching in the NFL since 2002. This day last year he was hired to be the Defensive Coordinator for the Broncos. January 24 must be his lucky day.

WHILE WE WERE WORKING (MLB)

PRINCE FIELDER SIGNS A “9YEAR, $214 MILLION” DEAL WITH THE TIGERS

The largest vegetarian, (twinkies, eclairs, white bread and butter are not meat) Prince Fielder signs a 9 year deal with the Tigers worth roughly $24 million a year. With Cabrera’s alcoholic fat face and Prince’s oversized eclair waist the Tigers will send out a gluten of a one-two punch in the line up.

WHILE WE WERE WORKING (NCAA)

MACK BROWN SIGNS EXTENSION

Mack “The Clap” Brown (sorry if that sounded dirty) has signed an extension that will allow him to coach UT through 2020. Ummm, sOUnds good to me. With a combined 13-12 record over the past few seasons the BIG XII should be celebrating. Texas has been the whipping boy for schools the past two seasons and the future doesn’t look to bright. Mac should kneel to the sky and thank VY everyday he still has a job.

BOOOOMER!!

Sorry I’m an OU grad.

WHILE WE WERE WORKING (NBA)

WIZARDS FIRE FLIP SAUNDERS

Wizards have fired Flip Saunders and thats all folks.

Early Bird Picture

Since the Super Bowl is 2 weeks away. Lets dedicate the Early Bird Pics to past Superbowls

SUPER BOWL XLII (ELI NOT BEING ELI)

Eli makes an unlikely and ridiculous escape from the Pats D to make an epic heave down the field.

David Tyree makes an unlikely catch with Rodney Harrison draped all over him.

Buress makes the game winning catch from Eli that leads to the greatest upset in NFL history (at least I have  ever seen)

BUM(S) OF THE WEEK

I really thought my first post would have been an easy one. I mean, how hard is it to find the BUM of the sports week? I thought I had my winner when Billy Cundiff pulling a 32yd FG to send the Ravens to overtime couldn’t have been matched. I mean it was a chip shot that any pro kicker makes 95% of the time (86% between 30-39yds this year). Cundiff himself was 10-12 from this range the whole season and is a veteran. However Cundiff’s miss that sent Ray Lewis into an epic speech about not retiring (who doesn’t love these) wasn’t good enough to win Bum of the Week.

Enter Kyle Williams

Another week another punt returner ruining the game for their team. Why do teams always insist on putting their dumbest and most spazzed player to return punts? Hell, I would only allow my returner to waive fair catch. More mistakes come out of returning punts than good. Kyle Williams not only muffed a punt that led to a Giants TD but he fumbled the punt in overtime  that led to the game winning FG for Tynes. On the muffed punt Williams did the classic “run up to the ball, stop, not go after it, go after it, get hit by it, then act like you didn’t get hit by it, move.” His own player saw it hit his knee and was screaming for him to recover the ball. The fumble was another classic by a punt returner who just made a mistake, “let me run really hard to make up for my F’in Up.” This usually leads to a fumble because “ball security” is the last thing on the player’s mind. Williams had the ball loose in his cradle and got it knocked out of his grasp. However Williams’ giving 10pts to the Giants, where if he didn’t, the 49ers would be in the Super Bowl for the first time since 1994 wasn’t good enough to win Bum of the Week

Enter “Fat Raven Fan who is angry and fat”

Most of the time smart phones and social media leads to disaster for an individual. This is really no different, but a fat guy losing his mind at a sporting event and then kicking everyone who was a Patriots fan out of his house is truly stuff of comic gold. Fat Raven Fan is sitting there for a few seconds then blows up at the screen cursing Cundiff to his grave for missing the game tying FG (hell, who says the Ravens would have won in OT). After his barrage of Cundiff F..U’s he proceeds to kick the people who were rooting for the Patriots out of his house. Say what? I know I’ve had my fair share of sport laced tirades towards my favorite teams (The University of Oklahoma Football Team if I may be so precise). However, I have never kicked people out of my own house (I have left the place I was at). Then there is an awkward silence of about a minute (feels like 30) that is of Epic proportions. Then the video ends with him throwing some curses at Flacco and Cam Cameron. Although the tirade is truly pathetic that’s not what gives Fat Rave Fan the honorable Bum of the Week award. This guys “look” is truly amazing. First, he’s really fat. Not regular diabetus 2 fat. Straight bumpkin fat. Second, he has a neckband of some kind. I have no problem with beards, i occasionally will “rock” one. This thing is scraggly and uneven, very unacceptable. Last and the greatest is the Ed Reed jersey that is 4 sizes to small. It looks like one of those jerseys he got ten years ago and 100lbs lighter (before he discovered beer and more beer).  So congrats to “Fat Rave n Fan” you are the Bum of the Week!!