Ah.
Two poor performances in the space of four days for Man City...
Worrying times for Pep's side - title over if they can't find a winner today?
#NEWMCI
48-45 Auburn
So this is the score progression in this frigging Hollywood production of a scholarly tackle football game:
3-0 Bama
7-3 Auburn
10-7 Bama
10-10
17-10 Auburn
17-17
24-17 Bama
24-24
31-24 Bama
31-27 Bama
31-30 Bama
37-30 Auburn
38-37 Bama
40-38 Auburn
45-40 Bama
48-45 Auburn
Nah-ah that isn’t real.
3-0 Bama
7-3 Auburn
10-7 Bama
10-10
17-10 Auburn
17-17
24-17 Bama
24-24
31-24 Bama
31-27 Bama
31-30 Bama
37-30 Auburn
38-37 Bama
40-38 Auburn
45-40 Bama
48-45 Auburn
Nah-ah that isn’t real.
13-6
Let's check in on some other games. UGA leads Georgia Tech 17-0 and Clemson leads South Carolina 14-0. Back in several hours!
Ohio State 7 Michigan 6
Ohio State over-using Dobbins! Production falling fast! Down to only 12.75 per.
You know City, because you don’t play at Normal People Time, when you play and SUCK at 7:30 in the morning it ruins my whole fucking day if you care and I know you don’t.
It is Rivalry Saturday in scholarly tackle football highlighted by the annual Rutgers-PSU Scandal Bowl at 3:30 NPT.
In other action Ohio State-Michigan, Clemson-South Carolina, Georgia-Georgia Tech, Alabama-Auburn, Boston College-Pitt, Wisconsin-Minnesota, Oregon-Oregon State, Florida State-Florida, Oklahoma-Oklahoma State,
It is Rivalry Saturday in scholarly tackle football highlighted by the annual Rutgers-PSU Scandal Bowl at 3:30 NPT.
In other action Ohio State-Michigan, Clemson-South Carolina, Georgia-Georgia Tech, Alabama-Auburn, Boston College-Pitt, Wisconsin-Minnesota, Oregon-Oregon State, Florida State-Florida, Oklahoma-Oklahoma State,
Are you so dissipated that you cannot even fight for self-respect, City? Are you too worn out as repeating league champions that you cannot even defend your title? Fatigue makes cowards of us all, City. Is that the reason you have lost the league before December 1? Do you want Pep to go? Can he no longer motivate you? Should we make wholesale changes, get rid of you and start over?
Loyalists were American colonists who stayed loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War...their stronghold of New York City. William Franklin, the royal governor of New Jersey and son of Patriot leader Benjamin Franklin, became the leader of the Loyalists after his release from a Patriot prison in 1778.
...
When their cause was defeated...The southern Loyalists moved mostly to Florida, which had remained loyal to the Crown...
...
New York City and Long Island...had a large concentration of Loyalists...
Friday, November 29, 2019
Last Call
Miami easily rolled Golden Pond 102-105. "Heat" had five players in double figures: Butler, Robinson, Nunn, Olynyk, Dragic, Herro. "Heat" shot 53.7% from the field which includes 52% from three.They are a weaponized offensive team this season. They improve to 13-5.
Whither Charlie Strong? The one time wunderkind is trailing UCF 34-7 near the end and will finish 4-8. He survived the season.
And whither Scott Frost and Nebraska. Scott re-upped for two more years recently but for the first time in his two years in Lincoln, I have doubts. There was no improvement this year. I, at least, came to question Frost's coaching nous for the first time today. I. Don't. Know.
Pitt basketball beat Northwestern Wednesday night to win the "Fort Myers" "Classic" or something, 72-52. "Dribbling Panthers" are 6-2 on the season. Their ACC only schedule doesn't start until Jan. 4.
City get back to the Premier League tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. in the morning Normal Colonial Cop time at Newcastle. I'll be up for it so ciao for now.
Whither Charlie Strong? The one time wunderkind is trailing UCF 34-7 near the end and will finish 4-8. He survived the season.
And whither Scott Frost and Nebraska. Scott re-upped for two more years recently but for the first time in his two years in Lincoln, I have doubts. There was no improvement this year. I, at least, came to question Frost's coaching nous for the first time today. I. Don't. Know.
Pitt basketball beat Northwestern Wednesday night to win the "Fort Myers" "Classic" or something, 72-52. "Dribbling Panthers" are 6-2 on the season. Their ACC only schedule doesn't start until Jan. 4.
City get back to the Premier League tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. in the morning Normal Colonial Cop time at Newcastle. I'll be up for it so ciao for now.
I don't know if this is going to work out for Nebraska. This one was down to coaching. Kirk Ferentz was masterful; Scott Frost and his staff dreadful. Ferentz knew his players' capabilities so well that he forewent a 4th-and-go and a field goal for a punt, confident in his punter's ability to pooch it and back Nebraska up, correct on that one, confident in his defense's capability to stop Nebraska three-and-out, correct on that one also. And then...what, confident in his QB? I'm tellin' ya, Nate Stanley, is AWFUL. I watched his pick six. Stanley looked one way, at one guy, Stevie Wonder could read Stanley's eyes on that one and two Nebraska defenders did. The guy was covered like a blanket, Stanley threw it anyway and Nebraska still almost fucked it up. The ball popped out of one Neb defender's hands, into the air and fortuitously into the second Nebraska defender's hands who ran it back.
Yet, Ferentz put the ball right back in Nate Stanley's hands. Pass the ball, Nate, not 11/24 like you have all day so far, not to one of the guys in the red shirts, pass the ball Nate to one of the guys in the "Steelers" unis like we taught you. How does that guy run a two minute drill on you in thirty-two seconds like he's fucking Joe Montana? Pass complete, 22 yards! Pass complete, 22 yards! What did Nebraska think, Iowa was going to run off tackle for 44 yards in 32 secs? How are you not in blanket coverage on the receivers? Come on, man. This one is on Frost and staff and I don't know how this is going to work.
Yet, Ferentz put the ball right back in Nate Stanley's hands. Pass the ball, Nate, not 11/24 like you have all day so far, not to one of the guys in the red shirts, pass the ball Nate to one of the guys in the "Steelers" unis like we taught you. How does that guy run a two minute drill on you in thirty-two seconds like he's fucking Joe Montana? Pass complete, 22 yards! Pass complete, 22 yards! What did Nebraska think, Iowa was going to run off tackle for 44 yards in 32 secs? How are you not in blanket coverage on the receivers? Come on, man. This one is on Frost and staff and I don't know how this is going to work.
The Iowa Waltz, not ball; I had mis-remembered that wrong. I was wondering why I couldn't find any mention of it with "ball." The Iowa Waltz...That thing was written in 1984?! That is when I first heard it. I'll be damned. It sounds like an old time Dust Bowl song.
The people in both of these states must be great. I have met only four Nebraska people in my life, one couple (at the foot of the Word Trade Center), one guy who I sat next to in the 1984 Orange Bowl game and Faux Pelini (virtually). The NU fan at the Orange Bowl could not have been nicer during an excruciating loss for him. Never met an Iowa person but have a good impression of them what-the-hell from the little ditty I heard on Prairie Home Companion years and years ago.
Iowa
Iowa
Winter, Spring, Summer and Fal-all
Come, come, come dance with me
At the Beautiful I-o-wa ball.
Isn't that sweet?
Iowa
Iowa
Winter, Spring, Summer and Fal-all
Come, come, come dance with me
At the Beautiful I-o-wa ball.
Isn't that sweet?
#17 Iowa leads Nebraska 24-10 with 3+' before half time. This is another rivalry game, but a made-up one ("The Heroes Game." Pulease.). Although the states are contiguous the schools are four and one-half hours driving apart and played in different conferences forever. They have only played 49 times, consecutively just since 2011. This is one good rivalry created, not killed, by conference realignment when Nebraska joined the B1G.
He made it! Delaney, who missed a PAT on UVA's first TD hit a 48 yarder to give the "Hoos" a 33-30 lead with 1:23 left. Great game! Everything you could want in a rivalry game: good teams with good records, close game, something at stake. VaTech has inflicted some excrutiating defeats on UVA in the past, including last year. Man, I wouldn't be surprised Hooker Tech do it again. Too much time left. Long bomb TD?...
Dueling Duals
Man, Virginia and Virginia Tech virtually have twins playing QB. Bryce Perkins and Hendon Hooker are both dual threats; in this game so far Perkins is 8/18 passing for 65 yards with one INT, 11/140 rushing for two TD’s; In Perkins’ mirror Hooker is 10/17 passing for 121 yards, 12/50, one TD rushing. Great game in Charlottesville between these twin schools, both 8-3. 13-13, 9’ left 3Q.
After Mississippi State’s 21-20 golden shower of Olé Mississippi, State’s embattled top dog Joe Moorhead, reportedly targeted by Rutgers, gave this inspired defense of himself and his staff:
"To me it was an exclamation point on the narrative that I'm not the right man for this job or this team, or that I can't coach in this league. This is my school, my team, and this is my program. They'll have to drag my Yankee ass out of here."
"To me it was an exclamation point on the narrative that I'm not the right man for this job or this team, or that I can't coach in this league. This is my school, my team, and this is my program. They'll have to drag my Yankee ass out of here."
That’s an impressive man right there. Stick with Schiano, Ruptures. I don’t think you’re Yankee man enough to drag Joe out of Starkville.
Emery Out
Arsenal lost in London in the Europa League yesterday to Frankfurt and Unai Emery was fired afterward. "Gunners" are eighth in the Premier League.
A friend emailed me yesterday that this was "without a doubt the lowest point: in the 11 years" that he has been a "Gunner" fanatic. For losing in the Europa League? I replied. I don't know if Emery was out when he sent the email. I told my friend that the decline of Arsenal is squarely on owner Stan Kroenke who built Emirates Stadium at the expense of building the squad under former manager Arsene Wenger; that I had just read an ominous article that Concrete Kroenke was at it again in LA. An incredible $5 billion for a stadium for his just re-arrived "Rams" of the National Football League and the just re-arrived "Chargers" (who are paying ONE DOLLAR per year in rent); and that I could not see how the mind-boggling cost of SoFi Stadium could leave any of Kroenke's money left over for Arsenal. It's grim, it's grim all around for Kroenke's sports properties. And for their fans.
A friend emailed me yesterday that this was "without a doubt the lowest point: in the 11 years" that he has been a "Gunner" fanatic. For losing in the Europa League? I replied. I don't know if Emery was out when he sent the email. I told my friend that the decline of Arsenal is squarely on owner Stan Kroenke who built Emirates Stadium at the expense of building the squad under former manager Arsene Wenger; that I had just read an ominous article that Concrete Kroenke was at it again in LA. An incredible $5 billion for a stadium for his just re-arrived "Rams" of the National Football League and the just re-arrived "Chargers" (who are paying ONE DOLLAR per year in rent); and that I could not see how the mind-boggling cost of SoFi Stadium could leave any of Kroenke's money left over for Arsenal. It's grim, it's grim all around for Kroenke's sports properties. And for their fans.
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Every time Flat Earth Kyrie Irving opens his mouth is reminder to us that whatever the limitations of our own intellectual acuity, we have in him the Floor, an individual of surpassing dullness,
to whom crediting "thought" debases the term, whose verbal and written articulation is precisely synchronized with his profound incoherence and whose obliviousness is pathognomonic.
Last night in Boston fannies of the "Celtics", for whom Kyrie played last season, hilariously bombarded his team, Kyrie wasn't even in the building, with loud, unanimous, constant chants of
"Kyrie Sucks!"
The absent object of their derision later responded in writing with an electronic document that surely is destined for museum. Ladies and gentlemen, Behold! the quintessential Kyrie Irving:
to whom crediting "thought" debases the term, whose verbal and written articulation is precisely synchronized with his profound incoherence and whose obliviousness is pathognomonic.
Last night in Boston fannies of the "Celtics", for whom Kyrie played last season, hilariously bombarded his team, Kyrie wasn't even in the building, with loud, unanimous, constant chants of
"Kyrie Sucks!"
The absent object of their derision later responded in writing with an electronic document that surely is destined for museum. Ladies and gentlemen, Behold! the quintessential Kyrie Irving:
I love NBA stat lines. I love to try to recreate the game from them. I love when I can’t do that. Like in last night’s Miami-Houston game. 117-108 Houston. Decisive Houston victory. Should be mirrored in the stat line. Oh yeah?
Shooting %: Miami 46.3
Houston 46.3
Come on man, identical to to the third decimal point?
Shooting % three point: Miami 37.8
Houston 34.1
“Heat” better?
So at this point I’m thinking H musta had significantly more shots.
Total Shots: Miami 80
Houston 82
You can’t get to 9 from 2.
Free throws? Harden lives at the free throw line. And that’s where the final score came from. Houston made 78.8% of 33, Miami 74.1% of 27. James hit 9/10.
Rarely do you have to go so deep, in this game to the fourth metric, to recreate a decisive result.
Shooting %: Miami 46.3
Houston 46.3
Come on man, identical to to the third decimal point?
Shooting % three point: Miami 37.8
Houston 34.1
“Heat” better?
So at this point I’m thinking H musta had significantly more shots.
Total Shots: Miami 80
Houston 82
You can’t get to 9 from 2.
Free throws? Harden lives at the free throw line. And that’s where the final score came from. Houston made 78.8% of 33, Miami 74.1% of 27. James hit 9/10.
Rarely do you have to go so deep, in this game to the fourth metric, to recreate a decisive result.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Cows Have a Memory
Yep, different night.
Houston led by 4 after the first quarter and then had full ignition in the second, 39-19, to lead 66-42 at the break. Miami pulled 14 back in the 4Q (looks like both teams emptied their bench). The 117-108 final flatters the “Heat,” who got seared.
Houston led by 4 after the first quarter and then had full ignition in the second, 39-19, to lead 66-42 at the break. Miami pulled 14 back in the 4Q (looks like both teams emptied their bench). The 117-108 final flatters the “Heat,” who got seared.
good morning small chickens.
Stephen F. Austin University (SNAFU) beat #1 Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl, Earl, Earl last night in scholarly basketball 85-83 in OT. Undoubtedly the biggest SNAFU in history.
"Heats", second best in the Least, third best in the League, play at Houston-you-have-a-China-problem tonight. Think this is gonna be different than the game in Miam-uh, the abortion-by-the ocean; think H-town is actually gonna show up for this one; think the "Cows" may chip all over my "Heaters" tonight.
Stephen F. Austin University (SNAFU) beat #1 Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl, Earl, Earl last night in scholarly basketball 85-83 in OT. Undoubtedly the biggest SNAFU in history.
"Heats", second best in the Least, third best in the League, play at Houston-you-have-a-China-problem tonight. Think this is gonna be different than the game in Miam-uh, the abortion-by-the ocean; think H-town is actually gonna show up for this one; think the "Cows" may chip all over my "Heaters" tonight.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
What is Ederson's problem?
In the 13' today that mother fucker was about twenty-five yards out of goal. Trying to chase down a Shakhtar ball before one of the miner's got to it. HE DIDN'T. He tried to kick it and MISSED. Some miner was in all alone but 68 year-old Fernandinho got back in time to get a foot on it.
Ederson does this all the fucking time! Pep likes it! Likes a goalkeeper who "plays with his feet."
Got rid of Joe Hart for Ed. Ederson has had an uneven year but he has always come out of the box a lotta lot. City should have LOST that match today because of that dumb fuck right there. I'm sorry, Pep Guardiola or the coach of a kid's team, your goalkeeper does that--that mother fucker is an ex-goalkeeper.
In the 13' today that mother fucker was about twenty-five yards out of goal. Trying to chase down a Shakhtar ball before one of the miner's got to it. HE DIDN'T. He tried to kick it and MISSED. Some miner was in all alone but 68 year-old Fernandinho got back in time to get a foot on it.
Ederson does this all the fucking time! Pep likes it! Likes a goalkeeper who "plays with his feet."
You got it, Pep!
Got rid of Joe Hart for Ed. Ederson has had an uneven year but he has always come out of the box a lotta lot. City should have LOST that match today because of that dumb fuck right there. I'm sorry, Pep Guardiola or the coach of a kid's team, your goalkeeper does that--that mother fucker is an ex-goalkeeper.
Have you ever wondered, "Where is Shakhtar Donetsk from and why do they wear mud-colored uniforms?"
No? Well, I'm going to tell you anyhow. Shakhtar Donetsk is from Donetsk. Not from Shakhtar. Donetsk is in Ukraine. I don't know what Shakhtar means. Shakhtar however is not playing in Donetsk. Why, you don't ask? On accounta the Rooski invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014. Shakhtar had to move to Lviv, which is 621 miles away, which is also in Ukraine, in 2014. Which made for a tough commute for fannies. So in 2017 Shakhtar moved to Kharkiv, which is "only" 155 miles away, which is also in Ukraine and have played ever since in Kharkiv's famed Metalist Stadium.
I know, cause I looked it up on the Wikipedia, that Shakhtar's nickname is "The miners." Which may explain the mud unis. Fannies of Donetsk are called "the moles." Which, okay, I get that, it wouldn't be my first choice for a nickname if I were a fannie of Shakhtar but to each his own mud.
Today however, right now actually, the miners play in Manchester at Etihad (which means "together," "join in one;" "united" is another translation. Which is unfortunate.) Stadium where the moles may have the run of the place since Cityzens don't care for the Champions League and don't care where Shakhtar Donetsk is from.
After getting beaten up by some 7'6"ers it's always nice to have some queens to pick on.
Bam--Bam! Bam! BamBamBam!--Adebayo had 21 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, Jimmy Butler had 21 points and seven assists, Kelly Olynyk had 15 and a career high 16 boards, Nunn 19, Herro 18, basically the entire "Heat" roster gang-banged the Charlotte "Hornets" 117-100 last night. The gang that shot mostly blanks last year hit on 51.9% of their shots including 41.9% from range. Michael Jordan's team is just awful (6-12). Miami is 12-4.
Ooph