working the sidelines

Due to the new found controversy started by Sal Alosi, the NYJ strength coach, it made me wonder how often preemptive sideline taunting is encouraged by players as well as the coaching staff. Sideline taunting techniques in football...wouldn't u think all teams do it? The Jets just got caught! How many times have the opposing players run out of bounds and been greeted not with a good run, or catch but insults and taunting! I also have heard in the past (particularly the playoff game between the Giants n the Packers) the Packers had heated benches while the Giants, miraculously weren't working....on purpose, well its up to u to decide.

update on Sal Alosi

Apparently he is now suspended indefinitely, it is said that he "instructed" players to make a wall around the sidelines before he purposely tripped the Miami player...ESPN conversations has more info posted and I will retrieve the link ASAP! Anyone think Rex Ryan had a hand in this??

No Favre

Well Favre ends his consecutive regular season starts at 297. At this point whoopdie-friggin-do! I feel at this point almost all of us, the dedicated football fans that we are, share a love-hate relatioship with Favre at this point in his career. Honestly it teeters more so on the "hate" side. Credit is due, he has been a master at breaking records and a master at the miraculous play. But he hasn't seen true greatness since he left the Packers. He has become quite the "Diva". It was no secret he and Childress didn't get along. I for one thought it be best that Jackson was given a shot to play before Childress was fired. I don't think he was an awful coach, well I mean he was definitely lacking in a lot of ways, BUT we are outsiders! What was really going on? Was it the rift between coach and QB that divided the team? Childress must have known his job was in jeopardy and I am sure that had a say in some of his decision making. ESPN had taken a poll a week or so ago debating whether the US preferred Favre to start or Jackson. Everyone voted Against Favre, now this was after he was knocked out of the Bills game OOOH and after Jackson threw 3 pics (in the same game as well). Are we all that sick and tired of Favre!? Seems like it! Jackson really isn't all that, and most likely not a the right candidate for the starting slot. I'm not discrediting the Bills, they have dragged many teams into OT, playing tough, just couldn't finish the job (that's what she said) but they managed to knock out Favre, and again had a handful of interceptions during the game! The Vikings finally resorted to the run game, they utilized AP to his fullest potential and who the frigg can stop him!? Sidney Rice is back in the line up and makes anyone look like a rock star! I've been saying this, if it wasn't for him Favre WOULD NOT have been back in the line up I swear he just lobbs the ball and Rice goes after it, any way shape or form. He did the same thing with Jackson, those friggin passes were awful, but Rice manages to make them look Again "miraculous" and of course Favre was getting most of the credit! Ok, see "hater" side coming out. I can't talk about the Vikings anymore, I'm getting ticked off. Ugh but did anyone see Favre's arm! It resembled the color of his jersey, gross!!!

Tashard Choice asking for an autograph

The Cowboys Eagles game was a great game Sunday night and a perfect display of how divisional rivals play against eachother. You never know who will win or how far either team will go to get the win. Unfortunately for my Cowboys, Vick couldn't be stopped, he was electric (as usual). He brings such fire to that Eagle offense and the team has found a true leader. Not only do fans recognize his capabilities (whether you like him or not) the man deserves all the credit in the world and has clearly worked hard to get where he is now. After the game, Tashard Choice handed Vick a white glove and a black marker for an autograph. A controversial move to most and I'm sure Cowboy fans have been offended. He tweeted "If its anybody that cares about winning and the d cowboys its me. I apologize to the people it was just an innocent jesture for my nephew." Be that as it may, was it necessary to do it right after the game so blatantly in front of the media? I mean everyone KNEW it would be blown out of proportion and upset the fans. Unfortunately for players an innocent gesture such as this, may be taken out of context and cause a riff amongst the team and with fans. I think he should have done this afterwards, when most of the media and fans had cleared out. It wouldn't have been a big deal, but to be so obvious about it? I just don't like it, left a sour taste in my mouth. The players claim they don't mind the decision that Choice made and neither does Jason Garrett. I understand the players have an ample amount of respect for one another and I'm sure there is a lot of admiration that goes along with that. I just think that the timing was a poor decision on Choice's part and quite disrespectful to the fan base in Dallas.

siena Vs ualbany

A great way to kick off college hoops in the cap city, the rivalry between UAlbany and Siena. My friends and I walked into the game greeted by disappointed fans LEAVING! They had warned us that the game was terrible! Now if the game was terrible, that would lead me to think 1 team was blowing out the other team already (it was only 5-7 minutes in). Upon arrival to our seats, UAlbany was ahead and the game was relatively close, so what was the problem? Well I held a 10 minute conversation n afterwards realized the score hadn't changed at ALL! The game was fairly fast-paced but lacked control by either team. They went up and down the court pretty much uncontested by defenders and could not make a shot! Whether it was an easy lay-up or a quick unguarded 3 point attempt, nothing would fall! And the rebounding!!! Well it was non-existent. Halftime score was 30/38 UAlbany. Better defense, slowing down the game, and making shots were necessary for the second half. The second half shifted momentum to Siena's favor in the last 8 minutes. The game that we were warned was awful in the beginning turned out to be a nail-biter in the end. It went into OT with the help of some free throws that finally dropped (ugh easy points that were missed all night) seriously UAlbany missed way too many of them, they would have been up at least 10 points if they hadn't. In the end Siena couldn't recover from their early mistakes, which continued to plague them throughout the rest of the game. They weren't sharp at all. They weren't playing harmoniously. They just recently lost to Fairfield as well. Ryan Rossiter must be rolling, he and Clarence Jackson looked like freshman! Well more so Rossiter. Anyways major improvements need to be made to the Siena team if they want to compete in the NCAA tournament next year. The final score in the Siena UAlbany game was 82-88.

Siena and UAlbany game time

Duke and Butler

Duke and Butler will rematch Dec 4th! These two teams met for the NCAA Basketball Championship last year, Duke the reigning champ! My vote goes for Duke! I'm just saying, plus Butler is lacking Gordon Hayward who in a desperate attempt to win the game last year, threw a perfectly squared 3 from half court and ALMOST made it in! After Duke has polished off some top contenders thus far this season, including Tom Izzo's Spartans, I have faith they will reign supreme in this game. It will definately be worth watching though!!! COLLEGE HOOPS ITS OFFICIAL GET SOME!!!!