Supp-er Signing?

Sorry, that is cheesy. So the Brewers make Suppan the highest paid free agent in Brewer history. I'm okay with the signing, but the real question is will he or Sheets get hurt first? The Brewers website has the starting rotation as 1. Capuano 2. Sheets 3. Suppan 4. Bush 5. Vargas. Is this correct? I think it is but my Dad says Sheets is still #1 and Suppan is now #2?

Things to do before 2006 ends:

Rotz - Read the Blog and make a post
Tim - See Rocky 6
Pelsi - Bowl a 200
Cheek - Acquire Salmonella
Egan - Get Internet

Taco Bell or Olive Garden?

I know this is old news, but sitting at work, just a few hours before leaving for the Packer game I was wondering what would be worse. Getting sick from Taco Bell, or the Olive Garden. I fear that both would be awful, but I just can't tell which one would be worse.

I mean normally one is sick 15 min after a trip to T-bell anyways, but the Olive Garden has some wonderful dishes. I enjoy a nice salad, breadstick and Chicken Parmesean once in a while. But getting sick on something like that would be a nightmare.

T-bell should have a sign on the door, we are not satisfied unless you are sick within 30 min. Or the standard 1 billion Taco's sold, 1 billion cans soiled.

Now this isn't a stupid toilet humor blog, and I know the blog is meant for sports conversations mostly, and the added TV show discussion, it is more of a call to where are some of our favorite places of the past.

With Taco Bell and the Olive Garden getting so much bad press, do you all remember places like Chi-Chi's and the Sizzler. How about Ponderosa and Bonanza. Now these places were the kings of disease, but I still have a fond place in my heart for the good old days.

This message is listed with the fullest intent of spiking my number of blogs and posts in order to save my spot in the group, it is not meant for a realistic assesment of the on going problem with american restuarants and health concerns and certainly not sponsored by the parent companies of Taco Bell which is Pepsico and Olive Garden, which I have no desire to look up and find out.

What beats this?

Forward Brett Wiesner scored five goals as the Milwaukee Wave routed a Premier Arena Soccer League team from St. Louis, 34-6, on Wednesday morning at the U.S. Cellular Arena.A school-day crowd estimated at 3,500 watched as the Wave rolled to a 20-0 advantage at halftime.Midfielder Marcelo Fontana scored three goals, while Marcio Leite and Marcelo Santos each had two goals for Milwaukee. Former Milwaukee Rampage standout Digital Takawira added a goal and an assist. Kyle Trimble played in goal for the Wave.A number of the Wave regulars did not play, including Greg Howes, Todd and Troy Dusosky, Chad Dombrowski, Joe Hammes and goalkeeper Nick Vorberg.The Wave will resume Major Indoor Soccer League play with its annual New Year's Eve game, scheduled at 4 p.m. Dec. 31 against the Philadelphia Kixx at the Arena.

5th seed.

I know it's possible. Here's how.

• Packers win twice
• Philly loses twice (cowboys/falcons)
• NY Giants loses to Saints then beats redskins
• Atlanta loses to Carolina
• Seattle wins once...

That alone would get the Packers the wild card, now to get greedy and the hard part...
From this "good list" 5 more things happen than the "bad list"

• Vikings beat Rams (counts twice towards the five)
• Lions beats Cowboys (counts twice)
• Miami beats Jets
• Miami beats Colts
• AZ beats San Diego
• SF beats Denver
• Lions beat Bears

Bad list (we don't want these things to happen)

• Washington beats Rams (counts twice, although helps other scenarios)
• Tampa Beats Seattle
• Tampa Beats Cleveland
• Houston beats Indy
• Houston beats Cleveland
• Carolina beats New Orleans
• Dallas beats Lions

Packers would finish tied with Atlanta, Philly, NYGiants
NY Giants would beat out Philly (on common games) because ties are broken within the division first.
Atlanta is out for conference record (and anyone else that finishes 8-8 for that matter)
We beat out NYGiants on strength of victory. barely. NY Giants get the 6th spot, so we can play them at Lambeau in the conference finals...

Additionally, we can somehow finish 7-9 and still make it, but I will only pull that out if necessary

Just so you guys know who to cheer for/against on xmas and ny eve...

Playoffs, Playoffs, Playoffs.

Wow, 1 game out with 2 to play, our best chance...

• Giants lose to Saints and Redskins


• Rams lose to either Redskins or Vikings


• Falcons lose to either Panthers or Eagles


• Packers beat Vikings and Bears

If the Giants win this week, it's very slim (if not impossible), so go Saints...

We need to summon Nate Poole.

GO PACKERS

Which game would you like to have back?

Saints, Rams, Bills, Seahawks?

Shows that are funny

The Office

Seinfeld

Simpsons

Arrested Development

South Park

Curb Your Enthusiasm

"That's it, that's the list."

Add more to comments, has to be a consensus to be included.

IOWA

Guys.
I have been awful lately, but I wanted to see if we can do an ole fashioned Minor League trip next year. What do you think about one or more of the days during this friday through Sunday series between Iowa and Nashville.

July 20-22.

In Iowa.

This would be awesome. Let me know your thoughts.

That's right, playoffs

rotz isn't here to question it...

• Team.......Record....Prediction........Final
• Chicago.....11-2....TB. W Det W.GB. L.. 13-3
• Saints...... 9-4....Was W NYG W Car W.. 12-4
• Dallas...... 8-5....Atl W Phl W Det W.. 11-5
• Seattle..... 8-5....SF. W SD. L TB. W.. 10-6
• Atlanta..... 7-6....Dal L Car L Phl W... 8-8
• Philly...... 7-6....NYG W Dal L Atl L... 8-8
• NY Giants... 7-6....Phl L NO. L Was W... 8-8
• Carolina.... 6-7....Pit W Atl W NO. L... 8-8
• Vikings..... 6-7....NYJ L GB. L StL W... 7-9
• San Fran.... 5-8....Sea L AZ. W Den W... 7-9
• St Louis.... 5-8....Oak W Was W Min L... 7-9
• Green Bay... 5-8....Det W Min W Chi W... 8-8

It's quite possible the only upset predicted is GB over Chicago in a meaningless game (for them)

I didn't take the time to figure out tie-breakers, I'll take my chances with a 7-5 conference record.

I'll make sure to update next week after the big win over the LIONS.

Guys whose names end with "O"

So we decided to keep Graffinino instead of Cirillo. Lets see, one guy is a Brewer that got traded but returned, the other is just a nomad/renegade/mediocre guy for hire. One can play 3B, SS, and 2B and bat over .300 playing part time. The other can bat .260-.280 and play 2B. Neither guy was in the long term plans. Honestly, this is dumb or am I missing something? I thought we only offered Graffinino arbitration so that we would get picks when he signed with a different team. That must have been a false report.

December 22nd

I will be having a Festivus style party at my home on December 22nd. Starting at 7:30pm running until we pass out. There will be booze, and deep fryed turkey. I hope you can all make it. Please pass this on to our other friends, and family members that may join.

We will also be celebrating the end of Egan's persuit of his MBA.

10 years slowly approaches

August 2007 will mark the 10th year of the group. With that in mind, we should start gathering the classic moments from that year for the eventual 10 year reunion. Possible members to include are the group, Jeff, Adam, John, and Randy. Should we send them the link to the blog so they can add comments?

-Tim calling me in summer '97 to introduce himself
-My 18th birthday and the 18 pack of icehouse my sister got me
-John falling out of the tree
-Tecmo Bowl - Pelsi/Chiefs, Tim/Cowboys, Randy/Eagles, John/Packers (was someone the 49ers)?; Tecmo Super Bowl - Pelsi beats Randy on the flee flicker after Randy kicked field goal?
-NHL '94 - Pelsi, Randy, John, Jeff, Adam - New Jersey Devils?
-Oh, my head
-Kevin
-The Red Couch
-He Got Game, The Big Lebowski, King of New York
-Smack my Bitch and Finals
-Pearl Jam - Yield
-Pops
-Superbowl
-Cameron and the boys (remember when adam lived with that guy)
-Last Seinfeld in Rotz's room
-The Babcock House

Everytime there is something fun or exciting

CBS ruins it. Why can't a man simply sit back and enjoy a Victoria secret fashion show at the advertised scheduled time with quality camera angles? The advertisement was the only good thing I saw on CBS this past Sunday. No, here in Milwaukee, they showed some stupid preacher stuff instead and then aired the show at 12:37am. To bad censors, I have DVR. Then to top that, network CBS had awful camera work. Honestly, who wants to see Justin Timberlake dance around, audience shots of Derek Jeter, or the lingerie outfits?

Is it official?

Is Hockey not a major sport anymore? It's been awhile since it's been recognized by us. I don't know, I don't watch sportscenter at all, but coverage anywhere has pretty much disappeared.

Obviously this hasn't happened overnight, but it's great news.

I used to have an email folder...

Called the list, and here is some unfinished business

From the movies (combination of the three movies, yeah I watched all 3 in the past two weeks)
Rotz - Scott Summers aka Cyclops
Tim - Logan aka Wolverine
Pelsi - Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler
Cheek - Peter Rasputin aka Colossus
Egan - Hank McCoy aka The Beast

From the comics (the second genesis, the all new all different team which is the most well-known and the best)
Rotz - Scott Summers aka Cyclops
Tim - Logan aka Wolverine
Pelsi - Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler
Cheek - Peter Rasputin aka Colossus
Egan - Sean Cassidy aka Banshee

Solution, Pelsi

I wrote that solution up a little quick in the comments. I have LSU in two places.USC has to be in there somewhere.

At larges, by rule would still have to be Michigan, LSU, Boise. (2 of these)

• One rule says top 4 are automatically in.
• One rule says top 12 from mid-major have to be in.
• Of course both rules refer to a situtation with 10 slots, and my solution only has 8 slots.

I'd say a 4-team playoff would look like...

• OSU v. LSU
• Florida v. Michigan
• Louisville gets screwed

8 team playoff would look like

• OSU v. Wake Forest (1 vs lowest)
• USC/LSU v. Louisville (4 vs. 5)
• Florida v. Okla/Boise St. (2 vs next lowest, my TV screen would blow up with the colors if it was UF v. BSU)
• Michigan v. USC/Oklahoma (3 vs 3rd lowest eligible)
• Either LSU or Boise St gets screwed, so does Wisconsin.

16 team playoff, all conference champs get in, 5 at-larges

• 1.OSU v. Middle Tennessee St.
• 8.Wisconsin v. Notre Dame (wisconsin bumped to avoid rematches in first 2 rounds)
• 4.LSU v. BYU
• 5.Louisville v. Wake Forest
• 3.Michigan v. Houston
• 6.USC v. Auburn (auburn bumped to avoid rematch w/LSU)
• 7.Oklahoma v. Boise St.
• 2.Florida v. Central Michigan
• Arkansas, West Viriginia, Texas all get screwed among others.

I agree that this last format would "ruin" bowls but who cares at this point

I've got citrus in my eye

I think the Badgers got worse case scenario out of this mess, but they can still make the best of it. Ideally, we would have got to play a team better than Arkansas, and been the underdogs. If they beat the hogs, they were supposed to. I was hoping for LSU or Florida (obviously before Florida clinched BCS)

Best case scenario. OSU beats Gators, Michigan beats USC, Wisconsin wins.
Except, I don't think the pollsters will put Wisconsin above the LSU/ND winner no matter what, which is crap. I also don't see Louisville losing and/or dropping below Wisconsin. I am worried Oklahoma could pass us too, we'll see.

Top 5 finish is still outstanding, unfortunately if they lose, they'll probably be seen as paper lions and fall pretty significantly. Again, that's why I'd prefer to be the underdog in almost situations going into a bowl game.

Pelsi, alot of attention to the individuals in this game, why? College football it don't matter.

Sweaterfest 2006

FYI, my brother is throwing a holiday party on Saturday, December 9th where everyone is suppose to arrive wearing their best/worst Christmas sweater. The party will include good friends, holiday cheer, & a contest for the most outrageous, gaudy, flashy, extravagant, loud, colorful, dazzling, showy sweater. If you are in the Milwaukee area that night, let me know and I will provide you with the details to arrive at the party with the greatest collection of holiday sweaters ever! Here is an example of some great holiday sweaters.

It's hard to believe Rotz can't

Eat peanuts. My life is so much better because of peanut butter sandwiches and mixed nuts.