Enough time has passed

So I have determined enough time has passed, so I can resume posting stuff on the blog. During the off period, I have made the following observations:

-The Giants appeared to have won this Superbowl thing, according to egan321
-The Brewers have started Spring Training and are heating up
-Ted Thompson fired the Packers Salary Cap guy
-I have viewed a few other blogs, and noted that they contained pictures of hot chicks (not nude or anything, just random postings of really hot chicks spread in between their ranting about sports) vs pics of Brett Favre
-I got a new TV
-I realized while complaining about Trek to Tim that my beef with Trek was not with Trek but with Wheel and Sprocket (they actually sold me the bike and then broke it while fixing, which is why I got the Cannondale since I had to go to a non-Wheel and Sprocket and the place did not sell Trek), so sorry Tim for the rant a few weeks ago
-The Office has not been new
-I started watching Arrested Development on HDnet, its pretty awesome (I never saw any episodes of this show)
-I purchased season 6 of Curb, its pretty funny so far
-And when I hear the term Three Time MVP, my brain processes the words "Brett Favre"

So now we begin Brewers chatter.

2B - Weeks
CF - Gross then Cameron?; Hardy?; Kendall?; Hart?
LF - Braun
1B - Fielder
RF - Hart
3B - Hall
C - Kendall
SS - Hardy
P - Sheets (with two months of DL), Suppan, Gallardo, Villanueva, Cappy or Bush?

Did you guys know that Cameron co-wrote a book for kids?

In His Own Words

Top ten greatest plays ever - Brett Favre Jan 12, 2008

NFL - Coach of the Year

I just got done reading a small blurb on ESPN.com about how Bill Bill Belichick was awarded the Coach of the Year award in the NFL by the Associated Press. I believe Belichick deserves the award after being the first coach in the era of a 16-game regular season to go undefeated. I was surprised that he only received 29 of the 50 votes cast.

The reason I clicked on the article was to see how bad our beloved Packers Head Coach, Mike McCarthy did in the voting. I was happy to see the media give him some respect by receiving 15 of the 50 votes cast for NFL - Coach of the Year. I agree with Pelsi's comment that in any other year, McCarthy would have been Coach of the Year.

I wish they would publish the lists of who voted for whom as well, so these different sportswriters could be individually asked to defend their selection for all kinds of things, like Top 25 college football and basketball polls, rookie of the year voting, etc. That way we could figure out why a sportswriter would cast votes for crazy things like, why the Swedish hockey team is ranked number one in the world in men's hockey.

111

Keith Jackson

51 yards

Buccaneers

2nd quarter

Houlihan Stadium

Away

September 1996

Day

Win

Sportsman of the Year

Just confirming Rotz's e-mail from last week that he hear through some six degrees of separation that due to Brett Favre's standout season for the resurgent Green Bay Packers. Brett has earned the title of 2007 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, making him the fourth quarterback to win the award in its 53-year history.

Congratulations Brett!!

#1

Greg Jennings
11 yards
Cowboys
2nd Quarter
Texas Stadium
Away
November 29, 2007
56 Degrees
Night
Loss

My "Negative Comments" Email to the NFL

Subject: Negative Comments (this is in the drop down menu on NFL.com)

I recently was able to watch a game on the NFL Network (Packers/Cowboys), and after having to watch/listen to Bryant Gumbel, Chris Collinsworth, and Deon Sanders for 3 hours, I am glad that my cable provider does not offer the NFL Network because I would not watch games due to the poor quality of the people listed above. Shape up and get some actual people that are interesting, understand the sport, and know the names of the players and coaches, and maybe I will fill out your "I want the NFL Network" email. I sure don't want it in its current form.
And another thing, go back and watch the officials in that Packers/Cowboys game and start holding them accountable for their poor performance (i.e. Owens fumble, pass interference call on Tramon Williams, offensive pass interference not called on Witten or Owens, and lack of 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct calls on the Cowboys for taunting, just to name a few).
Thanks,

431

Greg Jennings
4 yards
Panthers
2nd quarter
Lambeau Field
Home
Nov 2007
44 degrees (whatever, it was colder than that)
Day
Win

Playoffs 17

"Black 59 Razor"

Andre Rison

54 yards

Patrots

1st Quarter

Superdome

Neutral

January 1997

Indoors
Night

Win

430

Ruvell Martin
17 yards
Vikings
4th quarter
Lambeau Field
Home
Nov 2007
50 degrees
Day
Win

421

Greg Jennings
16 yards
Vikings
1st quarter
Metrodome
Away
Sep 2007
Indoor
Day
Win

420

Greg Jennings
57 yards
Chargers
4th quarter
Lambeau Field
Home
Sep 2007
74 degrees
Day
Win

427

Greg Jennings
60 yards
Chiefs
4th Quarter
Arrowhead Stadium
Away
Nov 2007
61 degrees
Day
Win

426

Greg Jennings
13 yards
Chiefs
3rd Quarter
Arrowhead Stadium
Away
Nov 2007
61
Day
Win

425

Greg Jennings
82 Yards
Broncos
OT
Invesco Field at Mile High
Away
Oct
2007
67 Degrees
Night
Win

Back to Business

So today I went to my 41 Brewer game of 2007, 40th at Miller Park. The pregame ceremonies included practicing watching the 40th Brewer game with headphones the day before (honestly, I'm not really worried if I miss a Badger game), sacrificing a pizza to the football gods Saturday night, discussing various portable tv purchases with TC at 9:30am, calling TC back at 9:31am stating that we are definitely wearing headphones to drown out the Packer score, and then finally walking up to Miller park with headphones on to avoid hearing any of the Packer game on the walk in.

During the game, we had to endure 3 tv's tuned to the Packer game in front of us, the women behind us questioning our headphones and pretty much the overall strategy, the random fan cheering of a ball 3 to Weeks around 3pm, and then a nervous walk back to the car with a game time decision to get a pizza at a gas station to avoid the risk of finding out the score. All and all, we got back and watched the taped Packer game with some idea of what happened, but unsure of the score or outcome. What's better: 421 TD's or 4-0 start? I tell you what, 422TD's and a 4-0 start.

Tim, put a link to the Favre TD database (http://data.jsonline.com/sports/favre/). Also, podcast. Never understood it until today. You can listen to the Doug and OB without the commercials (http://www.670thescore.com/The-Jiffy-Lube-Post-Game-Show/923116). I just listened to the 9/24 broadcast in its entirety, and last 10 minutes is OB's tribute to Brett Favre (its awesome, I highly recommend it).

Oh yeah, the Brewers won too.

If the Playoffs started today. (WEEK 1)

Let's keep an eye on this...

NFC
1. Minnesota
2. Carolina
3. San Fran
4. Dallas
5. Seattle
6. Green Bay

AFC
1. Pittsburgh
2. New England*
3. Denver
4. Tennessee
5. Houston
6. Cincinnati

*Pending league investigation into cheating

Tiebreakers Used
division record (dal/wash; sf/sea; ten/hou,indy; den/sd)
conf record (min,gb,sea/wash,det;hou, cin/indy, sd)
Conf Def/Off Rank (min/gb; pitt/cin; all seeding)

Tough luck Colts, Chargers.

Hunh?

(from Packers.com) The Green Bay Packers play their final preseason contest of 2007 in Tennessee against the Titans, an annual preseason foe since 2002. The Packers aim to finish the preseason 3-1, which would be their best mark since '02. That year, the Packers used the momentum of a 3-1 preseason to catapult them to a 12-4 regular season mark and NFC North crown.

I did not realize that the 3-1 preseason was the catapult to 12-4? I always thought the "catapult" was Brett Favre aided by Ahman Green. Tim, any way to add "Favre" to the spellchecker?

Bob Ferguson Good Riddance

The change to #87 didn't work out to well.

Seemed like your injuries always came when the WR core was thin.

Broken Foot (Koren Robinson suspension 06)

Bum Knee (shortly after Javon Walker knee 05)

Just about broken neck (right before playoffs 04)

Injured Hamstring (unproven rookie 01)

Bad Back (rookie preseason, off to wrong foot after controversial Sherman pick)