Simon

Huge props to Glenn for that Shady TD

Don't worry, it could be upside down by the start of the 2nd

Nothing happened to him. He's the same brain-dead one-read QB he's been since Day 1. The only difference is that now he doesn't have the best support system in the NFL propping him up. The guy has always been awful, now he just doesn't have anybody carrying him. ...... :lol:

Chances are probably dropping overall as diminishing sunspots seem to indicate a decline in the solar activity cycle. But the sun is a fairly unpredictable burning ball of hydrogen so we're still going to get bursts, even in a decreasing cycle of activity I guess we just need to hope that we still get some big CME's pointing towards the Earth and that they'll be timed with clear weather to see the results. Or just take a nice long vacation in Norway....

Holy shinola, you're a one man Troubles. You should be able to drink both beer and whiskey.

coyote headlights?

My daughter made the Skittles vodka. It was not pleasant.

If it does, you might want to get your affairs in order. For tonight, I think No. Virginia is about as far south as it could get. Nothing showing yet in the hills of Western Pennsyltucky......

A big CME has us set up for a potential borealis well south of normal. Check your northern horizons after dark this evening

Has anybody considered the possibility that all the $hit the Bills were doing two months ago (rumors that the staff loved Cassel, sheltering him in preseason games, cutting/re-signing him at half the price, dressing him as the back-up) were nothing more than an effort to drive up his trade value so some sucker would toss us a 5th rounder for him?

I don't when it's going to happen, but there is a day coming when the Penguins are going to be punching themselves in the face for dumping Dan Bylsma for no good reason.

I think they're trained to call anything even remotely close as a fumble. That way the play can continue the way it would if it were a fumble, then since replay is in effect on all turnovers, it will be simply be overturned if it wasn't an empty hand, was down by contact, etc. It works as a default position because it avoids them running into a situation where they whistled a play dead and replay shows it should have still been a live ball, and then you just have a big mess on your hands.

From the "Why the hell would he know that offhand" category: Today is actually Ted Fujita's birthday.

Yeah, apparently Duke Williams was the Bengals halftime adjustment

So we're down two receivers and a starting tackle so far? $* it, let's roll.

He's throwing across his body on a dead sprint and stuck it right on his man where no defender can make a play on it.

Yeah, he blew the read when he turned his back to the LOS and walked himself into pressure But do you think we can give the guy more than 1 quarter this year befopre we start telling the people rooting for him to STFU?

He does it all the time and its starting to drive me nuts

Hang in there, brother. We've got your back. You nail a retread to your feet and I'll pray for better weather.

Here are the Titans mounting "long drive after long drive" 41 yrds 17 yrds 52 yrds 18 yrds 8 yrds 0 yrds 1 yrd 39 yrds 72 yrds 17 yrds 0 yrds Sometimes I wonder what games people are watching

In that case, my bad as I misread your point.

We're on to Cincinnati?

The rule is not designed for an official to call a penalty every time two guys helmets happen to touch each other. If a guy is leading with his crown against a defenseless receiver, yeah call it. If a guy is loading up the chicken wing to deliver a kill shot, yeah call it. If a guy is bringing the pain after the ball is already gone by, then yeah call it. But for gawd's sake you don't throw a flag from 75 feet away 3 seconds after the play on either of the two guys who were getting down for a key, contested ball. That is well outside the confines of the rule, both in letter and spirit, and imo is a prime example of an officiating culture run amok with the implicit approval of the league.

I missed the second time he got called for it (must have been mixing one up) but I thought the first time he got called for it was also a weak call compared to what he'd already been up to on a couple downs previously. If Jerry has suddenly figured out how to draw calls instead of frothing about the ones he's not getting, that's even better than adding a new pass rush move!