Crap Throwing Monkey

Right. Two words. "John Madden". Of course, with his advanced senility, Madden will be calling him Brett Favre all night...

"Mixed it up"? Let's take a closer look at how they "mixed up" that final drive: Run Run Run Run Pass Pass Pass Pass What's "mixed up" about that? "Well...they did run AND pass in the same drive..."

"Thank God for Coy Wire..."

I laughed my ass off. But then, I'd been laughing my ass off at the hilarity of it all since the "performing an unnatural act" call and Patrick Pass dropping the ball to grab his hamstring. That whole game, from the trailer to the booth to all three teams (Pats, Bills, officials) on the field, was like watching one long Monty Python skit.

As much as I like that answer (and I do; answering with judgements in hypothetical cases risks prejudging actual cases that may come before the court), it certainly doesn't leave much remaining to ask. Though if the Senators had any brains, they'd manage to ask intelligent questions about previous cases and their rationale behind judgements in such. But...nah. Much more lucrative to pander to the masses.

The more I think of it, I get a sneaking suspicion that's why Bruschi blew off Kobler after the game. Didn't want to be a part of it.

Stomping all over the coverage with taped interviews, certainly. The actual blather...I have a hard time believing that McGuire and Theisman have no responsibility for blathering on about "icing the punter" or whether or not a trick play gaining two yards and a first down is or is not sufficient.

Good. The cats need new toys.

It's tough when FEMA's not everywhere all the time doing everything, too...

Director, more likely. Not that it matters all that much. And they do have some latitude...it's not like the voice in their ear tells them "You MUST talk about Bruschi now," though it is the producer/director that decides to stomp all over the game coverage with a Bob Kraft interview. But it's also why McGuire can suddenly change his tune on a dime, as well. He starts bitching about the play-calling, and a voice in his ear starts jabbering "Whoa, dude...lay off the league, they're our gravy-train." At any rate, though...the broadcast was strictly bush-league, from the trailer to the booth to the field. But then, so was the officiating, both teams' execution, the Bills' play-calling...

:I starred in Brokeback Mountain:

Well, why not? You're not educated enough to understand most anything else...

bull sh--. IF those passes were successful and Buffalo got a couple of first downs, then Clements is still an idiot who abandoned the run at the worst possible time to prove how smart and clever he was. It's the same reason everybody laughs at Mike Martz, even when he wins. And bollocks on "Monday Morning QBing" nonsense; I was hopping mad about this last night, when he started airing it out on second and six with five and a half minutes left. Like I said earlier: 31 teams in the league know you run the ball down their throats at that point. Most of the viewers know that. The only people that don't are: Clements, because he's "clever", and you, because you apparently value "clever" over wins.

Probably because people with taste rated it. Don't know why I'd expect a generation brought up on big-budget all-special-effects, no-plot multi-million dollar blockbusters to understand real movie-making. You probably think Hendrix was a lousy musician because his sound wasn't stomped all over by a team of studio mixers, too.

And don't forget to glue a Joe Theisman figurine face-first to your crotch for that truly authentic look...

...a much better question than "How do you pronounce your last name?"

That's like having the best dental hygiene in Arkansas.

Agreed. As I keep saying, there comes a point, in a close game, when you have to seal it by kicking the opponent in the teeth. This TEAM does not have the fortitude to do that. New England, on the other hand, does. New England also has three Superbowl rings. I do not think that is a coincidence.

That's because they didn't jump across the line, per se. Didn't even fake jumping. It was apparently some sort of vague, nondescript flinch that, while not being a false start, was penalized as a false start nonetheless, on the grounds that the vague, nondescript flinch was an "unnatural" motion.

It's a typo: he meant to say Tedy Bruschi.

But Clements called a pass. Of course, a pass was called for, it being 4th and 8. But then, the reason it was 4th and 8 was because Clements called a pass before that, and a pass before that, and before that, and before that... Again, you've got five and a half minutes left, you're averaging 4 yards a carry, you're down by one score. Don't !@#$ing dance with 'em, shove the ball down their throats! Clements is a dolt.

Mine. Pretty much sums up what I was shouting at the TV last night. "Stop getting cute, you idiot! Stop passing! Run the ball! Don't dance with them! Kick 'em in the nuts while they're down!" I mean, Christ...five and a half minutes left, you've just ripped off four straight runs for 15 yards and a first down, it's second and six, so what do you call? Pass Pass Pass Pass And you turn it over on downs on a two-yard out on 4th and 8. NO, YOU !@#$ING CLOWN OF A COACH! RUN THE BALL!!!!!

At QB, or left tackle? Doesn't matter, I guess. He can do both at the same time.

Why on earth would you do such a thing? Did you even stop to think how the Bruschi groupies in the booth would react to that? My God, you think they were insufferable as they were... Of course, this is Bruschi. Even dead, he would have had at least fifteen "hits" in the final quarter...

Can't say on a family board, but it involved two girl scouts, a German Shepherd, saran warp, and a quart of vegetable oil. That was a weird call...