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Update: Watching the Green Bay/Detroit game. The Lions REALLY need someone to come in and rethink their uniforms. Baby Blue?
Update II: Cowboys are gonna get their asses kicked by the Jets. I’ll say by 15 points at least.
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Krista
Awww…happy poochies!
How can you stand having a glass coffee table, though? My mom used to have one, and I was forever barking my shins on the damned thing.
Michael D.
Krista: I have yet to do that, but the dogs are constantly getting up from lying down and doing that!!
But they are sweeter when they are stupider! :-)
By the way, the Yellow Lab belongs to my tenant, Lewis, who I am also thankful to have around this year. We are both foreigners in this land. He is from TN, I am from Canada. We’re doing Thanksgiving together.
And the dogs get turkey!
Krista
As am I. :)
Krista
Crap, I didn’t read all the way to the end of your comment before responding, so there’s no context to my response. You mentioned that your dogs are sweeter when they’re stupider — that’s what I was responding to.
/puts down shovel with which she’s used to dig herself into a rather deep and stupid hole, and slinks away.
Michael D.
Sweeter when you are stupider?? LOL! Just kidding. Have a wonderful holiday!
capelza
The littlest hound is curled up in the living room with a watchful eye into the kitchen where I am making Thanksgiving dinner.
“Dumbfuck Mountian”…hahahahaaa…that’s great.
RSA
I see that the dogs haven’t quite caught on to the spirit of sharing on Thanksgiving. Maybe Christmas.
A different Matt
Michael D: did you write that update? You’ve wrote some pretty indefensable shit, but this might take the cake. The Jets over the boys? BY 15?!? Sheesh. Time to lay off the bathtub ‘nog.
As for detroits unis, I like them. Denver has the uniforms that need re-thinking. They look like XFL uniforms, or something out of a cheesy football movie – basically they’re parodies of real football uniforms.
jake
That I have absolutely no urge to partake in Black Friday Madness.
That I discovered my complete screw up of the pie crust I made before it was too late.
That the damn cats have so far stayed out of the way while we cook.
Best of all: This time next year the 2008 Presidential Campaign will be O-V-A. ;-)
A different Matt
…and compare the poorly designed uniforms of the Broncos to the poorly designed 49er, browns, cardinals, and bengals square of destitution. Those clubs need to be re-thought completely.
Michael D.
Onhhhh fucking please. Like I know anything about football except that Brett Farvevevevev is HOT-T-T-T!
Michael D.
Jets will still win. They look better. That’s why Green Bay won. The other team was rightly embarrased about their uniforms.
Michael D.
Never mind. :-)
Billy K
Did you have a dream or something? Cause all other predictors point to Jets being shamed.
Notorious P.A.T.
The Lions REALLY need someone to come in and rethink their uniforms.
They are too busy trying to decide which wide receiver to draft with their next first-round pick.
Andy K
The San Diego Chargers throwback jerseys are Baby Blue. The Lions’ uni’s are Honolulu Blue, a slightly deeper shade. Honolulu Blue doesn’t look so bad (and I’m a Packers fan in Michigan), it’s the black piping around the (white) numbers that ugly up those jerseys. The old silver piping looks better. The silver numbers with no piping (the Lions’ throwbacks) are pretty damned sweet.
The ugliest uni’s, imo, are the Seahawks and Falcons, followed closely by the teal teams, Carolina and Jacksonville.
Ranger3
I’m fine with Gay Marriage, but gay guys need to leave the football predictions to the straight dudes. There are limits Mike. There are limits.
The Cowboys rule, this years team may be the best team the frachise has ever had. Unfortunately the current Patriots squad is probably the best the NFL has ever had.
It’s ironic that the kinda good 95 team, coached by the awful Barry Switzer, will be remembered as champions while the 2007 Cowboys seem destined for an honorable mention.
Oh well, at least for today… HOW ‘BOUT THEM COWBOYS!!!
D-Chance.
And next week, Dallas vs Green Bay, in the NFC Game of the Year that no one around here will be able to watch due to it being broadcast on the NFL Network, which no cable companies in this area carry. Way to go, NFL!
A different Matt
Assuming you’re straight, Ranger3, this statement:
Is at odds with this statement:
Predicting a Jets upset reflects ignorance and an unseriousness with the relationship between words and reality plain enough, but predicting this Cowboys team superior to the ’92, ’93, or ’77 teams is a Bush-esque level of indifference to the words that come out of your mouth. (or keyboard, as it were.)
Chuck Butcher
oh yeah, well the Browns are 6-4…
jcricket
Oy, I think Turkey has declared Jihad against MyPantsistan.
Oof.
BIRDZILLA
HEY DID YOU SEE ME ON MONSTER QUEST LAST NIGHT ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL? IM A BIG BIG BIRD AND I REALY DID MEAN TO SCARE THE KID AND IM HIDING FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE I DONT WANT TO BE BUGGED BY BIOLIGIESTS IT REALY RUFFLES MY FEATHERS SQUAWK SQUAWK
Ranger3
Who did those teams beat? More to the point, who did they lose to?
Those teams had a few bad losses. And the 92/93 Cowboys beat the Bills in the Suberbowl. That’s as cheap a win as you can get.
Your comment reflects the ignorance of conventional wisdom, which runs rampant in our hyper conventional overly conservative society.
People assume those teams were really great, simply because they won. Just as people assume the 17-0 Dolphins squad (was that 1972?) was a great team. They weren’t that good, they simply drew a weak schedule in the regular season and then benefited from upsets of the other contenders in the playoffs. Plus they were lucky.
Those 90’s Cowboys teams weren’t great. Aikman was a consistent guy who worked very well in that system, but it’s crap that he’s in the Hall of Fame while Jim Plunkett isn’t. The Cowboys only faced one legitimate powerhouse during that run, the 1994 49ers… who totally owned them. It was only when Jerry Jones bought Deion Sanders away from the niners (for 25 mil) that they were able to (barely) reclaim top dog status.
As for 77, please. They were led by rookie Tony Dorsett, who rushed for a whopping 1,007 yards that year. Staubach was a gamer who a knack for comebacks, but his numbers weren’t spectacular.
The current Cowboys have a QB on pace to throw 40+ TDs with a TD/INT ratio of better than 2:1. They have a #1 receiver on pace to catch 20 TDs and they have two very effective RBs to offset their passing oriented offense. If they can get Glenn healthy for the playoffs, they may well give New England a real challenge.
The truth is that some of the best teams in NFL history never got their due, simply because they lost to an even better team that season, or went down in a freak upset and never got to challenge the ultimate champions. Case in point, the 1985 Miami Dolphins. If you’re the NFL genius you claim to be, then you will acknowledge that they could very well have beaten the Bears in the Superbowl had they not gotten caught in a Boston blizzard.
Ranger3
Who did those teams beat? More to the point, who did they lose to?
Those teams had a few bad losses. And the 92/93 Cowboys beat the Bills in the Suberbowl. That’s as cheap a win as you can get.
Your comment reflects the ignorance of conventional wisdom, which runs rampant in our hyper conventional overly conservative society.
People assume those teams were really great, simply because they won. Just as people assume the 17-0 Dolphins squad (was that 1972?) was a great team. They weren’t that good, they simply drew a weak schedule in the regular season and then benefited from upsets of the other contenders in the playoffs. Plus they were lucky.
Those 90’s Cowboys teams weren’t great. Aikman was a consistent guy who worked very well in that system, but it’s crap that he’s in the Hall of Fame while Jim Plunkett isn’t. The Cowboys only faced one legitimate powerhouse during that run, the 1994 49ers… who totally owned them. It was only when Jerry Jones bought Deion Sanders away from the niners (for 25 mil) that they were able to (barely) reclaim top dog status.
As for 77, please. They were led by rookie Tony Dorsett, who rushed for a whopping 1,007 yards that year. Staubach was a gamer who a knack for comebacks, but his numbers weren’t spectacular.
The current Cowboys have a QB on pace to throw 40+ TDs with a TD/INT ratio of better than 2:1. They have a #1 receiver on pace to catch 20 TDs and they have two very effective RBs to offset their passing oriented offense. If they can get Glenn healthy for the playoffs, they may well give New England a real challenge.
The truth is that some of the best teams in NFL history never got their due, simply because they lost to an even better team that season, or went down in a freak upset and never got to challenge the ultimate champions. Case in point, the 1985 Miami Dolphins. If you’re the NFL genius you claim to be, then you will acknowledge that they could very well have beaten the Bears in the Superbowl had they not gotten caught in a Boston blizzard.
incontrolados
My pups got into a brief spat over beef-puffs.
This is a football thread? Sorry.
bernarda
What was that Cowboys/Jets score again?
Johnny Pez
Damn, Michael, I’m impressed by your precience. You called that Jets/Cowboys game right down the line! I bet those Jets fans are celebrating tonight!
Michael D.
I’m tellin ya! You can almost guarantee yourself a betting win by betting against me!
A different Matt
Ranger3:
The 92/93 Cowboys also had charles Haley, kenny norton, leon lett, darren woodson, Alvin Harper, Jay Novechek, and… EMMITT FREAKIN’ SMITH. Not to mention arguabley the best offensive line EVAH!
And Tony Dorsett rushed for 1007 yards back when the season was only 14 games, and he had a thousand yard season when he didn’t even start until week ten! (on 200 carries – hardly a fulltime workload) So please, give credit where credit is due. The early 90’s cowboys featured the greatest running back ever, the greatest offensive line ever, a hall of fame qb, wr, ss, te, and had several other positions playing at a pro bowl level. They consistently had the #1 D in the league, and an offense that scored over 400 points a year. Plus Jimmy Johnson – quite possibly the greatest used car salesman ever – coached them. All in all, they achieved legend status. As did the 77 team, who had more than tony dorsett and roger staughbach going for them.
All this is kind of beside the point anyways. The point above is that you can’t call out every gay person because of Michael’s prognostic abilities then make the hyperbolic prediction of hyperbolic predictions: that this cowboys team is greater than those myth-making teams of yore. I mean, Tony looks good, sure, and the running back duo look good, but TO’s 33 y/o, the defense is good but not great, and the offensive line is solid but not great and their coach is wade phillips. In other words, these cowboys lack staying power.
P.S. Those 94 niners? Eddie Debartolo Jr. had a gambling problem and “stole” Deion away from Atlanta. Jerry Jones was no saint, but he was only playing the game the 49ers started. Those 94 niners wouldn’t have won jack without Johnson leaving the cowboys, allowing kenny norton to sign with the niners – those cowboy teams were so loaded that they still won a superbowl running on fumes under an abseentee coach (Barry Switzer) with half their vaunted D. They were that loaded. They beat an MVP-led Packers team, too. Only a 49 club made up entirely of pro bowlers could top them.