Against a team they should have rolled over as easily as a steam roller flattens an ant, the Philadelphia Eagles choked once again. True, they have been to the NFC Championship five times in the last eight years, but they have only managed to win it once. And the one time they actually went to the Superbowl, their franchise quarterback, Donovan McNabb, ended up puking into his helmet on the thirty yard line, with 3 yards to go for a first down, 3 points behind the New England Patriots, with 3:30 left to go in the game. We all know how that turned out.
There is no doubt in my mind that the Philadelphia Eagles are the better team. But, just like poker, the best hand doesn't always win. The Eagles were flat as last night's beer. Their vaunted "D", led by maniac, Brian Dawkins took the entire first half off, allowing the underweight Cardinals to score 21 points. The Eagles offense was just as flat, scoring only 2 field goals while missing one critical kick in the first half. David Akers, who has been on a par with a guy named "Automatica Gamatica", missed a 43 yard field goal at 13:34 of the second quarter and a simple point after touchdown in the third quarter that could have changed the momentum of the game. And when the wheels fell off the Eagles "D", the Eagles' offensive collapse was fatal.
Granted, the officiating was horrible, with more than a few pass interference calls which would have benefited the Eagles going unnoticed by the obviously partisan officials. None-the-less, it should never have gotten that close. The Eagles should have run over this Arizona team like an Abrams tank, but the Philadelphia Eagles who dominated both the Vikings and the Giants, never showed up.
McNabb was horrible. His passes were inaccurate, at best. Too low, too high, behind the receiver or over his head. Adding to this, the Eagles' defense played like they were on tranquilizers. Kurt Warner can't scramble, but if you give him time, he will pick you apart - and the Eagles "D" gave him all the time he needed, all game long.
While I give the Eagles credit for a spirited and determined second half comeback, it is also true that it never should have gotten that far. The Eagles should have buried Arizona long before that. Had the same Eagles team shown up today that beat the defending Superbowl Champion, New York Giants, a week ago, it would have been over by half-time.
So whose fault is this most recent collapse of a Franchise bound for Destiny? The fault must lie with Coach Andy Reid for failing to get his team prepared for one of the biggest games of their lives. And the fault must also lie with their franchise quarterback, the inaccurate Donovan McNabb, for throwing away so many chances to win. You can point to McNabb's winning record all you want, but the fact is the guy can't win the Big One. He just can't handle the pressure and until he wins a Superbowl, no argument can convince me otherwise. Once in a while the offense has to step up and do it, especially if the defense is struggling. After all, you can't win if you don't score. Hopefully, next year, both McNabb and Reid will be gone from the City of Brotherly Love. For there is no love for losers here, and we have definitely had enough of the Dysfunctional Duo.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Eagles beat Giants, reach NFC title game
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb (5) celebrates after they scored a touchdown during the fourth quarter of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the New York Giants on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
See ya, Chumpions! Bring on the Cards!!!!!
Silly? Un-necessary? Fuck you Troy! You can get in line to kiss my Philadelphia Ass along with all the "Jint" fans! Oh, and by the way, where's your loser team? America's Team! Ah hahahahahahahahaha!
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Fly EAGLES, Fly!
Good luck to the Giants...they're gonna need it!
Somehow, I've got a feeling the Giants will be hearing a lot of this today...heh, heh
Make no mistake about it, We Came To Play!
GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Somehow, I've got a feeling the Giants will be hearing a lot of this today...heh, heh
Make no mistake about it, We Came To Play!
GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Phillies Win the World Series!!!!
We Won!
PHILADELPHIA - OCTOBER 29: Chase Utley #26, Ryan Howard #6 and Geoff Jenkins #10 of the Philadelphia Phillies pile on top of closing pitcher Brad Lidge #54 after they won 4-3 to win the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays during the continuation of game five of the 2008 MLB World Series on October 29, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 10:07 p.m. ET, 10/29/08
Pandemonium reigns just outside my window as a city deprived of a World Championship, any World Championship, since the Philadelphia 76er's won it all in 1983, revels in the victory that makes the Philadelphia Phillies the Champions of the baseball world!
Yes, the Philadelphia Phillies have won the 2008 World Series! The end came in the top of the ninth, when Brad Lidge pitched a strikeout to end it all and finally bring a World Championship to a Sports Loving City long overdue!
Phillies finally finish off Rays, win World Series
Philadelphia, this is for you!
Video courtesy of KidByTheBay415
Note: Thanks to the spoilsports and party poopers at Fox Televsion, any and all videos using any part of their broadcast have been removed from YouTube due to copyright infringement. Thanks for helping us celebrate Fox! One more reason to turn you off!
A city of Rocky's, hard working, blue collar, middle class, real Americans, who dare to dream the impossible, represented on the ball field by a team of Rocky's, who not only dared to dream, but dared to win!
Congratulations Philadelphia and the 2008 World Series Champions, the Philadelphia Phillies!!
See ya at the parade tomorrow!
Video courtesy of PhillyPhan104
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Monday, February 04, 2008
A Giant Win, A Super Bowl!
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning celebrates with the trophy alongside New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, right, and Terry Bradshaw after the Giants defeated the Patriots 17-14 in the Super Bowl XLII football game Sunday Feb. 3, 2008 in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris O'Mear)
Perfect Victory Spoils Perfect Season!
The New York Football Giants are the Champions of the World!
Read about it here!
It is with great joy that I congratulate the New York Football Giants on their incredible victory over the previously undefeated New England Patriots!
Eli, this one's for you!
I'll even give you this, Mag's song for me! For you are now and forever more will be, The Boy From New York City!
What a game! Thanks to both teams for a dramatic, spectacular season and an awesome Superbowl!
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Mayweather Destroys Hatton in Stunning 10th Round Knockout
Be Careful what you ask for...
Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, knocks out Ricky Hatton, of Great Britain, in the 10th round of their WBC welterweight boxing title fight at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)You may remember the post I had up here regarding Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton's destruction of Juan Luiz Castillo some months back. It was an amazing performance, not just in the ring, but in the stands as well, where thousands of Hatton's British boxing fans, who made the journey across the pond in support of their idol, had turned foreign soil into home court advantage. At that point, Ricky was the King of the Light Welterweight division and it is where he should have stayed. He could have continued his unblemished record and retired at some future point an undefeated champion. Instead, he called out Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather and ended up a defeated chump.
"There was more action in those four rounds than you'd have had in Floyd Mayweather's last half dozen fights.", said a laughing Ricky Hatton in the Castillo post fight interview. Unfortunately, Floyd was watching the fight at home. After that, a retired Floyd Mayweather is said to have instructed his manager to "Make the fucking fight."
Be careful what you ask for, indeed.
I knew before the fight that Ricky was biting off way more than he could chew and Mags will tell you I pretty much called it earlier in the day. 9th or 10th round knockout by Mayweather. I knew Mayweather was too accurate a puncher. I knew he was also an under-rated puncher and I knew that unless Hatton got a lucky shot in, ending the fight, Floyd's precision would eventually wear "The Hitman" down.
Nevertheless, I tuned into the $55 pay-per-view event hoping that Hatton would shut the classless, arrogant Pretty Boy down. Hatton is like a bulldog after all, and Floyd had never fought anyone with Hatton's tenacity and aggresive style. Hatton had more than a chance to win if he could keep Mayweather bottled up in a corner and unload on him, as he has done to all his previous opponents. On the other hand, Hatton has never faced the quality of opponents that Mayweather had, so there was an unknown variable thrown into the equation. So I was hoping that Hatton could do what had never been done before, shut the Pretty Boy up. What changed my mind and loyalty happened before the fight even started though. It was the obnoxious behavior of the thousands of British fans when our National Anthem was sung.
They came with a brass band and a big bass drum. They sang and beat that drum constantly from the middle of the preceeding preliminary fight until they exploded when Hatton entered the ring to his trademark song, Blue Moon. They roared with derision when Mayweather entered to Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA". All well and good. Support your man and deride his opponent, fair enough. It's what happened next that turned me into a Mayweather man.
After standing quietly through the British National Anthem, which was sung by has-been Rock Star "Sir" Tom Jones, (Sir?), American fans' were shocked when their British counterparts booed so loudly that you couldn't even hear Tyrese Gibson sing the Star Spangled Banner. Maybe they're still upset that we are no longer "the colonies", (after all, we did dump a bunch of their beloved tea in Boston Harbor), or maybe, as some have suggested on British boxing sites, it's just what Euro's do to each other at international sporting events, but either way, "that shit don't fly here". By drowning out our National Anthem the Brits spat in the eye of every American and at that point, dam near every American wanted to shut them up. We Americans are fanatically territorial, as evidenced in all our sports. Just try to get into a Cowboys/Eagles football game in Philly wearing a Dallas jersey and see how far you get. Yet Hatton, with his down home, good ole boy charm had managed to bridge the international gap... until his fans ruined it for him. You just don't disrespect me in my own "house", son. Not if you don't want a good asskicking to follow.
Even Hatton was not above classless antics, when, after being docked a point for hitting behind the head, he bent over and in a stupid display of emotion, wiggled his ass at Floyd Mayweather. I hope he and his fans enjoyed the moment because he would be made to pay for it in the same fashion I described above, with a good asskicking.
While Mayweather was clearly the superior fighter throughout the early rounds, his dominance really began to show in the 8th round. By the middle of the 10th, it was over, with Hatton trying to get up off the mat, his face bruised and his eye leaking blood... and, if only for a moment, that goddam drum finally silenced.
I am not going to describe the action, tune in to HBO next Saturday and you can watch it for yourself. There are also countless other articles which do better justice to the round by round action than I ever could. My point here is an issue of "class", and Hatton and his fans showed little of it.
In the post fight interviews, Mayweather showed his true colors by endlessly showering praise on his vanquished opponent. The most we could get from Hatton was a weak apology for losing and mumbled excuses. Sure, Mayweather acted obnoxiously in the pre-fight lead-up, but, hey, the name of the game is putting asses in the seats and someone has to play the role of villian. A role Floyd is emminently suited for. As his post fight compassion for his vanquished foe clearly showed though, it was a role to sell tickets, nothing more.
So you see, in the end, it was the Brits and Ricky Hatton who showed little or no class. You don't go into someone's home and insult the host. You don't behave like obnoxious, rude drunks. It's not your house, after all. And all the singing and all the drum beating couldn't lift their man to victory over a clearly superior opponent. To paraphrase an old English nursery rhyme, "All the Queen's horses(asses) and all the Queen's men, couldn't put Ricky together again" And to paraphrase the Brit's own Ricky Hatton sing-a-long, (sung to the tune of Walking In A Winter Wonderland"):
There is one Ricky Hatton!
Now yer done Ricky Hatton!
Try talking yer smack,
From flat on yer back!
Mayweather's the Champion Of The World!
And Ricky, be careful what you ask for...you just might get it!
Now limp your tired, sorry, loser asses back across the pond, Brits. History has repeated itself and the mighty British Empire has lost to the "Colonies" once more.
Oh, and take that goddam drum with you.
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(Yes, I am once again crossing the picket line, but, hey, this was too important to me to pass on - sorry!)
Champ
Chump
Here's a little treat for those of you who missed it! Enjoy! Note: Every time I post a video, YouTube deletes it. My guess is copyright infringement or maybe a bunch of pissed-off, hung over Brits are complaining, wah, wah. Well as long as they keep deleting them, I'll keep finding new ones!
"Best Ever" Mayweather can walk away in style
(Great article)Wednesday, October 03, 2007
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(This post and the one above, will remain on top until after the Tourney - hope to see you there!)
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!
Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton
Hatton Cements Status as Top 140-Pounder
By TIM DAHLBERG, AP Boxing Writer5 hours ago
LAS VEGAS - Ricky Hatton spent most of his career fighting before friendly crowds in his native England. Maybe that's why he felt so at home Saturday night just off the Las Vegas Strip. With thousands of his countrymen coming over from England to cheer him on, Hatton needed just one big punch to stop Jose Luis Castillo to solidify his spot as the best 140-pounder in the world.
(more)What a night! What a fight! With 11,000 of his adoring fans, who made the pilgrimage from the United Kingdom to the Mecca of Boxing, Las Vegas, beating drums, playing horns and singing wildly, Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton, demolished Jose Luis Castillo in Round 4 of their championship fight last night, cementing his legacy as the best 140 lb fighter in the world!
From the moment he entered the arena to the sounds of his trademark entrance song, Blue Moon, the Union Jack once again dominated the American landscape as each thundering blow was greeted by an explosion of cheers! Never missing a beat, Ricky drove the arena into a frenzy of wildly screaming mayhem. In all my years as a fan of boxing I have never witnessed such an exciting event! God Save The Queen still rings in my ears!
Unbelievable fighter...unbelievable fight. Ladies and Gents, Brothers and Sisters, meet my new favorite fighter. Aman who fights from the heart. A man a Marine could love.
Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton, the British Bulldog...
Last nights crushing one punch knockout of Castillo can be seen below.
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Update: I have joined the Ricky Hatton Fan Club. Now that's saying a lot for a guy who lives with the woman who invented the "Philadelphia Left Hook"! To keep up with the most exciting fighter in the sport today, go to The Official Site of Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton.
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