So uh…um…that was…well I mean you can see where….There are no words, really. Yesterday’s NFL playoff action was another fine example of the flukiness of professional football and their playoff ranking rules. Clearly the away teams yesterday should have been considered the favorites. Both had superior records in tougher divisions and yet, and yet, both walked away with a loss on the road.
Cardinals 30, Falcons 24: Yes, the Red Birds beat the Dirty Birds. To the Cardinals credit, for the majority of the game, they looked like the superior team. With the exception of three possessions in the 2nd quarter (where Atlanta scored three straight times), Arizona’s offense and defense looked like the better unit on the field. Their offense out rushed Atlanta’s (what??) and Kurt Warner led a steady air attack to balance everything out. Yet it was the Cardinals defense that shocked most people. They held Atlanta to 60 yards rushing while picking off Matty Ice three times.
Chargers 23, Colts 17 (OT): LaDanian who? Darren Sproles kicked the living shit out of the Colts last night, both from the line of scrimmage and on kick/punt return duty. He ended up with 328 all purpose yards including the winning 22 yard touchdown run to end the game in OT. But do we take this opportunity to complain about OT rules in the NFL? I say no. Ya gotta dance with the one what brung ya. And at this point, there isn’t a single person who doesn’t know the rules [Ed. note: Donovan McNabb maybe?]. So congratulations to the Chargers, you just made the AFC that much weaker as it moves toward losing its second straight Super Bowl.
Pacers 122, Kings 117: Remember when everyone said the Pacers were going to be a playo–wait, they won?? Well they still suck. Except Danny Granger. He’s good.
Heat 101, Nets 96: Man Dwyane Wade is the awesomest. So awesome in fact that some Miami fans* think he’s better than LeGlobal Icon. Seriously.
FraudHawks 103, FraudRockets 100: The FraudRockets have now lost 3-4 to the Raptors, Wizards, and now the Atlanta FraudHawks. Someone write up an expose on how fraudy they fruad.
*Miami fans apparently make Yankees fans look rational in their homerism. Wow.
You shouldn’t link to that garbage.
Fixed.
I can link to any garbage I want.
U r.
Ahh..out of the mouths of babes
/not babe as in chick but babe as in teenager who writes a sports blog
Hanley Ramirez is better than Babe Ruth!
Ruth would be chastised for his lack of commitment to working out in the off season if he played today.
That’s prejudiced against fat people.
/nice work
Perhaps CC Sabathia is destined to become the greatest home run hitter ever?
/baseball prospectus’ first book of science’d?
I’d like to CC and Zambrano head to head in a wiffle ball homerun derby.
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serious
Good win for the Cards. They won this game on the road, but I don’t like their chances to do it again.
I was amazed at how many Cardinals fans there were in Atlanta.
/brainsplosion