nfl offseason transactions, fired coaches, general nonsense 2012

The weird shit for this is seeing kids being Red Sox fans in the midwest, as that is some exotic weird fandom from when I was a kid. My buddy Tobey, his Dad was a die hard A's fan in Muncie - so into it he had one of those big 80s SETI satillite dishes and these weird de-scramblers to watch A's games.

i have a friend who grew up in lexington and is a huge cubs fan -- wgn has a lot to answer for

Thing is it's kind of dying out because of the Fox Sports pages WGN doesn't carry all the games anymore and Bob Brenly and that other dude are definitely not Harry and Steve Stone, who could be really entertaining even if the Cubs were losing.

Not wanting to drop a whole lot of MLB into an NFL page, but the Reds are really working it to build back up the fan base in the tri-state area. The Castellini's are pretty pro at running a club and are building it up pretty well from the void that Marge and Linder who ran the club into the ground.

My coworker has lived in Sacramento his whole life - baseball he's a Yankees fan, and football he's a Dolphins fan. Go figure O_o

great NYT piece. it's kinda sisyphean - every year you roll the boulder of hope up that mountain in time for the season to begin, and then every season (unless it's your team's year, or you live in boston or nyc) you watch it roll back down

otm

i have to admit that the raiders and cowboys definitely have a thing beyond the normal draw of most teams.

Personally I've never met a Cowboys fan who wasn't a Texan at some point in their life. Although I've read (on this board?) that there a lot of Cowboys fans in DC who chose them back when the Redskins were run by a racist asshole.

Raider Nation on the other hand is this weird, amorphous thing that is hard to describe. They represent an ethos much more than the Cowboys do.

personally I'm a Raiders fan because

1. best uniforms ever

2. I admired Al Davis' fearless and outside-the-box approach.

btw, the raiders aren't an incompetent, failing team. They're officially a mediocre team and have been for two years now.

Russell Wilson looks pretty awesome btw

"Russell Wilson looks pretty awesome btw"

Gruden was totally into Wilson on that QB Camp show on ESPN a few months back. Gruden seemed pretty impressed by him.

everyone raved about him but most ended up writing him off because he was short.

it would be hilarious if after all this RG3/Luck hype the best rookie quarterback turns out to be a third-rounder.

59 yd run by Pryor

then a 20 yd TD run

ok Pryor making a statement

76 yd TD pass to Criner

Pryor has 213 yds of offense on 5 plays

TERRELLE

Pryor was good today. However, he's still Terrelle Pryor and he will make you sad eventually.

well then he'll fit right in

Gruden seemed pretty impressed by him.

― earlnash, Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:07 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol

pryor could be something at QB, is in a shitty spot right now

I really enjoyed watching Russell Wilson with the Badgers, he's the real deal

Jon Gruden kind of grills some of those guys pretty good on that show and some like Colt McCoy kind of wilt a bit under his badgering. Talking football, JG seemed really impressed by the game knowledge Wilson and that dude from Boise had (along with the obvious in Luck and the just unbelievable skills of RGIII). He stated the dude from Boise might not have the arm or body to make it work in the NFL, but he's a coach in waiting now. Gruden was kind of comparing Wilson a bit to dude like Brees who kind of had some of the similar knocks coming out of Purdue (too small, not a big enough arm) etc.

pryor could be something at QB, is in a shitty spot right now

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Sunday, August 26, 2012 5:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

why is it a bad spot? There's no pressure, they have pretty good receivers, Carson Palmer is a good guy to learn from.

A bad spot would be some team that was trying to turn him into a pocket passer and throwing him to the wolves as a starter.

Watching the replay. Greg Papa keeps calling him "Al Davis's final draft pick".

Napoleon Kaufman in the Raiders' team chaplain!

Peyton's arm strength is totally gone. He still looks pretty good.

local station playing wobble baby while showing peyty throws :^\

stuck with a vitally important local cultural institution that is owned by a complete asshole

it's always been this way for washington, it's just that some of the complete assholes win football games and some don't

why is it a bad spot? There's no pressure, they have pretty good receivers, Carson Palmer is a good guy to learn from.

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, August 26, 2012 3:16 AM (19 hours ago) Bookmark

bcuz there was a change in the front office so they don't have much invested in his development

I hadn't seen any preseason Jets games until tonight. Hoo boy, I look forward to seeing them get beaten a lot this year!

R.I.P. Vince Young (again)

Tavaris Jackson to the Bills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kaWL1VkGrc

bcuz there was a change in the front office so they don't have much invested in his development

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Monday, August 27, 2012 2:23 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think this game will go a long way to taking care of that problem

http://www.youtube.com/v/1kaWL1VkGrc&fs=1&hl=en

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, August 27, 2012 1:04 AM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

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the play before that he ran for twenty yards! Feast or famine with that guy.

snack or famine

that play is amazing. i can't decide if the decision or the execution was worse, and it was the worst decision of all time

snack or famine

― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, August 27, 2012 6:28 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

lmao

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1316350/cptjet.gif

YESSSSSSS

NFL 2012 WEEK 1: "I'm out." -- Captain Jet

cleared for takeoff

haaahaha awesome

snack or famine
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, August 27, 2012 6:28 AM

This is more accurate, yes.

wayne hunter for jason smith, classic change of scenery trade