American Football (NFL, College, etc.)

deseipher wrote:

I suppose an assistant sticking out his knee to trip an opposing player wasn't low enough so they went lower, to the feet.

:victory:
And if there's a way to go any lower than feet, he'd probably find it. :screwu:

hitomi #1 wrote:Ya know, it just never stops with that Rex Ryan, what else is left? :beaten:

Much ado about nothing. Rex Ryan lusts after his wife--isn't that a good thing?

Found this on ESPN.com. Hilarious.

Will somebody please hire coach Bob Green?
December, 15, 2010
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He's the best quote in college football. And after 24 years at Montana Tech in Butte, Mont., Bob Green is out of a job.

He went 140-116-1 at Montana Tech and his team played for the national championship in 1996, but that's not why you hire him. You hire him because his press conferences are so funny you don't care when you lose. He's Bum Phillips reincarnated; Will Rogers with a whistle around his neck.

Just a few Greenisms from over the years:
"I'm a perfectionist. I expect Jennifer Lopez to know how to cook."
"I told [my defensive players] they've got to stick like a Toyota gas pedal."
"It was an outstanding scrimmage. There were plays on offense, there were plays on defense. It's kind of like going to the Golden Corral buffet. It's all good and there's a lot of it."
"We had an interception chance, and we caught the ball. An interception chance is like a date with the homecoming queen -- close the deal. Don't waste an opportunity."
After a big win ... "I feel like I just had a Viagra cocktail with a Cialis chaser."
"They're gonna be very good. They're rougher than a pine cone toilet seat."
"The younger guys are a little bit lost. Kinda like chinese arithmetic."
"I really feel like our team is ready to go hit individuals from another institution of higher learning."
"It's like you're trying to sell bubble gum in a lockjaw ward. You just can't get much done."
"We gotta be like a homely girl on her honeymoon. Busy, busy, busy."
"I hate to sound like an old coach but I am an old coach. I was coaching when the Dead Sea was only sick."
"When I first started coaching, Christ was a kid."
"I'm not a big Yankee fan. It's kinda like living in ancient Rome and rootin' for the lions."
"We're like the kid that plays second french horn in the school band. We gotta play better."
After a close loss ... "It's kinda like watching your mother in law go off a cliff in your brand new Cadillac. You got mixed feelings.h
"We're kinda like a woodpecker in a petrified forest. We just keep busy."
"I got a short memory, just like when I was in the third grade. Two of the best years of my life."
"I don't like bottled water. I like that Butte water. You can eat and drink at the same time."
"The game is going to come down to playing football. We've got to play football. We're not trying to split the atom."
"We want to play a full 60 minutes. One thing is for sure, the game will last at least 60 minutes."
"There were some long faces and there were some lower lips sticking out. But we did not call the undertaker and tell him to order a 50-gallon drum of embalming fluid."
"We played two games that were very winnable. Unfortunately, they were very losable."
After a tough loss... "I told them the sun was going to come up. My wife didn't file divorce papers. I didn't have a heart attack. My dog knew me when I came home."
"It's not being disappointed that counts, it's whether you stay disappointed."
"We were lower than a snake's vest button."
"The way I describe him is he looks like Jane but plays like Tarzan."
"The last two weeks we really dug ourselves a hole. That's not the ideal road map."
"It's been very tough on them. But the road to success passes through the town of Adversity. I hope we've got Adversity in the rear-view mirror. I hope we're at the city limits."
After Alex Grevas caught a game-winning TD pass ... "I'd like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Grevas for conceiving Alex."
"It was a team effort. Everybody contributed with poor play."
gWhat a difference a week makes. This week I feel like a football coach. Last week I felt like Britney Spearsf choreographer.h
gWefve got to play like wefre on a hot stove. Your feet arenft going to stay in one place very long.h
gIf you ainft burning up for this one, your woodfs wet."
"The season's a lot like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes."
On retiring ... "You can be the guy who stayed at the party too long. I don't want to be that guy."
(With thanks to mtstandard.com)

Here's a couple of youtube clips with Coach Green saying a lot of the above (ya gotta love his energy):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLN0xUtkFnU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LikNOLkPc50&feature=email


Five Ohio State players including their starting QB, WR, RB, and left tackle are suspended for the first five games of NEXT season by the NCAA for rules infractions, but all are allowed to play in the upcoming Sugar Bowl. WTF.
Heck, there's a chance that by next season any or all of them will have declared for the NFL draft and not even be around to serve their suspensions. But that's beside the point which is how is deferred punishment ever more effective than immediate punishment, especially since these five are allowed to play in their team's biggest game of the year? If the Ohio State administration had any cojones, they'd suspend the players immediately. Of course the Sugar Bowl committee, the Ohio State fans who paid all that money to come out to New Orleans to watch the game, ESPN who will be televising the game, and the Buckeye coaches and players won't be at all happy, but life, not to mention standing up for principles or demonstrating integrity, is not always fair.

^^ Man, forget about him getting another coaching job, should have his own standup comedy show. :rofl:

PS- It's just so much fun though to pick on Rex. :naughty:

Cowboys lose to the Cardinals, 27-26... A nice present on Christmas Day. :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:Cowboys lose to the Cardinals, 27-26... A nice present on Christmas Day. :victory: :applaud:

And what a way to lose, on a missed PAT. :beaten:
Vikings-Eagles game for tonight has been postponed until Tuesday because of the weather(?)! :beatyou: Football is meant to be played in cold weather, never seen a game postponed in Green Bay or Buffalo, weather in those places is normally much worse, plus who can ever forget the Pats-Raiders game in the snow. :mrgreen:

hitomi #1 wrote:And what a way to lose, on a missed PAT. :beaten:

The icing on the cake. :mrgreen: :applaud:

hitomi #1 wrote:
Vikings-Eagles game for tonight has been postponed until Tuesday because of the weather(?)! :beatyou: Football is meant to be played in cold weather, never seen a game postponed in Green Bay or Buffalo, weather in those places is normally much worse, plus who can ever forget the Pats-Raiders game in the snow. :mrgreen:

I used to live in Denver and there was a game in the '80s, I forget who the Broncos played, but it was held in a blizzard. The roads were closed, the airport was shutdown, people were advised not to go out etc.

Anyway, a friend of mine had season tickets and he went to the game. I doubt if there were 10,000 people at Mile-High and it held 70,000 for football. The crazy thing is my friend's season tickets were in the upper deck and he went all the way up there to his assigned seats!! :crazy:

gaijinmark wrote:I used to live in Denver and there was a game in the '80s, I forget who the Broncos played, but it was held in a blizzard. The roads were closed, the airport was shutdown, people were advised not to go out etc.

Anyway, a friend of mine had season tickets and he went to the game. I doubt if there were 10,000 people at Mile-High and it held 70,000 for football. The crazy thing is my friend's season tickets were in the upper deck and he went all the way up there to his assigned seats!! :crazy:

LOL. :hehe:

A very cold, but honest man. :victory:

Who needs Ochocinco and TO?

Bengals taking the Chargers apart with a couple of rookie receivers, 34-20, with a minute to go.

G-Men also getting taken apart by the Packers, 38-17, in the 4th.

hitomi #1 wrote:Vikings-Eagles game for tonight has been postponed until Tuesday because of the weather(?)! :beatyou: Football is meant to be played in cold weather, never seen a game postponed in Green Bay or Buffalo, weather in those places is normally much worse, plus who can ever forget the Pats-Raiders game in the snow. :mrgreen:

It's not about the football game itself, but about people getting to the football game, which apparently is nearly impossible and very unsafe.

^^ Few articles mention about the ratings also, give Favre a couple extra days of rest, gotta think of the ratings first, :naughty: if they thought about the fans they wouldn't be having a game in Philly or any northern city at night, they know it's gonna be that much colder. :twisted: Been to Philly a few times, they do have an excellent transit system, subway goes right to the stadium. :mrgreen:

Right about the Chargers, how do you lose to Palmer and company? :bleh: Jets clinch a berth even though they lost, probably be going to KC for the opening round, that Cassell is still putting up numbers, 3 more TDs with no picks today. :applaud: Jags lost but it didn't matter how the Colts did because they lost to an NFC team, Colts though with a win get the division.

Pats win the AFC East and get the no. 1 seed with the win today. :applaud:

Jets lose, but still make the playoffs. :grumble:

Chiefs win the AFC West, they've quietly taken care of business this year.

Rams got an important win, though you have to think whoever comes out of the west is going to be one and done in the playoffs. :sweat:

And Detroit has a winning streak. :beaten:

^^ Rams vs. the 'Hawks next week for the division title, Seattle wins it means they'll win it with a losing record, :bleh: whoever wins will probably face the Saints in a home game, so yes, would think one and done. Yeah, Lions have won 3 in a row, :bow: today at Miami, what a funny team the Dolhins are, 1-7 at home and 6-1 on the road, had they just played .500 at home. :rofl:

hitomi #1 wrote:Right about the Chargers, how do you lose to Palmer and company? :bleh:

If I recall, the Bengals won their division last year.

If anything, TO and 85 undermined the team... And as today showed, they can win without those two egomaniacal fools.

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Rams vs. the 'Hawks next week for the division title, Seattle wins it means they'll win it with a losing record, :bleh: whoever wins will probably face the Saints in a home game, so yes, would think one and done. Yeah, Lions have won 3 in a row, :bow: today at Miami, what a funny team the Dolhins are, 1-7 at home and 6-1 on the road, had they just played .500 at home. :rofl:

I wouldn't be too surprised if the Rams make the playoffs. Back when they played the Pats in the preseason, I though Bradford looked very good.

I'm sure Detroit wishes they had played in the NFC West this year. :beaten:

Jav_sol wrote:

I wouldn't be too surprised if the Rams make the playoffs. Back when they played the Pats in the preseason, I though Bradford looked very good.

I'm sure Detroit wishes they had played in the NFC West this year. :beaten:

Lions are not that bad of a team, their coach cost them the Jets game and the refs cost them a game against the Bears. :puppydog: How about this for a rematch, Jets go into KC and win the would be playing the Pats after that. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
If I recall, the Bengals won their division last year.

If anything, TO and 85 undermined the team... And as today showed, they can win without those two egomaniacal fools.

You're right about those 2, today they were able to play as a real team, very rarely do you see teams with characters like that go too far into the post season. :shakehead: That's one of those mysteries how they won last year, just played certain teams at the right time, they ended up losing 4 out of their last 5 and it carried over to this season. :bleh:

I wouldn't blame Cinci's problems on TO and Ochocinco this year. TO has had his best season since 2007 and has been relatively quiet, behavior wise this year. If anything is to blame for Cinci's dissapointment this year it would be Carson Palmer, who throws too many interceptions, and the Bengals defense which isn't much better than the Houston Texan's defense.

As for Detroit, they do have some descent players. Particularly Calvin Johnson and the receiving core. They've lost a lot of close games this year to some good teams, but they can't finish games because of inconsistent QB play and a lack of a running game.

^^ Yes, Palmer has not been the same since his shoulder injury but he does have more TDs than INTs, the running game has hurt, Benson may have a 1,000 yards but that's overrated, averages 3.6 yds a carry. :usuck: Running game is what's carried the Giants, Manning has 30 TD passes but 24 INTs and 7 lost fumbles, more turnovers than TDs. :doh: Lets go 'Skins next week. :naughty:

mrsmith10 wrote:I wouldn't blame Cinci's problems on TO and Ochocinco this year. TO has had his best season since 2007 and has been relatively quiet, behavior wise this year.

"Relatively" is the key word.

Notice how really good and focused the Pats got after unloading Moss?

Cincy played the same way today without those two pariahs.