- Packers 31, Steelers 25... Not the best Super Bowl I've ever seen but it had its moments... Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers had yet another great game.. 24 of 39 for 304 yards and 3 TDs with no INTs, and it should've been more with several drops including a couple big ones from Nelson, and a potential touchdown dropped by James Jones... They got enough on the ground (11 for 52 from James Starks) to keep Pittsburgh semi-honest and they couldn't cover all the GB receivers... For Pittsburgh, the night was marred by mistakes... the early pick 6 by Roethlisberger was a wounded duck that seemed to float forever, and the Mendenhall fumble was enormous... but you have to give credit to GB... they lost their defensive leader and pro-bowl CB Charles Woodson and their #3 corner Sam Shields, and while they gave up some yards to Pittsburgh after that, they made enough plays to hold them off... Roethlisberger had a chance to march the field and vault to instant legend status and he couldn't pull it off.... now? We wait to see if there's football in August...
Elsewhere in life...
- Tom Brady named NFL MVP... the first ever unanimous vote from AP voters and it's a deserving one... he had a 36 to 4 TD/INT ratio... come on lol
- NBA Check - Rajon Rondo with a rare scoring outburst (26 points) to lead Boston over Orlando at home... Dwight had 22 in the first half but Boston clamped down and held him to only 28 for the game... there was a scary injury to Marquis Daniels who was carted off with an apparent neck injury as well... prayers for him... Amare Stoudemire exploded with 41 points on 17 of 21 shooting in a 117-103 win over Philly... I'd call that efficiency... and Dwyane Wade led Miami over the Clip Show with 28/8/8 in the 91-79 win...
- College Hoops - Ohio State rolls on... 82-69 road win over a pretty good Minnesota team... Jared Sullinger led the way as usual with 18 and 13... Michigan State is dead and buried.... they got run out of the gym 82-56 by Wisconsin giving them 10 losses and they look to be in utter despair... Wisconsin is a very, very good team, especially at home, but they were non-competitive...
What to watch for on Monday...
- #15 Missouri @ #2 Kansas - ESPN 9:00 - This is even more interesting than it appears as Kansas takes the court likely without Josh Selby... Mizzou is capable of winning this one, even at the Phog..
- #4 Pittsburgh @ West Virginia - ESPN 7:00 - Backyard brawl... this is 2 grind-it-out Big East teams, and while Pitt is the better team, they're playing without one of their leaders in Ashton Gibbs...
- T-Wolves @ Hornets - NBA TV 8:00 - Minnesota is pretty bad... and Chris Paul should do whatever he wants against that putrid Minny backcourt, but Love vs. West is worth the price of admission...
- Bulls @ Blazers - WGN 10:00 - Gotta love WGN... Portland is always dangerous at home, and I'm not sure Chicago has anyone that can guard Aldridge with Noah out...
- Suns @ Warriors - NBA TV 10:30 - If you like points... and absolutely no defense... this one's for you... but the chance to see mini-Nash (Steph Curry) and real Nash go at it will be fun...
Enjoy...
3 comments:
Well done on your prediction, you were very close.
I think I told you in Hickory that I thought it would be 31-25 to the Pack. Shame Raji and Troy P were not factors at all, but I thought it was a good game. All you ask if the game to come down to the last series.
No word on Christina Ag then?
When you do your hoops round up (and waste of space college crap) can you do more than mention the Celtics, Miami, and NY?
Dallas looks pretty hot just now...
Is there audio evidence of your 31-25 pick?... My hopes were high for Aguilera, but it was certainly a disappointment even if you discount the word slip... and yeah, the Mavs are hot... I've given them all kinds of love lately, you just have to sift through it... their record with Dirk in the lineup is scary good
And I can't believe you're already bailing on Michael Young... you ought to be ashamed
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