Friday, November 11, 2011

11/11/11: Thursday Night Football, Lockout, etc.

Greetings all... a good old-fashioned daily update post... it's been a while...
  • The Chargers and Raiders played a football game last night... while half the country couldn't watch it (me included) because of the foolishness with NFL Network and its distribution... at any rate... Raiders 24, Chargers 17... the lead story for me is Michael Bush going for 242 yards from scrimmage... I know that the Chargers offensive meltdown is a sexier story (we're getting there), but any time a backup running back goes north of 240? It's a big deal, even if he's the best backup RB in the league (he is)... What do we think of Philip Rivers? 23 of 47 for 274, 2 TDs, 1 INT... not awful right? but he's consistently been south of expectations this year, and 23 of 47 is unacceptable against a pretty mediocre Oakland secondary (to be nice about it)... probably didn't help that Vincent Jackson no-showed (1 catch for 22 yards on 7 targets) and Tolbert/Mathews combined for just 70 yards on the ground... but Rivers needs more heat... oh... and I should probably say nice things about Carson Palmer since I kill him all the time... 299 yards and he had some zip going from what I saw..
  • Virginia Tech 37, Georgia Tech 26... big story locally for obvious reasons, but this one bounced GT from the division race in the ACC, and cements VT as a top-10 team... I thought the game swung on an idiotic personal foul penalty by Jeremiah Attaochu... it was 26-21 GT at the time and the Jackets had VT stopped on 3rd and 19 before Attaochu literally punched Logan Thomas... VT went on to score a TD on the drive and that was that... kind of a big blow for GT to cap a 3 of 4 losing skid, and bury their conference title hopes... the season now rides on the Georgia game...
  • Tiger Woods is winning a golf tournament... granted it's the Australian Open (aka in Australia), but he's winning... just saying...
  • The NCAA slaps Ohio State with a "failure to monitor" charge... this story has gone away nationally for the most part (despite my best efforts lol), but it's a pleasure to see the Buckeyes toiling...
  • The Union and the Players broke again late last night after a long negotiating session... some reports are semi-encouraging (like ones that have the BRI agreed to)... and some reports are terrifying (like if they pass this deadline, the owners will pull the rug out)... I have a sneaky desire to write about a 5,000 word rant about this, and you'll probably see it if this goes badly in the next few days...
And finally...
  • I should probably comment on the Joe Paterno situation... Penn State should obviously be ashamed, and I want to point out first and foremost that the MONSTER here is Jerry Sandusky... not Joe Paterno, not the president, etc.... that being said, I'm cool with everyone being fired... I don't agree that Paterno should've been gone before the AD (who's still employed), but everyone should go... How do I feel about Paterno? I feel like he did the absolute minimum in this situation, and while that isn't grounds for legal trouble (that we know of), his behavior certainly left a lot to be desired.... clean house, Penn State... everyone must go at this point...

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