The Roundup: Wes Welker Got Jacked Up, But So Did Louisville and Andre Miller
Athletes and Celebrities, College Basketball, College Football, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NFL, NHL, Video December 1st. 2008, 8:00am
Because British accents are cool: Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley … a lot of the shady lenders who shoved subprime loans on folks are lending again … Rudy Gay’s nasty dunk on Luis Scola … jumping on someone’s back and pounding them to get $200 off a flat screen? Sad … another American basketball player gets in a big fight in Europe … Keynes would either put a bullet in his head or just laugh at the Fed’s secret weapons … if you have a telescope, Monday night should be fun …
This ain’t your older brother’s Gonzaga: The Zags have that Final Four look, people. Gonzaga 83, Tennessee 74. (Orlando Sentinel)
Baseball Joe Buck vs. Football Joe Buck. (The Onion)
Lenny Dykstra’s bizarre twizzler obession. (Can’t Stop the Bleeding)
Derrick Rose crosses up Andre Miller, Philly PG winds up on the ground. (Docksquad Sports)
Four hours of surgery for Graham Harrell on Sunday, but he’ll probably play in the Red Raiders’ bowl game. (ESPN)
To get you excited for episode 2 of Dontae Green’s show. (Vid)
Dumb, dumb, dumb. (Stupid Videos)
Briefly discussed yesterday: Western Kentucky 68, No. 3 Louisville 54. Somebody please upload video of the block on Samardo Samuels. His two-handed dunk attempt was totally thwarted. (Courier-Journal)
Your NFL hit of the weekend: Wes Welker somehow survived this. (BSO)
Matt Cassel had four turnovers and was sacked five times against a real defense. Anyone still want to give him $9 million a year? (Boston Herald)
“Bradford is a fluffer.” (CGB)
A-Rod and Madonna were both in Mexico this weekend. (NY Daily News)
Keith Tkachuk: Yes, we measure centuries by thousands now. (Post-Dispatch)
49 Responses to “The Roundup: Wes Welker Got Jacked Up, But So Did Louisville and Andre Miller”
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December 1st, 2008 at 8:06 am
we measure centuries by thousands now?
the problem i noticed with cassel yesterday is he absolutely no blind side awareness. on the second forced fumble harrison literally ran all the way around cassel without him even noticing, he more or less pulled the old ‘tap on the right shoulder, slap you on the left’ routine. very very unimpressed with how he handled himself in the pocket.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:08 am
Cassel, just like every quarterback, shouldn’t be handed a ridiculous contract. Besides, it’s not like the Steelers have the best defense in the NFL.
Also:
December 1st, 2008 at 8:11 am
it happens to the greatest. see: Marshall on Montana, 1991 NFC Championship.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:11 am
Dude, that’s tough…..I shattered three of my fingers, they swelled up like golf balls and had to be drained through the finger nails(no pain meds for that).
Harrell > Farvra
December 1st, 2008 at 8:13 am
The Lions. Come on, these are the guys that gave Scott Mitchell a multi-million dollar deal after he went 3-4 in place of Marino.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:15 am
And Gonzaga looked as good as they did with Austin Daye playing just 19 minutes cuz the refs called some ticky tack fouls on him early in both halves.
They’ve got some fun games coming up on the schedule.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:18 am
That look on Wee Bey’s face on that Clak on Welker hit link is classic.
/Still misses The Wire
December 1st, 2008 at 8:28 am
I’d like to thank Comcast for helping me miss the majority of a great weekend of football after they shut down my phone, internet and TV for the weekend for no reason on Sat., and then told me it would take until tomorrow to fix it.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:29 am
@bsanders – i’m still in search of a show to replace The Wire….check out Tru Blood, just finished the first season and it was good. Typical first season slow going, but still good.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:32 am
@roeth – happened to me a few months ago when Bellsouth & AT&T finally got around to whiping out all bellsouth accounts after it bought them out. I went an entire week without all three. I couldn’t call them and bitch at them enough.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:32 am
sandibalz
- Yeah, I watched Tru Blood, it wasn’t bad but you’re right it was slow going. Felt they rushed the “(blank) is the killer” angle a bit, too. But Big Love comes back in January, so that’ll be good. Sucks to lose The Wire and The Shield in the same year, though.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:32 am
“In the long run we are all dead”
Keynes on long term national debt.
It is this collective thought that exists in America that will leave the country in default and our children to deal with the fallout.
I actually played this when having the “should we have kids..” talk with the wife.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:33 am
So… Knightly and Miller approximate combined weight at the time of that photo… 180 pounds? Yikes.
@CRM — Are their legal hits in the NFL any longer?
December 1st, 2008 at 8:34 am
I throw a flag on calling Gonzaga (or anyone not named North Carolina) a Final 4 team. This time last year, Wichita State was 7-0 after blowing through great competition.
The Zags do have more pieces this year, but the soft WCC hurts them in February and March. The teams from better conferences get better while Gonzaga stagnates until tourney time.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:35 am
@sanders – I haven’t watched a single episode of The Shield. I am going to start watching this weekend, hopefully I can get through the first couple seasons. I always thought that it lacked something because it wasn’t on a premium channel….but my friends have prevailed and I am going to watch.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:35 am
sad but true
next thing to watch: Uprising in China. Already starting, but not really being covered in the media yet
December 1st, 2008 at 8:36 am
disagree. I say discarding someone as a possible Final 4 team because of a November or early December loss is premature.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:37 am
was WSU a preseason top 15 team? did WSU make the tourney the year prior? Gonz is STACKED. even that 7-foot canadian kid off the bench looked active. so did the backup PG. you do realize what kind of talents bouldin and daye are, right? micha downs was at kansas before transferring – looks like he’s finally getting his confidence back
December 1st, 2008 at 8:39 am
Doesn’t take keynes to know that we are pushing all of this debt and bailout to other generations. Like I have been saying, it would be nice if we could get some talk about how to minimize that impact over the next 5-10 years after all is said and done, our economy would be much better off….instead all we get is doom and gloom, and how bad it all is….we know this already. I don’t know the answer, but all the geniuses who keep going to the news channels and yapping it up should be able to give some solutions.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:40 am
@sportsdork – Sorry, I guess it was a legal hit. It just happened to be an unnecessary once on a defenseless receiver.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:40 am
Those ladies are pointy.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:45 am
sandi – the doom and gloom is going to be reality as the actual boomer cash in begins.
im not sure how to minimize the effect of all these guaranteed payouts.
Common sense, not Keynes, says at some point the nations credit line hits nil.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:46 am
elections over, would you guys kindly shut the fuck up about the economy on a sports blog? and … what the fuck, revolutionary prognostication? jesus christ take it to the cnn comments section or something
December 1st, 2008 at 8:46 am
@CRM — Oh, I think you are right about it being illegal. I believe a flag was thrown (anyone know for sure?).
Just seems like every year more and more hits are drawing flags. Doesn’t stop the NFL Network from replaying them over and over.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:46 am
That was legal, what drew the penalty was that the DB left his feet to hit Welker.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:48 am
Your illegal NFL hit of the weekend
Sure it was a bad hit but it could have been a lot worse. He lead with his shoulder, not his helmet, and hit him in his body, not his head. Besides, the ball was tipped. You don’t become one of the top defenses in the NFL with arm tackles.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:48 am
if they dont want hits like that to happen get rid of the rule that you can hit a receiver once the ball is tipped. welker shouldnt have pulled up.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:50 am
If that hit had come from Rodney Harrison it would have been deemed a crime and there would be an online petition to have him thrown out of the league.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:51 am
Also they frown upon hitting receivers when the ball has already passed.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:51 am
Eddie Guns (Hochuli) gave the “defenseless receiver” explanation during the game.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:51 am
Damn, Dr. Z had two strokes last week. Hope the Flaming Redhead has a good bedside manner.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:51 am
/Aware Harrison’s not playing anymore
December 1st, 2008 at 8:52 am
Without a doubt.
And I would have rushed to sign that petition.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:53 am
@herd – I get that, and I actually agree 100% with what is being said. It may not be a case of minimizing, but preparing for it.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:53 am
WTF? He was running a pattern. He was slowing down once he saw where the ball was. Yeah, it was totally his fault.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:53 am
Peter King REALLY wants Kurt Warner to win that MVP this year. He spent about 700 words this morning excusing and explaining why they got blown out by Philadelphia. If you ask me, AP took the lead last night.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:53 am
we can all thank Mark Carrier and Chuck Cecil for the rules we have today.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:54 am
If that hit had come from Sean Taylor it would have been deemed a crime and there would be charges pressed, facing something like 25 to life. </strong>
/fixed
//in the spirit of things this weekend
December 1st, 2008 at 8:55 am
yeah, across the middle of the field, where he has to know that there is someone waiting to hit him. it was definitely a dirty hit im not denying that, but theres something to be said for keeping your head up
December 1st, 2008 at 8:56 am
“There’s a huge paranoia that occurs when you carry a gun … You just have your hand on your gun. That just drove me crazy. After two years, I just threw it over the highway when I was driving home one night because it was eating me up inside.”
– Former NFL defensive end Marcellus Wiley, talking on ESPN Sunday about what it was like as an athlete to carry a gun early in his NFL career.
He did what? That’s the most irresponsible thing I’ve ever heard of. And he said that on national TV. I mean, unless he threw that fucker into a lake…
December 1st, 2008 at 8:58 am
TBL –
Regarding the AFC East:
The Pats are going to have to win out to make the playoffs. Indy is pretty much a lock for the #5, and Baltimore has a game in hand on everyone else for the 6 seed.
I don’t think there’s any scenario in which they will win a tie-breaker against the Jets. So unless the Jets are losing two games to SF, Seattle, Miami, or Buffalo, I think they are in the clear.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:00 am
Sure the hit was illegal, welcome to December. That goes for you too Cassell, the weather turns ugly and the games get more physical, you may not be up for it.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:01 am
brett favre did this for years but he’s still getting paid.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:03 am
short answer: there is no way to minimize it. the system needs to be purged, and the US is afraid to let that happen, so they keep trying these bailouts and stimulus packages but that’s what has worked in the past.
there were some damning quotes from some treasury spokesman about how inflation is going to happen and they “want” or “need” it. Inflation might end up being one of hte ways to wipe out our massive debt.
of course, the little guy (that’s us) gets fucked
December 1st, 2008 at 9:05 am
@bsanders37 — Wiley actually threw it out of his car while traveling on the NY State Thruway. It may actually still be lying exactly where it landed.
All things considered, I think the most remarkable thing may be his willingness to admit that. Wow.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:11 am
sportsdork
- I cannot believe that. He’s just lucky not many people really know who he is. If he were even moderately famous, that would be a complete shitstorm.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:55 am
Baltimore’s schedule is pretty brutal… I agree the Colts probably get the 5 seed, but I think the AFC East and the final WC come down to the Jets/Pats/Phins.
December 1st, 2008 at 10:28 am
I thought the Zags looked damn good. Would have liked to see Daye play with more fire in all three games. I was fired up about the zone they ran, it actually worked as a good defense as opposed to a thrown together joke played only because their man to man wasn’t working (as was the case in previous years). And the refs were pretty bad in the championship, called some ticky tacks and let other egregious fouls go.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
When you’re making Keira Knightley look average sized, it’s time for some reevaluation