Well fuck me in the goat-ass. Not exactly what I was hoping for in the wide world of Chicago Sports this weekend. Blackhawks start the season, I continue drinking.
Admittedly I don't a lot about hockey strategy and rules and things like that. But I'm pretty sure when you pull your goaltender, (something Huet (pronounced Who-A, I did learn that much)) who was your big free agent acquisation, in favor of a guy you waived but no one wanted, halfway through your team's first game, you're more or less fucked. 'Fucked' of course being the technical hockey term. Another bad omen is that I feel asleep on the couch watching this game. Though I blame that on being exhausted all week and finally Ovechkin displays bad-assedness while Kane summarizes the just unwinding on Friday evening. I pray the Hawks weekend
Rangers are good (and apparantly they are) because otherwise the 4-2 beatdown would be really bad.
But lucky me, the Hawks played again on Saturday. This time I managed to stay conscious. The Hawks however didn't. Sure they started strong, scoring twice in the first period, but so did I on Friday. The rest of the game was not as good. Khabibulan (I may have spelled that right), proved why no team wanted him as a goaltender, and the Hawks lost again 4-2. This leaves me hoping the Capitals are a good team, because otherwise it'd be another embarrasing loss. I do know that Alex Ovechkin is a badass, and he proved such status by scoring as much as the entire Blackhawks team.
I guess not all was a wash though, as Duncan Keith looked good, and elevated his status to 'One of the 5 Hawks' names I know' status alongside the aforementioned Huet and Khabibulan, and the young guns, Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews (pronounced Tays- i'm freakin on fire).
Bears steal a win, then snatch a loss
I can't really say I'm surprised. In fact I picked Atlanta to win in my pick 'em this week. But that doesn't mean I didn't want the Bears to win. Naturally the offense looked like trash most of the game, and the defense perfectly executed the 'bend but don't break' strategy. But Kyle 'Fuck Rex Grossman' Orton led the team down the field with a hurry up offense (who knew?) and the Bears took the lead with 11 seconds left. Orton now leads the league in the coveted 'Times his picture appeared in Err's Blog'. Then Jason "I thought he was dead" Elam got a second life after a short kickoff and one deep pass to the sideline set him up for the game winner with 1 second left
on the clock. I'd swear that as the ball went through I couldn't find a pic of Orton from today's game so here's the one
the uprights that Elam missed the ball and instead from last week.
directly kicked Bears fans straight in the nuts.
On to thoughts of the game (only one this week)
Thought 1.
FUCK
Fight, Cardinals Fight.
Since I don't have whatever channel would actually show the Ball State Fighting Football Cardinals, I really on ESPN.com. Here's what they said Ball State goes to 7-0
That's good enough for me. Pretty sure they're the best team in Indiana. So suck on that Notre Dame.
Under the lights...
A bonus update this week. Saturday night, after the embarrasment known as a Blackhawks game, the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets played an outdoor game. I didn't really follow the action of the game because it's preseason and who cares, but I still had a couple of thoughts from the game.
Thought 1.
The temperature got down to the mid-60s by the end of the game. Apparantly, these people (including the athletes) out west are pussies. Fans in attendance bundled up with hooded sweatshirts and Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, and Marv Albert (more on this) kept talking about how cold it was while fighting over a scarf, despite wearing suits.
Seriously, how weak are these people. It was 60s... That's shorts and t-shirt weather. You don't see football fans acting like a bunch of wimps. Even when the weather turns to the negative degrees you'll always find at least a few people going shirtless.
Thought 2.
Reggie Miller and Charles Barkley are a fantastic color analyst dual. I was immensely entertained throughout the game. Especially when Barkley got on his rant about Obama becoming the first black president, which lead to this exchange.
Sir Chuck: "When we have a black president we're not getting $700 billion in debt." (we're 10+ trillion in debt for the record)
Reggie: "Like you're one to talk"
Charles: "I didn't lose that much"
Good stuff. These guys need to be at every big game on TNT for the entire season. TNT found gold during this game.
That's it for this week. I'll be at the Blackhawks game Wednesday, so we may have our first "Drunken recap" of the year.
Bears steal a win, then snatch a loss
I can't really say I'm surprised. In fact I picked Atlanta to win in my pick 'em this week. But that doesn't mean I didn't want the Bears to win. Naturally the offense looked like trash most of the game, and the defense perfectly executed the 'bend but don't break' strategy. But Kyle 'Fuck Rex Grossman' Orton led the team down the field with a hurry up offense (who knew?) and the Bears took the lead with 11 seconds left. Orton now leads the league in the coveted 'Times his picture appeared in Err's Blog'. Then Jason "I thought he was dead" Elam got a second life after a short kickoff and one deep pass to the sideline set him up for the game winner with 1 second lefton the clock. I'd swear that as the ball went through I couldn't find a pic of Orton from today's game so here's the one
the uprights that Elam missed the ball and instead from last week.
directly kicked Bears fans straight in the nuts.
On to thoughts of the game (only one this week)
Thought 1.
FUCK
Fight, Cardinals Fight.
Since I don't have whatever channel would actually show the Ball State Fighting Football Cardinals, I really on ESPN.com. Here's what they said Ball State goes to 7-0
That's good enough for me. Pretty sure they're the best team in Indiana. So suck on that Notre Dame.
Under the lights...
A bonus update this week. Saturday night, after the embarrasment known as a Blackhawks game, the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets played an outdoor game. I didn't really follow the action of the game because it's preseason and who cares, but I still had a couple of thoughts from the game.
Thought 1.
The temperature got down to the mid-60s by the end of the game. Apparantly, these people (including the athletes) out west are pussies. Fans in attendance bundled up with hooded sweatshirts and Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, and Marv Albert (more on this) kept talking about how cold it was while fighting over a scarf, despite wearing suits.
Seriously, how weak are these people. It was 60s... That's shorts and t-shirt weather. You don't see football fans acting like a bunch of wimps. Even when the weather turns to the negative degrees you'll always find at least a few people going shirtless.
Thought 2.
Reggie Miller and Charles Barkley are a fantastic color analyst dual. I was immensely entertained throughout the game. Especially when Barkley got on his rant about Obama becoming the first black president, which lead to this exchange.
Sir Chuck: "When we have a black president we're not getting $700 billion in debt." (we're 10+ trillion in debt for the record)
Reggie: "Like you're one to talk"
Charles: "I didn't lose that much"
Good stuff. These guys need to be at every big game on TNT for the entire season. TNT found gold during this game.
That's it for this week. I'll be at the Blackhawks game Wednesday, so we may have our first "Drunken recap" of the year.
I obviously don't know shit about preseason predictions. I said I thought the White Sox were built perfectly to go 81-81 and finish 3rd. I also figured the Bears would win 5-6 games. Well through 5, they are half-way there at 3-2. (though I did expect this one against Detroit)