Damn, that’s brutal.
True…but still brutal.
Heck, I’ll ask. Especially since it turns up zero hits on google.
I guess you’re a bit angry after a loss. But my 2 cents is that the clothesline by the Jac player was a cheap shot and I hope he gets fined into the poorhouse, and I hope your fellow is OK.
Thanks, I assume Furgeson will be ok, too. And since you have the ability to type you’re probably like me in that you don’t want a guy to get injured.
But that piece of shit motherfu…well, I already have a thread on him.
BTW, you probably want to save some time googling that word.
I made it up and expect full credit for any and all future use. (I almost started a CS thread about this wonderful word!)
After the blown EP attempt, the network announcers explained that the hapless schmuck who blew the snap was a mid-season walk-on who was brought on board just for snapping the ball.
Which got me thinking, what’s really involved in that position? How physically fit do you have to be for it? (It seems like it requires psychological qualities more than anything: consistency, reliability, the ability to concentrate and not get bored or neurotic about it, etc.) And how difficult is snapping the ball, anyway? I get the feeling that of all the varied opportunities in professional sports, this is that rare thing that almost anyone, with a bit of coaching and training, could learn to do… or am I full of it?
'Taint easy. You have to have to be able to snap the ball accurately, quickly and on count, then get your arms and body up and block like hell.
I heard Dan Dierdorf say, during a Giants game I believe:
“Folks, if you want your son to be an NFL player, your best bet is to encourage him to be a long snapper. Nobody wants to do it, and every team needs at least two.”
I’ve heard a retired longsnapper talk about it. He says anyone can do it, that he could teach it to you in five minutes… but he says doing it in the parking lot and doing it with a game on the line and 60,000 screaming people and (not least importantly) several 300 pound guys running at you with the intention of making you fail… he says that’s really, really a different feeling.
Dude, you need to seriously get a life. It’s a football game, for Og’s sake. Grown men being paid way the fuck too much money to play a children’s game.
Dude, you need to seriously get a Handbook of Rhetorical Devices. It’s a hyperbole, for Og’s sake. Many writers sometimes indulge in an artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words for effect.
Everyone has something that they are passionate about. Wether it be sports, politics, or knitting. So stop being such a fuckin hypocrite.
Oh and that 82 yarder to Moss, fuckin’ sweeeettt.
Sorry, wmulax93 - that sucked for you. I really felt bad for the snapper - poor guy looked like he wanted to cry.
On the other side, I’m a Vikings fan. Dammit, what I wouldn’t give for the Vikes to freaking win a game. Not squeak by because some poor guy screwed up. Not squeak by because the time happens to run out, or because the receiver misses the key pass. No, dammit - win the fucking game, assholes. Take control and win it. You’ve got a high powered offense, some of the most talented hands in the league, a QB with some brains, now go win the damn thing. Yeah, the defense needs work. But dammit, with that offense you should be winning. Peyton manages to do it, week in and week out! Fucksticks.
Thank you. I feel better.
Well, as a Vikings fan, I find myself torn. I don’t like either team in this match-up, and I would prefer to see a tie where both teams lose. If no action is taken on this, I will take you up on it this Saturday after the Packer’s loss. But I would prefer to see a bona-fide Bears fan take you up on it. Cause let’s face it, the Bears suck. I mean, 5 points? Against Houston? In your own frigid crib? But my hate for the Pack might force a bet.
How were the events of Sunday different than what has gone on in Detroit for the last 40 years?
They blew a chance to tie a crappy Vikings team at home. Wow.
The division will likely be determined on Christmas Eve when the horrible Packers get it on against the crappy Vikings. These two shitastic teams should make for an interesting game (but not interesting enough for me to watch). I’m taking crap over horrible in this one because the Pack usually loses in the dome. Hell, they got beat in the cold yesterday by a medicore team from Florida! Even a fluke TD couldn’t save 'em. Og forbid that one of these teams somehow end up in the Super Bowl. On second thought, I wouldn’t mind seeing the Pack get in there and lose by 50 or so.
duffer, I actually kinda like the pack, but you’ve got a bad attitude. And I think I might know why.
Perhaps it’s because in your heart of hearts, you realize that Green Bay and Brett Favre are completely WASHED UP. The loss to the Falcons at home in the playoffs was pathetic. And 4th and 26? 4th and 26??? How do you perform the Heimlich
Favre is not the clutch player he once was, and the Packers won’t sniff a superbowl in the next five years, much less win one*.
*Although anything can happen in today’s fast-paced NFL. Disclaimer not valid in Ohio, Illinois, and Arizona.
Right. I meant to say “How do you perform the Heimlich maneuver on an entire team?”
In Green Bay, they perform the Heineken manouver.
(But they’d prefer a domestic, like Old Milwaukee or Schlitz)
Also, let me say that I cannot wait to see the AFC playoffs this year. I’m hoping for Chargers/Patriots and Steelers/Jets in the divisional round. Man, that would be hot.
No respect for the Colts?
Can’t we have some court-mandated busing to bring AFC teams into the NFC playoff bracket?
Mmm, I don’t really like the Colts, so I’d rather not see them go far. My dad hates them for sneaking out of Baltimore in the middle of the night in 1984. I figure they can pay a little more penance before a championship. I also hope the Titans never win one while Bud Adams is still breathing.
All that said, if the Colts get matched against the as yet undetermined AFC wild card instead of the Jets, they’re a virtual lock to get to the 2nd round.