I don’t watch sports. Know nothing about college ball. Friends coming over for the holiday. What teams are playing and who should I root for to look like I know something about the sport? A few bits of trivia I could let drop might be nice as well. This is all in fun, my friends know that I don’t watch sports and will wonder how I got the info. Nobody will be fooled into thinking I got the info legitimately.
Thanksgiving games:
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions, 12:30 ET. Green Bay should run away with this one.
New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys, 4:15 ET. Dallas should run away with this one.
Indianapolis Colts at Atlanta Falcons, 8:15 ET. I hate to say it because I’m a Falcons fan, but there’s not a chance in hell of Atlanta winning this game.
Here are some one-liners for ya:
Packers-Lions:
“Isn’t funny how some folks thought Brett Favre (pronounced like “Carve”, trust me) shoudl retire. He’s having his best year.”
Cowboys-Jets:
“I always thought Romo would be good quarterback in the NFL when I saw him playing at Eatern Illinois.”
Falcons-Colts:
“Honestly, I don’t htink the Falcons would be that good even if they had Vick. I always kind of thought he was overrated.”
Texas vs. A&M is the biggest game of the year for A&M. For UT fans it’s just another fixture. Don’t mention the bonfire.
Detroit’s Quarterback, Jon Kitna, predicted in the preseason that the Lions would win at least ten games this year. That would have been a huge surprise to many football fans, as the Lions have sucked pretty hard for a few years. You could mention that, considering their remaining schedule, it doesn’t look like Detroit is gonna reach that mark.
You could always pick a certain player to root for, and then say you’ve got him on your fantasy team. Be sure not to pick anyone too obvious, like Peyton Manning. I say to go with Indianapolis running back Joseph Addai (pronounced “uh-DIE”).
Excellent. Use these.
Fixed your spelling and grammar, GO. No need to thank me, just get back in The Game.
Thanks everybody!
LSU / Arkansas on Friday afternnon. Potential Heisman winner (Arkansas running back Darren McFadden) vs. a very very good run defense and the #1 ranked college team.
ASU vs USC in college ball on Thursday night.
How did USC lose to Stanford?
If ASU beats USC and the beats Arizona (who beat Oregon), should ASU go to the National Championship game?
A few more. . .
“Favre never looked this good when he was playing for the Dolphins. Complete switcheroo.”
“Dallas really needed a guy like T.O. to stabilize their locker room.”
“It’s nice to see Indy finally producing on offense this year, especially after years of watching their defense bail those clowns out.”
“You know, Favre should probably retire pretty soon. It’s not unheard of to retire at the top of your game. Granted, the last two to do it were Barry Sanders (running back for the Detroit Lions) and Robert Smith (running back for the Minnesota Vikings) and that was a few years ago. I think Favre’s replacement in the moxie department is going to be Tony Romo. He seems to have that gunslinger mentality that got Favre so famous.”
That’s also got some buzwords so your friends will really want to know what’s going on.
You’re mean.
I didn’t want to be the spoilsport, but since it’s already been spoiled, advice in any post but trunk’s would make you look like you have a pretty good understanding of da fooseball.
And you can actually refer to footbal as “da fooseball” if done so with a nawlins accent and if you’re friends have ever seen “The Waterboy”.
How about some Thanksgiving Football History :
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(Last year the 3rd game was between: Denver Broncos(10) @ Kansas City Chiefs(19).
And lastly:
Looks like Trunk knows less about football than you do.
Here is some stuff:
Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are the only 2 NFL teams that play EVERY Thanksgiving. Packer quarterback Brett Farve (pronounced “Farve”) is a sure fire Hall of Fame quarterback. He is a Super Bowl champion from the 1990s. Just about everyone thought he would retire after last season. He didn’t, and now he is having one of his best years ever. Thanks primarily to him, the Packers have 9 wins and only 1 loss, despite the fact that the rest of the Packer team is not really that great, but they are improving. This is their best start since the head coach Vince Lombardi era of the 1960’s (when the Packers won the first two Super Bowls). The Super Bowl trophy is named the Lombardi Trophy after him.
The Detroit Lions have been one of the worst NFL teams historically. They have only won a couple of playoff games in the past 30 years or so. Over the past few years, their General Manager, Matt Millen, has been criticized for the poor performance. This year, they have managed to turn things around. Until last week (against the New York Giants), Detroit was undefeated at home games this season. However, they have been racking up wins against pretty weak teams, and the rest of their schedule is pretty tough. The Lions have 6 wins and 4 losses. Quarterback John Kitna predicted at the start of the season that the Lions would get 10 wins (out of 16 games). That means they will need 4 more wins out of the next 6 games. This is unlikely given their tougher schedule for the rest of the season.
The Giants beat the Lions last week at Detroit. The Packers beat the New York Giants earlier this year at New York. Thus, arguably, the Packers are better than the Giants and should also beat Detroit. Detroit is pretty vulnerable at the offensive line, and they have not been able to get their running backs to do well over the past couple of weeks.
New York Jets @ Dallas Cowboys
The Jets have been pretty bad this year. However, they stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers last week by beating them in an upset. The Steelers are considered a good team and were well favored to beat the Jets. Have the Jets figured out how to win, or was that win just a fluke game? We’ll see.
The Cowboys are historically really good, with more Super Bowl appearances (8) than any other team. They are also tied with the Steelers and San Francisco 49ers for most Super Bowl wins (5). That’s only one reason many people hate them. They were given the nickname “America’s Team” back in the late 1970s. That’s another reason people hate them… an air of conceit. There are more reasons, but Dallas is my favorite team, so I’ll stop there.
The Cowboys won their last Super Bowl in 1995, then went downhill. They cycled through a few inept head coaches, then hired no-nonsense Bill “Tuna” Parcells, who turned the team around over the past 4 years. Now they have good talent, but Parcells retired, and they hired head coach Wade Phillips. This is Phillips’ first season with Dallas, and they have 9 wins and only 1 loss this year.
Dallas quarterback Tony Romo has been with the team for a few years, but was never the starter. The team struggled last year, but then decided to start Romo mid-season. He has proven to be a surprisingly good quarterback and has some of the best stats in the NFL, especially for being so new as a starter.
The Cowboys’ main weakness is their trouble defending against the pass. They also get off to slow starts, often mediocre in the 1st half of each game, but red hot in the 2nd half. Look for the Jets to pass a lot and maybe even get an early lead that Dallas will likely overcome. If Dallas is ahead at halftime, chances are, they will stay ahead for the rest of the game and even widen the lead.
Dallas is a very good team overall and is considered one of the top teams (along with the Packers) to go to the Super Bowl this season to face the New England Patriots as the likely opponent. The Patriots look unstoppable and are predicted to clobber whomever they may face in the Super Bowl. They already clobbered Dallas earlier this year, in Dallas. The Packers have been more of a one-man show (with Farve being “the man”), but the Packers are improving as a team, so the showdown between Dallas and the Packers next week should be a fun one.
Indianapolis Colts @ Atlanta Falcons
The Colts are the current defending Super Bowl champs, having beaten the Chicago Bears. They are are very good team this year, but are currently plagued with injuries to key players. They are noticeably weaker as a result, having almost lost to the so-so Kansas City Chiefs last week, at Indianapolis. Their start quarterback, Peyton Manning, is healthy though.
However, the Falcons are pretty bad, considered one of the worst teams this year. Their star quarterback, Michael Vick, is now in jail for illegal dog fighting.
Despite the injuries, the Colts should beat the Falcons.
Not just Trunk’s; LOUNE’s post is a parody as well.
Something that may be worth mentioning is that the Cowboys are currently leading (and will likely win) the best division in football, the NFC East:
#1 NFC East 18-6 (75%)
#2 AFC South 19-7 (73%)
#3 NFC North 16-10 (62%)
#4 AFC North 11-11 (50%)
#5 NFC South 10-16 (38.4%)
#6 AFC East 9-15 (37.5%)
#7 AFC West 10-18 (36%)
#8 NFC West 7-17 (29%)
Even more interesting is that right now, the NFC is the better conference:
#1 NFC 23-21 (52%)
#2 AFC 21-23 (48%)
Adding to this pattern, the Jets have gotten out to double-digit leads by halftime multiple times this season and then squandered away that lead in the second half each time.
I wish I could see it, but like 70+% of the country I don’t get NFL Network.
The game comes on at 3:15 here, so I have to think of an excuse to leave work early.
How so?
askeptic, I think it would be helpful if you could tell us what your general location is. We would be able to help you put a regional spin on things and express the correct opinions about certain players or teams (like whether you should love the Cowboys or hate them, whether you should want Favre to pull a hammy, etc.).