Folk Star and Crazy-Ass Frenchie!
Happy noon-time hour to all of you in the Central Time Zone! It’s lunch time, Hurrah! I would be a bit more excited if I wasn’t eating a ham and cheese sannich from home, but it’s better than nothing.
So today started off a bit later than normal for your favorite blogger as I had a bit of a lie in from staying up late last night. Why was I up so late? It was to watch America’s Team the Dallas Cowboys come back in the dying seconds of the match against the Bills to steal a win. And it was a bit like stealing. Tony Romo, up to this game, had been playing superbly and was tearing up the field with accurate passes and smart movements in the pocket. That all seemed to go out the window for most of last night though as he had 4 interceptions in the first half, of which 2 were returned for TDs. The Bills were also able to hold the Cowboys to field goals and even ran a return back to increase the lead. It all seemed to be going Buffalo’s way. That is until the last few minutes of the match. Dallas got the ball on their 20 with only a few minutes left, 3 timeouts, and needing 8 points (a TD and 2 point conversion) to tie the game. Romo finally seemed to snap out of his funk and ran an impressive 2 minute drill to get the Cowboys into scoring range. With about 20 second left, Romo fired a ball into Crayton for the TD to put them within 2. Dallas then lines up with all wideouts and Tony lobs a ball into the corner for Terrell Owens who grabs it, but has it torn away by the Bills defender. Argh!!! So close! It seems the Bills have it all tied up.
But no. Dallas goes for the onside kick and recovers it on its own 47. There are only 18 seconds to go, no timeouts, and Dallas needs about 20 yards to get within field goal range. First play out Romo slings the ball into Owens who seems to catch it. The Cowboys then run up, take the snap and ground the ball, thus killing the clock with 1 second and a chance at a winning field goal. As the field goal unit trots on the field, the replay booth looks the play over and figures that Owens lost the ball and it was an incomplete pass! At least it put time on the clock, which Dallas then used to get in 2 quick, short passes to put then just on the edge of field goal range. On comes new kid Nick Folk to try a career long 53 yarder. The ball is snapped, the kick up, and it’s good!! Dallas has done it!!! But there is a whistle and refs running on the field. Seems Dick Jauron, the Bills coach, called timeout just before the snap, thus negating the kick. No worries said Folk (at least that’s what I figured he said) and he booted yet another one through to make the win legit. I know it is a legal rule where the coach can call a timeout a second before the snap, but it is a lousy rule in my opinion. I’m glad to see Folk stick it in Dick’s face! Hah! Anyway, even though the Cowboys didn’t put in a stellar performance, they did keep with it to get the win and remain undefeated. That kind of reminds me of……
The Arsenal! Yes, the North London boys in red had a somewhat similar (but not exactly, well, you know) experience over the weekend as well. The Gunners, unlike the Cowboys, actually started really well and were 2 up within 15 minutes against
Sunderland on Sunday. They could have been 3 up, but once again the assistant referee called for offsides when it really wasn’t. So the Gunners seemed to be flying and as a result, they took their foot off the gas a bit. Bad idea. The Black Cats may not be the greatest team ever, but this is still the Premier League and you have to a certain quality to be in it. In the 25th minute, Sunderland’s Wallace put one past Almunia to make the scoreline 2-1. Then, just into the second half, Kenwyn Jones leveled the match on a header that Almunia really should have handled. Either way, there the Gunners were: level with a side that was now full of confidence and looking for the win. The Arsenal kept after it though and had a few shots bang off the woodwork. Finally, with 9 minutes left in the match, van Persie got sent through on a nice ball from Walcott to score the winning goal. Another 3 points and the Arsenal are again top of the table over Man U with a game in hand. Unfortunately there is another international break and no club footie for 2 weeks. Lets hope that everyone comes back with great performances and no injuries.
Sunday was also a day of rugby watching as I caught the replays of the quarterfinal matches from Saturday. I didn’t feel like paying the PPV money. Anyway, the first match was England versus Australia. After some dismal performances by the 3 lions, most everyone expected the wallabies to win easily. But England seemed to have found some inner mojo and rallied around Jonny Wilkinson. They had some superb defense and it got a bit physical out there, but they never let Australia get set or comfortable. Wilko was able to bang in the penalties and it was enough to take them into the semis.
The next match was France against the All Blacks. Again, here was a match where most everyone would pick New Zealand to easily roll over the French. But it wasn’t to be. The first sign of things to come was during the Haka when the French players went right up to the Kiwi line and eyed them down. The Haka can be intimidating, but so can Sébastien Chabal!! The All Blacks started out well but never seemed to hit a groove. This left them open and buoyed the French team who came back to upset New Zealand 20 to 18. The semifinals will be next weekend and will pit England vs. France and South Africa vs. Argentina. I see a Springbok – England final, but what do I know.
Well, that is quite a bit for today. If only I could put this amount of energy into the report I have to write for work. Yeah.
Adios.
So today started off a bit later than normal for your favorite blogger as I had a bit of a lie in from staying up late last night. Why was I up so late? It was to watch America’s Team the Dallas Cowboys come back in the dying seconds of the match against the Bills to steal a win. And it was a bit like stealing. Tony Romo, up to this game, had been playing superbly and was tearing up the field with accurate passes and smart movements in the pocket. That all seemed to go out the window for most of last night though as he had 4 interceptions in the first half, of which 2 were returned for TDs. The Bills were also able to hold the Cowboys to field goals and even ran a return back to increase the lead. It all seemed to be going Buffalo’s way. That is until the last few minutes of the match. Dallas got the ball on their 20 with only a few minutes left, 3 timeouts, and needing 8 points (a TD and 2 point conversion) to tie the game. Romo finally seemed to snap out of his funk and ran an impressive 2 minute drill to get the Cowboys into scoring range. With about 20 second left, Romo fired a ball into Crayton for the TD to put them within 2. Dallas then lines up with all wideouts and Tony lobs a ball into the corner for Terrell Owens who grabs it, but has it torn away by the Bills defender. Argh!!! So close! It seems the Bills have it all tied up.But no. Dallas goes for the onside kick and recovers it on its own 47. There are only 18 seconds to go, no timeouts, and Dallas needs about 20 yards to get within field goal range. First play out Romo slings the ball into Owens who seems to catch it. The Cowboys then run up, take the snap and ground the ball, thus killing the clock with 1 second and a chance at a winning field goal. As the field goal unit trots on the field, the replay booth looks the play over and figures that Owens lost the ball and it was an incomplete pass! At least it put time on the clock, which Dallas then used to get in 2 quick, short passes to put then just on the edge of field goal range. On comes new kid Nick Folk to try a career long 53 yarder. The ball is snapped, the kick up, and it’s good!! Dallas has done it!!! But there is a whistle and refs running on the field. Seems Dick Jauron, the Bills coach, called timeout just before the snap, thus negating the kick. No worries said Folk (at least that’s what I figured he said) and he booted yet another one through to make the win legit. I know it is a legal rule where the coach can call a timeout a second before the snap, but it is a lousy rule in my opinion. I’m glad to see Folk stick it in Dick’s face! Hah! Anyway, even though the Cowboys didn’t put in a stellar performance, they did keep with it to get the win and remain undefeated. That kind of reminds me of……
The Arsenal! Yes, the North London boys in red had a somewhat similar (but not exactly, well, you know) experience over the weekend as well. The Gunners, unlike the Cowboys, actually started really well and were 2 up within 15 minutes against
Sunderland on Sunday. They could have been 3 up, but once again the assistant referee called for offsides when it really wasn’t. So the Gunners seemed to be flying and as a result, they took their foot off the gas a bit. Bad idea. The Black Cats may not be the greatest team ever, but this is still the Premier League and you have to a certain quality to be in it. In the 25th minute, Sunderland’s Wallace put one past Almunia to make the scoreline 2-1. Then, just into the second half, Kenwyn Jones leveled the match on a header that Almunia really should have handled. Either way, there the Gunners were: level with a side that was now full of confidence and looking for the win. The Arsenal kept after it though and had a few shots bang off the woodwork. Finally, with 9 minutes left in the match, van Persie got sent through on a nice ball from Walcott to score the winning goal. Another 3 points and the Arsenal are again top of the table over Man U with a game in hand. Unfortunately there is another international break and no club footie for 2 weeks. Lets hope that everyone comes back with great performances and no injuries.
Sunday was also a day of rugby watching as I caught the replays of the quarterfinal matches from Saturday. I didn’t feel like paying the PPV money. Anyway, the first match was England versus Australia. After some dismal performances by the 3 lions, most everyone expected the wallabies to win easily. But England seemed to have found some inner mojo and rallied around Jonny Wilkinson. They had some superb defense and it got a bit physical out there, but they never let Australia get set or comfortable. Wilko was able to bang in the penalties and it was enough to take them into the semis.
The next match was France against the All Blacks. Again, here was a match where most everyone would pick New Zealand to easily roll over the French. But it wasn’t to be. The first sign of things to come was during the Haka when the French players went right up to the Kiwi line and eyed them down. The Haka can be intimidating, but so can Sébastien Chabal!! The All Blacks started out well but never seemed to hit a groove. This left them open and buoyed the French team who came back to upset New Zealand 20 to 18. The semifinals will be next weekend and will pit England vs. France and South Africa vs. Argentina. I see a Springbok – England final, but what do I know.
Well, that is quite a bit for today. If only I could put this amount of energy into the report I have to write for work. Yeah.
Adios.
posted by Cameron at 10:58 AM
1 Comments:
Ok Cam, time to write again!
Cowboys- Superbowl?
Arsenal...top of the table
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