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The Wayne Fontes Experience
The Wayne Fontes Experience is a weblog featuring my uninformed, snarky, and completely biased blathering on Detroit sports. You may see the occasional pop culture rant and some lame attempts at humor, but mostly sports. I do ask readers to remember one thing..."In Detroit, you're with us, or we hate you."
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Who's the biggest idiot in Detroit? It's neck and neck between Rob Parker and Drew Sharp
2007-12-01 22:53:00
We have proof that Rob Parker has no idea what he's talking about. I've called him "Functionally retarded" for a reason. Just read this, this, and this if you need convincing.In fact, I thought Wobb stood alone in his ineptitude as a Detroit columnist.Then TWFE reader Jon D pointed out Drew Sharp's ill-thought out, ill-informed, and ill-everything column in this morning's Freep. The premise behind Sharp's lunacy?Trade Jeremy Bonderman for...wait for it...Johan Santana!If winning the World Series remains the Tigers’ prime objective next year, they can’t sit idly by and let Boston or the Yankees pluck two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana from Minnesota.While the Red Sox and Yankees offer the Twins a package of primary prospects, the Tigers should dangle Jeremy Bonderman along with some lower minor league prospects. It would ensure them the best one-two lefty-righty starting duo in the American League with Santana and Justin Verlander.OK, the Tigers should trade Jeremy Bonder ...
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Is Les Miles the Wolverines head coach or not? Who do we believe?
2007-12-01 20:35:00
The 4 Letter and Kirk Herbstreit, who says Les Miles to Michigan is a done deal?Or Jim Carty at the A2 News, who says Miles with withdraw his name from consideration, and will accept a contract extension at LSU?If this is true, Michigan AD Bill Martin is going to have some massive damage control to do. Let alone find himself another candidate who will be now known as not to be the Wolverines first choice.This is going to bear watching all day, to say the very least.Update 12:45 pm: It's looking as if Carty is right, as NOLA.com is reporting the same thing, and LSU has a presser scheduled in an hour.LSU football coach Les Miles is staying with the Tigers and not going to his alma mater, Michigan, LSU officials confirmed this afternoon.The school has scheduled a press conference for 1:50 EST time today, hours before LSU kicks off in the Southeastern Conference championship game, to announce the new deal, according to people involved in the matter, and Miles has reportedly informed the te ...
Coach
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The world has lost a legend. RIP Evel Knievel
2007-12-01 00:50:00
The 70's were a fun, strange, weird, crazy decade. A big reason why passed away today.Whenever you were home on a Saturday afternoon on the 70's, you watched ABC's Wide World of Sports. A staple of WWoS were the off beat sports and events. The sort that daredevil types would take part. Barrel jumping, cliff diving, demolition derby, rodeo, surfing, ski jumping, to name just a few.But one daredevil who often appeared on WWoS stood above the rest. He was the Babe Ruth of daredevils.Evel Knievel.He always wore the red, white, and blue, did everything bigger and more dangerously, became an American icon in the process, and was the greatest daredevil of them all.Evel Knievel was everywhere in the 70's. Movies, TV, commercials, action figures, toys, you name it, you saw Evel on it. And where you saw him him the most, was jumping his Harley on ABC's Wide World of Sports.I still remember the famous Snake River Canyon and Wembley Stadium jumps like it was yesterday. The fact that he crashed on ...
Legend
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A tale of two Isiah's
2007-11-30 22:09:00
As I was flipping around the tube last night, after cutaways in the Sprint Cowboys-Packers coverage, and commercial breaks in the NBC comedies, I'd watch the rapidly spiraling out of control score in the Celtics-Knicks (I can't call it a game) farce.The Knicks literally gave up on the game, let the Celtics run roughshod, and run up the score. It ended 104-59, and the fiasco was not nearly as close as the score indicated. Seriously. It was that bad.It's an embarrassment for the entire New York organization, especially Isiah Thomas.It's sad to see a Pistons great like Thomas sink so low. From sexual harassment suits, to running his team into the ground as GM and coach, Thomas has been a colossal failure in New York.This Isiah is universally loved...While this Isiah is universally despised.The Pistons fan inside me is torn.I'm thrilled to see a New York team fall into the abyss. A team that should be a force in the eastern conference is instead a joke, and is one less team for today's Pi ...
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THE GAMBLER SIGNED! THE GAMBLER SIGNED!
2007-11-30 20:49:00
Much like this man's excitement over getting his name in PRINT, the news that Kenny Rogers signed with the Tigers caused me to react in similar fashion...Yes, I was as happy as Navin R. Johnson was when the new phone books arrived.Navin was thrilled about The Gambler signing with Detroit,once it was explained that Rogers does not hate cans!I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Kenny Rogers should retire a Detroit Tiger. I'm thrilled he's happy, (Hopefully) healthy, and will be on the mound for Detroit. The fact that The Gambler fills a big hole in the starting rotation, at a reasonable price? Well, that makes me quite happy too. Things are going to start happening for the Tigers now...With the Kenny Rogers signing out of the way, Dave Dombrowski can concentrate in finding a gangbusters, kick-ass, set-up man for the bullpen. Actually, that arm doesn't have to be gangbusters and kick-ass. Good will do just fine.
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Above the Fold - I got DIBS
2007-11-30 19:13:00
Id like to have dibs on lots of things, like beer and women. I got dibs on the good Canadian beer, or I got dibs on cute blond in the corner. But life isn't that easy. I have Bud in the fridge, I haven't met a cute blond in ages, and I'm not talking about that sort of dibs.Today, I'm talking about DIBS, otherwise known as Chris McCosky's worst nightmare, and better known as Detroit Independent Baseball Scribes. In other words, it's the Detroit Tigers bloggers! Membership is quite exclusive, and here's the DIBS members who know the secret handshake, and voted for the awards. (Apologies to Sam, as I totally stole her idea for today's link dump!)Bless You Boys - Ian's given fresh life to the SBN Tigers weblog, making it a daily must read for Tigers fans, at, sad to say, the sacrifice of that sports blog with the slightly gay name.The Daily Fungo - Mike and crew also crank out the highly entertaining The Detroit Tigers Podcast. Mike even let me appear on the podcast once, I have no idea wh ...
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There's a big football game tonight! But thanks to a corporate Mexican standoff, only 5 people can watch
2007-11-29 23:33:00
The 4 letter has been babbling non-stop today about Cowboys-Packers. Same with the interwebs. Yet thanks to the pissing match between two insanely rich and profitable entities, the only way I can see even bits and pieces of the big game is by watching those bits and pieces over the 1 1/2" x 2" screen on my nifty Samsung phone generously given to me by Sprint (Gotta get the occasional plug in, you know?), or the same feed on NFL.com.Again, that feed is not the game itself, but just "Look-ins" and key plays inside the 20, hosted by NFL approved talking heads.This is just more typical corporate bullshit, with the fan is getting the ass end of the deal.As a fan, I've been bent over by the cable cartel, the NFL, and the Big 10 all damn football season, and there's no end in sight. We continue to be abused by money grubbing companies who refuse to answer to the wants and needs of their customers, but only to their money grubbing stockholders.There's no sign of the bitter battles to get the N ...
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Answering the Detroit Tigers' "Burning questions" - Pre winter meetings edition
2007-11-29 21:30:00
Yesterday, I made a plaintive plea to Lynn Henning, asking when we'll see more of his Detroit Tigers burning questions. Lynn must be a reader of TWFE, as what do I see in today's Detroit News? "Burning questions!"With the winter meetings just around the proverbial corner, the Tigers have a few roster holes to address. Topics covered this afternoon include the status of Kenny Rogers, Carlos Silva, the market for Johan Santana, candidates to be the fifth starter, bullpen arms, Joel Zumaya, and the Tigers aging 25 man roster.What to make of the Tigers and their offseason business a few days ahead of the winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn.:Q: Why is it taking so long for the Tigers and Kenny Rogers to hammer out a deal?Henning: Imagine you have dismissed your agent and now are representing yourself in contract discussions worth $8 million or so for one year. How careful are you going to be in nailing down the numbers and legal language?Big Al: I guess The Gambler was serious when he told ...
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Above the Fold - Not many Miles to go
2007-11-29 18:15:00
Now that the anti-Kirk Ferentz hysteria has finally subsided, Wolverines fans have been not all that patiently waiting for the next coaching search rumor. They've been anxiously watching for incoming and outgoing flights from Willow Run Airport, devouring message board postings, blogging and commenting like crazy, and making internet pests of themselves in general.They've been waiting for the other shoe to drop in the Wolverine coaching search, so to speak. Well, the that other shoe Michigan fans have been waiting to drop, dropped. And it's not a rumor.LSU announced that Michigan had been given permission to contact Les Miles about the Wolverines' open head coach position once they have played in the SEC title game this weekend.The Wolverines' A2 fishwrap mouthpiece, the A2 News' Jim Carty, has an article about the announcement that is closer to a cut and paste job from AP wire copy than anything else.The University of Michigan's search for a new football coach took its first signific ...
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HOW?
2007-11-29 03:35:00
As I watch the Pistons throttle the Cavaliers tonight (Detroit is up 24 in the 4th quarter as I write this), only one word comes to mind.HOW?As in HOW IN THE LIVING HELL did the Pistons lose to that bunch of stiffs (+ LeBron) in the playoffs? Anyone got an answer? Detroit should have wiped the floor with them."Woulda, coulda, shoulda" is what history will carve on the Pistons' 2006-07 headstone.
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The 2009 NCAA Final Four logo has been unveiled...
2007-11-28 22:15:00
and it's...A BURNING TIRE?As Detroit is the host for the '09 Final Four, with it being played at Ford Field, I'm not sure if the logo of a tire in flames is fitting, or if the city should be insulted.And just what is the reasoning behind a burning tire representing a Detroit based Final Four?“You know, I have no idea,” said (Bill) Ryan, the executive director of the Detroit Local Organizing Committee, “ … so I will tell you that it means we’re one of the hottest sports towns in the country.”Uh, if you want to believe that, you go right ahead...
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We can finally call the Lions 2007 draft a success!
2007-11-28 21:55:00
The Lions' season is saved! Mr. Irrelevant, the last pick in the last round of the NFL draft, Lions practice squadder, Ramzee Robinson, for the second time this season, has been promoted to the 53 man roster!Ramzee will be the glue that hold the Lions' defensive backfield together! I feel soooo much better about the Lions' playoff chances now! YES! Playoffs, here we come! I just FEEEEEL it!Matt Millen, you are a personnel SUPER GENIUS! Mel Kiper has nothing on you! Finding a 7th round diamond in the rough is...is...Well, it was...Hell, I'll just tell it as it is, Millen was damn lucky.Of course, there is the fact that one time starting cornerback Stanley Wilson is now out for the season, as he was placed on IR this afternoon, weakens an already bad secondary. That's the only reason for Ramzee's promotion, the Lions needed a healthy defensive back. Otherwise he'd still be hanging on to his NFL dream by a thin practice squad string. And yes, I'm aware that the Robinson was active for a g ...
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Can we put the Big 10 - ACC "Challenge" out to pasture?
2007-11-28 19:50:00
When the Big 10-ACC Challenge rolls around every fall, the following film comes to mind.In case you need a frame of reference...Godzilla = ACCBambi = Big 10I'm as big of a Big 10 apologist as anyone, you all know I'm an unabashed Big 10 fan. But even I can see that the ACC outclasses, out plays, out talents, out coaches, and is just outright better than the Big 10 during the "Challenge." That's going to be true 9 years out of 10, probably 10 out of 10. The Big 10 will always have a few teams that would compete, and win, in the ACC, but the Big 10 bottom feeders are guaranteed to get their asses kicked during what has turned into an annual nationally televised ass kicking fest.Wikipedia has the ugly overall breakdown of the Big10-ACC Challenge, season by season, team by team, and it isn't pretty. The ACC is 8-0, and is well on it's way to making it 9-0, after going 5-1 so far in 2007. With 5 games left tonight, the Big 10 will be lucky to win 2 of the games.Some seasons the Big 10 has ...
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Above the Fold - Tiger talk
2007-11-28 17:34:00
With the weather in Michigan becoming more and more winter-like, getting dark at what seems like 3:30 in the afternoon, what better way is there to drive away those winter doldrums than talking Detroit Tigers?None that I know of...At the Detroit News, Lynn Henning, who hasn't done any burning questions in a couple of weeks (Come on, Lynn! I'm waiting...), takes a look at the latest and greatest Tigers pitching prospect, Rick Porcello. To say he's impressed the Tigers brass is an understatement."I don’t know what he’ll pitch at, but he hit 97 (mph) numerous times and worked comfortably at 94-95," (minor league pitching coach Jon) Matlack said of the fastball thrown by Porcello, 18, a high school star at Seton Hall Prep in New Jersey. "He has two quality breaking balls (overhand curveball and slider), which are occasionally above-average, and one of which I believe will become better-than-average."And he has a plus change-up,” Matlack said, using a word — "plus" — considered hi ...
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Does it make me a bad person...
2007-11-27 21:20:00
...if I tell you when I heard early this morning that Sean Taylor had passed away, my second thought was (After "That's a shame."), "That's going to be hard on the 'Skins. Could it help the Lions make the playoffs?"I know, I know... It's awful, and I'm a terrible person. Hey, I'm being honest. As terrible as Taylor's death is for his family and teammates, and my condolences go out to them, as a person with troubles of my own, it had no effect on me whatsoever. Call me jaded, call me hard boiled, call me a jerk, call me an ass, call me a realist, but the news didn't do anything to me emotionally.Should I feel any worse for Taylor than someone who gets shot, for example, in a car jacking in Detroit? Both are tragic in their own way. But with the 24/7 news cycle, an athlete's death will be treated as tragic, with the athlete being beatified (Deservedly or not, just look at the reaction to the death Kirby Puckett), while the death of a non-celebrity gets a few paragraphs below the fold in ...
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Other penalty calls I'd like to hear
2007-11-27 20:08:00
I'm sure you've all heard the "He's giving him the business" penalty call from this past Saturday's Maryland - NC State game. For the 1 or 2 of you that have been living under a rock, here's the most excellent call by ACC Official, and the favorite ref of football fans everywhere, Ron Cherry.Thing is, there is so much more you could do with calling penalties. If refs had the leeway to call more than just holding, offsides, and the like, imagine the fun that could be had..."15 yard Personal foul, 69, offense..."He was giving him the what for!He was giving him the stink eye!He was giving him the bird!He was giving him the the Heimlich!He was giving him the heebie jeebies!He was giving him some shit!He was giving him the love!He was giving him the chills!He was giving him the kiss o' death!He was giving him the silent treatment!He was being a prick!He was being a stick in the mud!He was being a dick!He was mindfucking him!He was claiming the mission accomplished!He was failing miserably!F ...
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Above the Fold - Picking and rolling
2007-11-27 18:22:00
It's high time I touched on the Detroit Pistons in "Above the Fold."It's early in the season, and it's pretty obvious that the Pistons are a work in progress. With the changes to the starting lineup, the injection of youth to the Pistons' bench, and Flip Saunders still trying to develop a rotation, I have a feeling the team we see struggling somewhat in November won't be the team we see in May.Injuries have also taken a toll, which is something that hasn't been an issue in the past, with Rodney Stuckey still recovering from his broken hand, Amir Johnson, Chauncy Billups, Antonio McDyess, and Rip Hamilton all missing games, and Rasheed Wallace currently fighting off a sore knee. The very slow start by Hamilton also bears close watching, though admittedly, it's much too early in the season to be worried.Despite the adversity, the Pistons are tied for 1st place in the Central with the Bucks, while not coming close to playing their best basketball.You have to wonder about the MSM decision ...
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When you think the Dre' Bly trade couldn't have been any worse...
2007-11-27 00:40:00
...It manges to get even worse.The Killer is reporting that starting right tackle Jonathan Scott's thumb injury will cause him to be placed on the IR. Thus he's done for the season. as if the O-line isn't weak enough...More intriguing is the fact that Damion Woody, a career guard, is moving to right tackle, and newly signed Barry Stokes will back him up.I tried to find a picture of Foster actually blocking someone, but...Essentially, this means that the Lions career of George Foster is over. If Marinelli and Martz would rather replace Scott by shifting a guard who hasn't played tackle since high school, and back him up with a player they picked up off off the street, what does that say about Foster? It says that he blows, and the Lions know it.You can also say the same about the Lions career of the other player acquired in the trade, Tatum Bell. That Aveion Cason is taking snaps during games tells us that Bell is 4th on their running back depth chart. I think it's safe to say that, ...
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Above the Fold - Thanksgiving Ferentz fallout
2007-11-26 06:30:00
The university administration has been strangely quiet since Lloyd Carr retired, with nary a leak regarding whom they may be contacting for interviews. For such a high profile job, the fact that there have been next to news coming out of A2 is surprising, to say the very least. In fact, The Ann Arbor News has not reported anything regarding the Michigan football head coaching job since last Wednesday.The Detroit MSM has been just as quiet, with little speculation or rumormongering.Drew Sharp broke out the knives in regard to Michigan over the weekend, with 2 Sunday articles designed to do nothing more than piss Michigan fans off. In other words, typical Sharp.On Sunday, he broke out his well worn "Michigan isn't a top 10 program" argument.There’s no debating that the top five programs using the previous criteria are, in order, Texas, Ohio State, Florida, Southern California and Notre Dame.Each scores high grades in all five categories.The next five are Oklahoma, Florida State, Tenne ...
Thanksgiving
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Playoffs? Are you kidding me? PLAYOFFS? Final thoughts on Lions - Packers
2007-11-23 21:13:00
I was feeling too full, thus too uncomfortable, after gorging myself on mom's turkey dinner to write last night. Now that I feel human again, rather than like a partially deflated Goodyear blimp, here's my thoughts regarding the Thanksgiving Day massacre at Ford Field. Here's the linkage to my bitter holiday screams of Lions pain...BRETT FAVRE'S TOUCH CAN CURE CANCER: 1st quarter Lions - Packers thoughtsFAVRE IS A GOD AMONGST MEN: 2nd quarter Lions - Packers thoughtsYOU CAN BE CERTAIN OF 3 THINGS IN LIFE : DEATH, TAXES, AND THE MSM LOVE FOR BRETT FAVRE - 3rd quarter Lions - Packers thoughtsFAVREFAVREFAVREFAVRE - 4th quarter Lions - Packers thoughts1. Thanks to the Lions raising expectations after their fast start, the 2007 season is now on the verge of becoming an EPIC FAIL.I went against by better judgment, putting aside the years upon years of being bitterly disappointed by the Lions, and gave them the benefit of the doubt during their 6-2 start. The past 3 Lions losses, all awful i ...
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Answering the Detroit Lions' NFL week 12 "Burning questions"
2007-11-23 21:07:00
Though the Lions lost 4 days ago (Seems longer, doesn't it?), I decided against doing the burning questions bit over the weekend. I needed to take a break from writing for a few days, and more importantly, I wanted to see how the Sunday games would affect the Lions' playoff chances.Amazingly, the Lions, yes, the Detroit Lions, actually caught a break. Every team the Lions are competing with for a wild card berth, all teams that they would lose a tie breaker with, lost.Giants were outright embarrassed by the Vikings.The Redskins were knocked off by the Bucs, despite Jeff Garcia being knocked out of the game during the first series.Arizona's Neil Rackers missed a gimmie OT field goal against the 49er's, in what ended up as an ugly Cardinals loss.The Eagles played tough, but ultimately couldn't stop the juggernaut that is the Patriots.So despite how bleak things looked Thursday night, and they were damn bleak, on Monday morning the Lions STILL held the final NFC wild card berth. How long ...
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FAVREFAVREFAVREFAVRE - 4th quarter Lions - Packers thoughts
2007-11-22 22:03:00
As we start the 4th quarter, Pam Oliver says all Hell is breaking out on the Lions sideline. Helmets being thrown, lots of yelling. The Lions are imploding before our eyes.You gotta be kidding me! Driver takes a short pass, and he just runs through and around the Lions for 40 yards to the 5 yard line. The Lions are not only imploding, but quitting on this game, if you go by the total lack of defensive effort.An incomplete pass, and a short run leave a 3rd and goal. The 3rd down pass is broken up, the Farves will kick the chip shot 20 yard FG.34-12, Farve is kicking the asses of team I despise all over the field.For shits and giggles, I tun on the Lions radio broadcast, and Dan Miller is saying something to the effect that you don't know what holding the Pack to 3 points will lead to. Miller can't believe the BS he's spewing, can he?Cason takes the kickoff, and rather than make a juke move, he runs right into a tackle at the 21. Cason can't do much, he sure as Hell can't run people over ...
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YOU CAN BE CERTAIN OF 3 THINGS IN LIFE : DEATH, TAXES, AND THE MSM LOVE FOR BRETT FAVRE - 3rd quarter Lions - Packers thoughts
2007-11-22 21:10:00
As we start the 2nd half of the Brett Farve love-fest, the Farves will start at their own 20. The old man of the Leo's, Jason Hanson, boots the kickoff out of the end zone. He never ceases to amaze me.Farve continues from where he left off, 2 completions give the Pack a 1st down at the 32. Then it's 9 more on a pass to Driver.FOX tells us that Marinelli is not happy. No. Fucking. Shit. Neither am I...In the meantime, it's another 1st down for the Pack at the 45. Then it's Jones for 8 more. They are making it look easy. Typical, a Lions D-back goes for the strip, gets nothing but air.FUUUUUUCK!. Koren Robinson is WIDE OPEN as Stanley Wilson falls down in coverage. Typical Lions luck. Robinson is down at the Lions 4. Just fucking kill me now, this season is going to over soon if the Lions don't do SOMETHING!Christ, Favre is 21-27-260-1 TD! Make it 22-28-264, and 2 TD's. It's Greg Jennings again catching the touchdown pass.24 to motherfucking 9, Packers lead. Pardon my French, but I'm n ...
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FAVRE IS A GOD AMONGST MEN: 2nd quarter Lions - Packers thoughts
2007-11-22 20:07:00
As we come back, Kitna drops back to pass...Looks for Johnson deep across the middle...PICK! After a nice return, the Packer takes over at the Lions 11. SON OF A BITCH! God forbid if Kitna, the turnover machine, makes an extended appearance.And just like that, it's Favre to the Michigan directional school grad, Greg Jennings, for the easy TD. Fuck me, fuck the Lions, fuck Farve.7-6 Pack, and all is now right in the FOX world.It's a great return for the Lions special teams! maybe the best in weeks, as they start at their own 23!!!Bizarro Martz is back, it's Jones up the gut for 3. It's Jones again, gets 8, and the 1st down. I like the running game so far. Where the fuck has it been?It's Jones again, but the draw is sniffed out. 2nd and 8.Roy Williams and Kitna miscommunicate, Kitna throws an out, Roy goes in, incomplete. 3rd and long.OMG! CASON! Kitna drills a pass to Cason in a middle seam for 20 yards, Lions at the Pack 44! Where in the Hell did that come from?Duckett up the gut for ...
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BRETT FAVRE'S TOUCH CAN CURE CANCER: 1st quarter Lions - Packers thoughts
2007-11-22 18:50:00
If you watched any of the FOX pregame show, today's game is all about Brett Favre. You wouldn't have known that any other team was playing today. Because no single team is the equal of Brett Favre, as he is...well, BRETT FAVRE, //sarcasm on// the greatest player in any sport, of any generation, the greatest ever. //sarcasm off//You know why sports fans are disgusted with the MSM? It's due to their blatant hero worship of players like Favre. They ignore all else, which allows them to create game storylines that revolves solely around 1 player, today's being Favrve's turn to be fluffed to full stiffness.Fuck Brett Favre. Fuck FOX. Fuck the MSM.Now that I have spewed my MSM bile, and is out of the way, let's watch some Turkey Day football in downtown Detroit. We join the FOX A-list team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman at that gem of a dome, Ford Field.After some American Idol chick (It is FOX doing the broadcast after all, I'd expect nothing less than complete corporate synergy) sings the na ...
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Housekeeping: Happy Thanksgiving
2007-11-21 22:20:00
It being the Thanksgiving holiday and all, I'm expecting the remainder of this week to be relatively quiet at TWFE.As for my normal stream of consciousness blogging of tomorrow's Lions game, I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to so as of yet.I don't have big plans for Turkey Day, just headed to my mother's for dinner. But I'm not sure what time dinner is scheduled. I'm always the last to know. But I digress...If we eat late in the afternoon, I plan on live blogging the game. If it's earlier, don't expect much of anything on TWFE till Friday, and even then, it may not be much. Anyway, I'm sure I'll be able to plan my blogging activities soon, as my mom does read the blog. Hi Mom!If there is a time to take a short breather from writing, the coming long weekend is as good as any. Then again, if something happens over the next few days (Wolverines coaching rumors, Tigers sign a FA/make a trade, Lions stupidity, etc...), or just feel suitably inspired, I'll be sure to hit the keyboard run ...
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Spin the Michigan coaching wheel, where it stops, nobody knows
2007-11-21 20:53:00
The series of tubes that is the internets has it's first Michigan head coaching rumor. The rumored candidate is...Iowa's Kirk Ferentz?Excuse me for a moment, while I'm totally underwhelmed.......I'm back from being underwhelmed. To be honest, I really don't know how seriously to take this rumor. At face value, I can see the interest in Ferentz...If it was 2003. You think Michigan can do better than someone who's currently underachieving at Iowa? I do.I'm sure this is going to be the first of many rumors that will have Michigan fans scrambling all over the web, making asses of themselves on message boards and blogs, trying to find every and all nuggets that pertain to the Wolverines coaching job. Today, the rumor du jour is Ferentz. Friday, it could be Jeff Tedford at Cal. Over the weekend? God forbid, as there would be riots all across the great state of Michigan, it's the twin terror coordinators, Ron English and Mike Debord.Next week? Monday it could be the Man Mountain at Kansas, Ma ...
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Above the Fold - My mea culpa regarding the Red Wings
2007-11-21 17:59:00
I've been on the receiving end of some grief from the Red Wings faction of Detroit fandom. Basically, I was told that I, and most other bloggers, don't write about the Wings nearly enough.My reply? Guilty as charged.There is a reason, though. Of the 4 major sports, hockey is the only one I never played at any organized level. In other words, I know football, baseball, and hoop pretty damn well, as I played the games. I know them well enough to feel more than confident to give my mostly half-assed opinions. I'm much more confident in my writing when opining about those sports, and I think that comes across on the blog.But hockey? Not nearly as much. I'm more a fan of the Red Wings, than the NHL as a whole. I've been going to Red Wings games since Gordie Howe was still a Wing, so I've always been a fan. But being that I never played the game, even though I know the rules well, when it comes to strategy? I'll put it this way. I can talk about zone blocking schemes, the pick and roll, and ...
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Just shut up, Roy
2007-11-21 00:50:00
The always on the beat Killer Kowalski tells us that mouthy Lions wide out Roy Williams spewed this wonderful gem..."If I had executed last week, I would've had 300 yards receiving. Look at the film," Williams said. "It would've been 300 yards easy, no question."Even better, Roy goes on...Want me to explain them to you? Let me explain it to you.Please do Roy, I have my calculator ready. You ended the game with 106 yards, plus...The one where Kitna stretched out the ball and got sacked on the backside, it was just a one-man route and I ran past (Sam) Madison. You don't say how long the route was, so I'll be on the safe side, and say...20 yards. 126 so far.Here's Roy Williams not catching a pass while on his way to not having 300 receiving yards...There was another one where Kit underthrew it and I tried to catch it. If I catch that one, that's another 50-some yards. OK, that's 50 more, and we're up to 176 yards.And the one he threw on the sideline, the one I had to stop for and tap my ...
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