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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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Ever have one of those days?
2008-02-05 01:59:00
Because I'm having one...As I write this, I'm listening to an EAR SPLITTING alarm going off in my building. It's the equivalent of of someones alarm clock going off, but at jet airliner taking off decibels.I was in the middle of writing my delayed weekend in review post, as fighting with a wonky PC took up a good part of my day. (Yes, Leelanau Sports Guy, I need a Mac! Or at least a more up to date PC) as you might guess, after screwing with my PC, I'm in a pissy mood.As I was typing, there was a sudden brownout. Then the power came back. Then it cycled in that way 2 more times, sending all my electronics into fits, along with the fire alarm. Thank God nothing fried, but thanks to the alarm going off for going on a good 10 minutes straight, I think I'm on the verge of losing my hearing!WHAT? I THINK I'M ON THE VERGE OF LOSING MY HEARING! THE ALARM WON'T SHUT OFF! HUH? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU, THE ALARM IS GOING OFF!I'm telling you, it's one of those days...
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The more the Tigers spend, the better their future looks
2008-02-04 22:30:00
The Tigers continue their spendy ways, and have locked up another of their young core. Curtis Granderson has agreed to a 5 year, $30.25 million deal. Detroit is set in center for quite some time to come.At first, I thought that this would be a good opportunity to do another pro/con list, but then it hit me. There is no con to this news. I could get used to seeing catches like this on a regular basis.What's not to like about this deal? The Tigers bought Granderson out of arbitration altogether, and his first season of free agency. $6 million a season for a young, elite center fielder is a steal, even more so when you compare his contract to the bloated deals lesser players like Gary Matthews Jr. (5 yr-$50M) and Juan Pierre (5 yr-$45M) received.Granderson is one of the best center fielders in baseball, and has only spent 2 full seasons in the bigs. He's only going to get better as he comes into his prime. Do I expect another 20-20-20-20 season? Of course not. But he could become an annu ...
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Detroit fishwrap comment of the day: Super Bowl edition
2008-02-04 20:45:00
Today's COTD is from the Little Fella's column in the Freep. His ode to the Giants winning the Super Bowl brings the Freep's commenting wingnuts out in force.The following pithy thought from kj1975 is one of the few that didn't have any of the over the top hate the Patriots tend to bring out in most internet types...Impossible? Try predictable, because that is what is was. Cheaters never win.I think kj1975 forgot about the Patriots' 3 previous Super Bowl wins. Cheaters do win, at least 3 out of 4 times.Tell you the truth, the main reason I picked the comment from a Super Bowl column was to give me an excuse to post my random and scattered thoughts about our unofficial national holiday.1. Tom Petty rocked, despite what what the majority of the blogosphere claimed. Then again, I'm biased, owning damn near everything Tom Petty has ever recorded. I'm also of a vastly different music generation, being older than your typical snot-nosed 20-something sports blogger. Your typical sports blogge ...
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God damn computers...
2008-02-04 18:46:00
I'll get a post or 3 up sometime today, but my PC has been infuriatingly extra cranky the last few days. I had some speed issues yesterday, which I thought were figured out. Then this morning, my PC decided that I wasn't going to get online.First I had trouble getting both IE and Firefox to connect to the web, though my connection was working just fine. If that didn't piss me off enough, my wireless desktop went all wonky, and froze up.5 reboots, a spyware scan, a virus scan and a system restore later, I think the old girl running correctly again. Knock on wood.Anyway, I'll be back...
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Pros and cons: Should Kwame Kilpatrick stay or go?
2008-02-01 22:37:00
As it's pretty damn slow on the Detroit sports scene today, and I've milked it for all I could in my earlier posts, I wanted to touch on the Kwame Kilpatrick "situation" one more time. As Detroit's mayor is back on the job, even if he's not answering questions,I thought it might be fun to break down Kwame's pros and cons.Kwame was unable to answer questions from the media,as he was too busy conducting interviews to find his new Chief of Staff...Trust me, it wasn't as easy as you might think, as it was much easier to come up with the cons...Let's break down the Kilpatrick administration, shall we?Pro: Kwame wears nice suits.Con: If you are a first round NBA draft pick.Pro: Kwame loves Detroit sports.Con: He scores more often than the Red Wings and Tigers combined.Pro: The Super Bowl went off without a hitch!Con: Thanks to former mayor Dennis Archer laying all the groundwork! Kwame just took all the credit.Pro: Kwame's administration has provided plenty of jobs...Con: For his 150 man de ...
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Above the fold - Columnists say the darnedest things
2008-02-01 21:16:00
After taking a couple of days away from the daily link dump, and my wordy commentary, "Above the Fold" reappears just in time for my Friday feature, "Columnists say the darnedest things."Lets start at the Freep and Michael Rosenberg, who takes Tayshaun Prince to task, asking, "Where's the D?"In the last few minutes, Bryant hit a jumper over Prince; nailed a three-pointer over Prince; lost Prince with his dribble and shot a pull-up jumper (which missed); and weaved through the defense, forcing at least 17 Pistons to collapse on him, which allowed Bryant to pass to a wide-open Ronny Turiaf under the basket.Ultimately, none of this mattered, mostly because of Prince's offense. Once again: Prince was the hero.But one of the Pistons' problems the last few years was that they let their regular-season success fool them into thinking they were flawless. The fact is that when the Pistons made back-to-back NBA Finals, Prince was a better defensive player than he is now.I honestly think Prince's ...
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FYI: WDFN Fan Blog HQ
2008-02-01 18:49:00
Just a quick thank you and a shout out go to WDFN, Sports Radio 1130, as they are now posting selected TWFE updates on their web site, in the Detroit Fan Blog HQ section.Feel free to click away...For those Detroit bloggers looking to get a little additional exposure, send WDFN a recent sample post. If they like what they see, they'll add your updates to the section.TWFE will continue it's furious attempt to take over Detroit, one website at a time....
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Detroit fishwrap comment of the day
2008-02-01 18:20:00
With the Wolverines cagers getting bitch slapped once again, this time by a mediocre Minnesota at Crisler, 77-65, Michigan fans are coming out of the woodwork with their knee-jerk reactions.In the comment thread of Mlive's recap of Michigan's 16th loss of the season, the natives are becoming quite restless. One being BlueInSC, who is ready to give up on head coach John Beilein, and his offense, before his 1st season at the helm is over.This is the worst Michigan BBall team in years. They may have talent, but they have little desire, no vision, and little intelligence. They also don't play as a unit. I don't know what the hell Beilein is doing. He seems like an old coach who's best days are behind him... How many more years does he plan on coaching? He's on the down hill.I don't care what anyone says. I miss the Fab 5 and Fisher.This comment hits one of my biggest pet peeves, fans claiming a team has no heart. I believe the vast majority of the time fans are confusing a lack of talent f ...
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Detroit fishwrap comment of the day - Kwame Kilpatrick edition
2008-01-31 21:49:00
I'm going to step away from sports for one post, much as Drew Sharp pulled a Little Fella and tried his hand at social commentary in today's Freep. His target? Detroit's embattled mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick.Today's COTD is from the comments of Sharp's take down of the mayor. A Freep reader called midnight rider posts the following thoughts about a big city mayor under siege.Time Magazine had it right back in 2005 by naming Kwame as one of the worst mayors in the US.Here's the exerpt- The Nation's Worst Big-City Mayors (in alphabetical order):Kwame Kilpatrick- Detroit: Equally at home in senior centers and hip-hop concerts, Kwame Kilpatrick, 34, inspired Detroit voters with his energy and determination when he rode into office three years ago. But a cherry red Lincoln Navigator has put a big dent in his reputation. After weeks of denying it, the mayor admitted in January that the city paid $24,995 to lease just such a car for his wife. That outlay showed what Alan Ehrenhalt, executive edit ...
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Dammit, I'm tired!
2008-01-31 19:46:00
Sorry for the tardiness of my first post today. Hey, you get what you pay for, right?Anyway, I was out late last night, visiting some in town for a couple of days relatives that like to tip a few, thus I'm dragging ass today. I don't bounce back from late nights the way I once did. Funny, when I'm on a trip, such as when I was in Vegas, I don't feel the effects much at all. But when I'm home? Christ almighty.For that matter, when I was 18? Give me 2-3 hours to sleep and sober up just a tad, and I'll be rip roaring, ready to go, fine and dandy. Then I'll go out again tonight, and start the circle again. Where's the damn beer?!When I was 28? Eh, 5 hours and I'll be able to get through the day. A quick nap when I get home, and I'll be ready to go! Where's the good gin? Who's got the tonic?At 38? Shit, I'm tired. Need my 7-8 hours, and the rest of the day to recover. Now leave me alone! Where's the fucking Gatorade?In my 40's? Fuck me, even though I didn't overindulge. I was asleep arou ...
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As a Tigers fan who's still bitter over the 1987 playoffs...
2008-01-30 21:29:00
...Pardon me for not feeling sorry for Twins fans over the awful trade of Johan Santana.Yes, I still hold a grudge over all the nightmarish experiences the Tigers have suffered in the Homer/Baggie/Hefty/Metrodome. It's nice to revel in a little schafenfreude...But from a Tigers fan point of view, even better than delighting in the Twins misfortune is the fact the AL Central officially became a 2 team race as of yesterday afternoon.This trade is the equivalent of the Tigers getting Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis, yet not giving up Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin. The Twinkies didn't even get the Mets' best prospect! The Minnesota front office out and out blew it when they didn't jump all over either the Yankees or Red Sox offers during the winter meetings.My first though about the Santana trade? GOOD RIDDANCE!I've said in the past that I don't buy the "We can't compete in a small market" BS. Have you ever known of any team owner that isn't personally rolling around in obscene amo ...
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Detroit fishwrap comment of the day
2008-01-30 18:55:00
We go back to Mlive, and Killer Kowalski's commenting goons, for today's COTD. In talking with the Rod Marinelli, the Killer reports Coach Pound T. Rock claims the Lions won't waive Shaun "I've yet to met a smorgasboard I didn't inhale" Rogers.But don't think that means Bigger Baby is off the market. The Lions are still going to entertain trade offers for the roly-poly defensive tackle. Coach P.T. Rock says it's all about getting "value" in return. As to how much trade value an obese, overpaid, underachieving, creaky kneed tackle who's one failed drug test away from an 8 game suspension has? We'll soon find out.My guess? Biggest Baby's trade value is somewhere between very little, and nil.As comment threads tend to do, they go off track. In debating Chubby Checker's trade value, the Roy Williams trade rumors came to the fore. Many of the trades proposed were on this side of ridiculous, that trading Williams would get two very high draft picks in return, say 1st and 2nd rounders.Conside ...
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Rasheed Wallace, philosopher
2008-01-30 17:46:00
The blog hating Pistons beat writer, Chris McCosky, in his "blog," give we Pistons fans another reason to love Rasheed Wallace. McCosky quotes the mercurial 'Sheed after his dominating performance in last night's win against the Pacers.When asked if he was upset about being pulled from the game late in the 1st half to avoid getting his 3rd foul, 'Sheed replied..."That's what happens, sometimes," he said with a shrug. "I ain't trippin' about it.""I ain't trippin' about it." The statement is brilliant in it's simplicity and wisdom. If you ask me, those are words to live by. Words we should all live by. Words entire countries should live by...The world would be a much better place if we all took 'Sheed's wise advice. Actually, I often wish 'Sheed would take his own advice when taking out his on-court frustrations on the referees.Get called for a ticky-tack foul? Don't get the call on after obviously being hacked? Remember your advice. Don't be trippin' over it, 'Sheed.From now on, I'm goi ...
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It's Super Bowl media day!
2008-01-29 20:52:00
And much like the great explorer, starship captain Jean-Luc Picard, all I can think of is...God, no. Not this SHIT again...I'm going to make a pledge right now. I'm going to IGNORE all the over-the-top, utterly ludicrous, mind-numbing, IQ dropping media bullshit that goes along with the 3 ring circus (Because it sure as HELL isn't about the football game!) that is the Super Bowl.The asinine media day is is just to tip of the hype iceberg.I'm ignoring the pissing match between the 2 most obnoxious and entitled fanbases in all of sport, the fans of New York and Boston. I'm not going to read flamebait articles by New York, Boston and national sports writers, who use nothing but clichés to compare those 2 obnoxious and entitled fanbases. Living in what the east coast media elite call a fly over state, I don't give a flying fuck about those 2 obnoxious and entitled fanbases, and 99% of the country doesn't give a flying fuck either.I'm not going to watch the endless Super Bowl self promotio ...
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Above the fold - Inge, Inge, Inge
2008-01-29 19:35:00
Just as the always put upon Jan memorably complained about her sister on The Brady Bunch with the bitter chant "Marsha, Marsha, MARSHA!", we (being me, myself, and I) here at TWFE cry, "Inge, Inge, INGE!"Thus the 24 hours of Inge continues at TWFE with a tour around the Tigers blogosphere.Just like the unwashed fan rabble, the Tiger bloggers have somewhat mixed feelings over the Inge situation (I think it's safe to call it a "situation") as well. The blogging elite believes Inge is best suited for the role of super-sub, but aren't exactly happy with his crying like Nancy Kerrigan did after getting poleaxed in the knee. "WHY? Why me?!"We start at Roar of the Tigers, where Sam is awfully upset at just the thought of Inge moving on...Brandon Inge leaving would make ME kinda like a kicked puppy. SAD FACE.But Sam perks up knowing that this controversy too, shall pass.Hopefully this news about Inge agreeing to report to Spring Training as a catcher is a sign that all his sulkiness has been s ...
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Detroit fishwrap comment of the day
2008-01-29 17:52:00
The 24 hours of Inge on TWFE continues... But is there anything else going on the D right now?When it comes to Brandon Inge and Tigers fans, there's no gray area. It's like or loathe, love or hate. There's no middle ground. You either love him more than life itself, or despise him with the intensity of a white hot sun on the verge of going supernova.Look up "polarizing" in the dictionary, and you'll see Inge's picture.Which is why the COTD is actually 2 comments from Jon Paul Morosi's conversation with Inge from the Freep, allowing us to see the extremes of Tiger fandom.First up is densogirl, who wants to inflict bodily harm upon the Tiger that causes such conflicting emotions...Brandon Inge just doesn't get it. His emotional intelligence is that of a grade-schooler. "I just want to play; it's not fair; doesn't matter how much money I make, I just want to play everyday." Give me a break, doesn't every guy want to play every day? Everyone guy in the minors or riding the pine in MLB wou ...
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Pros and cons: Should Brandon Inge stay or go?
2008-01-29 07:30:00
With the news that detente has been achieved between the Tigers and Brandon Inge, it appears he is now back in the their good graces for 2008. The Tigers have asked Inge to accept a super-utility role, and be paid $6 million in the process. Inge wasn't exactly happy, if you go by some of his comments to the media..."I'm bitter, mad and frustrated"“I didn’t ask to be put in this position. I don’t have to be happy with it.”Despite being quite vocal in his unhappiness, Inge said he would accept a (highly paid) utility role for the good of the team. In turn, the Tigers say they will still entertain trade offers, but would rather he remain in Detroit.After all the drama, mostly manufactured by the local media, all is again well in Tigertown. For the time being, anyway...Personally, I like Inge as a player. I'm all for his wearing the Olde English D next season. But he's no longer the starting 3rd baseman for a reason, and not just because Miguel Cabrera is now a Detroit Tiger.As I ...
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Brandon Inge, reluctant Tiger
2008-01-28 22:00:00
Brandon Inge finally cleared the air with the Tigers, and spoke to the media today, much to the relief of Lynn Henning and David Mayo. An uneasy truce now exists between Inge and the Tigers, as it appears all attempts to get similar value in trade for their former starting 3rd baseman have been exhausted, and Inge has agreed to step into the super-sub, uber-utility man role.According to the Freep's Jon Paul Morosi, Inge isn't all that happy, but won't make waves.Inge didn’t hide his frustration at losing his job as Detroit’s starting third baseman – “I’m not happy about it,” he said multiple times – but said he would accept a super-utility role.“I want to play as much as possible,” Inge said. “I don’t care about the money. I want to play because I care about the game and I love playing. I can’t stand sitting on the bench. I don’t care if it’s third base, first base, catcher, outfield – if anyone needs a day off, I want to get as many at-bats as I can.Inge ...
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Above the fold: Detroit weekend in review
2008-01-28 20:08:00
Has there been a more boring Detroit sports weekend in recent memory? The Tigers and Lions are in a state of off season limbo, the Pistons have been off since Thursday, and the Red Wings are idle thanks to the NHL being on their All-Star break.The only sports event of interest was Michigan taking on Michigan State, as the rivalry moved from the football field to the basketball court. But that game, as we all expected, was a Sparty beatdown...The only game going on in Michigan, other than the blow out in East Lansing, was the media playing "Where's Kwame?" When the silhouette of Detroit's slick, philandering, embattled, currently in hiding mayor being visible inside the Manoogian Mansion is big news, you know there's not much going on.Let's break down the weekend that was in Detroit sports...College basketball: Sparty continued their dominance over the Wolverines on the hard wood, with a 77-62 win that wasn't as close as 15 point difference.Spartans Weblog has the game recap, and though ...
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Detroit fishwrap comment of the day
2008-01-28 17:21:00
If there is one thing worse than commenters in internet forums, it's commenters in internet forums after a college rivalry game. Trolling is everywhere, and the subway alumni come out in force.The Freep commenters are no different. In the comments to Michael Rosenberg's column about the Michigan State beatdown of Michigan, MSU fans bait the U of M fans with the usual taunts. Little sister, Michigan Mountaineers, and the old standby, you suck!One Michigan fan stood out for his reasoned response. DTownFanInChicago realized, rivalry game or not, these are 2 programs on the opposite sides of the spectrum. What's the big deal? Everyone knows that MSU is better than Michigan in basketball. They were expected to win. Now, if Michigan had beaten MSU, then that's a story. No shock here.Exactly! What's the big deal? This game was over before Michigan even took the Breslin Center court. Sparty is to Michigan football, as the Wolverines are to MSU football. The Spartans are a national power, the ...
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Stupidity is contagious
2008-01-28 00:41:00
Being bored out of my mind due to the lack of football (Thanks to the God damn NFL and their God damn bye week before the God damn Super Bowl), I was surfing around the web. I hit the Oakland Press website, for the lack of anything better to read. After Drew Sharp's flip-flopping today, I wasn't sure if a columnist could match him in stupidity. Turns out I was wrong...Pat Caputo regals us with the following deep, deep insight... (To save you 5 minutes of your life, I'll give you the cliff notes version of his column)Michigan State basketball is really, really good.Tom Izzo is really, really good.Michigan basketball is really, really bad.The Fab 5 were loved, then disgraced.The Ed Martin scandal was really, really bad for Michigan basketball.Michigan fans think football is king.Southeast Michigan is Wolverines country.Southeast Michigan is not Spartans country.Thus, few in Southeast Michigan care about college basketball.Caputo thinks that is really, really bad.In other breaking news, ...
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Drew Sharp flip-flops like a fish out of water
2008-01-27 20:50:00
Honestly, I don't ask for much from the local columnists. If you read our fishwraps on a daily basis, you know why. All I ask from a columnist is to be consistent in their views, even if those views are, more often than not, idiotic. That's not hard, is it? From what I read in today's Detroit Free Press , it is that hard.First, we need to go 2 weeks back, when a Drew Sharp column in regard to the Wolverines had the following headline...Michigan coach must beat Ohio State to nation's No. 1 recruit Terrelle PryorFlash forward to today, and the headline has Sharp talking out the other side of his mouth...Michigan landing super recruit Terrelle Pryor would be an overrated victoryUm...WHAT? Terrelle Pryor is a must get player, but he's also overrated? Does that make any sense to you? Let's look deeper into the scrambled thought processes of a big market columnist...In today's article, Sharp calls ranking college recruiting classes the equivalent of grading the Lions draft before anyone hits ...
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Catholics are full of it...
2008-01-25 22:30:00
If you read my going off on Jon Kitna and his "it was a miracle" quote, and aware of my struggles with severe arthritis (which I specifically mentioned in that post, and a few other times), you know that I have issues with religion. Or more accurately, those who throw religion around as a weapon, or as a moral high ground.I was born and raised Catholic. I attended Catholic school for a couple of years. I'm baptized, had first communion, and confirmed. My marriage ceremony was a full Catholic mass, though it was more for the sake of my (now ex) wife and family.In fact, for reasons I'm struggling with, I still call myself Catholic. It's more out of guilt than anything else, though I'd never call myself religious. I'm as far from being religious as Rob Parker is from being a good writer.The older I get, the more I realize I disagree with many of the church's policies. Just call me a heretic!At this point of my life, I think it's safe to call me a lapsed Catholic. Maybe even a recovering ...
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Above the Fold - Columnists say the darnedest things
2008-01-25 19:20:00
Friday is the time on Sprockets when we dance the day on TWFE when we take a tour of the Detroit columnists. They are in //sarcasm on// fine form //sarcasm off// today.The only columnist active at the Freep is Michael Rosenberg, who says everything the Detroit blogosphere said about the Jose Canseco blackmailing Magglio Ordonez story yesterday. As always, the fishwraps are a day late, and losing money hand over fist...Naturally, many people forgot that Jose Canseco is a gossip-mongering, media-craving, steroid pusher. But Canseco has done his best to remind us.Canseco keeps doing what he does best: naming names. And because he was right about McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro, he continues to garner more credibility than he deserves.The truth is that naming names is easy. I can do it myself: Barry Bonds, Mickey Mantle, Ty Cobb, Henry Chadwick. So what? The hard part is providing evidence.Canseco and Ordonez were teammates briefly, in 2001, with the Chicago White Sox. Astute chronologists wil ...
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Detroit fishwrap comment of the day
2008-01-25 17:40:00
The COTD is from a Freep article quoting Kirk Herbstreit from Douchebag Cowerd's talk show. Herbie pisses off the Wolverines faithful with the following retort to Cowerd's 8 win prediction...KH: I think it's a six-win season for MIchigan next year, I really do. I'd like to see Michigan do well, but really, if you look at the schedule, you look at the quarterback situation, you look at the offense and the fact that they lost all of those players, The Big Ten is going to go through this again next year.Do I think Michigan will only win 6 games? Come on! The Big 10 and Notre Dame are awful beyond words. The Wolverines should win 8 games accidentally.But is it possible? Sure, considering the losses from graduation and transfers, along with the growing pains caused by a steep learning curve for Rich Rodriguez's schemes. I think 8-4 sounds reasonable, 7-5 being the worst case scenario.Anyway, enough about my thoughts. Today's example of how the internet allows idiot mouth breathers to fea ...
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Why fans are fed up with the MSM: Brandon Inge edition
2008-01-25 03:15:00
Over the past week, MSM writers David Mayo and Lynn Henning bitterly called out Brandon Inge for his total silence since the news of his trade demand broke. They both wrote whiny, bitchy, pissy little columns complaining that Inge wouldn't speak to the media at a Grand Rapids "FAN" meet and greet. The obvious word being "FAN" and not "MEDIA."For example, Henning writes in the Detroit News...Just to put some ongoing discourtesy in clearer perspective, Inge has been on the receiving end of more than a dozen calls -- personally made to his cell, to his home, and elsewhere -- since October, many weeks before the Cabrera trade displaced him from his job as starting third baseman. When he never heard from Inge, rather than back off, he became even more aggressive... After the Cabrera trade left him in limbo, leading to a more aggressive flurry of callsOh, the fucking humanity, Inge just wouldn't return his calls! The guy is as intrusive as a bill collector or a telemarketer, though with less ...
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Above the Fold - Did Jose Canseco attempt to blackmail Magglio Ordonez?
2008-01-24 21:00:00
Late last night a New York Times story hit the wires, claiming Jose Canseco has been accused of "encouraging" the Tigers Maggilo Ordonez to invest in a movie project, in return for keeping his name "clear" of Canseco's upcoming steroids tell-all sequel to "Juiced." In other words, clear = edited out of the book, and encouraging = extortion/blackmail.Four people in baseball confirmed that referrals were made from Major League Baseball to the F.B.I. regarding Canseco’s actions relating to the six-time All-Star outfielder Magglio Ordonez, who was not mentioned in Canseco’s earlier book or in any other report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. All four insisted on anonymity because they said they didn’t have authority to speak about the events.The F.B.I. did not open a formal investigation because Ordonez said he did not want to pursue the complaint.It's turned into a he said, he said argument, with Canseco denying any such thing happened, and Ordonez not want to talk, other ...
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Should Shaun Rogers stay or go?`
2008-01-24 18:14:00
It was reported Wednesday that our favorite dysfunctional franchise, the Detroit Lions, are no longer willing to deal with their talented, yet out of shape, often injured and underachieving defensive tackle, Shaun Rogers. The unconfirmed word from Allen Park is Rogers will be cut or traded before the April 2008 NFL draft.When asked for comment, Rogers replied,"UHHH...UHHH...UHHH...hack...hack...urrrgh... need...whew...UHHHH...need..UHHH....need...UHHH...oxygen!"With the rumors swirling around Rogers' status, it seems like a good time to being back a staple from the early days of TWFE, "pros and cons.""Pro" are reasons to keep Rogers, "Con" is why he should be sent on his roly-poly way. Let's begin our exercise...Pro: He's undeniably talented.Con: He's undeniably fat.Pro: Rogers is under contract for the next 2 seasons.Con: Which means he'll play hard in 10 of the 32 games.Pro: The Lions will take a cap hit if Rogers is released.Con: The Lions have taken so many cap hits over the years ...
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Detroit fishwrap comment of the day
2008-01-24 16:38:00
The Lions continue to make news thought their season has been over for 3 1/2 weeks. (Their final game of the season feels as if it was months ago, though it's only been 25 days) Between Shaun Rogers status, and Kevin Jones' knee, the Killer has been busy at Mlive.The Killer talks to Jones today, who's quite adamant in saying he'll be at full strength for the 2008 season, despite having to rehab an ACL tear that ended his season prematurely.Jones, who rushed for 581 yards and scored a team-high eight touchdowns last season, said the situation is not the same as last year and the Lions don't have any holes at running back."We have other issues (in free agency) and running back isn't one of them," Jones said. "As far as injuries, yeah. But as far as talent and getting the job done, no."Strong words coming from someone who has proven unable to stay healthy for a full season. His track record says it all. Jones has never played all 16 games in a season, and in the past 2 years, Jones has s ...
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I didn't expect to be gone all day...
2008-01-24 01:24:00
I was away from my beloved blog longer than than expected. Shit happens!I'm not in much of a mood to write. So I'll have something about Big Baby and Brandon Inge tomorrow, and I'll also ponder Uncle Omar's suggestion in the comments of my previous post.One final note. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!Or a dead parrot!See ya tomorrow!
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