NFL Week 2 Recap

An actual email exchange between Keith and I:

Keith - We both went 10-5. (The Broncos were underdogs, not favorites - but since you said the Chargers would win outright, I gave you a loss.)

Me - Horseshit! I made my picks based on your post, and you had the Broncos as favorites, so the Chargers covered. I don't care if it was technically "wrong." And that doesn't even matter anyway because the Chargers DID win the game! Fuck what the scoreboard and Ed Hochuli say.

So I win. Again. Keith did much better this week at 10-5, but I went 11-4. It's seriously making me consider betting actual money on these games. But I know if I did that I'd start losing, and like all Irishmen, I'm wicked cheap. Guess I'll just have to settle for beating Keith every week.

Now we love the funny at IKH, but I have to be serious when discussing the blown call at the end of Chargers/Broncos this weekend - serious as the heart attack I hope Hochuli has the next time he does bench presses at the gym. The mankissers love hardbodies, but even Mr. Diesel Referee will have a tough time scoring ass on his next trip around the San Diego gay bar circuit.

You know the call was bad because I'm outraged over that shit, and I hate both teams with a deep, irrational passion. But Jesus fucking Christmas this was bad! I watched it live (DVR actually, but same difference) and it was a fumble clear as day. The players all knew it was a fumble too, including Capt. Diabetes, who walked off the field knowing he had pissed the game away. If I was Norv Turner I would've yanked my team from the field right then and there. What would the league have done about that? Probably nothing, the fucking pussies. But I digress...

I don't really mind getting the original call wrong because they have replay to correct it. It's not being able to review it because the whistle was blown that has me fired up. Hey ref, why the fuck are you blowing the whistle for ANYTHING, short of someone being decapitated? (And even then it's debatable.) Who cares if it's an incomplete pass? Just let these animals kill each other!!

Hochuli fucked up big, but Roger Goodell also bears some blame for this partial birth abortion of justice. The refs are instructed to blow the whistle if it's an incomplete pass so that the precious pussy quarterbacks don't get hurt wrestling for what could be a loose ball. First of all, there aren't many QB's in the league who will get into a scrum with real players. Second of all, who cares if a QB gets hurt?! The league will survive. Last I checked, they still played this week even after the Golden Boy came up lame.

And what a week it was! Controversy, comebacks galore, and a whale of a game to close things out on Monday night. I won't write that post about how much I hate the Cowboys and Eagles because I've used up my bile on the bad call, but I do have a thought about the game, which was incredibly entertaining: Someone is going to have to play defense if they want to get to Tampa in January, and I didn't see much of it last night. Hope you enjoyed the video game kiddies!

Also, with Donovan McNabb hurt so much in recent seasons, I had almost forgotten how much fun it is to watch him choke a game away and then point fingers at his teammates. Welcome back Donovan! It could've been worse - you could've vomited on the field again.

Lastly, something tells me things aren't going to end well with St. Brett and Eric Manboobs. It's two weeks in a row now that the fucking nobody coach who thinks he's somebody took the air out of the ball and refused to let Favre win the game for them. Which is fine by me because I hate Favre AND the Jets. But it's gonna cost the coach his job before it's all said and done. Getcha popcorn ready! Extra butter for Eric, of course.