COLTS AND BEARS

TODAY'S PREGAME BLOG IS ABOUT SOME FAMOUS BEARS AND COLTS THAT WILL BE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE BIG GAME:

COLTS:
COLT TELECOM GROUP: You can be sure this telecommunications group based in the United Kingdom will be rooting on the Colts in Super Bowl XLI. The ones that can stay up that is, as the game will kick-off around 11:30ish in London. Of course they'd rather be watching classic London Monarchs games with Stan Gelbaugh at the helm.

COLT MANUFACTURING COMPANY: Of course the Colt manufacturaing company is responsible for manufacturing many firearms from the Colt Patterson to the Colt King Cobra. And of course as a result of this, you know that Charlton Heston and the NRA will be cheering on a team with the same name as one of their favorite gun brands. Because of this connection we would also guess that Vice President, Dick Cheney will be cheering on the team he just calls the Indianapolis Big Honkin' Guns. Actually Cheney tried to get a bill through Congress to make the name change official, but it met with staunch resistance.

COLT CAR COMPANY: Another tie-in to the United Kingdom. Colt is the British importer for Mitsubishi Ltd., who of course is responsible for making the Mitsubishi Colt supermini. In fact they will be the unofficial sponsors of Colts' DBs Jason David and Bob Sanders who will be the miniest Colts on the field, height wise only, I'm sure, come Sunday, with both standing at 5'8.

COLT KIRBY: Heathcliff "Combustible" Huxtable's favorite oater, Colt Kirby starred in (insert number here) of westerns, referenced in several episodes of the Cosby Show. Peyton Manning will hope to save the day and ride off into the sunset with a shiny football trophy just like this Colt of old.

MR. ED: A horse is a horse of course, of course and no one can talk to a horse of course, unless of course the horse is the famous Mr. Ed. While the talking equine, is most likely dead right now, but I'm sure he will be throwing down his support from that big stable in the sky.

QUICK DRAW MCGRAW: The lovable cartoon sheriff and his deputy, Baba Looey, not to be confused with Baba-booey, will be rooting on the Colts. It'd also be a cool nickname for Peyton Manning who is known for getting the ball out just before the rush gets to him, in a quick draw manner. Now sure, as a sheriff in the old west, McGraw and Looey are truly Cowboys fans, but when it comes down to Colts against Bears, they will be cheering on Peyton and the Colts.

POKEY: Gumby's clay-mation steed will be in the Colts corner for this one. He represents all the class, ethics, morals and whatevers, Tony Dungy instills in his team. Also it ties in with the Colts pregame ritual, of the hokey-pokey led by Peyton Manning.


BEARS:
YOGI AND BOO BOO: Yes these two are ecstatic about the big game. Instead of stealing picnic baskets to enjoy during the game, they will be pilfering some sack lunches in honor of what the Bears will be doling out to Peyton Manning come Sunday. And watch for the Bears trick play, "The Picnic Basket", in the big game.

GENTLE BEN: Ah yes, the big friendly bear, will be rootin' hard for the team from the Windy City. With a lot of time on his hands after his talk show faltered he has taken in every Bears game. But, unlike Ben, the football team plans to be less than gentle with Peyton and the Colts.

TEDDY RUXPIN: The talking stuffed animal is a long time Bears fan and will root on the squad in his creepy computerized voice.

GEORGE PAPADOPOLOUS: Yes, the retired Bear great will be rooting on his former employers whole-heartedly, as he and Ma'am host their big Super Bowl bash in Chigago. Whether Webster will make an appearance or not is still unknown he may have plans elsewhere, possibly with Hammer or Patrick Ewing.

THE CARE BEARS: The whole group is ready for this game, especially Cheer Bear. Of course Bedtime Bear is afraid he will miss the end of the game because it starts so late and Grumpy Bear is upset about Rex Grossman's inconsistency. All the Care Bear Cousins will be at Cheer Bear's Super Bowl Party as well, even Noble Heart, although he will be silently rooting for the Colts. And soon we'll find out if the Care Bear stare works on Peyton Manning and the Colts.

WINNIE THE POOH: Oh bother, Pooh will shed his red tee, for a Bears jersey, most likely Tom Waddle, on Sunday. Most of the gang will be gathered at Pooh Corner to watch the game. Most will be cheering on the Bears as well, except for Rabbitt because he's got somethin' ridin on the Colts.

FOZZIE BEAR: The wise-crackin', orange bear is most definitely in the Bears corner, wocka, wocka, wocka! His favorite Bear, Adewale, wale, wale Ogunleye.

THE GUMMI BEARS: These magical bears will be decking their tree out in orange and black streamers for the big game in support of the team. In fact they are also each shaving a letter of "GO BEARS" into their furry little chests.

Well those are just a few of the famous Colts and Bears who are gearing up for the big game. Tune in tomorrow for more idiocy en route to Super Bowl XLI and Soup-er Bowl I.

KICKIN IT OFF!

Time to get the "Bitterness" Super Bowl pregame underway, because let's face, six and a half hours just ain't gonna cut the Brad Muster, if you know what I mean. This will all lead up to Soup-er Bowl I, here at "Bitterness" and we are all a titter. So here we go, Bears-Colts, Super Bowl XLI. For some of you young-ins our there, they used to just play the big game the week after the Conference Championships, but now the teams have to endure a grueling bye week. In the words of Moe Szyslak, "Bronco Nagurski didn't need no bye week and now he's dead." Fair enough. Now sure I picked a Saints-Patriots Super Bowl and I was about as wrong as one can be with those picks, but I'm moving on, sort of. Let's look at the storylines you won't get to see with this pair of Super Bowl teams:


FRENCH-INDIAN WAR: Okay this one, is maybe a stretch and while the major media outlets wouldn't talk up this storyline, you can bet your bibbybaka, that "Bitterness" sure as heck would. Right now you are probably trying to figure what in the hell is going on. Well if it was the Colts and Saints there would be that whole French-Indian war angle. Okay French-Indiana angle and fine the Saints themselves aren't French, but they do sport a fleur-de-lis on their unis and helmet and that 's good enough for us. But alas this subject won't be covered over the next nine days.

PEYTON vs. PAYTON: This one is only a slightly stronger storyline than that whole French-Indiana war thing. But you can rest assured someone somewhere, probably FOX Sports, would make this into something. And someone was already making up those Peyton's Place T-shirts for distribution in Miami, I just know it. Instead they could maybe do Manning versus Manning, sinve the Bears have both Danielle Manning and Ricky Manning, Jr. in their secondary. So maybe some Manning a Manning T-shirts coulded be headed to Miami even as we speak.

SUPER BOWL XX REMATCH: After the Bears won, you know "the powers that be" were looking for the Pats to win, so they could dust off that wonderful footage of the Bears manhandling the poor old-school Patriots. But alas, the Patriots could not hold up their end of the bargain. I know you're probably saying, "Yes, but the Patriots have won a Super Bowl since then, how much interest can really be had with this storyline?" While the recent success of the Patriots this loss is almost forgotten, but when you get routed by that much it would still be nice to enact some revenge. I'm sure if, say, the Bills had won a recent Super Bowl, but had a shot to beat the Cowboys in the Super Bowl, a Parcells led Cowboys team for that matter, the media and Bills fans would be all over it. They could've killed tow birds with just one stone. But not to worry I'm sure we will still be treated to plenty of Super Bowl XX highlights and Super Bowl shuffle video anyways. Oh joy.

BIG TEN PRIDE: Former Boilermaker Drew Brees up against former Wolverine, Tom Brady. A bitter Big Ten rivalry coming to fruition on the biggest football stage of them all, the Super Bowl. This one's not spectacular, but it would be mentioned somewhere, perhaps the Lafayette Laugher or the Ann Arbor Ledger, who knows. What I do know is that both those periodicals have great Super Bowl coverage and they will probably talk about the struggles of former Boliermaker, Kyle Orton and former Wolverine, Brian Griese battling for second string in the Bears camp. But for the media outside of that might drum up the battle between former Gator, Rex "in FX" Grossman and former Tennessee Volunteer, Peyton Manning. After all Florida did seem to have Peyton's number in his college days. Something to think about.

PEYTON MANNING AGAINST HIS PA'S FORMER TEAM: Archie Manning of course played for the beleaguered Saints franchise. I'm actually glad the Saints aren't playing the Colts, because seeing old shots of Archie dawning the Saints gold and black sort of makes me sick and I would not be able to root for the Saints, like everyone else that is not a Colts fan. Yes we here at "Bitterness" hate Archie Manning, for the whole Eli draft nonsense, and find Peyton to be the only likable Manning.

THE SAINTS: Yes this would have been the ultimate storyline for everyone, as fans would be treated to constant footage of a ravaged New Orleans and the media could tug at your heartstrings for two full weeks. The Saints not only resurrecting a franchise, but a city as well, makes for great copy. But sadly they will have to do their best to come up with some other heartwarming tale. Maybe the fire in Chicago that may have been started by a cow, or maybe if they delve into it they can find that, that fire of lore, was started, not by a cow, but by a colt? Hmmm? Hmmmm?

THE SAINTS WILL SMITH GOING TO MIAMI: We here at "Bitterness" were excited about this possiblilty, as were a lot of you I suspect. For two weeks we could have heard the Will Smith song and Fresh Prince references that practically write themselves. Will Smith pumped to get jiggy on (insert AFC team name here). Maybe something with him and Drew Brees, like "He's the QB, I'm the sacker." This one writes itself, but not his year it doesn't. Ah well, maybe he'll get traded to the Dolphins? We'll keep our fingers crossed!

SAINTS VS. DEVILS: Huh? Yes folks that right, due to the Patriots being hated by much of the NFL and many of the non-Patriot fans. The Patriots have recently come under fire for being unclassy and, I dunno if cheats is the right word, but they do some things on the field that are less than heavenly. Therefore we could dub them the devils for the Super Bowl hype and play off that whole good vs. evil dynamic. Maybe some things on how Bob Kraft sold his soul to the Devil for Bill Belichik and a few big silver footballs? I dunno.

So there you have a look at the storylines that gotta away. Hope you enjoyed the first of several Super Bowl preview blogs leading up to the big one, Souper Bowl I, right here at "Bitterness".

STATE OF THE BLOG ADDRESS

That's right, it is time to for the state of the blog address here at"Bitterness". First and foremost, thank you to you, the loyal readers and members of Bitterness Nation. You've stood by the blog through thick and thin. Through the dry spells when there were no blogs, you were there. When the blogs were, well, less than spectacular, which, although rare, does happen, you were there. We here at "Bitterness" extend a whole-hearted thank you, to you, as you are what really keeps this blog going, day in and day out.

Over the past year, many events have taken place, things have happened. Good, bad and ugly. Some have been documented, others not so much. For instance our headquarters have moved for the fourth time since our inception. We have added an iPod and a cat. "Bitterness" has come a long way since our meager beginnings. We've aged, and, I like to think matured, since we first started. We've added pictures, some that aren't even from the internets and links. While some things have changed, we like to think we have stayed true to our blogging roots. But we will of course continue to move forward in our efforts to bring you the very best. But you can't move forward without looking back.

A lot has happened here at "Bitterness" in a years time. As already mentioned we added links to several other blogs of note. We opened the year with our first ever Mailbag, which met with rave reviews. Into February we went, with a look at how to make watching Super Bowl XL enjoyable, SU basketball, and said hello to our first and only Face-Off thus far as Gary Coleman ousted Emmanuel Lewis. We bid a fond farewell to Arrested Development, the show, not the band, and lambasted FOX. We looked at the wondrous sport of curling and gave you the Police Academy Awards. March was madness as we've, through Sitemeter added a counter to tabulate the number of hits we get here at "Bitterness" as well as information as to where those hits come from and why. We were happy to see that "Bitterness" Nation extends allover the world, from Medford, Oregon all the way to Senegal. Then it was college hoops time and we brought plenty of hoop-la and blogging on location in the Electric City itself, Schenectady, NY.

While we continued our constant war on terrorism, blog terrorism that is, we also introduced the 80s Baseball Cafe which met with words of praise from one of our favorite bloggers, Electric City Paul, a real mench, who was eager to dub me his blogging idol. While that was a bit much, we always appreciate kind words from our readers. We let ESPN know what we thought of their efforts and gave you "your blog of blogs". We brought back Saturday Night's Main Event and did some investigating into the whole Major League Baseball steroid scandal and we feel that because of our help you will never here from Shawn Boskie ever again. Most of the last quarter was spent making picks for the NFL Games, with a taste of Philadelphia thrown in the mix. Also we entered the terrible twos. That's right in September we turned 2! Lots of people tell us that "Bitterness" doesn't look a day over one and to them, we say, "Stop, you are too kind." We were not able to celebrate any championships and did not make this year's US Curling team, but there's always 2010. But we, like Mark McGwire, are not here to dicuss the past. So what does the future have in store for "Bitterness"? Well we're glad you asked.

We have a lot of great things on the horizon here at "Bitterness" including more shirtless Guttenburg. We of course we have the Willies as well as my College Hoops T-Shirt rankings. on the way. There will be plenty more of that good 'ol fashioned mailbag you know and love. We will continue in our war on terrorism, give you even more Kitna, our TV BCS, our Grammys and Oscars previews, and much, much more. Including our big announcement that does in no way involve the resurrection of Johnathan Silverman's career. There will of course be more idiocy, tomfoolery, antics, and shenanigans than you can shake a stick at, whatever the heck that means. We will also try and be more diverse, yes more references to Seven Mary Three, Peter Cetera, and Charles S. Dutton as ROC. But rest assured we will not in any way reduce our refernces to 80s baseball or sitcoms. I mean, after all,what is a blog without constant reminders of Jim Pankovits, Razor Shines, Brook Jacoby, Greg Swindell, Floyd Bannister, Marty Barrett, Steve Jeltz, Scott Bailes, Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Mark Linn Baker, ALF, Who's the Boss?, Silver Spoons, or Mr. Belvedere, just to name a few.

We feel that the future here at "Bitterness" is big and bright, and we are pumped. We hope you are excited as well and that you will continue with us through 2007 on into 2008. It all starts with our Super Bowl pregame which starts Friday, because the 6 and a half hour CBS pregame just ain't enough. Let's make America great again! 33 to 1 says we can do it!HUZZAH!

TJ WHO'S YOUR MAMA, championship.

Well it's about that time kids. We're mere hours away from the NFL's Conference Championship Games and you need the "Bitterness" take on 'em. But first a big announcement! We are deciding that we will make our big announcement on February 9th, 2007, one day before Obama and a day before Billyball's birthday! But for now you'll just have to get lost in the stuff you really need to know about Sunday's combatants, in classic Nick Bakay face-off style:

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS @ CHIGAGO (that't not a typo)BEARS:
FOOD:
New Orleans: Jammmm-ba-la-ya! While this not exactly the only food, it is the most fun to say. The area is known for it's Creole, Cajun cooking. Spicy stuff that'll keep ya sweatin, like some good 'ol fashioned Jambalya Crawfish Pie!

Chigago: Oh so delicious thick-crusted pizza with lots of topping on it!

While this is close I give the advantage to Chigago

CITY NICKNAME:
New Orleans: Most notably the Big Easy. Hey that was our prom queen's nickname, go figure.

Chigago: The Windy City. Many think this nickname comes from the gusts of wind that blow throughout the city, but it actually comes from the hot air emanating from it's politicians.

If anyone, Saints fans, are not fans of wind. Edge: Saints

FAMOUS FANS:
New Orleans: The Crescent city has at one time been home to such actors as John Larroquette, star of TV's Night Court and the John Laroquette show. Ellen Degeneres, host of the Ellen Degeneres Show and former star of Ellen. And John Goodman, the star of Roseanne and King Ralph. Such musical artists as B. Gizzle aka B.G., C-Murder, Mystikal, Master P and Silkk the Shocker and the rap group U.N.L.V. (I believe that stands for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas). And then there's Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. Other famous peeps include the whitest black man around, Bryant Gumbel, former New York Mets outfielder Ron Swoboda and Josef Delarose Lascaux, the inventor of Cotton Candy as well as the Mannings.

Chigago: Notables include Eddie Vedder, the Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Cetera ( I liked to be at Wrigley when he belts out Take Me Out to the Ballgame), Da Brat and Miles Davis. And of course you know about Bill Murray, Vince Vaughn and John Cusack, but don't forget Mr. T, Rick Moranis or your friend Billy Zane. It also has been home to Enrico Fermi, Shel Silverstein, and Carl Sandburg.

Wow what a list! Gotta give the advantage to the Second City.

TV SHOWS:
New Orleans:Real World New Orleans or Thief?

Chigago: While a new fav of "Bitterness", My Boys, takes place in Chigago. It of course also was the backdrop for ER and Chicago Hope, but the most famous show ever to take place in Chigago is of course...."Standing tall...." yep you guessed it, Perfect Strangers.

Advantage: Chigago

MOST NOTABLE HEAD COACH:
New Orleans: Ditka

Chigago: Ditka

Advantage: Chigago


BEST FOOD NAMED AFTER PLAYER:

New Orleans: Bobby Hebert-"battered chicken". Scott "Chicken or Steak" Fujita.


Chigago: Mike Singletary-aki Chicken. The Jay Hilgen-burger.

Gotta give the advantage to New Orleans

Hurricanes rebounded from this century:
New Orleans: Katrina

Chigago: None

Advantage Saints
So it's pretty easy to see why the Saints will win 27-21.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS:

FOOD:
New England: Seafood, with Clam Chowder or CHOWDAH! topping the list. It is a fav of this blog, that's for sure!

Indianapolis: Corn Chowder. Some even call it Maize Chowder. Actually I have no idea what food is native to Indy, but I'm sure it isn't better than Clam Chowder, C'MON!

Advantage: New England


BOY BAND:
New England: That would be New Kids on the Block. Yes Donnie, Jordan, Joey, Danny and Johnathan were Hangin' Tough in Beantown, rootin on the Pats "wicked hahd".

Indianapolis: The Jackson Five. Okay so they were from Gary, Indiana, but NKOTB was actually from Boston and the Patriots play in Foxboro, so we're gonna let this go as well. While Tito and Germaine give the J5 an advantage, only Michael made any real name for himself once the group disbanded, but he's a vreep pedophile and minus points for going from a short black boy to a tall white woman.

Advantage New England.

NOTED FOR:
New England:Seafood and crappy, often times unpredictable weather.

Indianapolis: Basketball and car racing.

While college hoops are good, I hate the Hoosiers and auto racing, advantage New England.


BREWS:

New England: Chowdah? or perhaps Sam Adams or Harpoon?

Indianapolis: Rock Bottom #9 or Circle City Brews

Advantage...New England


TV SHOW/ MOVIE:
New England: While picking the best thing on a screen to have Beantown as it's backdrop I narrowed it down to Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place, Boston Common and Celtic Pride.

Indianapolis: Hoosiers.

While Hoosiers is an awesome movie and we here at "Bitterness" are very fond of Gene Hackman as an actor and a handsome older man, we gotta give the advantage to New England.

So there you have it the Patriots will win it on a last second field goal by Steven Gostkowski.

Well now you know what you really need to know about the conference title games, so go forth and conquer some halftime buffets. And congrats too us for being the first blog to ever reference both New Kids on the Block, Perfect Strangers and Silkk the Shocker in one post. This may not be true, and if it isn't let me know because there's a blog I wanna read!

BACK IN BUSINESS!

Here it is over two weeks into 2o07 and what have you got from "Bitterness"? Nada, nil, bupkiss. The big goose egg. Oh wait, of course you have had some sort of half-hearted promise of a new lil' sumpin', sumpin' on the horizon, but so far that has amounted to nothing. You probably thought their shoud have been a better Boxing Day blog, containing more info on the 82nd annual "Bitterness is a Fish You Can Catch Boxing Day Bonanza and Clam Bake", that's for darned sure. You had to have been slightly, and rightly, disappointed in the Boxing Day blog that did print. Those of you searching for more Yakov Smirnoff pictures, and you know who you are, have been left out in the cold. And I'm sure many of you were left staring at your computer screen, scrolling to find the week 17 NFL picks hidden somewhere. But alas, you found no picks, no answers, no pink fluffy bunnies to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Travesty. Blasphemy. Erroneous on all counts! Preposterousnessity! You were so seething mad, you made up words for Pete's sake! And now you check, in passing, just to see if there is a new post. But no, there were none. The checking became less frequent, slowly you became bored with the chore of it all. But then, BAM! Without warning, here it is back with news, notes and what-have-yous, for those that still care to be members of "Bitterness Nation". And I assure the big surprise is in the offing and shall be here forthwith, post haste! But right now we have bigger fish to fry. There's a lot to get to. And this is for you, the loyal readers of Bitterness is a Fish You Can Catch, who stick with us throught thick and thin. So here we go, on with the show:

NFL Playoffs
-- There is not a single NFL pregame show worth watching. They all make me want to jam butter knives in my ears. Seriously when they decide which former players they want, do they just put a bunch of names in of incoherent and unintelligent afro-american former players and pick? I mean that "Boom goes the Dynamite" kid is better than Shannon Sharpe at doing highlights.

-- Okay, I don't like, in fact I down right loathe, the Dallas Cowboys, but if I could play a little devil's advocate on the whole Tony Romo debacle. Romo, will now be mentioned in the same breath as Bill Buckner, another unfairly blamed man. You see in both Buckner and Romo's cases they cannot be fully blamed for losing their respective playoff games. For the Buckner analysis, get a few brews in me, and I will tell ya all about it, but right now let's focus on the 'Boys. Here are some things to consider:
1) If Martin Grammatica at least tries to block that cornerback, then Romo, may have scored a touchdown, or at least picked up a first down.
2) This gave the Seahawks the ball at like the one-yard line, and if the Cowboys had stopped them and forced a three and out there was still a chance to get the ball back in field goal range, but they didn't.
3) Would have been bold, but what if Parcells had gone for it on fourth? A quick snap QB sneak, three more downs, game over right?
Well what's done, is done, it is what it is. Tony Romo you seem like a nice guy, but you had a lot of media hype and you play for the Cowboys, so it's predetermined that I hate you and will revel in your misery.

-- Most useless stat of the opening weekend: New England hasn't lost a home playoff game since 1979. While it seems impressive, I've been a Patriots fan for, well, all my life and I can attest that they didn't host many playoff games between 1979 and 1996. While still impressive that they haven't lost at home since 1996, how bout qualifying the stat? I looked it up and for the record number of home playoff games for the Patriots from 1979 to 1996: 0.

-- I'm a Pats fan, but I'm so sick of everyone talking about Belichik and Brady being experienced and how they've only lost one playoff game together. Well, okay, but going into Denver last year, they hadn't lost any, soooo....?

-- Isn't it weird that the Chiefs made the Playoffs?

-- All four home teams win in the opening weekend, has that ever happened in the 6-team format. Obviously it couldn't have happened in the 5-team format, there weren't four games.

-- Ravens-Colts, now that was a game for the ages. If you like field goals you'll love Ravens-Colts!

-- Maybe it's becuase they are the Saints and we just can't imagine them being this good. But they ARE really, really good!

-- Although I really can't harp on 1985 much these day as a Patriots fan, I somehow just found myself vehemently rooting against the Bears?

-- There is not any way that the Patriots deserved to win in San Diego. For the record though, and I am biased, I think Antonio Gates did make the catch and fumble. The Chargers handed that game to New England on a silver platter. They had them dead to rights and couldn't come up with the knockout blow. Stupid penalties and drops will kill ya every time. As for the LT incident, I know it's upsetting and frustrating to see a team celebrating on your home turf, but let it go. If Shawne Merriman wants to show up the other team when he makes a sack, then he has to expect it to come back at him, that's the price you pay. And I know you Patriots haters out there are probably saying how unclassy it was, but if someone had done the little Giants jump shot on there field after a big win, you would have been all for it, laughing your ass of, so before you hop up on your high horse, remeber sometimes you gotta a look at things from both sides ya bunch of hypocrites. Best comparison to this I've seen, Mike Greenberg on Mike and Mike saying that if in 1985, if the Patriots had won and done the Super Bowl Shuffle at midfield, they would be totally within their right. Was it classy, no, but their athletes. So the Patriots aren't classy, oh well. But LT, if you want to be mad at someone, be mad a Marty Schottenheimer for not getting you the ball more.

-- A Marty Schottenheimer. Seriously why would you not just shove LT right down New England's throat? Do it until they prove they can consistently stop it. He's only the best player in football for crying out loud! And what the heck was the big idea of going for it on fourth and eleven? Doesn't seem high percentage to me. Okay, so the winds in your face and you think little Nicky Kaeding can't hit, how 'bout trying to pin New England back instead. Worse comes to worse they get it at the twenty, 15 yards back from where they ended up getting it.

-- Andy Reid, hindsight's 20-20 I know, but you gotta go for it on fourth down, rather than giving the ball back to one the best offenses in the league.

-- Speaking of hypocrites....Peter King very diappointed in LT's display after the game defending the Patriots right to imitate the Merriman dance. Yes the same Peter King who was up in arms when David Carr did the Giants jump shot (stupidest celebration in history of celebrations) at the Meadowlands some time ago. Interesting? Now granted, it's a little different, Carr's was during the game and they lost, but still seems hypocritical.
--All I'm saying if you want to showboat when you do something, you have to expect at some point to have the table turned on you. I remember Jerome Bettis little fire dance after like every run and when the Pats played them in the playoffs, one of them mocked it after stuffing Bettis for a loss. Bettis was a non-factor in that game but proceeded to dance, and as such, should expect it thrown back in his face when applicable.

Resolutions:
-- I am gonna hold off on printing my resolutions, because I want to dedicate a whole blog and give it the attention it needs.

College Hoops:
-- I loooooooooovve college basketball. And I love how a lot of the "Mid-Majors" are mentioned with the big dogs.

-- Tough enough start to the Big East schedule for Syracuse? Pitt, Marquette, Villanova? Dang. But they made it out of those three with a 2-1 record.

-- Jitter why haven't you made shirts that say "Drexellent", yet? I think it'll catch on quick. That's it! Next road trip to the city of Brotherly Love, I'm bringin' 'em, we'll make a killing!

-- Here's my midseason Elite Eight Teams (I have done know research or looked at records or stats of any sort): Oregon, UCLA, Ohio State, Kansas, Wisconsin, Marquette, Creighton, and Florida. I know I really went out on a limb.
-- Well two years ago I had everyone watching out for the Catamounts of Vermont and sure enough that's who SU drew and lost to. Last year I warned of Oral Roberts and the Great Danes of Albany and while they didn't win, proved feisty. So who's in the running this year? How 'bout Albany, Davidson, Appalachian St., Wichita State (although they may have a bit too much pub), Oral Roberts, Old Dominion, UMASS, and Hofstra. I don't really know what I'm talking about, so this could change at any time.
-- Yeah UMASS!
-- Gotta love the Dukies falling to Virginia Tech, am I right?!
-- I don't know if Greg Oden's really that good. I mean he's no Greg Ostertag.
-- Favorite player not playing for a hoops team in New York..... Blake Ahearn, Missourri State.

Entertainment:
-- Check out My Boys on TBS, it's not half bad! I like it.
-- Babel won best movie at the Golden Globes. I will never see this movie, but from what I've read it was not that good. Just a long-winded, trying to be artsy load of crap. But who knows.
-- The Office pulls ahead of How I met Your Mother in the TV Show BCS after a better last episode.
-- Shows I haven't ever watched a full episode of that have me intrigued: Lost, House, 24. I heard they're not bad.
-- If you haven't seen Little Miss Sunshine yet, then get on it! It's brilliant!
-- The wait continues for the Head of the Class DVD set.

News:
-- Saddam Hussein is dead, or is he....??? Oh, actually he is.
-- The best way to get our troops out of the Middle East?? Send thousands more over there, of course! Good idea Prez, I don't know why I didn't think of it.
-- Winter is finally here. Woo-hoo.

That's all for now, stay tuned for the big announcement right around the corner.

OHHHHHHHHHHH-SEVEN

Welcome to 2007 folks, should old acquaintance be forgot and all that other stuff. Okay, I know what you're thinking, "What happened to the Bitterness Week 17 picks? Wasn't their suppose to be some big announcement? And do you think this milk is still good?" I will answer in your question in order, right now:

1) My Week 17 picks were posted on the NFL Network blog, which is ony available to those running gamera or telnet on their Commodore 64s, so very few had access to it. You will be happy to know that I did finish in the top three though and look forward to the playoff editions coming soon.

2) There was supposed to be big, collosal news here at Bitterness, but as we felt that it wasn't properly over-hyped to build suspense and anticipation, we are going to delay it for at least another week!

3) Usually if you have to ask, there's a 87% chance that it is proabbly not good. But go ahead give it a whiff, if it smells alright pour it out. If it's chunky, then I would just move on and get another carton, they aren't that expensive.

And now here's just a little taste of things to come in January here at "Bitterness":
Playoff predictions.
College Hoops insights
Resolutions
2006 Willies
and much, much more as we try and make this the best year of "Bitterness" yet!


YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!