Kickoff “The Only Real News is Practice- and Hurricane-Related” Edition
Sep 16, 2008 2008 Season, Fantasy Geeks, Kickoff, Teams that aren't the Texans
“Richard Smith’s campaign to question,” indeed. Steph has an interview with a Japanese Houston Texans blogger. Money quote: “But as powerless as I am, I’m willing to continue writing, to introduce to our nation how great our franchise is, and the excitement of the sport. Hopefully someday, maybe when we win the Super Bowl, my little blog will earn a bit more love from my nation.”
Prognosticatin’, B! If you paid attention to Chris’ fantasy forecast last week, you would have known to start Chris Johnson, Darren McFadden, Anthony Gonzalez, Aaron Rodgers, Trent Edwards, Felix Jones, and Eddie Royal (among others). Judging by how I am owning a number of you fools in the fantasy league, maybe you guys should read that column (or listen to the podcast) before setting your lineups.
GRRRR! Ed Hochuli will be “graded down” for his blown call against the Chargers on Sunday. This will likely make Hochuli angry, causing him to turn green and tear his shirt off. Such is life. If it makes Ed feel any better, I am actually grading him up for that call, as I like the Broncos making me look smart for picking them to win the division.
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September 16th, 2008 at 11:16 am
That MNF game was great last night. Does anyone else want to punch Desean Jackson in the face?
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September 16th, 2008 at 11:17 am
@txnpwrlifter: Thankfully I won all three of my games this weekend (two teams have Jackson) or I would have killed him.
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September 16th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
So, no one else got royally fucked by the Texans/Ravens being off?
I’ve got Shaub and Walter, starting in one league where we’ve got a short bench, and I’ve got Kevin Curtis (injured for now) and Steve Smith (suspended) taking up two valuable spots, while I start two horribly shitty WRs in their place.
I said fuck it, and just took the loss because there was no way to make it right without dropping two of the above mentioned players.
I suck. But not as much as VY!
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September 16th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I got big time fucked by the Texans/Ravens…
1. I had no computer access
2. I didn’t even get to *watch* games
3. I had Owen Daniels and Kris Brown in most of my lineups.
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no surprise that I went 1-4 in my leagues this week.
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September 16th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
@grungedave: Ouchers. Sorry to hear about your one-upsmanship.
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September 16th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Note: Oddly enough, I didn’t think about “japanese blogger” and “ninja picture” as a combo when I was adding that pic. I found it over the weekend and just thought it was funny. How strange.
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September 16th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I have often thought Ed Hochuli’s crew was one of the NFL’s best. I am a season ticket holder since ‘02. As a fairly recent expansion team, we have had our share of poor calls and bad ref crews.
This “demotion” might have ol Ed’s dander up, but he might be at more of our games. That could make this a really good thing.
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September 16th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
@Mike Lebkowsky: Ya know, I can understand a bad call or two, but I don’t understand such a downgrade for one call. Refs miss calls. Period. Does one deserve more demerits over another?
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September 17th, 2008 at 8:43 am
I got more stylings from the Japanese blog here, because I love it so:
http://blogs.chron.com/texanschick/2008/09/zen_and_the_art_of_japanese_ho_1.html
“After the game, Green’s ankle sprain was discovered. It’s about time limits of patience.”
Oh, and here’s a link dump of everything Texans Reliant related. The picture I took was right down the side street next to Mario Williams’ house. I think maybe a tornado was in his part of the city–power poles are snapped within blocks of his house:
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/09/16/texans-players-houses-damaged-owner-bob-mcnair-optimistic-abou/
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September 17th, 2008 at 9:34 am
In no way is Hoculi being downgraded going to stop him from doing anything but the Super Bowl. He’s the best ref in the league not named Mike Carey, and everyone knows this