Super Bowl!!

The Steelers and the Cardinals have fought their way to the Super Bowl. The Steelers through the obstacles of the Chargers and Ravens and the Cardinals through the obstacles of the Falcons, Panthers, and Eagles. The Steelrs won a hard fought game vs. the Ravens and the Cardinals squeaked it out versus the Eagles. Now the two teams will face each other in the 43rd Super Bowl in Tampa. Pittsburgh Steelers vs. the Arizona Cardinals. This will surely be a good matchup!

Till then,

thisoldsoul

P.S. Coming Thursday: My pick for the Super Bowl!

P.P.S. Coming next Monday: an outlook on the 2009 Washington Nationals season.

P.P.P.S. Coming the Thursday after the upcoming one: an outlook of the entire baseball season.

Today in Football

Today in Football we have the Panthers taking on the Cardinals in the night game and the afternoon game (in an hour) is the Ravens and Titans. Should be good!

Sunday Wild Card Round Review

And now. the second part of my wild card review.

The  Baltimore Ravens demolished the Miami Dolphins with a resounding 27-9 defeat of the team. Ed Reed had two interceptions off Chad Pennington, the Dolphins quarterback, who ultimately threw four, a season high for him. One came where Ted Ginn Jr. tripped on a deep throw and Reed easily picked it up and followed excellent blocking all the way back for the touchdown. The Dolphins did score one touchdown, off a beautiful finger tip catch by Ronnie Brown, the halfback. but then missed the ensuing extra point, putting the exclamation mark on a lousy game for the Dolphins. Baltimore will take on the Tennessee Titans next week on Saturday.

 

The afternoon game pitted the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Minnesota Vikings. The Eagles rode 83 receiving yards, 38 rushing yards and a beautiful screen pass for a touchdown by Brian Westbrook, and had an excellent pass defense. The Vikings did have two touchdowns by Peterson, one a beautiful down field run but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles won 26-14. The Eagles will take on the division Rival, the New York Giants next week.

Well, that concludes my review. Check back next week on Sunday and Monday for more playoff game reviews!

Playoffs?!?

Don’t talk to me about playoffs! Playoffs?!?

Well,the season is over for the Patriots and the Redskins. The Redskins ended another dismal season, finishing 8-8 with a horrific loss to the lowly 49ers, 27-24. I didn’t even watch the game because I had no interest in it at all. Instead, I decided that STAR WARS Battlefront 2 was more interesting. Zorn has done well for a first time head coach, bringing the ‘Skins to 8-8, which is good for a beginner. We can expect more of him next year.

 

Meanwhile the Patriots have been knocked out because of wins by the Ravens and the Dolphins. But it was a great game to watch as they played the Bills in 40 to 50 mph winds, with some gusts up to 60 mph. There was one field goal attempt where the ball was kicked to the left on account of the winf going to the right, and the wind blew it across , out of play, and into the stands!

Well, now I am officially fans of the Steelers in the AFC, and the Giants in the NFC. I am fans of them because I was born in the New York area and was conscripted by a close friend into the Terrible Towel regime.

Finally!

Finally, a Redskins win. And it actually came from a quality opponent. The Eagles’ playoff hopes have now been dashed, and the Redskins have played the spoiler. Next week, they take on the 49ers. USA Today has actually picked the 6-9 49ers over the 8-7 Redskins. Not surprising, considering the poor quality of theri wins and play this season. But jsut think, if the Redskins had been able to beat the Rams and the Bengals, 2 absolutely horrible teams, they would be 10-5. And if they had just one more win versus another team, they would be 11-4 and have a playoff spot virtually locked up.

 

Now, considering the wild AFC East race.  The Patriots need to defeat the Bills and have the Jets beat the Dolphins to win the division, or have the Ravens lose to the Jaguars and Beat the Bills to get the final wild card. If the Jets beat the Dolphins and the Bills beat the Patriots, the Jets win the division. If the Dolphins win over the Jets, they win the division.

Man, that was tiring.

What….

is going on with the Redskins?? Losing 20-13 to the lowly Bengals??? The Bengals before the game had 1 win 8 losses and 1 tie; now they have 2 wins 8 losses and 1 tie. The Redskins are now 7-7. I’ve been keeping track of the season standings, and I believe that they are out of “the hunt”. NFL.com agrees with me also. I have been a Redskins fan from the beginning of my moving to Virginia. With a start of 4-1, everyone was thinking playoffs, and possibly, a Super Bowl ring. The ‘Skins have lost 6 of their last 9 to fall to 7-7 and have been passed by the ‘Boys and the Eagles.  Although, they have had to play 6 games vs their divisional opponents, all very tough teams. If they were in the NFC West, AFC West, or NFC North, they would still be in the race for the divisional title. They really need to start throwing the ball downfield more, and dump half of their short toss plays.  To quote a famous coach, “Playoffs?!? Don’t talk to me about playoffs!! Playoffs?!?