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MayoPie Wins Fantasy Championship: Vikings Beat Eagles, Too

What a night! It was a back and forth battle, but in the end, MayoPie prevailed over the dreaded Jon’s Team. Mike Vick’s 10 yard touchdown run sealed the victory for the resilient Mayopie (who finished the season 10-1 to claim the elusive… e-mail from that one guy who said, “Good game”).

I should probably also mention that there was an actual football game on with some real implications, first and foremost being Philadelphia’s playoff standing. They’re now the 3rd seed and that’s a done deal, so let’s talk about Joe Webb, Mike Vick then we’ll do a happy ending on Brett Favre’s penis.

Joe Webb is the only thing this offense ever needed, which is a fairly mobile quarterback who could get out of trouble and make the occasional important throw. Other than that, dish the ball to some freakish stars like Harvin, Peterson and Rice and watch the magic happen. There’s no mystery here and this is exactly what Childress envisioned when he got all starry eyed about Tarvaris Jackson. As it turns out, Webb is faster than Jackson, more accurate and has a better pocket awareness. All this from a guy who had played a few snaps before last night.

What I saw in the Vikes was a playoff team that no one would want to meet, and had the trigger been pulled sooner, the Minnesota Vikings might now be a scary prospect. What I also saw last night is that Mike Vick isn’t going to last long in the NFL. Teams are learning that when it comes to Vick, you pick your poison and the better poison seems to be, “Send the house every time and take your chances.”

We’ve now seen two teams in consecutive weeks contain Mike Vick for seven of eight quarters, and they’ve done it by blitzing like crazy. Forget the hits he takes while he’s running, last night it was about the hits he was taking in the pocket. More interestingly, no one on Philadelphia seemed to care.

Mike Vick is the most dangerous man in the NFL, as such, it stands to reason that his NFL lifespan won’t be that of a Manning, Brady, or any pure pocket passer. In fact, Michael Vick might be the only quarterback, is the only quarterback, who has to deal with being blitzed on almost every single play. And if you haven’t noticed, he’s not 6’5″, 250 lbs, nor is he 25 years old. If we continue to see what we saw last night, Vick will not last long in the NFL.

Now to Brett’s penis.  It was probably pretty upset when it watched a rookie managing the Vikings offense better than Favre had managed it all year, knowing that another penis was now going to be getting all of the attention. Probably a much larger penis, and believe me, no penis likes being replaced by a younger, larger penis. As far as being a penis, it’s pretty much the worst thing that can happen to you, aside from being removed and thrown from a car window.

Brett’s penis knows that things aren’t going to be as easy from here on out, and he’s coming to the realization that his host body is going to have to work a little harder to find him a new playground. He might now be reduced to looking for love in all the wrong places, relying on ladies of the night and being forced to wear that damn latex suit he hates so much, because it’s just the policy for those kind of places.  After all, it’s tough when you all of the sudden become a poster boy for creepy, and that’s what he has become: another cheap, naked penis floating around on the internet tubes.

Brett’s penis fondly recalls the days when the mere image of himself would drive the cheerleaders wild, luring them in gaggles to his hotel room door, but he now finds himself contemplating his own mortality… strung out on little blue pills, internet porn and Swedish massagers with promises of “three more inches.” Three more inches. If only it were that simple. I think it says it all about life, don’t you?

The NFL will be announcing Brett Favre’s punishment in the next 48 hours and I, for one, am dripping with anticipation on the mighty NFL’s eleventh hour, meaningless gesture designed to do no actual damage, but perhaps limit further liability or litigation. Brett might lose a whole paycheck. He might get suspended for a game he would have watched from the sidelines, and maybe a couple more he wouldn’t have played, anyway. He might get an ugly fine and now that he will never play again, a stern condemnation from the NFL. Too little, too late, in my opinion. The NFL has lost its ability to punish Brett Favre, but it will be an entertaining show.

Brett Favre’s real punishment was brought on by Brett Favre.  His storied career has gone down in flames, his legacy tarnished forever, and because of  his actions, what we will remember most about Brett is that he stayed one year too long, is a creepily persistent stalker, and his wiener seems kind of small for how big a man he is.

If you think about it, that’s a pretty crappy tombstone.

Nobody (Except the Vikings and the NFL) Thinks Tonight is a Good Idea

Last week I was listening to sports talk radio (shut up! I can listen to whatever I want!) and one of the Mikes was interviewing Michelle Tafoya, who was complaining about tonight’s Bears-Vikings Monday Night Football game. She was talking about how cold it was going to be at TCF Bank Stadium, and how she thought having the game there was irresponsible and dangerous for the fans, players and of course the sportscasters.

The general consensus was that maybe if a couple of players lost toes to frostbite hopefully the league wouldn’t put everyone through this again.

I was pretty surprised that she would talk about her displeasure so openly, but not nearly as surprised as I was when I saw this:

Damn! Big talk from a punter, no?

I don’t think the NFL and their crazy Commie twitter policy will appreciate that one bit.

Of course, I agree with Chris Kluwe. An outside – divisional – Monday Night Football game – IN LATE DECEMBER. This is a bad idea.

Mr. Warcraft continued:

But then! Just as I suspected.

Oooh! The NFL SS smack down. It was only a matter of time. The National Football League does not suffer fools on Twitter. I’m just waiting for the fine to be levied.

We will see what happens. I’m sure I’ll be watching the game. If Chris Kluwe gets hurt he will be in a phenomenal position to sue the league, the Minnesota Vikings and ESPN.

So Sorry Vikings Fans

Poor Minnesota. Not only did they get a million inches of snow last weekend, said snow also caused the Metrodome to collapse. That meant that the Vikings lost a home game last week when they had to move the game against the Giants to Detroit. Trust me, no one in the NFC North will root for a rival team.

Now, since the Metrodome is still all broken, they had to move Monday night’s game against the division rival Chicago Bears to the stadium on the campus at the University of Minnesota. So while technically a home game for the Vikings because it is in Minnesota, it isn’t really because the Gophers have a brand new OUTDOOR stadium with grass.

So sorry Vikings, we’re making you play outside in Minnesota in December. Against the Bears. Who practice and play outside in this all the time.

And to make matters worse? The seating is first come, first served. That means if you spent a boatload of money on tickets to a Monday Night Football gridiron match-up between the Bears and the Vikings, now you’re going to have to sit outside in the cold, in general admission seats.

But oh, ho, ho, the Vikings aren’t done fucking with you yet, fans. THERE WILL BE NO ALCOHOL SERVED IN THE STADIUM. Ha, ha, suckers! Better conceal that flask well so they don’t find it during the pat down!

And don’t be surprised if they ask you to help shovel the field as well.

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Kristabella will be happily watching this game indoors with plenty of booze on hand.

Who Will Bring the NFL back to Los Angeles?

As a sports fan living in Los Angeles I find it disgraceful that there is no NFL team here. There are far smaller cities that support a team, and LA was #2 on Forbes Hottest Sports Cities in 2009 despite the lack of a gridiron team. The hype of a team coming to LA is reaching a feverish pitch, with all kinds of speculation, celebrity, and dreams involved.

Let’s examine some of the major players, shall we?

  1. Location? Check. In June of this year, the City of Industry approved plans for a major NFL stadium complex to be built. Only 15 miles from downtown LA, the location is ideal for job creation and accessibility to several major freeways which is key for any major-market team.
  2. Some sources have predicted that one of the other California teams that have previously been in LA will return: the San Diego Chargers or the Oakland Raiders.  With dwindling ticket sales in Oakland and San Diego this remains a possibility, although I see it as highly unlikely, especially as San Diego has had several successful seasons in recent years and Oakland was the most recent team here.
  3. Magic Johnson wants to move a team here. A powerhouse for the Lakers, Magic is now a businessman extraordinaire who tends to have the Midas touch when he puts his hands on a project. He has teamed up with sports powerhouse AEG (owner of the LA Kings, and partial interest in the LA Lakers,  among other professional sports teams) to move an existing franchise here. This team is also considering adding a retractable-roof stadium to the already established Staples Center complex in downtown LA. (Retractable roof? Really? It rarely gets below 50 degrees in this city, and as for the rain possibilities during football season? Even more rare. SoCal residents are apparently pussies who will melt with a little rain.)
  4. Speaking of existing franchises, some that have been mentioned as potential candidates for the move include the: Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, St. Louis Rams, San Fransisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, and the Minnesota Vikings, (in addition to the Raiders and Chargers as mentioned above.)
  5. With the collapse of the roof of the Metrodome this week, the talk of the Vikings coming to sunny southern California has stepped up. In 2009 the Vikings ownership group met with other SoCal team backers, which, Surprise!, included the AEG team. Incidentally, they’re also on the last year of their lease.

Are there other possibilities? Maybe. But the one thing that I do know is that the Angelenos are getting restless. Santa? Could you please send us an NFL franchise for Christmas this year?

As much as Kendra would like to have a franchise in LA, she’ll never stop loving her Broncos.

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Brett Favre Injured, No One Cares, Oh My God

Look, the football season is not my favorite thing in the world. I don’t find football nearly as compelling as basketball or baseball — I mean, ask me about how I feel about the Red Sox right now, and I will go ON and ON about how excited I am! And how Theo Epstein redeemed himself! And LOOK, I AM BUYING MY TICKETS RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW!

Football? Meh. Only if it’s a snowy game, and I can’t explain why that is except it makes me feel cozy watching all those men slide around in short sleeves, missing easy plays because they fell on their asses, etc. etc. It’s interesting, to me, how football is always played, no matter what (well, provided the ceiling doesn’t cave in), and how the elements impact game play. It’s fascinating to see how a warm-weather team reacts in snowy Foxboro vs. their home turf. I … I kind of love it.

So you can see why I was excited for yesterday’s matchup between the Pats and the Bears, given the snowy weather. You can also maybe see why I was flipping through ESPN and NFL Red Zone before the game, and why I seriously wanted to shoot myself directly in the face when the commentators virtually everywhere were talking more about Brett Favre’s stupid starting streak and his maybe-injury over and over and over again. More than the Metrodome, even) so help me, they cut into Metrodome footage to discuss it). More than effing ANYTHING ELSE.

I ask you, after everything that’s happened? After the stops and starts and stops and starts and stops and retire! Unretire! OH YES, THE PENIS! The creepy-eyebrowed wife! The … just the whole thing. I’m disgusted that anyone — mostly the media, not to sound like Sarah Palin–wants us to care, nay, DEMANDS that we care about Brett Favre’s stupid streak. About his career. About his anything.

I know I’m making it worse. I know I am, by even giving it airtime here. But man, I can tell you that I wish Brett Favre would just go away altogether.

If only he had retired. IF ONLY.

This is one of many photos of Brett crying. I don't know why he's crying here.

Jonna actually watched the entire Patriots game from start to finish on Sunday, marveling at the second consecutive trouncing by the Pats, and even better, it was a snowy one. She later watched the end of the Jets game and rejoiced.

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