I have been watching the first quarter of this preseason and I can tell Romo looks uninspired. He has never been much of a leader anyway. He is just a big kid without the killer instincts. I have seen men in the middle east with more dedication to a vendor profession than Romo has to his profession.
My preseason prediction of the Dallas Cowboys for 2012-2013 is 8-8 based on a lousy offense. There will be no playoffs this year.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
2012 Sports Disaster List
Yu Darvish (Although the Rangers will still be good)
CJ Wilson (he is just a douche)
Dallas Cowboys cutting Terrance Newman doesnt fix the offense.
Peyton Manning with his broken neck
Tim Tebow at Miami with his uber loyal Florida fans
Texas A&M in the SEC
And continuing on the downward spiral will be Tiger Woods and the NY Jets.
The Dallas Mavericks are split this year because they won't do much in the playoffs but when Mark Cuban gets all the guys he wants in the off season they will be good next season.
CJ Wilson (he is just a douche)
Dallas Cowboys cutting Terrance Newman doesnt fix the offense.
Peyton Manning with his broken neck
Tim Tebow at Miami with his uber loyal Florida fans
Texas A&M in the SEC
And continuing on the downward spiral will be Tiger Woods and the NY Jets.
The Dallas Mavericks are split this year because they won't do much in the playoffs but when Mark Cuban gets all the guys he wants in the off season they will be good next season.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Great football & Rangers go to World Series!!
Is there a better time of year than October?? Football AND Baseball playoffs, mix in a little hockey and basketball (IF the NBA weren't in a lockout) and life is just good. But I'll settle for the football & baseball.....SO excited for the Texas Rangers, off to the World Series for 2nd year in a row. Way to go!! Could not believe the score of tonight's game though, really didn't expect that much of a deficit. Not surprised they could do it, but just didn't think Detroit would give up that many hits. Anyways, it was a GREAT win and I look forward to the World Series.
Watching OU play Kansas right now and gotta say, been disappointing to not see them scoring more and almost struggling at times. The defense was really slow to get going and the offense had some miscues at times too, makes me wonder if they looked past Kansas a little....but it seems that now in the 4th w/a score of 40-17 they have things well in hand. Last week's game was SO great, the Red River Rivalry is always so awesome. You never know what can happen and it was sweet watching OU hand them another HUGE loss, the 3rd biggest loss that has come under Mack Brown. So, they've got some things to figure out down there in Austin...good luck. Also, really excited for TCU to join the big 12, Drew & I have thought they would be a GREAT addition for some time now.
Now off to NFL.......well, Dallas is off to play the Patriots in Foxboro, so get prepared to lose and it will probably be painful. The Patriots are just too good and while I have hopes that the Ryan D may do alright and hold Brady & Co. to 21 or 28 points, I just do not expect the offense to do much. Maybe w/Bryant and Austin back they can get more going, but we'll see how Romo responds. He's had 2 weeks to rest & get healthy, can he come out and have a big game? I doubt it, but we'll see......I found it so humorous that all the analysts that were calling him "magnificent" (yes, someone on ESPN actually said that) in that game against the 49ers, the following week talked about how terrible he did w/the turnovers and losing to Detroit. I'm really starting to get annoyed with some of these analysts on ESPN, they jump on a bandwagon so quickly.....I'm finding that I go there to just get scores & highlights, but no real analysis. But I digress.....more football talk.
So, big story this week was that Fox & Co. in Denver will put Tebow in as starter, the fans will get their wish. Well just remember Denver Broncos fans, you get what you asked for. It was so annoying in week 1 (or maybe it was 2) that they were yelling for Tebow when Orton struggled a little in a drive.....good for him though, he came back and led an 80-yard TD drive in that game. I don't know what these people's fascination w/Tebow is, nor did I get it when he was in college. I think he will struggle to get first downs, he will struggle to pass the ball and the only scores he may get are when he's running the ball. Enjoy it Broncos fans.
I am very interested to see Detroit & the 49ers play this weekend.....Detroit is fun to watch! They just dismantled Chicago Monday night, which I rather enjoyed. I like that Stafford kid, he's got some spunk and I like what I see in his eyes....he looks like a leader, he has confidence. I'm looking forward to seeing where they end up this season. And Harbaugh is doing a good job in San Fran, Drew is pretty happy being from there and a 49ers fan. So, good for them....and of course it looks like Green Bay has picked up right where they left off at the Super Bowl. Did struggle a little against Atlanta, but overall they look really strong this season. Would not be surprised to see them in the Super Bowl again. But wow, what has happned in Philly?? Really thought the Eagles would be better than this (and so did they) with all their off-season additions. Just goes to show, just having the talent does not a good team make.....you've got to have the chemistry between players too.
Well, it's mid-October and lots of good football left to be played.....its 12am and there is still football going (Oregon/Arizona State), how great is that? Just wish it would get cooler in TX so we could really feel like it's fal & football season. Looking forward to World Series, go Rangers!!
Watching OU play Kansas right now and gotta say, been disappointing to not see them scoring more and almost struggling at times. The defense was really slow to get going and the offense had some miscues at times too, makes me wonder if they looked past Kansas a little....but it seems that now in the 4th w/a score of 40-17 they have things well in hand. Last week's game was SO great, the Red River Rivalry is always so awesome. You never know what can happen and it was sweet watching OU hand them another HUGE loss, the 3rd biggest loss that has come under Mack Brown. So, they've got some things to figure out down there in Austin...good luck. Also, really excited for TCU to join the big 12, Drew & I have thought they would be a GREAT addition for some time now.
Now off to NFL.......well, Dallas is off to play the Patriots in Foxboro, so get prepared to lose and it will probably be painful. The Patriots are just too good and while I have hopes that the Ryan D may do alright and hold Brady & Co. to 21 or 28 points, I just do not expect the offense to do much. Maybe w/Bryant and Austin back they can get more going, but we'll see how Romo responds. He's had 2 weeks to rest & get healthy, can he come out and have a big game? I doubt it, but we'll see......I found it so humorous that all the analysts that were calling him "magnificent" (yes, someone on ESPN actually said that) in that game against the 49ers, the following week talked about how terrible he did w/the turnovers and losing to Detroit. I'm really starting to get annoyed with some of these analysts on ESPN, they jump on a bandwagon so quickly.....I'm finding that I go there to just get scores & highlights, but no real analysis. But I digress.....more football talk.
So, big story this week was that Fox & Co. in Denver will put Tebow in as starter, the fans will get their wish. Well just remember Denver Broncos fans, you get what you asked for. It was so annoying in week 1 (or maybe it was 2) that they were yelling for Tebow when Orton struggled a little in a drive.....good for him though, he came back and led an 80-yard TD drive in that game. I don't know what these people's fascination w/Tebow is, nor did I get it when he was in college. I think he will struggle to get first downs, he will struggle to pass the ball and the only scores he may get are when he's running the ball. Enjoy it Broncos fans.
I am very interested to see Detroit & the 49ers play this weekend.....Detroit is fun to watch! They just dismantled Chicago Monday night, which I rather enjoyed. I like that Stafford kid, he's got some spunk and I like what I see in his eyes....he looks like a leader, he has confidence. I'm looking forward to seeing where they end up this season. And Harbaugh is doing a good job in San Fran, Drew is pretty happy being from there and a 49ers fan. So, good for them....and of course it looks like Green Bay has picked up right where they left off at the Super Bowl. Did struggle a little against Atlanta, but overall they look really strong this season. Would not be surprised to see them in the Super Bowl again. But wow, what has happned in Philly?? Really thought the Eagles would be better than this (and so did they) with all their off-season additions. Just goes to show, just having the talent does not a good team make.....you've got to have the chemistry between players too.
Well, it's mid-October and lots of good football left to be played.....its 12am and there is still football going (Oregon/Arizona State), how great is that? Just wish it would get cooler in TX so we could really feel like it's fal & football season. Looking forward to World Series, go Rangers!!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
2 weeks of NFL games....ah, football is here
Hey there sports fans, well I got behind in my blog but have a good excuse. We've been busy the past 2 weekends building the kids' swing set (it's huge, but anyone who knows my husband should not be surprised.....Drew would never build anything small...you always go BIG) and then we came down with a stomach bug in the house, knocking Drew & I out for a few days. But looking to get back on track, so here goes!!
NFL ~ Opening weekend
Most surprising score, Ravens 35/Steelers 7 - 7 TO's, what do you expect, but still!!
Green Bay had good win against New Orleans, but both defenses gave up a lot of points....still think Green Bay looked good & will be a top contender this season. And I just like Aaron Rodgers' work ethic!! Man that kid works hard and does not give up.
Dallas/NY Jets ~ Pretty good game....for NY especially. Looked like Dallas would run away w/it but then in typical form of past few seasons, turnovers late cost them the game. Dallas looked pretty good until the fumble by Romo down on the 1. Ironically, just a few minutes before, the announcers complimented him on not having any big mistakes. They were saying what a clean game he's had.....come on, it's a full 4 quarters guys, let's hold the praise until it's over. And then he fumbled...fortunately Dallas' D came up big & forced NY to turnover the ball. But then Dallas has 2 penalties on 3rd down to put them at 3rd & 22....ugh. And then it got real ugly, a blocked punt resulting in TD for NY. NY's D held Dallas and NY got the ball back 2 minutes left and score tied at 24-24. I wondered could Sanchez come up big or would he crack under the pressure? It's hard to say, not sure at times which Sanchez will show up....the talented kid who can make some incredible passes or the kid that still at times looks like a rookie, that deer in the headlights look, and makes mistakes or high passes. Would Rob Ryan's D hold NY & get Dallas the ball back? They did......but then Romo threw an INT. My "Romolio" flared up pretty good, which is a little too early in the season, but then I think it's become a chronic condition. (Hmm, maybe it wasn't just a stomach bug we had this last week......) To be honest though, I was ok w/NY winning....on the anniversary of 9/11, it just seemed fitting.
Really enjoyed this last weekend and the OU/FSU game. It was a huge test for OU and honestly, they need to do a few things better, especially playing on the road. I do not know WHY we can never stop running quarterbacks....I mean really. If you know that's pretty much all he can do, then stack the line, blitz him, force him to throw the dang ball. Brad Smith @ Missouri used to cause us trouble and the kid at A&M has too. It drives me crazy!! But in the end, they did pull it together and got the win. Would just like to see some better coverage by secondary, especially when you have them at 3rd & 22, don't give up the pass!! And hoepfully the offense will get going.....Landry looked a bit timid, the crowd was loud for sure and hostile. Hopefully he got the jitters out and will settle in.
How about Clemson beating Auburn?? Fantastic, loved that. I don't care for Chizik & the Tigers, not a big SEC fan. And boy was that Clemson coach excited?!?! That was great, just what college football is all about. Was very disappointed in Mississippi St., really thought they might get LSU. But in the end, Les Miles gets another win. (Yea, don't like that guy either....used to coach at Oklahoma St. and he's SEC....two marks against him.)
That's really all I caught on the college games.....most teams are still playing non-conference nobody's. October is when the great games really start. I am looking forward to these matchups this weekend.....OSU vs. TX A&M, Florida St. vs. Clemson, and OU vs. Mizzou. We lost to Missouri last year on the road, so I expect OU to be a bit fired up to play them at home. They always play us tough, so should be a good game. Now we just need the cool, fall weather to hit so it really feels like football season.
NFL ~ Opening weekend
Most surprising score, Ravens 35/Steelers 7 - 7 TO's, what do you expect, but still!!
Green Bay had good win against New Orleans, but both defenses gave up a lot of points....still think Green Bay looked good & will be a top contender this season. And I just like Aaron Rodgers' work ethic!! Man that kid works hard and does not give up.
Dallas/NY Jets ~ Pretty good game....for NY especially. Looked like Dallas would run away w/it but then in typical form of past few seasons, turnovers late cost them the game. Dallas looked pretty good until the fumble by Romo down on the 1. Ironically, just a few minutes before, the announcers complimented him on not having any big mistakes. They were saying what a clean game he's had.....come on, it's a full 4 quarters guys, let's hold the praise until it's over. And then he fumbled...fortunately Dallas' D came up big & forced NY to turnover the ball. But then Dallas has 2 penalties on 3rd down to put them at 3rd & 22....ugh. And then it got real ugly, a blocked punt resulting in TD for NY. NY's D held Dallas and NY got the ball back 2 minutes left and score tied at 24-24. I wondered could Sanchez come up big or would he crack under the pressure? It's hard to say, not sure at times which Sanchez will show up....the talented kid who can make some incredible passes or the kid that still at times looks like a rookie, that deer in the headlights look, and makes mistakes or high passes. Would Rob Ryan's D hold NY & get Dallas the ball back? They did......but then Romo threw an INT. My "Romolio" flared up pretty good, which is a little too early in the season, but then I think it's become a chronic condition. (Hmm, maybe it wasn't just a stomach bug we had this last week......) To be honest though, I was ok w/NY winning....on the anniversary of 9/11, it just seemed fitting.
NFL ~ Week 2 The Dallas/49ers game was really pretty good, almost like the days of the 80's & 90's. I think Harbaugh will be a good fit at SF and maybe we'll see if Alex Smith can really be a good QB or not. Poor guy has had like 4-5 (maybe more??) offensive coordinators in his career, so maybe now if he has some stability he can settle in. I will give Romo credit for coming back in the game to play and he must've been hurting pretty bad....he was so pale, I kept expecting him to throw up in the huddle. But kudos to him for playing through it & getting the win. However, there is still something I see in Kitna that I don't see in Romo.....it is a leadership quality, you can see it in his eyes. Romo, well I just don't see it.....all I see in his eyes is "Geez, I hope I don't screw up." We'll see how they can handle the Redskins this Mon.
The only other game I really saw was the Rams/Giants on MNF. Wow that was painful....I was so excited to watch Bradford (Boomer Sooner!) but all those penalties, it was just awful! They would get a first down only to have it called back, then another penalty and be looking at 3rd & 22 or 3rd & 28. And the rookie WR that dropped two huge passes, passes that would've been first downs. You just have to do better than that kid.....I hope they can improve, but they've got to clean up the penalties first.
Game score that caught my eye was the Lions beating the KC Chiefs, 48-3. What is UP w/the Chiefs?? Could not believe they only scored 3 points....didn't see the game, so not sure if it was turnovers or did the Lions just dominate (Stafford had 4 TD passes, so thinking it's the latter). Could it be that Matthew Stafford is going to lead the Lions to a winning season??
Looking forward to this weekend & MNF, we'll see if my Romolio flares up.
Now on to college ball....
OU was off two weeks ago and we were building the kids' new swingset, so I didn't catch a lot of games. But saw some highlights and caught some great moments in good games. South Carolina/Georgia was a wild game, it's always fun to see close games. I think Mark Richt is on the hot seat this year though, which I hate to say because I kinda like the guy. But if Georgia doesn't have a good season, I wonder if that will be it for him. Notre Dame/Michigan was wild......I saw the 4th quarter, which apparently was the best part!! Back and forth and then Michigan holds out and gets the win. And wow, was that crowd loud.
Really enjoyed this last weekend and the OU/FSU game. It was a huge test for OU and honestly, they need to do a few things better, especially playing on the road. I do not know WHY we can never stop running quarterbacks....I mean really. If you know that's pretty much all he can do, then stack the line, blitz him, force him to throw the dang ball. Brad Smith @ Missouri used to cause us trouble and the kid at A&M has too. It drives me crazy!! But in the end, they did pull it together and got the win. Would just like to see some better coverage by secondary, especially when you have them at 3rd & 22, don't give up the pass!! And hoepfully the offense will get going.....Landry looked a bit timid, the crowd was loud for sure and hostile. Hopefully he got the jitters out and will settle in.
How about Clemson beating Auburn?? Fantastic, loved that. I don't care for Chizik & the Tigers, not a big SEC fan. And boy was that Clemson coach excited?!?! That was great, just what college football is all about. Was very disappointed in Mississippi St., really thought they might get LSU. But in the end, Les Miles gets another win. (Yea, don't like that guy either....used to coach at Oklahoma St. and he's SEC....two marks against him.)
That's really all I caught on the college games.....most teams are still playing non-conference nobody's. October is when the great games really start. I am looking forward to these matchups this weekend.....OSU vs. TX A&M, Florida St. vs. Clemson, and OU vs. Mizzou. We lost to Missouri last year on the road, so I expect OU to be a bit fired up to play them at home. They always play us tough, so should be a good game. Now we just need the cool, fall weather to hit so it really feels like football season.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Are you ready for some football?!?!
My husband created this blog for me a few months ago and it's taken me awhile to get to it, but with football season starting I am feeling motivated. Around the Young household, we love sports.....football, basketball, tennis, baseball and even a little golf. Shelby & I even watched some women's soccer this summer. But we love football THE most and are so excited for the new season. Now I'll be up front that I am a die hard OU Sooner, but will try to be as objective as possible. :) Believe me, I will offer up criticism for OU when deserved and I'm not too sure how I feel about this preseason #1.....it's all so silly because BCS rankings mean squat until October. I wish they just wouldn't even do it, but oh well. Anyways, tonight was the Dallas Cowboys' first preseason game, so let's get started!!!
Well, the 1st string offense lacked a little punch as usual in preseason. But only seeing one series out of them, we'll have to wait & see if they get some better chemistry going. I've been unimpressed w/Romo the past few seasons, he just lacks leadership and fire to lead the team. His "aw shucks" attitude just doesn't do it for me. You don't see that in a Tom Brady or a Peyton Manning. In fact Drew & I coined the phrase "Romolio" 2 seasons ago.....it is when your quarterback's play is so poor it just makes you sick. Whenever we think Romo is playing poorly, we say "Oh man, I've got Romolio". But I digress.....I'm interested to see what Rob Ryan does with the defense. Defense has been too passive & disjointed the past couple of seasons. If he's as passionate and crazy as his brother Rex (NY Jets head coach), hopefully we'll see big changes. I'm also curious to see Jason Garrett as head coach in a full season. He's definitely got the offensive mind and I could totally see him as offensive coordinator, but head coach? I'm still not sure about that. The best part of the night for me though was the comments about Tebow by the game announcers. All you Florida/Tebow fans out there would probably scream & yell about it because you think he is just so great. But it seems to me that the NFL announcers & media don't totally buy in to Tebow's talent as the college media did. One announcer tonight said about Tebow, "He has the highest inaccuracy I've ever seen in a player at this level." That just made us laugh.....and on an errant throw, the announcer said "Was that ball tipped or was it just a Tebow pass?", after watching replay "No, it wasn't tipped; just an errant throw by Tebow." Hate to burst your bubble out there in the swamp, but Tebow isn't going to be a great NFL player; at least not at quarterback. I honestly think he'd have a better chance playing WR like Wes Welker. He is fast and could run slants across the middle just like Welker. I wouldn't be surprised to see him end up at QB #3 behind Kyle Orton & Brady Quinn.
Now I am interested to see what happens in Philly....being in Dallas, we of course consider them a rival, but I do like Andy Reid (he's a good guy & coach) and last year I did root for Michael Vick to do well. I know, I know, all the animal rights activists want his head on a platter and there's all sorts of people that think he didn't deserve a 2nd chance. Well why not?? He served his time, he has been mentored by Tony Dungy (a very stand up guy) and publicly speaks out against dog fighting. So you know what, give the guy a chance. But Philly has snatched up some good additions and I'm curious to see how Vince Young will do up there. I think Andy Reid is a player's coach and he's pretty consistent, producing competitive teams. I think Young came into the NFL overly confident because he came off the BCS Championship win entering into the draft. Well the NFL ain't college ball baby, and you'd better be ready to play HARD and get HIT. Hopefully he has been humbled by his experience & will come in to Philly ready to work hard, learn behind Vick and listen to Reid. Time will tell, but he is a talented player and I'm interested to see what may happen there.
Lastly, we'll see if Drew can be accurate with his predictions yet again this year after preseason....last year he predicted Dallas would lose 9 games (well they actually lost 10, but after 7 or 8, who's counting) and Green Bay would win the Super Bowl. He was spot on, so we'll see if he can do it again this year. I can certainly say I won't make any bets with him. :)
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