CanadianChris

I cannot say how much I loathe the concept of PPV hockey. The Sens are playing Pittsburgh, and I can't watch it because a) I can't find the damn channel it's on, and b) I'm way too cheap to pay $11 plus tax for a game I'm only going to be putting in a clicker rotation with USC/Arizona and Indy/Atlanta.

Is that good or bad?

I think they finish 8-8 at worst. Minnesota and Kansas City are winnable games, and your guess is as good as mine as far as what happens in San Diego.

Sometime in the mid-80s would be terrific. Maybe 1985 or 1986.

Hey, double post. I don't get many of those.

I don't think any of those teams are finishing above .500. I think Detroit can still get in at 9-7.

"Don't quit. Don't even quit."

As commissioner, I can reinstate eliminated teams. I'll leave it up to the two of you -- if you're both eliminated in the same week, do you want to be co-winners, or keep going until there's a winner?

I didn't expect anything different -- there just seems to be an attitude in that clubhouse that the front office doesn't care about winning, and the players willing to bolt at the first opportunity.

Denver - 20 Green Bay Dallas Indianapolis Jacksonville Denver Houston N.Y. Giants Carolina Kansas City St. Louis Tennessee Tampa Bay Arizona San Diego New England Pittsburgh

My homer pick -- Game 4 of the 1993 World Series (Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14). What didn't this game have? It was the longest WS game ever, and set records for combined hits (31) and runs (29). There was the insane performance by Lenny Dykstra, going 4-5 with 2 HR, 4 runs scored and 4 RBI. There was Tony Fernandez going 3-6 with 5 RBI. There was the ridiculous baserunning gaffe by Todd Stottlemyre in the second inning. The Blue Jays came back from two separate 5-run deficits to finally take the lead in the eighth, with Mitch Williams in the middle of one of the most spectacular meltdowns by a pitcher ever. Then there was the dominant pitching performance by Duane Ward to close the game. And the fact that it was pouring rain at times didn't hurt.

EDIT: Was also more 2006 than 2007.

This week's sign of the apocalypse: If the season ended today, four of the five Central Division teams would qualify for the playoffs, while the fifth (Columbus) would be eliminated by tiebreaker.

Nice to see Heatley break his goalless streak. I told everyone around here in the offseason that they should lock up Spezza over Heatley if given a choice, and everyone thought I was crazy. Well, we've seen it over these last few games -- Heatley doesn't score nearly as many goals without Spezza in the middle. He needs Spezza to be a great player (well, really, they need each other).

Uh, no. It's over 30 miles. You couldn't even get an Ethiopian to cover that distance in two hours.

Oh my God, who lit the fuse? What a return for Martinez, 14-0 Broncos!

Yay! It's Slapsgiving!

Well, if they get him to run past the line of scrimmage and he slides, they could just Trent Green his ass. I guarantee anyone who even lays a hit that's even slightly dirty on Brady is going to get his ass handed to him by Goodell. No one's going to give up half their salary for one hit on Brady.

The Princess Bride, The Monster Squad, The Lost Boys, Back to the Future trilogy, Indiana Jones trilogy, Brewster's Millions, Crocodile Dundee, Major League, Batman, Ghostbusters, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and Adventures in Babysitting.

Yawn, another loss.

Incredibly, a Denver win tomorrow night puts them in a first-place tie with the Chargers. And I was ready to write off the season after the Lions game.

Not to be really facetious here, but one was cheating and one wasn't.

And, for the final word on the FG, they just said on NBC that the review official wouldn't give the referee any film, that they had to decide it via a crew conference. The official who saw the ball go over the cross bar wasn't the one who signalled the try was no good, and he argued convincingly in the huddle that the ball did go over the bar. So, the crew got the call right without violating the rules.

So, are the Jets that much better with Kellen Clemens, or are the Steelers not nearly as good as we thought?

You can't whine about the refs making the right call. Marvin can. I'm sure in his mind he feels the Ravens were owed that call.