CanadianChris

I don't quite remember, but I think he admitted cheating in Beyond The Mat.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2279219 This shouldn't be a surprise, given that I don't understand why he ever got the job to start with. Seven coaches gone in three days, though...when was the last time there was this much of a firing spree (not counting Vermeil, of course)?

Good announcers for the last two, at least. Mike Tirico at the Orange Bowl and Keith Jackson (presumably) for the Rose Bowl.

I imagine that one had something to do with Emery not being told he was playing until the warmup.

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I disagree greatly. He is a complete player and has 46 points. The second place guy on his team has 22. Washingtons problem is that they have no defence. You can't blame him for that. Luongo last year got hart consideration despite his team not making the playoffs. I won't blame Ovechkin for playing for a shitty team when he is [quputting up numbers like he is when compared to his teammates. If he was leading the league in scoring, or close to it, that might be a valid argument, but he's not, so it isn't. He's a very good player, and will probably be a leading candidate for league MVP someday, but certainly not now. If he was truly the most valuable player in the league, Washington would be a contending for a playoff spot instead of for the top pick in the draft. Fernandez has slightly better numbers then Hasek and plays for a team that averages 2.85 goals a game in support. Ottawa averages 4.39 goals a game. The edge goes to Fernandez in that case as it's harder for him to get wins in that regard. Fernandez's numbers are VERY SLIGHTLY better than Hasek's with respect to GAA and SV% (2.05 vs 2.10 and .930 vs .929, close enough to say they're the same). Wins are an overrated stat; I don't look at them anyway. Hasek also has three shutouts. Throw in the fact that he turns 41 this month and that it's ridiculous that he's performing at such a high level this late in his career, and he gets my vote. That's because you haven't seen the games. Emery is a good goalie, but he's not on Hasek's level right now. Hasek is at least as valuable as any of the big 3; take him out, and Ottawa's a good but not great team. See how much they've improved over the last season? Most of that is upgrading from Lalime to Hasek.

Jesus Christ...ANOTHER injury to the Sens. Hasek tweaked a back muscle and is now out for today's game and day-to-day after that. At least Spezza is back for today's game.

Ovechkin has no business being included on the list for the Hart trophy. If they took him off the team, they'd be, what...dead last instead of second last? Alfredsson should get serious consideration for this award, particularly if the Sens slide while he's out the next week or two. Hasek would get my vote for the Vezina in a flash. The argument for Hasek's numbers not being as meaningful because he plays on an offensive team is ridiculous. He's second in the league in wins, GAA, save % and shutouts, and he led in those categories for most of the season up until now. He'd be having a phenomenal year regardless of who he played for. Not to take anything away from Fernandez and Kiprusoff, who've also had great years so far.

What did he say? Does anyone who's seen the DVD know what comments this might refer to?

Let's see if I can manage to not choke in the conference title game this time around, as I've done the past two years.

Easy mistake, but that was Lawrence Phillips. In an even better twist, the car was stolen. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2140010

Is the SNF crew going to even pretend there's a football game going on for the rest of this?

Mike Tice is OUT in Minnesota.

Niners with a 40-yard INT return deep into Houston territory, followed by a Nedney FG for the win. Texans get the #1 draft pick.

1. "Lonely Road of Faith" 2. "Clocks" 3. "One Thing"

A tie in the Bush Bowl would be unimaginably appropriate.

Uninteresting fact of the day: Three of those QBs on Bored's list have all taken at least one snap in the same game today (Carr and Banks for the Texans, Smith for the 49ers).

I found it funny...the first time they aired it, on Countdown about a month or so ago..

A very interesting December, as Buffalo scorched through the entire month, landing three points back of Ottawa (albeit with three more games played), and Calgary took over first in the Northwest over Vancouver on the last day of 2005. There's no one really running away with anything at this point, as we thought the Red Wings and Senators would do earlier in the season. The standings are really tight, both to get into the playoffs and to get a higher seed. If the season ended today: EAST Ottawa (57 pts) vs. Tampa Bay (41) Philadelphia (54) vs. Montreal (42) Carolina (52) vs. Toronto (47) Buffalo (54) vs. NY Rangers (49) Missing out - Atlanta (38), New Jersey (37), NY Islanders (36), Florida (35), Boston (34), Washington (29), Pittsburgh (28) WEST Detroit (55) vs. Colorado (43) Los Angeles (52) vs. Vancouver (47) Calgary (50) vs. Edmonton (48) Nashville (51) vs. Dallas (49) Missing out - Phoenix (42), Minnesota (40), Anaheim (40), San Jose (37), Chicago (30), Columbus (25), St. Louis (23)

He's Lawrence Phillips on the accelerated track.

So the Oxycotton Bowl will get decided by the championship game. As it should be.

Seeing those two teams made me remember the Colossal Kongs:

Do it again in this thread?

I'm officially a gambling degenerate. I lost $100 on Miami -6.5, so I went looking for a game to make it back, but the only thing left to bet on tonight was a second-half college basketball line between South Alabama and Western Michigan. I stuck $120 on USA -2 and actually listened to the bet come in on their radio station's web site.

Losing Alfie for a week isn't the best thing in the world, but if this had to happen, he couldn't have picked a better time for it with the stretch the Sens have coming up (@ATL, @WSH, @BOS, @MTL, PHX, SJ). They should get at least four wins out of that bunch, with or without him.