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This is utter bullshit. What exactly does this mean? If they don't think that Cena/JBL will draw or be a decent match then here's an idea: don't push the worthless fucks! As far as UT/Angle goes, does anyone want to see that either? Their previous matches have been shit, either a UT squash or Angle sneaking his bro in to cheat for him. Further, Rock has no business being in a main event slot at WM. Special appearance slot in a tag type match? Ok. But not fighting for a title. It's ludicrous and unfair to the guys on the roster, not to mention the horrible message it sends to the fans of "Our roster sucks so bad we have to bring back The Rock to fight for the title at WM." It makes everyone blatantly realize that SMDN itself is missable crap, when they need to fight that perception. Last, given that Rocky has been a WM job bitch of late, don't they kinda have to have him WIN this match? I mean, him jobbing to Austin or HHH I can stomach, but fucking BRADSHAW? I suppose it could be a way of Bradshaw keeping his heat by saying "Teddy Long, no one on the roster could beat me so you had to bring in a ringer I wasn't expecting" and that sort of thing.

It occurred to me today that the Pats are like the HHH of football...constantly getting the title push even though people are for the most part bored shitless with them and want someone else on top (Steelers are the new hope Batista, Colts are the Jericho who constantly come up short until they have no heat left). In the NFC, look we all know the drill here. I don't care what the Eagles stats look like....we all know they'll choke their asses off next week. It just makes sense in all areas: They have the T.O. injury excuse, they need 1 more title game loss to truly be the JV Bills, they're playing a 3rd straight NFC South team in the title game. Let's also consider this...Eagles/Pats in the SB would be the most boring game in history. I mean seriously it'd be 6-3. Eagles D is too good in the secondary and they won't score shit without T.O. (or with a banged up T.O.). So the NFL desperately NEEDS the Falcons to win this game...let's face it, neither the Pats or Steelers are the most riveting team on earth to watch, so they need Vick to bust some shit out and create some excitement. I have no idea what to say about the NE/Pitt game next week. I'll leave it at this: It's a sick world when Roethlisberger could be 2-0 vs. the Pats and Manning can't beat them to save his life.

New Jack, while totally lacking in wrestling talent, is a fun addition if this is true. Let's face it: the guy is out of his fucking mind. He brings a desperately needed sense of danger to the WWE. Besides, if there was one thing he could do it would be work the mic...his interviews were always hilarious insights into the hood.

That is insane. The Colts/Falcons game would be a wild shootout in every definition of the phrase. The Falcons D is NOT very good to be honest with you....the Chiefs put up 56 on them for christ's sake. The Falcons are really a very average team with 1 phenom player.

Don't look now but guess who is one of 2 undefeated teams in SEC play....Florida. Since Matt Walsh went down with an injury they have beaten Arkansas, Auburn, and bitchslapped Vandy in Nashville (always a decent feat). I'm telling you, they are BETTER without Walsh in the lineup choking his nuts off. I always thought if they relied more on Roberson and Lee they'd be a lot better off.

I think the Falcons can make it to the SB. Who they play will determine their chances however. The Pats or Steelers either one would devise a defense to neuter Vick and shut him down, and the game would likely get ugly. I'd rather see them vs. the Colts in a game of wild up and down scoring and excitement. Sure this NFC game was a squash but how can you say the AFC game was a clunker? God, I was physically and emotionally drained after that wild game.

That's a silly comparison to last year's NE/TENN game, since Tennessee was a very solid 12-4 team that fell into the WC round because they lost twice to the Colts. Them playing the Pats tough was certainly no surprise given the Pats don't really dominate anyone....I still think McNair kinda got fucked in that one with the intl. grounding call. The Jets were a barely decent team who essentially backed into the playoffs. I mean honestly, the Titans in the AFC title game last year would have made total sense....but the JETS this year? Jesus that would have been horrible. The Colts or Pats would have crushed them by 3 TDs. After tonight's games I seriously want Colts vs. Falcons in the SB. It'd be a thrilling game with the passing of Manning vs. the running of Vick.

U of L and Cincy was on CBS and not ABC, silly. Besides it was the BETTER GAME anyway, as my boys did a near miracle rally in the 2nd half (down 14 or so) and beat the evil Huggins by 3! I'm having a hard time figuring U of L out this year, we job out to HOUSTON of all teams and then win at Cincy. Around here I flipped back and forth between U of L, the Wake/UNC game, and UK's assraping of Georgia (payback's a bitch, guys). I hope today will finally tone down this UNC bullshit. From the past 2 weeks you'd think these guys were the 2nd coming of Christ or something....they're just a nice solid top 10 team who isn't terribly invincible away from home. Illinois is NOT a paper tiger like Stanford was last year. They have truly fucked up Wake (you know, the guys who beat UNC today), Gonzaga, and also Cincy. I'll tell you who I think really IS the flukish team: Kansas. They are looking like the UK from last year of this year, if that makes any sense. They are getting lucky as shit in all sorts of ugly, close games (Vermont, S. Carolina, A and M, UK, even Iowa St.). They just aren't a very overpowering team and don't be shocked if they lose a 1/8 type matchup to someone like, I dunno, Charlotte. Kansas isn't like Stanford per se, who was getting miracle type luck...UK was just winning close, ugly games. Eventually your luck runs out when you struggle to hit 70 pts. a game.

Heh, I kinda doubt it. They were just pals from Nam, I think. I wasn't against Predator because of Duke and Ventura however. They were awesome. I just never cared for the way the film just out of nowhere shifts from a South American shoot up the drug cartel type film into a sci fi alien film.

Bear in mind though that in Predator 2 there was Busey and his high tech dudes that weakened the Predator before Glover really had to mess with him. Glover spends a lot of the film figuring out "What the hell is going on? Who is killing the drug lords?" and all that. Glover was a lot more intense than in the LW series, certainly a long way removed from the hesitant family man Murtaugh. I'm not sure people really accepted him in that sort of role, and might be why Predator 2 didn't do real great business. The original Predator has always been sort of a problem film for me. I mean, I like it but there's just something about it I never cared for. Maybe it is the way the film starts seemingly 40 mins with them shooting everyone up in the jungle, and then halfway through here's the alien. It's a bizarre transition that I never thought totally worked.

This might not make any real sense, but I think RVD is the most LIKED guy on SMDN. Right now Cena might get more of a reaction, but put the two in a feud and I assure you the crowd would gravitate toward Van Dam and chant RVD. I too thought that the RVD/Rey teaming would be a foreshadowing to an RVD heel turn. People don't understand what made RVD such a big star in ECW to begin with. Sure, some of it was his awesome moves in the ring, but he never got totally over until he developed his ultra cocky Randy Moss/Terrell Owens showboat persona. He brought that vibe like no one else in wrestling. Sure he was also a laid back stoner, but that was never a MAJOR part of his ECW character (it was just something silly to put on shirts and do a wink wink type deal). It's like in the WWE they have made him totally a laid back stoner but cut out the ultra cocky big time athlete aspect. I suppose it is in fear the crowd wouldn't like him as much, but if anything it would make him more popular! The injury is at a decent time. He'll likely get the "Big star returning" type pop and push when he returns. Hell, Bob Holly got that much.

I have to feel that UNC is peaking too early in the season. Yeah they have truly squashed some solid teams at home (Ga Tech, Maryland, even UK to some degree) but there's just something about them I don't know. Maybe it's that if you take Felton out of the lineup they lose to Santa Clara....if he gets hurt, it's another Kenyon Martin at Cincy deal. Also, Carolina only beat a truly dreadful Indiana team by about 7 points. Best team I have seen this year? Illinois.

Doug Christie is someone my brother just loves to make fun of. Whenever the Kings are on he's always rambling about Christie "costing the Kings the game by doing something stupid." Of course when he was saying all this Christie got himself tossed against the Heat and the Heat rallied to win the game afterwards. Heh.

I sorta think that Coach Carter is a sports version of Lean on Me. The whole "lock the doors of the gym" thing echoes the part in that where Morgan Freeman locked the school doors to prevent people from leaving and/or getting in.

Will someone enlighten me as to why John Cheney is in the Hall of Fame? I mean the guy has NEVER been to a Final Four. Do they just let anyone in?

It's official: UK isn't any good this year. Seriously, when was the last time UK lost a heavily hyped game to a highly ranked opponent at Rupp? Last time I can think of is 1997 against SC. It's odd but I didn't think EITHER UK or Kansas was worth a shit, yet now everyone is going to scream out how great Kansas is this year and how awesome they would be with Simien. The reality is that UNC or Illinois would both beat them by 15-20. While my prediction for this game was off, man did I ever call it with Sparks. He sucked ass today.

Who in the hell would possibly think Denver could win this game? No really, who? People will still say the Colts D sucks but let's be honest: The Broncos got 21 pts. in the 2nd half when it was over anyway. It was garbage time type points. In the 1st half the Colts D was actually pretty good.

Oh jesus, the Colts shit defense is finally showing up. When the Broncos made it 35-10 I had kind of a bad feeling.

I think the worst thing is losing the name WWF, that's by far the most horrible and bad decision Vince has ever done. I maintain that the Invasion angle was impossible to book...it was NOT a surefire idea. WCW was well past the point of being relevant. With the roster they had then how could they (even in kayfabe terms) challenge the WWF stars head on? And let's just say if they started jobbing out Austin to Bagwell the fanbase would NOT be happy. The only way the WWF/WCW crossover could work is if both promotions were going strong like in 1998 and they did a major dream card. But then how do you book THAT card to both parties' satisfaction? Face it, it would either be one promotion dominating the other (which is how it turned out) or you have the lame "world champs go to a time limit draw" booking of stuff like Backlund vs. Flair in the early 80s. If one company actively owns the other it really isn't a legit co-promotion, and if it IS, then it's not going to be booked properly. Now, Hogan/Flair. Again, how the hell do you book this? You just signed Flair but want him to look good...but can you really job out your biggest star ever to him? It's like admitting Flair is better than your guy, and the WWF fans would crap on it. And if you job Flair out to Hogan, well, why sign him? Besides, what we got was quite good anyway...the 1992 Rumble, the Savage/Flair feud, etc.

Am I the only one who thinks people are being a bit hard on Ashlee? You can tell on her studio songs that she has kind of a thin, ragged voice (imagine Rod Stewart as a chick, heh). It's odd but I know Jessica has more actual vocal talent, but Ashlee has better songs...Pieces of Me is certainly better than anything Jessica has done. Also interesting is that her CD has sold better than any CD Jessica has done. Does Ashlee write her own stuff or just sing whatever they give her?

I find it amusing that you can trade Ashlee in for a Robert Plant CD....is that really a big singing improvement?

To be honest the Colts really haven't been running the score up on that many teams. Against the Bears and Lions they basically took him out of the game after 3 quarters. I think the Ty Law injury is just as big of a deal as T.O. I seem to recall Law intercepting Manning 3 times last year...who is gonna do that this year? Troy Brown?

Orlando Jordan is merely the Virgil of the 21st century. Except when he turns on JBL no one will give a flying fuck. I was watching SMDN with some friends last night, both of whom are seemingly big Cena fans. Dave (who is black by the way) said during the battle rap: "Jesus, these people are marking out over THIS weak rhyming? They are desperate to mark out. They WANT to mark out." I actually do agree that Killings is better than Cena. Not only is he better as a rapper, but he's obviously much more authentic. Cena is probably an upper middle class white boy from MA...he's THIS close to being Jamie Kennedy from Malibu's Most Wanted. At least when The Truth ranted about being held down by the man, there was an element of truth to it. Neither is particularly good in the ring however.

Having watched SMDN tonight I have to note that Cena's act is so stale it's not even funny. I think they will eventually put the title on him, but it'll work out much the same as The Truth's title run on TNA's early shows. Which is to say not all that well. Cena won't EVER be close to an Austin or Hogan...about all he could do is appeal to a niche audience a la ECW (namely wiggers and rap fans). One could also argue this same thing against RVD, but at least RVD can do "cocky heel asshole" in addition to "laid back stoner." I mean come on...pushing a rapping wigger to the main event? That'd be like pushing the Road Dogg or something. Hell, at his peak in 1998 or so Roadie was probably just as over as Cena, if not more.

I'm old school...I've been bringing the gay since this site was known as Rantsylvania. Anyway, Brady. I understand where Czech is coming from...being from Louisville I have no home team in the NFL so I tend to root for the Colts. I sure as hell ain't rooting for the Bengals, and I dislike the Titans as well. The Rams aren't too lovable these days with Martz either, though I did like the 99 team reasonably well. The Pats for the most part are just....boring. They're a vanilla, uninteresting team to watch. And I swear they are the luckiest team this side of the 2002 Ohio St. Buckeyes. I've never seen a team that seemingly ALWAYS gets some miracle lucky break, like the opposing QB throwing a dumbass INT at the goal line, or someone fumbling the ball in the red zone. I know they can force some turnovers, but this stuff happens all the damn time. Their like the HHH of football, constantly winning although people would rather see newer talent like the Colt or Steelers (or even the Chargers) get a push.