Green | Ephemera 21

Game 6 goes to the Cardinals

Oct 282011

This was the most exciting game six I have ever seen in a World Series ever. I saw the historic game 6 on the small screen when Fisk hit the wayward ball over the Green Monster. David Freese was probably not even born then. But twice tonight he did what I thought was impossible. One he tied the game on a 2 out double, two he hit a walk off homer to Center Field. In my book this is the greatest 6th game ball game in World Series HIstory. Now all baseball fans get to see a 7 game world series and after so many seasons it is worth the wait. I even was surprised at Joe Buck and Tim McCarver calling the game and not making it all about themselves! What a country!

Clavitolex,

Mr. Indoors retires

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Oct 032011

Kurt Warner is calling it a career. Two MVP’s and a Super Bowl ring. Pretty good for a guy who would throw up in the huddle during the Green Bay Packers training camp. After getting cut by the Pack and toiling in the Arena Football league and then NFL Europe, he got his chance to shine. After Trent Green went down, Warner led the Rams to a thrilling Super Bowl win that hardly any saw coming. But then his career hit a nose dive when he lost all 5 starts in the 2002 season and then lost his job for good the next season. He showed up with the Giants only to lose his job to some kid named Eli. But then Arizona called and his career got back on track. After Dennis Green was fired, Ken Whisenhunt came in and eventually made Warner the starter for good. There Warner would lead another improbable Super Bowl run that only got derailed by a darn good Pittsburgh team. Kurt Warner’s legacy to me will be one of persistence. He would fall, then rise, then fall, and then rise again. Even though he was hardly consistent in the regular season, He was arguably one of the best postseason QB’s ever. I gave him the name Mr. Indoors only because that’s where it seems his greatest successes occurred. I felt that he was not the same Quarterback when he would play in the bad weather games. That’s why I rank him behind guys like Brady, Favre, Roethlisberger, and arguably the greatest Quarterback ever, Johnny Unitas. Along with his up and down career, he was able to win the NFL’s Man of the year award last year. Well deserved as he would prove his class time and time again. He wasn’t afraid to speak out about his faith in Jesus. I never got the impression that he was holier than thou or the type to shove his beliefs down everyone’s throat. So in conclusion, I want to say congratulations on a great career to a guy I criticized a little too much on here and to anyone that would listen elsewhere. Kurt Warner, you’ve proved alot of people wrong and me especially when I thought you would never duplicate your success with the Rams. Best wishes to your future endeavors!

Brett Farve

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Sep 042011

I FEEL YOU SPORTS WRITERS SHOULD GET A GRIP!!!!!! BRETT IS A GREAT QUARTERBACK AND HE DID A GREAT JOB AT THE JETS, IT WAS LAVERNOUS COLES WHO COULD NOT GET IN THE GROOVE, EXCUSE ME HE COULDN’T CATCH THE BALLLLLLLL! OH, THAT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME—–FOOTBALL???????? HE DOESN’T OWE THE Fans or GREEN BAY ANYTHING, IF ANYTHING GREEN BAY THE COACH SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO HIM FOR TELLING HIM HE COULDN’T PLAY AND TO RETIRE 2 YEARS IN A ROW, SO THEY COULD HAVE RODGERS????!!!!!! AS FOR THE GAME JUST PLAYED WITH THE SAINTS, I DON’T KNOW WHAT GAME YOU SAW, THE ONE I SAW THE SAINTS DIDN’T DESERVE TO WIN, THEY TOOK CHEAP SHOTS AT BRETT, IT WAS A LATE HIT AND THE PLAYER HIT HIS KNEES!!!!!! I DON’T THINK YOU GUYS GIVE HIM ENOUGH CREDIT. THE SAINTS ALSO GOT A TOUCHDOWN THAT THEY DIDN’T REALLY GET!!!!!! YOU GUYS NEED TO WATCH MORE CLOSELY TO THE GAME. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED IT WAS A HOAX OR WHATEVER!!! THE VIKINGS DESERVED TO WINNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! NOW FOR THE SUPERBOWL I HOPE PEYTON MANNING PUTS THE SCORE UP IN A HURRY, I WANT THE COLTS TO WINNNNNNNN AND THEY DESERVE IT, FOR THERE IS NOT A BETTER QUARTERBACK THAN MY PEYTON MANNING, SORRY ELI. GRAMMY 67

Watch out for the Patriots!

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Jul 292011

It looks like the Patriots are buying the team they need to make another Super Bowl. Nothing wrong with that at all, you have a need, you fill it and no team does this better than the Patriots. How is your team doing during this frenzy? I am a little worried about the Packers. They have quite a few good players still hanging out there in free agency. Nick Barnett, Atari Bigby, Brandon Jackson, Cullen Jenkins, James Jones, and Matt Wilhelm were all key players. I hope they have a plan. I am waiting here in Green Bay to watch training camp but I think there won’t be much to see, the new flag football rules and all. Missed the owners meeting this year but it is usually a boring event. I can see the team has backups to these players, like Desmond Bishop for Barnett, but I do not want to see any of these players coming back to haunt the Packers. So, how is your team doing and can they respond to how the Patriots are setting themselves up this year?

Jets/Colts

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Jul 252011

This is what a championship game is supposed to look like, even if, like me, you were rooting for a different result. Gang Green will be back; Colts are moving on to the SB. By far the best-played game of the playoffs thus far.

Weekly Picks 2011

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Jul 242011

Welcome back everyone, I’m sure we all are breathing a sigh of relief that there will be a season. The quality still remains to be seen, but nevertheless there will be one. So all the same rules apply you have up until one hour prior to the start of the first game of the day to post your pick(s). And remember this is all done in the spirit of fun. So have plenty, and enjoy that we have football again. Oh and congratulations to the Green Bay Packers, will they remain the team to beat this season ??

Dome Field advantage

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Jul 232011

I was taking my mom to the airport before the game so I was listening to the pregame on the radio. One of the guys they were interviewing was Fran Tarkenton, who deservedly has a reputation as a grumpy old man, but he did raise an interesting point. Having a dome as your home field is a far greater home field advantage than any outdoor stadium is, including cold-weather sites like Buffalo or Green Bay. The opponents can’t hear squat in a dome, so his take is that it actually gives an advantage to the defensive linemen over the offensive linemen. He went so far as to offer an opinion that it’s an unfair home-field advantage. What’s your opinion on that? I don’t think that I could agree with him on unfair, but it is a big difference, probably a bigger difference than when a dome team goes and plays on a real grass field in bad weather.

College NFL Draft 2000 to 2010 / team by team.

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Apr 272011

The last ten seasons # draft picks per school and #1 drafts. Here is a team-by-team look at the players selected in the NFL draft since 2000 to 2010. (@ – player taken in supplemental draft. * – player was first of multiple picks from that school in first round that year). BY CONFERENCE ACC School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Boston College 22 7 2009 (DT B.J. Raji) Clemson 29 4 2010 (RB C.J. Spiller) Duke 2 0 1992 (QB Dave Brown@) Florida State 59 14 2010 (CB Patrick Robinson) Georgia Tech 27 3 2010 (DE Derrick Morgan*) Maryland 29 3 ’09 (WR Darrius Heyward-Bey) Miami 67 26 2008 (FS Kenny Phillips) North Carolina 29 4 2009 (WR Hakeem Nicks) NC State 28 5 2006 (DE Mario Williams*) Virginia 34 6 2009 (OT Eugene Monroe) Virginia Tech 52 4 2008 (OT Duane Brown) Wake Forest 19 2 2009 (LB Aaron Curry) BIG 12 School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Baylor 9 1 2009 (OT Jason Smith) Colorado 26 2 2003 (DE Tyler Brayton) Iowa State 11 0 1973 (RB George Amundson) Kansas 12 1 2008 (CB Aqib Talib) Kansas State 32 2 2009 (QB Josh Freeman) Missouri 19 4 2010 (LB Sean Weatherspoon) Nebraska 44 3 2010 (DT Ndamukong Suh) Oklahoma 49 12 2010 (QB Sam Bradford*) Oklahoma State 17 5 2010 (OT Russell Okung*) Texas 45 14 2010 (S Earl Thomas) Texas A&M 32 2 2003 (DE Ty Warren*) Texas Tech 20 1 2009 (WR Michael Crabtree) BIG EAST School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Cincinnati 21 0 1971 (DT Bob Bell) Connecticut 11 1 2009 (RB Donald Brown) Louisville 29 2 2009 (C Eric Wood) Pittsburgh 29 3 2008 (OT Jeff Otah) Rutgers 17 3 2010 (OT Anthony Davis*) Syracuse 24 3 2002 (DE Dwight Freeney) USF 16 2 2010 (DE Jason Pierre-Paul) West Virginia 18 2 2005 (CB Pacman Jones) BIG TEN School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Illinois 22 2 2009 (CB Vontae Davis) Indiana 10 0 1994 (WR Thomas Lewis) Iowa 39 4 2010 (OT Brian Bulaga) Michigan 49 9 2010 (DE Brandon Graham) Michigan State 33 4 2003 (WR Charles Rogers) Minnesota 20 2 2006 (RB Laurence Maroney) Northwestern 16 2 2005 (DT Luis Castillo) Ohio State 73 16 2009 (CB Malcolm Jenkins*) Penn State 44 10 2010 (DT Jared Odrick) Purdue 33 2 2008 (TE Dustin Keller) Wisconsin 46 8 2007 (OT Joe Thomas) CONFERENCE USA School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder East Carolina 10 1 2008 (RB Chris Johnson) Houston 8 0 1997 (RB Antowain Smith) Marshall 12 2 2003 (QB Byron Leftwich) Memphis 10 1 2006 (RB DeAngelo Williams) Rice 4 0 1980 (RB Earl Cooper) SMU 4 0 1986 (CB Rod Jones*) Southern Miss 19 0 1992 (RB Tony Smith) Tulane 9 2 2004 (QB J.P. Losman) Tulsa 5 0 1977 (OL Steve August) UAB 6 2 2005 (WR Roddy White) UCF 14 0 1999 (QB Duante Culpepper) UTEP 13 0 1968 (LB Fred Carr*) INDEPENDENT School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Army 1 0 1947 (OT Tex Coulter) Navy 0 0 None Notre Dame 46 2 2007 (QB Brady Quinn) MAC School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Akron 6 0 None Ball State 5 0 None Bowling Green 4 0 1961 (WR Bernie Casey) Buffalo 4 0 None Central Michigan 7 1 2007 (OT Joe Staley) Eastern Michigan 4 0 1999 (OT L.J. Shelton) Kent State 5 0 None Miami (Ohio) 9 1 2004 (QB Ben Roethlisberger) Northern Illinois 7 1 2009 (OLB Larry English) Ohio 4 0 1936 (T Art Lewis) Temple 6 0 1987 (RB Paul Palmer) Toledo 6 0 1993 (DE Dan Williams) Western Michigan 5 1 2004 (OLB Jason Babin) MOUNTAIN WEST School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Air Force 0 0 None BYU 22 1 2000 (LB Rob Morris) Colorado State 12 0 1987 (QB Kelly Stouffer) New Mexico 13 1 2000 (LB Brian Urlacher) San Diego State 18 0 1998 (G Kyle Turley) TCU 24 2 2010 (DE Jerry Hughes) UNLV 12 0 None Utah 29 2 2005 (QB Alex Smith) Wyoming 4 0 1976 (RB Lawrence Gaines*) PAC-10 School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Arizona 24 2 2008 (CB Antoine Cason) Arizona State 35 5 2003 (OLB Terrell Suggs) Cal 38 9 2010 (DE Tyson Alualu*) Oregon 37 3 2008 (RB Jonathan Stewart) Oregon State 29 2 2004 (RB Steven Jackson) Stanford 33 1 2003 (OT Kwame Harris) UCLA 28 3 2006 (TE Marcedes Lewis) USC 69 15 2009 (QB Mark Sanchez*) Washington 21 2 2004 (WR Reggie Williams) Washington State 17 1 2003 (CB Marcus Trufant) SEC School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Alabama 42 5 2010 (LB Rolando McClain*) Arkansas 30 6 2008 (RB Darren McFadden*) Auburn 38 6 2007 (G Ben Grubbs) Florida 59 12 2010 (CB Joe Haden*) Georgia 61 11 2009 (QB Matt Stafford*) Kentucky 18 1 2003 (DT Dewayne Robertson) LSU 55 9 2009 (DE Tyson Jackson) Mississippi 26 6 2009 (OT Michael Oher*) Mississippi State 18 0 1996 (CB Walt Harris*) South Carolina 30 4 2006 (CB Johnathan Joseph) Tennessee 60 12 2010 (S Eric Berry) Vanderbilt 14 2 2008 (OT Chris Williams) SUN BELT School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Arkansas State 5 0 None Florida Atlantic 1 0 None Florida International 2 0 None Louisiana-Lafayette 5 0 None Louisiana-Monroe 3 0 1971 (RB Joe Profit) Middle Tennessee 4 0 None North Texas 1 0 1971 (DB Leonard Dunlap) Troy 12 2 2008 (CB Leodis McKelvin) Western Kentucky 3 0 None WAC School Draft picks First-rounders Last first-rounder Boise State 13 2 2010 (CB Kyle Wilson) Fresno State 20 3 2010 (RB Ryan Mathews) Hawaii 20 1 2002 (WR Ashley Lelie) Idaho 7 1 2010 (G Mike Iupati) Louisiana Tech 9 0 1999 (WR Troy Edwards) Nevada 6 0 1949 (QB Stan Heath) New Mexico State 2 0 None San Jose State 9 0 1983 (CB Gill Byrd) Utah State 4 0 1970 (DT Phil Olsen)

Cowboys dynasty. What it could’ve been.

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Mar 252011

For those who want to take a little break from the boring lockout threads, I present a little piece of forgotten history. There has only been one three peat World Champion in NFL history and that was the Green Bay Packers from ’65-’67. It wasn’t that long ago when the Dallas Cowboys were on the brink of becoming a three peat World Champion. I still can’t help but wonder now and then if the Cowboys would’ve been able to pull it off had Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson been able to iron out their differences. It’s to the Cowboys players credit that they were able to get to the NFC Championship game with a brand new Head Coach who had no NFL Head Coaching experience and at times appeared clueless on the sidelines. However, they were unable to overcome the free agent allstar 49ers who were on a mission all season long to dethrone the Cowboys. Would Jimmy Johnson have pulled the Cowboys through had he remained Coach? I believe that the Cowboys still would’ve lost, but I can’t say that I’d be 100% sure. Jimmy Johnson was a great Head Coach for Dallas, but I attribute the greatest part of the Cowboys dynasty to Herschel Walker. Without those draft picks from the trade, the Cowboys dynasty takes a little longer to develop. Jimmy Johnson and company did a great job picking the players that laid the foundation for the team’s future and he proved to be a no nonsense Coach that wasn’t afraid to take chances. I just don’t put Jimmy in the same elite status as I would Vince Lombardi, Paul Brown, Chuck Noll, and George Halas. The Cowboys remained successful after Jimmy departed, but they weren’t as dominant. When they won the Super Bowl with Barry Switzer at the helm, it wasn’t in a very convincing fashion. Two years later, they would finish 6-10. Jimmy Johnson would move on with Dan Marino and the Dolphins, failing to get anywhere near the Super Bowl. He didn’t look like the same Coach that practically owned the 49ers while he was with the Cowboys. Was Jimmy just a benefactor of the Herschel Walker trade and not that great of a Coach? I wouldn’t go that far. He clearly was the kick in the butt that the Cowboys needed. His direction and decision making helped make Dallas a winner. Without the talent loaded Cowboys, he looked more like a very good Coach than he did a great one. In conclusion, I believe that the ’94 San Francisco 49ers were on a mission and would’ve been able to get by the Cowboys with Jimmy Johnson had he stayed. I just can’t help but wonder if I would’ve been proven wrong had Jerry Jones not displayed his “anyone can coach the Cowboys” attitude. I’m curious to hear other football history buffs opinions. Unless you would rather talk about the freakin lockout…

Alabama Robby Green Suspended !

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Mar 232011

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Well here we go again`Robby Green suspended all last season 2010 and now starting early here in 2011suspended again,last strike # 3.Roll Tide.Will Saban be easy on the kid remember he just took his 3rd strike!Roll Tide Roll, I remember Tide fans laughing about stealing him away from LSU,hehehe glad they got him…:smileyvery-happy: LSU ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Alabama’s Robby Green Suspended Again: Is This the Last Strike? By Larry Burton (Alabama Featured Columnist) on March 21, 2011 – Tuscaloosa 2,249 reads 48 comments 5 likes Green may be down for the count this time. Nick Saban announced today at his press conference that senior Robby Green who was suspended all last year for violation of team rules, was not at practice today for another violation of team rules. He wouldn’t elaborate over what Green had done or for how long this suspension was for. It does make one wonder, given the size of the locks on Saban’s dog house, if this is the end for Green who expected to come back and be a strong contributor this year. Having Robert Lester stand up and be an SEC leader in interceptions last year helped Alabama miss Green’s absence, but his experience and athleticism could have been a great thing for the Tide this year. Saban has said little would be said on the subject and we will just have to continue to watch the practices to see if Green returns. Green started six games his sophomore year, was suspended his junior year and now this. It could be the end for Green, but only time will tell. At the press conference he also mentioned Mark Barron’s arrest for not giving the Mobile police information about his cousin and said of it that, “Mark realizes he made a mistakes and didn’t handle that situation well.”, but did not say that Barron would be suspended.

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