10 Awesome Things That Happened This Weekend (9/6-9/8)

10. Jaguars Put Up Two Points Against Kansas City
            As if there was any doubt which club I’m doing my Madden franchise with this season (I pick the worst team), Jacksonville sealed the deal with a turd-sandwich in their home debut.

9. Some Guy Named Yusmeiro Petit Almost Throws a Perfect Game

            Here’s reason number 56,893 why MLB was better when everyone was on steroids.

8. Serena Williams Wins Fifth U.S. Open

            At some point, she has to stop winning majors, right?

7. New York Jets Gift-Wrapped Season Opening Victory Over Tampa Bay
            There wasn’t a more unimpressive team in Week 1 than the pathetic Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who ended up with third and 35 on their opening series. Josh Freeman’s days under center are numbered.

6. Miami Hurricanes Upset #12 Florida

            College football is way more interesting when The U is relevant.

5. Clint Bowyer Intentionally Spins Out, Removing Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman From The Chase

(EDITORS NOTE: The following is the paragraph I had written immediately following the conclusion of Saturday night’s race at Richmond)

            I have a confession to make…I spun out several times in NASCAR Thunder 2000 to bring out cautions. I don’t feel great about it, but it’s great to come clean, and at least I didn’t cost two guys a spot in the NASCAR playoffs.

            That paragraph still stands, except NASCAR showed some massive balls and penalized Michael Waltrip Racing late Monday night. The previous link sums up the story pretty well, but I’ll say what it didn’t say… Michael Waltrip is a cheat, a scoundrel, a scumbag, and a dumbass.

4. Cowboys Win Bizarre Season Opener Against Giants

            It wasn’t pretty, but Dallas finally beat New York in their new building.

3. Eminem is Interviewed By Brent Musberger on Live Television
            We’ll let the raw video do the talking here.

 

2. 49ers Beat Green Bay Again

            Green Bay shouldn’t hang their heads after their performance Sunday, but the bottom line is San Francisco is the toughest team to fight in the trenches.    

1. Patriots Get a Push, Still Pull Out Win in Buffalo

            New England’s offense was dynamic when Danny Amendola was on the field, and mediocre when he was off of it. They’ll be a force if they can ever get him and Rob Gronkowski healthy at the same time.