10 Awesome Things That Happened This Past Weekend (1/6-1/8)

10. Buccaneers Schedule Interview With Brad Childress
            Just in case you guys forgot about how incompetent Brad Childress was as a head coach for the Vikings, here’s a link to the second post ever made by No Credentials.

9. Magic Beat Kings By Seven

            This is a result that I expect none of you to care about, but No Credentials needed some good news after all the money we lost on the Steelers. Thanks to Orlando for covering the spread by half a point.

8. Chiefs Remove Interim Tag From Head Coach Romeo Crennel

            I always thought Romeo got a bad rap in Cleveland, so I’m happy to see the former Pats defensive coordinator get a second chance in Kansas City.

7. Giants Destroy Pathetic Falcons

            A fifth grader challenged me to a game of Madden the other day. While I beat him easily (no mercy from me when it comes to Madden), his play calling was much more logical than what Atlanta was running. How do you run the same quarterback sneak on two fourth and ones and get stuffed twice? Remind me to never pick the Falcons in a playoff game again.

6. New England Patriots re-hire Josh McDaniels

            Two sets of kudos need to be given out here. One goes to the New England Patriots. Bill Belichick has been known as a guy that holds grudges, and usually doesn’t get along with former assistants who have left the nest (remember Eric Mangini?). Big ups to him for bringing a guy back who once did eight hundred celebratory fist pumps after beating the Patriots in 2009. The second set goes to McDaniels, who was willing to put his ego aside and return to his old job. Expect McDaniels to rebuild his stock within two years and earn another head coaching gig.

5. Jarome Iginla Scores Goal #500

            Jarome Iginla has been the captain or co-captain of my fantasy hockey teams four of the last five seasons, so I’m happy for Iggy to reach this milestone. Now we just need to give him the Ray Bourque treatment and ship him to a contender.

4. Yankees Posada Retires

            I always thought Posada was a douche bag, so if you want to read nice things about him, check out this post by ESPN’s Wallace Matthews.

3. Texans Clobber Bengals

            It would be really easy to get excited about Houston after the thumping they delivered to Cincinnati Saturday, but I do see them giving Joe Flacco some trouble next Saturday. 

2. Saints Explode in Second Half, Outlast Lions

            If your on the 49ers, you better be praying for 25 mph winds and rain this coming Saturday. It’s going to take some help from Mother Nature to slow down the Saints attack.

1. Tebow, Powered By God, Shocks Steelers in Overtime

            Denver’s offensive game plan was one of the best I’ve ever seen by a team that is a significant underdog. They knew Tebow wouldn’t complete a high percentage of passes, but they made sure the plays they did hit would go for big yardage. The 80-yard touchdown in overtime will probably go down as one of the best sports moments of 2012.

10 Awesome Things That Happened This Past Weekend (11/19-11/21)

            Sorry to you soccer fans, but Colorado winning its first MLS Cup in overtime over Dallas did not make the cut. Without further ado…

10. My Mom Bringing a Box of Mint Fudge Covered Oreos to My House

            My mom and grandmother came over to visit on Saturday. She was nice enough to pick me up a box of the mint fudge covered Oreos, which I haven’t seen in years (apparently they are only out for a limited time). They were divine. Thanks Mom!

9. Denny Hamlin Doesn’t Win the NASCAR Sprint Cup

            This is the only positive event I can take away from Jimmie Johnson winning his 5^th straight championship.

8. BJ Penn KOs Matt Hughes in 21 Seconds at UFC 123

            It’s a good thing each UFC pay-per-view has multiple fights. So that way we can enjoy one quick knockout and not feel guilty about the money spent.

7. Nebraska Coach Bo Pelini Goes Bonkers

            I had the Nebraska – Texas A&M game on for background noise while my in-laws were visiting Saturday evening. Every time I looked at the TV, Pelini was screaming at someone. First it was a referee. Then it was his 19-year old freshmen quarterback Taylor Martinez, who had just rolled his ankle. Then it was back to the officials. I’m not sure which was a deeper shade of red, Pelini’s face or the Cornhuskers pants. Pelini even ran out of his way to scream at the refs after the game was over. The performance by Pelini was so embarrassing during their 9-6 lost to the Aggies that the Chancellor of Nebraska announced Sunday that there would be potential for punishment against the coach.

            I never want to accuse anyone of using some sort of substance, but Pelini was beyond crazy. I’m not sure what his blood pressure was, but I’ll estimate that it was around 225 over 140. I hope there weren’t too many potential recruits watching the game.  

           

6. New York Jets Pull Off Another Miraculous Comeback Against Texans

            Either the Jets are intentionally trying to add a degree of difficulty to all of their games, or they have been compromised by a bookie. There’s no other explanation for the wins they’ve been able to pull off against the Lions, Browns, and Texans. They were aided Sunday by a completely incompetent Texans defense. How do you allow a team with no time outs to complete a 50-yard fly pattern along the sideline? It was totally ridiculous. I suppose we shouldn’t be to surprised, based on the Hail Mary they gave up to Jacksonville to lose a week ago, but it was still stunning to watch.             

5. Packers Annihilate Vikings 31-3

            Green Bay was kind enough to end Wade Phillips’ coaching career with the Cowboys a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully for my Dad’s sake, they’ve done the same thing to Brad Childress.

4. Barbara Bush Says Sarah Palin Should Stay in Alaska

            This is a direct quote that Babs made to Larry King in an interview that will be aired on CNN Monday evening…

“I sat next to her once. Thought she was beautiful…and she’s very happy in Alaska, and I hope she’ll stay there.”

           

            This is another fun story for FOX News to talk about. Hopefully for the GOP’s sake the infighting between regular Republicans and Tea Party candidates is taken care of before the 2012 election.              

3. Richard Seymour Slaps Ben Roethlisberger

            It’s a shame Seymour couldn’t of done this at that Georgia bar before Big Ben went into the bathroom with an underage girl. 

2. Eagles Win a Sloppy Game Over the Giants

            Both teams tried to make cases as to why they should not be considered serious contenders. New York could only manage 208 yards of total offense and turned the ball over five times. Philadelphia stormed out to a 16-3 lead before falling behind by a point in the 4^th quarter. The Eagles are clearly in the driver’s seat to win the NFC East, but I don’t see them beating Green Bay or the Saints in the playoffs. There only chance is if Michael Vick continues playing like he’s not from planet Earth. Vick took about 10 vicious hits last night. We’ll see if he can stay healthy for the rest of the year.

1. Patriots Survive Against the Colts, 31-28

            The game of the week lived up to it’s billing. New England had the pedal to the metal early, but let off just enough so the Colts could get back into the game. I’m not sure if the Patriots can survive giving up 350 passing yards a game, but they keep winning so I won’t argue with success.

            I wrote this last week, but this season feels even more like 2003 than it did seven days ago. New England is playing turnover free football, and their defense is making timely plays to win games (none more needed than James Sanders' interception with 31 seconds left. That was the most shocking play of any game Sunday). Their match-up with the Jets on Monday, December 6^th, will be a mammoth game. If the Patriots can win that game, and then secure home-field (which shouldn’t be a problem since they’ve already beaten the Steelers, Colts, and Ravens), New England will be awfully hard to be at home in January.

Brad Childress - "Fire Me Already!"

Minneapolis (AP) – Minnesota Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress has actively been trying to get fired since after the 2006 season, according to a confidant of Childress. The confidant (who wishes to remain anonymous) says that Childress realized he was in over his head shortly after his first season with the Vikings, and has been trying to get out ever since.

            “Brad had never had head coaching job before joining the Vikings,” says the confidant, “He’s not a fan of keeping track of the clock, deciding if they should go for it on 4^th down, managing timeouts. It’s just not his thing.”

            Childress sent an e-mail to his confidant Thursday afternoon. In it, he ranted about all the things he should have been fired for.

            “I billed Tavaris Jackson as the next Donovan McNabb, and played him for 2 seasons when it was already painfully obvious that he wasn’t competent,” Childress wrote, “Then I publicly feuded with Brett Favre, a guy that I picked up from the airport myself when he arrived in Minneapolis. And how many more times do I have to run Adrian Peterson into a 10 person wall on 4^th and 1 before someone realizes I’m an idiot?”

            His survival of the Randy Moss debacle has Childress truly perplexed. “We go out and trade a 3^rd round pick for a guy to help our football team. 3^rd round picks are kind of valuable, you know? They don’t just grow on trees. So we give up a 3^rd round pick, and then I go ahead and cut the guy 4 games later, without ownership’s knowledge of that decision. Isn’t this the dumbest thing that’s ever happened in the history of the NFL? If you told me that a guy paid a 3^rd round draft pick for a 4-week rental, I would tell you that that guy has to go.”

            Another source within the Vikings organization passed along a list found on Childress’ desk. The list was titled, “Things That Should Get Me Fired, But Probably Won’t Because I Haven’t Been Fired Yet”. The list included the following items.

-         Run the option on every single play for an entire game. After it fails miserably, blame Brett Favre for not picking the right hole to run to on his broken ankle.

-         Inject Adrian Peterson with horse tranquilizers. If those could down Keith Moon, they can take down anyone.

-         Ask Brett Favre for Jenn Sterger’s phone number.

-         Lobby owner Zygi Wilf to trade a 2^nd round pick to the Titans for Randy Moss.

-         As motivation before a game, play episodes of the children’s cartoon “Little Bear” in the locker room.

-         At a press conference, explain to the media why Brett Favre is the reason the terrorists hate us.

Only time will tell how much longer Childress will hang on to his job. What is certain is that the drama in Minnesota will go on for the rest of the season.