Oh, man. I'm stocking up on ponchos and goolashes for the Temple - UConn game tomorrow. Apparantly the remnants of this week's hurricane are going to pass through Philly tomorrow with the eye of the storm scheduled to stop by around halftime. This leads me to wonder what the field will be like for the Eagles/Rams on Sunday. This Field Turf crap hasn't performed well under extreme weather conditions anywhere it's been laid. I'll try to post some pics of the field tomorrow and we'll see how well they put it back together for the pros.

Is Paterno a fuc*ing joke or what? Three new arrests and three new suspensions plus a dismissal from the University were announced today. Jesus Paterno remains unable to control the thugs and morons he recruits and the school's reputation slid a little further into the toilet. The NCAA continues to accept JerkPa's lame excuses and ignores the program's ridiculous history of arrests under the incontinent and incompetent old fool. State Pen's president is also under the spell of alumni booster cash because he hasn't fired BlowPa as of yet. Sure hope that big win over Coastal Carolina can carry team moral through the weekend. Actually that's a lie. I hope they lose every game. PSU is an embarrasment to the state of Pennsylvania. WE HATE...................................PENN STATE!!!

Yeah,this pretty much sums up any pre-game analysis.

The Eagles opened the 2001 season at home against the Rams.We lost 20-17 in overtime to the Greatest Show on Turf. Later, we lost at St.Louis in the NFC Championship game. Sure, they're two completely different teams but this frickin' paper I'm reading felt compelled to remind me so I'm passing it along.

In this week's USA Today Sports Weekly there is a panel of 12 "experts" that have made full season predictions.Easily the most baffling outlook, Skip Wood's picks border on the insane.Here's his breakdown:

AFC Division Winners - Patriots,Steelers,Colts,Chargers AFC Wildcards - Jets,Jaguars

NFC Division Winners - Cowboys,Packers,Saints,Seahawks NFC Wildcards - Eagles,Panthers

(with him so far? great. here's where things go horribly wrong.)

AFC Championship Game - Jets def. Colts NFC Championship Game - Packers def. Cowboys

(now swallow your attabrine tablets,you're about to get thrown for a loop)

Superbowl Prediction - Jets win over Packers 35-31

For the record, of the twelve panelists seven had the Eagles making the playoffs,only one had Philly playing in the Championship game and he had us losing to the Cowboys.

I am calling myself up from a job unrelated to baseball to replace Durbin and Madson.There will be no need to keep them on the expanded roster.

Click the link to see TU football's homepage preview of Temple/UConn II

Last year's match up gave Temple a chance to avenge their ouster from the Big East against Connecticut.They would have won if not for a bumbling official who decided to institute pro rules in a college game to prevent a Temple victory.The UConn coach admitted TU won the game and the official later said he forgot that in college you only need one foot in the endzone to make a complete catch.

This Saturday at the Linc Temple will have a second chance at small conference football glory as they meet UConn for the second game of the home-and-home series.Temple is coming off a 35-7 thumping of Army but showed some signs that the team still doesn't have the chops to play a full four quarters.UConn is considered a contender for a Big East title, mainly due to the decline of the conference's level of competition.This will be a tough game.Look for another last minute win for Temple.

BONUS FACT: Temple led the NCAA in total red zone defense last year.

Well of course there's gonna be some less than flattering pics of her on the net.Too bad she's got a shirt on in this one.Frankly I think she's hotter now.

Republican dope John Mccain selected the Governor of Alaska for vice president,presumably in attempt to fool Americans into believing the Republican party is progressive.The Alaskan Gov ,currently serving year two of her elected post, is hot in a Betty Crocker/Rachel Ray kind of way and is the proud mother of 5.Oh, by the way she's married to an Alaskan oil rig executive though she says she wont stand for the US being a slave to big oil.She is also in touch with the common man (as long as the common man has enough money to run for governor,live in a state where more people have pilot's licenses than driver's licenses, and raise 5 hungry children in a mansion in the Yukon.Get this.Her oldest son is about to embark on his first tour of duty in Iraq.A perfect candidate for leadership? Nope.Just a f-ing ruse to get you to vote McCain. Don't be fooled by these charlatans. Vote for yourself.You'd do a better job.

I joined an 8 team league.We start 1QB 2RB 3WR/TE 1DEF 1K. TEs count as a WR if you want to start them.There are no reserve spots and you must fill roster gaps with the assigned positions.In other words you can't drop a WR for a reserve QB.You must carry the specified number of players at each position.I think I stole this thing already.In an 8 team league everyone is going to have a decent roster but these guys blew it.One dude picked 5 WR in a row.Yeah he got T.O. and Moss but his QB is Cutler and for some reason he drafted Willis McGahee who I thought was severely injured.Whatever. Here's my roster in order of selection:

1. L. Tomlinson

2. Tony Romo

3. Marshawn Lynch

4. Chad Johnson

5. Jason Witten

6. Roy Williams

7. Matt Hasselbeck

8. Antonio Gates

9. Jacksonville DEF

10. Fred Taylor (steal of the draft IMO)

11. Jonathan Stewart

12. Anthony Gonzalez

13. Rob Bironas

14. Houston DEF

15. Dallas Clark

16. Matt Stover

At first glance it appears I have too many TEs but I'm planning on starting 1 a week in place of my third WR. WR was a hot commodity and I chose to ignore the bigger names for the proven TD capabilities of the TEs. Frankly, I think I got all the ones that would have any value in this league.It was a bizzare draft and I found a lot of overlooked quality players at every pick.

For the first time ever in my ten year experience as a TU football fan we were favored in the season opener.Well not only did we cover the spread by 21 points we FUCKED ARMY UP!!!! 35-7!!! This may not be exciting news to the uninitiated in Temple fandom but let me assure you THIS IS HISTORIC!!! Next up, UConn.The thieving bastards stole a bowl game from us last year.Time for revenge.Hope UConn didn't have any weird ideas about winning the Big East because we're about to ruin that for them.OHHHHHHH YEEEEAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Having never been to Wisconsin I only think of cows,cheese, and Brett Favre when the state comes up in conversation.After a minor insult to a Wisconsinite on another article I decided I needed to educate myself about America's Dairyland.Here were the ten most popular topics that came up when I googled "great things about Wisconsin". Some I'm familiar with.Others left me scratching my head.

1.Beer. Point, PBR, Leinenkugels.Pabst Blue Ribbon needs no introduction.Leinenkugels is awesome.I recommend the summer variety pack.

2.Food-Obviously bratwurst but also something called cheese curds.Fish fries were mentioned several times.Culver's custard was popular.

3.Apparantley Wisconsinites refer to ATMs as "Tyme Machines". ??????????

4.Summerfest-A celebration of all things Milwaukee.

5.Platinum exits-Interstate exits receive precious metal ratings based on available services.Platinum exits have food,lodging,gas,fireworks,adult bookstores (I'm not making this up,really),strip clubs,etc.

6.Shopko-this must be some kind of a walmart set-up.People who move away from Wisconsin seem to really miss this place.

7.Pewaukee Lake/Wisconsin River-Lots of concerts and canoeing,fishing,sailing,etc.

8.supper clubs-according to one website Wisconsinites gather at these truckstop/bar/townhall establishments to get drunk and talk politics.

9.stop-and-go-lights - Their version of a traffic signal. Apparantley may have up to twenty lights on one pole because they get knocked down a lot during winter.

10.Fish boils- like a good ol' N'awlins fish fry except Scandinavian and without the Zydeco band.

All told it sounds like a place I'd like to check out for myself.Thanks for being great,Wisconsin!!

I'm not sure why this hillbilly is funny. He just has that "je ne sais quoit". (that's french for "hilarious after ten beers" for all you mountain folk)

On a recent article I posted the name Joe Morgan was brought up in reference to stupid baseball announcers. I was already aware that Morgan is an imbecile but what I didn't expect is that his unpopularity rivals that of lame duck prez, George Bush. Of those who commented on Joe Morgan there was a 100% consensus that he is an idiot. Complete and total agreement. This brings his approval rating to exactly 0% which easily makes him the second most unpopular guy in the country. It will be difficult for him to claim the #1 spot as Bush's approval rating is so low that no one is completely certain the number actually exists, or if does how to express so many decimal places. It's kind of like pi but is much more about the leader of the free world and not so much about the circumference of circles.Anyway, if you haven't already, try to catch an ESPN or Fox game that's being called by Joe Morgan and feel secure that no matter what you said or did last night it cannot possibly be as stupid as what this guy has going on.