This week's question: Can the cougs beat a J.V. girl's volleyball team?

Nope. Not anymore. Not when they can only muster 158 total yards. Yes, you read that correctly, 158 total yards, and just 51 yards passing. Ha! 51. Good grief.

How many first downs did they get, you ask? Four. Four first downs. Way to go wazzoos, you just got spiked on by a J.V. girls volleyball team.

They had 3 more turnovers, making their total 16 through 5 games. Good times. That comes out to 1 every 5 minutes, I believe. Let's start the Wulff watch right about yesterday, shall we? As in, how long before Paul Wulff gets shown the door to the cow paddy with nothing but a big blank spot in his resume?

Broncos, what?

The Broncos, yes, those Broncos, have officially become a team to watch. First the Stokely catch, and now Brandon Marshall's 51 yard TD. You don't see that everyday.

In other news, the Rams still suck.

I'd be writing much more about some of the great games today if I hadn't worked through all of them and started watching highlights at 11:30pm. Oh well. I'll be keeping my eye on the Chargers, Patriots, Ravens, Steelers, Saints, Giants and Colts this season. Really wish I wasn't working every weekend, cuz it promises to be a great year. You know, for teams not named the Seahawks.

Things that should have happened...

It's small comfort to say the Huskies could have beaten Notre Damn (yeah, that's an intentional spelling). Considering where they were last year, I should be relatively happy with their performance, but 3 goal line opportunities resulting in only 3 points? Not so much. That game should have been in the bag. We should have beaten them by 2 TD's, even if our defense forgot to tackle on a few plays. It doesn't help to know the refs blew the call on Polk's touchdown, & then blew another on ND's 2 point conversion.
Yes, the team is much better. Yes, Locker is incredibly clutch in the 2 minute offense. Yes, we have an incredibly tough schedule. Sure, sure sure. However, when you let one slip away, all those improvements aren't going to help you sleep at night.
The way this team has been playing, I would expect them to run roughshod over the Pac-10 & get into a bowl game. On the other hand, the way this team has been playing, I would expect them to finish with a sub-500 record.
We'll see.

Positive reinforcement

We need more stories like this. Hey media! More positive stories. Less T.O.

Catching up: Can the cougs beat a jv girls volleyball team?

Sorry, dear readers, for the lapse. I was in Canada, getting engaged. This, apparently, is what you do while in Canada.

Back to the cougs. Last week against an actual jv girls volleyball team, Southern Methodist, the cougs had to come from behind in the 4th quarter and pulled out a victory in overtime. So technically, yes, the cougs can beat a j.v.g.v.t. Good job cougs. Barely.

This week against USC, the cougs could not amass more than 6 points, which was 6 better than last year's total. USC is not the same team as last year, but they didn't exactly sweat it out against the wazzus, so this week's summation? WSU can no longer beat a j.v.g.v.t.

Oh, how fleeting this gridiron glory.

Next up, the Ducks, who are most certainly NOT a j.v.g.v.t. At least this year. Should be embarrassing.

Seahawks eat cupcakes for breakfast

After watching the Hawks opener on tape delay, I'm left with a couple of thoughts. One; things are not all right with Hasselbeck just quite yet, and two; the Rams still suck.

It's as if the Seahawks were a Division 1 football team who scheduled an NAIA school to come to town so they could run up the score, try some things out and generally not be tested at all until conference play started. Woohoo, what a show. Here's to the thought that when the Seahawks play an actual NFL team, they will be ready. It's kind of hard to judge how good the defense is, if the receivers are really that good at getting open, etc. against the inspired play of the St. Louis practice beach volleyball squad.

That being said, I enjoyed the 2nd half very much. If I had just watched only the 2nd half, I probably would have a much higher opinion of the ball club. Not that it matters, as we're still in the NFC West and the Cardinals look like their old selves again and probably won't be making their way to the superbowl.

My prediction after one game? We get 9 wins and a playoff berth. Or maybe more, if everyone stays healthy and Hasselbeck doesn't throw 4 interceptions a game.

Two more notes on the Rams:

• Their punter Donnie Jones is a stud. I wish he played for the Huskies. The talent level is probably about the same, so he might not notice.
• For all St. Louis' issues, I feel Greg Easterbrook's football gods will end up rewarding Steve Spagnola for not pansying out and kicking a meaningless field goal at the end of the game just to put a score on the board. He went for it on 4th, and you don't see attitudes like that very often. Hell, that might be the last time you see it from him, but I applaud the attempt. 

And finally, the call by Gus Johnson on the 87 yard tipped pass touchdown to win the game for the Broncos with 20 seconds left has achieved save until delete status on my dvr. Absolutely fantastic. If only every announcer could react in such a way. I could care less about the Broncos and I had my hands in the air and a ridiculous smile on my face. Amazing how one call can restore my joy in the game.

Sunday morning fb notes

Oh, how I forgot how stupid the talking voices can be. I swear, listening to football commentators can definitely make you more dumber. I would pay darn good money for a t.v. App that allows you to switch from the nationally backwards network spokespersons to the local radio coverage of either team. Either that, or have an alternate channel with articulate commentators that can dispense inside knowledge without using cliches and sounding like news anchors trying to convince us that a rainstorm is a national tragedy. Is that too much to ask?

Speaking of, I heard one announcer in the Broncos/Bengals game say that he wouldn't feel comfortable putting the ball in anyone's hands save for the QB in a 3rd and 2 situation. This was in reference to the wildcat. Really? Because the running back can't handle the ball? Because you wouldn't hand it off in a 3rd and short situation anyway? Good lord. Another genious in the Vikes/Browns game said "Favre is one of the all time great players of all time." Exact words.

Other quick notes:

• The Browns will not win the Superbowl when Eric Mangini can't trust his offense to get 3 yards on 4th down and would rather kick a field goal.
• Braylon Edwards is a stud.
• I hope Brett Favre suffers a season ending injury and goes away forever. Then, and only then will the Vikings be a "superbowl threat." Until then, I feel sorry for their defense, which will have to carry that team.
• Chad Johnson now officially Esteban Ocho Cinco? Awesome.
• Sideline reporters, still superfluous and unnecessary, except for Charissa Thompson, who is superfluous and necessary.

All for now, as I have to work soon. It's kind of like having to work on Christmas morning, which sucks, but needed if you have bills.

I would also like to have an app which would erase the necessity of having to pay bills.