Wisconsin had a year packed full of stories, ranging from Cinderella, a rebirth, a team and legend on the decline, and the exit of a savior. Here are the top 10 stories of 2005.
10. Terry Porter Gets The Dreaded Vote Of Confidence
After Larry Harris held a press conference to announce that Terry Porter was his guy and shouldn't worry about his future. Less than two months later, Porter was fired. The Bucks had some money to spend and had recently won the NBA draft lottery, so Harris thought he'd flirt with a big name coach, Flip Saunders. Saunders, a friend of Harris, wanted to wait until the situation in Detroit was resolved. After the organization thought they could wait no more (and a failed last minute run at Doug Collins) Harris settled on his man, former Bucks assistant coach Terry Stotts.
9. The Marquette Golden Eagles-Gold-Golden Eagles
After finally realizing what Marquette faithful have been saying ever since the name change, Marquette decided the nickname Golden Eagles was no good so they sought out to find a new one. From now on, Marquette would be the Marquette Gold. The Gold? What does that stand for, like the color gold? So after taking national heat, the University decided to vote on a new name. Warriors was not an option however. The list would get trimmed down to finalists, and in June the University announced their new nickname. The Golden Eagles. Apparently the University is just a big fan of the Julie Cooper-Nicol-Cooper character on the OC.
8. Pearle Volunteers His Services
Literally fresh off the heels of his UWM Panthers NCAA tournament run to the Sweet 16, head coach Bruce Pearle announced to his team on sunday March 27 that he intended to take the head job at Tennessee. On Monday March 28, Pearle was introduced as Buzz Peterson's replacement and the new head coach at Tennessee. The Panthers went on a job search shortly after before settling on Bo Ryan longtime diciple Rob Jeter.
7. What I Did On My Summer Vacation
The Milwaukee Bucks had arguably the best offseason in basketball. First they announced that their 2003 1st round selection TJ Ford would be healthy enough return to the hardwood when the season opened in November. Then they won the draft lottery and with the first overall pick selected Utah Center, and National Collegiate Player of the Year Andrew Bogut. Next they brought in a new head coach in Terry Stotts. After the new coach was in place, thier next move was to announce the re-signing of Michael Redd. The Bucks rounded out the summer by resigning Dan Gadzuric and Toni Kukoc, siging free agent swingman Bobby Simmons, and trading for New Orleans center Jamaal Magloire.
6. Tell Me You Saw That Creepy Grinn...
They should have wound up with the 6th or 7th pick, and the odds were definitely not in their favor, but somehow in need of a big man in a year where the best player in the country played that position the Milwaukee Bucks beat the odds and won the NBA 2005 Draft Lottery. When the second card was pulled and revealed the Hawks, the screen cut to Larry Harris and the creepy grinn he was flashing. Priceless. Also priceless was the "ANDREW BOGUT-CHA-CHA-CHACHACHA-ANDREW BOGUT.." chant started by three dudes in the Miller Park bleachers when the scoreboard flashed the news that the Bucks had won the lottery. Those three dudes were us (Fabos, Platta and myself), and man did the crowd dig it.
5. Wake Me Up When December Ends
Most Packer fans didn't know what to think about their chances going into the season as it was, but assumed teh team would be competitive and challange the Vikings for the divisional title. Fast forward to Christmas day at approximately 7:30pm. The Packers sit at 3-12 and the Bears have clinched the division. The team lost two pro bowl lineman in the offseason, and countless skill position players to major season ending injuries resulting in the team finishing below .500 for the first time in the Brett Favre era, and looking horrible in the process. Packer fans are now seeing something we never thought we'd see, Brett Favre on a losing team, and a horrible one at that.
4. Barry
Badger Head Coach and UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez announced before the season that this would be his last as head coach so he could shift his focus solely on serving as the University's Athletic Director. Alvarez also announced that Defensive Coordinator Brett Bielema would take over as the team's Head Coach in 2006. Alvarez goes out as the Univerity's all time winningist coach, the winner of three Rose Bowls in three appearances, and the only coach in Big Ten History to win consecutive Rose Bowls. Farewell and Thank You Barry.
3. The Times They Are A Changing
The Packers went through a drastic overhaul in the offseason. It started when Head Coach and General Manager Mike Sherman was striped of his General Manager title. Ted Thompson was plucked away from the Seahawks to replace Sherman as GM. The team also saw many coaches leave. Jethro Franklin went to USC, Ray Sherman left for the Titans, Bob Slowik was replaced and so was Kurt Schottenhimer to name a few. Slowik's replacement was former Dolphins interim Head Coach Jim Bates. Many speculated Bates was brought in to be a potential replacement to Sherman. The team also let a lot of veteran players leave via free agency or by releasing them. Mike Whale, Marco Rivera, Darren Sharper, Cletidus Hunt, Hannibal Navies were all amungst the names gone when training camp rolled back around. Since Thompson's arrival he has had the clear plan of a GM (rather than a coach) in rebuilding to make the team better for the futre at the cost of the present.
2. When Animals Attack
The NCAA tournament saw the state of Wisconsin put forth a good showing. The Badgers took eventual NCAA Champion North Carolina to the limits in their Elite 8 Matchup before UNC could narrowly escape the upset, but the story was the UWM Panthers. Making the tournament for just the second time in three years (and School history)UWM knocked off 5 seed Alabama in the first round, and then two days later stunned Boston College in another upset. The run would 5 days after that when they went down to the eventual National Runner up Illinois, but UWM captured the hearts of the nation and became the tournament darlings.
1. Come See What's Brewin'
For the first time in 13 sesons, the Milwaukee Brewers held the attention of the city for not only April and May, but the duration of the summer as well. Fans were even interested once September was winding to a hault. The reason, the Brewers broke their futility streak by finishing 81-81 (a record not sub .500 for the first time since 1992) and remained in a wild card hunt for the better part of the summer. Attendance records were set, and fans got the chance to finally see the prospects we've heard so much about for the past few years (JJ Hardy, Ricky Weeks, Corey Hart, Prince Fielder). The team has captured the city much like UWM did during their tournament run. With the Packers seemingly on the decline, it looks like the Brewers now have the stranglehold on the state with no intentions of releasing it.
Friday, December 30, 2005
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Best of 2005: Albums
2005 was an interesting year in the music business. New discs came out from legendary artists like Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Cream released a live disc. MTV continued playing hardly any videos, and the ones they do play are all hip hop, and the rock scene continued to make it's comback. Here are the top 10 releases from 2005.
10. O.A.R. Stories of a Stranger release date 10/4/05
This was the second major label release from the Maryland via OSU group, and much like 2003's In Between Now and Then, Stories of A Stranger sees the group continue the evolution in sound. The production quality on the disc is higher than any thing a fan of the group has heard from them as drummer Chris Culos and Sax player Jerry DiPizzo really shine on this record. The Album pulls of the feat of lending from an even wider range of influences than any previous O.A.R. disc, without losing any direction or making it feel out of place.
Key Tracks: Heard the World, Love and Memories, The Stranger, Lay Down, 52-50
9. Wallflowers Rebel Sweetheart released 5/24/05
Yes, the Wallflowers are still together and no this isn't their first release since 1996's Bringing Down the Horse. Rebel Sweetheart is the group's fifth studio release, and best album to date. Lead singer and guitar player Jacob Dylan's, the son of Bob, chose to go at it in the music busniess as a group so as not to bring attention to his family name and catch a break he otherwise wouldn't be afforded. The influences in this album are clearly classic acustic rock (Springsteen, Petty) and the end result is the fifth best album released this year.
Key Tracks: Days of Wonder, The Passenger, The Beautiful Side of Somewhere, Here He Comes (Confessions of a Drunken Marionette), We're Already There
8. Hot Hot Heat Elevator release date 5/5/05
The Record sounds more like something we would hear in the late 90's, early new millenium when the new wave of The Vines, The Strokes, The White Stripes and other bands first hit the scene. The lyrics are nothing to write home about, most of the songs are just about good natured burns, but the album packs a punch in the guitar category. The One song you may have heard before is the single "You Owe Me an IOU" just now starting to be featured on cell phone commercials.
Key Tracks: Goodnight Goodnight, Ladies and Gentleman, You Owe Me an IOU, Island of the Honest Man, Middle of Nowhere, Shame on You
7. Bruce Springsteen Devils and Dust release date 4/26/05
The Boss made his studio return this year sans the E-Street Band and much like 1995's Nebraska we once again saw a darker side of Springsteen. The album follows the same path as the 2002 release with the E-Street Band, The Rising in following a journey of a man, woman and society and as much as we'd like to believe it's the case, things don't always turn out the way we planned, or good for that matter all, the time.
Key Tracks: Devils and Dust, Reno, Long Time Coming, Maria's Bed, The Hitter
6. Kanye West Late Registration release date 8/30/05
While some will argue (myself included) that his 2003 release The College Dropout was a better album, the difference in the two is that record was more about Kanye the emcee and this record is more about Kanye the artist, featuring his songwriting, and production skills more than his mic skills. The end result is still avery solid album. Definitely the hip hop album to pick up for non-hip hop fans.
Key Tracks: Heard 'Em Say, Gold Digger, Drive Slow, My Way Home, Crack Music, Roses, Bring Me Down, Diamonds Remix
5. Death Cab for Cutie Plans release date 8/30/05
The Veteran groups seventh studio release has by far been their most commercially successful album. 2003's Translatlanticism started to garner them a small main stream following and Plans has added to that. They have recently been featured on Six Feet Under, The O.C. and performed on Comedy Central's Last Laugh '05.
Key Tracks: Marching Bands of Manhattan, Soul Meets Body, I Will Follow You Into the Dark, Your Heart is an Empty Room, Crooked Teeth
4. The Rolling Stone A Bigger Bang released 9/6/05
I wasn't exactly the biggest Stones fan growing up, but I appreciated their work. Actually, this was the first studio Album of thiers I'd ever purchased (greatest hits collections not withstanding). This album is if not the best, one of the better rock albums to come out in the past few years. It does take a political stance and after listening to a few songs it's easy to see what side of the fence they lie on, but that's what a Rock and Roll album should do. If nothing else, they've proved they still got it after all these years.
Key Tracks: Rough Justice, Let Me Down Slow, It Won't Take Long, Rain Fall Down, Streets of Love, She Saw Me Coming, Oh No Not You Again, Sweet Neo Con
3. The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan released 6/7/05
Since the release of White Blood Cells in 2002, Jack and Meg White has constantly been re-inventing themselves and turning out a new sound on each album, while still making it sound like a White Stripes Album. For the life of me I still cannot figure out how they produce so much sound when the band consists of just two people, even at live shows. Get Behind Me Satan saw them continue to flirt with a more gritt country sound all the while still turning out a rock album. With out a doubt, the best piece of work they've done yet. the Walking With a Ghost EP recently released also goes hand in hand with this album, pick that one up too. The unique thing about this album is that it is more singles driven than "overall theme" of the record and that works great for it.
Key Tracks: Blue Orchid, My Doorbell, Little Ghost, The Denial Twist, Take Take Take, As Ugly as I Seem, I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)
2. Coldplay X&Y released 6/7/05
Parachuttes and A Rush of Blood to the Head were both good discs, but X&Y is great. One of the best to come out in the last half decade. Where The White Stripes focused on a singles driven record, Coldplay went after the entire album concept and pulled it off. The songs each show evolution and seem to tell a story, and so do the song titles (It opens with "Square One" and ends with "Kingdom Come"). On this album more than ever before they seemlessly melded Chris Martin's powerful vocals and piano stylings with a rock driven bass line and guitar play. Even if you are not a fan of the band (oddly enough before this album I really wasn't) pick this disc up.
Key Tracks: Square One, White Shadows, Fix You, Talk, Speed of Sound, A Message, Hardest Part, Swallowed in the Sea, Kingdom Come
1. Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better released 10/4/05
This disc was supposed to be your typical sophmore album where we see after a breakthrough debut album, this band was nothign more than a flash in the pan. One small problem with that, nobody informed the boys from Scotland of this plan. You Could Have It So Much Better blends new age rock, classic rock and punk all in one and makes it sound like a style all their own. It also shows it that this album and the debut album, Franz Ferdiand, only scratched the surface of what they have to offer as a group.
Key Tracks: The Fallen, Do You Want To, This Boy, Walk Away, Evil and A Heathen, Elanor Put Your Boots On, Well That Was Easy, You Could Have It So Much Better
10. O.A.R. Stories of a Stranger release date 10/4/05
This was the second major label release from the Maryland via OSU group, and much like 2003's In Between Now and Then, Stories of A Stranger sees the group continue the evolution in sound. The production quality on the disc is higher than any thing a fan of the group has heard from them as drummer Chris Culos and Sax player Jerry DiPizzo really shine on this record. The Album pulls of the feat of lending from an even wider range of influences than any previous O.A.R. disc, without losing any direction or making it feel out of place.
Key Tracks: Heard the World, Love and Memories, The Stranger, Lay Down, 52-50
9. Wallflowers Rebel Sweetheart released 5/24/05
Yes, the Wallflowers are still together and no this isn't their first release since 1996's Bringing Down the Horse. Rebel Sweetheart is the group's fifth studio release, and best album to date. Lead singer and guitar player Jacob Dylan's, the son of Bob, chose to go at it in the music busniess as a group so as not to bring attention to his family name and catch a break he otherwise wouldn't be afforded. The influences in this album are clearly classic acustic rock (Springsteen, Petty) and the end result is the fifth best album released this year.
Key Tracks: Days of Wonder, The Passenger, The Beautiful Side of Somewhere, Here He Comes (Confessions of a Drunken Marionette), We're Already There
8. Hot Hot Heat Elevator release date 5/5/05
The Record sounds more like something we would hear in the late 90's, early new millenium when the new wave of The Vines, The Strokes, The White Stripes and other bands first hit the scene. The lyrics are nothing to write home about, most of the songs are just about good natured burns, but the album packs a punch in the guitar category. The One song you may have heard before is the single "You Owe Me an IOU" just now starting to be featured on cell phone commercials.
Key Tracks: Goodnight Goodnight, Ladies and Gentleman, You Owe Me an IOU, Island of the Honest Man, Middle of Nowhere, Shame on You
7. Bruce Springsteen Devils and Dust release date 4/26/05
The Boss made his studio return this year sans the E-Street Band and much like 1995's Nebraska we once again saw a darker side of Springsteen. The album follows the same path as the 2002 release with the E-Street Band, The Rising in following a journey of a man, woman and society and as much as we'd like to believe it's the case, things don't always turn out the way we planned, or good for that matter all, the time.
Key Tracks: Devils and Dust, Reno, Long Time Coming, Maria's Bed, The Hitter
6. Kanye West Late Registration release date 8/30/05
While some will argue (myself included) that his 2003 release The College Dropout was a better album, the difference in the two is that record was more about Kanye the emcee and this record is more about Kanye the artist, featuring his songwriting, and production skills more than his mic skills. The end result is still avery solid album. Definitely the hip hop album to pick up for non-hip hop fans.
Key Tracks: Heard 'Em Say, Gold Digger, Drive Slow, My Way Home, Crack Music, Roses, Bring Me Down, Diamonds Remix
5. Death Cab for Cutie Plans release date 8/30/05
The Veteran groups seventh studio release has by far been their most commercially successful album. 2003's Translatlanticism started to garner them a small main stream following and Plans has added to that. They have recently been featured on Six Feet Under, The O.C. and performed on Comedy Central's Last Laugh '05.
Key Tracks: Marching Bands of Manhattan, Soul Meets Body, I Will Follow You Into the Dark, Your Heart is an Empty Room, Crooked Teeth
4. The Rolling Stone A Bigger Bang released 9/6/05
I wasn't exactly the biggest Stones fan growing up, but I appreciated their work. Actually, this was the first studio Album of thiers I'd ever purchased (greatest hits collections not withstanding). This album is if not the best, one of the better rock albums to come out in the past few years. It does take a political stance and after listening to a few songs it's easy to see what side of the fence they lie on, but that's what a Rock and Roll album should do. If nothing else, they've proved they still got it after all these years.
Key Tracks: Rough Justice, Let Me Down Slow, It Won't Take Long, Rain Fall Down, Streets of Love, She Saw Me Coming, Oh No Not You Again, Sweet Neo Con
3. The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan released 6/7/05
Since the release of White Blood Cells in 2002, Jack and Meg White has constantly been re-inventing themselves and turning out a new sound on each album, while still making it sound like a White Stripes Album. For the life of me I still cannot figure out how they produce so much sound when the band consists of just two people, even at live shows. Get Behind Me Satan saw them continue to flirt with a more gritt country sound all the while still turning out a rock album. With out a doubt, the best piece of work they've done yet. the Walking With a Ghost EP recently released also goes hand in hand with this album, pick that one up too. The unique thing about this album is that it is more singles driven than "overall theme" of the record and that works great for it.
Key Tracks: Blue Orchid, My Doorbell, Little Ghost, The Denial Twist, Take Take Take, As Ugly as I Seem, I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)
2. Coldplay X&Y released 6/7/05
Parachuttes and A Rush of Blood to the Head were both good discs, but X&Y is great. One of the best to come out in the last half decade. Where The White Stripes focused on a singles driven record, Coldplay went after the entire album concept and pulled it off. The songs each show evolution and seem to tell a story, and so do the song titles (It opens with "Square One" and ends with "Kingdom Come"). On this album more than ever before they seemlessly melded Chris Martin's powerful vocals and piano stylings with a rock driven bass line and guitar play. Even if you are not a fan of the band (oddly enough before this album I really wasn't) pick this disc up.
Key Tracks: Square One, White Shadows, Fix You, Talk, Speed of Sound, A Message, Hardest Part, Swallowed in the Sea, Kingdom Come
1. Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better released 10/4/05
This disc was supposed to be your typical sophmore album where we see after a breakthrough debut album, this band was nothign more than a flash in the pan. One small problem with that, nobody informed the boys from Scotland of this plan. You Could Have It So Much Better blends new age rock, classic rock and punk all in one and makes it sound like a style all their own. It also shows it that this album and the debut album, Franz Ferdiand, only scratched the surface of what they have to offer as a group.
Key Tracks: The Fallen, Do You Want To, This Boy, Walk Away, Evil and A Heathen, Elanor Put Your Boots On, Well That Was Easy, You Could Have It So Much Better
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
The Hunt For April
There is one week left in the NFL regular season, and it's winding down to a photo finish. Just who will win the Race for Reggie? Well, if it ended today, the Texans would be placing Domanick Davis on the trading block and hiring the seamstress to fit Mr. Bush in blue with red trim. Here's how it looks now...
Houston 2-13
New Orleans 3-12
New York Jets 3-12
Green Bay 3-12
San Francisco 3-12
Houston can clinch the top spot with a loss this sunday when they battle fellow dwellers the 49ers. A win would not only cost them potential season ticket holders, but would cloud the picture and force math geeks to decide the fate of Reggie.
New Orleans is arguably the worst team in the NFL. The Packers drubbed them by 49 points way back in week five, so should the Packers and Saints both finish 3-13 would the Saints hold a futility tie breaker over them? The answer is no, tie breakers are determined by strength (or lack there of) of schedule, and as of right now the Saints have played the weakest schedule of the five teams in contention. Because it is the NFL's belief that if you struggle while playing inferrior competition you must be really bad and really need the top pick, the Saints would be the winners.
The Jets are also a terrible team. By looking at their record and play, you'd never know their head coach is Herman Edwards, but the NFL is weird like that. When Brooks Bollinger is leading your offense, an offense that I should point out features Cedric Houston, Jericho Cotchery, Chris Baker, a washed up Laverneus Coles and a highly overrated Just McCariens, looks like the defense better be scoring points for ya.
The Packers may just give the Jets a run for their money in terms of comically bad offensive players and names. Brett Favre's greatness regardless of what you hear from critics, has continued this year. Favre is tanking games and doing everything in his power to makesure he's lining up under center with Reggie Bush behind him next year. There is no other logical reason as to why else he has looked this bad. Well not unless you factor in that he's lost:
Javon Walker
Bubba Franks
Ahman Green
Najeh Davenport
Samkon Gado
Terrence Murphy
Robert Ferguson
Mike Flannigan
Rivera and Whale before the season even started
Now lets realize that he has thrown passes to:
Donald Driver
Javon Walker
Ferguson
Franks
Chatman
Donald Lee
David Martin
Mark Tauscher
Andre Thurman
Rod Gardner
Jamal Jones
Tony Fisher
ReShard Lee
Henderson
Gado
Green
And handed it off to:
Green
Gado
Davenport
Lee
Walt Williams
Fisher
Noah Herron
Yes his decision making has been aboslutely unfathomable, but he's playing with no talent around him and wisely realizes this is a bad team and winning won't help them. I'm glad that Favre is such a competitor and doesn't care about stats so much that he's willing to put a blemish on his otherwise hall of fame career by giving Vinny Testaverde a run for his money in terms on interceptions in a season. (If you're scoring at home, he has 28 and trails Vinny by 7...)
The Niners have a bad record and are a bad team, but unlike the Saints they play really hard. This scares the dickens out of me as a Packer fan.
The Docket
Seattle at Green Bay
Buffalo at NY Jets
New Orleans at Tampa Bay
Houston at San Francisco
Prognosis
As a Packer fan, the prognosis isn't good. Seattle has locked up every thing already and may rest Hasslebeck and Alexander after a quarter or even drive. Howeva, the Seahawks' reserves are without question better than any team we can put on the field, I mean c'mon people have you not been watching this team for the past 4 months? The Seahawks pick up the W.
Green Bay: 3-13
Neither the Jets nor Bills have anything to play for. The Bills already beat the Bengals last week. That was thier Super Bowl. Vinny starts and the Jets pick up a costly win.
New York: 4-12
Tampa is fighting for the Division crown. They're actually fighing for their playoff lives too. Factor in who they're playing. This is a no brainer. Not only are the Saints bad, but they always lay down at the end of the season. Who does Jim Haslett have naked pictures of?
New Orleans: 3-13
I really hope CBS puts their top crew on this game because for all intents and purposes, "The Bush Bowl" is the game of the week. The Niners have shown fight, and the Texans have had a propensity for "losing" close games, or just games period lately. Gee mysteriously Kirs Brown misses badly on an easy field goal attempt. Somehow they blow a 21 point lead in the 4th quarter. Then all of a sudden when the Packers pick up a win and give them some breathing room they win a game? I'm not buying it. Houston knows what's at stake here and they won't let this oppotunity slip away. San Francisco 24 Houston 6.
PROJECTED WINNER: THE HOUSTON TEXANS
So there you have it, we're still waiting on the final number from California and Texas, but we here at the Brew City Beat are going to go ahead and Project the Houston Texans as the newest employer of Reggie Bush.
Houston 2-13
New Orleans 3-12
New York Jets 3-12
Green Bay 3-12
San Francisco 3-12
Houston can clinch the top spot with a loss this sunday when they battle fellow dwellers the 49ers. A win would not only cost them potential season ticket holders, but would cloud the picture and force math geeks to decide the fate of Reggie.
New Orleans is arguably the worst team in the NFL. The Packers drubbed them by 49 points way back in week five, so should the Packers and Saints both finish 3-13 would the Saints hold a futility tie breaker over them? The answer is no, tie breakers are determined by strength (or lack there of) of schedule, and as of right now the Saints have played the weakest schedule of the five teams in contention. Because it is the NFL's belief that if you struggle while playing inferrior competition you must be really bad and really need the top pick, the Saints would be the winners.
The Jets are also a terrible team. By looking at their record and play, you'd never know their head coach is Herman Edwards, but the NFL is weird like that. When Brooks Bollinger is leading your offense, an offense that I should point out features Cedric Houston, Jericho Cotchery, Chris Baker, a washed up Laverneus Coles and a highly overrated Just McCariens, looks like the defense better be scoring points for ya.
The Packers may just give the Jets a run for their money in terms of comically bad offensive players and names. Brett Favre's greatness regardless of what you hear from critics, has continued this year. Favre is tanking games and doing everything in his power to makesure he's lining up under center with Reggie Bush behind him next year. There is no other logical reason as to why else he has looked this bad. Well not unless you factor in that he's lost:
Javon Walker
Bubba Franks
Ahman Green
Najeh Davenport
Samkon Gado
Terrence Murphy
Robert Ferguson
Mike Flannigan
Rivera and Whale before the season even started
Now lets realize that he has thrown passes to:
Donald Driver
Javon Walker
Ferguson
Franks
Chatman
Donald Lee
David Martin
Mark Tauscher
Andre Thurman
Rod Gardner
Jamal Jones
Tony Fisher
ReShard Lee
Henderson
Gado
Green
And handed it off to:
Green
Gado
Davenport
Lee
Walt Williams
Fisher
Noah Herron
Yes his decision making has been aboslutely unfathomable, but he's playing with no talent around him and wisely realizes this is a bad team and winning won't help them. I'm glad that Favre is such a competitor and doesn't care about stats so much that he's willing to put a blemish on his otherwise hall of fame career by giving Vinny Testaverde a run for his money in terms on interceptions in a season. (If you're scoring at home, he has 28 and trails Vinny by 7...)
The Niners have a bad record and are a bad team, but unlike the Saints they play really hard. This scares the dickens out of me as a Packer fan.
The Docket
Seattle at Green Bay
Buffalo at NY Jets
New Orleans at Tampa Bay
Houston at San Francisco
Prognosis
As a Packer fan, the prognosis isn't good. Seattle has locked up every thing already and may rest Hasslebeck and Alexander after a quarter or even drive. Howeva, the Seahawks' reserves are without question better than any team we can put on the field, I mean c'mon people have you not been watching this team for the past 4 months? The Seahawks pick up the W.
Green Bay: 3-13
Neither the Jets nor Bills have anything to play for. The Bills already beat the Bengals last week. That was thier Super Bowl. Vinny starts and the Jets pick up a costly win.
New York: 4-12
Tampa is fighting for the Division crown. They're actually fighing for their playoff lives too. Factor in who they're playing. This is a no brainer. Not only are the Saints bad, but they always lay down at the end of the season. Who does Jim Haslett have naked pictures of?
New Orleans: 3-13
I really hope CBS puts their top crew on this game because for all intents and purposes, "The Bush Bowl" is the game of the week. The Niners have shown fight, and the Texans have had a propensity for "losing" close games, or just games period lately. Gee mysteriously Kirs Brown misses badly on an easy field goal attempt. Somehow they blow a 21 point lead in the 4th quarter. Then all of a sudden when the Packers pick up a win and give them some breathing room they win a game? I'm not buying it. Houston knows what's at stake here and they won't let this oppotunity slip away. San Francisco 24 Houston 6.
PROJECTED WINNER: THE HOUSTON TEXANS
So there you have it, we're still waiting on the final number from California and Texas, but we here at the Brew City Beat are going to go ahead and Project the Houston Texans as the newest employer of Reggie Bush.
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