Random Thoughts....

The Panthers are gonna lose Sunday: because EVERY, and I mean EVERY pundit- whether it be in print or on TV has predicted a Vikes victory (except Bob Costas on Inside the NFL on HBO). If someone other than him has, I'd like to see it, paste a link in this thread if you have one please. I have yet to see it.
I must have imagined a 2-0 season so far (even against 2 bad teams), because we must still be a 1-15 team. So I will go on record to discredit them:
Coach Micool says the Panthers will win 28-20.
Bob Costas is a genius.
I'm a genius if we win.
I'm just a posting, hopeful, dillusion fan if we lose.
My predictions are free.

Are the Ravens and the Lions the two worst teams in the league only because the Panther beat them?

Chris Carter said Moss would single-handedly beat us (paraphrased), I guess he forgot about the game between us last year: we were worse then, and they are worse now, IMO.
How many catches for how many yards did Moss have last year againt us?

There will be lots of booing in the Metrodome Sunday.

If the Bears coach had of really wanted to "take out" Mike Vick, would he really have yelled it from the sidelines so everyone could hear? Like if it had of happened (Vick taken out by injury)NFL films wouldn't have been all over it.


Have you seen Detroit's schedule? The only two "easiest" games they have are against Arizona (away)and Dallas (home). They could break the Panther's record of 15 loses.

Did the Cowboys place that equipement case where it was on purpose, so it would break McNair's fall? Sounds like a conspiracy to me.

If you have to use the "run to set up the pass" or the "pass to set up the run", does that mean you have to suck at one or the other? Do you start with which one you are better at? John Madden says "nowadays it's pass to set up the run". What if you DO suck at passing, does that mean you are just gonna suck period? What ever happened to plain old "smash mouth" football, period?

How come Rodney Peete is such an "old man", and Kurt Warner and Rich Gannon are just "awsome" and in their prime? Right now his stats are better than those two. I'm sure that will not be a continuing trend, but WTF?

Ricky Williams is a good running back and all, be he just seems very wierd to me.

Why do they bother giving the weather in the city where the stadium is a dome? Who cares, it's football season.

Have you seen the Raven's schedule? The ONLY two "easiest games" they have are against the Bungles (home) and the Texans (away). THEY could possibly go 1-15. (That would'nt be 15 in a row tho.)

What happened to Corey Dillon?

Didn't the Charger start out this way last year? They were like 2-12 the year before, and when they started out last year 2-0 against 2 sorry teams, they suddenly were a "playoff caliber" team. WTF happened? By the time they were 4-0 last year, people were talking "home field advantage" implications in the playoffs!

How in the hell did Washington get two prime-time games two weeks in a row, considering last years success, or lack there of?

Bet Spurrier wishes they hada just been 1:00 games, blacked out!

Wonder if Snyder bitches at Spurrier? If he does I wonder if Spurrier punches him in the face?

Could Bill Cower's chin get any bigger? Probably will be to his waiste by the end of the season if they keep playing like they are.

Does anyone really like Mike Martz? Is anybody feeling sorry for him at the moment? Think Georgia Fronier could kick his ass? Think she will if they lose 2 more in a row?

My wife just aimed me, said she is "real excited " about going out to eat with me tonight. "Real, Real excited".
She didn't mention coming home.
Oh, she's excited cause she doesn't have to load the dishwasher.
Damn, and I do all the cooking anyway.

Why do wives always ask you what you are "doing on Sunday?"
(trying to make plans for you to do something) during Football season, then act surprised when you remind them it's football season. And we have been married for 16 football seasons.
There is always Fridays and Saturdays.
Then there's the "football on Sunday?" question...
My reply : "Isn't it _______? " (fill in with Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan.).

The Saints look good so far, but why is everybody jumping on the bandwagon touting them as the "class of the NFC" and they're destined for the SB? Doesn't anybody remember that happening last year, only to have them melt down in the 2nd half of last season? Damn, they sure do remember us going 1-15. Didn't they just barely beat us on the last play of the first game we played (as a 1-15 team) last year?

Why is the Steelers still ranked so high in the power rankings?
Why does the "best" 0-2 team, rank 10 spots higher than the "worst" 2-0 team?

Well, just some thoughts to share for now, feel free to add some of your own if you like....

 

Looks like a close one... odds link here.

 

Dayum, cool.

Oddsmakers (I guess more realistic) show as a dead even heat.
Has us -6, 48% chance away. I'll take that bet, put me in for $100.00 for Carolina to beat the spread.
Like I said before : 28-20.

I guess there's hope for us Sunday yet.

I kinda like being an underdog. We been that way since we been a team, for the most part. Nothing like sneakin up on people, then beating their ass. Even more fun winning when you aint supposed to. Makes the Pundits look stupid, 'specially the paid ones.
I love to see the expressions on the other coach's faces when we beat them. Most of 'em look like Spurrier or Cower (this past week) when we beat em, sometimes they never look that way any other time.
Thanks for the link Sand.

 

I think my wife should have figured it out in the three years we've been married that Sundays are off limits. She doesn't ask anymore... But she TRIES to get me to "listen on the radio" because "They are going to lose again". NOT THIS YEAR HONEY!

Ahh... wives. Little do they know it's ingrained in our DNA.

I think we are going to win, 14-13.

BTW, was that Joe Dirt that rushed that KC coach last night? Daaaaaaang.

 

Joe Dirt

Maybe it was......now that you mentioned it......

WTF were those guys thinking? I think the coach coulda beat both their asses at the same time, even with one of em havin a knife, it they hadn't surprised him with a blindside blitz.

Didn't they think they'd be swarmed by 22 big ass baseball players, having DT's from having to go off steriods and PO'd cause they didn't strike and get exactly what they wanted, stinging their asses like hornetts?

Bet they won't do that again. I thought I saw some excellent field goal attempts with their asses by some of the baseball players!

 

yeah, that wasn't really smart was it? It probably went down like this -

The old coach was standing on the sidelines, picking his nose, staring into the stands (nose picking trance).

The Redneck & his girlfriend sit in the stands, complete with the Aqua net Crispy Bangs, a torn, slitted Def Leppard T shirt and dirty stone washed Jeans...

"Hey, that guy is lookin at me Bobby Dean! Tell him to stop lookin at me!" the Trailerpark Princess says...

"Hey boy, stop looking at my Woman! I'm gonna kick your ass if you don't stop!" the Redneck boasts loudly at the coach.

Meanwhile, the coach is still in temporary mid-nosepick enduced coma...

"Hey boy! I'm talking to you! I'm gonna kick your ass man! Stop lookin at mah Wumin!!!" - The Neck screetches...

"I got your back diddy! Let's go whip his ass!" the drunked Skinhead son says...

"Boy, don't you rip that brand new Winger shirt! Take it off! I'm gonna take my new Steve Perry shirt off to show off my Rad Tattoos and scare the shit out of that Boy! I'll see you out back Bobby Sue!" - The neck kisses her goodbye...

The dynamic duo hops the fence while the Neck screams "Hey yall, watch 'isss!"

The rest you saw on TV.

 

OK, I thought about it:

Maybe those two guys are really just ultra-hardcore baseball fans, making a kamakazi attempt at boosting the plunging baseball ratings by starting a much needed brawl since there hasn't been one in a while.

 

nice post there, coach mccool. i dont know about this game this sunday- logically, i have to go with the panthers- but there is something in my gut that aint feel so good... well, really i never like to think the panthers are gonna win- they lost 15 straight last year when i thought like that.