In case you forgot

Just have to remind the world, even if two great 3-0 teams playing on TV is not attractive to ya...TWO WORDS!

JENN BROWN!!!!

A great game and Jenn!

Thursday Night Big 12 South Battle!

Two good teams from the Big 12 south! Two 3-0 teams! That is some nice Thursday Night Football!

Go Aggies!

No Barry Sanders

Sunday Night Football

Could we be in for a Zero Zero tie tonight? Ok, maybe that is doubtful but this game should be close, should be fun! No Revis, no problem! This defensive is good! And while no one is talking about the Dolphins, I like this team lots. Should be a close one....why do I want to to play volleyball then? Ahh, the pic....sorry!

No caption here, no need!

Over under on Rex Ryan closeups...375!

Over under on the Dolphins Cheerleaders being shown...10!

Over under on Braylon Edwards close ups....15!

Over under on Bob Costas monologues....2!

Over under on 30 Rocks promos.....1!

Over under on @lordofnorings tweets during the game.....5!

Over under on Lordofnorings cheerleader pics....take the over, no matter what!

What is wrong with the world today?

Sunday Surprises

Lots of see today, lots to be surprised about too!

Lets start with this mornings blog....

Winer Winner Special Teams gets a dinner!

 NEVER MIND! San Diego's SPECIAL teams have now cost them 2 games out of the first 3! While I expect them to still win the West, will this cost them home field? An extra game? Perhaps they now won't win the West? The schedule is still soft as is the division, but it is hard to imagine this not costing them at some point.

Rivers attitude did not make them 1-2, their kickoff return defense did!

Charlie Batch! What can we say? Here is what we can say...Big Ben is OVER RATED! He got drafted my a great team with a great system and he has been the lucky one to be there while they get it done around him!This team could win with Ryan Leaf at QB!

Big Charlie

Now to the Chiefs. As I said in a tweet earlier (follow us @lordofnorings) lots of us expected them to be better but wow! Speed kills...speed makes a coach great...speed wins! PERIOD! And in KC they have some speed to burn! So they move on to the bye week at 3-0! Pretty good stuff!

USC's best backup QB

The weekend has been fun, full of surprises as always! Hartley and Janikowski misses cost their teams wins...Vick puts it in the end zone 4 times...the Giants look horrid...the Rams win a game....and we still have 2 games left!

Battle for the West Coast

While we love Pete Carroll, listening to the experts rail on about Rivers and the Chargers getting beat because of Rivers attitude is just dumb! Listen, 3 weeks ago the Chargers were Super Bowl contenders and the Seahawks were in the race for the #1 pick! Rivers is not hated, not even close!

Doing things in the rain!

What has changed in two weeks? Not a thing but opinions! OK, SD lost a big nationally televised game, and Seattle has not stunk, but Rivers should torch the weak Seattle D and all will be well in SD again! 

Seattle is going the right way....up! But not this Sunday...not yet!

The Battle for Texas!

This is a big game for the Cowboys...and the Texans....and every red blooded boy in the State of Texas! I expect the Boys to get back on track, we shall see!

 Expect Romo to play big in Houston! Bryant, although banged up, is ready to break out, and Witten, also banged up last week, could do well against the Texans! Schaub and AJ are studs, but I expect the Cowboys to save the season today!

Longhorn pyramids rock!

Cali girls!

If this game was out West it would be an upset waiting to happen, it Texas, gotta like the Longhorns today.....gonna be a good game to watch for sure!

Maybe AJ Smith does win!

Maybe he isn't so dumb?

Perhaps Marcus McNeill got bored. Maybe he just wants to play!

Or.....

maybe he saw that AJ isn't playing around with Vincent Jackson!

Marcus McNeill reported to the Chargers. Coinfidence? Funny timing?

Or perhaps AJ Smith did what he wanted to do, got his Left Tackle back, and let a WR go!

He signed the TENDER offer, about $600K. He will be back for the New England game! Hmmm!!!

ESPN's Adam Schefter was the 1st I saw reporting McNeill being back by the way, credit where credit is due!

Game of the Day! Boise State and Oregon State

Flexibility is good

 The big game today is BCS buster's Boise State hosting Oregon State! The experts all over the TV are saying Boise needs to win by 50 to matter! WHATEVER! These guys are GOOD!

This is a good game, these are good teams, Boise is ELITE! If they win, which I expect, they are what we already know they are....a top 5 team in the nation!

I will be watching the blue turfers and rooting even! It was and is a great story!

Listening to the experts rail on about Boise having to win huge is silly! The Pac 10 is solid, a win against a solid Mike Riley team is a big deal....period! I do not get the small school's lack of respect. I hope a nice result today ends that...I know it won't.

Not a Duck

TCU vs SMU

Better game than I expected, at least in the 1st half....

Does 3 beat one?

but...who wins the battle of the cheerleaders?

The UFC Dodged TWO Bullets!

Originally published at mmalives.blogspot.com


We all watched Carwin DOMINATE Round 1 before getting crushed and eventually submitted in Round 2 allWe all watched Carwin DOMINATE Round 1 before getting crushed and eventually submitted in Round 2 allowing Lesnar to keep the belt...and more importantly NOT allowing Carwin to take it.

Then we all watched Sonnen DOMINATE for 4 plus rounds the champ Anderson Silva.

Both easily could be the current champs! BOTH!

That would have been VERY VERY BAD for the UFC and all of us!

Since the fights what has happened? First Carwin gets mentioned regarding drugs. Then Sonnen FAILS his test! Can you imagine the media who already do not get MMA going bonkers? Is it hard to imagine in a scenario like this Dana White being interviewed by Katie Couric let alone all the non-mma sports reporters? Maybe even Senator McCain would start throwing bombs at us!

The UFC got lucky....heck we all did!

As an MMA fan I feel like we all dodged a bullet!owing Lesnar to keep the belt...and more importantly NOT allowing Carwin to take it.

Then we all watched Sonnen DOMINATE for 4 plus rounds the champ Anderson Silva.

Both easily could be the current champs! BOTH!

That would have been VERY VERY BAD for the UFC and all of us!

Since the fights what has happened? First Carwin gets mentioned regarding drugs. Then Sonnen FAILS his test! Can you imagine the media who already do not get MMA going bonkers? Is it hard to imagine in a scenario like this Dana White being interviewed by Katie Couric let alone all the non-mma sports reporters? Maybe even Senator McCain would start throwing bombs at us!

The UFC got lucky....heck we all did!

As an MMA fan I feel like we all dodged a bullet! all watched Carwin DOMINATE Round 1 before getting crushed and eventually submitted in Round 2 allowing Lesnar to keep the belt...and more importantly NOT allowing Carwin to take it.

Then we all watched Sonnen DOMINATE for 4 plus rounds the champ Anderson Silva.

Both easily could be the current champs! BOTH!

That would have been VERY VERY BAD for the UFC and all of us!

Since the fights what has happened? First Carwin gets mentioned regarding drugs. Then Sonnen FAILS his test! Can you imagine the media who already do not get MMA going bonkers? Is it hard to imagine in a scenario like this Dana White being interviewed by Katie Couric let alone all the non-mma sports reporters? Maybe even Senator McCain would start throwing bombs at us!

The UFC got lucky....heck we all did!

As an MMA fan I feel like we all dodged a bullet!

Captain Obvious Post of the Day

Braylon Edwards is an idiot!

Ok, I feel better now.

Holy CRAP!!! Jennifer Sterger......HOLY CRAP!!!

Ok, I admit it, I am move than a little, umm, well, a fan of the gorgeous Jennifer Sterger of Versus The Daily Line. So when I saw that she is following us on twitter...well, I aint bummed!

Hope she stays, hope my constant telling the world of her amazing gorgeousness never gets old, hope I can stop talking at some point.....

Can you tell I am smiling????

I am!

Did I mention I like Jennifer Sterger? Ok, just checking!

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Jenn Brown makes Thursday Night worth watching

I would watch Thursday Night Curling as long as Jenn Brown was doing the sideline reporting!

Does curling have sidelines?

Who cares, Jenn is amazing!

Thursday Night Football

Watching Miami Pitt, ok ok, the Canes should win. but....do they win the cheerleader challenge??? Hmmmm???

Happy BDAY to 40/40!

Happy Birthday to Jose Canseco!

Pay College Athletes?

Maryland's Hoops coach Gary Williams says players should get paid! He stated they could easily recieve a $200 stipend per month!

It is a complex issue.....and you know what?

Williams is right! Pay them $200 a month.

This Weekend!

Lots of good stuff on the way!

Bama/Arkansas 

Cowboys/Texans 

UFC 119 

I know I am ready!

Lord of No Rings

OK, so Vincent Jackson's agent said Chargers GM AJ Smith was "The Lord of No Rings"


In general I have a rule, take the side against the agent...but this is a good line...and so I am stealing it...ehhhh borrowing it....urrr....taking it!


While looking for a name for the blog I considered "Branyan to the DL" but it seemed boring. Why Branyan to the DL?


Back in July Branyan got hurt...he had a bad toe. A toe that was allegedly the victim of horrible, unprovoked table attack.

The story goes Branyan went to close the curtains in his hotel room at 5 a.m.  when the vilolent table unleashed its attack. The table went Georges St Pierre on Branyan's toe. Now, with the Seattle Ichiro's 365 games out in the AL West, Branyan had another very believable mishap. Now it is another evil piece of furniture....the offending furniture this time is a pizza parlor chair! This guy is clearly not the most creative story teller of all time!


Anyway, Lord of No Rings it is. I never got a ring...well, other than in high school, and getting married, but those don't make for good blog names. Shoot, maybe "Lord of the No Rings" doesn't either, but that is what I am going with!