As I stated before... I'm going to continue to publish a weekend 'feature' game (NCAA or NFL) here in this space (as well as a link to the blog space I'm running now which deals exclusively with NCAA/NFL Football & Fantasy Sports)...
WEEK 6 - FEATURE GAME - NCAA
PREVIEW: I took a bad beat here in this column last week when I suggested the Florida Gators over Alabama... The WHOLE SCENARIO got tossed right out the window when Gator QB John Brantley had to leave the game with an injury early in the 2nd quarter... Sometimes a team can hold ground in a situation like that... But to toss a sophmore QB (impromptu) into the battle vs. the #1 ranked defense in the country... You pack your bags...
No problem... It's a long season...
The most obvious 'FEATURE' game this weekend is the 'Red River Rivalry' (Texas - Oklahoma) held annually at the Texas State Fair... But frankly, I still think Texas (Longhorns) blow & the Sooners are overrated... So I'm going to skip that for a more eclectic pick...
Some... may STRAIGHTAWAY think I'll go the direction of the Florida - LSU matchup... But how can I (considering what I just said above about Florida sending a sophmore QB into Tiger Stadium)?...
Nope... Here's where I'm going instead...
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Maryland at Georgia Tech (-15) (12:00 ET)
Box Score | Recap
The Terps have had a weird season thus far under new head coach Randy Edsall... It started off great in a Monday Night win over 'The U', but then started to dismantle with a crazy home loss to West Virginia, followed by Temple...
Fortunately, last week they had a playing version of a BYE week by beating in state (lesser division) Towson State... Wins like that aren't going to impress either bookmakers or the betting public...
But here's the bottom line... If there's such a thing as "quality wins", then there ought to be such a thing as "quality losses"... The losses to WVU & Temple ought to be somewhat excuseable (as both are solid teams)... The Terps have no designs on the national championship, but they do have some raw talent on their team... Their CLASSIC role is in the 'underdog' spot, which makes this Georgia Tech matchup interesting...
The public, I feel, is a little too awestuck by GT's gaudy offensive numbers to discipline themselves to AVOID laying 15 points against an ACC foe... Virginia Tech, Clemson, & Florida State, IMO, still rank above the Ramblin' Wreck in terms of ACC dominance (maybe North Carolina too)... Thus, GT is not destined for the Orange Bowl & might as well start thinking 'Champs' sportsbar bowl, or [muffler to be determined] bowl...
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WEEK 5 - FEATURE GAME - NFL
Philadelphia Eagles at Buffalo Bills (1:00 EDT)
Line: Eagles by 3
The problems continue for the 'Dream Team'... I think 'Dream Team' is going to go down as one of the WORST labels of the decade... The last thing in the world you fucking want to be in professional sports is a 'Dream Team'... trust me... Right Le Bron? Right Boston Red Sox?
I'll take 'Moneyball' type teams any day of the week...
I'm going to use this space as my WEEKLY (make Matthew Berry [of the 'Talented Mr. Roto' fantasy fame - a 'Dream Team'-ish label in of itself] my whipping boy)... Matthew Berry was the one who unabashedly said to DRAFT MICHAEL VICK #1 in all fantasy leagues... Just so you know... Matthew Berry works for ESPN (who is owned by ABC/Disney)... Yeah - that's the SAME media conglomerate who last week decided to pull the Hank Williams Jr. "ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL" song & opening from the Monday Night Football (which was a song & expression that had become an American pop cultural icon for the past 30 years) telecast last week... Why?
Because HWJr. made an appearance on a Fox news show the day before and basically made a comment that 'Obama-Boehner' together (on the golf links) was like having 'Hitler&Netanyahu' together... Before we go further, let's understand the FACTS...
- First of all... Hank Williams Jr. is NOT an employee of ESPN
- Second... He did not call Obama 'Hitler'
So whatever actions were taken by Disney/ABC/ESPN stretched to the point that they were acting to mitigate what they 'perceived' (without foreknowledge) might be collateral damage... IOW - they were 'sucking up' to Obama & the office of the presidency, because even though the 'Hitler- Netanyahu' reference was NOT a characterization of the individuals, but rather a metaphorical description of entities with opposed PHILOSOPHIES - they were worried that the gullible 'American Idol', 'Dancing with the Stars' watching Americans would perceive it that way...
& furthermore... Even though Hank Williams IS NOT an ESPN employee, they chose to cut ties to something that probably ranks in the TOP #10 of cultural POP expressionism in the past quarter century, SO AS TO DO WHAT?... Not piss off Obama or his supporters???
I don't know... I REALLY DON'T KNOW... All I can say is that I stand by what I said in 2008... Which is... That the "Obamamania" messianic attitude was likely to bring this country 'culturally' to places we don't want to go... I said he would end up being more DIVISIVE than the opposite (& that people were being BLIND to that dynamic - just like being BLIND to the Bills 3-1 start; or the Lions at 4-0 [which are now accepted]; or the Panthers 'better than expected' [which most are still failing to see])...
The book is not fully written on that... But this episode with ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL???... All in all it's just another Brick in the Wall...
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As for Bills/Eagles... MEH... Eagles & their QB (you know - the former 'dog killing' guy who, when he became popular again last year after one good game [a game, STATISTICALLY, which was bettered by Aaron Rodgers last Sunday to relatively little fanfare], got a personal call from Obama saying how great he was...
Anyway... Nothing has really changed from last week to this... Oh... Here's the Matthew Berry beatdown (you know - that dick sucking guy from ESPN who ranked Vick as the #1 fantasy pick... ABSOLUTELY to be drafted #1 in ALL LEAGUES)... Well - right now he's #24 in fantasy value (basically - a run of the mill 3rd round pick)... He's behind Matt Hasslebeck, Eli Manning, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Matt Stafford, Cam Newton, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, & Aaron Rodgers in QB scoring... & in overall fantasy POSITION VALUE, ranks just behind Eric Decker, Jimmy Graham, Beanie Wells, & Rob Gronkowski...
So THAT's who will be leading the
- an OLD offensive line that can't block
- a linebacker corps full of rookies who can't run stop or pass cover
- ditto with safeties
- a team that can't convert 3rd & short yardages
& now ADD to that...
- A 'hobbled' stud pass rusher (Trent Cole) who will miss a few weeks due to injury
- a rookie kicker who misses a pair of 20 yarders per week
I'm guessing that the Eagles are HOPE(ing) that things will CHANGE pretty soon & that their 'Dream Team' will morph into a 'Summer of Recovery'... Probably the best thing they can do here is to play FAR from Philly at the moment...
But I'll go with the EAGLES for (0 units)... Sucker that I am...
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8 comments:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,790577,00.html
The Greatest Threat to Europe Is the Bailout Fund
AR,
you know, it's amusing, often, one will hear the Claim: "You can't solve a 'Debt Crisis', with more Debt.."
but, really, you can. because there isn't, just, "a 'Debt Crisis'"--There are more than One/Several..
so, really, one's 'Debt Crisis'--as we've, already, witnessed, here in the U.S., c.2008-9, can be solved with 'more Debt'..
just think about the 'Banks'/'Hedge Funds'/"Investment Banks"--that had "a 'Debt Crisis' (in relation to Cost)--they were able swap that 'dead Paper' for Fresh, walking, USTreasuries/Cash...
so, before Reading the Spiegel-article..I'd say "they're mistaken"..
"The Greatest Threat to Europe is, actually, 1. the EU/ECB, and 2. their (Europe's/the ECB's) Broken 'Banks'...
AAIP
@AAIP
Oh yes... You CAN solve a debt crisis... (well - not really)... But let's just pretend you can...
Here's how... YOU PRINT... & then after that... YOU PRINT... & inbetween PRINTINGS, you allow enough turmoil to manifest, that certain 'interested parties' can RAKE...
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It solves nothing in the end... But it does a lot of clever things in the process...
- It gives portfolio managers MORE TIME to cojole their clients into believing the FIAT system is viable... (Increasing their FEES & INCOME, albeit 'paper', in the process)... God knows if all those folks will get out in time... Or if their greed will overcome...
- It keeps TPTB in control (or what they BELIEVE is control)...
- It 'probably' keeps the incumbent in office (glidepath bitchez)...
- It keeps the poor... poorer... Which potentially improves the aggregate of the incumbents voting base...
- Probably keeps the Ritholtz blog alive for awhile...
- Probably keeps ZERO HEDGE alive (who 'bitch' about it)... Which, by nature, ALSO keeps a bunch of 'Prechter' disciples cleverly telling us all how the DEFLATION is coming in 5...4...3...2... (Whereby - they are CORRECT - but in their 'blindness', fail to see that their 'charts' are being BUTTFUCKED by policy in the short term)...
- Keeps a lot of people HATING on CV... Because I tell it like it IS...
cv
BTW
Let's see where we stand so far this weekend...
- NCAA (9-5)... +9 units
- NFL... I dunno, but +11 units as of last count
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- Steve Jobs (revolutionary of communications)... STILL DEAD
- Ray Kroc (revolutionaty of eating)... STILL DEAD (yet ZERO emotions shed - ZERO wreaths laid at McDonald's establishments)...
- Al Davis (NFL revolutionary)... NOW DEAD... No emotions from the general populace on this blog about his death... But THANKFULLY his RAIDERS played inspired...
Comments from BEN (#1 Raiders fan on this blog on that = 0)... (He's probably either still mourning Steve Jobs OR, the news didn't arrive yet on his Apple I-device)...
- EAGLES (mentioned in this thread... Led by Michael Vick [who threw 4 interceptions today - & who CV has talked about extensively for 18 months now]... LOST today... You know, that DREAM TEAM... is now 1-4...
:-/
Here's hoping that Andy T is having a good time in the Big Easy...
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Oh... & Yom Kippur in over...
No less than Chris Berman (ESPN)... & Matthew Berry (ESPN) made a BIG DEAL out of this this weekend...
But of course if CV makes a BIG DEAL out of it (going on two weeks ago)... I'M ANTI-SEMITIC...
So... MARKETS... Do what you want... TRADERS??? WTF can I say... Keep trading & keep sharpening up your 'hating' knives...
cv
Evening star bitchez (post RH-YK)...
Whoda THUNK it?...
cv
cv--
wtf? shouldn't you be "taking it 'EZer'?"
seriously.
AAIP
Successfully survived the Big Easy.
I love that place....pure debauchery....the ultimate "adult playground.". It's better than Vegas in several ways....mostly you don't lose a ton of money on the tables.
Had some awesome oysters at the Royal House...across from the more famous "antoines" Had tremendous steaks and wine at Dickie Brennans...."the" place to go for steaks in the French Quarter.
Managed to stay at various levels of intoxication for 36 hours in a row.
Have hit a wall now....longer drive home than anticipated.
Techno-narcissism, baby!
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