Posts Tagged ‘football’
• I’m very happy that there’s going to be an NFL season this year. I’m not happy that the SportsCenter app keeps going off every two minutes with an NFL signing announcement, and so far all the Vikes have managed to do is cut some good players and sign a mediocre receiver away from Chicago. [...]
So I spent almost seven hours yesterday just hammering away at the commuter frame with the needle files, cleaning up the lugs and all the other points where silver touched the frame and fork. And I’m 98% done — just some clean-up on the places where the dropouts touch the chainstays. And my thumbs are [...]
So here’s what I liked from the Vikes game yesterday: 1. E.J. Henderson’s pick in the fourth quarter. It’s good to see E.J. back on-form and healthy. He’s the heart and soul of our linebacking corps, and the pick in the fourth quarter was absolutely textbook. He showed blitz, dropped into coverage, then came forward [...]
I have a doctor’s appointment today. Follow-up on a few things, and going over some new things. I won’t go into detail here — not until I know for sure what’s up and the people closest to me have been made aware of anything important that comes out of this. The Vikings have eked out [...]
Tonight, my brother and I are going to see the Vikings play the Chiefs in a pre-season NFL game. These things are normally like watching paint dry, but c’mon — Favre? At QB for the Vikings? Who could pass up such an opportunity? There’s been a lot of bitching and moaning about what a prima [...]
Last night, at poker, it was determined that there should be a new hand: the “prime straight.” This would be A-2-3-5-7 or 2-3-5-7-A (whomever was smart enough to claim the ace as an 11 would win the apparent tie). There would also be the “prime straight flush”, of course. We also discussed the A11 Offense, [...]
