Super Bowl XLIV was one of the best played games I have seen in a long while. Everything about the game was perfect. The game featured the two best teams from the regular season and it showed in the Super Bowl.
The reason why I say the game was perfect is because there were few penalties (8 for 64 yards), there was only one turnover, granted it was one of the biggest plays of the game. Both teams were 2 for 3 in the red zone. Indy had the advantage in overall yards 432-332 but other than that most of the other game stats are also very close in comparison.
Even the play which were run by both teams in the game were executed well. If there was a pass play, the defender was right on the reciever so if the ball was caught the player would be tackled immediately. The running game was the same story, both teams were successful but there was a body on the running back quickly.
The play which changed the game was the onside kick by the Saints to begining the second-half. In my mind that is the game changer right there. The Colts stopped the Saints before the half, holding them to only a field goal. If the Saints kick the ball away, there is a good chance the Colts would have at least three points on that drive.
The 2010 Beanpot Finals will be played tonight from TD Bank Garden in Boston, Ma. The game will feature Boston College versus the twenty-nine time, and defending Champion Boston University.
Boston College got to the finals by defeating Harvard in the first round 6-0. It was a game that BC had control of for the entire game. Boston University beat Northeastern 2-1, in a rematch of last years Beanpot Finals.
Any BC v. BU game is always exciting but when it is for the Beanpot and bragging rights around town for the rest of the year, the game always tends to highten in intensity.
This is why I love when other parts of the country become the weathers asshole and get shit on with rediculous amounts of snow. Not fourteen whole inches, its not like where I live (Mass.) we dont get fourteen inches every fucking two days.
So a season of game picks comes down to one game. I have made up my mind…Kind of.
First let me start by saying, this Super Bowl will be exciting because for the first time in a while the two best teams are playing in the game. Yes, theoretically the Super Bowl always has the two best teams but the Saints and Colts were without question the two best teams all season.
My pick:
I am taking the Saints over Colts.
Now why I am making this pick I’m not sure. Earlier in the week I told one of my friends that the Saints will have a 31-28 lead and the Colts will score with around 1:50 to play. Colts will win 35-31
(7:04:19 PM): bruins will lose 3-2…shootout heart breaker
…was the instant message I sent to my cousin last night as National Anthems were playing before the Bruins v. Canadiens game.
Its not really a prediction as it is i’ve just seen way to much Bruin hockey in my lifetime and I’m used to this.
—Also just to have on the record, when the Bruins lost to Montreal in the 2007-08 playoffs, I said after the series that Carey Price would not be the started for Montreal in three years. Just the way all of their goalies of the future (Price, Huet, Theodore) have only lasted a few seasons before being replaced. Jaroslav Halak has taken the starting job from Price during January.
As of last night it was reported all throughout the NHL Ilya Kovalchuk was traded to the New Jersey Devils.
The deal came after Kovy, turned down two separate contracts from Atlanta. One for 7 years, $70Mil and the other was 12 years, $102Mil.
New Jersey, did not part with much to get Kovy in return, the trade broke down like this:
Atlanta trades:
Ilya Kovalchuk
New Jersey trades:
D. Johnny Oduya
F. Niclas Bergfors
Patrice Cormier (prospect) remember him??
2010 first-round draft pick
The move is something that will help the Devils in the short-term and give them a better shot at making it to the Cup Finals.
As for the future, I’m not sure that Kovy will be staying with the Devils, in fact, I do not think he signs with any NHL team. if he leaves the NHL for Russia after this season he would be a star of the country and probably get his own town named after him.
Ok, I’m going to give a clue now…I don’t want anymore bullshit from this team the rest of the season. NO MORE!!! We don’t need any more people to start freaking out like this guy. The Bruins are struggling, it is painful to watch bt it comes with the territory of being a Bruins fan.
With Tuesday’s loss to the Capitals, the B’s have now lost eight straight games something that has not been done since the 1997 season.
If you are a Bruins fan and you are wondering how a team that was so good last season can just suck so much this year? Well first off, they are the Bruins, sucking is their number one priority. But every team has it’s ups and downs of a season, thats why everyone plays 82 games. Look at the list I have made below, the Bruins have had a drought every season since 2002:
2009-10:(23 and counting) 8 and counting
2008-09:(52 wins) lost 6 of 7 in March
2007-08:(41 wins) 6 game skid in Dec
2006-07:(35 wins) 5 game skid in Jan followed by losing 11 of their last 12 on the season.
2005-06:(29 wins)6 game skid in Nov (also part of losing 9 of 10), 6 game skid in March, lost last 5 to end the season
2003-04:(41 wins) Went on a 6 game winless streak in December (0-4-2 back when team’s tied)
2002-03:(36 wins) two separate 5 game losing streaks
Like I have said, if the Bruins can be somewhere in contention come the Olympic break, take the break to get healthy, possibly (hopefully) acquire another player. This team can be built for the long haul of the playoffs.
Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller was named to the US Olympic team along with the rest of the teams members after the 2010 Winter Classic.
Miller will probably be seeing most of the time in net for Team USA. Even if Miller did not play a minute, it did not stop him from getting a sweet ass brain bucket to wear during the tournament.
I always enjoy when goalies put sweet designs on their mask’s, it is unique and it helps to define goalies. I hope the other goalies on Team USA (Tim Thomas, Johnathan Quick) have something drawn-up for their Olympic mask’s.
I know everyone is as excited for the Pro Bowl as I am. Fuck thatA match-up of the 2008 NBA Finals will be renewed for the third time since the two teams met in The Finals. The Boston Celtics (29-15) take on the Los Angeles Lakers (36-11) from the TD Garden in Boston today at 3pm.
The Lakers will finish off the Boston v. LA weekend extravaganza and it will be the Lakers looking to complete the LA sweep. LA Kings beat Bruins 3-2 on Saturday.
The Celtics come into the game riding a two game losing streak, while the Lakers have won their past three all by at least eight points.
The game is meaningful for both teams. If the Lakers win, it will just be another way to show why they are the defending champions. Along with a big group of Laker players who believe the 2008 championship, the Celtics won, should belonged to them as well.
Kobe Bryant (left), Kevin Garnett (right)
For the Celtics, this is a statement game. It is a way to show how a loss to Atlanta, resulting in a season sweep for Atlanta, will not effect their goal of winning a championship. Also to prove to LA and other doubters in the league that the Celtics are not going to fall apart because of age and injuries but they will rise above it all.
At this current time in the season and with the way the Celtics have played as of late, the Lakers are probably going to win this game. I know it’s the Lakers and its in Boston, but the C’s have lost 10 of their last 16 and are not showing signs of winning.
I think the final score will be 104-92 Lakers, but the Celtics will be aggressive and in the game until the 7 minute mark of the fourth quarter.
–Note: LA ended the Celtics 22 game winning streak last Christmas Day 2008. A win for Boston would be a perfect stepping stone for a new winning streak.
Let the streak continue, the Bruins (23-21-9) lost their seventh game in-a-row on Saturday night. This is the first time this has happened since 1997. At this point I feel like a coach in the locker room giving the team a ulitmatium. Do you want to play or should we just give-up on the rest of the season today. But seriously WHAT THE FUCK!??!?!?!
The only positive to the Bruins losing ways, is if they keep it up and don’t make the playoffs they could end up with two top ten draft picks this year.
A positive about last night’s game is the Bruins had pretty much all of their roster available. The first time that has happened in a while. The team was still only able to mustard two goals in the shootout loss.
The Bruins battled back from an early 1-0 deficit. A goal let up on a redirection thorough Tim Thomas five-hole. The B’s scored two goals, one in the second and another about two minutes into the third period. Like a law of nature, the Bruins would go ahead and surrender a late goal to allow Los Angeles (32-19-3) a chance at the win.
Taking a team like the Kings to overtime is not a bad thing from the Bruins perspective because they still get a point from the game. But it is a game the Bruins desperately needed two points from.
The Bruins have seven games left before the Olympic break, if the Bruins can take 5 of 7 (2 of 3 at home & 3 of 4 on the road) the B’s would have 65 points and could be between the sixth or eight seed in the Eastern Conference.
–On a side not maybe the Celtics can bring some magic this afternoon and not allow LA to continue their Boston dominance.
