Number one offense versus number one defense. I think defense wins football games, so I have to pick the Bucs to win it. If they can rattle Gannon (and yeah, he CAN be rattled) the game is theirs. Go Bucs!
The Autumn Wind The Autumn Wind is a pirate Blustering in from sea With a rollicking song he sweeps along swaggering boisterously His face is weather beaten He wears a hooded sash With his silver hat about his head And a bristly black moustache He growls as he storms the country A villain big and bold And the trees all shake and quiver and quake As he robs them of their gold The Autumn wind is a Raider Pillaging just for fun He'll knock you 'round and upside down And laugh when he's conquered and won Go Raiders!
There was until 3 years ago (St. Louis vs Tennessee, iirc). IMO, the 2 week break was way too long. Too much media hype with nothing going on. One week seems a little short but as they say about speeches and skirts...
Boy is this Super Bowl going to suck. Usually there is one team I'll root for over the other. In this case, not. I hate both teams with a passion. The thought of listening to fat mouths Warren Sapp and Keyshawn Johnson all week is nauseating to say the least, coupled with Jon "Chuckie" Gruden and his inane facial expressions and it can be no worse. The Raiders? As a long-time Steeler fan I hate their guts and could never side with them or their toothless moron fans. I'm not sure I can even stomach watching this game.
We should start a pool for how long it will take Chirs Berman to call it the Barbary Pirate Bowl or some such nonsense. As for the game, no one has been able to stop the Raiders except themselves. They are a penalty machine, but they keep on scoring so it doesn't really seem to stop them the way it does to other teams. Their O-line is so big I could see them being able to hold off the pass rush long enough to give Gannon time to pick the bucs apart, and I don't see Alsott running wild over the Raiders. If Johnson is forced to put the game on his arm to win, Tampa loses. They just don't have enough weapons, nor is Johnson dymanic enough to make plays when he doesn't have enough time for a 5 step drop. Gun to my head, I think the Raiders will be able to score much more easily against Tampa than Tampa will against the Raiders. Much as I hate to give a title to the miscreant fans out there, Oakland 30- Tampa 14 in a game that isn't really that close.
I can't watch NFL PrimeTime anymore. Chris Berman works my nerves with that "rumbling... bumbling.... " stuff or the "whoop... whoop... whoop" nonsense. Anyways, I'm looking forward to this Super Bowl. For once, there is a game in which I don't hate either team. Whoever wins, I'm happy. Plus I want to see the new commercials, and hoping the Nike MoreGo commercial gets some run during the game
The 'Whats Happening' Bowl....I can't remember what Dwayne called the final score, but he definitely picked the Bucs.......They have the nice helmets....good enough for me...Bucs it is!
We've got one of those zero-9 zero-9 grids, winners on every score pools at work. We picked the squares blind, and I ended up getting BOTH 3-0 scores! C'mon defense! I win the whole pot if the game ends 3-0, for either team! 13-10 or 13-0 would be just about as good.
The lady in our mailroom won with those numbers last year (iirc), 23-20. She took home a grand, so, here's to ya. I was glad it didn't go to a VP or something. I have 5-0 (oakland-tampa), so 35-30 Raiders is cool with me.