Vendetta

This bodes well for me. The possible landing spots for Tomlinson are Houston Indianapolis, and New England.

I Have him in a keeper league for at least two more seasons and if he goes to Houston I will be shopping him around and the same for Indy. However if he ends up in New England he will definenlty be worth hanging on to. New England's offense opens so many doors for him that the other two offenses don't. Make no mistake about it as much as I don't like them, New Engalnd's offense is still the most dangerous in the league.

Alright, The Super Bowl has come and gone and the New Orleans Saints have finally put an end to their Cinderella Story that they began three years ago. Have some major questions coming into the new season with a uncapped year when it comes to free agency. Many teams will be looking to make a big splash in free agency. Not to mention the draft is looming with the NFL combine coming soon. It is very apparent that this year's draft is going to have a major emphasis on defense and the defensive and offensive lines.

1. Gerald McCoy DT Oklahoma

2. Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska

3. Eric Berry S Tennessee

4. Jason Pierre-Paul DE South Florida

5. Anthony Davis OT Rutgers

That's your top five draft prospects.

1. St. Louis Ndamukong Suh

2. Detroit Gerald McCoy

3. Tampa Bay Eric Berry

4. Washington Jimmy Clausen

5. Kansas City Anthony Davis

That's your projected draft of the top five.

Discuss add your own thoughts...Here is someting to get us started.

NEW YORK -- Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers, Buffalo wide receiver Terrell Owens and New Orleans safety Darren Sharper are among 235 NFL players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents next month.

A complete list of players with at least six seasons in the league and contracts due to expire was posted Thursday by the NFL on NFLLabor.com.

Also among the players on their way to being free to sign with another club in an uncapped 2010 season, starting March 5, are Indianapolis linebacker Gary Brackett, New England nose tackle Vince Wilfork, Oakland defensive end Richard Seymour and Arizona linebacker Karlos Dansby.

Sign me up.

Mario Williams says Hello.

So with Vince Wilfork possibly being a free agent...I wouldn't mind seeing him get signed by New England and then Tampa bay offering up two second round picks and a third round pick for the dominant defensive tacile that we have been looking for for a long time. We keep our first and then can draft Eric Berry.

And with the Williams deal. I like it. I'm not a fan of Gooddell and the way he likes to shaft the defense. Some of the greatest football was played in the 70's and 80's because the players were allowed to play the game. That's what makes college football so great, (even with those lame celebration calls, come on, they are kids, half of them won't ever play again. Its preached that this game is all about fun, but the fun seems to be missing..alot.)

As a fan I like a good defensive game, big hits, a couple of injuries, low scoring...

You see..Indy will get beat by New York. Karma is a mother fucker. It bit the Bengals in the ass and now it will get the Colts as well.

Junkie Rush

B-Liminal

Johnny Plastic and the Rubber Band

The Burnin Smyrnans

I'm going and have a bunch of free tickets so if any of you in the central Florida area want to go. I have't heard of any of these bands but I have listened to some of B-Liminial's stuff over the week and I really like it. It is alone the lines of Sublime.

Wow...Monte Kiffin needs to go ahead and head back to Tampa

Buccaneers got screwed out of a couple of probowl spots because of their record. We should have at least had a couple of special team spots. The Bucs have the number 1 special teams in the NFL. And Barrett Rudd led the league in tackles if in not mistaken.

What a bullshit game. Those two teams should ahve never played each other. Should have been UF vs. TCU. No wonder brighthouse wanted to drop fox.

Ya know, I don't see what the big fucking deal about Lost is. If you miss one episode then you are completely out of whack when you try to watch the next one..that's not good tv.

The way the year has been going don't be surprised to see USC get beat as well.

Ochocinco defiant after $30K fine for celebration: 'I play to have fun'

NFL.com Wire Reports

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco is taking the NFL's fine for his latest touchdown celebration as a challenge to do more.

Ochocinco was fined $30,000 for briefly donning a mock poncho and a sombrero next to the bench following his touchdown catch during a 23-13 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. That's $10,000 more than the fine he received for pretending to bribe an official during a game earlier this season.

Ochocinco said Wednesday that he's not sure why the amount went up so much.

"That's OK," said Ochocinco, who confirmed that he has set aside $100,000 to pay fines this season. "They keep jacking them up, I'll keep jacking up the celebrations."

Earlier in his career, Ochocinco regularly was fined for his celebrations. Some of his most memorable included doing a river dance, pretending to perform CPR on a football and using the end-zone pylon as a golf club. He also donned a mock Hall of Fame jacket on the sideline.

With receivers competing to top each other's celebrations, the league cracked down, making it illegal to use a prop on the field or have a rehearsed celebration with teammates.

Ochocinco scaled back on the celebrations earlier this season. He did a Lambeau Leap -- into a section of Bengals fans -- during a win at Green Bay, but he toned down his act as the team won games and moved into first place in the AFC North.

There had been no chance to celebrate a touchdown lately. Ochocinco went four games without one before finally getting into the end zone last weekend against the Lions. Asked if the brief celebration -- he wore the hat for just a couple of seconds -- was worth the hefty fine, he said, "You're damn right it was. That was fun."

The league fined Ochocinco $20,000 and reprimanded him for taking a dollar bill onto the field as a pretend bribe during a Nov. 8 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. He held the dollar in his right hand as he approached the officials during a review of one of his catches. He kept the dollar after an official motioned for him to stay away.

Ray Anderson, the league's executive vice president of football operations, sent Ochocinco a letter over the pretend bribe, saying: "The very appearance of impropriety is not acceptable. Your conduct was unprofessional and unbecoming an NFL player."

Ochocinco said Wednesday that he'll keep doing things that cross the league's line.

"I play to have fun," he said. "I don't play for the dollar amount. Maybe that's why they take so much money, because they think we play for the money. Maybe they'll get the point -- I play to have fun, not for the money."

On a conference call with Minnesota reporters, Ochocinco said he'll try to find and blow the Vikings' horn if he scores a touchdown in Sunday's game at the Metrodome.

"Man, I'm going to have some purple fun," he said. "I'm so excited for this week."

Later, Ochocinco was asked if the league has ever threatened him with a suspension.

"Come on now. What are you going to suspend me for? Having fun? I'm not that bad," he said. "'Breaking news: Chad Ochocinco suspended for too many celebrations.' How would that sound? I'm not hurting anybody. I'm very respectful with everybody I play against."

So what if Florida beats Cincy, Alabama or Texas blow one another out and then TCU blows out Boise? That leaves Texas or Alabama undefeated along with TCU. Then you have to pronounce them co national champions? Lets not forget that just because two teams are in the Championship game doesn't mean the BCS has to reward one of those teams the title.

And in his last game at FSU, Bobby Bowden goes up against West Virginia in his final game as head coach of FSU.

That ball hits the ground after the time has ran out...I don't think that should be a reviewable thing in college football.. and when was the last time there were four undefeated teams in college football?

There's no crying in football.

Bobby Bowden to retire tomorrow.

Hope Bisping gets knocked out within ten seconds..I hate that cocky prick.

Raheem Morris releived Jim Bates of his defensive play calling duties today...this ought to be interesting. (N)

So I think this could happen.

Florida State pulls off a huge upset and beats Florida..Florida then blows out Alabama in the SEC title game...thus leaving TCU vs. Texas...Which would be a fan-dabi-dozi game no doubt.

Never will happen..but would be fan-dabi-dozi to see.

Bengals sign larry Johnson

The greatest thing was watching him at the podium afterwards..he mumbled his answers it was fan-dabi-dozi.

Official Explanation

Nov 16, 2009 - The Miami Dolphins defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 25-23, on Sunday at Land Shark Stadium. The visiting Buccaneers rallied from a 19-6 halftime deficit to take a 23-22 lead with 1:14 left in the fourth quarter, but the Dolphins used the remaining time to drive for the game-winning field goal.

The Dolphins scored the second of their two touchdowns with 1:25 left in the first half, following an interception by defensive end Jason Taylor. Taylor’s interception came on a pass that was intended for wide receiver Michael Clayton and in fact was in Clayton’s hands before eventually bouncing in Taylor’s direction near the left sideline.

Clayton hauled in Josh Freeman’s pass in the vicinity of the 15-yard line and was then tackled. As Clayton landed on his back and then rolled toward his stomach, the ball came out of his hands and flew toward the sideline. Taylor caught it before it hit the ground and ran it into the end zone for what was immediately ruled a touchdown.

The officials on the field then huddled and announced that the pass was incomplete. Since the clock had ticked under two minutes in the half, the play was called under review from the replay assistant in the booth upstairs. Referee Tony Corrente then ruled that the play was an interception. By rule, an incompletion that becomes an interception by review can be awarded to the defense but cannot be advanced. Following an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Tampa Bay Head Coach Raheem Morris, Miami had a first-and-goal at the Buccaneers’ eight-yard line. The Dolphins scored two plays later on a five-yard catch by tight end Kory Sperry.

The sequence proved critical for the Buccaneers. Had it been ruled a catch by Clayton, and down by contact, Tampa Bay would have either had a first down or a third-and-one. The Buccaneers were attempting to escape the shadow of their own goal line and, at worse, run out the last 90 seconds of the half trailing by three points.

However, Corrente ruled that Clayton was being tackled in the process of making his catch, and thus had to retain control of the ball through contact with the ground. Had Clayton been ruled to have made the catch and then subsequently tackled, the play might have been ruled a catch. Instead, the play was essentially ruled a deflected pass, which Taylor intercepted.

When a referee’s ruling is of particular interest in a game, the attending media is allowed to question the official using a single pool reporter. The following postgame question and answer session took place with Corrente after the Buccaneers’ loss.

Referee Tony Corrente, November 15, 2009

Why was the play ultimately ruled an interception by Jason Taylor after it was initially ruled an incomplete pass?

“One of the officials on the field felt the ball had touched the ground after it left the possession of the receiver.”

Why was the play not ruled a completion upon review?

“Because the player in question, the player who was possessing the ball in the air, as he started to come down, was hit. As he is coming down, he is now going to the ground to complete a catch and by rule, if he’s going to the ground to complete a catch, he has to maintain possession of the ball completely through the entire process of hitting the ground and thereafter showing control. As he went to the ground, basically right when he went to the ground, the ball popped out, and went right into the arms of the Miami player. The ball had never touched the ground.”

Was the play was ever whistled dead?

“The play was never whistled dead, not until the player [Taylor] got into the end zone.”

Why was Taylor unable to advance the ball?

“Because by rule, in the replay rules we can give the ball to the team, but we can’t allow the advance thereafter.”

Are you unable to allow an advance even if the ball is not whistled dead?

“Unfortunately, that’s just the replay rule because it was ruled as an incomplete pass.”

When was the play ruled an incomplete pass?

“It wasn’t ruled incomplete until there was a discussion in the end zone well after the touchdown was ‘scored.’ And so at that point, the officials got together and one said ‘I felt the ball hit the ground,’ and of course any doubt, it’s incomplete.”

That's bullshit. His elbow hit the ground and he had full possession of the ball.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d8143bf79/NFL-GameDay-Buccaneers-vs-Dolphins-highlights

The greatest thing was watching him at the podium afterwards..he mumbled his answers it was fan-dabi-dozi.

If Tebow wins the Heisman then they might as well just make it no more than a popularity contest.