Lets review last years predictions before this years review

2.0
Coach 2.0
Predicted Finish 3rd
Great sleeper pick at QB. Solid RB's and Joe, Im pround of you for taking the 1st defense. Moss is quality at WR but any Detroit WR is a big question mark. you do have the best TE in the league but his numbers may suffer with Philip "Rolling on the" Rivers. Depth is ok. Gore may be a bigger pick than some would think (actual finish 4th, Gore was a huge pick. Thought this was a solid top tier team)

Big Bens Jawbreakers
Coach Goose
Predicted Finish 4th
I'll probably be toughest on myself. I like my RB's and Im good at WR. Im still pissed at MCP over Santana Moss. I'm a little weary of my QB situation but I've done well with solid and steady QB's before. Who knows. As a Backup maybe this is Vicks big year. McGahee and Benson are going to have breakout years...and if they do, this will be a top 2 or 3 team. My depth at RB and WR is very good. Why did I draft Chris Brown? (Actual finish 3rd. Hey, I thought it was a solid team)

The Disenfranchised
Coach Seatown
Predicted Finish 8th
Seatown. I'll be honest and say on paper Im not really sure about your team. Steve Smith, Fitzgerald and Barber are quality players. Palmer is a big ??? (Though Brees is a good Backup option, he is learning a new offense). Everyone else is ok. If some of your sleepers pan out you will be a force but Im not sure if I see all those 2nd and third tier WR's making a huge impact
(Boy you were pissed when I predicted your last place finish....and you ended up last. Sometimes you just follow a hunch)

Beckenbauer?
Coach Train
2ndPredicted Finish
Train. I think your team has potential. You have a quality QB. Good RB's and a great defense. Holt will give you numbers at WR. If Plexiglass has a good year in his Up Year Down Year Rollercoaster career your should have a winning starting lineup. Shockey may be the best tight end for stats this year (See 2.0 and Phillip Rivers)Depth could be better Dont forget no matter what happens this season...you've got BUUUUSH!!! (Actual Finish 1st. I thought your team had potential and MJD was the catalyst for your title)

Browncoats
Coach MCP
Predicted Finish 6th
MCP....where to start? Lets go with the positives 1st. You have the BEST trio of WR's in the League in Harrison, Johnson and Moss. You have a great RB that is subject to a Madden curse, but if he stays healty you will have a 20 TD player. Foster may be a good pick but we will have to see. He is very injury prone. You have two good QB's. If either or both of your RB's get hurt you are going to kick yourself for taking a kicker too high, taking two kickers and taking two defenses, in a leauge of only 8 teams. You drafted like a Rookie. Lets see if you can make up for it by working the waiver wire this season. (Actual Finish 7th. 3-10 in the regular season. Good thing all teams made the playoffs and your team moved from 8th to 7th)

Futbol Amerikan
Coach Jimbo
Predicted Finish 1st
Jimbo. Love the Steven Jackson pick. You look good in all your starting slots. Len White may be a great sleeper for you. You have good backups at RB and WR. Although I think you may move Walker to a starter before the end of Preseason. You are one of the top three teams. Just pray that Matt stays healthy (Actual finish 5th. I thought Jiimbos team had more potential. That happens when you have two cowboy starters)

Stay off Hawks Wagon
Coach "The Dude"Predicted Finish 7th
Dude. You will probably end up #1 or #8 in the league. Your team outside of Manning and Boldin is riddled with Sleepers. A bold move that may pay off. Williams and Parkers are both starting RB's on playoff contending teams. Addai, Evans, and White are big componants in their respective teams. Leftwich can be used for a solid Bye Week when Manning is out. Our Trade his to a desperate team needing a QB. Sadly that could be me. (Actual finish 6th..I was close. Missed on Cadillac)

Velveteen Diablos
Coach Devin/Devo/"Yes Boldin has already been picked 8 rounds ago"
Predicted Finish 5th
Duke. You stated the draft strong and fizzled at the end. Kind of like MCP on his one date every 4 years. (Is MCP the World Cup of the Lodge dating world?). Tomlinson, Jones, Owens (If he doesnt implode your team) Brady, D-Jack and Heap make for a solid core. Elam was a big strech. The last few picks did nothing to help you. You too will need to use the waiver wire early in the season. (Actual finish 2nd...Duke rode LT's monster season to the silver)

The Amazing "Drunken" Race

I’d like to take a moment to formally invite the lodge to a little event I call “The Amazing Drunken Race”. Some of you may recall hearing about it last year, and it was such a big success that I am putting it on again!

The Amazing Drunken race is half race through the city, half pub crawl. Players are broken up into teams who are given clues as to where the next checkpoint is. Once the checkpoint is reached (usually a bar) the team has to complete a task and a shot has to be consumed before they are given the next clue. Throughout the race are extracurricular activities to earn bonus points, affect other teams or give your team an advantage. Since this is called a drunken race, increased consumption of alcohol (i.e beyond the minimum 1 shot per stop) during is not only encouraged, but it can actually help your team win.

The ADR will be held on 9/7/7 @ the Nitelite. Everyone who participated really had a blast last year, and this year looks to be bigger and better!

If any of you would also like to bring additional people to participate that is totally fine. Just be sure to RSVP. An Evite should be going out to all of you today. If you don’t receive it, let me know.

Retro Crap Wednesday

So adding to the Voltron/Gary Gnu posts of the last few weeks. I thought I'd add a little tidbit of one of my favorite shows growing up. Yes the acting was horrible, yes the graphics were crap, yes they had weird Sleestaks and a creepy Mini-Chewbacca like cave people called Pakuni.

But as a kid, Land of the Lost Simply was the best show on Saturday mornings




And yes...we all know that Bill Lambier was a sleestak.
You may not have known (well everyone except MCP) that in April 2005, Universal Pictures acquired the rights to adapt the TV series into a feature film. The studio attached director Adam McKay and actor Will Ferrell, who had previously collaborated on Anchorman (2004), to the project.

AC Slater was like... hehehehehe

Eurotrip, but not sucky

neil patrick harris!!!! ~oh sh**********t !~!~!~!~!

FINAL WARNING

Draft Time=approx. 2030 hours 23.08.2007 (2.0 this is where you put a countdown timer in my post)

We’ll be gathering at 1800 for pre-festivas, propane and washugouls. If you care for spirits then bring them along with your finest meats and cheeses.

Here’s to the start of the 2007-2008 American Football Campaign and the quest for fire…errr…no…the quest for the Bill/Brandon Walsh Trophy.

(MCP, Vinatieri missed you in the off-season and wonders when he can expect a call tonight confirming his selection on the Browncoats)

Wait who is that?

Thats Goose

With Clint Didier, Portland State Alum?

Wasnt he the TE for the Redskins in Super Bowl XXII? Didnt he catch a TD pass from Doug Williams in the second quarter in the highest scoring 15 minutes in Super bowl History?

Didnt they beat John Elway and the Broncos that day? Didnt they trail 10-0 in the 1st quarter?

Oh and one last thing...is that the Super Bowl XXII ring on Gooses finger?

Yes it is....

The Greatest Defensive Line Ever

Cortez Kennedy, Goose, and Jacob Green

Between the 3 of us,

155.5 Career Sacks, 6 Interceptions, 10 Pro Bowls, 1 NFL Defensive MVP's

The three of us got to meet up at the NFL alumni cruise on Sunday. I was mighty proud to stand between these two.

More pics to follow

Prisoners Breakdown Thriller

1. 80's Michael Jackson could have brought about world peace.
2. Thriller is and always will be the best pop dance track of the 80's.
3. We can spot who drops the soap in jail on purpose.
4. Modern Michael Jackson would probably have a really good time in jail.
5. Pink Floyd still under-represented in popular media.



Article via BBC
The routine is the brainchild of Byron Garcia, a security consultant for the Cebu provincial government.

He said it had helped "drastically" improve inmate behaviour.

And two former inmates have since become dancers.

'Discipline in action'

The dancing is compulsory for all 1,600 inmates at the prison in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Centre, except the elderly and infirm.

Prisoners have also performed to songs by local artists, Queen and from the film Sister Act, clips of which have been watched on YouTube tens of thousands of times.

"Inmates say to me: 'You have put my mind off revenge, foolishness, or thinking how to escape from jail, or joining a gang'," he said.

The routines developed last year after Mr Garcia started making inmates march to music, such as Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall, in a bid to increase participation in exercise.

...

Other early choices included In the Navy and YMCA by the Village People, which were chosen so that macho inmates "wouldn't be offended by being asked to dance".

More Routines at the Cebu Provinical Detention and Rehabilitation Center

The Movie Poop

Movies so far this summer have been pretty fine. We had Die Hard, Transformers, and even Harry Potter. As much as I might have expected these to be kind of crap, they left me with a fragrant contentment.

The Crap
Unfortunately, I saw a preview for some real crap and was asking myself "Who laid that sh*t!?" Maybe you're just as baffled as me, but the new film Stardust reeks of buttery popcorn/hotdog/burrito waste from last year's Mordor geek crew.
Never has there been an adventure quite like this....where Robert De Niro wastes a lot of time when he could have been doing something different. Let's not forget Michelle Pfeiffer + Claire Danes = a step closer to the B-list because of this film.

This film is based on the Stardust novella from comic writer Neil Gaiman, who otherwise is brilliant as a writer. (see: American Gods) Yet, Hollywood is getting major lazy or way too fantasy focused lately. It feels like Baron Munchausen, meets Witches, meet midgets, meets Crap from Tolkien. Basically, I dare you to watch this movie and attempt to like it. Stardust Trailer

The Sh*t
In the vein of things much calmer, wittier, and geekier is Rocket Science. More reality-based than Rushmore, less slapstick than Napoleon Dynamite, and a hint of puberty's nostalgia make this movie THE SH*t for this weekend.

Maybe I just relate more to being the nervous wreck in the debate contest while trying to look cool with the girl I have a crush on. (I made the Edmonds District Debate finals, missed my time slot because of gf.)

Its probably just an easy relief from blockbuster mayhem action, and the film has a Korean guy in it. Which makes everything better in movies these days.

Future Sh*t

VOLTRON

That's right, I said, "VOLTRON".

New Regency is close to a deal with the Mark Gordon Company to adapt "Voltron: Defender of the Universe" into a live-action film. Gordon has been developing the pic, based on the popular 1980s Japanese animated TV series, comicbooks and toy line, with Justin Marks penning the script.

Should the deal close, project would be one of the company's more high-profile efforts since Robert Harper took over as chairman-CEO of Regency Filmed Entertainment earlier this year. Interest in the property hit a high after "Transformers" turned into a box office juggernaut, raking in nearly $300 million to date.

Marks' take is described as a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City and Mexico. Five ragtag survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth's invaders. (Source)

Everybody knows future apocalypse storlines make for ultimate movies. If the Road Warrior says so, it has to be true.

Although, I do worry about Right Wing backlash at Tranformers & Voltron's renewed popularity.

What current players are headed to Canton?

So after this weekends Hall of Fame Inductions I decided to make a quick trip around the NFL to determine the candidacy of some of the current stars. I'd seen some articles over thed last few weeks on this, but wanted to add my own input

I used the following four levels

Canton Lock (1st or Second Ballot)
Headed to Canton (Will Eventually get in, although it may take 20 years)
Potential..needs some big years/ and or Titles (Good numbers, but lacks in areas)
Not going Anywhere (Good Career, but not HOF)

Pretty much by the numbers, a player either need to be in the top10 statistically, or needs the Championships

Shaun Alexander, RB, Seattle Seahawks
Headed to Canton
He's 25th on the all-time rushing list, but with 2 or three good season he will be in the top 10 in Rushing and TD's



Champ Bailey, CB, Denver Broncos
Headed to Canton
Best Cover corner...premier Defensive player. Has the INT's but needs a title to cement it

Ronde Barber, CB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Not going Anywhere
Great numbers, but a scheme corner (Cover2). Would need 2 or 3 titles.

Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots
Canton Lock
Three Super Bowl rings and good numbers. Plus he has 4-5 more years. I think he's a lock now..imagine his numbers in 5 years

Derrick Brooks, LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Canton Lock
He redefined the outside linebacker position and dominated for 10+ years.

Isaac Bruce, WR, St. Louis Rams
Headed to Canton
Bruce is seventh in catches with 887 He's seventh in receiving yards with 13,376 yards. He will see a backlog of WR's but should eventually make it.

Tedy Bruschi, LB, New England Patriots
Not going Anywhere.
Good player, but was never the Best defender on his team.

Warrick Dunn, RB, Atlanta Falcons
Not going Anywhere
He'll end as a top 20 RB but lacks the TD's, receptions or Super bowls



Brett Favre, QB, Green Bay Packers
Canton Lock
Legendary....and you can say you saw him play

Tony Gonzalez, TE, Kansas City Chiefs
Canton Lock
Second all time TE. Will get in after Shannon Sharpe

Marvin Harrison, WR, Indianapolis Colts
Canton Lock
He's fourth all time in receptions and has a lot more left. He has his eyes on the top spot and Jerry Rice.

Rodney Harrison, S, New England Patriots
Not going Anywhere
Again a good player...just doesnt have that dominant feel to him. Much like Brian Dawkins of the Eagles

Matt Hasselback QB Seattle Seahawks
Potential..needs some big years/ and or Titles
A solid QB with a Super bowl. Needs some big years or two super bowl rings for consideration

Torry Holt, WR, St. Louis Rams
Potential..needs some big years/ and or Titles
He's still relatively young and playing at a high level, so he has time to get the work done.



Steve Hutchinson, G, Minnesota Vikings
Potential..needs some big years/ and or Titles.
He's been one of the best guards in football -- and the best at times -- the past five years, His needs to sustain it and lead his team to the show

Edgerrin James, RB, Arizona Cardinals
Headed to Canton
He's over 10,000 yards, has the TD's and the pass receptions. He would have been a shoe in if he'd stayed with Indy. His trip to AZ with either get him in, or kick him out

Chad Johnson, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
Potential..needs some big years/ and or Titles
He has 466 catches in his first six seasons, and has averaged over 90 each of the past four seasons. He needs either 4 or 5 more huge seasons or some Super bowls to bypass the WR logjam



Walter Jones, T, Seattle Seahawks
Canton Lock
For the past seven years, he has been the best offensive lineman in the league. A Super bowl Win would cement his 1st ballot status

Ty Law, CB, Kansas City Chiefs
Canton Lock
I think Law's 50 picks, 6 TDs and 3 Super bowls will get him in.

Ray Lewis, LB, Baltimore Ravens
Canton Lock
While Im not his biggest fan, his has been the best LB, Defensive and Super bowl MVP

John Lynch, S, Denver Broncos
Not going Anywhere.
A good player with a strong reputation, but not much more..See Teddy B.

Peyton Manning, QB, Indianapolis Colts
Canton Lock
No matter what he does the rest of his career Manning will be in the Hall. Even without the Super Bowl, he was on his way. Now he's a lock


Donovan McNabb, QB, Philadelphia Eagles
Not going Anywhere
He's been a good quarterback, but has he ever been the best in the NFL?

Steve McNair, QB, Baltimore Ravens
Not going Anywhere
He's been an NFL MVP...but really, A HOF?

Randy Moss, WR, New England Patriots
Potential..needs some big years/ and or Titles
His next 3 years with NE will be the telling tale. Without a super bowl and Three good years...he's out

Jonathan Ogden, T, Baltimore Ravens
Canton Lock
He's the second best tackle in the Pace/Jones/Ogden Era.

Terrell Owens, WR, Dallas Cowboys
Headed to Canton
He has the numbers. People might eventually forget what a tool he is.

Orlando Pace, T, St. Louis Rams
Headed to Canton
He wasn't as good as Ogden and he's not as good as Jones. But he has the pro bowls and the Super bowls

Simeon Rice, DE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Potential..needs some big years/ and or Titles
He has Sack numbers (121), but he is really a poor mans Kevin Green.



Warren Sapp, DT, Oakland Raiders
Canton Lock
Rock solid dominant DT, Defensive MVP, Pro Bowls and Super bowl


Rod Smith, WR, Denver Broncos
Not going Anywhere.
He'll get lost in the WR Log Jam

Mike Strahan, DE, New York Giants
Headed to Canton
Single Season sack leader. Over 120 sacks. Has been to Sujper bowl. I think he's in

Fred Taylor, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Not going Anywhere
He's just a mid tier back



LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, San Diego Chargers
Canton Lock
He's Halfway to Emmitts record, He may challenge Jerry's TD record. If he retired today he's be a 1st ballot. Hopefully he wear the powder Blue going in

Brian Urlacher, LB, Chicago Bears
Potential..needs some big years/ and or Titles
He's got a good start, but he has a long way to go to be a Hall of Fame player. Plus he will forever be shadowed by Butkus and singltary, until he wins the big one

Adam Vinatieri, K, Indianapolis Colts
Headed to Canton
It's tough to get kickers into the Hall, but his clutch kicking for the Patriots and colts will get him in, After Gary and Morton Anderson. It will be a long wait.

Kurt Warner, QB, Arizona Cardinals
Not going Anywhere
Despite being a two-time MVP, Warner's was just a flash in the pan. Maybe he can ask Jesus to get him in...because the voters wont.

Wiki-de-bunk of Movie Mythology: Episode XII “Smokey and The Bandit”

The summer of 1977 is commonly thought of as a turning point in American history. The New York City blackouts, Star Wars, Debbie Boone and a little redneck adventure film that would forever change the way we think about Burt Reynolds and the Pontiac Firebird.

For anyone not familiar with the Redneck Citizen Cane here you go
Stolen Premise from IMDB:

“Bandit and Cledus are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified amount of time. Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carrie, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a "high-speed pursuit" across the Southeast to catch the bandit.”

The one part of that synopsis that is left off, is a scene in the beginning of the film where anonymous trucker A is arrested for taking almost the same bet (albeit without the assistance from Cledus or the involvement of Little Enos) not because he was stealing women from the side of the road, but for moving the popular Mile High Brew, Coors across the Texas state line East.

As a young man growing into adulthood, I accepted this fact for many, many years. Territorial rights for brew? I wouldn’t want any East Coast beer polluting my favorite truck stop bar and grills. I believe this was the very premise that the founders of the America were working under when they divised the bill of rights and interstate commerce law.

And then something occurred to me while I was watching this recently…..there’s no f’n way this was the Law!!!

This is where the democracy of Wikipedia stepped in and delivered the following:

"For much of its history, Coors beer was a regional product of the American West. This made it a novelty on the east coast, and visitors returning from visits to the western states often made a point of bringing back a case. This iconic status was reflected in pop culture: in 1977 the movie Smokey and the Bandit centered around an "illegal" shipment of Coors from Texas to Georgia (in reality there was no law against transporting the beer across state lines). "


So we find out history is told from those who have something to gain, and for this moment in time it was to make an incredibly epic Redneck Road film. Bandit and Cledus ran into many an issue while hauling 400 cases of Coors to Georgia for Big Enos and his fetish slave, but being arrested for interstate hauling of the Mile High Beer was not actually one of them.
Rest easier friends the next time you sip the banquet beer knowing great patriots like the Bandit risked their life underneath the false impression of imprisonment for trying to tap the Rockies in the Peach State.

Son of Pitch Talk Returns!!! “Community Shield, what it is…”

It’s back, but not really. I just wanted to throw some photos up from the Official beginning to the 2007-2008 and give a little historical backdrop to exactly what the f the Community Shield is and why it matters.

Starting in 1908, with the old buggers from Manchester versus QPR (Queens Park Rangers) at Stamford Bridge, it was played at the end of the season First Division Champions and Southern League Champions. In 1913 the format switched to Amateurs versus Professionals, where out ancient Lodge descendants went on a donnybrook with the lads from Leeds. In 1921 the current format sort of began, matching the Football League winner versus the FA Cup winner. The format ebbed and flowed including a switch to the beginning of the season until 1930 when they decided it was the best way to get Manchester United a few more trophies.

The purpose behind the Community Shield is to raise money for dental practices in neighboring villages, so the British stereotype is eventually extinct. Seriously, it’s a fund raiser, but I haven’t the slightest clue where the money goes or if they even have dental practices in England.

Anyway, the match yesterday was typical of an exhibition match, with moments of brilliance covered in mostly ¾ speed and sloppy passing, exceptions being “when you are in trouble…”.

The match ended with a semi-dramatic penalty shootout, which was dominated by the Jolly Green Giant from der Nederlands, Edwin Van der Saar. He went 3 for 3 in his guesses and gave Manchester United their 16th Community Shield, one ahead of the Scouse.


The Great One could not be reached by Pitch Talk following the match, but did give us this look:

Fightin' Round dah WerLd~!~!

The Concept
The History channel, as awesome as it already is, drops this dope new show called Human Weapon.

Its basically two guys who go challenge people around the world in the native martial arts of the region.

They get their asses kicked a lot. Its also more fighting oriented than history based. I guess people have been getting really really tired of watching "Modern Marvels: The Kitchen Blender".

Its the best reality show that the History Channel can offer unless they find a real-life Indiana Jones.

The Beat-downed
Bill Duff - He's the big tough guy of the show filling in the arechetype of Ray Jackson a la Bloodsport. Hands down, he gets beat down the hardest by clumsiness. He has a strong athletic and fighting background.


Qualifications
- holds a brown belt in Korean street fighting Toa So Dou (is that even real?)

- is a two-time heavyweight state champion wrestler, member of the NJ Hall of fame

- undefeated in bar fights.

-At 6'4, 280lbs, Duff was a professional football player for seven years. He started for the Orlando Rage in the XFL and spent the 2000 and 2002 NFL Europe seasons with the Berlin Thunder, helping them win the 2002 World Bowl Championships

-Continuing his career with the Arena Football league, he played for the Indianapolis Firebirds and Columbus Destroyers. Prior to this, Duff played for the Cleveland Browns in their expansion year 1999-2000.

-He was also co-captain of the 1997 SEC champion Tennessee Volunteers



Jason Chambers - This guy fills in the show as the more skilled and youthful Frank Dux. Unfortunately, because he has a little more finesse and pro fighting experience his opponents tend to rock his dome a lot rougher.


Qualifications
- Total Fighting Challenge Welterweight Champion, Jason Chamber’s record as an MMA fighter is 16 wins and 4 losses.

- training in various martial arts since the age of six (uh-oh)

- has fought in “Deep” in Japan and “Rento Maximo” in Mexico and all over the USA.

- trained under Renzo Gracie and currently under Eddie Bravo in Jiu-Jitsu.

- holds the rank of “Phase 1 Instructor” in Jeet Kune Do under Joe Goytia.



The Dim-Mak
Overall, this show is massively interesting and at times hilarious. Also, you get to see really hardcore martial arts masters. Ex: old man punches through wood with his FINGERTIPS & wrestling a massive water buffalo in mud.

During the Philippines training session, a backwoods training master was instructing Duff to go ahead and, ".... yes, give him pain. Give him the pain." To which Duff was reluctantly obliging while the victim was tapping out.



The Muay Thai episode was kick a**! A new show is airing this Friday @ 10pm for the Karate episode.

Inspired by Seatown...this is Gary Gnu..from the Great Space Coaster

Gary Gnu - A gnu newscaster who does a show each episode and is well known for his catchphrase, "No Gnews is Good Gnews with Gary Gnu". He would add a guttural "g" sound to the beginning of any word he spoke which normally began with an "n", such as "gnews" for "news" and "gnaturally" for "naturally". Whenever introduced by either Goriddle Gorilla or Knock Knock, the introduction is always, "And Now For Something Really Gnew, Here's Gary Gnu." The only difference is that Goriddle always says "WOW!" each time he introduces Gary Gnu. Gary Gnu always begins by saying, "This Is Gary Gnu. And The No Gnews Is Good Gnews Show. The Only TV Gnews Program Guaranteed To Contain No Gnews Whatsoever."