Today we bid a fond farewell to the football season and touch on a couple of other subjects. Congratulations…I suppose…to the Baltimore Ravens, who just won one of the more memorable Super Bowls in recent memory. It wasn’t the result I would have preferred for a variety of reasons, but atleast it was… Read More Winning & Musing…..Volume 4.13
Word on the street is that there is some sort of big football game taking place in New Orleans in a few days. Let’s talk about that. A quick trip back to last fall in the ol’ DeLorean reveals that my NFL prognostications were…as usual…hit & miss. The Good – I predicted… Read More Winning & Musing…..The Super Bowl Edition
Happy Holidays citizens of The Manoverse!! Alas, today I come not to praise our most wonderful time of the year, but to express a bit of frustration. Yesterday we celebrated that most American of holidays…Thanksgiving. We’ll look at the holiday itself a little closer this time next year because I am currently reading a… Read More Thanksgiving, Black Friday, & The Christmas Creep
When one has a forum like this one feels obligated to comment on certain events and topics du jour. I mean really…why else would one have a blog, right?? And so I am duty-bound to pontificate on the milestone that is my 40th birthday. I am not sure when or why turning 40… Read More A Pirates Fan Looks At 40
The old saying is that “close only counts in horseshoes & hand grenades”, and I am not a big believer in moral victories anyway. However, I must say that I came oh so close to going 4-3 last week but instead ended up 2-5. Usually I get myself in trouble when I pick with… Read More 2012 Pigskin Picks of Profundity…..Week 6
There’s nothing like cutting it close, right?? Just a few hours before the 2012 NFL season officially kicks off (on a Wednesday…weird) I am here with my always stellar & 100% accurate predictions. Well…okay…my vibes aren’t always all that precise, but I keep trying!! I am not really predicting anything all that wacky this year… Read More 2012 NFL Preview & Prognostications
On tap…a surprising amount of football talk for early spring, with a little Madness sprinkled into the mix. I must admit that my money was on either Tennessee or the 49ers landing Peyton Manning. I didn’t think the Broncos had the hutzpah to pull the plug on Tebow, although when Broncos boss John… Read More Winning & Musing…..Volume 4.12
It’s the Super Bowl Edition!!!! My Super Bowl XLVI (that’s 46 for those of you in McDowell County WV) prediction… NY Giants – 31 New England Patriots – 30 Giants’ RB Ahmad Bradshaw will be the MVP. The commercials will suck. Kelly Clarkson will not screw up the anthem like Christina Aguilera… Read More Winning & Musing…..Volume 2.12
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke When a hot topic arises that I feel compelled to address in this forum I try to do so in a timely manner. However, there are occasions when it takes a bit for my thoughts… Read More Adios Joe Paterno
What I refer to as the dark days of the sports calendar haven’t been too awfully depressing so far….. My residual mourning and bitterness about the outcome of the Super Bowl are still fresh, so I cannot bring myself to be magnanimous quite yet. However, let me say just one thing. I am already tired… Read More Winning & Musing…..Volume 2.11
