Golf/Goff/ Cup
GOLF/GOFF/CUP
By The Fillerbuster
The Cast 092918
SETTING:
I golfed at 7am this morning, came home and cleaned up from poker last night, and plan on sitting on the couch to watch about 9 hours of football while writing a blog.. Ohio State vs. Penn State in full. No theme yet-we will see where it takes us. As the line in “Feed The Wolf” says, “I can feel the animal within…”
I feel the need…the need for speed…
Let’s turn and burn…
(the above two statements will become SOOOOO overused when Top Gun II comes out, and I won’t even touch on what happens when Rounders II comes out)…
And I just realized what this blog is patterned after…Peter King’s MMQB. THAT is why it is so long…sorry…I don’t have much bandwidth.
EVERGREEN (topics that don’t fade away):
- The Stanford comeback against Oregon was epic. I will use the term “epic.” A sports writer with a bunch of followers even buried them with about five minutes left. I kept watching. And I was rewarded. Down 10 with three plus minutes left and they won. Ever since I watched the Houston-Buffalo NFL game back in the day, I don’t stop watching anything…anything.
- I get that Trevor Lawrence got injured against the Cuse. I get he isn’t happy about being demoted. But, handle yourself. Not only do you look bad for wanting to transfer, but missing a practice too? That is character stuff. And I would watch picking up that guy, talented as he is, in how he handled that. Suddenly, I give Jalen Hurts a lot more credit for being how he is.
- Watching a record being broken or tied is weird. You don’t know it is happening most of the time. Watching live German Marquez strike out EIGHT straight to start a game was surreal. Breaking any old school MLB record is epic. Watching seven runs come in one inning was surreal also.
- Eric Reid got a job. Is this a run of the mill pickup? He was the first “other” player to kneel with Colin Kaepernick. Getting a job is not just getting a job. It probably doesn’t mean Kaep will get a job (which he should), but it is a hell of a start. Wake up, people.
- Jared Goff is pretty amazing. I almost had a heart attack this week at dinner thinking I might not have started Cooper Kupp (I had him in the flex positions so all was OK). The Rams are really, really good. Yes, their defense needs some work. But when you score like they can, you are like the NFL version of the early 2000’s Phoenix Suns. Did the Suns’ plan work? But, it sure is fun to watch. And this plan MIGHT work, especially when they get healthy.
- The University of Georgia football team is really good. REALLY good. But, in two weeks, they had two guys drop the ball right at the goal line. WHY do players do this? Flash? Coolness? Probably. But, do whatever you want, but make sure you cross the damn goal line. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired of too cool for school kids dropping the ball ANYWHERE close to the goal line. Cross it and THEN do cool stuff. We are not splitting the atom here.
- I am pretty sure that the crowd following Tiger at the Tour Championship might have been the coolest sports/crowd thing I have seen in a couple of years or my lifetime…
- It could be worse, people. Can you imagine if he won the Tour Championship AND the TEN million for the FedEx Cup? THEN, people would hate him.
- Yes, Tiger did some bad stuff. Yes, you might not be enjoying his renaissance. But, remember what Rocky said in Rocky IV (which stopped the Cold War in my mind)…”if I can change, and you can change, then everyone can change…” Embrace the Tiger comeback.
- Does Tiger have a girl now? Who was that chick? I am not Googling it. I just want to run into the information somehow.
- The Ryan Fitzpatrick story is pretty cool. Haven’t we seen this before though? Let’s give the guy his props, but remain hesitant on making him the next coming. He will eventually resort to his old ways. He will gun it to people trying to do cool stuff, and throw a BUNCH of interceptions. Listen, I LOVE journeyman QB stories. But, sometimes there is a REASON they are journeyman QB’s, right?
- Although…throwing three 400 yard games IS something you can tell your kids about with a smile…
- The McDonald stiff arm was cool in its own way, but watching it real time was surreal. My wife was looking at her phone. She said I laughed in a “maniacal” way. Yes, I did. But, considering the stiff arm has been the talk of the town for the last week, I am pretty sure I could have laughed any way I wanted for that 10 second period of time.
- Even cooler that Conte tweeted during the Thursday game about stiff arms…way to come clean.
- Some stories get swept underneath the rug. If you doubt or don’t respect what our country does for us, know this. After a devastating loss in Norman by the Army football team, word is that they left the locker room as clean as it was set up for them. Little thing, but pretty badass if you ask me.
- Thoughts and prayers to my wife’s friend, Mikey McGee. He was hit by a hit and run driver, and remains in very precarious condition.
- I love football so much. As much as I love football, I am pained by the roughing the passer calls. Fix it. These are game changing, clean hits that have been trained on since Pop Warner…you can’t keep penalizing these guys for good hits on the QB.
- Think about this. William Hayes tore his ACL DODGING a roughing call.
- I have now been to Augusta. I went to a practice round. I saw Tiger tie Rocco at the US Open. Next? (besides every round at the Masters) Going to a Ryder Cup match IN Europe…that crowd looked ridiculous.
- I love college football overtime rules, and still am not sure why the NFL has not embraced it.
- “Almost traded” is a very special line. It is as important as “preseason polls” and “mock drafts.” Was it fun to read about Gronk almost going to the Lions? Do I care or does it matter? No.
- I believe there are two types of people in the world. There are people who tape games who don’t work for ESPN or SI and think that is cool. And there are people like me who like things in real time and refuse to watch things on delay and don’t mind watching commercials. I don’t tape shit. You do whatever you want, but if I text you in the middle of a game while you are “catching up,” I don’t really care. Lindsey’s dad came over to watch the last part of the OU-Army PPV game. He was irritated by the commercials. Deal with them. Commercials are cool, hip, provide bathroom breaks, and let us fill our cup.
WEEK-FISH (current topics of interest in sports):
- I think I would be less mad at Nebraska sucking thus far under Scott Frost if I hadn’t bet on them two of the last three games.
- Relax, OU fans. The triple option is TOUGH to modify your defense for. This includes my wife and her family. Take the win, and don’t try and schedule Georgia Tech or any of the other military schools any time soon. The delta on time of possession was ridiculous in that game.
- I should love VA Tech struggling against ODU being that I went to UVA, but I don’t. The ACC is looking like a piece of crap right now besides Clemson, so I am rooting for the conference. And Clemson barely got by the Cuse today.
- My brain starts hurting when I A) am asked what someone should trade for Bell and B) what a real football team should trade for Bell. This is so weird. I can’t even calculate or assign value with anything in this scenario.
- I think I have a hobby of taking teams getting 50 or more points against a powerhouse. I can’t talk myself out of being up 55-0 before the game begins. It is oddly fun. It reminds me of when I realized what real gambling was. I was in Vegas for one of my first times, and watched a guy sobbing like a girl in the corner of the Mirage sportsbook. Duke was favored by 54 points against Akron and only won by 52.
- How are the Arizona Cardinals so bad?
- How is David Johnson so bad IN that lineup?
- Do you realize that Royce Freaking Freeman from the Broncos has more carries than DJ? Do you realize that the running back by committee Titans RB’s have more carries than the one man band of Johnson? Whacky…
- I don’t care if the Steelers win against the Ravens and win all of their remaining games. Their secondary gives me a heart attack every time a QB goes back to pass, and we can NOT cover a TE with any of our linebackers since Shazier got hurt. Light it up, Ben. Because you HAVE to.
- If they don’t start limiting their penalties, they won’t beat ANYONE in the playoffs. Hey, Tomlin, when you are explaining why you go for a two point conversion at odd times, are you also trying to tell them not to be DUMB? Be bad. Be good. Don’t get penalties.
- Texas Tech came back a little at the end, but I will stick with my sleeper college football playoff pick of West Virginia as a very, very good team.
- The comeback by Texas Tech that fell short shouldn’t be a slight on WVU. Having a QB come in the game who is a running QB when replacing a pocket passer can NOT be understated in game planning.
- Comprehend this. Kenneth Murray from OU had TWENTY EIGHT tackles in last week’s game against Army. That is absurd.
- I am glad so many other college football stories ruled football. It hid the fact that CSU not only lost to Illinois State, but got SMOKED by them.
- I went to a school that was NOT hard core in football. Texas is hard core. Did you SEE that game and where they put the TCU band? In the nosebleeds…hilarious.
- I am glad KAT got paid and he deserves it. I am sad that Butler doesn’t (oddly) want to play with him. But, this hook is not about that. WHEN did we start calling the max the “supermax?” Bring in the percentage parallel. A max is the highest, so don’t call it a supermax. And a percentage is based on 100, so don’t say you gave 100%. Not possible.
- Glad the superintendent from Texas who referred to Deshaun Watson as a “black QB” retired, and there are probably a lot more people who should take a long look in the mirror and catch up with the times. If you didn’t grow up during Doug Williams in the 80’s, you never will.
- I am writing the brunt of this during the Ohio State-Penn State game, and am going to try and not make Arizona State my swing game of the day late night.
- (I have decided to make the OREGON game my swing game of the night)
- Remember the Ronnie Lott story from years ago when he had the option of not playing and keeping his finger or playing and losing his finger? I like the Vikings more today, because their kicker just pulled a similar thing (which of course isn’t as cool because…well…he uses his foot to do his thing…so a toe would have been cooler…whatever…moving on)
- Do you REALIZE that the Vikings rushed for SIX times against the Bills? Way to hit panic mode way too early…I know Cook is out, but come on. Run the damn ball.
- I just almost fell off the couch watching a Penn State receiver make a one handed catch. You will see it. It might be the catch of the year.
- Juwan Johnson. Glassboro, NJ (my hood).
- So, we make fun of the Bartman for all of these years and a fan almost does the SAME thing this week? Learn, people.
- Give the Cy Young to whoever you want, but I feel like someone should get SOMETHING with a yearlong 1.70 ERA…DeGrom.
- CeeDee Lamb has a name you can remember, the talent to play at the next level, and you should watch some of what he does. Amazing receiver.
- The Steelers record in prime time in the last ten years is kind of ridiculous if you really think about it.
- Almost as ridiculous as Tristan Thompson somehow forgetting LeBron left and talking smack about how the Cavs are the Eastern Conference favs again this year.
- If I am the Sixers, I am not trading Ben Simmons. Butler is fantastic. Simmons could be something special, and I am NOT taking on someone who somehow has a problem in playing with the KAT.
- Now, he wants to go to the HEAT? What is your problem?
- Override what you need to. CC Sabathia was following baseball etiquette and nailed the hitter. Give him his $500k bonus, two innings shy or not.
- I think you are weird if you don’t absolutely LOVE what Drew Brees has done in his career, and I feel sick every single time he is mentioned if I am anyone on the Chargers.
- So, someone not named Messi or Ronaldo won some award in soccer that is not the Golden Boot but apparently pretty important to some people still…
- Betting is fun to me. Today, I hit the wrong button. So, this hook was supposed to be all about how I love the Kentucky football team being in the top 25. But, since I hit South Carolina by mistake, I am all about Gamecocks. I don’t think it will work out. That is probably the bet I DO get right.
- Tell your friends. When the Bills beat the Vikings, not only did they wipe out 90% of all losers pool contestants, they also were the biggest spread upset in 17 years.
- I don’t know about you, but although I love pizza more than anyone on this earth, I might not have a pizza at a ballpark anytime soon. Spitting is not cool, and can you imagine what he tells people in prison? “You killed someone? I spit on a pizza.”
- The Dr. Pepper commercials about alternative sports makes me laugh because UVA was HUGE into lacrosse and soccer. And I drank the Kool-Aid.
- This hook was supposed to be about how UVA is still on the NOT eliminated teams on The Eliminator, but they lost to NC State today, so now everyone is aware they DO suck as I said they would.
- Why haven’t I read more about the similarities between Bell/Steelers and A) Kirk Cousins and B) Kawhi Leonard?
- Ii agree with James Harrison. That actually is a STELLAR plan. A Steeler/stellar plan. See what I did there?
- You think this thing is long in READING it? You should try WRITING it. Peter King’s MMQB column was long too. Fight through it.
- Does Jason Witten have a rug? And, if not, why does his hair LOOK like he has a rug? And why does my wife not know what a rug is? I am old.
- I know I am old when I read an article about hurt fan bases, and they list the Reds…who when I was a kid, was a MACHINE. Therefore, how can they be a pained fan base? I will tell you why. Because those articles are written for people under 40 years in age.
- Cole Hamels hit a 437 ft HR the other day, which happened to be one of the few bright spots in his start. I personally think a pitcher hitting a HR is one of the coolest things in sports. It is like he is saying “Fine. I will just do this shit on my own.”
- The lack of unbeaten teams in the NFL is baffling. We are only at the fourth game. Usually, a FEW other teams beat the system at this point. Hey, Falcons, aren’t you supposed to be unbeaten so we can discount you later in the playoffs?
- Scherzer is a special pitcher. Anyone else feel that his best years were just wasted on the dysfunctional Nationals and he would trade those stats for a title in a heartbeat?
Old news
| miss st Kentucky |
| uga mizzou |
| wash asu |
| purdue SMOKES bc |
| chiefs destroy 49ers |
| michigan destroys nebraska |
| lousiana tech comes back at lsu night game-then lsu closes |
| wvu looking strong vs. k state |
| uva beats louisville 27-3 |
| Rodgers injury |
| byu washington |
THIS AND THAT (pop culture, Fillerbuster thoughts, and whatever else I feel like talking about):
- You can pretend to know everything, but I guarantee that you wouldn’t have known the last 100 yard rusher for the Lions was in 2013.
- I am supposed to watch this show Cash Cab-just writing this as a reminder to myself and maybe you will like it too.
- Senor Bear in the Highlands was ok for brunch. I wasn’t blown away.
- I wasn’t blown away like I was having the burger across the street at Old Major, my #1 ranked burger in all the land.
- I have just decided to go there for lunch tomorrow before Lindsey gets back from camping.
- Part of me wonders why Lindsey’s friend didn’t invite me to go camping, but then the other part of me remembers how happy I was at winning in poker last night, playing golf this morning, watching 9 plus hours of football, writing this blog, sleeping in tomorrow morning, and being in warmth when CO is starting to get a little chilly.
- I don’t talk about work in this thing. Let’s just say it was a very good week, and you can’t prove which of two things I am talking about.
- I read ESPN Mag this week. Todd Gurley is a cat guy. I feel better about these sleazy felines in my domicile.
- My cat, Jackson, who hates everyone except for my wife and me, scratched me the other day. True, it was after a dog got into our house and attacked him, but come on. You are a cat. I own you. I hate cats. I want a dog. Be nice.
- I have decided that picking over/unders is a science, and I am not bad at it, but picking an under and watching people score at will is pretty freaking depressing.
- SVU is still on TV? If I didn’t doubt the masses and what they watch on TV, I do now with that information.
- I am fine with Come On Man. I personally think that You Got Mossed is just…stupid.
- So, we have a conference this week for work. I am finally shaving my goatee and mini-afro now that I hit goal for the year… My wife is very excited to know that after my conference and a trade show the week after, I can start working on my 1975 cop Movember mustache.
- Do you want to know the definition of “leverage?” It when you miss two practices, get media pub, and then get 2 int’s and 7 tackles in a win the game after that happens. #earlthomas
- Once again, I am stuck. My wife is still working on Outlander, I am done Billions, I am ready to binge Ozark, and she is not invested.
- Poker was fun. I love how after about two hours, the skills start coming out, and the cream rises to the top. I took the most money, and my good friend with three names took second. His three names are Rob, Ralph, and Peter. His real name is Rob, he reminds us of Ralph from Breakfast Club, and he is Peter because…wait…have to hold onto that info. No work talk here. My bad. Anyway, the guy has three names.
- People wonder why I don’t show emotion at work. Because, life is a game of poker. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.
- In this world of having to go through metal detectors for sporting events, I am confused about hospital security. It is very non-existent. Are sick people off the mass shooting suspect list?
- I think movie theaters are still way too easy to sneak into and go to multiple movies too…not that I do it, but I watch things like this because my brain is always moving.
- I am finally at the point in golf where anything more than a 50 on a nine hole stretch bothers me. That sounds ridiculous. Golf is hard. I think Kevin Costner said it best in Tin Cup. The only two things in life you don’t have to be good at to have fun? Golf, and sex.
- Might have a theme here. Golf. Tin Cup.
- Lindsey’s went to Europe with her friend. Her friend recently informed me she is “against Band-Aids.” I just started thinking about how I would like to be in the room when she got a papercut while drinking…
- I am not sure how I lived before without Google Docs…
- I don’t understand some marketing people. WHY the need to drop off “donuts” from “Dunkin?” I was personally fine with saying four syllables.
- I love my job. I love sales. I love winning. And, I love what you have to deal with on a day to day basis IN sales. My CEO called me the other day. I assumed he was calling me to congratulate me on my monster deal I just got in a couple of hours before. He was calling me about a deal in the NEXT month. Sales. Good job, now what have you done for me lately. Love it. Start at zero every month. It is not for everyone.
- I think if you don’t like the early rounds of The Voice, you are weird and a hater of music in general.
- I despise ESPN telling me that something is on the DirecTV guide but it not being on. ALMOST as much as I hate that ESPN has ESPN NEWS and for some reason chooses to lose the concept of the channel and show actual events on that channel.
- I believe we are at 8 times I have clicked on “Lethal Weapon” and been made sad because it is this new stupid show and not the classic, awesome movie.
- I am pretty sure my co-worker thinks she is the only person in the world who owns a dog. She need to watch Isle of Dogs. There are other dogs. Stop trying to show me the live feed of your canine at home, and start cold calling people.
- When watching the Ryder Cup, I just stare at the pullovers that the US team has on. If I had a gift list, getting dibs on one of those blue pullovers would be A-1-A on my list. Those things are awesome looking. We masses probably can’t get one, but just know that I want that thing. Dri-Fit would be a bonus.
- I didn’t know about Ian’s Pizza by Coors Field before this week. I now know about them and will be going back soon. Why? Because they don’t have a mac and cheese pizza with crappy mac and cheese on the pizza just to do it. They have GOOD mac and cheese on GOOD pizza and it is awesome.
- (wondering if they deliver presently)
- I believe I put it in the links below. You need to see the video of the guy in a kayak (read this slowly as it is complicated) who is attacked by a seal who uses an octopus as its weapon.
- I laughed out loud the other day at work. A co-worker started naming people coming into the meeting room with their initials. His voice went down in volume suddenly when he realized he yelled out “E.D.!”
- I now respect Walmart. I wanted to find an automatic shuffler for poker. I called, someone answered, and although it was about 15 minutes (took me a while to find it myself) before they answered, they confirmed they had one. That is a small example of a larger mission statement.
- I went to Gaetano’s the other night in celebrating hitting goal at my job. It is right down the street. Ex-mob place. When I test out Italian food, I start with the lasagna. It was good, but I think I am officially a white sauce lasagna guy now. My wife makes the 2nd best of that variety. Third: White Pie. Second: First: That place in Rome (like having a Philly NOT from South Street).
- I almost had my own problem one time, so I was glad to learn that a rapper had to go to the hospital after eating those extra hot Cheetos.
- (those things are ruthless, I will tell you, both day of and day after)
- (but they ARE delicious)
- I believe that all refs for college and NFL have the best gyms in the world. HAVE to.
- Every time I read about how the NHL video game is so good, I am proud that A) I banned video games from my addictive personality life and B) I was the best at NHL 1994 and used to carry around the disc in my pocket in case anyone challenged me.
TWEET OF THE WEEK:
THE BEST WORKOUT SONG EVER FOR THIS WEEK:
Well, let’s check the stats on my Shuffle…
Feed The Wolf: Breaking Benjamin (incumbent and not going away any time soon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTuNRW8Zens
The Devil Inside: Like A Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ew708RI_k
Shadow Boxing: Parkway Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP6QplMvOBg
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
Well, since we just played poker, I will put in my favorite line in all of life. Rounders line.
LINKS TO SAVE YOU TIME IN LIFE:
CLOSING:
The theme? Well, since I have the itch and am getting better, and since the Rams played Thursday, and since Tin Cup was mentioned, something related to “golf” or “goff” wins. There. Plus, to be honest, IF I was a golfer professionally, I would have done what Kevin did, exactly how he did it, on that Par 5.
That’s it for today. Hope you enjoyed or are at least more informed. Will I blog again? That is a CLOWN question, bro. Things will get more interesting. Vegas trip coming up, Beaver Creek, and Austin NYE. And remember. Feed yourself. Feed your family. But, always remember…to feed the wolf. I fed mine today. Peace.
And finally, if you like golf, watch Tin Cup. If you like poker, watch Rounders. And, if you like either and haven’t seen either one, then you are a waste of oxygen.
PICS:
Jackson (my cat) doesn’t like many people besides me, and I find this very interesting.
The one jamming out is the one my wife went to Europe with:
Yes, there are two of them. And apparently, they like each other even thought the expensive one is aloof:
Seriously, golf with a frost delay and the sun rising can’t be beat…
It was so badass watching this while it happened live on TV…can’t imagine actually BEING there…
I don’t want fancy things. And I tried to do this at our old house. But, THIS house has motivated me into and proven I wasn’t crazy in thinking that I wanted one…
And some pics from poker…first the doctor drinking tequila from a pitcher because the glasses were about 15-20 feet away…
One of my favorite guys, Casey…
The pitcher guy and Jon…
And this was our fantastic garage setup since a couple people were allergic to cats…awesome setting…old school.
And, in case you care about what I threw back in the pond, here you go…
| THROW IT BACK |
| giants gm out another losing season |
| talib might have surgery on ankle |
| nba media day |
| nc runner collapses dies during race |
| cosmo the cougar helmet loses-identity saved |
| bills cb tre hill mocks cousins you vike that in tunnel |
| ralph breaks the internet-i am excited |
| 2 headed copperhead in va |
| lebron says lakers long way from warriors…yeah |
| still needles in strawberries new zealand |
| Tanzania ferry now 224 dead |
| heyward bey two penalties one play |
| Steelers 9 TDS two games |
| clay matthews gets another weak roughing call |
| Lindsay broncos ejected |
| little man-cream cheese sandwich |
| a.p. in lineup both leagues |
| playing mccaffrey and ryan in ffl plus 80 pts |
| anthony davis signs with lebron’s agent |
| trevon hill dismissed from va tech de |
| garoppollo acl? |
| Wilder fury Dec 1 |
| linds beerfest |
| too much going on to combine baseball betting with college saturday |
| todd mcshay climbing construction |
| joshua knocks out povetkin |
| saban asks media to write about flaws |
| yanks clinch playoff spot |
| investigation finds maryland guilty mcnair |
| braves clinch first division since 2013 |
| the girls and me party |
| no call Oregon td ot |
| mayfield will start |
| wisco wins at iowa |
| oregon fans throw bottles after game |
| Vikings everson Griffen mental health |
| man fined catcalling new Paris law |
| Duke qb back |
| amazing how wildcard races trimmed to two teams so fast |
| refinery |
| Rockies quiet crowd |
| Titans wr Matthews to leave playing time. |
| wc race |
| north tx to unretire mean Joe 75 for one game |
| big games college football |
| woods Reed pairing |
| haden 3am drug test |
| fans can purchase nba 4th qtr |
| sprinkler shut down |
| hbo no more fights |
| rams viking |
| aaron mcdonald comes up big late in game |
| Miami changes qb from rosier |
| si bet sheet |
| kavanaugh |
| medicane |
| o Neal to miss ucla season |
| judge best selling jersey |
| Addison Russell wife speaks out |
| guess nats pick was off |
| Murray no start |
