Well this weekend sucked if you're a Pittsburgh fan. Just about the only thing that went right was the Pens winning on Saturday 3-0 over the Panthers.
But then everything turned sour. The Steelers lost, dashing our Super Bowl dreams, and on top of that, Pitt had to go ahead and lose to Villanova on Sunday. Thanks for the double kick in the nuts boys. I was hoping for another Pittsburgh Parlay if you will, and instead all I got was a 1-2 record and an ulcer growing in my stomach.
Just to add a little more salt to the wound, they had to tell me Hines is getting his knee chopped and remind me that Alan "Haggar the Horrible" Faneca is probably leaving via free agency. The team is in transition, and Snack does not enjoy change as much as some of my compatriots in the blogging world. At least youngster LaMar Woodley looked good last night, registering 2 sacks and getting in Gerrard's face almost every time he was in.
One more little thing to add about the game, I didn't notice the holding on that 4th and two play in fourth quarter until I saw the replay today. I figured that hole opened up way too much on a middle linebacker blitz, but since I refuse to watch Sportscenter when the Steelers lose, I didn't see the replay until now.
But enough with my ramblings, here's some links to keep ya busy, Diego apparently got a half day or something so knowing him he'll be drinking by noon and may not be able to post until tomorrow...
First and foremost, for those of you who don't own a TV or have been hit in the head with a rock recently, American Gladiators is back on NBC. Last night's premiere was awesome, and the new generation of gladiator is pretty badass. Bar none the best two gladiators are Helga on the women's side (she's as big as Snack and just mauls these poor girls) and for the men, it's Wolf. He's definitely the smallest (and oldest) gladiator, but he wears his hair like Ben Stiller in Dodgeball and is so 80's-riffic that I'm not so sure he wasn't on the original. Throw in the Hulkster as host and you have yourself one helluva show.
For those of you who may not know what American Gladiators is (you damn youngins need to recognize), it's basically a game show where big steriod monkeys beat the ever living snot out of some poor little guy who usually has some kind of sob story. Last night's storylines included the fiesty female Marine, the man who tried out 14 years ago (and they felt the urge to say that about a million times), and a little guy who weighed about 140 lbs. The gladiators talk horrible, horrible trash and then maul these ex-high school athletes. The events include Pyramid, where the "contestant" climbs a foam mountain while these giants await them at the top to throw them 50 feet onto their faces, and the Eliminator, a full on obstacle course that includes climbling the pyramid and SWIMMING UNDER F-ING FIRE!!! Here's a quick clip from last night, and you'll totally understand what I mean...
The Chargers and Giants won yesterday and not surprisingly, no one around here cares. Neither one of them will make the Super Bowl, and now they're just fodder for the big boys waiting to devour them next round. I'd still rather have Big Ben then Eli or Phil Rivers, as he's proven he's not a soft punk like the two of them. We'll count Super Bowl rings at the end of their careers and see who wins...
Roger Clemens went on 60 Minutes last night to defend himself against these steriod allegations levied against him in the Mitchell Report. He asks for the benfit of the doubt, and I'll give it to him for now, because the only reason this guy fingered him is he was pressured by the federal government to testify. I dunno about you, but I know plenty of people who have cracked under less pressure and just told the feds what they wanted to hear. So we'll see.
A little more Roger news, breaking news on ESPN.com is that Roger Clemens is filing a defamation suit against Brian McNamee, claiming 15 things he said in the report were "untrue and defamatory". Stay tuned boys and girls, things are about to get real ugly.
And finally, with football season over, it's time to focus on our Buccos and Pens again. Check out MLB Trade Rumors and the new Bucco Blog forum if you're a mega dork like me and like talking about trades and free agents with people who actually have an idea what's going on. They're good reads, and it's always good to keep up on your Pittsburgh Ball Club.
Our Pens aren't back in action until tomorrow night, when they take on the Panthers again in the last leg of a home and home series. Hopefully they play as well as they did last go round, and Ty Conklin needs to keep his spectacular goaltending going too.
Until lata...
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