Top 10 Ugliest Jerseys in Sports Today

Uniforms in today’s sports are constantly changing; teams may change cities, or just simply decide that their old digs need to be updated. Also, the revenue generated from sports jersey sales has become huge, leading a lot of teams to incorporate a third, or sometimes even forth, “alternate” jersey into their repertoire. Both of these factors combined have cleared the way for some of the ugliest sports jerseys I have ever seen...and that gave me the idea for this weeks list...

10. Minnesota Wild-

If you’re the type of person who enjoys the Christmas season, then chances are you love this jersey. I mean red and green together - you really couldn’t think of anything better then that? Maybe I should let them slide since it is Minnesota and they aren’t exactly on the cusp of the fashion industry out there in eastcabum...(fill in the rest). When I think Wild, I think something badass, and the Wild logo and jersey is far from that. You would have to be pretty Wild to rock one of these though, maybe that’s what they were going for.

(Pic from image01.demandmade.com)

Christmas all year long in Minnesota...

9. Baltimore Ravens-

Expansion teams, for one reason or another, usually have horrible jerseys and the Raven’s are no exception. What grown man wouldn’t wanna look like Barney when rooting on their favorite team every Sunday? Nothing makes you feel like a man more then wearing purple...HAHAHAHA The Steelers game I look forward to going to the most every year is the Ravens game. Why? So I can unmercifully heckle and harass all those morons from B-more who wear those purple jerseys, to the point where they need a police escort to get inside Heinz Field. It’s just too easy.

(Pic from viewimages.com)

Ray Ray, do you have a purse to go with that uniform?

8. New Orleans Hornets-

Ok, so whenever they were located in Charlotte, the Hornets' jersey were bad...I guess they thought changing to teal and yellow was an improvement...I’m thinking not so much...Yes they did take out the purple, but they decided to go with the equally girlish colors teal and yellow - or is that canary? Not a very smart move. If I were Chris Paul, I would hang my head in shame every time I ripped off my warm-ups and ran onto the court.

(Pic from rareairshoes.com)

Pastels? Really?

7. Virginia Tech Football

The Hokies have had a rough year so far, first the tragic shootings, then the whole Michael Vick story. So I do feel bad for the V-Tech students, but it won’t stop me from hating on their football uniforms. They are kinda plain, which I am into because I like the old school uni’s, but the colors just don’t go together at all. Maroon and orange - what did you do throw two darts at the color wheel? Crayola wouldn’t dare to put these two crayons next to each other in the crayon box.

(Pic from football-jerseys-and-more.com)

Hey Vick, I'd be a criminal too if I had to wear this crappy jersey...

6. Oregon Football-

They just barely edge out their college counterparts at V-Tech, but for good reason -these jerseys (and I do wanna make sure I make that plural) are just God-awful. I’m not even going to get into the color combo, which is one of the worst I’ve seen. It's the brightness of these jerseys that makes them even worse...its like they’re reaching out of the picture and slapping you in the face with their ugliness. The addition of those fake steel marks (or whatever the hell they are) only make them that much worse. (thank God the Steelers never tried to make this happen) They actually kind of look like tire treads, and that reminds me...the person who gave the final okay on these jerseys should be run over by a truck!

(Pic from thejockrap.com)

Quack! Quack! Quack!

5. Nashville Predators

This is by far the most hideous jersey in the entire NHL, if not in all of hockey...ever. This jersey is pretty weak, but it's most certainly the shiny silver that puts it over the top. It looks like some sort of space suit with that shiny Mylar-like material on the shoulders. This jersey without a doubt looks like it should come from the 1980’s, and I don’t consider that a positive.

(Pic from icejerseys.com)

M.C. Hammer just called and said he wants his jersey back...

4. Pittsburgh Pirates Red Alternates

Don’t get me wrong, the regular Bucco jerseys aren’t really anything to write home about, but at least they go along with the whole black and gold theme of our fair city. I don’t know what the hell they are thinking trying to rock out the red cut off sleeve jersey; it just doesn’t work for them at all. Any one who has been to a home Buccos game on a Sunday knows what I am talking about. With any luck these eye sores will be gone within the next year or two. I mean, the Pirates should at least be able to look good while losing 100 games a year.

(Pic from farm1.static.flickr.com)

Somebody do me a favor and call P Diddy and tell him to design our new alternate jerseys...

3. Cleveland Browns-

Now this one is kinda screwed up because Cleveland actually had the chance to change those atrocious uniforms when they reentered the league in 1999. However, they decided that sticking with the poop brown jerseys was a good course of action. (What the h were they thinking) I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - there is no other professional sports team with brown in their logo. You would think this would give those jagoffs in Cleveland a clue, but I suppose they are dumber then they look. Why anyone would buy a brown jersey is beyond me, but I’m thinking orange isn’t much better. They don’t even have a freakin' logo! Maybe their new mascot can be a giant version of Mr. Hanky from South Park, seems like it would be a good fit. Hiiiiiiidieeeeeeee Hoooooooooo!

(Pic from msnbc.msn.com)

It's poop again...

2. McDonalds All-American-

These are a less popular pick since the game is only held once a year, but I thought they were good enough to make the list because they actually piss me off - they're that super-ugly. Don’t try to sit here and tell me that Mickey D’s doesn’t have enough money to make them better, because that is blasphemy. McDonald's has served over a billion people worldwide, so that bank account is pretty hefty. They manage to get the greatest players in high school B-ball to come play for them, but their uni’s are worse then my 12th grade St. Rosalia CYO jerseys, and we had to buy our own shorts!

(Pic from media.scout.com)

Do you think they made them ketchup and mustard colored on purpose?

1. Miami Dolphins-

Okay folks, I am going to have to thank our reader MZP for pointing this one out to me. She reminded me one reason I might hate these jerseys so much is because of the first car I ever had - a 1990 Teal Ford Tempo. I am actually kind of embarrassed to admit that I rocked a teal car that couldn’t go up the steep hills of Pittsburgh if you had the AC on. (It had no prayer of making it if Snack was riding shottie) The Dolphins should be even more embarrassed that they have the audacity to wear a teal colored jersey each and every Sunday. Teal is a girl’s color and football is a man's sport, so this equation just doesn’t equal out.

(Pic from fannation.com)

Even JP looks like a wuss...

Honorable mention: Atlanta Thrashers, Hawaii Football, Seattle Mariners, Phoenix Suns, Tampa Bay D-Rays.

Bonus 50 ugliest things in sports link… Well boys and girls, there's our list. Remember, it's just our opinion, feel free to add any you think we ommitted to the comments section.

Until next week...

Sid's down - Steeler sighting

OK, I'm not even going to post a link up to last night's debacle, that's how hurt I am by it. The Pens lost 3-0 to the Lightning and in case you haven't seen the TV yet or live under a bridge, Sid the Kid now has a dreaded "high ankle sprain" from sliding into the boards feet-first, and will be sidelined indefinitely. He'll be re-evaluated early next week, but early prognosi from all the amateur doctors out there has him down for at least 6 weeks. You gotta learn to protect them legs man, sliding into the boards at full speed is never a good idea...

The Pens now have to rely on their "secondary" players like Sykora, Geno, Malone, Colby and the like to score. This could actually work out, making the team stronger and less dependant on Crosby...Of course, this could be the downfall of the season and we could miss the playoffs because of this crap...Only time will tell, but let's hope it's more of the former and less of the latter...

In much, much better news, last night was our first official PNA street sighting of a Steeler.

As Diego and Snack pounded cheap booze at Rumshakers to celebrate White Marcus and Shiver me Timbers' bdays, Snack noticed a rather large SOB walk through the door. He says, "Dude, I think that's Matt Spaeth"....Diego checks it out, and he agrees. So we commence to ask every one of our friends in attendence, and half of them (mostly the girls) said "who the hell is Matt Spaeth" and the guys all said they wouldn't know Spaeth if he kicked them in the face.

So, being a little "under the weather", neither one of us wanted to go up an make an ass out of ourselves in front of someone who may or may not be a Steeler...So as he makes his break for the door, I yell out "Spaeth, you're the shit"...horrible line, I know, but I was drunk, so get off me. Anyway, he looks over, give the "you're the man" point, and walks out with his crew of large men and beautiful blondes...

It looked like my man was handlin' his booze well, and his ladies were definitely top-notch...my only question is, if you're making about a million dollars a year, why, in the good name of God, would you go to Rumshakers. I mean honestly, there's classier places in Greenfield. I guess his ladies wanted to boogie down a little or something, but thankfully, for his sake, he was only there for like 30-45 minutes at most.

Until after the Pens game tonight, when hopefully we start another winning streak...

PS - we did look at a pic of Spaeth when we got back to the penthouse, and it was definitely him. We wanted to make sure it wasn't another look-alike dude, but considering this dude is 4 inches taller then Snack (who's 6'3-6'4 himself) it kinda confirms it.

Some crappy news...

Not to put a damper on your Fridays, but PNA has just learned that Ernie Holmes died last night in Texas. He was 59.

I never got the oppportunity to see "Fats" play, except of course, on all the highlight shows and DVDs I've watched over the years, but from what I understand, he was a helluva lineman. He was often overshadowed by the likes of Joe Green, Dwight White and L.C. Greenwood, but he was a big part of the first 2 Super Bowls during the 70's.

The thing I can appreciate the most about Ernie was that he was a madman. He was seen with an arrowhead shaved into his noggin, and he was said to be just as good as Mean Joe but without any kind of discipline...It woulda been nice to have seen him play, but I'll always have those Super Bowl Champs DVDs. Anyone who wants to say something about Fats can just post it in the comments section of this post. I'm sure you old timers got some good memories of him...

Rest in peace, big guy....

On a lighter note, we may or may not get another post up today - We're celebrating loyal readers White Marcus and Mike "Shiver me Timbers" Pricer's bday tonight in the South Side, so we got a lot of stuff to do...Happy Bday boys, and remember, "anything that doesn't run away from us" in 2008...

Diego's Link's N'at....

Not a whole lot going on in terms of Pittsburgh sports, but here’s some quick links to keep you entertained and informed of any news happening today…

Pitt’s defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads is leaving to take the same job and join Tommy Tuberville down at Auburn.

Ok we get it he’s not gonna go to Pitt, but where do the experts say that Terrelle Pryor will go?

Ty Conklin is getting lots of love from the big media outlets.

ESPN’s Damien Cox thinks Conklin should be considered for the Hart Trophy this year.

Yocal Mark Madden still thinks Conk should ride the pine when the Flower fully recovers from his high ankle sprain.

Profootballtalk.com reported that Green Bay Fox affiliate WLUK will not run Seinfield in its normal timeslot Saturday afternoon because it is Eli Manning’s favorite show. I must say I find it hilarious knowing the extent some are willing to go to do what they believe will help their home team win. I do give them props for engaging in psychological warfare with Eli and I hope it works out for them. What’s next, sending a hooker to Plax’s room the night before the big game just like Lawerence Taylor used to do back in the day?

Until lata...

5 Reasons to watch the NFL Playoffs...(by Diego)

Ok people, with another weekend of football on the horizon, us Pittsburghers are left with an indifferent feeling as our Steelers have already been eliminated from competition. The questions remains how are we supposed to get excited to watch football now that the Lers have finished their season prematurely. Don’t sweat it, Diego’s got 5 reasons to give you so you can still get pumped to watch some football this weekend…

5. The Bucco’s season is coming sooner then you think.

You better believe that before you know it there will be 6 long months of baseball ahead of us. That means a whole lot of Bob Walk, bobble heads, fireworks nights, and pierogi races...and losing. Oh ya, and also not a whole lot of gridiron action going on except when you're playing Madden. Essentially what I am saying here is enjoy America’s true past time while you can. Of course I’m referring to football, not baseball. And remember the Steelers may not have lived up to expectations this year, but at least people actually have expectations for them… the Bucco’s just plain old stink.

4. It gives you an excuse to ignore responsibilities.

All you guys out there now exactly what I’m talking about... Instead of making a trip to Ikea and Home Depot this weekend, you can tell the wife to call her sister and go out with her because you’ll be glued to the tube watching the pigskin fly. Football gives you the excuse to have a guy’s night out, drink beer, eat chicken wings, fart, and act belligerent. (who really needs an excuse for that anyway but its always good to have one I suppose) Oh ya, and the most important thing, you can put off doing the chores around the house for another weekend so you can sit in front of that 100-inch wide screen plasma TV you bought your wife as a Christmas present and watch the NFL playoffs in crispy 1080i high definition.

3. You can root against the Patriots.

Lets face it, everyone in America hates the Patriots, except those idiots on our message board and the whole town of Boston, which can burn to the ground as far as I’m concerned. In fact, when I make it rich off of PNA, I am going to buy the town of Boston and promptly burn it to a crisp, using the warm ashes to cook Smores. Seriously though, it gets old hearing about these cheating bastards everyday day for the last 4 months. And honestly, I enjoy riling up the Bostonians, as they get overly emotional and defensive when you talk smack on their precious lil' team. I can only hope that they feel the pain that I felt when the Jags kicker booted that game winner on Saturday night. Let the hatred guide you, and watch the Pats get smacked down in the playoffs.

(Pic from wickedlocal.com)

The mean streets of Boston!

2. Mike McCarthy

This guy is the man - not only did he come out of nowhere to become what I believe is the coach of the year in the NFL, (screw you Bellichicken) but he is also a transplanted Pittsburgher! McCarthy is from Greenfield, just like yours truly, so you know I am going to be rooting on his Pack now that the Lers have bowed out. What is not to like about him? He got Favre to first come back, second to calm down and stop making all those bad decisions he was making last season, and lastly he has a team that’s 2nd in the NFC with no real big name stars besides Favre. The man didn’t even have a decent running back until November and he still kicked ass all the while taking little to no credit for it! No one saw the Packers doing what they did this year in the NFC, winning all those games and getting a bye week in the playoffs. So cheers to you Mike McCarthy, make us Greenfielder’s and Pittsburgher’s proud this weekend!

1. Gambling

Why is the NFL so successful and a billion dollar industry? That’s right, its gambling… it makes the world go round. Without gambling football would be screwed, but luckily for us that’s not a problem cuz every Joe Schmo knows at least one bookie, and even if you don’t you can still bet with a buddy, or gamble online. One sure fire way to make sure you're paying close attention to a game is to throw some cheddar on it, then you won’t even blink in fear of missing a game changing play. (but you may also have a minor heart attack) Either way its going to make the game WAY more exciting… just try not to get in over your head - you wouldn’t wanna have these guys below showing up at your door to collect…

(Pic from jonespc.com)

At least your kneecaps had a good year in 2007...

Until lata...

Swineburna 1/16/08

Hey guys, one of our boys, the Swineburna, is going to be writing posts from time to time about whatever it is he feels like telling yinz...He just emailed me his first post, and it's pretty damn good. He does like to rant though, so just to protect our sorry behinds I'll say his opinions aren't necessarily the views of PNA. He's an opinionated bastard, but we figured, eh, what the hell? It's a blog afterall, nothing serious like a newspaper. Check it out, and thanks again Swine, I'll see you at Crystal's lata on...

For this first installment from the Swineburna on Pierogi's N'at, I’m gonna help out my boys Big Snack and Diego with some varied content, and expand the site beyond the realm of sports. I’m gonna learn up some of you yinzers to a world outside of PNC Park, Heinz Field, and da Igloo. If you are only here for sports, please stop reading and continue to the next posting; but realize that there is more to life.

First of all I need to share a video of this hilarious kid from down unda’ who threw a house party and then got fined 20 stacks after hundreds of people showed up.

Now, hopefully everyone is following the political process; you’d actually have to be completely oblivious to not know a little. As ridiculous as the current administration is, it could actually get worse with some of these guys running. Romney is a Mormon….enough said. Huckabee…man he is off his freakin' rocker. He doesn’t believe in evolution and is workin to get the Constitution changed to ‘God’s Standards’. And still there is an unbelievable amount of idiots that vote for these people. I know it’ll (hopefully) come down to whichever Democrat wins the primaries (see:Obama, Hillary), but I guarantee some crazy stuff goes down between now and November.

And on the local political front: Dan Onorato is a jagoff. Ravenstall is our oblivious jagoff leader. I understand the 10% drink tax was the easiest way to fund our weak-ass transportation system, but he wouldn’t budge at all, even though Harrisburg presented at least 10 alternatives of funding. He’s a lazy moron who took the easy route because he copied Philly’s established model (because Philly and Pittsburgh are obviously so similar) and because he knows the drunks in this town will drink no matter what. The restaurants and Port Authority obviously have zero correlation (except that restaurant workers and bar goers can’t use it because it shuts down at 10); and they're raising fares and cutting routes. I’ve been to a lot of cities, and ours is the worst. You can’t even get an f’in cab here without getting yelled at on the phone by the lady from Yellow Cab. All we’re going to do is make a piece of crap look prettier and put stupid, colorful words in different languages on the sides of busses.

I will give it to Onorato, however, that there are more blatant abuses of power going on in the world. This one reaches into the billions, but mainstream media seems to not care a bit. Its amazing how people are obviously stealing millions of dollars with just about zero repercussions.

In sports news, I have to just mention that I don’t give a crap about steroids in baseball. It might be the most overblown story ever, and I am sick of hearing about it. Most of the guys who took HGH (or whatever type of steroid) did so to heal faster and stronger, and to prevent them from getting injured….so they could keep their jobs….and make money….and not work real jobs like us poor shlups. I’d do the same thing - I’m not going to demonize them. I don’t care that Bonds took steroids, I just don’t like him because he’s a giant prick. If there were a procedure to give athletes help with synthetic muscle tissue or some medical breakthrough like that, it would be heralded, not ridiculed. I don’t see the big difference between similar comparisons like that. Malcom Gladwell wrote a good article about this called The War on Drugs. There is a very gray area, but once the dumb ass general public of America gets hold of something, they run with it until its sickeningly used up.

Now, I think it is pretty obvious that our climate is messed up. Trust me, Pittsburgh is becoming a much more pleasant place to live and I’m lovin it, but it doesn’t bode well for the rest of the world. There is an obvious need for alternative power sources, but it seems there are a lot of special interests with an ass ton of money who still control things. There are alternatives out there, it’ll take a while. But its coming. There are solar panels that operate cheaper than coal power for the first time. There are functioning electric cars, all new buildings are ‘green’, especially here in the 'Burgh. So someday, we’ll get it together. Until then though, I’m loving global warming over here in the North Side.

In closing for this initial tutelage of the Swineburna, I am going to steal from Junker and Crowe’s 1250am morning show and offer up my vote, and take some votes from you all, for the Pierogi's N'at Jagoff of the Week. Pick anyone at all. Just let us know. My vote is for Big Snack for having to listen to his karaoke version of Bill Withers the other night….painful.

Until next time…..

Big News...

Ok guys, I know I've been pulling yinz around talking about how there would be another big announcement concerning your boy Snack writing for another large Pittsburgh blog...

Well here it is -

Big Snack (under his real name, Rocco) is now a contributing editor on The New Bucco Blog...I will be penning some articles in the News section about our Pirates, and will also be in charge of moderating comments for my articles and working the message boards...Make sure you check it out, Jake and Alex (the head honchos) have been working really hard on the site, and I definitely think it's an upgrade from the old one.

Also, don't forget to check out Diego and Snack's weekly post (Mondays) on Mondesi's House too...We're getting huge people, and we wanna thank you all for being with us from the get-go...

Look for us to be contributing to more sites, and keep your eyes peeled for bigger and better things from PNA in 2008!

Until tommorrow, when I'll post some links and such to keep your little minds at ease...

Nice little Monday...

Yesterday turned out to be a great day for your Pittsburgh sports teams, with the Pens beating the Rangers 4-1, and Pitt winning at the Pete against G-Town.

I'll start with the Pitt game, and man, what a game it was. Georgetown looked like they expected to roll right over us, but Dejuan Blair and Keith Benjamin would have none of it. Ronnie Ramon was nailing threes left and right, and we out muscled the "bigger, badder" Hoyas on the offensive boards, leaving John Thompson III in fits. And we won without Sam Young playing well, as he only scored 9 points, his first game under double digits this season.

To be honest, I thought Pitt may have some trouble in this game. G-Town was 4-1 against Pitt under J.T. III, and they are absolutely huge height-wise, so I figured they could outrebound us and just own the paint. Which they kinda did, but what we lacked on the defensive boards we picked up on the offensive ones, and our lack of height was made up for with hustle and athleticism.

It was a big win for the guys, and it finally proves they can live without Fields and Cook, at least for the time being. Kudos to Coach Dixon for not letting the guys feel sorry for themselves...Hail to Pitt!!!

As for our Pens, the only word to describe their recent run is WOW...Geno Malkin netted his second hat trick in as many weeks (hmmmm...didn't Snack mention he could go on a hat trick tear now that he scored his first one two weeks ago? Yea, he did.). I guess somebody was a little pissed they didn't make the All-Star game...(Come on, how can the NHL throw Marc Savard into the game and not Malkin? They should be ashamed of themselves, Malkin's 13th in total points in the league and 11th in scoring, and they guy who went instead of him, Savard, is 21st in points and only has 11 goals...)

Sid the Kid had two assists and Sergei Gonchar scored the other goal for the Pens, who have not lost a game in regulation (insert Les Miles joke here) since before Christmas. Everyone has been on top of their game, and Big Georges and Ryan Malone have been "handling business" with the best of them...Hell, even little Kris Letang is leveling people...

Ty "Who?" Conklin stopped a career high 43 saves, continuing his excellent goaltending. This guy is playing great, and is the major reason for us being in the midst of a 10-0-1 run...The Ty Train is rollin', and all we can do is hop on and go for the ride...

One more little note to pass on, the Steelers are planning that entertainment complex on the North Shore again...If it didn't work last time, I doubt it will work this time, but you never know...

Until lata...

Diego's links n' at...

Pens return home tonight at 7 PM against the Jagr bomb and his NY Rangers. The game is on Versus so we’re set to get an earful of ole Eddie Olczyk later on. The Pens are looking to get back on a win streak after losing to the Thrashers in overtime thanks to gray bush, Mark Recchi, scoring the game winner in the shootout. Did they give the old man some of the juice when he got to Atlanta? Or do you think he’s just motivated trying to prove the Penguins wrong?

Some pics of Sid the Kid partying Diego and Snack style have shown up on collegehumor.com - not sure if it’s him or just some lucky SOB who spends his time at parties picking up chicks while pretending to be Sid.

(Pic from collegehumor.com)

The new Pens arena may be delayed because of demands being made by a Hill district community group.Handle your business Ravenstahl and Onorato.

Pitt has a big game tonight facing off against Big East foe Georgetown, 13-1 and #5 or #7 in the nation depending where you look. This game is taking place at the Pete and Pitt is looking to improve to a winning record in Big East play. Pitt looks to avenge the loss dealt to them by G-Town in the Big East Championship last season. Pitt has been led by freshman Dejuan Blair, who will match up against one of the best centers in the nation in G-Town’s 7 footer Roy Hibbert, and junior Sam Young who has been absolutely lighting it up with his improved jumper and explosive dunks.

Speaking of Dejuan Blair, he has won his third Big East rookie of the week award this week.

In NFL draft news, Pitt sellout Penn State’s own Justin King, is leaving school. WVU’s Steve Slaton is also giving the NFL a try.

Maybe MLB could ask for some help from our friends at American Gladiators, because apparently they test for ‘roids.

Although I am not sure how accurate those tests are after seeing Helga’s bio, she’s 6’1” 205 lbs. (and I think they’re being generous)

(Pic from canmag.com)

Until lata...

Diego's Monday Morning Hangover...

We were treated to a pretty good weekend of sports, especially when you consider the fact that this was our first true Steelers-less weekend in quite some time. The NFL games were all entertaining, and definitely not as lopsided as the spreads for the game made them out to be.

In the AFC, the Pats handled business and simply outplayed the Jags, winning 31-20. The Jags gave 'em a decent game, but Brady and Moss proved to be too much for the Jagoffs to handle. At least you had a thrilling win against us, Garrard...better luck next year.

In the Sunday game, the Chargers held off the Colts, 28-24. Peyton had a hell of a day, but it wasn’t enough as the Chargers seem to have the Colts number. The Bolts held strong in this one after losing star running back LT and hot-head Phillip “Whiskey” Rivers to injury. See Steelers, whenever you actually have capable backups at running back you can actually still make progress in the run game whenever your star goes down. I am pretty sure there isn’t one team in the league that would rather have Dookie Davenport over either Michael Turner or Darren Sproles… (ya I’m kinda bitter)

So that leaves the Pats and Chargers in the AFC title game. The Chargers haven’t faired to well in this game in the past. (They are 1-3 in AFC Championships with the one win coming against the Steelers in 1994...) And only time will tell which players will return from injury to play next weekend.

That game at Lambeau was probably the most fun to watch because of the snow that was constantly coming down throughout the entire game. I was working during this one though, so I didn’t get to pay close attention, but the game was on a nearby TV. I swear that every time I looked up there were more points on the board. It was ridiculous… hope you gamblers out there bet the over in that one. Good to see Mike McCarthy leading his boys to a NFC Championship in his second year as coach. And screw the Seahawks anyway those bunch of whining little girls.

In other NFC action, the G-Men outlasted the Cowboys, 21-7, Sunday afternoon in Dallas. This proved to be the most entertaining game of the weekend due to all the extracurricular activity that was happening. With all the hoopla over Tony Romo and Yoko-Romo (Jessica Simpson), was there any surprise that Jessica wasn’t watching from inside the stadium this time? Or was she? The NY Post, those sly bastards, hired a Jessica Simpson look-a-like and stuck her three rows behind Dallas’ bench. Although I am pretty sure this crosses over the journalist boundary from appropriate to inappropriate, it is still funny as hell and a pretty harmless idea. They even decked her out in the now infamous pink and white Tony Romo jersey, and it actually worked...well done NY Post. That Jessica Simpson may be dumb as a rock, but she is the best type of distraction that I can think of.

(Pic from nypost.com)

I guess Romo never heard of keeping it on the down low...

It just kept getting better after the game was over, as TO broke down in tears and the Giants defensive players took shots at the loud mouth receiver. While TO used his stunna shades to cover up the tears squirting from his eyes, Michael Strahan and Antonio Pierce talked some smack of their own. Strahan said that TO and Patrick Crayton could eat some of that popcorn in TO’s home movie studio while they watch him play in the NFC Championship next weekend, while Pierce also commented about the popcorn quote. As for TO, he was left looking like his dog just died… calm down buddy, there’s no crying in football (unless of course you're Hines Ward and your best friend is supposedly retiring after a heart breaking loss in the AFC Championship at home… that’s the only time its acceptable)...

A few things I think….

The Giants have actually won 8 games in a row on the road, which is an impressive feat in the NFL these days, but can they really go into the frozen tundra and win in what could be one of the coldest games in the history of the league?

TO - what is with this guy? I mean he called Jeff Garcia gay after the 49ers lost in the playoffs, but he gets all teary eyed and tries to defend his QB now? I think the only person crazier then this TO fella is Britney Spears… therefore I thought it would be interesting to imagine the two hooking up in 2008. Yup that’s right, I am calling it now, TO and Brit Brit will be the hot new couple this year… is there any doubt that this one will end in heart break? Either that or murder suicide. Keep these two on their meds and there shouldn’t be any problems.

Refs… These NFL refs are killing me in the playoffs this year. More bad calls this week including a phantom holding call on a 90+ yard INT return TD by Antonio Cromartie, and another BS pass interference call against the Chargers later in the game. I know the NFL wanted Colts-Pats in the AFC, but it is absurd the refs make calls to help them win…

Steelers… as I was discussing above, the Steelers depth at RB is sad at best. I guess that's what happens whenever you take a punter in the fourth round, only to have him shank the last and most important punt of the year against the Jags… find Christ Sepulveda, you waste of a 4th rounder. How about this year we take one of the 8,000 running backs that are declaring for the NFL draft? An extra running back would come in a lot handier then another special teamer. (Though lord knows we need help there too)

Until lata...

Enjoy...

Well, I think this is the new colors we're going to stick with...Think of it as our homage to the Baby Blue Penguins uniforms that we're all so fond of...

We hope you like it, and we'd like to thank loyal reader Gallagher for drawing our new mascot and Diego's little brother Mike for doing all the photoshopping.

And last but not least, we'd like to thank our boy Beans for helping out tonight and basically doing everything you've seen with the graphics...

Without guys like that PNA wouldn't be possible. Hope you like the new digs, and don't forget to check for us tomorrow on Mondesi's House... Until lata...

Men at Work...

In true Pittsburgh fashion, Diego and I are currently drinking a few Irons and working on the site...So if you happen to stumble upon it while we're screwing with colors and headers and the like, please excuse us...

Everything will be lookin' good by morning, I promise...

Thanks guys - Snack and Diego

I really hate the Pats...

So first off, I'd like to thank loyal reader Bobinkle for sending me a text message with those exact words on it after the Pats ended Jacksonville's Cinderella run. I really do hate the Pats, and all of their ignorant, stupid-ass comments they left on our "Ten reasons to hate the 2007 Patriots" just dig it in even deeper.

I mean, come on guys, I realize we are a little jealous about how you win, but you did GET CAUGHT CHEATING...that makes you public enemy number one in everyone's eyes, and rightfully so. So go see a Dropkick Murphy's show, drink a Sam Adams and chill out. Our boys in Green Bay (coached by Greenfield's finest Mike McCarthy) will be there soon enough to knock that smug little smirk off your faces...

Now for something we in Pittsburgh actually care about - our Pittsburgh hockey Penguins. They may have lost to the Thrashers Saturday night, but they still got a point for sending it to ovetime and are right in the thick of things in the Eastern Conference.

We've been on a tear, with this being our only loss since before Christmas , and there's been one reason - Ty "Who?" Conklin...He's been a savior since Marc Andre went down, keeping us in games we have no reason being in. If he keeps playing as well as he is, he would have to merit some consideration for the starting job, which, could actually work out nicely because we could use Fluery as a trading chip and actually land a top notch winger. I realize I'm getting ahead of myself here, seeing as he's started something like 10 games this year, but he has really been impressive. He hasn't given up more then three goals in any of his starts, and he seems to work very well with our defensemen.

Cheers, Ty, keep up the good work, hopefully he gets the start Monday night against the Rangers...

Pitt beat Seton Hall Saturday, mostly because of great performances from Sam Young and Dejuan Blair. They combined for nearly 50 points, and totally outclassed the Pirates (ironic, isn't it...the team that plays horribly is called the Pirates...hahaha). It's still gonna be a tough run to March without Mike Cook and Levance Fields, but at least Pitt proved they can win the games they're supposed to win. Monday against the G-Town Hoyas will be the real test...

Duquesne lost a heartbreaker to Rhode Island (who is still ranked but not for long after my UD Flyers beat them earlier in the week) Sunday, but is still much more impressive then they were last year. Check out Duke's Court for all the coverage of Duquesne Hoops you could ever want...

Finally, it looks like the Conference Championships are set in the NFL - It's New England versus San Diego (insert Will Ferrell joke here) and Green Bay versus the Giants on the frozen tundra of Lambuea Field...My early pick is Green Bay versus New England, because there's no way the G-men and Eli go to Green Bay and win, and there's no way a Chargers team led by Billy "never been a starter" Volek can overtake the Patriots...just a fat Greenfielder's opinion, but one that I'm sure is shared by 95 percent of the free world right now...

Also, make sure you check out Mondesi's House, where your boys Snack and Diego are now "staff writers"...Our first post should be sometime this week (I would assume tomorrow so check it early and often)...We'll also be making some changes here as far as our colors and fonts go so it matches our new logo, to be unveiled very soon (maybe even tonight, so once again, check early and often)...

Until lata...