The plan for this blog is to let you know what I did and thought during Super Bowl Sunday.
11:30 EST
Michigan State vs. Penn State prediction
MSU 57 PSU 48
12:30 EST
Michigan State is head and shoulders better than Penn State. Kalin Lucas is the best guard in the Big Ten when he wants to be.
12:40 EST
Tom Izzo is an excellent locker room coach, but when things go south during the game he is does not make the same great in game adjustments. Michigan State gets board with its competition too easily, and then plays lackadaisically.
1:15 EST
Travis Walton fouling a 3pt shooter who is not set says all that you need to know about his GARBAGE game. Kalin Lucas is a BEAST when he wants to be boards scoring and assist. Taylor Battle is not in Kalin Lucas’s league, he is a good college player but Lucas has NBA talent.
1:25 EST
Penn State is starting to play above his head. It seems it is just their day and not Sparty’s. My comments about Taylor Battle may have been premature he is having a heck of a game.
1:50 EST
Where is Delvon Roe, who started the game with an 8 point explosion in the first half? I have not seen him in the second half. Izzo is implying the hack a shack tactics on the entire Penn State team who shoot in the 60s from the line in Big Ten play.
2:03 EST
Battle chokes on two free throws with 29 seconds left, I was sure that he was going to hit both freebies I guess he is over playing above his head.
2:10 EST
The Spartans have been shocked by the Nittany Lions. The Spartans went cold at the wrong time while pulling off their pressure defense that forced Penn State to turn the ball over. Now MSU is in a tie for the Big Ten Lead with Purdue and MSU now has a two game losing streak in East Lansing. This is something that the Izzone is not use to. Is this a prelude to a day of up sets, lets watch the Detroit Pistons vs. LeBron James game and see if the trend continues. Thus far my record today I am 0-1, luckily I am not in Vegas.
2:10 EST
Food break (Wings, and chips)
2:30 EST
Detroit vs. LeBron Predication
Pistons 84 The LeBrons 97
2:35 EST
How smart is Mike Brown the coach of the LeBrons? He is having LeBron guard Rodney Stuckey. The reason that this is smart is because in the last month when the Pistons have played well Stuckey has gotten to the basket at will, when they have lost he has been in foul trouble and reduced to a jump shooter. Side note I am sick and tired of Rasheed Wallace complaining when calls are made correctly by the Refs. These types of actions minimize his credibility and mentally take him out of the game.
2:50 EST
How can Mo Williams argue that he is being disrespected by not being selected to the All-Star game, with Mark Jackson co-signing for him? Jackson just said Williams should be an All-Star over Danny Granger and Devin Harris because the Cavs have a better record. What a croc, Williams plays on the LeBrons, and they got their correct allotment of All-Stars, ONE which is LeBron. He is the only All-Star on that team, the rest of the players are either okay players or BUMS i.e. Williams! If you want to argue that someone does not belong on the team the person who should be pointed out is Jameer Nelson, the Magic should not have gotten three all-stars.
2:55 EST
Speaking of BUMS Michael Curry’s coaching is quite BUMISH, how do you call yourself a professional coach with Rodney Stuckey checking LeBron, I have four word to describe what happened to Rodney (he got broke off) yep he picked up 2 quick fouls. Stuck is not tall enough, or strong enough to check LeBron on an NBA court, Rec Center, or college IM.
3:25 EST
I have been saying it for weeks, and after watching about 30% of the game against the LeBrons, Rasheed Wallace has lost a step and a half from last year, the passes that he made when he first came to Detroit do not connect on anymore. The shots that he made look so effortlessly over the past few years are at times a struggle to get up. Make no mistake about it; he is still a good player, but not a great player anymore. I was once told nothing beats youth, and when watching Rasheed I can really see that this statement is true. This is one of the things that are wrong with the Pistons this year, but the true question is what you do with him in free agency after the season.
4:10 EST
The maddening thing about the Detroit Pistons is that they play well against the elite teams showing that yes they deserve to be on the court with the likes of the one name stars (Kobe, LeBron, KG etc.), but then they go out and lay an egg against teams like the thunder. What gives, they hired a coach who stated that his sole mission was to get this team to play with a sense of purpose on a nightly basis. He is not getting it done. Another observation form this game is that LeBron still needs help, can you imagine what he would be like with David Lee on his side at the Garden on a nightly basis, even though I do not think it will happen after next year. There is little difference between the Pistons and the Lebrons, and that should worry Danny Ferry. The LeBrons’ are one LBJ sprained ankle from a first round melt down.
4:25 EST
Just read a story about Michael Phelps smoking marijuana, my reaction is that this is not a surprise. The people that I know who know him say that he is not the most gracious person i.e. he is a butt hole. How can you blame him for being a butt, the media (NBC) made him what he is, and he thinks he can do whatever he wants because he is the golden boy as termed by NBC during the Olympics. This guy needs a reality check and I hope that this is it.
Boobie Gibson of the LeBrons needs to be given more PT, he can shoot the blood out of the ball, just as Rip Hamilton. He has spurred on their eventual win, and it is sad that after his performance 2 years ago in the conference finals that the Pistons forget about him and let him camp out at the three point line.
4:51 EST
Why does Piston Coach Michael Curry always call the Rasheed Wallace pick and pop play out of a time out when they are down? Everyone knows it is coming, and the wait for it. I guess you can just call his play selection bad coaching. This is a team that is put together all wrong and there is very little that will be done about it until next year. The Piston’s reign as one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference is over. The Celtics will win the East again because they have 2 legitimate superstars (KG, Pierce) one very good player (Allen), and one good player (Rondo). Oh yeah by the way I am 1-1 on my picks today, I guess it was not an upset Sunday.
5:15 EST
Food and snack time cheese cake, pie, celery and carrots.
Arizona vs. Pittsburgh Predication
Cardinals 35 The Steelers 27
6:32 EST
Hines Ward looks fine to all except Arizona.
7:04 EST
The cards were dominated in the first quarter, and are only down 3-0. That is not good, not good at all. Arizona is too explosive to not put up as many TDs as possible.
7:26 EST
Arizona is missing too many tackles. This is going to really burn them at some point. Great teams tackle better than this. Rodgers-Cromartie is a stud.
8:19 EST
The pick six to end the first half was a great play by a good player, but at the same time it was a bad play by a great player. Kurt Warner should have made a better read on the play, and made an attempt to look off the defense. I expect him to play a lot better in the second half than he did in the first half. Thus far I have liked the Doritos crystal ball commercial the best.
8:49 EST
The Cards are coming unglued, their inexperience is really showing. On the other hand the Steelers are beginning to impose their will on the Cards. If Arizona can hold Pittsburgh to a FG on this possession they will only be down by 13. Heath Miller can not drop touchdown passes with 3:44 left in the third quarter when you are trying to go up by 17.
8:53 EST
If Arizona holds Pittsburgh to a FG; they are still in the game. Adrian Wilson can not put his team in the hole with a bone head play at a pivotal time of the game. Luckily it only cost your team time.
9:14 EST
Arizona just set the record for penalty yardage in a Super Bowl, and I do not think that you can win that way. This has been a disappointing performance by Arizona. They have been dominated this entire game, with that being said Arizona is only down 13 points. Many people are probably thinking that this is unusual, but this is the way they play. They are a team that wants to muck the game up and win ugly; I guess it is the old Al Davis adage of just win baby.
9:36 EST
Pittsburgh is in trouble, they have let Warner get into a grove with the no huddle offense. Is this Warner’s drive to Canton?
9:50
Larry Fitzgerald’s Catch has just put Arizona in the driver’s seat but it is not over. The Steelers have played this way the entire season they call it 60 mins. of football.
10:11 EST
The Holmes catch was a classic clutch catch, which should have earned him the Super Bowl MVP. This game should be replayed as an instant classic.
Well that is the end to a great day of sports and food, oh yeah by the way I was 1-2 today in my picks, and I still feel that Warner should be in the Hall of Fame for this performance. See you Thursday.
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