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2012 Pre-Season Power Rankings have been calculated. This year I used
a new program that calculates the value of a team's whole draft, not
just the starters.
1. 40oz to Freedom
2. Koko of Steel
3. The G.O.A.T.
4. Team Subbert
5. Path to Prosperity
6. JuanJose's Pendehos
7. Orlando Drinkers
8. Paul Ryan's Chedderhead Revival
9. The Fighting Turtles
10. Johnny Blaze
11. Whaling City Clippers
12. Disco Inverno
13. Team Snarf
14. The Godfocker
And for last year's reference with the old system:
2011 Lombardi's Party Pre-Season Power Rankings
1. Whaling City Clippers
2. 40oz to Freedom
3. Clark Koko
4. Team Snarf
5. Mr. Papageorgio
6. Jack Knows Thai
7. Disco Inverno
8. The Fighting Turtles
9. Johnny Blaze
10. Team Subbert
11. The G.O.A.T.
12. Orlando Drinkers
13. Chedderhead Revival
14. JuanJose's Pendehos
2011 Final Standings
1. Juan Jose's Pendehos
2. Whaling City Clippers
3. The Fighting Turtles
4. Mr. Papageorgio
5. The G.O.A.T.
6. Jack Knows Thai
7. Clark Koko
8. The Chedderhead Revival
9. Team Snarf
10. Team Stubbert
11. Johnny Blaze
12. Orlando Drinkers
13. Disco Inverno
14. 40oz To Freedom
8/08/2012 11:48:00 AM
Sully's Housewarming/Pool Party is this Sat starting at 1pm
Posted by Double S
Fellow Brothers of the Cobra Kai. I turn to you and ask for something that I know we are capable of and is within our destiny.......but we must make sure it is fullfilled.
We have been together for a long time and built a storied franchise that cannot much be matched in any professional sports arena. However, One of our Founding Fathers Mr. Koko..........has been called to a higher ground.......and will be taking the field with his brethren of the Cobra Kai one last time this Friday Night.
We NEED THIS CHAMPIONSHIP! WE DESERVE THIS CHAMPIONSHIP! IT IS OURS!
We need to stay focused in the first game and not overlook our opponnent the once mighty Pretzels. I will be South putting together Brother Regers family wedding ceremony for Game 1.............and I need the team to come through and anhilate Pretzels. If this happens I will be back to join my brothers for the Championship Game............and I know if we get there.........there is no way we lose. We have been through a lot together.......and we know what has to be done.So...............I have One Thing I need you to do..............WIN! So what are we waiting for....Crikies!
What up Kais?! I'd love to have a Cobra Kai pool party
However in the realm of superstar athlete vs. rabid fanatic,
“hate” takes on more of a cartoonish gravitas.
Hating an opposing team or a specific player is a time-honored
tradition, in fact, it’s the god-given right of every sports fan to name a
nemesis and then hate them for all eternity.
Many athletes interpret the boos at opposing venues as a showing of
respect. For a player to induce such a
reaction by simply being good at what they do is a form of “good-hate” and
something athletes wear as a badge of honor.
Then there is the other end of the spectrum, which usually encapsulates
a player in a brick wall of self-imposed bad choices. This kind of hate, although not as severe as true, real-world
hate, is definitely not a sign of respect.
It’s a fire that pro athletes and their agents try to avoid ever igniting. Owning the “bad guy” role in
sports is a mask worn only by an exclusive group of players whose superpower is
the ability to absorb the relentless backlash from fans and media and strangle
it into an unwilling amount of admiration.
Although he tried it on for a while, this mask was a poor fit for the
face of LeBron James.
During the 2010-2011 NBA season, James tried to accept the
role of villain. He tried to
impersonate the arrogance of a young Alex Rodriguez, the bravado of Alan
Iverson and the merciless play of Reggie Miller. Just one problem . . . LeBron James is a horrible
impressionist. He’s not naturally
arrogant, is obviously uncomfortable and awkward when boasting, and didn’t have
the cutthroat demeanor needed to vanquish his opponent all by himself.
After losing to the Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals, James
admitted to not playing within himself, getting caught up in the hype and
making some very immature decisions.
But ever since The Heat’s premature Super Sweet Sixteen Bar Mitzvah
bash, words alone were never going to be strong enough to delete the “… not
one, not two, not three …”. from the cerebral hard drives of fans. James was simply going to have to convince
everyone through the loudest form of communication possible . . . actions.
So James developed a “post game,” something he’s been
criticized for his entire career, and a good one at that. He took definitive control as leader of the
team, no more looking in the magic mirror for Romper Room share time with Wade. And perhaps most important, his change in
attitude with the media. Much like
A-Rod has since coming out about steroid use, James has stopped taking
everything personally. He just answers
the questions with poise, and with the exception of one slip about maybe going
back to Cleveland someday, he did not hand the media much kindling this season.
But what about his heart?
Was he able to Grinch-up his play to overcome the inevitable knockdown
moments that most teams will experience in such an intense tournament like the
NBA Playoffs? The answer: down 2-1 to Indiana, down 3-2 to Boston,
down 1-0 to OKC . . . winner, winner, championship ring dinner. James simply wouldn’t let defeat
happen. Single moments are everything
when creating a legacy and to this point, James was lacking in the “memorable”
section. That is until Game 4 of The Finals with 4
minutes left and a tie score, James drills a 3-pointer on one leg that he had no
business taking and puts Miami up to stay.
It’s the accumulation of those kinds of moments that morphs a good
player into a great player, a great player into a Hall of Famer and a Hall of
Famer into an immortal. That “3” was a
moment no one will ever forget, a moment that makes a champion.
Perhaps though, an even more telling example of the
maturation of King James, even more important than the Game 4, 3-pointer, more
powerful than the plethora of “and 1” drives to the basket, was his instinctual
reaction to a teammate celebrating too early in Game 5. As Mario “little brother” Chalmers started
to rile up the crowd at American Airlines Arena with a good portion of the 4th
quarter left, his leader pointed at him like a teacher who just caught a
student smoking in the bathroom. He
told him, “No, none of that. Just play
ball.” That was LeBron’s “Anakin” moment. Yes that’s right I’m going to make a Star
Wars analogy here and there’s nothing you can do to stop me. Besides it’s appropriate as The Heat were
definitely getting the “Evil Empire” treatment in Oklahoma City for their
introductions, but I digress. In that
moment, LeBron James was no longer under the influence of the dark side; the kid straight out of high school who
thought he could use anger and aggression to take a team to a championship all
by himself. He was no longer the guy who thought he could just take a short cut by teaming up with other all-stars and dominate the league like it’s an
X-Box game. The circle is now complete, but not in the ominous evil way The Emperor says it. LeBron is now a complete player, a
leader who makes everyone on the team better not only by his play when the
clock is running, but also by his demeanor when it’s stopped.
Now that he finally has his ring and won it with an MVP
performance, supreme unselfishness and, most surprisingly, with class, fans can
now continue to “hate” on LeBron James, but now for the right reason . . .
being a champion.
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I can't WAIT for this to come out!
By the mid '90's, "Al Gore's invention" was starting to invade every home with a PC but there's no way AOL and Prodigy were going to cut it with 10 minute JPEG downloads. So then came Ethernet, DSL and broadband connections. There was no stopping bus 2525 now; any answer to any question was literally at our fingertips. If information is power, then gods we have all become.
But was that enough? Of course not, now that we have it fast, we also need it mobile. We can't be chained to some desk with a big overheated brick of a PC tower, we've got mundane places to go, people to annoy, what good is all that information if you can't take it with you. So fine then, here's a laptop, problem solved. But wait, it's kind of cumbersome. Ok, make it smaller, here's a netbook. Oh cool, but it's kind of weak, what else you got?
Hmmmm, ok what about a smartphone?
Checkmate! And while you're at it, throw in a camera, music, video games, GPS, and the ability to talk to people without ever having to actually talk to people. Ahhh, now we are happy!
Except for when any of those things go on the fritz for even a microsecond. (See the great Louis CK's bit on technology) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grxL5umOE6g&feature=related
And while you're at it, I want to be able to watch and listen to anything I want anytime and anyplace. I can't be fumbling around with CD's and DVD's all day long, requiring a very unsettling trip off the couch. Connect all that Internet power to my television and stereo too.
Still, it seems like there's an unnecessary step complicating our lives. Hitting that button has to go. How long until I can just wi-fi my brain? I want to know kung fu, Keanu style.
Don't get me wrong here; I'm not at all an adversary toward the progress of technology. I'm a rabid consumer of everything with a version number. What is slowly turning me into the old man on the porch screaming at the kids to get off his lawn is the effect this is having on our memory as a whole. Perhaps it's the megaton of low radiation we all take a bath in everyday from our "little helpers," but our long-term outlook on subjects has been eradicated, especially in the world of professional sports.
Ah, the point emerges! Yes the target of all this ranting is just how ignorant and reactionary the sports world has become. And if you thought it took way too much build up to get here, then yes, you are part of the problem.
The narrative in sports seems to not only change by the day but by the hour as well, now that newspapers have been virtually replaced by blogs and podcasts, a slumping player can be ripped a new orifice in the afternoon and then heralded as the savior that same night.
Most disturbing is the turncoat treatment of even the most established stars. Show the slightest chink in the armor; fans and media immediately send Bill Paxton to scream "game over man" through a megaphone at your retirement ceremony.
-Albert Pujols starts out 2012 in a slump . . . it's the beginning of the end?
-Derek Jeter has one bad year in 2010 . . . time to find a new shortstop?
-Andrew Bynum strings together a few great regular season games . . . he's better than Dwight Howard?
-The Green Bay Packers win a Super Bowl in 2010, go 15-1 in 2011 but lose in the playoffs . . . fans want Mike McCarthy fired?
-Dwayne Wade has one bad playoff game . . . he and LeBron can't play together?
That last one really made me shake my 802.11a/b/g/n/ soaked head. As a Knicks fan I begrudgingly watch Miami Heat games like a Nascar hater watching a race with the sole hope of seeing a glorious fireball of a wreck. But even my empire state of mind can't help but notice that 95% of the time it seems like LeBron and Wade are sharing some kind of Cyberdyne Industries wireless network link where each knows what the other is going to do before their brains even fire the synapse. But just hours after the Heat lose to the Pacers in game 3 and Wade only scores 5 points in his worst playoff performance of his career, Mike Greenberg adamantly states on a nationally syndicated ESPN radio show, that Wade and LeBron don't really fit together.
Huh? Because of one game?
Have we all become the character "Ten-Second Tom" from the film 50 First Dates? Should Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done for Me Lately" replace the national anthem before all sporting events? Are we really beginning to talk about Taylor Swift in the same breath with The Beatles and Michael Jackson?
Uh, never mind that last one, that's a whole other article.
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Wow....The Dojo. First, I must apologize for my lack on contribution on this fine and fantastic Web site that is the life blood of the Cobra Kai. I am just catching up and wanted to chime in on a few things. I am striving to be a more ardent member of the Dojo especially since it is the only place I can connect with some members..............namely Rob "Roundhouse Missing In Action" Reger, Richard (David Wright is my hero cuz he is afraid of the Brewers" Guttierez and of course the GOAT.On to business. My first order of business has to do with Koko's post referring to Mariano Rivera as the unquestioned greatest reliever of all time and the greatest there ever will be.
Well, I want to first state that Mariano is ONE of the Greatest of all time. He is a first ballot hall of famer, a man I greatly respect and I find to be a phenomenal reliever. He deserves all the credit he has been given especially after he surpassed former Milwaukee Brewer great Trevor Hoffman as the all time leading saves leader in MLB history.While Rivera's accomplishment is magnificent, I beg to differ. I submit that Mariano Rivera is not the greatest relief pitcher in the history of baseball. Long time Yankee Announcer Michael Kay once noted on Rivera's save..."That ninth inning played out the way most of those play out for him - clean, efficient and he got it done." Here is the opportunity for me to start my discusssion. The vast majority of Rivera's saves were simple one inning saves. Rivera has exactly 11 career saves of at least two innings. Contrast that with 135 for Brewers Great Rollie Fingers.
Needless to say, the game is different now than it was a generation ago. Fine. But all the more reason not to declare Mariano Rivera the greatest relief pitcher of all-time. The greatest one inning closer of all time? Absolutely yes. But can we really say that Rivera is better than Rollie Fingers. After all, Fingers pitched 100 or more innings in eleven out of twelve seasons while Rivera has only thrown more than 100 innings once and that was in 1996 when he was the set up man for John Wetteland. Rivera would have been the best even if he had a different role, even if he was a pitcher who got 30 saves a year and pitched 120 innings." Yet I could just as easily argue that if Fingers was a one inning closer he would have saved 700 games. Now it's true that Fingers never saved 40 games in a season and had 340 for his career. Indeed, one could make the case that at this time two years from now, Rivera could have twice as many saves as Fingers. But quite frankly, Rivera could save 1,000 games and never do what Fingers did. While it could be said that Rivera revolutionized the role of the closer, Fingers revolutionized relief pitching itself.
Rollie Fingers also averaged about 1.8 innings per game for his career while Rivera has averaged about 0.78 innings per game. Rollie usually came in during tense situations in the 7th or 8th innings and saved the rest of the bullpen innings by being the iron man pitching 2-3 Clutch innings. On the other hand Mariano comes for 2 outs in the 9th and would notch up another Save. 2 outs as oppossed to 9????? Really? You think coming in and getting 2 easy ground outs puts you as the greatest of all time unquestionably while Fingers would have to come in and Grind out on average 7-9 outs for his saves?????? Mariano gets to force 2 outs and he gets a save for the record books while Fingers gets 7-9 outs for his Save for the books. Seems to me I would rather have Fingers helping my team out than some half inning diva who takes the credit the set-up men before him had to do the work for.My last point is this also. To be the Unquestioned greatest at anything you have to be the BEST at your position in at least 1 YEAR. Mariano Rivera was NEVER...EVER....THE BEST AT PITCHER IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. While Rollie Fingers while leading thee Milwaukee Brewers to the World Series in 1981 Rollie WON NOT ONLY THE CY-YOUNG AWARD......ROLLIE ALSO brought HOME THE MVP! Mariano has NO CY-Youngs or MVP's of the regular Season to his Credit. Now....Mariano does have a post-season MVP..........but So does Rollie.
Lastly.......Rollie revolutionized the position.....Had one of the greatest signature mustaches of all time (Who doesn't love the Handle-Bar Stache) and he loved to party the Cobra Kai way....putting back many Pabst Blue Ribbons in his heyday back in Milwaukee.I think Mariano is One of the GREATEST and I respect him dearly........I am simply stating a case for Rollie here that Mariano is not the unquestionable Greatest of ALL Time.........that's all I'm saying.
- So, I have a new problem to report. The pussification of children in America and the long term results of this epidemic. It seems like parents are so into babying their children that they are completely ignoring raising them to be adults (which, by the way, is the main purpose of being a parent in the first place.). Preparing kids for the realities of life has completely gone out the window. I see this every day when I coach baseball. It is pathetic. "No, Johnny is not going to pitch this game because he hasn't been to practice in 2 weeks" "I'm sorry that his feelings are hurt" These are frequent conversations that I have.
I actually witnessed this first hand by our other coach last week. We got into it a little with another team and a player said he was going to go after his son. When I was a kid, this would be like adding gasoline to a fire, for me. So what happened? The parent literally wanted us to forfeit the game to protect his son. What a joke.
What is going to happen when these pussies hit the real world? What's going to happen when they get rejected by a college or a girl or get into a fight? I'm not advocating cruelty, but a little harmless bullying makes kids tougher. Guess what kids? Not everyone can win. Not everyone gets the job. Not everyone gets good grades. Not everyone makes the same amount of money. Or has whatever job they want. The problem is that, many times, the first time a kid gets told "no" is after they are an adult and they freak out. That's why you see more teen angst and suicides than ever. This trend needs to stop, now.
When I tell my kids "no" the answer is "no". I don't care how much of a fit you throw. When I give out a punishment, that is the punishment, no matter what. If somebody hits you, defend yourself and hit him back. If somebody bullies you, ignore it or stand up for yourself. If somebody throws at you in a baseball game, either pound the ball the next time you are up, or hit him back if you are pitching.
I know a lot of you guys are either new parents or will be soon. Please help me stop this trend. Your kids will thank you someday, even though they might not like it now, your job is to prepare them for the real world, not be their best friend.
Really? Yankee cologne? Smell like a champion like Curtis Granderson? Granderson hasn't won a World Series Championship! More like smell like a sweaty, dirty, game used sock. This is dumb. Stick to your baseball instead of trying to take over every part of the world. Suprised they don't try to put "Yankees" into the World Trade Center Memorial.
Mariano Rivera is the Qarth of relief pitchers.
If this freak injury to his ACL while doing something he's done for the past 17 years really is the end of MO's unparalleled career, then it's been a complete honor to watch this man do his thing in the greatest sport there ever was or ever will be.
Hopefully the great Rivera's unmatched work ethic and competitive fire will overtake any lethargic "everything happens for a reason" religious overtones that might be floating around his brain and he'll take the rehab as just one more challenge so he can come back and go out on his own steam.
In any case, he'll be one of the guys I get to blather "in my day . . ." to my kids about.
This Saturday, 2-Time Super Bowl MVP and future Hall of Fame Quaterback Eli Manning will attempt to outdo his big brother once again, this time off the field as host of Saturday Night Live.
Highly doubtful Eli can top Peyton in this arena, especially with skits like this one when Peyton hosted a few years back. I just hope there are plenty of Patriots/Tom Brady jokes in there.
First of all, much props to Reger for even attempting this, with the new rookie wage scale it's going to be very hard to accurately predict this thing since trades will be flying with much more frequency. But it's still a lot of fun trying and I hope Reger will continue the predictions next year as well.
Reger got 4 out of the 30 first picks correct. And that of course excludes the first 2 picks which were the free space on the Bingo Card.
Credit for a correct pick was also given if the player went in the predicted spot but to a different team or if they went in a different spot but to the predicted team.
Now let's take a look at the 2008 and 2009 Sleeper/Busts lists and find out if an NFL team really should be calling in GM Reger for an interview.
2008
SLEEPERS
1. Tom Zbikowski s ND
2. Wesley Woodyard olb kent
3. Jordy Nelson wr k-st
4. Jeremy Thompson DE Wake
5. Matt Forte RB Tulane
6. Alley Broussard RB Miss So
7. Earl Bennett WR Vandy
8. Gary Guyton LB G-tech
9. Bruce Davis OLB UCLA
10. Josh Barrett S ASU
1. Tom Zbikowski s ND
2. Wesley Woodyard olb kent
3. Jordy Nelson wr k-st
4. Jeremy Thompson DE Wake
5. Matt Forte RB Tulane
6. Alley Broussard RB Miss So
7. Earl Bennett WR Vandy
8. Gary Guyton LB G-tech
9. Bruce Davis OLB UCLA
10. Josh Barrett S ASU
BUSTS
1. Derrick Harvey DE FLA
2. Quentin Groves DE AUB
3. Early Doucet WR LSU
4. Felix Jones RB ARK
5. Joe Flacco QB DEL
6. Dustin Keller TE PUR
7. Chris Williams OT Vandy
8. Dre Moore DT Mary
9. Keith Rivers LB USC
10. Brandon Flowers CB VA-tech
I'm not even close to an expert at grading
offensive and defensive linemen from around the league, so I'll leave that to
some more informed members of The Dojo, but the obvious kudos for Reger are
Forte, Nelson and Bennett on his sleeper list. Felix Jones started out
promising but might end up a bust. Early Doucet showed some life last
season but he's got a long way to go.
The only glaring mistake on the Bust list was
Joe Flacco, who may not be an elite QB just yet but there's no way you can
consider him a bust.
2009
SLEEPERS
1. Knowshown Moreno – RB - Georgia
2. Brandon Tate – WR – UNC
3. Hunter Cantwell – QB – Louisville
4. Andre Brown – RB – NC st
5. Cornelius Ingram – TE – Fla
6. Connor Barwin – LB – Cincy
7. Javon Ringer – RB – Mich st
8. Dannell Ellerbe – LB –
Georgia
9.Clint Sintim – LB – VA
10. Coye Francies – CB- San
Jose St
11. David Bruton – S – Notre Dame
12. Jarrett Dillard – WR – Rice
BUSTS
1. Josh Freeman – QB – K st
2. Everette Brown – DE – Fla St
3. Aaron Maybin – DE – Penn St
4. Darrius Heyward – Bey – WR –
Maryland
5. Mohammed Massaquoi – WR –
Georgia
6. Senderrick Marks – DT –
Auburn
7. Fili Moala – DT – USC
8. Brian Cushing – LB – USC
9. Alphonso Smith – CB – Wake
1o. Eben Britton – T – Arizona
11. Hakeem Nicks – WR – UNC
Oh man, not sure if Reger gave The
Cheddarheads any grief about Knoshown Moreno during fantasy last year, but if
he did, Keith should be preparing a lawsuit. The only offensive player on
this sleeper list that might come to fruition is Javon Ringer.
As for the Busts, Freeman had a bad season
last year but most would agree that he is not a bust and will end up being a
good QB in the long run, but yes the final decision on him is not quite in yet.
Heyward Bey finally showed up last season with Carson Palmer at the helm
but with all the hype around him during that draft, he could definitely be
considered a Bust as of right now. Same goes for Massaquoi, he didn't
have all the hype but he has the physical tools to be much better than he is.
But uh oh, Hakeem Nicks a Bust?! Whoopsie! Yeah, not
much else to say about that one except WROOOOONG!
Next year we'll review 2010 and 2011's lists. But so far
Reger's got a gem with Demarco Murray on his 2011 Sleeper list. But also
a possible faux pas with Andy Dalton on the Bust list. We shall see!
Keep up the good work Reger.
The rules are simple, the players listed under Sleepers I
feel will greatly outplay their draft position, while the players on the Bust
list will be drafted way too high for their future performance. So, in theory, a 1st round player
could be a sleeper, while a 3-4 round pick could be a bust.
Sleepers1. Ryan Broyles
2. Courtney Upshaw
3. Lavonte David
4. Derek Wolfe
5. Ladarius Green
6. David Wilson
7. Dan Herron
8. Janoris Jenkins
9. Jonathon Martin
10. Juron Crinor
11. Alshon Jeffery
12. Nick Foles
Busts
1. Andre Branch
2. Zebrie Sanders
3. Brock Osweiler
4. Ryan Tannehill
5. Nick Perry
6. Trent Richardson
7. Melvin Ingram
8. Kendall Wright
9. Dontari Poe
10. Stephen Hill
11. Josh Robinson
Here we go again. We are less than 3 days away from my favorite day of the year. The rules are simple, so please pay attention. The picks that I have listed are who I would take if I were the GM of the team picking, given the players available. It does not in any way represent who I think the team will select. I personally feel like most teams are stupid and I wouldn’t want to stoop down to their level.
Round 1
1. Colts- Robert Griffin III
2. Wash- Andrew Luck
3. Minn.- Morris Claiborne
4. Clev.- Justin Blackmon
5. Bucs- Luke Kuechly
6. Rams- Matt Kalil
7. Jax- Quinton Coples
8. Miami- Fletcher Cox
9. Car- Mark Barron
10. Buff- Stephon Gilmore
11. KC- Courtney Upshaw
12. Sea- Melvin Ingram
13.Ari- Michael Floyd
14.Dal- Janoris Jenkins
15. Phil- Michael Brockers
16. Jets- Donta Hightower
17. Cincy- Trent Richardson
18. SD- Chandler Jones
19. Bears- Riley Reiff
20. Tenn- Dre Kirkpatrick
21. Cincy- Jonathon Martin
22. Clev- Ryan Tannehill
23. Det- David Decastro
24. Pitt- Kevin Zeitler
25. Den- Dontari Poe
26. Hou- Mychal Kendricks
27. NE- Shea McClellin
28. GB- Whitney Mercilus
29. Balt- Cordy Glenn
30. 49ers- Jerel Worthy
31. NE- Trumaine Johnson
32. Giants- Mike Adams
Round 2
33. Rams- Alshon Jeffery
34. Colts- Harrison Smith
35. Minn- Lavonte David
36. Bucs- Pete Konz
37. Clev- Bobby Massie
38. Jax- Kendall Wright
39. Rams- Nick Perry
40. Car- Andre Branch
41. Buff- Rueben Randle
42. Mia- Brandon Weeden
43. Sea- Derek Wolfe
44. KC- Stephon Hill
45. Dal- Amini Silatolu
46. Phil- Bobby Wagner
47. Jets- Zach Brown
48. NE- Jeff Allen
49. SD- Ryan Broyles
50. Chi- Casey Hayward
51. Philly- Josh Robinson
52. Tenn- Vinny Curry
53. Cincy- Ronnell Lewis
54. Det- Doug Martin
55. Atl- Kendall Reyes
56. Pitt- Coby Fleener
57. Den- Lamar Miller
58. Hou- Juron Crinor
59. GB- Jared Crick
60. Balt- Devon Still
61. 49ers- Mohammed Sanu
62. NE- David Wilson
63. Giants- Dwayne Allen
1st Round Predictions
1. Luck
2. Griffin
3. Claibourne
4. Richardson
5. Kallil
6. Blackmon
7. Kuechly
8. Tannehill
9. Cox
10. Barren
11. Gilmore
12. Ingram
13. Floyd
14. Poe
15. Brockers
16. C Jones
17. Reiff
18. Mercelis
19. Coples
20. Kirkpatrick
21. Decastro
22. Wright
23. Glenn
24. Zeitler
25. Hightower
26. Hill
27. McClellin
28. Upshaw
29. Worthy
30. Silatolu
31. Smith
32. Massie
I say guy with the lowest AVG has to buy a round of shots after the last game.
Apparently being selected to represent their country and bring home a gold medal is not enought for NBA stars Dwyane Wade and Ray Allen. They'd like to be paid for their contributions to Team USA. Or at least get a piece of the jersey sales.
"It's a lot of things you do for the Olympics -- a lot of jerseys you sell . . . We play the whole summer. I do think guys should be compensated. Just like I think college players should be compensated as well. Unfortunately, it's not there. But I think it should be something, you know, there for it." - Dwyane Wade
With elocution like that, I can't believe he's throwing balls into hoops for a living instead of teaching English to muppets.
I know, that's a cheap shot, he's a professional athlete and I'm probably just jealous of him and Allen because they can do things on the basketball court that I can only duplicate on an Xbox. But that's the point. They hit the genetic lottery. Sure they've put in countless hours of grueling practice towards becoming the superstars they are today, but 99% of the population can put in double or even triple the work ethic and still not even be near their talent level on their very worst day. So when the "everyman" hears someone like Wade or Allen say something like this, even though they might have somewhat of a miniscule point, it flies over like a Hitler Youth Ralley in Boca Raton . . . ON YOM KIPPUR!
Even King Clueless James stayed away from answering this question and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm happy to be a part of the team, to be selected again." When LeBron makes you look like an asshat, needless to say, you're having a bad day.
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A new edition of "Reel Reviews with Koko" has been posted for your reading pleasure.
I just woke up and said...
A new edition of "Reger Rants" has been posted for your reading pleasure.
The Watchmaker from Dustin Cohen on Vimeo.
This is a short video about David Sokosh, a former photographer and now master watchmaker who sells his custom Brooklyn Watches at the famous Brooklyn Flea.
I consider analog watches to be functional pieces of art and these are actually made from other vintage pocket watches from the turn of the century.
http://www.davidsokosh.com/NewFiles/watches.html
3/27/2012 02:46:00 PM
One man's opinion of Orlando Magic players cast as Star Wars characters.
Posted by Double SApparently this guy Bob Kramer is the Hattori Hanzo of kitchen knives. You can not simply just go to his website and order one. You have to enter a lottery and hope to be picked, then you can give him your money and he'll custom make you your one-of-a-kind knife.
Me want one!
http://kramerknives.com/home.htm
3/16/2012 05:21:00 PM
Article Update - Reviews: 21 Jump Street / Jeff Who Lives at Home
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A brand new DOUBLE FEATURE edition of "Reel Reviews with Koko" has been posted for your reading pleasure.
Just A reminder
You're invited to the..
DIAPER BABY SHOWER
This is a GUYS ONLY event.
On Saturday March 17, 2012 please join me in celebrating a soon to be addition to my family, Jack Tarrien Groves, at Firkin & Kegler. The party will start at 1:30pm. We will enjoy bowling, billiards, and ... drinking!
Diapers of all sizes are welcome!
When: Saturday March 17, 2012
Where: Firkin & Kegler (12850 Waterford Lakes Parkway, Orlando, FL 32828)
No reservation is required. I hope to see you there.
I'm coming to Orlando this weekend. See you at Gator's!
The clip is horizontally flipped because YouTube kept taking it down for copyright reasons.
A new edition of "Reel Reviews with Koko" has been posted for your reading pleasure.
3/08/2012 08:52:00 AM
Ralph McQuarrie dies at 82; created the look of 'Star Wars'
Posted by Double SIf you want to help the cause you can go to:
http://invisiblechildrenstore.myshopify.com/
I did what little I could and gave a $20 donation and purchased the $10 bracelet.
Anytime my belief wanes in the existence of truly pure evil in the world, people like Kony make sure I'm reminded.
At least to me, this explanation of the most astounding fact about the universe from Neil deGrasse Tyson is more pertinent, relevant, majestic, grandiose, awe inspiring, and certainly surpasses any fairy tale relationship with an imaginary man who lives in the sky.
But what does he know, he's just a genius.
3/04/2012 01:04:00 PM
This Dunk Contest was much better than at "All Star Sat Night!"
Posted by Double SToo bad we didn't get to see this at Jam Session. I don't know what day this happened though.
A new edition of "Reger Rants" has been posted for your reading pleasure.
Pretty cool piece of tape. Spielberg watches the 1976 Oscar nominations live and can't believe when he's not nominated for best director for Jaws. Little did he know he would not win for another 18 years.
The most deserving film did end up taking home Best Picture and Director though, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
What up guys? For those of you whom I'm friends with on facebook, maybe you've seen my posts over the weekend about all the events that I went to. The rest of you can add me http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/profile.php?id=546431058 to check them out. I'm very lucky that my dad was awarded tickets on Saturday to the All Star Game by the Share Our Strength charity that he's heavily involved in fundraising for them. The charity could've kept them for themselves, but they gave them to my dad and they were sick seats! They were better seats than for any Magic game I've gone to. It was like a dream come true to see the world's best on the same court. It was insane! Our seats were in the section next to the stage where the player intruductions and the halftime show was. The ONLY thing that sucked was there was a "wall" of lighting equipment that blocked most of our view during introductions and the halftime show. It was amazing to look around the arena and see Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Clyde Drexler, Chris Mullen, David Robinson, Spike Lee, politician/rev Jesse Jackson, Cee Lo Green, Lil Wayne, Drake, Mary J Blige, CC Sabathia, etc.
Went to the Jam Session on Thurs eve, the Rising Stars Game (which was CHEAP compared to the All Star Sat Night & Game--only $40!) Rubio is the shit. He's like And 1 mix tapes in the NBA. If I had NBA League Pass, I'd watch the Timberwolves, Clippers and Heat games. Wish I had checked out tickets earlier because I was almost to the top of the Arena although at mid court. Went to the All Star Practice on Sat morning. That was great being 50 feet or so from the court prior to knowing I was going to the Game...then doing it again the next day. I took about 1,000 pics during the weekend. Maybe at some point to unload them from my camera to the 'net.
I was so busy during the weekend that I actually didn't watch the All Star Sat Night events.
BTW, I'm in the above photo. I'm standing up in the section to the right of CP3/ Wearing a blue shirt and I'm turned towards the right about an inch (in the pic) from CP3's head.
K-Swiss Blades by Kenny Powers - watch more funny videos
Sacha Baron Cohen proves once again he is the undisputed king of method comedy. This time at the expense of his Oscar invitation and Seacrest's tuxedo.
Here's my article for the 2012 Academy Awards this Sunday.
Now Regs, I take no responsibility for any financial losses you might incur.
However I would like to take FULL responsibility for any gains.
http://www.examiner.com/movie-in-orlando/and-the-2012-oscars-go-to
2/23/2012 12:34:00 PM
Key & Peele: Obama's Anger Translator - The Last Four Years
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