Archive for October, 2008
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008No disrespect to Jason Campbell, whom I have inappropriate amounts of man-love for and whose jersey I proudly wear on Sundays, but this is madness: A JC-for-MVP movement seems to be starting.
Let’s get this out of the way first: Clinton Portis is the MVP of both the Redskins and the NFL at the halfway point. [...]
Terps Picked Seventh, Gary Talks Smack
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008At ACC media day on Sunday, Maryland basketball was picked to finish seventh in the conference. Joining us now our Mr. Irrelevant Maryland sports correspondents Brad Parker and Andy Peden to answer the question, is that about right?
Parker: If you’d have asked me about a month ago I would have said even [seventh] was wildly [...]
Numerical Skins Projections at Midseason
Monday, October 27th, 2008Because the season is half over and things are easily multiplied by two, here are notable on-pace numbers (really notable ones in bold) …
1,888 — Clinton Portis’ rushing yards
1,316 — Santana Moss’ receiving yards
902 — Cooley’s receiving yards
498 — Brandon Lloyd’s receiving yards with Chicago
374 — Portis’ carries
134 — London Fletcher’s tackles
126 — Shaun Suisham’s [...]
Zorn’s Jim Mora Moment: ‘Are You OK?’
Monday, October 27th, 2008When the Skins are an unexpectedly good 6-2 team, the crazy shit like this that Zorn Star pulls is great. But how would it play if they were 2-6?
Of course, Zorn’s Jim Mora moment has nothing on Mike Singletary’s. Now that is what 2-6 looks like.
Redskins-Lions Winners & Losers
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Handing out labels following Skins games. Today: a 25-17 win over Detroit …
WINNERS: Santana Moss – The Skins’ big-play man came up huge with a long TD catch and an unbelievable punt return for a touchdown (video), despite being called “Santonio” three different times during the broadcast.
Shaun Alexander – Seems to have supplanted Rock as [...]
JMU Beats ‘Nova on a Freaking Hail Mary
Sunday, October 26th, 2008It’s been a crazy season for my alma mater as the Dukes have come back from 21 down to beat Appalachian State, taken over the FCS’ No. 1 ranking and then returned a punt for a game-winner over Richmond. Now they’ve upped the insanity with this buzzer-beater at Villanova:
So they liked their chances of a [...]
Nick Young’s First YouTube Jam of ‘08-09
Friday, October 24th, 2008Annual slam dunk candidate Nick Young (A.K.A. the Red Rooster, I guess*) made his preseason debut Wednesday, torching defensive stallion Bruce Bowen for 15 points on 7-for-8 shooting. And two of those 15 came on a one-handed jam that nabbed the No. 1 spot on SportsCenter’s Top 10:
Must’ve been a slow clip day. But still, [...]
Fun Bunch: Chris Paul’s ‘Smashing Lions’
Friday, October 24th, 2008If there were more hours in the day, we’d blog about everything Redskins-related. Alas, there are not, so here’s a bunch of fun leading up to Detroit.
I love that, through high tide and low tide, someone out there is recording new Redskins rap songs before each and every game. This week’s is a good one, [...]
This Man Is a Bigger Skins Fan Than You
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008There’s a difference between the Virginia and Maryland species of Redskins fan. When Virginians transplant to North Carolina (see: Jamie and I) they show Skins pride by simply wearing a hat to the grocery store and a jersey on gameday. A Marylander, on the other hand, moves to the Tar Heel state and does this:
It’s [...]
Clinton Portis Is a Master Motivator
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Charles Robinson wrote a nice profile of Clinton Portis today over in Jamie’s neck of the internet woods that comes highly recommended.
It’s mostly about his durability (“Portis is making his case as one of the enduring elements of his era, off to the best start of his seven-year career and on pace to rush for [...]