embarassed and mad

for the 7th year in a row our heroes have failed us in their last game of the regular season. i thought last year was bad but in reality im sure there was a natural letdown knowing they were not playing for any post season hopes.
and i realize that this year a playoff berth was already clinched. BUT...
a win today and an eagles loss and the Boys could have been playing at home next week. instead we were treated to an uninspired, gutless, mistake filled
display of ineptness. watching that game you had to wonder if the boys in blue even cared. i hope the millions of tv veiwers saw it differently than it looked to me at the stadium. as soon as that interception was nullified on the first series it looked
like we just deflated. our first 6 plays gained us a whole 2 yards. woopeee.
i know we eventually scored 31 points, but you do know that was a 2-13 team we were playing dont you ? that 2.7 yards per carry tells me we got whipped. and that powerhouse offense that detroit trotted out there ?? i hope everybody saw that stephen peterman ( you know, that 2nd round draft pick of bills that never played for us) was the starting right guard. im telling you that game was embarrasing.
the crowd was never into it either. my gosh it was only the 2nd quarter when some of those idiots started trying to get a wave going. the game was so bad that when it was over the fans didnt even boo the sorry way it ended. everybody just left.
i didnt even want to stop and buy gas on the way home because i was afraid somebody would want to talk about the game and i wasnt sure i could even be polite about it.
yeah yeah i know we got next week to worry about ...but tonight i need to rant.
so there it is..maybe i will feel better now. nope i dont. later Poke

no time to let down

hey its the last game...its detroit ( with their 2 wins all year)
and the Boys have their place in the playoffs wrapped up.
but remember...the eagles could easily lose to michael vick and the falcons.
it seems every week some team loses that shouldnt have lost.
and if...IF the dog breath eagles lose and the Good Guys win then
ta-da !!! The Boys win the NFC East.
so put on the lucky socks, wear the good luck hat..whatever you need to do,
if you are at the game scream as loud as possible when the lions have the ball.
dont forget last years embarassing loss to the rams when the Boys didnt show up to play. there is still plenty to play for.
having said that, its been an interesting year. who wudda thought that Romo
would have bailed us out, that TO would lead the league in td catches...and also
drops? its been one of those funny years and its not over yet.
so keep your heads up..its no time to let down. later Poke

all i want for christmas is.................

the cowboys to beat the proverbial snot outta the eagles.
dont care how, who does it, lucky breaks, bad calls against
them dog breath eagles...dont care, doesnt matter to me.
the Good Guys have put together too good a season to let it
get away from them now.
a win against any opponent is good but i want the eagles and their
ignorant classless fans to feel bad this christmas..real bad.
i have a long memory ( well sometimes anyway).
the eagles fans booed santa.
they throw batteries.
and they cheered when ol number 88 (michael irvin for you youngsters)
went down hurt. thats just wrong. so payback time, i dont care how many
times we have beaten them since..it ain't enough.
rip their stupid eagle heads off and stuff em down their stupid eagle necks,
tear off their arms and beat them bloody with them and jump up and down on their cold
lifeless uniforms.
and oh yeah...Peace on earth, Goodwill to men..Merry Christmas. later Poke

take it like a MAN and get ready for next saturday

if this was baseball i could fall back on the old
win some, lose some and some get rained out quote...but its not,
its football. sometimes in football the other team just whips your butt.
their tand cryeam shows up more ready to play than your team, their coach
shows up hungrier, more creative and more willing to chance things.
momentum changes...a 77 yard run should make your team play harder,
not softer.
sometimes you game plan for the other team and they suprise you with a
fullback who hasnt scored all year and he scores 3 against you.
so next week you never look at this games films, you tell your guys to just forget it.
look ahead not behind cuz this game is gone,you never get it back.
how mr. romo responds next week will tell me a lot more about his game than what
i have seen so far.
our defense will have to overcome the butt kicking they are getting and get ready to chase Vick around. its not time to hang your heads and cry. its time to resolve
to not let it happen again. it will be very interesting to hear parcells this week.
this is what he gets the big bucks for. i am already looking forward to next week
(cuz this week sucked !!) anyway lets go Boys..later Poke

time to blog this

ok in spite of thousands of requests for daily updates i can only
blog when the muse strikes. or whenever i get 10 spare minutes.
its time i give credit where credit is due. anyone who has waded
thru my months of blogging knows i am not a big Bill Parcells fan.
he is a great coach and all that i just never liked him when he was
at New York or new England and i have a hard time liking him now.
BUT....his decision to swap QB's is looking like genius AND his timing
on getting rid of the liquored up idiot kicker was perfect.
so in the spirit of the season i give Parcells his portion of the credit for
the success the GooD Guys are having.
okay..updates: the Boys are healthy, the saints have a few banged up players
and one who is suspended for 4 games due to steroid use. TO admitted he tuned
out Parcells "what champions do " speech. TO had a birthday party in hollywood
(i wasnt invited..go figure). The Boys signed a safety who was hurt last year
but may provide needed depth for us, they released Skylar Green cuz he didnt
show them anything. and Romo was selected player of the month by somebody.
i am predicting a shootout this week...we have to outscore reggie bush.
please dont wait so long to comment...i often forget what i wrote about and then
i have to re-read what i wrote for all my readers comments to make sense.
anyway i wont be at the game but son of poke will be so if it turns out bad its all his fault........later Poke

we will just have to wait and see

lots of talking...on the radio, in the papers, ESPN.
the gints implode, cowboys are rolling, romo is the greatest,
doomsday is coming, shockey says no way in hell.
experts say cowboys will win, experts say giants will win.
thank goodness they will actually play a game sunday to decide this.
since the Boys let the giants beat them at home, they really need
to return the favor. if/when they do it could be the final nail in the coffin
of the dying new york football giants.
if the good guys want to be a playoff caliber team then this is the kind of game
they have to show up for. they have made it past thanksgiving and are in the hunt.
thats what bill preaches. now its time to do something with that position.
i dont know about ya'll but im digging this important game stuff in december.
im betting low scoring, defensive struggle......but what the heck do i know ??
cowboys 17 gints 13. later Poke