tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49145310297671267112024-03-05T22:28:49.495-06:00Over the CrossbarPersonal Reactions to Association (and American) FootballUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-53514467616701985802009-01-15T18:47:00.003-06:002009-01-15T18:53:21.597-06:00FCD Acquires notorious figure of modern legendYes. The Dread Pirate Roberts is now in Hoops!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-47559599020318095072009-01-14T08:15:00.001-06:002009-01-15T18:49:19.072-06:00University of Florida - BCS ChampsIt's GREAT!To be!A FLORIDA GATOR!(Even if the system is completely unbalanced and corrupt and should be completely overhauled)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-48614829195287217222009-01-02T16:12:00.001-06:002009-01-15T18:48:53.705-06:00Superfans say...There has been an ongoing debate in the college football blogosphere about the proper weight to be given to each side in the 2008 Big 12's great offenses/mediocre defenses ratio. Through three quarters, The Ole Miss-Texas Tech Cotton Bowl is helping to clarify that debate.Looking for signs in the Polish SASS-SAGE... UF 92... OU Negative 3. Unless OU hires DIT-KA, in which case UF 86, OU 11.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-76749421558037392132008-12-17T15:09:00.003-06:002008-12-17T15:11:29.808-06:00An AnalogyHaving Tim Tebow on your team is like being the only country with nuclear weapons. You're glad it's you, but it's still kinda creepy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-49092306798055374212008-12-07T15:22:00.001-06:002008-12-17T15:09:13.819-06:00Your SEC Champion Florida GatorsYour SEC Champion Florida GatorsThe creepily impressive football machine has led the Gators to an SEC championship! Bring on the Okies! The preceding assumes the computers cooperate, of course.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-66629097690647911552008-12-01T20:20:00.001-06:002008-12-17T15:08:56.767-06:00Jacksonville versus Houston on MNFJacksonville versus Houston on MNFTune in now! The Jaguars are putting on a clinic for the entire country on the fine art of sucking at football.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-54441227010736840702008-11-30T12:39:00.001-06:002008-12-17T15:08:37.045-06:00FSU Safety accepts Rhodes scholarship.FSU Safety accepts Rhodes scholarship.You won't see me sending many kudos out to the Maroon rejects out in Tallahassee, but when somebody juggles being a Division 1A (Sorry, Football Bowl Subdivision) football player with pulling off a Rhodes scholarship, that deserves notice. I won't feel too bad when he goes to Med School at UF.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-11511565496731439982008-11-27T13:28:00.001-06:002008-12-17T15:07:54.176-06:00Can we please find a buyer for FC Dallas?Can we please find a buyer for FC Dallas?I have to say I am getting pretty frustrated with the ownership of FCD. First, Kenny Cooper seems likely to move on, possibly to Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. As sad as it is, it is an understandable move, but what is galling is the ownership's apparent refusal to offer more than $325,000 to $350,000 per season, when he has clearly producedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-29992555836226392382008-09-23T15:53:00.007-05:002008-09-23T16:34:07.293-05:00Back to BasicsThis post should start a new and (very?) occasional series of posts that come to me when I realize a forum response I think I'd want to write is careening off the rails, both in regards to length and content; here we go.There are apparently four new American Football ("Gridiron") leagues planning to start up in the next year, and I have to admit I'd only heard of the first two on the list:-The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-4076092206727609212008-07-31T11:52:00.004-05:002008-07-31T11:55:42.983-05:00Blogging from my smartphoneWhile I test this method of blogging, I also want to note that match reports for every single match are just not a realistic option for the immediate future, mostly because I don't want to do them. Also, we're about to enter the window where where we have two soccer leagues and two football leagues going on at the same time, and I almost pooped my pants. I plan to keep this blog around though, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-88699836271521947452008-07-15T16:26:00.005-05:002008-07-15T16:44:22.761-05:00Omnibus FC Dallas Match Report 001Houston Dynamo 1 - 1 FC Dallas --- We got the Cannon! Suck it Houston!FC Dallas 1 - 2 CD Guadalajara (Chivas) (Friendly) --- Late goals are a killer.FC Dallas 2 -1 Miami FC (US Open Cup) --- Slow Abe Parts One and Two.FC Dallas 1 - 1 Kansas City Wizards --- Slow Abe Part Three.FC Dallas 1 - 3 Charleston Battery (US Open Cup) --- The wheels come off. Holy hell.In other news, Kenny might go to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-30668077157457954562008-06-26T17:00:00.006-05:002008-06-26T17:23:46.289-05:00Red Bull New York 1 - 0 FC DallasWow. 3 hours before kickoff of the next game. I'm cutting these things close.Well, that was a clusterfuck. I understand Schellas wants a four-man backline. I think it could work. I think it could work this season, even. It could not work in this game, when the new boss had what, two practices with the team? It could not work when the team, already thin at pure defenders due to playing with a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-6013177419156513612008-06-21T07:45:00.004-05:002008-06-21T08:02:27.475-05:00FC Dallas 1 - 0 Chicago FireI suppose I should get this one up before the next game kicks off, huh?Yes, Chicago was missing players. Yes, It was ridiculously hot. You know what, though? None of that matters, because this was the best approach the Hoops have taken into a game all year, and it paid off with an entertaining game and a solid win that puts them halfway to winning the season series and the fan-created Brimstone Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-33053541226532789832008-06-11T19:11:00.004-05:002008-06-11T19:34:12.082-05:00New England Revolution 2 - 1 FC DallasI only caught the last thirty minutes of this game. From what I understand, they were the only thirty minutes worth watching. the Hoops just couldn't come back from an early two-goal deficit.As unfortunate as the loss was, those thirty minutes really were some of the best soccer the team has played all year, and if not for New England's keeper Matt Reis making more saves than the Red Cross, the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-56806015804382257112008-06-03T20:10:00.003-05:002008-06-03T21:27:47.706-05:00Colorado Rapids 2 - 1 FC DallasSo, Marco Ferruzzi finally lost one. There were defensive breakdowns and a lack of creativity, but I'm not going to get all butt-hurt about it. It was away, and there were quite a few players missing for the Hoops. Frankly, given all the crap this team's wading through, they're doing pretty well. With eight of fourteen teams making the playoffs and the summer transfer window about to open, I'm Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-60694615077280426562008-05-30T06:56:00.004-05:002008-05-30T07:57:09.595-05:00FC Dallas 2 -2 Houston DynamoNew (interim) coach. Same shit.For the second time this year, the Evil Orange Menace manages a last-second goal to salvage a point against the Hoops. Also, for the third consecutive game, FC Dallas has a player sent off for a straight red, this time for a very silly Drogba-light face slap. Still, we're back up to second place in the (very weak) Western Conference and at least the swamp-dwellers Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-61442421210734188102008-05-27T21:13:00.003-05:002008-05-27T21:32:02.827-05:00FC Dallas 2 - 1 Real Salt LakeSo, did something happen this past week?Fortunately, the Hoops decided to that they did in fact have some heart, beating Real Salt Lake in the first game after the surprise firing. If this year is salvaged, then Steve Morrow, wherever he ends up, will deserve a large amount of the credit for putting together the young, talented roster. As for this game, Dominic Oduro deserves a lot of the creditUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-71939673740876123322008-05-19T18:42:00.004-05:002008-05-19T19:08:34.550-05:00Fairweather fan?So, my post yesterday has generated a pretty animated response in my estimated readership of one. My wife has told me in no uncertain terms that she is disappointed in the defeatism of the post, and especially the bit about looking forward to the gridiron season. She even went so far as to imply the "FF phrase."I must insist that a downcast blog post written in the lingering hangover of a weekendUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-91991547057933475722008-05-18T18:24:00.006-05:002008-05-18T19:01:11.263-05:00Portsmouth 1 - 0 Cardiff; FC Dallas 1 - 5 LA GalaxyNot a good soccer weekend for me. At least Cardiff kept it respectable and had some chances, but the magnitude of the loss is still quite the bummer. The Hoops, on the other hand, have me doubting the legitimacy of MLS as a competitive entity. Seriously... 5-1? I can't be the only FC Dallas fan who found himself wondering if the fix was in. The silver lining, if there is one, is to here the (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-41013195814685753672008-05-14T06:25:00.005-05:002008-05-14T06:52:48.186-05:00Real Salt Lake 2 - 1 FC DallasWhat's worse than a sister-kisser? Losing last Saturday because of a defensive clusterfuck on the worst artificial turf used for professional soccer since, well, since ever; it's bad. This game is a confusing one, as RSL may actually be getting better, and injuries screwed with the FCD lineup a bit, but it's still frustrating. Next up is Goldenballs and the Galaxiscrubs (featuring Landycakes). Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-14948997757943517722008-05-05T19:16:00.002-05:002008-05-05T19:35:22.700-05:00San Jose Earthquakes 0 - 0 FC DallasThis is a game the Hoops should have won. San Jose is a brand new expansion team wrapped in the garb of the old Quakes, most of the roster of which now constitutes the unholy Orange Menace. FC Dallas once again failed to pick apart a defensive-minded opponent, and dropped points against a club that should end up on the bottom of MLS. Still, the play of young Anthony Wallace was impressive, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-74848615594724114692008-05-05T18:46:00.002-05:002008-05-05T19:14:10.649-05:00Cardiff 3 - 0 BarnsleyNo revenge for Barnsley.In a meaningless but fun end to the league season, Cardiff climbed a little higher up into mid-table mediocrity. Frankly, I'm ready for the next game.Anyway...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-87819669495683978952008-04-27T18:50:00.002-05:002008-04-27T19:10:19.367-05:00Burnley 3 - 3 Cardiff CityWhen does the post-game action eclipse the events of a 6-goal match? When a player victimized by a clumsy tackle chases the perpetrator down the tunnel! The match itself was crazy, with the Bluebirds coming back from 2 goals down to save a point for pride as they coast to the end of the League season. Darren Purse may miss the FA Cup, but perhaps that's not the worst thing in the world.Anyway...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-5434945115164263312008-04-26T07:38:00.007-05:002008-04-26T08:08:14.822-05:00FC Dallas 0 - 1 New England RevolutionWell, it was bound to happen. This team was obviously not going to win every game. Still, it's a might frustrating to lose at home to a team missing a lot of starters. Dallas looked good in midfield and on defense, the goal excepted, of course, as it was an ugly thing that skipped along the ground and somehow magically found its way into the net. The finishing was awful, as the Hoops just Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914531029767126711.post-82656229109543458112008-04-22T19:49:00.003-05:002008-04-22T19:59:25.091-05:00Wolves 3 - 0 Cardiff CityTough away game + Virtually no shot at playoffs + Looking ahead to FA Cup final = pwnage.Anyway...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0