Maple Shade Media Guide

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Only a horrific performance by Wes Welker on Monday Night can save the Maple Shade from the distinction of the biggest piece of crap ever.

Sweet merciful crap, the Phillies win the pennant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How 'bout those Phightin's?!?!

I guess we were slightly off when we considered them dead back on draft day, huh, Baxter?

For once, I'm glad I was wrong about something.

I must confess...I have "computer-whipped" my wife's Grandfather...

So, you may have all noticed that the HoneyBrook Hellrazer did not make any picks last week in Pigskin Pickem. You may not have known, but the HoneyBrook Hellrazer is Heather's grandfather - Pop Wanner - and you may have noticed that I am charged with entering his picks each week. So I blew it this week. I had no problem entering my own picks (I enter mine before I call Pop to make sure that I am not at all influenced by his superior knowledge and reasoning), but then for some reason I went on to plan my Strictly Circus lineup selection (which I must add here did in fact pay off quite well for me this week!) and I never went back to enter Pop's picks. He did in fact have 11 correct selections this week - I present to you exhibit A (below) which is a scanned image of Pop's and my picks. So - just like last year when I pencil-whipped Pop by mis-entering one game on one week, I will have to carry this burden of correction for the entire season...so, when you look at the standings each week in Blue Hen Pickem...add 11 to the score of HoneyBrook Hellrazers, and thank me for the inconvenience.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Brian is a Dumbass.

5 good QBs

Like I said, there are clearly 5 good QBs. Only an idiot would include Drew Brees among the elite QBs, since he has a total of 0 points on the season after his 5 turnover night last night.

Hopefully he will get straightened out on his bye week this week. Unfortunately I have Eli as his backup and the Giants are playing the Eagles this week. Ugh.

At least the Eagles offense woke up.

Early Season Evaluation

I thought it'd be fun to look back on our draft and see how some of our top draftees were doing now that were 20% through the season. Enjoy the pain and surprise by their numbers* and be sure to check out the poll about the bottom half of the draft's overachievers in the sidebar.

First Round Draft Picks:
27 - L. Tomlinson (Baxterminators)
7 - S. Jackson (The Maple Shade)
9 - L. Johnson (Grafdawgs)
37 - J. Addai (Napoleon's Dynamite)
25 - S. Alexander (The Agitated Lawayers)
26 - F. Gore (Sheik 'n' Bake)

First Pick QB's (with round drafted in parenthesis):
44 - (2) P. Manning (The Agitated Lawayers)
63 - (2) C. Palmer (Baxterminators)
40 - (3) D. McNabb (The Maple Shade)
16 - (3) M. Bulger (Grafdawgs)
72 - (3) T. Brady (Napoleon's Dynamite)
30 - (4) P. Rivers (Sheik 'n' Bake)

B. Favre, J. Delhomme, & B. Roethlisberger (46, 42, 48) were three of the last four QB's selected and have done better than the bottom 3 of the first 6 QB's picked (16, 30, 40).

First Pick WR's:
36 - (3) S. Smith (The Agitated Lawyers)
16 - (3) M. Harrison (Sheik 'n' Bake)
7 - (4) L. Fitzgerald (Napoleon's Dynamite)
19 - (4) T. Holt (Grafdawgs)
33 - (4) T. Owens (The Maple Shade)
22 - (4) R. Wayne (Baxterminators)

* Fantasy Points are represented by Yahoo!'s standard scoring practices, I believe and may not be reflective of our league's scoring (anyone know for sure?)

My life in a Sportscenter commercial

Ever wonder what it feels like to be me at work?

Yeah, that's right.

UD-DSU Non-rivalry

This story on ESPN.com, written by a Delaware alum, suggests that the reason UD does not play Delaware State is race. (for Jared, DSU is an all-black school) Hopefully this is not true. I have wondered before why we didn't play them since it seems like a natural rivalry.

It is hard to prove that race is involved, but the excuses of the UD officials are pretty lame. It's disturbing and embarrassing if it's true.

Do you guys have any other information on this?

Blog decorating

What with the Eagles losing last night, and everyone losing to me week after week, I thought I’d try to brighten up the blog a little bit with a completely football related pic.

Shameless self-promotion

Ben - Does Volvo know that you are using the new C30 website for shameless self-promotion? I love it!

Monday Night Football

I'm looking forward to a whole lot of this...



McNabb is going to go All-Madden on the Redskins.

Baxter, this is a true test of your allegiance. Do you root for the Eagles first victory or the termination of the Baxterminators? There can be only one.

Nike "Leave Nothing" fiddle music rules!

Have you all seen the new Nike "Leave Nothing" commericals? If so - can you tell me where the music came from? I know...I recognized it right away...just curious if anyone else did as well.
-Brian

Timing is everything

This is a screenshot from an ad for NFL.com that was running on nytimes.com. No kidding.

The rest of the ad read: "Breakdown hours of footage. Analyze player stats and profiles. Nobody prepares you like we do."

Apparently NFL.com made this before they knew of Bill Belichick's preparation.

Take a page from the Oklahoma playbook

Now you know what to do when you happen upon a Villanova fan in a bar...

Texas Football Fan Nearly Castrated in Bar Fight in Oklahoma Bar

Ben, you must appreciate the fantastic stock photo with this version:
Stock photo of castration (SFW)

Termites!

Surrender now and you won't get hurt. You know it will be painful to watch McNabb light up the Redskins like a Christmas tree and know that every TD is just piling on your poor Termites.

Tiki Barber thinks you should be starting Brandon Jacobs and Eli Manning this week. Don't you listen to every word that genius says?

Let me put it another way. The Maple Shade are to #31 as the Termites are to some sorry excuse for a Minnesota RB. The Poz is bringin' the pain.

Have you seen me?

Perhaps you can help. I'm a 5'9" wide receiver, last seen in Seattle, WA with my Quarterback, Matt Hasselback. My owner has looked for me in the injury reports, box scores, and game summaries, but to no avail. I could be in some of my old stomping grounds like Foxboro, MA or Albany, GA. Please contact the owner of Napoleon's Dynamite if you know anything. He misses me so.

Freaky Eyes

Did anyone notice the freaky CGI NBC was using in the game tonight? In the second quarter they showed a graphic of players who left the Colts in the offseason. They showed David, who was playing for the Saints, and 5 other players. In David's photo he was moving his head, nodding and blinking his eyes. The other photos were still shots, no movement, expect for their freaky eyes that blinked exactly once. They were totally fake. NBC used CGI to get them to make their other photos. WTF?

I wonder how they would have handled this dude?

The Wonders of Modern Technology

OK, so this StatTracker thing is pretty cool...except when it confused Marvin Harrison with Reggie Wayne and tried to give Baxter MY desperately needed points. Apparently screwing me over in the draft wasn't enough for that greedy so-and-so.

And by the way, Baxter, nice hands Reggie Wayne!

Napoleon - You're goin' down like Waterloo!

I'm bringin' it like Tamba this week.



Click clack. Click clack.

Ever wanted to know how it feels to score a TD...

and nearly be eaten by a bear?

(Warning: foul language included)



via deadspin.

Old Logo for the NFL (1660-1969)

The new logo and the most recent old logo beat the hell out of this logo, which the NFL used 1960-1969.

Why does the football on the new logo only have 5 laces? The old logo is correct, a football has 8 laces.



Check out this comprehensive sports logo site
Or an NFL specific link
Last one is for the Blue Hens

New Logo for NFL

Since the Ref uniform change of last year went so well (read: sarcasm), the NFL decided that their logo needed to look all fresh and updated as well. When I heard about this, I was initially appalled. The NFL logo was fine the way it was—overly patriotic, simple, and well-known. So, what about their redesign?

I'm actually okay with it. When you compare the two side-by-side, the field of stars looks less busy and the new type choice is an easier read (especially on screen). I did like the old version of the "L" because it had more character to it, but the new type fits with the more simplified design. It is a bit annoying that, in both logos, the "F" bleeds into some implied white space at the point of the shield.

Overall, I'm happily surprised and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the new design. Anyone else care enough to have a reaction?

Via Brand New and UniWatch