Brett Favre Ties TD Recrod with 420

Brette Favre of the Green Bay Packers tied Dan Marino's tuchdown record at 420 on Sunday against the San Diego Chargers. Favre went 28 of 45 with 369 yards and 3 tuchdowns against the bolts in Lambo Field. The tuchdown was thrown in the 4th quarter when the Packers were down 21 to 17 with about 2 minutes left in the game. Favre threw a slant to Greg Jennings and Jennings ran about 50 yards or so to a game winning tuchdown. Phillip Rivers of the Chargers had a chance with about a minute left in the game to win it but he threw an interception to ice the game.

When asked after the game how big the record was to Brett, Brett could care less about the record and more that the Packers won a big game and that his team was 3-0. "I could care less about the record," Favre said, "Everybody's congratulating me, but I told them it doesn't mean anything if we don't win the game." I don't think anybody in the NFL thought the Packers would start the season 3-0, especially after the season they had last year.

I am happy for Brett mostly because of what he has had to go through during his career as a quarter back and I hope the team does well for the rest of the season, but the offense does not have any real fire power...they have Favre, and Donald Driver and that is it. They have no running game to speak of with Brandon Jackson running for only 22 yards on 6 carries. Later on in the season, the defensive teams will just stop the passing game and win ball games that way.

O.J. Simpson Charged with 11 Felony Charges

O.J. Simpson Tuesday morning was charged with 11 total felonies after the armed robbery in Las Vegas. The 11 charges includes two counts of first-degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon; two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon; and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. The kidnapping charge accuses the men of detaining each man "against his will, and without his consent, for the purpose of committing a robbery."

O.J.'s lawyer, Yale Galanter, said he would ask for Simpson's release and also added, "If it was anyone other than O.J. Simpson, he would have been released by now," Galanter also added, "You can't rob something that is yours, O.J. said, 'You've got stolen property. Either you return it or I call the police.'" The co-defendants, Walter Alexander, Clarence Stewart and Michael McClinton, entered the memorabilia store with Simpson and demanded the items while Simpson supposedly held a gun to the head of the victim.

Simpson allegedly went into the memorabilia store in Las Vegas looking for memorabilia he thought the victim stole from him. He set up a meeting with one of the victims Bruce Fromong and when Simpson and his cohorts entered the room they were not there to have a meeting, they came in with guns and held the victims at gun point asking for what Simpson thought was his. Fromong unfortunately suffered a major heart attack after the attack and was in critical condition Tuesday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The one thing that is a little fishy about the whole story is if Simpson was actually holding a gun when he walked into the hotel room. The police recovered two firearms during planned searches. There were witnesses that saw the even that told the police that they did not think Simpson was holding a firearm. If Simpson was not holding a hand gun during the robbery, than his charges would diminish somewhat.

There is also chatter that O.J. might have been set up, but that is only a thought and has not been proved yet in anyway. Simpson should have paid for what he did when he allegedly killed his ex wife in the famous murder case where he was acquitted of all of the charges. Again like I said in past posts, Simpson should pay for what he did, if he did do what the charges are talking about he should be put in jail or prison for the allotted time. Sports stars in this world and in the United States are turning into people who think they are above the law and it has become true with so many different examples. Michael Vick was the rare exception when he was charged with charges including illegal gambling on dog fighting and then he with his own bare hands executed many dogs that were viewed as being un-fit to fight. He is going to get what he should get and I hope the same happens with O.J. Simpson for what he did allegedly.

After two weeks of football games, the NFL has 10 2-0 football teams. Before we get to the surprises, I will start with the disappointments:

NY Giants: The team has started 0-2 after losing games to Dallas where the defense unfortunately did not show up and to the Green Bay Packers 35-13. They have lost their starting running back Brandon Jacobs, their starting quarterback should not have even started the game on Sunday because of an injured shoulder. They have 12 injured players on their roster and things are not looking good for Tom Coughlin.

Philadelphia Eagles: The Eagles started 0-2 after losing games to Green Bay in Wisconsin and at home against the Redskins on Monday Night Football. The Eagles on offense have Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook and that's about it. They need at least one big time WR for them to be effective at all. Unfortunately their schedule does not get easier...they have to play the 2-0 Detroit Lions at home next week.

New Orleans Saints: Wow, I did not see this coming! The Saints are struggling on offense at the beginning of the season. They cannot get anything going on offense with all of their talent they have on the offensive side of the ball. Reggie Bush, the Saints RB has run for 65 yards on 22 carries averaging 3.0 yards/rush in 2 total games. Drew Brees, the QB has thrown more Interceptions (3) than Touchdowns (1) this season a year after throwing for 4,418 yards with 26 Touchdowns and only 11 Interceptions. Oh yeah, their defense is as porous as a fire hose. They can't stop anybody either. The offense will come back no problem, I'm just worried about their defense (especially their secondary).

Now my surprises in the first two weeks:

Houston Texans: Thank god, they are finally doing things well in Texas! They found themselves a good quarterback in Matt Shaub and a all pro RB Ahman Green who came from Green Bay. The defense is stopping people on the other teams and there is actual excitement in Texas that the football team could just possibly end up over the five-hundred mark and I am hoping the same thing for the head coach Gary Kubiak.

Detroit Lions: 2-0 once again in Detroit where like in Texas, they are starting to do things well in Detroit again. Their QB Jon Kitna is throwing the leather off of the ball and their first round draft pick Calvin Johnson from Georgia Tech is paying off with 131 receiving yards on 8 receptions and 2 touchdowns. Their defense is nasty good and NFL teams now are afraid of playing the Lions which is I think a first in the NFL since Barry Sanders played for the Lions.

Green Bay Packers: I am happy for Brett Favre in what he has had to go through during his football and off the field life with the family tragedy, and now he again is being successful personally and the team is now winning again. Their defense is feared by other teams and the offense is scoring touchdowns again which is surprising in itself. They still need more talent around Brett, but for now if the defense can keep it up, the team will be able to win with Brett's late game heroics.

Cleveland Browns: They actually won a game! Seriously, the last two weeks for the Browns has been a head scratcher. The week after the Browns get embarrassed against the Steelers 34-7, they trade their starting quarterback and put the backup Derek Anderson in against the Bengals and watch Anderson throw for 328 yards, 5 touchdowns and one pick by throwing at a 60% completion percentage. Their running back Jamal Lewis who almost came back from retirement ran the ball for 216 yards on 27 attempts and one touchdown. The Browns won the game 51-45. They broke so many records I wouldn't have the time to type all of them down. I am happy for the head coach Romeo Crennel because he walked into a no win situation and hopefully this will give him and his team some confidence.

My Top 5 teams after 2 weeks of football:

1. New England Patriots - They destroyed the San Diego Chargers.


2. Indianapolis Colts - They are the defending champs and their defense is back and faster.


3. Pittsburgh Steelers - They still need to play a good team, but I will give it to them.


4. Dallas Cowboys - Their offense is on target, but their defense needs to step it up quickly.


5. San Francsisco 49ers - I love their defense even their offense is non existance.
   

O.J. Simpson Caught on Tape

O.J. Simpson, the ex running back for the NFL years ago was arrested Sunday and booked on charges connected with what police described as a robbery at a Las Vegas hotel. The audiotape was released today (Monday) by a celebrity web site TMZ.com, and a man believed to be Simpson demanded "my stuff" multiple times in the tape. He also said, "Think you can steal my s--- and sell it?" Now, Simpson was not the only person in the armed robbery and the others in the attempt were arrested or are in the process of going to be arrested.

Another collector in the same hotel room, Bruce Fromong, stated that the meeting was set up as if the men were customers, but when the men arrived, it was nothing like an orderly meeting: "The door burst open and they came in almost commando style, O.J. Simpson and some of his people, I guess you would call it, with guns drawn," Fromong said to ABC's Good Morning America Monday. "O.J. at that time was saying, 'I want my stuff. I want my stuff. The thing in my mind as soon as I saw him, I'm thinking, 'O.J., how can you be this dumb? You're in enough trouble."'

Simpson said that the men that accompanied him he met at a wedding cocktail party. The whole thing is almost deja vu again with Simpson. He has not been able to get out of trouble or it almost seems like he doesn't want to stay out of trouble. He has almost been like Daryl Strawberry, the ex baseball player who couldn't get out of drugs and alcohol, teams gave Daryl a bunch of chances but he literally threw away his chances at being a good baseball player.

O.J. Simpson right before he had issues with this Las Vegas armed robbery tried to release a book that talked about how he would have committed the murder of his wife, but yet he still thought that after we read his book we would still believe he didn't murder his wife. The guy needs to be thrown in the slammer and the key needs to be thrown away because the guy has tainted any career he had as a running back in the NFL and most people now do not even think of football with O.J., all we think about is somebody who had a chance to have a peaceful retirement, but threw it all away by making horrific choices. I hope young children do not view Simpson as a role model because of what he has done.

Week in Review

OK, some big things happened this week in sports. One thing that is huge is in college football with Notre Dame and Michigan. Both starting 0-2 for the first time ever in their wonderful history. Notre Dame's offense is a big 0fer for the first 2 games without putting a single point on the board. They started with 3 quarterbacks and that was a big mistake and then appointed Jimmy Clausen as the single starter which was a good idea by Weis. I think if Notre Dame can take a single bad year Clausen will pull it together and be a wonderful quarterback not just in college but also in the NFL or CFL (or NFL Europe).

Michigan is a different story...Lloyd Carr is in a pressure wash and the only way to get out of it is to resign. Michigan won't fire Lloyd in the middle of the season because they would look bad, but everybody is pressuring Lloyd to resign as the head coach to make everybody's life much easier. The team started at #5 in the preseason polls when they were going to play Appalachian State (division II team). Everything was going to be easy for big Michigan against the Mountaineers but that did not happen. Michigan only lost the game by 2 points in the end but the score didn't show how bad the Wolverines played. The wolverines were outplayed and out-coached in the end and got destroyed. It was in my mind the biggest upset in the era of college football. There was outrage in Michigan and so after days of players and coaches addressing the pissed off fans they went up against the Oregon Ducks which just got off of a game in Oregon against Houston (W 48-27) and Oregon brought the offense that Michigan could not and still cannot defend: the spread offense. Oregon went into the "Big House" and destroyed the Wolverines just like the Mountaineers did a week ago. The Ducks piled 624 total yards against the vaunted Wolverines defense, 331 on the ground. The final score was 39-7 and the Michigan senior quarterback was injured during the game (Henne). Now, against Notre Dame Michigan will have a true freshman against the Notre Dame defense. The first time Notre Dame and Michigan have been both 0-2 starting a season in college football ever.

LSU has been dominating by shutting out Mississippi State 45-0 and destroying #9 Virginia Tech in Louisiana. I think LSU should be considered #1 in the polls just because how they have dominated the other teams they have played. I know #1 USC has only played one game because in week 2 they had a bye but still, USC had issues with Nevada at home.

In the NFL, we have a story that expanded very fast is the Patriots spying case which was resolved last night by the commissioner Roger Goodell. During the Patriots-Jets game in New York on Sunday during the game an individual was video taping the Jets coaches and sideline looking for signs and hand signals (stealing signals), the Jets head coach, which coached under the Patriots head coach Bill Belichick for a few years tipped off to the NFL that the Patriots were video taping the Jets sideline. The NFL took a video camera and tape with them and sent it to New York (it didn't have to go far) and looked at it. The NFL commissioner yesterday came down hard in the coach and organization for what they did. The New England head coach was fined the maximum the NFL can fine players/coaches $500,000, and the Patriots team has to pay $250,000. Also, the Patriots will lose a draft pick: if they make the playoffs this season they will lose a first round draft pick and if they don't make the playoffs their 2nd and 3rd round picks. I think that was a big penalty not just the money the team/coach has to pay at a total of 3/4 of a millions dollars in fines and to lose their picks for this next season is huge for "cheating" in the rule books for the NFL. Belichick said he misunderstood the rule, but I think that wasn't fully true, the guy is a genius and couldn't read a simple rule?

More names in the human growth hormone (HGH) era are coming out in the news from various sources. The first large one was Jason Giambi and now the feel good story of Rick Ankiel of the Saint Louis Cardinals is now tainted like everything else in MLB. Ankiel got HGH shipped to him from a Miami doctor who also is being indicted by the government. What's interesting about this story is that HGH was not banned in MLB until 2005 and Ankiel received and supposedly used the supplement in 2003-2004 during his rehab from surgery he had. Ankiel today told the St. Louis Dispatch that he talked to baseball officials to talk about HGH. Baseball's one feel good story this season that was going to take them away from steroids and hgh was destroyed by another big name that used the "juice" during the era of all eras.

Greg Oden (#1 pick by Portland Trail Blazers this season) went in and had micro-fracture surgery on his right knee and will likely be out this next season at least. LeBron James had surgery on his eye to improve his sight...LeBron James now having better sight is something that players on different teams are scared about. Boston Red Sox still have best record in MLB which is good and it looks like the Yankees will make it in as the Wild Card Spot but they have to play the LAA Angels which they have been outplayed and killed by playing the Angels in the past playoff series.

There was more that went on in the past week of sports, but from now on I will post at least once a day about big stories and my take on them.
Enjoy,
Ryan