Tonight, Duke's beloved basketball "Coach K" (that's Mike Krzyzewski for those who really want to attempt the whole thing) made Division I basketball history with his 903rd win! The previous record-holder, legendary Bob Knight was on hand for the victory. And funny thing, Mike K. used to play for Knight! What a pair. Hats off to two of the best.
Now, on to Tennis - my other favorite sport. Slightly less auspicious history was made on Sunday, but it warms my heart none-the-less. My man, Roger Federer won the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris for the first time. I know, why is this, his 69th Masters Title special? Well, let's face it, there's not much left out there that he hasn't won - so Federer fans let's hear it - he's NOT done yet!!! On to London...will be interesting to see what happens with #1 Djokovic who pulled out of Paris with a shoulder injury. He hasn't been the same since Fed gave him quite a run in the US Open semi's...hmm...
OK, now to football.
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| Bills WR Nelson handing TD ball to Kelsi Reich, his Cowboys cheerleader girlfriend! |
OK, now for the results from the weekend.
The biggest story, on the field of play anyway, probably happened in my Saints game vs. the Falcons. I'll skip to the good part. The game goes into overtime, both teams have had one unsuccessful possession and the Falcons now have the ball 4th and inches to go on their own 30. Coach Mike Smith decides to go for it! The Saints get an enormous push off the line, completely stuff the Falcons and they don't get it. This leads directly to a John Kasay game-winning field goal (yep, there's my guy again!) Now, Smith has caught a lot of grief for this, but the Saints defense had been fairly awful the whole game. Not to mention the spectre of Drew Brees getting the ball back with a chance at yet another game-winning drive is enough to send any opposing coach into cold sweats. Bottom line, I might have done the same thing. So lay off Coach Smith and let's hear it for the Saints! WHO DAT!!!
The rest of the week can really be summed up in 3 categories.
The expected:
* Texans man-handled the Bucs (but Schaub probably out for the season with foot injury, Leinart gets the start, oh dear, glory days may be over)
* Packers dismantled the Vikings (45-7 - not quite as bad as Saints-Colts 62-7 beat down several weeks ago, though, just saying)
* Patriots got back on track defeating the Jets
The not so expected:
* Chargers lose to Raiders - I know Raiders have Carson Palmer now, but I thought the Chargers were going to wake up and play football, guess not
* Cowboys spank the Bills 44-7 - wait, I thought the Bills were actually good this year? And Romo sets records for completion % - wait, who is this guy?
* Broncos beat the Chiefs - wait, I thought the Chiefs were on a roll? And Tebow's not for real, right? Well, he did only complete 2 passes the whole game, but when 1 of them is a 56 yard TD what are you gonna' say? Bad news is Cassel's likely out for the season for the Chiefs. Tyler "who" gets the start?
* Cardinals beat the Eagles - WHAT? Broken ribs on Vick or not, WHAT is going on in Philly?
* And my favorite - Ravens lose to the 2-6, now 3-6 Seahawks. WOW. What IS it with them? They beat the Steelers and then they immediately turn around and lay an EGG to a losing team. That's twice now - that deserves a "c'mon man!"
Then there were the rest but we won't go into all of them. I will only say that I bet my Panthers missed their old faithful field goal kicker John Kasay on Sunday. They released him because they thought his leg wasn't what it used to be. Ha! Maybe not, but his replacement Olindo Mare missed a 20-something yard chip-shot, while Kasay hit from 52 and then later won the game in OT for the Saints. Again, I'm just saying...
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