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Love is blind. That's the way sports fandom goes. You watch your team do all the wrong things, and you keep going back for more. No one will ever be able to explain why, it's just one of those things that perennially keeps happening. Kudos to Blogi though for Tim Lincecum winning the Cy Young award. That kid is a 170 lb stud. He is going to be the centerpiece of that rotation, if only the Giants have the brains, gall, and dollars to build around him...and maybe get him a couple of bats to provide run support.

But yes, the 49ers game was a disaster, though they beat the spread and ruined one of my picks. Boldin and my fantasy team soared though, so no complaints there. Let's do a little recap shall we?

So did anyone else see the emergence of Brady Quinn as an all around Stud? He is going to only get better. Granted, playing against a horrible defense made him look good and his defense folded on him and ruined my pick, but we saw something great come out of this kid, and I think we'll be hearing from him for a long time. There were a couple times where he forced himself out of the pocket and created his own problems, but he'll be fine, it was his first start, he's bound to be a little jumpy.

As bad as Jacksonville has been, how could you not have had them beating Culpepper and the cowardly Lions?

The Tennessee and New England games both felt like locks, and the Patriots have proved that they are still contenders, and the Bills proved they are, in fact, pretenders.

Taking New Orleans and the single point was dumb dumb dumb. I don't know what possessed me, but as soon as that game started, it was clearly over. Drew Brees threw for 422 yards and New Orleans still lost. Ohhhh, he also threw for 3 interceptions. If we go by the adage that every interception is worth 5 points added to your opponent's score, and Atlanta had 34 points and New Orleans had 20 (Matt Ryan, it should be noted, threw no interceptions)...well look at that, take away those fifteen points and you have New Orleans winning 20-19, not even needing the points.

Miami not covering shocked me. Seattle almost winning this game shocked me even more. While I lost the pick, the important thing is the Dolphins, doing a modified Tampa Bay Rays impression, held on. These are the games good teams have to win, and it doesn't matter if you win ugly, you still get the W.

There are not enough words to describe how wrong I was about St. Louis covering against the Jets. 47-3. That's an embarrassment. That's Pee-Wee vs Div I-A right there. I don't know if the Jets defense is really that good, or if the absence of Jackson and the run killed the Rams, but they were 16 types of bad last weekend. I don't know if I can put my faith in them again for a while. Donnie Avery got benched on my team after that piss-poor last week (I'm sure he's feeling it).

Carolina and Baltimore covering were not shocking. The way in which Green Bay covered (by a point and a half) prompted a gambler's sigh of relief, but left me wanting more. They're too good a team and the Vikings are too mediocre for this to be happening. Maybe it's the other way around, but I am over the NFC North. And the South. And the West. It should also be noted though that KC kiiiiiiilled the spread against the Chargers, who are Bad. If I had money, I would have laughed all the way to the bank on that one. But alas, I am poor, not broke - and we all know that the real gamblers have absolutely nothing, because what do they have to lose except limbs?

Pittsburgh got beat by Indy, in what should have been a shocking revelation, but in hindsight, I'm sad I didn't predict this. Sanders was a difference maker, Indy got a lot of lucky breaks, and they were able to hold the Steelers off. Steelers' football is essentially a 12 round fight decided by decision week in, week out - it's tough for them to maintain a fully healthy roster, and this is the point in the season when it starts to catch up. It's good to stake a big lead early in the Steel-town, if only to catch some rest later.

So that leaves...who? The New York Football GIANTS! Who did in fact cover the three I gave to Philly! Suckers! Each and every one of the Boys in Blue were fired up that they were somehow the underdog (this will forever blow my mind). The score is no indication of how much that game was dominated by the Giants. Andy Reid made desperation challenges and was right to lose them. The reason the score got as high as it did for the Eagles was because of the insane field position they got a couple times. But no excuses, the defense gave up some big plays, but the offense made big ones too, which people need to focus on. We gave up 31 and WON. Not only can the team win with the D, but it gets it done on the other side of the ball. Giants run game was the difference maker, and I'm glad no one is trying to stroke Plax's ego or try to turn Eli into a gunslinger. Stick with the gal that brought you to the dance, and that's the frightening trio of Jacobs, Ward, and Bradshaw. I'll take that any day of the week.

On the Week: 8-6

Prediction for thursday:
New England (-3) over Jets - I think this is a game that the Jets can win, but won't. Brett Favre will be the deciding factor either way, either by leading them to victory or taking them down the path to defeat. He is the keystone.

-Jobimoto out.
"What can I say? I'm not a talker."

Cy Young is Proud

Way to go, Timmy! BOO YAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out the final count.

I like the reference to the election stats in there as well.

Also, check out the video of Lincecum talking to the press about the win. The kid is really that: A KID. But in the best way possible. 1) He's a west-coaster (though from Washington... close enough) and really is the personification of the term "West Coast": Chill. 2) He just wants to play ball and keep getting better everyday. He's not a "rockstar" or sports diva, he just wants to throw that ball for the love of the great and glorious game after which it's named.

To everyone else in the MLB: take a page from Lincecum's book. If there were more people out there that went into the game like he does, it would make it just that much more enjoyable to watch. Why? Because of passion. Passion for what you're doing, not about what and who you can afford to do off the field. It's what separates the good players from the great ones.

Allright, time to go watch Sukiyaki Western Django. Check out the trailer on apple trailers and you'll see why I ordered it from netflix as soon as it was released.

Quantum of Solace comes out this weekend as well. Excellent.

-Bloggi Out.

"Currahee!"