The "What if Vick Where White?" Article:

http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/id/6894586/imagining-michael-vick-white-quarterback-nfl-espn-magazine

 

"There is no Middle Ground"

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6885774/nfl-michael-vick-makes-neutrality-impossibility-espn-magazine

 

"The Dog in the Room" -- Looking at his crimes from an animal rights' perspective isn't as clear as it seems (Note from BrianS -- that summary is mine.)

 

http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/id/6889579/espn-magazine-examining-michael-vick-where-dogfighting-falls-continuum-cruelty

Hello Andrew, and anyone else that would like to weight in.

Frequent reader and occasional commenter, here.  I'm looking for a little advice on how to get started with lifting again.  For the last 5 years, I'd done a pretty good job of sticking with minor variations what probably wasn't a great weightlifting routine, but met my criteria of hitting a lot of upper-body muscle groups in about 1:15 -- I've noticed that when my lifting routine gets much more than an hour, I have a lot of trouble finding time.

Over the last four years, I've become a more serious runner, moving up from 5Ks to half marathons and 10-milers, and did my first marathon in March and my second will be in November.  As running ate up more and more time and energy, my lifting decreased from every other day to twice a week to once a week to occasionally, finally pretty much stopping completely in mid January.

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I won't throw batteries at you or anything or even boo you if you don't choose this one, because I suspect you'll get better ones.  (Ahem, like Scotty's) Still, I think it's at least a little funny, and shows you should never be surprised where you'll run into Eagles fans.

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I know there's a couple Lost-watchers here, so I hope no one minds an off-topic post about it.

 

I loved last night's episode, but does it seem to anyone else that they're setting up that everything is a big pointless loop.  (While stuck in 1974 and bouncing through other past times the survivors seem to be, through their interactions with young Eloise, Ben, and Widmore, to be setting up the events that lead to their own plane crash, which leads to them traveling in time. And repeat).

Meanwhile, though, I'm entertained every week.

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"Hello?  Angelo.  This is Donovan."

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Look, we're all frustrated.  With the team, coaching, bad luck, whatever, this is one of the most disappointing seasons of the last decade of Eagles football.

But, let's at least try to conduct our "Fire Andy Reid/Bench Donovan McNabb/Sell the team back to Norman Braman" arguments in a civil matter.

 

We may disagree with each other, but let's save the nastiness for the Dallas fans...especially the ones from Philadelphia.

Thanks.

(I'll be surprised and disappointed if one of the replies to this isn't "F You".)

 

 

I thought you might enjoy my recap of the Eagles game, not so much for any analysis of the game itself, but for its account of stupid adventures and a cautionary tale about Standing Room Only tickets.

First of all, to any Giants fans here, congratulations to the Giants.  Even w/o the benefit of TV or radio commentators, it was obvious watching mostly on the giant video screens at the Linc (more on this in a minute) that the talent gap between the two teams is much, much wider than the final score indicated.

With that painful formality out of the way, let's review my day:

11:00am:  Obsessive-Compulsive Brian leaves home (York, PA) much earlier than necessary to get to the game.

11:15am:  Brian stops at the local Rutters Farm Store (convenience store here in York County) for gas and the ATM.  He lets the gas pump while he goes inside to tap MAC.  In a hurry for no real reason, Brian returns from the ATM, gets in his car, and drives off with the nozzle still in his gas tank because he almost never goes inside while the gas is pumping.  In hindsight, this was probably a bad omen.

11:16am:  Brian, the World's Biggest Idiot, decides that he still needs to be able to live with himself, so he resists the urge to drive away, and goes inside and tells the Rutters guy that he broke their gas pump.  He expects a rather large bill for this, but the kind folks at Rutters explain that it happens occasionally and is an emergency breakaway valve that's easy to fix.

11:17am:  Brian tells himself to calm the hell down a bit, and gets underway.

11:18am-1:00pm: To calm himself down, Brian listens to Rancid, the Offspring and Blink-182 at ear-splitting decibels the whole way down the PA turnpike to King of Prussia.

1:00pm: Far too early, Brian arrives at the Genuardi's in Radnor, greatest grocery store in all the world, to get his hoagie for the game.  Amazingly, they do not have Combos. In hindsight, another bad omen.

2:00pm:  Brian arrives at the Wachovia Spectrum Parking lot and begins tailgating by himself.  By tailgating, he means sitting in a folding lounge chair drinking beer and eating apple slices.

3:20-ish pm:  Brian’s friend arrives.  They eat hoagies.  Brian gets hit in the back of the head with an errant football, most likely thrown by Donovan McNabb.

5:00-ish:  Brian and friend head for the stadium, stopping to gorge themselves on free samples of Turkey Hill Philadelphia Eagles Touchdown Sundae Crunch.  Predictably, the chocolate peanut butter footballs would prove to be the highlight of the day.

5:20-ish:  Brian, friend, and friend #2 enter the stadium.  Regrettably, merchandise is purchased prior the game. 

5:40-ish:  They head for the stadium gates so they can race up the stairs to get a good Standing Room Only spot in "The Eagles' Nest"

 

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6:00pm:  Gates open, they run up the stairs.  Brian, who runs 3-4 miles several times a week, notices that running is much more difficult after 3 beers, a 12-inch hoagie, and about 20 chocolate chip cookies.

6:01pm:  They are among the first at the Eagles Nest, but notice it is roped off, allegedly for Swoop to zip-line down to the field.

6:01 -8:13pm:  A huge crowd accumulates waiting to watch the game from "The Nest"

8:14pm: Swoop appears on the field, and Danny Bonaduce zip-lines down to the field.

8:15:  They finally take down the ropes, the crowd rushes forward, and Brian, who is only 5'6, is stuck behind taller people and cannot see a thing.

8:15-Midnight:  The Eagles play inconsistently on both sides of the ball, but get themselves in position for a miraculous comeback only to end up losing BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET ONE ****ING YARD.

Midnight-3:20am:  Brian drives home, seething with rage not only at the outcome of the game, but because he paid $50, froze for 8 hours, and made sure he was everywhere he needed to be super early, only to basically end up watching the game on TV screens because of Danny ****ing Bonaduce.

Time’s yours.

i just realized that last time the Phillies won the World Series, the Orioles won it 3 years later. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 WORLD CHAMPION BALTIMORE ORIOLES!

i just realized that last time the Phillies won the World Series, the Orioles won it 3 years later. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 WORLD CHAMPION BALTIMORE ORIOLES!

I just realized that last time the Phillies won the World Series, the Orioles won it 3 years later. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 WORLD CHAMPION BALTIMORE ORIOLES!

I just realized that last time the Phillies won the World Series, the Orioles won it 3 years later. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 WORLD CHAMPION BALTIMORE ORIOLES!

I just realized that last time the Phillies won the World Series, the Orioles won it 3 years later. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 WORLD CHAMPION BALTIMORE ORIOLES!

 

THERE, IS THAT ****ING LONG ENOUGH!!!!

Romo gets sacked, throws wide of TO twice, and Arizona blocks the punt to win the game.

This won't be so funny on Thanksgiving when the Cardinals smear us, but I'm going to enjoy it now.

 

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"It was almost a miracle finish for us," Dallas coach Wade Phillips said.

Almost isn't good enough when you're the Cowboys, who thus far haven't been the dominating team many expected them to be.

It's Dallas Week, fo' sho', but after looking forward to Eagles football for months, I've still got the happy feeling from a big opening week win.

So here's a not-so-serious fan post for my fellow Eagles fans, and even any visiting cock-a-roaches, here at BGN.

Almost every Eagles-Cowboys game ends up being memorable for some reason.  Just off the top of my head,  on our side we've got the Lito Sheppard Game, the James Willis game, McNabb's scramble, the Christmas game, 4th & 1 x2 (THEY STOPPED HIM AGAIN!), Westbrook's kneel down, and pickle juice.

And on the other side, I would assume the Roy Williams game, the Tommy Hutton game, the playoff loss to Dallas, and the not-so-successful onside kick are just as memorable to Dallas fans as they are painful to us.

What's your favorite?

Mine is probably one of the few that isn't that memorable:  Because I was there, I'll always remember fondly the 36-10 beating put on the 'boys in December 2003  It was an important game -- one that had division title implications.  There really weren't any highlights from it -- it was just an efficient, relentless West Cost Offense domination.  Tied 10-10 at halftime, Sheldon Brown intercepted Quincy Carter in Dallas territory in the opening minutes of the 3rd quarter, and the rout was on.

Both of the games in 2006 were spectacular, too.  I get chills when I watch highlights of Lito's interception, and the Christmas game exceeded all my expectations.

On the negative side, I was at the Roy Williams game in '05, and it's still incomprehensible that they lost that game.  I am a McNabb fan and a Reid fan, but
one or both of them had their heads completely up their ass on that play.

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Wow, I guess every fan got his/her own section last night.  Because I feel so bad for Mr. Angelos, and even more so because I'm bored (sorry), I decided to try to help the Orioles by coming up with some dumb great ideas for promotions.

 

1.  All You Can Drink Right Field Nightclub -- All You Can Eat Left Field Club is sweet, but this section would be sold out every night.

2. Sell the team to Cal Ripken

3. Make Cal the starting SS -- Cal looks like he's put on a little weight, and somehow gotten even balder than his playing days, but I bet he could still outhit Luis.

4. Dugout seating -- Fenway's Monster seats were a hit, so why not take that concept a step farther and let fans sit even closer to the action.  With these seats, you might end up as the starting pitcher, though.

5. Chad Bradford Night -- half price admission for any mustachioed O's fans.

6. More games against the Yankees and Red Sox -- If you're Peter Angelos, you don't care whose money you're takin'.

7. I don't know, maybe actually have a good season once in awhile.

8. Build a new stadium -- Worked for the Phillies and Nats.

Come on, I know the rest of you need some pointless activity to fill the long 3.5 hours between now and gametime.  Help Petey out!

[editor's note, by BleedGreen] Promoted from diaries. Brian beat me to this one.

With so many rumors swirling about discontent in the locker-room and QB controversies in the not-to-distant future, I thought this was nice to hear from McNabb:

"My thoughts are about ending my career here," McNabb said. "I'm not really focusing on anything like that. I'm going to be a Philadelphia Eagle my whole career, and I expect that. If anything changes, it's not in my control, but I look forward to ending my career here."

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20071018_He_Likes_It_Here.html

Now, I can't believe he wouldn't want to get away from WIP, and away from some of the scrutiny and negativity that he faces as the QB of the Philadelphia Eagles. (I know he'd face scrutiny in Chicago, but I can't imagine the mindset of their fans or media is quite this negative)  He'd once again be looked upon as savior in Chicago, and who wouldn't want to play in their hometown for the team they rooted for as a kid?

Still, even if McNabb is lying for the sake of "saying the right thing", I'm really glad he came out and said this -- if only hopefully to quiet the rumors till the offseason.

In the meantime, maybe the Eagles can trade Feeley to the Bears for a 2nd round pick after the game.... :-)

Just saw on the little news bar on the left of the site that the Texans signed Bethel Johnson.  Looks like Bloom's got the KR job.

Sorry, not much else to say about it.  I think Bloom will be fine.  If not, Reno's waiting by the phone.

Hoey and Doyne, down.  Shuey and Bell, up.

If this team is committed to rebuilding, giving up on young pitchers after one game (albeit a bad one) is not smart.

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This fuckin' team isn't worth 300 characters.

So, I missed out on tickets again.  Oh well, that's what I get for not shelling out the money to get season tickets in '99.  

I'm going to the game in Green Bay, which will be awesome, but I hate to not make a single home game.

I guess I've still got a shot at SRO's (hopefully), but if not, I might scalp one.

Any suggestions as to when prices are best -- get 'em now or wait till closer to the game -- or mid July when people aren't thinking about it as much.

[editor's note, by BleedGreen] promoted from diaries.

my, my Miss American pie...

http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/homeNewsDetail.jsp?id=68189

Eagles release Dhani Jones, and Chris Gocong is now #1 on the depth chart on the strong side. That Jones was released doesn't surprise, although the timing does. I'm surprised he didn't at least make it to camp. I'll try to dig around to see if there was a roster bonus that he was due to collect or anything like that, which would have influenced the timings.

While I don't think a lot of Eagles fans (myself included) will complain about this, the spotlight is now squarely on Gocong and to a lesser extent Stewart Bradley.

[editor's note, by BleedGreen] Let's also not discount the fact that Spikes could play the strong side if he needs to. By the way the Eagles sent me a text alert the moment this release happened. Makes me think they figured Eagles would like to know about this one...

This is totally unconfirmed by any reliable source, but one of my friends called and said he'd heard (probably on WIP) rumors that the Eagles were about to sign Takeo Spikes.

Anyone else heard any rumors or is this complete BS?

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Embroiled in our own hopefully just media-generated controversy, it might be a good time to point and laugh once again at the NFC East's #1 team player and all around class act as he wishes his coach a respectful and fond farewell.

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[editor's note, by BleedGreen] Promoted from diaries. In the offseason, I can't get enough of this stuff...

Dave in San Mateo inspired this one when he mentioned "Westbrook's game winning kick-off return against the celebrating Giants is one of my all time favorite Eagle moments."

I'm bored, so I thought just for my own amusement I'd try to rank my top ten favorite Eagles games.

Plus, it always helps to remember the good times.

What're yours?

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