I am a big fan of the classic video game Tecmo Super Bowl.  For my money, it is the greatest sports video game EVAR, and I make a yearly rom hack of the Super Nintendo (SNES) version of the game.  And from time to time on my Youtube channel, I re-create a big game winning play with the game just for some fun.

Well, I think that win deserved this video.  Enjoy!

(I used both Bob Lamey and Al Michaels for the audio)

I was somewhat hoping that no one would go after Andrus, as he seems like a pretty good talent, and Adam Vinatieri isn't going to be around a whole of a lot longer. 

But a team did jump on him.  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  This offseason, they cut longtime kicker Matt Bryant for Mike Nugent, who was drafted in the 2nd round by the Jets, and cut by them after being mediocre.  Well, turns out he's just as mediocre in Tampa Bay as he was in New York.  So his reward for being teh suck is a cut.

And now Shane Andrus is the starting kicker for them.  Good luck to him.

I posted this towards the end of a deep fanpost, and felt like making it it's own fanpost.  I'll will say straight up, this is a bit of a rant.

Take this as you will, this is just a rant I have about mainly this site and the people (and Cubs fans in general)

Why does the middle ground of the sane and rational seem to be hard to find? Don’t get me wrong, there are those of you here that are realistic and rational, but most of the people seem to fall in to one of two categories.

1, Sunshine and Puppies!
2, Everyone Sucks!, wharrgarbl!

Frankly, both sides annoy me about the same. Those who try to defend every bad thing and who are convinced that everything is perfect and well are freaking insane.

“But MrNFL, the Cubs are going to get hot and make the playoffs! You just have to believe!”

Um, I’m sorry. The odds of this team getting hot and making the playoffs are hardly existent. I’m not against optimism, but blind optimism is going to lead you off a cliff. I could BELIEVE that $1 million dollars is going to magically appear in my lap, but is it going to because I believe it is?  No.  

CAN the Cubs make the playoffs?  Sure, if they win just about every game from here out, and 3 or 4 teams in front of them decide to fall apart.  Those of you who are convinced this team is going to the postseason anyway are just in denial.

And then you have the other people, “DFA Soriano, he’s a worthless bum! Milton Bradley sucks! Piniella Sucks!  Hendry Sucks!  Everyone Sucks!”

We get it, you don’t like (insert name here)  You don't need to have every post you say be slamming the team.. We are ALL unhappy about how the season has gone, remember this team was supposed to be improved from a solid season last year.   But every post being so incredibly negative makes me feel like I’m reading a rival teams’ opinions on us.

We get it, you are angry.  Yelling the same thing over and over again and then taking shots at members on this site who don't hate everything that exists makes you look insane.

And the worst, everything turns into a freaking war between these two sides of people.  And all it ever seems to turn into is not rational debate of a subject, but childish yelling and insults.  I think that reflects badly on us Cubs fans as a whole.

Realistically, this post probably will get me bashed by both sides of these people. But I don’t care. I’ve been on a lot of sports fan sites (Including other SB Nation sites) and this site has by far the biggest problem with this type of thing. There are members of this site I do respect and enjoy seeing their thoughts, because they are sane and rational.  But it seems like too many are one of these two categories of schmucks.

I like this site, I like reading Al's articles, I feel this is the best place to find a solid conversation about the Cubs.  But I almost don't want to come here any more with all these people yelling at each other.

Remember everyone, we all want the same ultimate thing here.  With that said, Go Cubs.

/end rant

Link here.  Seems like Versus wants more money from DirecTV, and DirecTV says no.   This is very disappointing for me, as someone who has DirecTV, and someone who loves watching the NHL playoffs.  If they don't figure it out, it will be very tough to actually watch most of the playoff games.

Us Wings fans still have FS Detroit for the regular season and some of the playoffs, but NBC doesn't even cover every game of the Finals.  If only the NHL could get off of Versus...I think the network is still a sinking ship.

Hello Indians fans, I have a random set of questions that I would really appreciate if someone would answer.

A group of friends and I are planning a road trip that goes through Cleveland at the beginning of August, when the Indians have home series' against the Tigers and Twins.  With that said, here are my questions

#1 How easy would it be to get tickets?   I would assume it would be pretty tough with both teams being divisional rivals.  But would we be able to show up day of the game and buy at the gate or would we need to purchase tickets in advance?

#2 Affordability.  What are some of the cheapest seats you can get, and would they be worth it?  I'm a Cubs fan, but the guys I'm with aren't really huge baseball fans.  We'd be probably going more for the experience than anything else, and we are generally cheap.

Thank you for taking the time for looking at this.

Hello Pirates fans, I have a random set of questions that I would really appreciate if someone would answer.

A group of friends and I are planning a road trip that goes through Pittsburgh at the beginning of August, when the Pirates are hosting Washington and Arizona, and we are considering stopping by for a game.   With that, here are the questions:

#1 How easy would it be to get tickets?  I would assume easier those series since the Nationals are so horrible, and Arizona isn't good either.  But would we be able to show up day of the game and buy at the gate or would we need to purchase tickets in advance?

#2 Affordability.  What are some of the cheapest seats you can get, and would they be worth it?  I'm a Cubs fan, but the guys I'm with aren't really huge baseball fans.  We'd be probably going more for the experience than anything else, and we are generally cheap.

Thank you for taking the time for looking at this.

Random thing I came across, 2 PM to 4:30 today they are showing the entire game.  It's very interesting to get this look back, seeing a lot of names I haven't heard in a long time, and getting to hear Chip and Stoney call a game again.

It's also really odd to see Wrigley so empty.  So many empty seats during what turned out to be such a historic day. 

Anyway, it's a fun little look back if you happen to have nothing better to do.