SB Nation User Blog: Robert Rence

Just had to share

Robert Rence — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:06:51 -0000

I'm not too sure how many people here read Bill Simmons' column on ESPN, but I do. He's funny, and he normally seems like he has his head on straight. He's a much bigger Basketball guy than a Football guy, but he still cranks out columns giving the gambling lines on teams during the football season. For those of you who don't read him, here's what he had to say about the Pack vs Bucs game.

Packers (-9.5) over BUCS
Mayday! Mayday! The Josh Freeman 2009 White Flag has been thrown. By the way, Aaron Rodgers is this year's Great Game Against A Bad Team MVP. His stats have no correlation with his actual effectiveness. Even Al Bundy didn't hold his balls this long.

That last line killed me. If you're interested in more of his columns, I recommend looking up the Vengeance Scale. It should be required reading for just about everyone.

Finally, Go! Pack! Go!

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What? I picked them in my survivor pool this week. Don't look at me like that.

Just a quick reminder

Robert Rence — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:15:31 -0000

Yes, it's rivalry week, and yes, the Vikings do not like the Packers and the same thing goes for most of their fans and vice versa. That said, lemme lay down a few rules of conduct since we've already got trolls making insulting posts on the DN.

1) Be Excellent to Each Other. And if you can't do that, at least be tolerant. That means no Vi-Queens and no Fudge Packers. Saying these things does not make you funny, it does not show your team is better, and it is certainly not original. Saying these things makes the conversation a waste of good people's time.

2) Alt-trolling makes you look like a jackass. Oddly enough, whenever you create a new screen name for the sole purpose of trolling, your IP address does not change. And, what a surprise, those things can be cross-referenced to your main account! Isn't technology awesome!

3) Keep it clean. Keep the foul language down, along with the constant use of capital letters and punctuation. Phrases like:

FARVE IS A TRAITOR AND WE WILL NEVER SUPPORT HIM AGAIN!!!!11!!!!!

and

THE PACKERS O-LINE SUCKS!!!!!!!111!!!!!

Can be said just as easily in lower case. And anything past one exclamation point is superfluous.

By following these simple rules, you'll make it so your fellow fans aren't embarrassed in your presence, and your admins won't want to rage quit their jobs. Please do your part in making sure this week goes as smoothly as possible.

Also,

Go Vikes!

Just a quick reminder

Robert Rence — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:31:32 -0000

3) Keep it clean. Keep the foul language down, along with the constant use of capital letters and punctuation. Phrases like:

FARVE IS A TRAITOR AND WE WILL NEVER SUPPORT HIM AGAIN!!!!11!!!!!

and

THE PACKERS O-LINE SUCKS!!!!!!!111!!!!!

Can be said just as easily in lower case. And anything past one exclamation point is superfluous.

Also,

Go Vikes!

"Expert" picks the Ravens vs Vikings game

Robert Rence — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:13:24 -0000

I normally don't give the "experts" the time of day, But I thought that this one would be worth sharing

Carl of Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force presents his Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the Week! And while I think he picks the wrong team, I get a kick out of his comments about Jared Allen. The bit about Ray Lewis is pretty good too. Hope you enjoy it!

Edit: Apparently, only you tube videos can be embedded. Awesome. Here's the link.

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a250aae245cebff01245e57c72c0026

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Robert Rence — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:02:47 -0000

The trash talking has begun

Robert Rence — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:26:27 -0000

Apparently a radio host in Cleveland thought it would get him some page views to bash on the Vikes with a video on YouTube. Which is more like bashing on the history of the Vikings, saying that Favre is old, and saying that the state of Minnesota sucks. I will not link to it, because, frankly, I see better thought arguments put out on 4-chan.

Chris Baker from KTLK responded with the following YouTube video. It also rips on the history of the Browns, but at least it's funny.

Seifert talks with the D-line about Marinelli

Robert Rence — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:53:23 -0000

I know we've all had our fun making fun of him. And the Lions. And him again with the stupid pictures. But I figured folks over here would be interested on reading what answers Seifert got when he talked with the players about the coaching changes he's made. You can find the article right here. Enjoy!

Grrr... One friggin word short.

UPDATE from ChiFan13: Got rid of his link and had to add some words.

KFAN has a little fun

Robert Rence — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:16:59 -0000

KFAN has a little fun

I think it will work!

Going play by play: Sage vs T-Jack and the Special Teams coverage

Robert Rence — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:43:07 -0000

I wanted to give a bit of a better representation of the two quarterbacks, then my off-the-cuff stuff from Friday night and Saturday morning, so I sat down this afternoon and watched the two quarterbacks in action. I also paid close attention to the Special Teams. After last year, I feel it's necessary. Below is the play by play analysis.

Starting off with Rosenfels:

1st pass: Fake handoff, turns around and fires straight over the middle into Shiancoe's numbers.

2nd pass: Quick swing pass to Tahi for three yards. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

3rd pass: Under pressure from two linemen, Sage rolled out right, stared down Rice, and threw the ball on-target while strafing to his right.

4th pass: Swing pass to Peterson for no gain. I'm still not saying anything.

1st run: Pocket collapses, and Rosenfels runs forward. Dives head-first, forward and away, when three yards away from opposing LB. Also turns the ball away as he dives. He may possibly remember the Rosencopter incident.

5th pass: Fake handoff, rollout right. Sage does a little hop as he tosses the ball on the run. Shiance keeps his stride and catches the ball up near his shoulder. (This was the 4th down pass)

6th pass: Stares down Shiancoe, pass was a little high and away from the defender. Complete.

7th pass: Quick pass to Rice is high, but complete.

A few plays later, Rosenfels uses a hard count to bring the D-line off-sides.

8th pass: Fake hand-off, pass downfield to Johnson. Rosenfels stares down his receiver again. Johnson has to slow down to catch the ball and the pass is defended.

9th pass: Pass to Johnson. He turns around and makes a small hop to catch the ball.

10th pass: Stares down Shiancoe again. Another on-target pass.

11th pass: Dropped by Kleinsasser in Troy Williamson fashion.

12th pass: Screen pass to Chester Taylor.

13th pass: Out of Bobby Wade's reach.

Additionally, while Sage was on the field, the Vikes got 8 First downs, went 1/4 on 3rd down, 2/2 on fourth down and got one TD and one FG.

And now, the T-Jack.

1st pass: Attempts to throw the ball and it falls out of his hand.

2nd pass: Hits Rice mid-stride, but Rice bobbles the ball and drops it.

3rd pass: Hit immediately after throwing the ball, ball is off-target to field left and way above Johnson's head.

4th pass: Jackson hops as he throws, ball is high, but on-target.

5th pass: Jackson out-throws Reynaud by about a foot. Jackson has no pressure.

6tth pass: Jackson throws the ball several yards over Dugan's head. Again, Jackson has no pressure.

1st run: Jackson scrambles out of bounds for a first down.

7th pass: Rolls out and completes a screen pass to Young in traffic.

8th pass: Pressured and throws the ball away with a defender hanging on him.

9th pass: Thrown immediately after the ball is snapped to his left. 3 yds. There may be a possible connection here.

10th pass. Quick swing pass, on target. 3 yds. Anyone else noticing a trend?

11th pass take one: Ball thrown away while inside pocket. False start penalty on opposing Defense.

11th pass take two: Straight ahead to Dugan. Pass completed.

12th pass: On target to Dugan.

13th pass: Low and away from Reynaud, but he makes a shoestring catch.

14th pass: Fake handoff and rolls out. Chased and ball is tossed short, low, and out of bounds to Williams on the Sideline.

15th pass: Tossed to Moore, high and on the sideline. Pass is completed until Lacey drills Moore, forcing him to drop the ball out of bounds.

Additionally, while T-Jack was on the field, the Vikes got 7 First downs, went 3/8 on 3rd down, and got a FG.

Besed off of this data, I feel Rosenfels was a more accurate with the ball, In cases where Jackson was throwing the ball down the field, (His strong point over Rosenfels) he was consistantly inaccurate. Both had a pitiful 3rd down conversion rate, Rosenfels was able to accrue one more first down than T-Jack, in less plays, though I count the Defensive Off-sides 1st down on his total due to the hard count pulling them off.

Special Teams Coverage:

1st kickoff was received at the 10 yd lne and returned to the 22 yd line.

2nd kickoff was received at the 6 and returned to the 17 with a nice, open-field tackle by Frampton.

1st punt was kicked to the 5 yd line and returned to the 17 yd line. The punt coverage team was significantly over-kicked.

3rd kickoff was received and the 8 yd line and returned to the 27 yd line.

4th kickoff was kicked 5 yards into the endzone and returned to the 14 yd line.

2nd punt had the returner getting hit by Glen Holt as he caught the ball. The returner fumbled but was lucky the ball rolled out of bounds.

3rd punt was a fair catch at the 19 yd line.

4th punt was out of the end zone.

5th punt was another fair catch at the 10 yd line.

Both the first punt and the third kickoff were examples of the danger of line-drive kicks. Unless your in the endzone, you should not be able to run 15 yards before you see your first defender. And in punts, if it was Hester back there, he would have had the space necessary to run it back. You know how many yards returners run it back after a fair catch? Zero. I don't care that it's not as far, our defense is able to handle the field being a bit shorter.

Alright, that's the last I'm going to say on the subject. I'll have another review next Sunday.

Sonuva crap

Robert Rence — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:57:33 -0000

There are few good things about ESPN, and one of those things is no longer there. Bill Simmons is moving on to better things, and I look forward to seeing where he lands. I look forward to seeing the continuation of the vengeance scale, more rules to betting, mailbags, and his analysis of the football season when it again comes upon us. I hope I never have to go through another heart-breaking article similar to when his dog died, but if he writes it, I will read it. Just wanted to pass along the info.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=4343991