SB Nation User Blog: scottishcoltsfan

prediction contest

scottishcoltsfan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:16:08 -0000

Sorry about doig this guys but I have no choice. I've moved this week and thus have no internet connected at my new place, my work internet access won't even open stampede blue never mind the prediction contest and this current internet I'm using at the gym, won't allow me to make my picks in the normal way. So, I'm making a fanpost in the hope that mgrex will still accept my weekly picks for the ATS copetition.

ATS picks for week 4:

Chicago -9.5 (I don't know why, I think Forte might finally have a break out game)

Cinciatti -5.5 (the Browns are just terrible)

Oakland +9.5

Seattle +8.5 ( We'll win, but without all those defensive stars, I reckon by 7)

Tennessee -2.5

KC +8.5 (at home I reckon they keep it respectable)

New England -1.5 ( I now hate myself, but if Welker plays i reckon NE take this one)

Tampa Bay -6.5

Buffalo -1.5 ( is it wrong to say the fish are 'battered' right now?)

NYJ +6.5 ( saints win but jets keep it close)

Dallas -2.5 ( not buying the broncos yet)

StLouis +9.5 ( i'll probably regret this pick

SD +6.5

GB +3.5 ( I hate Brett Favre, repeat x 1000)

Apologies again for the inconvenience, hope you don't mind including these mgrex. Cheers. Oh, and go Colts!!!

If you like Vince Young bashing...

scottishcoltsfan — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:28:54 -0000

If you like Vince Young bashing...

..and let's be honest who doesn't!!! Check out the piece on KSK from Wednesday, post is good, but some of the comments at the end are friggin hilarious!!

Also funny, cleveland tourism video, merriman sketch
Nauseating but worth it for last 5 seconds of video(??) the whale video

All i have to say is LOL!

scottishcoltsfan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:34:43 -0000

All i have to say is LOL!

don't see the point in this before the frickin draft! but, wtf i'll go colts, steelers, eagles, panthers

burress, contracts & morals

scottishcoltsfan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:44:06 -0000

Plaxico Burress will get his $1 million after all.

The now-ex-Giant receiver beat his old team in their arbitration fight Monday when a Special Master ruled that the Giants must pay Burress the final, $1 million payment of his signing bonus that they withheld back in September. The Giants contended that Burress' actions violated behavioral clauses in his contract that forfeited the payment.

Special Master Stephen Burbank, who heard the case last Wednesday at the University of Pennsylvania law school, did not agree.

"We agreed in the 2006 (Collective Bargaining Agreement) extension that there would be no forfieture of signing bonuses unless it was a holdout situation," NFL Players Association General Counsel Richard Berthelsen told the Daily News. "And in that case, it could only be 25 percent, but the Special Master ruled that language didn't apply."

[UPDATE]: I edited your FanPost so your quotes would indeed appear in box quotes. --bbs

A couple of things:

Firstly, what in the name of all things good and pure is a special master??? I don't know if that's common language on your side of the pond, but I have never heard that phrase before in the UK. I don't know what Mr Burbank looks like, but in my mind it's like this:

Anyway, basically, we have just had a fanpost on this site about whether the colts should consider doing a deal for plax. I think we have unanimously said NO!!! To me, it is bare faced cheek from that man to demand this one million dollars from the Giants organisation. His behaviour has been nothing short of disgraceful and he may well have cost his franchise back to back SB's through his stupidity. I can think of no other profession in the world where you could expect to receive a one million dollar bonus having done nothing productive for your employer and in fact committing a serious felony. I like to think that any reasonable human being would have declined that money on the grounds that it simply had not been earned, Lord knows, he's already made many millions of dollars. If he had done so and shown some genuine remorse for his actions then I think people would forgive him and endeavour to help him rebuild a shattered career, as it is, I can feel no sympathy for the man's troubles.

He is a model of unprofessional behaviour, selfish and egocentric, the anti-Peyton, the mere thought of him in a Colts uniform makes me ill. I am sure that the 'Special Master' has technically made the correct decision based on wording in the contract but to the average Joe this cannot make any sense and is in fact, in my opinion highly insulting to millions of hard working law abiding citizens. So I guess I'm saying this might be technically correct, but morally how can it be anything but wrong.

Is Mike Mayock an idiot?

scottishcoltsfan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:22:38 -0000

I've just been on nfl.com watching a video of supposed experts unanimously declaring that the broncos ABSOLUTELY NEED to bring in a new franchise QB via the draft, and that they should be willing to trade up in order to guarantee getting Mark Sanchez. I'm sorry, but that has to be one of the most retarded things I have ever heard. Kyle Orton is a more than passable NFL QB who has the potential to thrive in the new McDaniels offence. And Simms, well, I'd frankly be delighted if we had him as a backup to #18. If he can get back to his pre-injury form there might even be a pretty good training camp QB battle between neckbeard and the spleen.

With the picks the broncos have, they have an amazing chance to completely overhaul a frankly terrible defense, If I were a bronco fan, I'd be devastated if they didn't look defense on at least four of their top 5 picks, which are all in the first 3 rounds, and I'd want a RB with the other. To me, the rest of their offense is actually pretty good, young with excellent potential. If they trade their 2 first round picks to move up and get Sanchez as nfl.com suggests surely that is the worst decision in the history of their franchise. I don't think the Broncos FO is that monumentally stupid, just Mike Mayock but i'd be interested to see what you guys think.

unitas awesomeness

scottishcoltsfan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:52:56 -0000

unitas awesomeness

love seeing this, just awesome.

that's the playoffs baby

scottishcoltsfan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:17:02 -0000

Two things:

First, massive shout out to the D. After getting totally crushed for 3 quarters, they stood up and made just awesome plays in the 4th quarter to eventually win us the game. Unbelievable effort right there.

Secondly, can you say MVP. Please, do not tell me Peyton is not winning this award, that was a wicked good game. I'm betting that those jags fans over at rivercityrage who were calling Peyton the most over-rated QB ever are looking a bit sheepish right now, cause he just killed your team!

GO HORSE!!!

some thoughts from the weekend

scottishcoltsfan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:15:08 -0000

I haven't seen a lot of full Giants games this season but I thought whilst watching last nights game that Plaxico Burress might actually have been dumb enough to cost the G men another championship game purely through his own stupidity. I know the Giants didn't have Jacobs, but they've still got 2 quality backs and they couldn't establish a running game worth shit last night. Is the fact that they've lost a receiver who pretty much demanded double coverage of more importance to their running game than Jacobs? Without Plax, teams can play 8 up in the box and concentrate on stopping the run without fear of being burned by the Giants receivers now, and guys like tumor and smith ain't getting open so easily.

From a colts point of view, could that steelers last minute TD come back to haunt us in January. I know we still need to concentrate on actually making the post season and there are a lot of what iffs here, but if the steelers can seal home field advantage by winning out, that could mean we end up having to go back to Heinz Field if everything goes to plan for us. Odds of going there twice and winning twice in the same season? I'm sure dicks like Peter King would say imposible but as long as we've got Peyton under centre impossible is nothing. (that's a little more dramatic than i was aiming for, but wtf, i'll go with it)

need help

scottishcoltsfan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:19:01 -0000

right, this is only colts related at a very long stretch of the imagination. Basically, I've got a winner takes all fantasy game this weekend and i need some advice. Should I start Anthony Gonzalez over Hines Ward as my third receiver this weekend. I just don't fancy ward against dallas. Also if you fancy commenting, i need to pick 2 of 3 out of chris johnson, brian westbrook and deangelo williams, this one is hurting my head a lot.

dawgs by nature

scottishcoltsfan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:25:34 -0000

Just took a wander over to the Browns blog, Dawgs by Nature. It's worth checking out, there's a post called 'Sound Off - Who Do You Hate'. A lot of quite rightly pissed off Browns fans calling out the biggest culprits of their woeful season. For anyone who has issues with coach Dungy (cough, Jay16, Nideak), its worth reading so you can get some perspective of what a truly goddam awful coach is, ie Blowmeo Caramel. Unfortunately, it looks as if Derek Anderson will be back to the bench against us, but its not like their WR's can catch the ball anyway, so whoever's playing QB at present shouldn't be much of an issue. I'm looking forward to a colts win that doesn't cause me to have a small stroke.