SB Nation User Blog: sir eccles

Dead Horse to sign backup

sir eccles — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:04:27 -0000

Dead Horse to sign backup

Rumors persist that the dead horse is to sign a backup for what could be a busy off season for the perennial whipping boy. Sources inside the stable suggest coaches are looking at other farmyard animals that are into that sort of thing.

Is it time for Africa?

sir eccles — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:33:16 -0000

It comes up every time they play the World Cup, will an African team win. Pele's prediction that an African team will win by the end of the 20th century fell flat and an analysis of the results shows them barely reaching the quarter finals. Will home field prove to be an advantage?

Personally, I see a lot of very talented African players who play in the European leagues. They have great flair and certainly posses great skill. Where I think they have problems is in forming a team. It often feels like they are making up the numbers and you get the prima donna European based players not really meshing well with the home based players. I would love to see the hosts South Africa have a good competition but I feel that the team has waned from their heights of a few years ago (would they even have qualified if they weren't hosts?). Maybe Bafana Bafana will shock us all and we will start wondering when Asia will have a winner?

Poll

Which continent will provide the winner?

Europe

8 votes

South America

6 votes

North/Central America

1 votes

Africa

1 votes

Asia/Oceania

0 votes

16 votes | Poll has closed

England seeded for World Cup ahead of France & Portugal

sir eccles — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:32:07 -0000

England seeded for World Cup ahead of France & Portugal

FIFA opt to use October rankings to decide seeds, leaving France and Portugal unseeded, look out for these teams in the group of death!

LJ's rushing average

sir eccles — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:35:49 -0000

LJ's rushing average

Let's see, 2 attempts, total of 5 yards, I may need a calculator for this one... 2.5 yds/carry.

Terrible Moist Towelette

sir eccles — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:13:55 -0000

Terrible Moist Towelette

Wow, I really enjoyed that game yesterday. We were there in the crowd trying to outshout the Steelers fans all around us and waving my moist towelette in their faces. I just wanted to shout out to the guy in front of us who managed to steal a real towel and also wound up a Steelers fan by continually pulling off his Polumalu wig and playing keep away.