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Comment on Going Once . . . . .

The SportDork — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:47:47 GMT

Am I too late? I can't believe I just checked the comments section!! It's been a busy two weeks, so I have to apologize for not getting to this sooner. I am fully behind this effort. I will bring all available SportDork resources to bear on this. We have to take it to the people!!!!!

Comment on Going Once . . . . .

Riley — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:08:39 GMT

fantastic entry, as always

now, on to important matters: i need Sportdork's help. here's the deal -- Esquire magazine, in a puerile effort to get more 20- and 30-something slacker men to read the magazine, is having a sexiest woman alive contest, in the form of a march madness tournament with a 64-woman matchup to be voted on by the idio.... the readers on the internet. plenty of adjectives come to mind for this pablum, but there's a matchup and an entrant that simply MUST win. PLEASE HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

http://www.esquire.com/women/the-sexiest-woman-alive/bracket-tournament/natalie-gulbis-vs-lane-kiffin

Comment on Going Once . . . . .

The SportDork — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:26:56 GMT

Glad to hear I'm not alone . . . .

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Drew — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:40:09 GMT

Hey, I can give you some nice wine to take to the dinner. I "won" it at the WP Library silent auction last night. No joke. BTW, you didn't explain the rush and joy of "Beating the system" and "the hover move". I totally understand. Bottle of Silver Oak for $65? A steal! No last minute bidder is going to beat me by five bucks. Anyway, I'd pay a lot to eat with the Round Mound of Rebound. Can't wait to hear if you ask him about gambling or his golf game. Those topics go over swimmingly I'm sure.

Comment on Going Once . . . . .

Tom — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:55:48 GMT

The only problem with this particular silent auction is that there is a two step movement to completion: Pay for your bid, then hopefully afford Ol' Charles' dinner.
I shudder at your success!
Good luck :-)

Comment on Air It Out!

The SportDork — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:13:00 GMT

As long as we're cherry-picking the rushing stats from the '81 squad that help us make our point, how about them being 6th in the league in rushing attempts or 10th in rushing touchdowns? And it's a good thing Ricky didn't have to shoulder the load by himself, since they had Earl Cooper, Johnny Davis and Walt Easley helping him out with another 850 or so yards.
But the stat from that '81 team that I like the most? They were 6th in the league in rushing attempts and 9th in passing attempts.

Comment on Air It Out!

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:00:57 GMT

roger craig was drafted in 1983;
in 1981 SF was the 28th ranked team (out of 28 teams) in rushing (yds/attempt)
they won the superbowl
ricky patton was their leading rusher with 543 yds

Comment on Air It Out!

The SportDork — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:45:48 GMT

Love the father reference!! I actually felt like him while I was writing that entry. If you liked that commentary, you'll love what I have to say in this week's entry about the halftime show.
I wish it was 1981. My gear was sweet back then, and the music rocked. Ah, the 80's. . .
You may not remember this, but the Niners actually had a great back named Roger Craig to complement Montana. Fortunately, Sunday proved that you still can't win a championship with the worst running attack in the league. Thank God. Although it looks like we're getting there. Outlawing the three-point stance ought to do it. I'm still trying to figure out how an offensive lineman run-blocks effectively from anything other than a three point stance. Maybe they could just eliminate helmets and pads and give them all flags. It's so dangerous out there.

I call your Navy link, and raise you this one . . . .. .
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-superbowl-goodell&prov=ap&type=lgns

Comment on Air It Out!

whodat — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:52:46 GMT

That was nice of you to let your father compose your blog entry for Superbowl week. Next time he'll talk about those kids on his lawn and the confangled new clothing called denim...
wait, what? that was actually you? that entry wasn't written by someone born before WW2? complaining about the NFL passing game? what year is this, 1981? those darn 49ers don't have a running game and just throw it all day with that kid, Montana? whatever happened to Czonka and Otto Graham and 3-yards? Halas and Lombardi and Brown? *sigh*

you must absolutely love the 2009 Navy Midshipmen:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Postmortem-Another-year-another-winning-stripe?urn=ncaaf,217978

Comment on Air It Out!

The SportDork — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:43:12 GMT

Thanks! As for Nate, you should tell him that God would want both teams to lose because they have taken advantage of rule changes that have completely bastardized the NFL. Or would that be too much for a 6 year old?