The blog formerly about a daily dose of mostly Minnesota sports rants and raves with a sprinkling of general sports commentary and a pinch of jaded-malaise regarding the world around us

April 29, 2011

Vikings left to Ponder Future

I feel like that is the headline at the end of the next NFL season, whenever that may be.

I don't pretend to follow college football so this name surprised me. Upside: he's smart (maybe more than just relatively speaking). Downside: not a great arm. I guess. Any help?

Seifert had it right.

April 28, 2011

Odds and Sods FTLOSBW

Sorry, title a little misleading, just some random thoughts I had this morning at 2 am when catching up on my morning t.v. nothing really in reference to the highly underrate Who album (I know RTS is a fan.)


Thought 1 - The NFL draft is tonight, I did not know that. The pain from the past two years is enough to make me not care.


Thought 2 - "The Franchise" looks more like "The Guy Who We Won't Resign Which Frees Up Cash To Give DYoung a Deal."


Thought 3 - I'm done with Minny winters.


Thought 4 - I'm also done with babies who wake you up at 2am.

April 24, 2011

Three in a row?

Sad though it may be, winning three in a row has become so uncommon i felt it needed to be called out. I forgot what it was like to have a sports team even assemble the smallest type of streak, so let's celebrate.

I was just about to switch my sports focus to broomball just to have something to care about.

April 22, 2011

FTLOSBW - Jive Ass Turkey Award

Mrs. Jan took this picture the other day in our yard (we have deer occasionally, not like I live in the sticks either)hence the "Jive Ass Turkey Award" for Minnesota Sports jive ass dudes don got no brains anyhow.

I'm giving this "Jivey" to Brad Childress - remember him? Wow, that happened last year.


April 19, 2011

Talledega 2011




This is the only pic I took all weekend. I took it between 1 and 2 AM Sunday morning in a public restroom. In case you can't tell exactly what it is, it is some poor sap passed out on the toilet. I have no idea how long he had been there or when he woke up. Some people go skiing in Dubai, some people go to Alabama for a car race.

April 17, 2011

FTLOSBW to Ignore Local Area MLB Team, Ski

Can we bitch in early April about beisbol? We can. Do we choose to? We do not. Instead, here's a pic of FTLOSBW skiing Dubai, UAE.


April 7, 2011

So, Can We, Like, Claim This?

Drop of water in a desert, y'all, but UMD's into the national championship game in men's hockey. You know, that thing the Gophers used to do well? I know it's kind of like Jan takes credit for the exploits of the Blake tennis team 'cause he sat next to one of the members in Trig, but these are desperate times, gents.

Can we get Scott Sandelin to take over and show the Don the Door?

April 4, 2011

You know the Feeling When You finally Beat up Your older Brother? That's a GOOD Feeling

I think Souhan has this right. We need to cut the small ball bullshit and stop groveling for scraps from the Yankees. We look like little kids hiding in a cupboard afraid their drunk dad is going to come home and take a belt to them. It's time we grow a pair and when daddy comes home from the bar looking for a punching bag, we smash a beer bottle on the counter and beat him relentlessly with a nightstick we obtained from the maladjusted neighbor kid.

The seminal failure of Gardy's time can be summed up by his teams performance against the yankees. you cant be a champion if you never beat champions. My feeling about this point has been well doucmented on this blog, so i will spare you the rant. But if this organization is going to be for real, it needs to start with exhibiting some confidence about your club and exercising this demon. I hope gardy is just being aww shucks to the media and when you get inside that clubhouse he is pissing on a picture of babe ruth and screaming "You want some more?!!" like a madman.

Prove me wrong, Gardy. I'm wanting to believe this has all been part of a 6 year plan to build the confidence in these guys to get to this point. So, let's see it.