Minnesota Hits Sporting Nadir
As the last gasps of life literally (I know it's figuratively) are choked out of the Minnesota Twins season of disappointment, we find ourselves at the low-water mark of the Minnesota sports scene.
A recent FTLOSBW review found the following:
1. Vikes - Getting rid of McKinnie is hopefully the last 'move' for a team coming off arguably the oddest 2 years ever in the history of sports. A year out of the NFC championship game, we finished 6-10.
2. Twins - Goodbye Jim, glad we sold a few extra seats while sitting on you until you hit 600. A year off of a 94 win season, we just got swept by the Orioles at home, are 16 games out and may not win 5 more games this season.
3. Gopher Football - Brewster laughed out of town and (I think) is still unemployed in the game. Enter a guy named Kill.
4. Gopher Hoops - Tubby, Tubby, Tubby, don't prove your detractors right. You need to find a way to keep talent on the squad (and going after "Hoffarber" didn't help.)
5. Gopher Hockey - 2010 we were irrelevant. IRRELEVANT.
6. Minnesota Wild - See "Gopher Hockey"
7. T'Wolves - See "Gopher Hockey"
8. Minnesota Lynx - Best record in the league at 21 and 6 and going to the playoffs.
3 Comments:
Not only did the Twins lose all 4 games to the O's, they failed to score more than 1 run in each game. I would say the fact that teh losing Cuddy discussion was relegated to a Holy Bejebus article and was not a full blown topic is a good indication where the Twins meter is sitting.
Things to be positive about:
-The Seattle Seahawks. Tavaris Jackson can not beat out Charlie Whitehurst. How do you like them apples Sidney Rice?
-Jerry Kill. I am drinking the Kool Aid. It should be noted that Tim brewster left the expectation bar laying on the floor in a puddle of urine and one really just needs to step over the puddle to reach expectations.
-College football. It is almost here. Gamblor has already been looking at the spreads and is eager to apply my new technical analysis tool (I shit you not I built a ginormous spreadsheet in the offseason) to go along with my general wisdom. Not to tip my hand but Gamblor loves Miss St giving a butt load of points to Memphis. Memphis couldn't cover a spread vs Cretin Durham Hall.
-The 3rd week of college football is only two short weeks after the first week. I will be be at the Oklahoma @ Florida State game (currently #1 vs #4). I learned the hard way not to give discretion to a FSU fan when buying tickets as I ended up shelling out $220 for a ticket on the 15 yard line. This tops my previous high of $100 for a Tennessee @ Georgia ticket Peyton Manning's senior year.
-The Braves. I have totally hopped on the Braves bandwagon. It is alright, this town is so apathetic about pro sports that they will welcome anyone. I suggest you guys grab a seat on the Tomahawk Express too.
-It Is Always Sunny in Philadelphia's new season starts soon. My brother has told me to watch this show for a couple of years. I finally did and it is freakin' hilarious.
-The NBA. It would be awesome if there was no season.
August 26, 2011 at 12:39 PM
One more thing- Adam Weber. Sure he is most likely going to be on the Denver Bronco's practice squad. However, I was reading that he has completely out shined Tim Tebow in camp.
August 26, 2011 at 1:05 PM
When MCA himself barely noticed that we'd traded Thome and almost traded Kubel while on a 7-game losing streak, you know the season's over for our Twins. I had a bad feeling about this one back in the offseason, but didn't think it could possibly go this poorly.
Add the now official Big Ten move to crush all the fun out of college hockey from a weeks ago, and the sad spectacle of the ensuing scurrying around of the rest of the WCHA and CCHA to form new alliances as their conferences will be blown up in two years, to the tab of recent low water marks.
I do, however, think that the Vikes won't be as painful this year as last, or as expected, which is a good thing. For one, the Bears aren't good, so that helps. I think McNabb will actually do pretty well despite his advanced years, when supported by the best running back in the game. Apparently, the receiving corps looks better than anticipated, too.
That's pretty funny about Weber. I'm sure due to the politics of it all he'll be on the practice squad, but it would be great if he got a chance somewhere. And hilarious if he eventually jumped over both Tebow and Quinn in Denver. I'm sure Decker's intentionally running crummy routes for Tebow in practice.
Gopher football is undefeated!
August 29, 2011 at 10:41 AM
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