Welcome to the tantrums, where we all like only one thing Frenchie - Mardi Gras!  Now that doesn't give you crazy asses Carte Blanche to go running around today offering beads to the local hotties - that might get you fired, a reservation in the Graybar Motel or worse a beatdown from the significant other so don't say I didn't warn you!  So in the spirit of the day, let's bust out the Jambalaya and Crawdads and "Let the good times roll".  In that spirit, let's celebrate that Baseball is back, and Qwazier is going to give us all an education in NECKCAR!   Qwazier, I still hate Fat Tony Stewart!

Rant of the Week #1 – Jason Whitlock.   Whitlock, I gotta hand it to you, you had me fooled.  I honestly looked up to your writings and takes - I thought "Here's a guy who gets it!".  Damn, I was wrong, you're just like everybody else.  Don't blame your immaturity, behavior inherinted from your Mom, or Richard Pryor albums - you tweeted it, own up.   

Rant of the Week #2 – TCU Football.  Are you Horned Frogs so stupid that you try to drag recruits into messin’ with the hippie lettuce during recruit visits – AT A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL?   Yeah, that probably went over like a fart in church and Bible Belt Moms are mortified.  Look college mush for brains, just because Barry, Bubba and some of the other Presidents were known to burn, that doesn't mean some still don't find it offensive, especially at a Christian School.  I know that burning tree is the most popular major/non-academic activity in college, but damn fellas let’s get some common sense – some folks are opposed on moral grounds.  You basically ratted yourselves out.

MLB.   Far be it for me to be the negative nancy about this, but why when Gary Carter passed away, all we heard was “Former Met” Gary Carter?  What, did his 11 years in Montreal and the fact that “the kid” went into the HOF wearing an Expo cap mean absolutely nothing?  I’m really left to wonder if Carter didn’t play for the Mets, would he be so widely celebrated?  I thought he was a great Catcher HIS WHOLE CAREER!

I’m sitting here in utter amazement at the stupidity of the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Every year they bail out either the Yankees or Red Sox by making a trade that helps the other side.  This time, they didn't even wait until the season started - they’re going to take A. J. Burnett and give up prospects.  I have one question – WHY HELP THE YANKEES, who were a major reason you are in the position you're in now?  So you let the Yankees get rid of financial obligations, then turn around and get Raul Ibanez and Eric Chavez?   Memo to the Pittsburgh Pirates, STOP BEING THE FREAKING AAAA Minor League club for the Cranks and Sawx.

Oh yeah, because pitchers and catchers have reported:  Yankees Suck, and the Kentucky Fried Chicken eating, Beer swilling losers in the Red Sawx Clubhouse during games need to grow up!  Piss on both of 'em.  Speaking of pissing on things, my friend Calvin wanted into the Gab for a quick minute...

ESPiN.  Thanks Calvin, my thoughts exactly!  ESPiN is ignorant - nothing more to say here!

NBA.  I was trolling on the net the other day and noticed an SI.com report that Brandon Jennings decided to tell Milwaukee fans he’s been “doing my homework on big-market teams” and that Cheesehead Basketball fans shouldn't count on his re-signing with the Bucks.  Yeah NBA, now the up and comers are saying they want out of small markets.  Look, enough is enough – if the players don’t want to be in small markets, then quite frankly I hope small market fans tell the NBA to piss off.  Why should owners invest in this product if they know they can't get top-level talent to their city?

Speaking of telling the NBA to piss off, I’ll be watching exactly NONE of the All-Star Weekend.  Why would I want to celebrate these ass-hats who want nothing to do with playing for my team in Sacramento?    Hey NBA Players – SUCK IT!!!

Oh yeah NBA, just so you know - I watched a documentary on travel to Antarctica rather than watch Miami/Orlando and Dallas @ the Spike Lee’s.

College Basketball.  Seems like there’s a new player in the Colonial Athletic Association that the NCAA had better take notice of.  Drexel just went in to Cleveland State and smacked the Vikings down (no, I’m not bashing Beeze!).  Add these guys to the mix of George Mason (22-6) and VCU (23-6) and this conference could send three teams, which would make the big boys piss their pants.

I was watching a “Bracketbuster” game on Saturday and while I agree with the take that these benefit the big boys, those same big boys better hope they don’t face the team from South Dakota State.  The Jackrabbits play solid team ball and have some size.

I’m super excited because my Florida State Criminoles are in a three way tie for the ACC at 9-2 with wins over Kook-U and Tar Heel Nation.  The MWC got interesting with New Mexico beating UNLV. 

Happy Mardi Gras!!!

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Welcome to the tantrums, where screw it - on the day for love, it’s time to call out some folks.

Before I start this first rant, I want to have a disclaimer.  Ahem:  My guess is that Jud won’t like this and to him and his family I say this – I’m truly sorry that I’m going here, but I feel I have to stick up for the place that Jud helped build.

I would have thought that after four years or so, the hard feelings between TSN bloggers would have subsided. It appears that isn't the case.

I am glad we had this weekend to celebrate Jud, I think it was needed and from what I can tell many of us spent a lot of time contemplating various different things, and that’s good – I mean really good.  I know I certainly did.  I think it went real well until Sunday when an old “contemporary” of ours came on here to pay respects only to backhand the site while doing it.  Look Backell, out of respect to Jud and his family, I didn’t go there on that blog, but here now is my take – you don’t like us and that’s totally fine – I get it and you know what?  I even respect it because we ain’t everybody’s cup of tea – but for you to take a whack at the Gab during a remembrance of a guy everybody loved at a place he had a significant part of helping to build?  That’s about as low-rent as you can get. 

It’s common courtesy during a remembrance that you drop the attitudes and come correct in celebration and remembrance - if the roles were reversed, wherever you blog would expect nothing less.  You want to bash?  Fine – this is the Gab and nobody is censored, in fact if you have the guts, come in here and start blogging – I FREAKING DARE YOU!!!

Yeah, yeah…I can hear folks in cyber-land saying “that’s just the thin skin of the hot heads at the Gab”.  First off, to those folks I say PISS OFF!  The proprietors here encouraged folks to come in and say their peace about Jud.  What ended up happening was somebody with an axe to grind busting some balls and causing a MINOR uproar on a remembrance blog.  Hey Backell, Jud gave a lot of himself to the TSN family whether we were Gabbers, TSBNers, Macappers, or whatever other blog site came up after the breakup - there was no freaking reason to do what you did!  I truly hope you weren't trying to start shit!

Rant of the Week – NBA on TNT.       

First off Shaq, you HATE Sacramento that is well known and trust me fat boy the feeling is mutual here – we HATE you too!  I honestly wish that when Doug Christie got done using sissy-boy Rick Fox’s head for a punching bag that he would have bitch-slapped you because your ignorant, disrespectful ass needs it.  By the way Shaq, because I know it pisses you off no end – Los Angeles Lakers, 2002 NBA Champions (ASTERISK)! 

Kenny Smith, you’re two NBA championships you always wanna brag about, thank Hakeem Olajuwon because you didn’t do jack!  You wanna run smack about the Kings, but you have no credibility when you lose a basketball game to some boy-band scrub (Timberlake)?  Keep trying to scream over the two fat boys to get noticed.

Music of the Week – Whitney Houston.  Many remember Super Bowl 25 and Scott Norwood’s wide kick that prevented Buffalo from winning the Super Bowl.  I choose to remember that as the day Whitney Houston brought Americans together like few have done.  Her rendition of the National Anthem is something that to this day stirs something within me.  Her music was special to me.

On Saturday, Whitney Houston was found dead at age 48 due to what appears to be a mix of legal prescription drugs and alcohol.  I don’t excuse the demons, and I have to ask this question by taking a line from one of her songs:  "Didn't you (instead of we) almost have it all".  Translated:  How in the hell could this happen to that talented woman?  For the purposes of discussion here, I only remember that voice, and what a beautiful voice it was.  I've played it before, I'll play it again, and here it's appropriate:

May you now RIP Whitney Houston.  

The Grammys.  On principle, I don't watch this freaking train wreck because quite honestly, Musicians take themselves far too seriously and the reality is that half the music they celebrate sucks.  But since I'm ranting, I have heard from various people that Don Cornelius, who I talked about last week, wasn't celebrated at the Grammys?  This dude did a lot for music and I'm left wondering how he was ignored?

NBA.  Try as I might to stay away from the league of douchebags, how can you NOT talk about Jeremy Lin and his trashing the Black Mamba and the HATED Los Angeles Lakers?  You know this story isn’t going to end well when Carmelo Anthony comes back from injury and ball hawgs, but I think this kid has something special that if the idiot players would pull their head out of their ass long enough .    

This has been an absolutely shitty week for many reasons, both personal and professional, so I'm gonna cut it short.  But before I do, I wanna say to all the ladies out there, especially Mrs. B.O.B. who has put up with my horseshit for many years - HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

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Welcome to the tantrums, where it’s time to let out my anger about stupid people including a specific publicity whore – yeah I went there.  This ought to piss off some members of my family, but before I get to that hag, there are far more important things to discuss:

Super Bowl 46.   Pretty simple here folks, the New York Giants were the better team Sunday Night (as the bile builds up in me typing this…).  But here’s how close it was – if Wes Welker makes that very tough catch, the Giants don’t have enough time to come back – I’m not saying that cost ‘em the game.  Unfortunately, he didn’t and that left it in the hands of New England’s defense and every Pats fan knew what was coming next…Eli Manning marched the G-men 88 yards down the field in just under two minutes.  Game over – and now we have to listen to NYC douches for the next nine months.  A few disjointed thoughts:

It wouldn't be a Super Bowl without the Kardasha-skanks trolling for athletes (more on that later)...at least it wasn’t the Jets winning the Super Bowl…The Giants talk too damn much…I think the Patriots thought the game started much later than it really did…WR’s who celebrate after one catch suck…Halftime sucked even worse…If the Pats had just pounced on one of those fumbles...Eli Manning was right all along, he truly is at the level of Tom Brady and may just be better than his brother...If these two meet in the Super Bowl ever again, the Pats ought to go Frenchy and just wave the white flag before the game even starts.

Some local hack here in Crack-town made the comment that Rex Ryan was right all along – New York won the Super Bowl.  I have a math quiz for the New York Jets and their fans – what is four minus one?   Can’t wait (get it?)  for the answer?  The difference in Super Bowl Titles between the Giants and Jets.  Pretty simple Jets fans:  Your team hasn't won a championship in 43 years - SHUT THE FUCK UP and never pollute the air by spewing your ignorant takes ever again!  I swear, if Jet fans were ever smart enough to shut the sewers under their noses, I guaran-damn-tee you that pollution in NYC and especially Long Island drops 33%!

Oh, and before I forget, screw you New York!  You know you bastards in the Rotten Apple are far bigger Jet fans than you are Giant fans - don't even try to play it off that because the Giants won New York won.  That would be like the White Wine Sippers out here in 49er land claiming they're Parole Violater (err, Raider) fans.  The Giants are an afterthought in your minds.  

NFL – HOF Selections.  Congrats to Jack Butler, Demontti Dawson, Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy, Curtis Martin, and Willie Roaf.   But some things here just don’t seem right. 

Look, I’m tired of the WR diva act too, but to continue to penalize Tim Brown of all the WR candidates?  I can understand why the Raiders have conspiracy theories running rampant.

Cris Carter?  Jerry Rice was right Sunday when he asked, what exactly is the criteria to get into the HOF?  Good lord, just exactly who has Carter pissed off?  Look, we all know that CC wasn’t exactly a choir boy in the beginning, but neither was Michael Irvin and he got in.  Is it his lack of Super Bowl participation?

Parcells gets the door slammed in his face?  Whatcha gotta do?  I have to believe that his acts in Dallas and Miami have cost him dearly.  But then again, the guy did coach in three Super Bowls, winning two.  Oh, and Mike Lupica, you're doing your boy Parcells no favors so get off his knob.  As Nigel Gruff said in the Replacements:  "That'll do pig."...

Pro Bowl.  Thanks to Sheriff Goddell for getting pissed about that “performance” at the Pro Bowl.  He says the NFL is going to talk about finally flushing this turd that’s been circling the drain forever and that he's gonna have a chat with the NFLPA.  I never expect flat out ass-busting in this game, but if the players don’t care enough to give at least some effort, then let’s stop rewarding their ungrateful asses by giving them trips to Hawaii.  Ass-clowns.

Rant of the Week.   Reports are that a certain much-hated piece of trash that has some ridiculous TV show with her sisters, and who recently had a 72 day marriage is making a run at one Tim Tebow.  Look hag, you ruined your rep on your very own (with help from Mom Cruella), but now you want to try to fix it by involving Tebow?   Memo to “KK”, Tebow may be many things, but I think it's safe to say that he isn’t down with helping you make money off mindless sheep, nor your ignorant "drama".  Don't even try to drag him into your sewer that you call "reality".  Memo to Mr. Tebow – I know you’re a nice guy, but tell said publicity whore to go to Hell and not pollute your space. 

To butcher the concept of one of the great philosophers of the day Jeff Foxworthy, if you have anything at all to do with “KK”, you might be an idiot!

MLB.   Many in MLB are concerned about the lack of blacks playing or even having an interest in Baseball.  If I was the Commissioner of MLB and wanted to generate some interest, why not use February's Black History Month and tell the story of the Negro League?  I think that these great players could be an inspiration to some youth that rock the jerseys yet have no idea what the history might signify.  Yeah, we hear about Satchel Page, but what else was do we really know about?  This being Black History Month AND with a new season within site, why not honor the Negro Leagues and introduce kids to one heck of an athletic history? 

I was amazed to learn that age 44, Smokey Joe Williams struck out 27 Kansas City Monarchs in a 12-inning win.  I hope to continue to look into this and learn more…

Music of the Week – Soul Train.  Friends, I know most here don’t particularly care for soul and R&B music but that genre lost a legend this week when Don Cornelius, the host of Soul Train was found dead of a gunshot wound.  The music on that show brought a lot of people together, and for that he should be recognized.  I don't care what the circumstances were of his death, and in honor if Mr. Cornelius, no video this week.  Hey Don, may you find love, peace, and soul!  

NBA.  Gotta love Charles Barkley.  This dude went out and flat out said that he’s ashamed of the product the NBA is putting out and how many teams suck (his words).  

Bonus Rant of the Week – Twitter.  If you've ever worried about the youth and future of America, then exhibit one to bolster that worry should be what I call Twitter Twats.  No Gabbers, I’m not talking about you but have you ever wondered about “twitter trends”?  All I see is moronic idiots who speak of Bieber, Taylor Swift, and that trash I spoke of earlier as some kind of God-like creatures who exhibit unbelievable mind control over swaths of kids.  Hey brats, back away from twitter and open up a book or go outside and get some fresh air because somebody is polluting your minds.

Happy Freaking Tuesday!!!

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I'm so glad January is almost over.  Welcome to the tantrums, where you can consider this your own personal Hotel California - as in this could be Heaven or this could be Hell!  Speaking of Heaven, we’re heading into February, where Baseball talk heats up even more.  Speaking of hell, this past week was the first without football since September.  Guess I'll have to make do...

Rant of the Week – Skip Bayless.   ESPN might be enjoying the ratings that Bayless provides by making outrageous and purposely ignorant statements (along with that other winner Stephen A. Smith), but the athletes blowback has FINALLY started.  Terrell Suggs told him not to be a douche bag on national TV while everybodys favorite junkyard dog, Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe, let loose on the Skipper in a pretty cool twitter rant.  Skipper may get off on this shit, but the other folks who work hard on that show are being made to look like idiots and fools - they don’t deserve that classification.

MLB.   Jorge Posada retired this week.  You all know how I feel about the Yankees, but Posada deserves props.  He was the last of a dying breed, a Catcher that averaged .273 with 16 HR and 62 RBI’s per season – stats most catchers today can only dream of.  But what really impressed me was an athlete in the rotten apple who didn’t care about the spotlight.  This dude just came to work and got the timely hit when the Cranks needed it most.  

It's bad enough that the Oakland A's tank their team year after year and become an after-thought in the Bay Area.  They've already unloaded a lot of their "name" players earlier in the hot stove, but now they're open to signing Man-Ram?  Please tell me this is some sort of sick joke!  It might be time for the A's to move or be contracted.

Don't ask me why, but I seem to have an affinity for the Minnesota Twins.  So it did my heart good when I read about the Twinkies deciding to retire Tom Kelly's #10 on 9/8 at Target Field.  A very good Manager who deserves the honor.  He had 1,140 wins as the skip and of course won two World Series titles.  One question - what took so long to put his name up there with Puckett, Hrbek, Killebrew, Oliva, Carew and Blyleven?

NBA.  Sorry guys, I have to ask a question about the greedy little bastards since it's been a weak sports week.  Hey Jeff, what in Sam Hill is going on down in ole San Anton?  I hear that Pop benched his starters against Dallas the other day.

Music of the Week.  Man, the guitar music choices are getting good.  Beeze brought up a fair point, and I did a little more research, so let’s head down to SWEET HOME CHICAGO:

Thank you Mr. Buddy Guy.

NFL.   Guess I have to talk about the Super Bowl, eh?  I'll watch it because it's football but I don't have nearly the interest most will.  Let's hope that who ever sings the National Anthem can at least get the words right, although that might be too much to ask from musicians.  If they screw it up this time, I might have to call the whole lot of musicians "commies".

I’m watching the Peyton Manning vs. Indy Colts and I’m wondering are all the Mannings a bunch of crybabies?  Peyton, I think you’re a great quarterback, but allow me to let you in on a little secret – THE NFL IS A BUSINESS.  Their biggest investment, you, is injured to the point of it being unknown whether you’ll make it to another practice let alone another game – THEY HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD!!!  You’ve done wonders for Indy on and off the field and didn’t act like a diva your entire career – don’t go out like this!  Personally, I'd rather have you stay well and be a talking head with CBS or something rather that have to see you go through life in horrific shape.

Tampa, Tampa, Tampa.  I can't believe you haven't learned that College Football coaches almost never make it in the NFL.  Greg Schiano is a good college coach - hell anybody that can bring Rutgers back from the dead has to be, but your swimming against the tide here.  Yes, Jim Harbaugh did well this season, but that's one.  Nick Saban couldn't do it, neither could Butch Davis - and certainly Pete Carroll didn't do it in Seattle or his previous pro stops.  Lou Holtz couldn't do it with the Jets, and John McKay certainly couldn't do it with Tampa in the 70's.  Best of luck I guess...

College Football.   National Signing Day - Further proof that High School Football is corrupt.

College Basketball.  Damn if the refs didn’t cost West Virginia that game up in Syracuse.  Ole Bob Huggins must be mellowing because he didn’t go crazy like in the past.

Thought I’d take a look at the money conferences worst nightmare come March – the Colonial Athletic Association.  Bad news big boys – George Mason and VCU are sitting at 18-5, so it looks like they’re gonna get in.  Some middle of the row big conference teams are gonna get punked again come St. Patrick's Weekend.  Sorry Bandit, but it's happened too many times.

The good news for the "Big Boys"?  Butler is sitting at 12-11 way behind in the Horizon League.  The Dance won't be the same without the two time National Runner-up Bears!

It might be super early, but I’ll be curious to see the excuses if the Mountain West doesn’t get more than three teams into the dance.  UNLV is sitting at 20-3, San Diego State is 18-2, New Mexico is 17-4, Wyoming is 17-4, and Colorado State is 14-6.

Golf .  Uh oh, there’s been a Tiger Woods sighting, and no Gabbers don’t go running for the adult sites – it was actually on a Golf Course where apparently he’s doing well in the tune up tournaments overseas.  But here's a question, why wasn't Ron Jeremy version 2.0 playing with the big boys down in Torrey Pines (San Dawg)?  Gabbers, if I have a choice of playing 18 in either Abu Dhabi or Torrey Pines (I've been to both), I think I know where I'm going.  

Before I forget - Hey Golf Snob and TV Suit, there’s a great youth movement going on in the sport, stop putting all of your eggs in Tiger's basket and start pimping the revolution.  You need to pay attention or you’re gonna miss something special. 

MMA.  Just wondering Gabbers, did you watch the MMA on Fox?  What do you think?  I think that a sport running so hot and still putting a show together for free TV is brilliant!  It will only improve the interest, so long as it isn’t boring!  

Anyway, this week was boring for sports.  Best of luck to my Gabber Patriot fans and enjoy the game!

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Gabbers, family, and friends strap in because I’m going in a different direction this week.  Yeah, I’ll talk about sport, but before I get into whatever it is I’m trying to say, I had the pleasure of reading storminnorman’s blog/discussion regarding guitar solos.  Beeze and others had turned me on to Zakk Wylde (who up until last week I had never heard of).  But I wanted to show one other who I had been impressed with:

Jeff Healey was an incredible talent who left this Earth far before his time, and although outside of my usual musical taste, every once in a while I enjoy checking out some of his music.

While I’m at it, I can’t believe I forgot one of the best ever, B. B. King:

Welcome to the tantrums, where I don’t give a damn about the NFL Conference Championship games or anything else in sports right now, I am outraged and not willing to take it anymore.  I have found my purpose in life and after you read my rant, I know that you Gabbers will be ready to join me in my struggle.  

Rant of the Week – Canyon School District, Utah.  Get this, a new high school is opening up in 2013, and the prospective students were given the opportunity to vote on their mascot.  The kids innocently enough I believe voted for a Cougar, perhaps based on nearby BYU.  Well, guess where this story goes?  Yep, the kids can’t use that nickname because stupid politicians believe that the term “Cougar” carries and ugly connotation that is disrespectful to women according to a principal there. 

You know what Principal, you’re absolutely right – and you have inspired me.  For 47 years, I have looked for a purpose in life - and now I’ve found my calling.  I cannot in all good conscience sit on the sidelines and allow this travesty to continue.  I’ve had enough of this and I’m not gonna take it anymore.  Screw the tea parties and occupy movements, I am going begin a movement known as the “UGLY CONNOTATION IN SCHOOL MASCOTS POLICE”! 

My first act in this crusade - On principle, I am going out to South Dakota and pull my son out of the University of Sioux Falls (A Christian University, by the way!) because their mascot (Cougar) is disrespectful of women.  I’m going to go right up to that school and tell them to take their scholarship and shove it.  I will not allow Jerry to be brainwashed into this blatant and obvious degradation of women! 

But you know what, I’m not stopping at Cougar!  Let’s eliminate any mascot name that can be linked to cats because we all know that any reference to cats has an ugly connotation to a part of the female anatomy – you know as in P***y cats!  That is so offensive to me!  It took every fiber in my being to put that word on here.  Don’t you dare make me do it again!

Since we're dealing with mascot names with ugly connotations, let's remove these:

Mustangs – Has a connotation related to the Mustang Ranch in Nevada, a cathouse (oops, that’s a PC violation too – guess I should have said “house of ill repute”).

Buffalos – Has a negative connotation concerning thick women.

Jaguars – Has a negative connotation concerning the spoils of the rich (think driving Jageewires the car!)

Giants & Titans – Has a negative (and perhaps false?) connotation to male anatomy size.  I’m offended.

Cowboys – Because Cowgirls aren’t included.

Buccaneers and Raiders – Because it’s offensive to those with one-eye.

Saints – Because they are blaspheming.  Who in New Orleans is Holy?

Browns – An ugly connotation that they play like shit.  On second thought, I might not fight that one…

Bears – Negative connotation to hairy men!  Since we’re being PC here, I’ll let you all take that one step further…

Packers – I’ll let you figure that one out how that's offensive.

Red Wings – This has an ugly connotation and I’m offended by this team name!

Canucks – Negative connotation to the great Canadian people. 

Brewers – Ugly connotation towards that which glorifies beer consumption.  We can’t have that.

Rangers – Offensive to the GREAT Chuck Norris.

Oilers – Ugly connotation honoring those greedy nasty Oil barons who destroy the environment.

Flames – Ugly connotation when used as an adjective in front of a description of a certain group of people.

Ain’t being PC great?  Does my idea sound silly?  It makes about as much sense as those idiots in Utah, eh?  Perhaps these freaks would do well to realize how silly their ideas sound.  Can we please instill some common sense into our leaders?

NFL.   I have hated Eli Manning (and his dad Archie) since he manipulated his crying ass right out of San Diego, that will never change.  But let me tell you, this guy took an ass-whooping and kept on coming.  He's truly become a great QB. 

Here’s the funny part, the Patriots continue to win and yet I never hear a backlash, I wonder why?  Could it be because they don’t talk, they just go out and win.  Dallas and NYJ – do you see what keeping your traps shut and focusing on team football can do?

Hey 49er fan, when I said to be more passionate, that didn’t mean for you to go all gangsta.  How ridiculous have you been throwing beatdowns on opposing teams fans, and now threatening the life of Kyle Williams?  You are a bunch of scumbags.  To borrow a line from Sam Wyche – ahem – 49er fans represent San Francisco, not Oakland, act right!  Jesus, you morons take all the fun out of claiming to be a 49er fan.  To have to defend your actions just flat out sucks.  In fact, YOU SUCK!

OK, I’ve had some time to think about it.  Kyle Williams made some bad mistakes that cost the team ten points, but he manned up and faced the media like I asked.  My niece pointed out to me (rightly) that the offense didn’t conduct a third down until overtime.  That’s probably even worse, definitely unacceptable.  Oh, and to those who went on Twitter and wished death on Williams - you are lame!  What I said on Facebook last night was bad enough, but you internet tough guys are despicable little d-bags.  Just stay in your mother's basement, you twisted little trolls.

Finally before I forget, Happy Australia Day to the boys down under on Thursday.  This just means that we're starting to get close to Australian Rules Football.  Haven't heard a rant from the Angry Aussie lately, and that might be a good thing.  

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Welcome to the tantrums, where this past weekend we should have honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..  Notice I said SHOULD HAVE because I didn't see anything anywhere.  I hope that his dream is recognized sometime in our lifetimes. 

Rant of the Week – New York Jets.  Are you serious?  The 4^th string rookie goes off, calls it like he sees it, puts his name to it and he gets verbally trashed.  An “unnamed source” goes off on Sanchez and that’s OK with everybody except the owner and Nick Mangold?  Jets players are sissified plain and simple.  Grow the hell up!  What I wonder is who did it?  Could it be the WR’s, specifically a certain #10?

Bonus Rant of the Week – Mercedes Benz.  What is it with the fascination and near reverence accorded to Che Guevara here in the United States?  Are people and businesses here so stupid or have such a loose grasp of history that a company like Mercedes Benz would include this torturer/murderer in their “promotional presentation” while referring to Benz as “Revolutionary”?  The dude was a fucking killer and torturer!!!  Brilliant you dumb fucks!  No wonder this country is falling apart – so called educated adults are too stupid to realize something would be this would be legitimately offensive. What’s even more ignorant? The fact that people purchase shirts and/or bags with his likeness on them and when you ask if they know who that face belongs to, they say “Uh, no…”.

Yeah lib-turds I hear you – ahem – “One man’s murder is another man’s freedom fighter.”.  Really, just go down to Miami and talk with Cuban-Americans and their experiences, or better yet go to Cuba and see what 53 years of Castro and Guevara have done for Cuba. 

NFL.   Speaking of idiots – the Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has to be the dumbest owner of all time and that’s saying something.  You’ve got Jeff Fisher, one of a few successful coaches out there looking for and actually interested in and willing to take the Miami Job, and you as an owner get caught up fighting over organization?  Look idiot, it’s this simple, your franchise has struggled for years and a winning coach was interested in you – give him the power to turn it around.  Your GM flat out isn’t doing his job, and now the Miami Dolphins are interviewing the Offensive Coordinator for the Denver Broncos.  Let me say that again - the Offensive Coordinator for the DENVER BRONCOS.  Yeah, Dolphin fan should be encouraged!  

Another idiot, Dez Bryant.  Gets himself into the news again and not in a positive way.  Yeah, I was shocked too.  Apparently, he was detained after an "altercation" down South Florida.  Of course, King Jerrah of Dallas (the worst franchise in Dallas right now BTW!) will never do anything about it.

In the talking heads department, no sooner did the Giants beat the Packers and every moment since, have you noticed who has gotten all the love?  Yep, the New York Giants.  

New Orleans @ San Francisco.  The 49ers ran some gutsy offensive plays late in the game and every one of them seemed to work.  Bombs, QB sneaks (with a fairly immobile QB) on third and six, and that incredible last second touchdown pass when a FG would have worked.  I've heard a lot of people say that this was the greatest game of all time.  Really?  The 49ers have had some great playoff games at Candlestick Park - 1982 NFC Championship Game over Dallas, 1998 playoff win on the last play against Green Bay, 2002 game when the Giants were absolutely murdering the 49ers only for them to come back and win.  Quite honestly, I haven’t drank the 49er kool-aid the entire season, expecting the shoe to drop, and honestly I thought Saturday would be the day.  Is this the beginning of another playoff run for the 49ers?  I certainly hope so.  As for the Saints, it should be fairly obvious what the Saints need to do in the offseason – get some defense.   San Francisco’s defense was off the freaking chain, certainly not what I expected.  

Denver @ New England.  I’m not wastin’ the space, other than to say I’m happy for the Gab fans of the Pats.

Houston @ Baltimore.  I think I've found the Fountain of Youth, and it's in Baltimore and only reserved for the Raven Defense.  I like Joe Flacco, but this experiment just might be over.  He had better show something next week because he doesn't seem to be improving.  BTW, before we throw dirt on Houston's season, the Texans deserve praise for as far as they've gotten.  Second round of the playoffs with a third-string QB who was projected to do nothing more than carry a clipboard his entire NFL career?  I say watch out for this team in the coming years - if the injury bug leaves the Texans alone, this could be a team that challenges for the AFC Championship soon.

NYG @ Green Bay.   Thank you Joe Buck, if not for your outstanding insight by informing me that Green Bay didn’t have a pass rush ON EVERY SINGLE FRICKIN’ PLAY, I don’t think I’d have ever figured it out (sigh!).  There’s nothing funny to say about this – pure and simple the Pack got their asses kicked.  Mix in eight dropped passes, four turnovers, a below average running game, a ridiculously poor pash rush, close to the worst defense in the history of the NFL, and a near record-setting offense just not in sync?  I don’t care who you are, you don’t overcome that.  My hope is that the Pack goes out and focuses on the defense in the draft.

So we move on to Championship Sunday:

Baltimore @ New England.  As if having to prepare for Tom Brady isn’t bad enough, Belichick sent a message – watch out for Aaron Hernandez in the backfield?  It’s bad enough they have to worry about Wes Welker, and now the Pats add another wrinkle to their offense?  To those Pats fans who believe their defense is back - uh, you beat Denver, remember that.  Ray Rice has the capability to run on ya, but more importantly if Joe Flacco spends more time focused on his receivers rather than on demanding respect from the media, large chunks of yardage can be obtained via the air against the Pats.

NY Dirty Sewer Rats @ San Francisco.  Although this might be the best playoff matchup for the 49ers, I fear the dirty sewer rats on the road in the playoffs every year.  Alex Smith has been on a roll, but the friggin rat defense has picked up the intensity and while I hate Eli Manning and he (and Daddy Archie's) manipulation to get them into NYC in the first place, this dude is on a roll.  The 49ers just need to keep finding Vernon Davis and let Frank Gore keep running it up the gut.  Oh yeah Michael Crabtree, I haven’t forgot about your pass-droppin’ ass!  Put some freaking stick-em on your hands!

My Super Bowl pick:  Heart says 49ers vs. whoever, but I have to think the way the Giants are playing, we might get stuck with another Boston/NYC battle for a title.  If that happens, I’m gonna vomit for two weeks!

NBA.  Congratulations Dwight Howard, you’ve screwed the Orlando Magic.  Yes, you’ll get your wish to get out of there, and while Orlando might want to trade you, your demand to go to only three teams (Lakers, Dallas, New Jersey) will seriously hamper Orlando’s ability to get a fair deal in return.

Kings Corner.  Holy crap, you have got to be kidding me.  I'm not getting how these fellas can't nut up and play competitive Basketball.  Blown out in Philly, a win against a shitty Toronto team, outshot in Houston, blown out of the water in Dallas.  Sacramento now has the worst offensive percentages in the NBA, and that's saying something considering how poor all NBA teams are in the basics.  Hell, the Kings only scored 23 points in one half against the Mavs, and ended up with only 60 at the final horn.  I have to wonder if a Division 2 CBB team could beat these guys.

College Basketball.  The Tallahassee curse struck another big time program from the ACC.  Florida State pulls this shit against Kook-u and the Tar Heels once yearly, and this time the #3 Tar Heels were the victims 90-57.  It got so bad, that Roy Williams pulled his powder blue boys off the floor with time left on the clock.  

MLB.   Straight up BULLSHIT that the Yankees can get Michael Pineda from Seattle for just a catching prospect.  I can’t believe that Seattle couldn’t have done better than that.  And people wonder why I act the way that I do.  I’m sick of the name teams consistently getting over at the expense of teams who are building from within.

Folks, have a GREAT week!  

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Welcome to the tantrums, where we’re now officially back in the groove.  The NFL playoffs are going full bore, the NHL seems to be doing pretty well, and MLB chatter is picking up. 

Rant of the Week – Ex-Penn State Players.  Lavar Arrington is an absolute fool, and can’t see the forest for the trees.  This moron made the comment that he is through with Penn State for not hiring Tom Bradley as the Penn State Coach.  He said that anything Penn State is going in storage and that he’ll support whatever team Bradley ends up with.  If I'm the new Penn State coach, I say "Thanks for your input, now go fuck yourself and go root for Temple or Pitt - better yet go root for West Virginia".  Not only that, I don't sit there and say I understand the rage, but ask for a chance.  Fuck that!

Look you clowns, Penn State HAD (as in didn’t have a choice) to hire somebody from the outside.  Was Tom Bradley a problem?  Probably not, but that wasn’t the issue.  The issue is that this university has to start fresh – from scratch, without a hint of anything even remotely looking like it was on the inside.      

NFL.   Greg McElroy is fast becoming one of my heroes after the 4^th stringer bashed the attitudes of the Jets players this season.  To those whining about him not having the right, why shouldn’t he say what he feels?  He was there, he saw what went on.  What makes him any different than that first stringer?  And don’t tell me “he wasn’t in the trenches”.  He was in the trenches on the sidelines and in practice.  He saw what was going on.

Nice job to the Houston Texans, and it was great to see Bum Phillips come out!  I didn't know he got taken out during that Houston/New Orleans game.  Dude was tough as nails and so much cooler than Buddy Ryan, and handled himself far better.  What an incredible interception and pick six for J. J. Watt.  One hell of an athlete.  Before I forget, was that Adam Jones getting torched on many a pass play?  Carry your ass into the sunset and just stay off my TV you frickin criminal! 

I don’t think that the Detroit Lions have anything to hang their head about.  Jim Schwartz said it perfectly, they didn’t take advantage of their opportunities.  But they certainly had one heck of a first half against New Orleans – there had to be a lot of people squirming going into halftime.  Too bad for Detroit fan that there’s two halves.  Megatron went off for 200 receiving yards.  Dude is incredible.

Memo to the Atlanta Falcons as you head into the off-season, get your offensive line into the weight room, and come up with an alternate play for short yardage situations.  If you can’t make it on fourth and less than a foot TWICE when you run the SAME DAMN play against a New York Giants squad who has been less than efficient on defense, then you don’t deserve to be in the playoffs.  Hint, if you face fourth and anything, kick the damn FG or try something other than Matty Ice trying to gain that one inch with an offensive line that proved absolutely nothing Sunday.  Jesus, that’s pathetic!  Here’s a tip, if you come across short-yardage, why don’t you try a toss to the TE?

Mr. Ed (err, John Elway) is hating life right about now.  After Sunday, if he tries to take Tebow out as the starting QB this coming July/August – there will be a riot in Denver the likes of which those veteran riot-starters in LA and Vancouver couldn’t match.  Not only that, he and Tebow will be together for that Celebrity Golf Tournament at Tahoe in July.  Talk about being uncomfortable, Tebow-mania will be running wild on South Shore. 

If you’re a Pittsburgh fan, watching Ike Taylor getting torched in the playoffs has to be getting old for you.  Now Pittsburgh, don’t want to hear you whine because you got a few “bennies” out of this game – DENVER REFUSED TO LOSE!  It’s OK Pittsburgh, pitchers and catchers report in 2/25 and the Pirates have as good a chance as anybody else (insert laughter here).

Onto this coming week.  Public Service Announcement - Don't be a gambling degenerate!!!  Don't put money on this week because you could get surprised.

Houston @ Baltimore.  This is Baltimore's year to make a Super Bowl run if they can get past the Texans.  This is the one game that will be different from the other three, smash mouth football is going on in Crab Cake City.  I honestly don’t know how this game is gonna end, but you have to figure it’ll be some form of 17-14 or something like that.

Denver @ New England.  The Broncos (as a team) are a great story, but I have to go with the masses here - the Pats got a HUGE break when Ike Taylor got Te-bowed more times than Carter has Liver Pills.  The Patriots defense sucks, but they aren’t as injured as the Steelers and I haven’t even begun to talk about the Patriot offense.   New England hasn't done well in the playoffs since that loss in Super Bowl 42, and I'm not sold that they can come out of the AFC, but for the purposes of this weekend New England wins.

Giants @ Green Bay.  If I’m a cheesehead, this game makes me the most nervous.  The Giant defense is much improved, Eli is lighting it up and that can’t help the confidence of a shitty Green Bay pass defense.  Green Bay struggled in week 13 against this team in NYC and if the weather sucks, the Giants might have one hell of a chance.  Don't forget, the Giants beat the Packers in the playoffs in Green Bay four years ago.  

New Orleans @ San Francisco.  As much as I want the 49ers to win this game, New Orleans is just too damn good.  I don’t care how great SF’s defense is, they’re not going to stop the Saints only slow ‘em down and that won’t be enough, especially considering the 49ers struggles to score.  New Orleans wins big, and the 49ers hopefully build on the most unexpected of seasons.

College Football.   I know Clemson never really achieves its expectations, but West Virginia just clocked ‘em in the Orange Bowl.  That was a wild game.  Geno Smith is scary good, and if I was the Big 12 I’d be worried.  I had always advocated WVU go to the Big Ten, but this team could give Texas and Oklahoma a run for their money.

Fuck LSU/Alabama.  I didn’t watch it, nor did I care to.  It should have been LSU/Oklahoma State.

Kings Corner.  All the basketball talent in the world, but DeMarcus Cousins just act mature and professional.  For the team, I want this guy to succeed, but damn what went down last week.  Paul Westphal (a near legend as a player) gets fired because the players quit on him.  Oh, but the very same day the players play a lot harder and win?  Typical NBA players - spoiled douchebags.  Westphal certainly wasn't the greatest coach - we all can agree on that, but Cousins owns some of this. Grow up and just play ball DMC!

MLB.   I wish I knew what the heck is going on in Oakland.  They trade Andrew Bailey, and allow Josh Willingham to go to Minny as well?  Hell, the Sacramento River Cats (Oakland’s AAA team) could beat the A’s nine times out of ten.  This is ridiculous.

Miggy Cabrera pleaded no-contest to DUI down in Florida.  Not much of a surprise, but what I am shocked by is how he only had to pay just under $1500 fine and court costs.  Most other states, you pay like crazy. 

HAVE A GOOD WEEK Y'ALL!!!

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Welcome to the tantrums, where hopefully by now everybody has recovered nicely and cleaned up from their New Year celebrations and is now focused on moving forward in 2012.  I just have a feeling that 2012 will be a far better year in just about every way.  May 2012 have far less of the lockouts, police blotter, and Kardashian/Kutcher-type tabloid crap and far more of the good things like a few underdogs rising up and upsetting the apple cart and forcing ESPiN to have to talk about fly-over country more.

Today has sucked as we got Jerry to the airport and said our good-byes and being sick certainly hasn't helped my mood.  He arrived OK and seems to be settling in well.  I don't really have a whole lot to say today, but I'm not gonna just mail it in either.

Rant of the Week – Politics.  In 2012 we are going to be desperate for good sports diversions from the non-stop incessant lying ass weasley politicians trying to tell us how they’re gonna fix DC if only we vote for them.  Yeah right, and if my Aunt had balls she’d be my Uncle.  Count me in as one who WILL NOT vote for a Donkey, Elephant, or Incumbent on any level. 

NFL.   First off, I’ve been very hard on the Miami Dolphins – I think deservedly so.  You had a shitty season Dolphins, but the fact that you knocked the New York Jets out of the playoffs makes me thank you.  Now FIRE THE GM and get some professionals in there to run this organization.

Secondly, Spanos may just be getting smart and lowering the boom on Uncle Norvie down in San Dawg.  That’s been rumored for some time, but now the players are getting into the act about how Turner is the most successful coach in Charger history.  Phillip Rivers went so far as to say that teams who were 8-8 went to the Super Bowl.  Hey Chargers – STFU!  First off, you might be 8-8, but to get to the Super Bowl, you have to get to the playoffs.  Next you morons, Don Coryell is the greatest coach your organization ever had.  Finally, if Turner gets fired – BLAME YOURSELVES.  You clowns took a team absolutely loaded with talent and turned it into mediocre bums who appear to want to spend more time at Dirty Dan’s and/or getting caught up by San Diego’s version of Johnny Law rather than actually playing football.

Thirdly, what the hell is going on in Tampa?  They haven’t been competitive since week 12 (losing 38-19, 41-14, 31-15, 48-16, and at least 45-24 after going down 42-0).  They’ve had their ass whooped worse than a government mule!  Could a lot of this coincide with the signing of Fat Albert?  Who knows, but damn.  Just once, I'd like to see the ownership cut every single player and bring in folks who actually want to play and TRY.

Finally, I have to laugh at the double standard of the talking heads.  Last season, when the final game to determine a playoff spot (the NFC West Champ) was Seattle and St. Louis everybody pissed and moaned about how this is a travesty and how neither belonged.  Interesting to note that the Giants and Cowboys are sitting in a very similar position at eight wins, yet you don’t hear one bit of negativity.  Wow…

Congrats Indy, you successfully "sucked for Luck".  Choke on it.  April will be interesting with the two and three spots being occupied by St. Louis and Minny.  

Atlanta @ New York Giants.  Props to the G-men for doing the Cow-patties.  They should be thankful they get this game at home because if it was in Atlanta, the Falcons would smoke 'em.  But it's in NYC and the weather probably will be a factor.  These teams are so similar that its hard to figure out who will win.  Giants are hot, and they're at home, Giants?

Detroit @ New Orleans.  Detroit has had a helluva run, but the party ends down on Bourbon Street.  This simply comes down to maturity and how Detroit will handle the tough spots of the game, of which there will be many.  I honestly want to see a competitive game, but let's see how it shakes out.  I just think Drew Brees is far too much.

Cincinnati @ Houston.  Nobody freaking knows what's gonna happen here or even whose gonna play.  I'll take Houston at home in a close one.

Pittsburgh @ Denver.  Big Ben is hurting and Mendenhall is gone for the season.  Denver's defense is good, but Pittsburgh isn't going to go down here.  They'll beat Denver deep, and the defense will just annihilate Denver's offense.  

College Football.   Thanks to Houston for bitch-slapping Penn State, and to Florida for beating Blow-hio State.  

So Nike University went out and outscored Bucky Badger at the Rose Bowl.  Great game, ridiculous uniforms.  Oregon will never be taken seriously.  Stop worrying about what you look like and go out and play.  Speaking of great games:

How'd you like that Fiesta Bowl?  Feel for Stanford's freshman kicker but at the same time, Stanford's defense just got wore out, plain and simple.  Oh yeah, Oklahoma State should be playing for the National Championship!

Kings Corner.  A sight I thought I'd never see again, an NBA game played in Sacramento.  Do the Kings suck?  Yeah, but their our team, so Crack-town is gonna support 'em.

Unfortunately, although they're out the gate 2-3, they've got drama all over the place.  DeMarcus Cousins went off on Coach Westphal, Tyreke Evans refuses to pass the ball and prefers to go one on five, the owners are as poor as me, players don't want to player here, and there's still the issue of getting this planned new arena approved by March 1st.

On the court, the team can't get back on transition defense, they don't want to play like a team, their three point percentage is nearly better than their two point FG percentage.  They can't hit their free throws and just have no maturity.  But hey, they beat the Lakers, so that will buy some goodwill time.

On the good side, when the Kings do decide to pass, Jimmer Fredette has been hitting quite a few of those legendary bombs and with Marcus Thornton out there as well, this team won't have problems scoring.

What I like is that Bobby Jackson is now an assistant coach and he was a defensive guru in addition to being the most popular Sacramento King in history.  He’ll get the defensive intensity up!

Alright Gabbers, LET'S HAVE A GREAT 2012!!!

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Welcome to the tantrums, where we come to the end of 2011 – a year that I'm personally OK with letting go.  It was a year of extremes for me personally.  While I had extremely great things happen to me this year, there were also some lows.  I lost my mother-in-law (who is greatly missed) and my job, but I gained a Nurse, an opportunity to go back to school while 90% of it is paid for, a way for my son go continue his education with no money coming out of my pocket, a new kitchen, and a family who came even more together than I thought possible.  In a way, I am the luckiest man alive - and 2012 will be a GREAT year indeed.

Christmas was great as usual, what with Mrs. B.O.B. cooking up a ridiculous storm.  We had a Christmas Eve Brunch, Italian for Dinner, Christmas Day Brunch, and finally Turkey on the grill and Prime Rib for Christmas Dinner.  I was so stuffed that I couldn’t get to my executive Baker’s desserts – and for me that’s akin to being a commie!

But in sports, it’s been pretty crazy.  2011 was a SWEET sports year.  We didn’t have to see the same old, same old. 

January.  We started off 2011 with a great Rose Bowl game between TCU and Wisconsin.  Andy Dalton showed flashes of what was to come later on in the year.  Oh yeah, another Big Ten team losing a big game.  Hmmm...

The drama with Cam Newton ended and Auburn beat Oregon in from what I understand was an entertaining and close game.  To be fair, if U$C and Ohio State got whacked, it’s time for Auburn to be punished.

February.  The Super Bowl was as good as advertised, and the fact that the two REAL America’s Teams were playing in Jerry Jones’ palace was pretty special indeed.   Too bad Jerrah got greedy and about 400 people with legitimate tickets got screwed while the NFL got the black eye.  Here’s the best part, Green Bay with all of those injuries beating a strong Pittsburgh team had me thinking this could be a dynasty in the making.

As you may know, In the Gene Pool is my brother and I suspect he has a yearly affinity with driving across I-4 and hanging out at the Daytona speedway.  He loves NASCAR and I hope he becomes a more active member so we can expand our NECKCAR knowledge.

March.  Two of the sweetest words that Gabbers can hear: “Spring Training”. 

But Spring Training can’t hold a candle to “March Madness”.  My Tuesday Brother BB and I have had huge disagreements about why 11 freaking Big Least teams got into the dance. True, UCONN won it all, but how much more fun could we have with this if some of those weak ass struggling teams on the bottom of the Big East selections had been left off in favor of teams like Missouri State and Indiana State?

April.  How cool was it to watch Butler and VCU make their runs to the Final Four?  None of the “Big Boy” conferences could handle VCU, and it took Butler to punk ‘em out.

I’m the first to admit that I’m lame, but I really enjoy that final round of the Masters, and on that phenominal first Sunday in April, I have no problem kicking back and enjoying the play, especially around Amen Corner.

May.  Maybe I’m an old softy, but I seem to enjoy the Kentucky Derby and the chase for the Triple Crown.

What a start to the Baseball season – Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Kansas City were all giving their fans room for hope. 

An incredible Indy 500 that was lost on the final turn of the final lap.  How crazy was that?

June.  We had the great opportunity to watch the Dallas Mavericks completely destroy the LA Lakers, and that’s always cool.  But the best was yet to come when the Mavericks surprised the Miami Heat.  Cubes has a big mouth, but for the first time in known history, he shut his pie-hole and Dirk Diggler did some serious damage and shot the lights out.

The NHL ended with the Boston Bruins winning the Stanley Cup by beating Vancouver.  The Bruins basically just got physical and Vancouver laid down when punched in the mouth.

Rory McIlroy broke out and won the U. S. Open. 

July.  In the darkest days of the NFL negotiations, we at least had some Football to lean back on, the Canadian Football League.  Guys, it really isn’t bad.

The Tour de France was pretty good, and an Aussie winning was pretty cool.

The Northern Irish continued their Slam dominance when Darren Clarke won the British Open. 

On a local note, the Tahoe Celebrity Pro Am is always an amazing event, and if you ever get a chance to get out here, come out during the third weekend of July – you won’t regret it, I promise you.  Everybody’s favorite Honorary Gabber Charles Barkley throws down at a party he hosts at Harrah’s, but beware, if you come for the gambling, the machines are tighter than a crabs-ass and that’s underwater.

August.  We missed out on the NFL Hall of Fame Game, but at least the folks in Canton got to watch the induction ceremonies.  I’m still pissed about the way Deion Sanders treated his induction like it was some sort of buffoonery.  The thing that pissed me off most was the fact that Canton missed out on a game.  If I understand correctly, this is the biggest thing on their calendar.

The youth movement in Golf continued with Keegan Bradley winning the PGA Championship.

September.  Will anybody be able to get 9/29/11 out of their head anytime soon?  The Tampa Bay Rays coming back from seven runs down in the 8^th and 9^th innings, beat the Yankees and come all the way back from the scrapheap?  And what about Baltimore scoring two runs in the bottom of the Ninth to beat Boston and put the Rays in the playoffs?  Finally, St. Louis snagging a wild card in the last day of the season?

Matt Kemp had one helluva season and was only a few BA points away from winning the NL Triple Crown.

Justin Verlander did win the AL pitching triple-crown.  If ever there was a lock for a player to be a Hall of Famer, Verlander should be it. 

The NFL wised up and we’ve had the opportunity to enjoy a pretty darn good season of Football.  Look what Cam Newton did in his first two games, would we have had that if the negotiations not been taken care of?

Friday Night Lights started as well.

October.   How great was the MLB playoffs followed by the World Series?  The Red Sox sat it out, getting their “skip” fired for their own lackadaisical play, and the Tigers took out the Evil Empire!  How great is it that we had a month of uninterrupted discussion of Yanks and Sawx?  The St. Louis Cardinals left for dead, came all the way back and won it all in a pretty solid World Series that went the full Seven.  As with Green Bay, the Cardinals overcame so many injuries, but unlike Green Bay, St. Louis struggled with their offense for the longest time!  

We had League Championship Series that involved teams from middle America.  

The NHL started in October and  there seems to be some form of Gabber intrigue about whether or not Toronto is gonna get into the playoffs.  Uh, I'm thinking not!

The UFL ceased operations this month and that sucks because I think it could have been a great chance for the NFL to have a minor league system.  

November.  HS Football playoffs were pretty great, and I had a good seat for the small school Mustangs trying to stick it to the man.  They went out in the second round to a stacked and highly recruited private high school, but they fought their hardest and never gave up.  Those Raiders knew what was up.

How great was it that North Carolina and Sparty hooked up in a game onboard the USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) on Veterans Day?  An absolute classic.

NASCAR isn’t my cup of tea, but I sure as hell didn’t want to see Fat Tony Stewart win the Chase.  Of course, Junior is still rolling win-less.

For the first time in as long as I can remember, neither Florida State, Florida, or Miami ended up in the Top 25.

December.  The final game of the CFB season was Army/Navy.  Navy won for the 10^th consecutive year, but what makes this game so special?  Watching Army/Navy takes you back to a time when the influences surrounding CFB weren’t quite as pronounced.  These folks stand for something other than the almighty buck, and you know what?  It’s refreshing. 

Here’s what I love about College Basketball – Wagner goest into Pittsburgh and beats the 15^th ranked Panthers at home? 

The Dream Team doesn’t even make it past Christmas Eve before they’re eliminated from post-season contention.  Sometimes it’s better not to listen to the talking heads.

I think Rex Ryan is one funny dude, but he’s really got to stop with the schtick and stay focused on coaching. 

How good has the year been for Green Bay?  In this calendar year, the Pack is 18-1.  Wonder if there was a group of sports fans who had a better Christmas than the Cheese Heads?

Rant of the Week – Floyd Mayweather, Jr..  OK jerk-off you got your plea-bargain for domestic abuse (after repeatedly being let off the hook for same - ALLEGEDLY!).  Here's the funny part, this will do nothing but make this guy look like a good guy.  Just wait, he'll be canonized.  Personally, I don't care how lethal a boxer Mayweather is or how bad is posse is, he's nothing more than a little punk that feels it's right to do physical damage to women!  Put this damn fool in the ring with R. Lee Ermey - I'll be the Gunny will kick his ass!

Cougar Report.  Jerry signed his letter of intent Thursday and we are getting a visit from the Assistant Head Coach today.  While that's going on, Mrs. B.O.B. and I will be preparing to help move him.  Don't have the ability to drive all the way out there, so we're flying him out next Monday.  

Gabbers, I just wanted to say:

HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE 2012!!!

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Mrs. B.O.B. and Miss Ashley have completed the shopping, but before we get started with the Christmas festivities at Casa de B.O.B., I wanted to take this moment to say a few things.

To my Mother and Brother and his family in Florida, this is for you:

We may not be there physically, but we are there in our dreams.

To my wife, who has put up with just an incredible amount of crap this year, I LOVE YOU!!!  You are the strongest, most amazing woman - a gift from the angels.

To my kids, pride is too easy of an adjective.  Your accomplishments are incredible.  Britt, I can't wait to see how things turn out after you get certified.  Any hospital will be lucky to have you work for them, and those who will be under your care will be the lucky ones.  Ashley, you are amazing!  Your commitment to family and friends is like nothing I've ever seen.  If I could get one more present for myself, it's this - I hope you get that class you need - I can think of no one who deserves it more!  Jerry, your hard work has paid off in ways that you can't possibly imagine yet.  It might be hard at first, but you've never shied away and you will do so well!

To my extended California family, you are the greatest!  Thank you for everything and thanks for supporting Debbie and the Kids!

To my cyber-family here at the Gab, thank you for taking a chance on me and reading my crazy rants.  I am committed to getting much better.  To Frag, Sully, Felber, and that wild card known as Beeze, thank you all for keeping this thing running.  It takes an incredible amount of time and effort, and I truly appreciate it.  To the talents who contribute here, I learn something from you all every day.  Thanks for making each of my days brighter.  You guys have become my morning newspaper.

Enjoy the Football, boycott the NBA, and make heck of merry folks!

To borrow the phrase from that famous poem:

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!!

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