So...This Is My 30's?

Testosterone Tuesday
December 05, 2006

Ten male-oriented topics to touch upon:

I'm not going to be a whiney Giants fan this week. The bottom line is, the G-men lost to a better team. Now, Big Blue at 100% healthy, the Cowgirls don't win that game Sunday in the Meadowlands, but the fact of the matter is--this one was on the players. Stupid personal foul penalties at key junctures of the game are just plain killing this team. I'ts obvious that 3 years into his tenure, Tom Coughlin will not cure the discipline problem that has plagued the Giants since the start of this new century. Luckily for Big Blue, being 6-6 in the NFC is not a bad thing. They could go 10-6 (though it will take a 4-game win streak) and make the playoffs. Of any team in the NFC right now, they stand the best chance to peak at the right time. They will undoubtedly get healthier, they face two division opponents who I think are levels below them, and will do battle the last weekend against a Saints team that really doesn't have the type of defense that can contain the Giants O when it comes ready to play.

Ready to play. That's the key here. If Tom Coughlin wants to come back next season, he needs to get this team ready, and it starts this week against the overrated Carolina Panthers, who are also a disappointing 6-6 after blowing it on Monday Night against Phillie. I believe the Giants will win this game for some reason. They showed me more than I ever expected from them this past Sunday, and it gives me hope.
Amazing. Nearly a week after her cooch is all over the internet and in the news, I still get a ton of hits seeking photos of Britney's Beaver (looks like I will pick up and extra 50 hits for saying those two words).
Nelly Furtado turned down a$500,000 payday to pose in Playboy? Daaaammmn! I guess some people really won't put a price on their pride.
Earlier tonight on ESPN Radio's "The Sportsbash with Eric Kuselias," I heard ESPN Baseball Report Jayson Stark report there was now a 25-35% chance of Manny Ramirez being traded, and in fact the Red Sox have put a deadline of Wednesday PM on trading the goofball. Disappointing. We were so close....
Speaking of the Sawks, we have good news on young star pitcher Jon Lester: doctors have told him he's cancer-free from lymphoma, and he is planning to report to training camp on time.
Enough with this BCS B.S.: let's get a playoff system started and end this silly debate over who should be playing for a national title, and instead have 6-8 teams make their own arguments on the field. 1-AA does it; why is that so hard?
The Billboard Music Awards was Monday night. I'm a guy...I don't care. Award shows suck.
Head coaches in the NFL who need their heads checked because they are sticking with their mistake-prone QB's: Chicago's Lovie Smith & Detroit's Rod Marianelli. Smith's QB Rex Grossman had a QB rating of 1-point-something Sunday, and Marianelli's Jon Kitna single-handedly lost the Lions' game to the Patriots. Both QB's are responsible for tons of turnovers in recent weeks. While it makes sense for Kitna to get benched since the Lions are going nowhere (as usual), I guess I can see why Lovie doesn't want to sit Grossman since the Bears are at 10-2 in the NFC and have clinched the division. Expect him to cost them a playoff game.
At my company Christmas party last Friday night, there were two excellent buffets: the dinner buffet...and the selection of the company's hot single ladies. I would have been in my glory had I been a single man: hotel room, lots of booze, and none of the best-looking, available girls worked anywhere near my local office.
The Red Sox spend $70-million over 5 years on JD Drew, a player known to not play injured and have little heart. Great. I expect him to be on the 15-day DL by mid-May. Next up, other huge chunks of change to sign Julio Lugo to play shortstop and commit errors, and finally Japanese "phenom" Diseke Matzusaka.

Looks like I picked the wrong season to leave my old company, where I landed lots of free Red Sox tickets.