Take Your Daughter To Work Day

This is the Dallas Cowboy's head coach Wade Phillips' daughter, Tracy Phillips, and she is by far the best thing to come from the Phillips (Former Oiler head coach Bum, and Wade) family. The 3-4 defense be damned. I'm sure a few of the Dallas players would love to wife-beat her.

Effin Tom Brady

The New England Patriots record-setting quarterback drew all but one vote Saturday in romping to The Associated Press 2007 NFL MVP award in the same manner his team romped through its schedule, going 16-0. On the way to the first unbeaten regular season since Miami went 14-0 in 1972, Brady put on a performance for the ages.

"I have always been a huge football fan and will always have great respect for the history of this game," Brady said. "I am grateful to all of the voters for any consideration I was given. It is a tremendous honor and I am sure it is one that my family will one day look back on with great pride."

My god, it just doesn't end with this guy. Let's compare the life and achievements of Tom Brady with yours truly. Here we go.

Tom Brady

• 3 Super Bowl Rings


• Super Bowl MVP


• 2008 NFL MVP


• Starting QB for 16-0 2008 Patriots


• Record holder for most TD's thrown in a season with 50


• Dates Victoria Secret super model Gisele Bundchen


• Used to date model/actress Bridgette Moynahan

Lee

• Writes for this awesome blog to feel important.


• Has the ability to grow a majestic beard.


• Excellent dental hygiene.


• Pretends to date models and aspiring actresses.

Well, I think we all know who wins out in this comparison. If you need me I'll be over here quietly sobbing.

Wild Card Saturday

So it begins, the best month of football. The recent parity within the NFL has made it so that the games leading up to the Super Bowl are usually competitive and down to the wire. From my point of view I think we can be looking at at least 3, maybe 4, tight and entertaining football games.

Washington (9-7) at Seattle (10-6) - The Redskins are riding a wave of emotion off of Sean Taylor's death, and with Todd Collins at QB, are playing smart and hard nosed football featuring their running game. On the other hand, the Seahawks have all but abandoned their banged up running game and pass whenever possible. Seattle QB Matt Hasselbeck is more than capable of handling this workload with WR's Branch, Burelson, and Engram. To say that the Seahawks offense is one-dimensional is an understatement.

The weather will definately be a factor. The forecast is for showers and high winds with the temperature in the low 40's, feeling like mid-30's with those aforementioned high winds. This is great news for the Redskins who, despite their talented receivers (Moss, Cooley, Randle-El) can keep the ball on the ground and be successful with Portis, Betts, and the occasional end around to Randle-El and short WR screen to Moss. Seattle can not run, and with high winds might find it hard to move the ball.

Many times you'll go into a game thinking that the weather will be a huge factor, and it's not. I'm not sure this'll be one of those games. I think the Redskins can pull this one out.

Jacksonville (11-5) at Pittsburgh (10-6) - Jax is the team that Pitt and SD didn't want to play in the first round, and why they played hard after securing a play-off birth to get that 3rd seed. Pitt lost their last game of the season, and now find themselves with the 4th seed and playing the most feared team this side of the Pats.

Jacksonville features a two headed running game with veteran RB Fred Taylor, who could very well be the most underrated player in the history of the NFL, and everybody's favorite fantasy sleeper Maurice Jones-Drew. Jaguars QB David Garrard's performance in this game could be the X factor, and I'm not sure how well it bodes for a team when your QB is the wild card.

Pittsburgh's defense has Troy Polamalu healthy and is extremely physical, and while that type of play bothers most teams I don't think Jacksonville is one of them. Like Jax, Pitsburgh likes to run before passing, but they lost Willie Parker for the year. Najeh Davenport is now the feature back and while he's a strong runner, he's much more effective as the change-up second back.

I think we have a big possibility of seeing two road wins this Saturday.

David Wright is charitable.

Thursday night on the Celebrity Apprentice, (damn this Writers strike), Mets start third baseman David Wright made an appearance.

For the handful of you who didn't watch this 60 minutes of suspense and drama, this is how it broke down. The teams were competing to make the most money from selling hot dogs on the street in NYC. Some of the celebrity contestants called a few of their high-profile contacts, asking them to come down and make donations. One of the contestants is Jennie Finch, the star softball pitcher for Team USA, she had David’s number and gave him a call. Wright came down and bought the remaining hot dogs to be given out to people on the street. All proceeds went to charity.

Factoring in Wrights growing notoriety as an NY area lady-killer, and considering that some of these "celebrities" are aging-but-still-hot Carol Alt, Playmate Tiffany Fallon, and of course Jennie Finch, I'm really just surprised that David didn't stop to have sex with some of these lovely ladies. I'm sure former-hot chick Marilu Henner wouldn't have said no. As a Met fan I have no idea how to feel about this, except that I like his track jacket. Very stylish. Here's a clip from the show, and of course a picture of Ms. Fallon.

The Sweet Science

A South Korean boxer who lost consciousness after winning an WBO intercontinental flyweight bout last week has been declared brain dead.

Choi Yoi-sam was declared brain dead Wednesday after a series of brain tests, said Ko Seung-kwan, a spokesman at Asan Medical Center. Choi had been in a coma since shortly after winning the fight against Indonesian challenger Heri Amol in Seoul on Dec. 25.

In 1982, South Korean lightweight Duk Koo Kim died four days after being knocked out by Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini in a title fight in Las Vegas. Another South Korean fighter, bantamweight Lee Tong-choon, died of acute swelling of the brain in 1995, four days after losing consciousness following a fight against Setsuo Kawamasu in Tokyo.

Wow, at least he won the fight. I'd hate to see what happened to the other guy. ZING! Seriously folks, that sucks. South Korean's should stay out of the ring. It should be illegal to wear boxing gloves in Seoul. The only way to celebrate Choi Yoi-sam's life is to put up a pic of some South Korean hottie. I think a Japanese chick would be more interesting. All I know is that the weird porn comes from Japan. Sick bastards.

Picture Pefect

I wanted to take a day to digest the Patriots 38-35 win against the Giants this past Saturday, that gave them a perfect regular season, 16-0.

My thoughts on the Patriots, in bullet points to save me from having to use proper punctuation.

• The Patriots offense is pretty much unstoppable. You can't cover them, it's impossible. Double Moss and Welker is wide open. Double both of them, and then Stallworth is wide open. Plus Daniel Graham is a underrated receiving TE, and RB Kevin Faulk is an ideal back out of the backfield in this offense.



• Of course Tom Brady, arguably the best QB of all time. Football is a game of tradition, and it's hard for the old school purists to even think of having one of the games best to play within the past 10 years, let alone now. But lets face it, love or hate the Pats, you need to appreciate that you get the chance to watch this guy play.



• They get all the breaks. Just like when a pitcher throws a no-hitter, there are always a few plays that it just looks like it was meant to be, and any other day they wouldn't have been made. Whether it's Brady completing 3rd and long passes while being hit and falling back, to shoe string tackles, barely tripping up an opposing runner about to break free for 6, it seems meant to be.



• In all sports, your reputation precedes you. In the case of the Pats, it's their offensive line, and they seem to get the benefit of the doubt most of the time. Yes, I'm a Giant fan and I wanted this game as bad as the actual Giants team did, and I might be sounding bitter, but when you never have holding called on you it's easy to be the best offensive line in football. They get away with murder. The countless text messages from Jet, Dolphin, and Bill fans I received through the game confirms my thoughts.



• The Patriot defense can be beat. They are smart, but old and slow. They can be beat deep, and up the middle. But let's face it, when your offense puts up 35, you only need to stop the opponent from scoring 34, which isn't the biggest task around.

As always, when I mention those hallowed words, Tom Brady, we get a picture of Gisele Bundchen, (today we get two). She's just another reason to either hate or love Tom Brady. Regardless, you need to admire the bastard.

The last of the Bowl picks.

Now come the not so meaningless Bowl games...or so we're told. Again, entertainment purposes only, and my picks with little or no explanation.

Humanitarian Bowl - Georgia Tech (+5.5) vs.Fresno State - This game is being played in gorgeous Boise, it's where you want to go to play an insignificant Bowl game. Tech's coach has been fired. The new coach has already been hired, but not with the team yet, so they are being coached by an interim coach who is rumored to be going elsewhere. Fresno always plays well against teams from the bigger conference's.

Lee's Pick - We're taking the Bulldogs taking the points, but expect them to win the game.

Sun Bowl - South Florida (+6.5) vs. Oregon - Since Dennis Dixon, the Ducks QB and probable Heisman front-runner, went down with a knee injury they have lost 3 straight. Along with RB Johnathan Stewart, they made up a dangerous running attack, which ended the year 8th in the nation. However, the USF defense is fierce, with very talented cornerbacks and George Selvie who is becoming one of college football's top pass rushers.

Lee's Pick - The 6.5 is a lot, but it's under a TD. I'll take the Ducks, but I think the Bulls of South Florida to win by a couple.

Music City Bowl - Kentucky (+10) vs. Florida State - The story of this game is that 36 FSU players have been suspended from this game. Leaving this already flawed team with no depth. The only upside is that the Seminoles didn't lose any of their top skill position players, and Kentucky might overlook this....but then the Wildcats are looking to win their 2nd straight bowl game, the first time in school history.

Lee's pick - Seminoles. They wouldn't have won anyway, now they need to keep up with the Wildcats high powered offense (scored 40 eight times, and 50 three times), and only freshman left to stop them. The FSU QB's aren't good enough to get into a shoot-out, they'll lose but keep it within the spread.

Chick-fil-A Bowl - Clemson (+2.5) Auburn - Finally, a nice game. This will be a defensive match-up, pitting two of the nations top 10 defenses against each other (Clemson is 6th & Auburn 8th). This is a pretty even match-up, two good running games and the aforementioned defenses.

Lee's pick - Auburn taking the points. This game comes down to a field goal or less, and I think Auburn will be the team that sneaks by by a point or two.

Rose Bowl - Southern Cal (+14) vs. Illinois - USC is playing like the best team in the country, which they very well might be. This won't be a blow-out from the start, the Illini are a team that plays hard and has a solid running game, ranked 5th in the country. Oh yeah, the Trojans defense is 4th in the nation against the run.

Lee's Pick - USC is going to route them. I'm taking the Trojans.

Sugar Bowl - Georgia (+7.5) vs Hawaii - Hawaii's passing offense is high powered, and will put up a ton of points. The Rainbow Warriors defense aren't push-overs either, however neither is this Georgia team who came within a win/loss of a possible National Championship run.

Lee's Pick - The question is can Hawaii keep up with this team. This is their first game against a BCS opponent, and it's not a bottom rung BCS team either. I don't think they can, and Georgia will win by two scores. Georgia wins giving the points.

Fiesta Bowl - Oklahoma (+7.5) vs. West Virginia - The line for this game is shifting from 6.5 to 7.5, all depending on where you take your lines from. We're going with Sooners giving 7.5 line. The main reason for this 1 point swing is WVU losing it's coach, Rich Rodriguez, to Michigan...and rather bitterly. You can never tell how a team will react to losing it's coach, especially when you have an ace coaching staff on the other side of the field.

Lee's Pick - Like with many of the later bowl games, this is a nice match-up that should be a good game. WVU is a solid team, and matches up well against the Sooners pass offense, and of course they feature QB Pat White, who's name was mentioned regarding the Heisman at points this season. I'm taking the Mountaineers with the points. I don't think they will win, but they should keep it close.

Orange Bowl - Virginia Tech (+3) vs. Kansas - Virginia Tech has been playing good ball all year, and Kansas lost it's only meaninglful game.

Lee's Pick - Virginia Tech's defense will be too much for the high scoring Kansas offense. Plus this is a team playing with a sense of purpose all year, and has the bowl experience. It'll be close, but I'm taking the Hokies outright.

BCS Championship Game - LSU (+4) vs. Ohio State - This game should be USC vs. LSU, but Ohio State played well enough, and one less game than the other contenders, to fall into this game. Let's face it, OSU should thank Stanford for this chance.

Lee's Pick - I think the 4 points is kind of low, even with the Buckeye's top ranked defense, and OSU wanting to redeem themselves from last years debacle. LSU will win by 10.