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Good God Damn Day!

I don’t say this angrily. I say this with defiance and a twinge of justification. And I have Ryan Mathews to thank for this.

I guess Norv Turner got wind of the threats I sent his way when I posted my Week 4 Fantasy Results blog and made it a point to include Ryan Mathews in the offense this week.

Sure I’m losing in two of the three fantasy leagues I’m playing him in (and if there are no stat corrections, I’m losing one of these games by one god damn point), but the decision to not panic over his losing scores to the plodding Jacqueline Battle looks like it might be paying off. He’s had a great last few games minus the one fumble and the lack of scoring plays but this could be the breakout performance he needed to set the tone for the rest of his season.

Anywayz,

I’m just going to ramble about some things that are on my mind today in the realm of sport so that we have some content for today.

Random Thought #1:

This may pain some of you to hear… but we really have to start seriously talking about Notre Dame as being one of the best teams in college football at the moment. I’m sure their upcoming ranking is going to reflect this but they’re not letting ANYONE score any touchdowns… not Michigan State, not Michigan, & certainly not “THE U.” Part of me is actually starting to think they can knock off Stanford next week and both Oklahoma and USC later in the year and make a run at a potential BCS bowl game if not a National Championship. They just have to make sure they don’t get distracted by the fact the ESPN and College GameDay are coming into town for the game against Stanford. Oh, and not losing against teams they should beat will help too.

Fun Fact from “Inside The Irish”: Notre Dame is the last team in the country to be able to say they haven’t trailed yet in any game this season. Last time they failed to trail after five games was in 1947 when they won the national championship… just saying.

Random Fantasy Thought:

Why I would play CJ Spiller against the team I picked in Survivor is beyond me. This single-handedly cost me a win in the Kirby league by a single god damn point and now I’m going to drop to 1-4 with two losses coming by a combined six points (unless by some miracle, a stat correction works in my favor. It cost me a win in this league once and I’m a believer in these things evening out eventually and have been waiting patiently for over two years for this to happen).

Why I would play a guy who’s in a definitive time share against the #1 ranked run defense in the NFL and leave a starter on my bench in Donald Brown is beyond me. Brown didn’t have a great game by any means but I would’ve definitely won had I played him. I have to stop being cute when it comes to things like this.

Weekly Sarcastic Fantasy Thank You messages go out to the following individuals:

Jerome Simpson for not catching a single god damn pass before you got hurt, Leonard Hankerson for getting me one whole catch for three yards in the CCFFL (at least you did more than Simpson who I almost played in your place), & Domenik Hixon for not playing as well as Rueben God Damn Randle and dropping what should’ve been a TD pass which went a long way in costing me a head to head win against the 13th place team in the same league unless Arian Foster puts up a g00se egg.

Exemptions from the previous list:

CJ Spiller because Fitzpatrick is garbage and doesn’t look for him in the passing game and they were getting killed too terribly to run the ball (they have Arizona next so he’s going right to the bench in the leagues where I have other options and I pray he doesn’t go off and have a monstrous outing), Greg Olsen because I should’ve known better than to play you against Seattle’s beastly defense and now I pray Owen Daniels doesn’t go crazy on my bench in the CCFFL, & Mike Munchak (but BARELY) because he decided to activate Kenny Britt after I benched him in both leagues I had him in (if he had put up huge numbers, I prob would’ve cried)

From the WTF Files:

A Maryland state trooper in the Yankees dugout apparently asked Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher for autographs during the game.

Ummmmm… what?

That’s almost as awesome as Derek Jeter saying he was in the bathroom when Russel Martin hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the ninth last night. Here’s the team that the Yankees were trading the division lead with for the last part of the season trying to put the potential finishing touches on Game 1 and Jeter isn’t even worried enough about it to watch. That, right there, is what you call ‘Swag.’

And now for the worst vote of confidence in the history of any sports ever from new Red Bulls general manager Jerome de Bontin on head coach Hans Backe:

“Unequivocally today we are behind Hans and we are going to be with him through the end of the season. As to next season, we don’t know right now.”

#LoLoLoLoL

Fantastic Baseball quotable from sportspickle.com:

The New York Yankees will win the World Series if this is truly the worst season in Red Sox history. On the downside, they predict the Yankees to lose if A-Rod appears in any playoff games and/or if everyone in the world links hands and prays as one.

Mark Cuban Fail Moment:

Apparently, Mark Cuban’s absence at Deron William’s meeting with the Mavs cinched his decision to resign with the Nets.

#wh00ps

Scary Number of the Day:

666: Tonight is the 666th Monday Night Football game and Tim Tebow is in it.

#RuhRoh  

Wrestling Update:

I had myself a little six man tag team match this past Saturday night (10/6/12) for a federation I work for occasionally called “National Wrestling Superstars” (NWS) as pro wrestling’s fav #RockStarRevolution (Ray Ray Marz… that would be me… friend me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter @RayRayMarz) teamed up with Slayer, a Jersey Shore area fan favorite, & “Big 80’s” Donnie V (wrestling in his first match ever) and got a big win over “Mr Varsity” Jeff Noyze, Damien Darling (who refers to himself as ‘The Charlie Sheen of the Indy Scene’ and who is currently dating Sunny… yes, THAT Sunny from then-WWF television in the mid-90s), and Corey Havoc: a former NWS Champion and one half of the current NWS tag team champions.

I got the shite kicked out of me and am in a considerable amount of pain but we did get the win. Next up on the agenda, I attempt to become a five-time United States Champion in my home fed: the Bodyslam Wrestling Organization (BWO) as I take on the current champion who I’ve traded the belt back and forth with over the past few months, Marker Dillinger, in a First Blood Match. Basically, I have to make him bleed to win the belt back… should be a d00zy.

And I was just asked by Drew Cordeiro, the man in charge over at Beyond Wrestling (who I wrote a piece on a week ago), if I would like to work a benefit show he’s running on Sunday, November 4th for a wrestler who got seriously injured at their last show. This makes me very excite and I’m ecstatic about the opportunity to work for a promotion I’ve been waiting years to be able to work for. I don’t plan on disappointing.

And Finally:

I cringed a little while reading Joe Haden’s apology that he issued today in the wake of his suspension ending. It wasn’t so much the apology that made me cringe as it was the use of the term ‘Haden Nation.’

Haden Nation? Like for realizies? If this catches on and becomes the next "Revis Island"-like trendy phrase in the NFL, or sports in general, I may throw up in my mouth. I don't care that I used to own n00bs in NCAA 08 with Haden and the Florida Gators. "Haden Nation" borders on the ridiculous end of the scale as it relates to catchy sports lingo.

END RANT:

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Deuces,

-Ray-