SageAgainstTheMachine

Again. Yet, the roster doesn't need as much of an overhaul as in the past. Just better direction and play calling.

3:61 PM on February 30th, if I had to guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNXP2ndT9M

Hmm. 9 games against sub .500 teams, including 3 of the worst 5 teams in the league. Doesn't seem awful. Of course, you never really know til you get there.

If I'm the Lions, Schwartz is out tomorrow. Their 4-12 was considerably more unexpected than the Bills' 6-10 and the need for a change of culture is obvious to even the layman.

CJ Spiller - Behind only Calvin Johnson and Adrian Peterson, Spiller was the 3rd most electric offensive weapon in the NFL this year. He would have easily eclipsed 2,000 all purpose yards on a competent team. Stevie Johnson - 2012 came with some of the usual mental lapses and drops, but his ability to get open remains unmatched. Squeezing out a 1,000 yard season in this passing offense is like juicing a raisin. Andy Levitre - Remained the iron man on the line when others were so often injured. Consistently got to the second level. Eric Wood/Kraig Urbik/Cordy Glenn - Solid play all around. Jairus Byrd - Play maker. Hard hitter. Would be more noticeable if the DL could force an errant throw more often. Alex Carrington - Turned into something of a blocked kick specialist. Never even heard of that existing before, but he did. Better season than Dareus, as he often got penetration in rotational DT duty. Leodis McKelvin - Before his injury, he created good field position in droves. All other starters (and most of the backups) can suck a lemon.

Aware of his specific intentions? Maybe not. Aware that something was amiss? You'd have to assume so.

At the end of the day, you're another day older.

1) And so is Ray Lewis. The 'motivation' factor is certainly second to physical achievement, but not to be ignored. 2) The number of tackles plus missed tackles doesn't represent how often a defensive player is "Around the ball". The linebacker position is all about gap assignments when you're not rushing the passer. Oftentimes, getting blocked means doing your job perfectly. Your equation also doesn't account for times he made a play easier for a teammate. 3) Fair enough. But how many GREAT NFL players came from supposedly weak conferences or small schools, with considerably weaker schedules than ND this year? We could spend all day on this.

Proof, rather, that there is no standard. Stevie on the Patriots? Probably 1500 yards. Welker on the Bills? Probably struggle to get 500.

To me, it's nearly a tautology. NFL football is on Sundays because that's when NFL football is.

What does it really matter, though? For those who are interested in beauty pageants, it's a big deal. For others, not.

"God works in mysterious ways" - Those in denial of the above

Great song. Cohen's original is probably my favorite of all the versions. But it's an odd choice (VERY dark lyrically, and presumably driven by a failed romance). Still, beautiful.

Christian theology dictates that God is all loving and all powerful. Using even a modicum of logic, statements like these directly contrast with the most basic tenets of Christianity. Going by Huckabee's (and others') words, either... 1) God is omnipotent, but remains vengeful. That is, he kills children out of spite. 2) God is loving, but ultimately toothless. His power ceases to exist because we decided to "remove" him from schools.

I don't think the kid was too heavy. Golden eagles pick up animals that are much heavier (I'm talking sheep and goats in some instances) and their method of predation is to carry the animal to a hundred feet and then drop it. I think what saved the kid was the material on his winter jacket. The eagle probably got confused by the balance of the weight and the feel of non-flesh. And then the people started screaming and waving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz7FFlFy8eM

I remember being a 14 year old and seeing that movie in the theater, and thinking "Damn, this is gonna be some awesome masturbating tonight."

Allow me to address Indy's point in a more civil way. You deserve better, frankly. In most versions of monotheistic religion, God is portrayed as both omniscient (that is, knowing all) and omnipotent (that is, controlling all). Logically, this doesn't jibe with the notion of a separate evil entity capable of overruling the aforementioned god's power.

You have to admit that RGIII acts like a Thursday a lot of the time. Maybe even a Saturday.

To imagine the type of man who would even point a gun at a 5 year old child scares me. To think of that man witnessing the terror in the child's eyes and actually managing to pull the trigger, despite whatever shred of his humanity remained...and then to shoot again and again and again...terrifying. I can picture my little nephew's classroom now. And I can barely see what I'm typing.

Great. The only sensible playoff system among the 4 major sports is going to change.

I almost always work Sundays at my current job. My routine this season is checking the score after work and chuckling to myself. Life ain't bad.

MDMA, probably.

Pelicans are birds of prey, at least. Better than Arizona Cardinals.

Part of me wants to say "Patience? PATIENCE?" and yadda yadda yadda. The other part knows that yet another changing of the guard isn't just going to magically yield a SB run.