BRH

The other thing is that, particularly in the first half, JP was hitting everyone right in the numbers. OK, he hit Antwaan Peek right in the numbers to start the third quarter, but at least Peek dropped that one. (And wasn't Peek the guy running his mouth last week?) I'm impressed by the strength of his arm, but I'm even more impressed by his accuracy, both from the pocket and on the run.

That said, I was listening to JP's interview after the game and I have to say that not only does he LOOK like Adam Sandler, but he SOUNDS exactly like Sandler's "Excited Southerner" character from his "What The Hell Happened To Me" album. Anyone else agree?

It may have been 75 but it felt a hell of a lot hotter. If you were sitting in section 120 (to the right of the tunnel) like we were, you had the sun on the back of your neck, then on the left side of your face, and finally right in your face by game's end. Not a cloud to be seen. It was HOT, and we had to go into the concourse at halftime just to get some relief and a breeze. I look like a lobster and am going to peel like a mofo in the next couple of days. And yes, I left after we held them to a three-and-out after our final field goal.

The other thing he said that I loved was when a reporter asked him "Did you guys have to calm JP down out there?" And he said something like, "No, man, this is his team. He's the quarterback, he's in charge." I'd rather hear that than something like "Oh, yeah, we have to hold his hand and babysit him and make sure he doesn't get too excited."

Just make sure you guys have padding on the walls.

I thought we were done with that guy. Why is he still around?

I know. That's why I did this

Incidentally, did anyone else see the Nooooge slip and miss a 28-yarder yesterday?

It took Brinson five minutes to answer a caller's question about when was the last time Buffalo won a home opener. "Um let me see here, you're puttin' me on the spot, I don't have that information in front of me, let me work backward here, it wasn't LAST year because they lost to Jacksonville...." Then when he finally figured it out, he said the win against NE was in Bledsoe's first year with the Bills.

Wakeup call for the Irish... Check.

No, PK read it in Zim's column and parroted the same line as though he had some kind of inside scoop. The only scoop he ever gets is an extra scoop of Ben & Jerry's.

Touchdown.

Very cool to meet two legends (Scott and R.Rich) for the first time!

If the ball moves when it hits the ground, it's no catch, right? Because that ball definitely moved, whether it was secured in his hands before hitting the ground or not.

I think Fez offered to make you a DVD. Check that. A WMV file, I mean.

Here you go. Stevie may have seen it, but not our man Hollywood.

Best use of an all-smiley post EVER.

Common man, haven't you heard? All libruls are retarded maroons and baffoons who drink the kool-aid and nuke hotpockets.

He lost it last night when he claimed that he never saw the ball hit the ground on that "catch" just before halftime.

This is what I'm talking about. And it looks like Brownie did a heck of a job on his resume, too... Update: Brownie did such a heck of a job that he's been "taken off" the Katrina relief efforts.

Better be careful how you phrase that. You weren't the only one who wasn't watching the O-line. The guys in the Foot Locker shirts and the fat dude up in the booth, they were too enthralled with Goatboy to notice the O-line either!

I wouldn't mind having their O-line either as long as it came with last night's refs.

Well I disagree with you. Not really, of course. I don't think there's a conspiracy or anything to just give it to the Patriots. I DO think that refs are conditioned to expect and watch for certain things, like the Raiders committing a lot of stupid and dirty penalties (as has been their wont for 40 years), and like the defending SB champions, whoever they are, playing a good, sound fundamental game. So they see EVERYTHING the Raiders do because they're looking for it. They miss things the Pats do because they're not looking for it. It's human nature, and it's also incompetence. What it isn't is a conspiracy.