Houston @ Buffalo = Texans
Cleveland @ Chicago = Bears
Seattle @ Dallas = Seahawks
St. Louis @ Detroit = Rams
Minnesota @ Green Bay = Packers
San Francisco @ Indianapolis = Colts
Miami @ New York Jets = Jets
Denver @ Baltimore = Ravens
Jacksonville @ Tennessee = Titans
Oakland @ San Diego = Chargers
New York Giants @ Philadelphia = Giants
Carolina @ Arizona = Cardinals
Atlanta @ New Orleans = Saints
Last Week: 10-3
Season (as of last week): 70-33
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This Week: 8-5
Season: 78-38
Thoughts from Week 8
- Who will be the last undefeated team? New Orleans Saints or Indianapolis Colts? The Colts have the Titans, Patriots, Ravens and Titans next. The Saints have the Panthers, Rams, Bucs, and Patriots. Looking that that four game forecast I think you have to saw that the Saints will be the last undefeated team. However I won’t dare say that Saints are going 16-0.
- The Cleveland Browns are horrible. And I can’t figure out why they so quickly gave up on Brady Quinn in favor of Derek Anderson, because Anderson is just plain awful. Quinn’s quarterback rating is almost double that of Anderson’s.
- My Niners may have lost this weekend against the Colts, but I was really impressed with their play. And they almost won. I’m also feeling good about Alex Smith’s return to the starting lineup as QB. And Crabtree in his second game was the leading receiver for SF’s WRs.
- They are winning so I’m sure we won’t hear anything. But I am still convinced that Brett Favre’s passing game is taking precedent over Adrian Peterson’s running game is going to be a problem at some point of Minnesota.
- With the Rams’ victory over the Lions, the Buccaneers are the sole winless team. Since the Bucs draft Josh Freeman last season, and their constant QB questions I’m curious if they would draft a QB with the #1 pick. This draft may have the most QB talent since 2004 (Eli Manning, Philip Rivers and Ben Roethlisberger). And would the Florida based Bucs consider Tim Tebow?
I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey this week. 
Houston @ Buffalo = Texans
Cleveland @ Chicago = Bears
Seattle @ Dallas = Seahawks
St. Louis @ Detroit = Rams
Minnesota @ Green Bay = Packers
San Francisco @ Indianapolis = Colts
Miami @ New York Jets = Jets
Denver @ Baltimore = Ravens
Jacksonville @ Tennessee = Titans
Oakland @ San Diego = Chargers
New York Giants @ Philadelphia = Giants
Carolina @ Arizona = Cardinals
Atlanta @ New Orleans = Saints
I did much better than last week.
Niners @ Texans = Houston
Colts @ Rams = Indianapolis
Chargers @ Chiefs = San Diego
Packers @ Browns = Green Bay
Patriots @ Buccaneers = New England
Vikings @ Steelers = Pittsburgh
Bills @ Panthers = Carolina
Jets @ Raiders = New York Jets
Saints @ Dolphins = Miami
Bears @ Bengals = Cincinnati
Falcons @ Cowboys = Dallas
Cardinals @ Giants = New York Giants
Eagles @ Redskins = Philadelphia
Last Week: 6-8
Season (as of last week): 60-30
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This Week: 10-3
Season: 70-33
Mark McGwire is heading back to baseball.
It’s been reported that McGwire will serve as the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010.
And I’m thrilled by this.
Certainly Mark McGwire will always be known for being a power hitter, anyone who smacks 49 round trippers their rookie season would be, but McGwire was an astute student of hitting. Read this SI article from 1992 (six years before his historic record chase) which describes McGwire’s rebounded success after a dismal ’91 season, and pay attention to the details of adjustments McGwire made to his hitting stance, the eye exercises and, yes, the weight gain. Years before his historic ’98 season McGwire was dedicating himself in the weight room, to what was already a Herculean frame, but credited his success to his stance and reaction time.
The blogging community is already up in arms about the kind of coaching McGwire will offer to the Cardinal players as being of a steroid nature.
For years McGwire has been hounded for his refusal to participate as congress carried on their steroid witch hunt. But I don’t blame him. Yes McGwire never denied using steroids. And yes, his silence virtually declared his guilt on some level. But when McGwire said he was not there “to discuss the past”, he acknowledged that he was in a damned if he does damned if he doesn’t situation. And it was absolutely true. There was nothing McGwire could do to prevent the fallout of bad press and rumors and guilty-before-proven attitudes, and that’s unfortunate.
Congress summoned together these athletes (McGwire, Canseco, Sosa, Palmeiro and Schilling) under the guise of addressing the presence of steroids in sports, specifically baseball, and the effect it was having on Americas youth. Then it became a series of “Did you take steroids? Did you see anyone take steroids? Did you take steroids? Did you see anyone take steroids? Could you serve as an ambassador to young players on the effects of steroids? Did you take steroids?...”
I think our congress and national pastime missed out on a huge figure who could have effectively served as an ambassador to young players on the harm of steroids because they were too busy trying to crucify the man. I do think the Cardinals, thanks to Tony La Russa, have found a jewel of hitting coach.
I’d love to hear your thoughts.
John Piper's view on The Prosperity Gospel from Jared Duba on Vimeo.
What could you loss and still love Jesus?
I really want to answer "everything" to that question.
He wrote couple of great books.
