Let's wrap up the college football season

With a nice list of football phrases I never want to hear again.


"Prepare your team to play under adverse conditions"
"Quick strike"
"Third and manageable"
"Field awareness"
"You've got to challenge your team's pride"
"Look at yourselves in the mirror and come out with some fight"
"That's body part awareness"
"He's a chain mover"
"He runs behind his pads"
"Assignment football"
"These teams don't like each other"
"There's no love lost"
"He figures prominently"
"Pull the ball down"
"Plus territory"
"Jumps the route"


[Phrases in BOLD: I don't have any idea what the phrase could possibly mean]

College Basketball Wednesday

Time for the MTD college hoops round up from a busy Wednesday.

Let's start in Charleston, where the host Cougars extended their home winning streak to 14 games with a 71-65 win over Tennessee.

* What's worse, the name Skylar McBee, or Skylar McBee's mustache?



* ESPN color commentator Adrian Branch's "refreshing" count: 5

He also provided viewers with the following two items:

1. (Heading into a media time out) "Hustle, bustle, zeal, zest, zip."

2. (On Tennessee struggling and calling a time out) "It's about the hustle...it's about the bustle...it's like 'where's my team'. And the pressure."

Branch then boarded his spaceship to the roof.


* It's taken years and cost us thousands of goldfish, but someone finally knows how to grade basketball I.Q., and it's ESPN's Jay Williams.

On the Florida International-Maryland broadcast, Williams handed out grades to Terps guard Terrell Stoglin.

Here was part of the graphic:

BASKETBALL I.Q.

Last year: C
This year: A-

Thanks, Jay.

* Staying with Williams, here's four things he said in a two-minute span:

"The game slows down for you"
"Cohesive unit"
"Full head of steam"
"A battle of attrition"

* More FIU-Maryland. ESPN play-by-play man Rob Stone just said FIU's Dominique Ferguson was wooed by programs like Duke and North Carolina, but "chose to come to Miami and play for Isiah Thomas".



* During the Baylor-Bethune Cookman game, FOX Sports Southwest's Greg Lucas dropped what folks in the south like to call "some knowledge":

"Bethune Cookman used to be a trade school, mainly for girls...then it was an all-black university. Now it's...(long, painful silence)...all-ethnic."

Bethune Cookman University: All-Ethnic Since Greg Lucas Has No Idea


Name of the Night

Jawanza Poland - South Florida junior guard

Made-Up Name I'd Like To See In The Next 10 Years

Z'Vontae Noodles

The MTD Guide to Bowl Season

College football's bowl season kicks off Saturday with the New Mexico Bowl, and finishes up right around Easter. The staff at MTD has you covered for all 34 bowls.


New Mexico - Wyoming vs. Temple

Temple has the 7th-best rushing offense in the nation, led by Bernard Pierce, who rushed for 1,232 yards and 20 TD (his 149 yards and five-TD performance against Maryland didn't count because of the new Maryland Rule™). Meanwhile, Wyoming's rush defense is sixth-worst (230 yards/game), though the Cowboys are 1-0 all-time in the New Mexico Bowl.

Famous Idaho Potato - Ohio vs. Utah State

I'm not sure Idaho potatoes are even famous anymore. It's time for us to find something else Idaho can do. Great bowl name, part 1: Utah State quarterback Chuckie Keeton.

New Orleans - Louisiana-Lafayette vs. San Diego State

Travel fact: terrible teams from California never do well when they have to fly across country and play equally-terrible teams.

Beef O'Brady's - Florida International vs. Marshall

Chili dog recipe

- 1 hot dog
- 1 hot dog bun
- Beans
- Ground beef
- Chili O'Clock™ hat

Put on hat. Make chili, preferably in a bath tub. Heat up hot dog, pour chili on top of hot dog. Serves one.

Poinsettia - TCU vs. Louisiana Tech

Hey, TCU: congratulations on a 10-win season that included a conference championship and a road win over No. 5 Boise State. Now, go play Louisiana Tech on a Wednesday in the Poinsettia Bowl.

Maaco - Boise State vs. Arizona State

Hey, Boise State: congratulations, you won 11 games, including beating Georgia, and were a one-point loss from going undefeated. Now, go play 6-6 Arizona State in the Maaco Bowl.

Hawaii - Southern Mississippi vs. Nevada

Southern Miss somehow lost to Marshall and UAB, but won its other 11 games by an average margin of 20 points. The Golden Eagles' rush defense is solid, while Nevada collects over 250 rushing yards per game. Great bowl name, part 2: Southern Miss defensive back Furious Bradley.

Independence - Missouri vs. North Carolina

How to get a cat down from a roof:

Climb up onto the roof and grab the thing before it runs away. While still holding the cat, get down from the roof.

Little Caesars - Western Michigan vs. Purdue

1. Marshall has played in the Little Caesars (formerly the Motor City) Bowl five times.
2. Marshall won the Caesars/Motor City three consecutive seasons (1998-2000)

Belk - Louisville vs. N.C. State

The Belk Bowl? Come on.

Military - Air Force vs. Toledo

This game would be a lot better if it was played on another day besides a Wednesday, at a time other than 4:30 in the afternoon, and if two other teams were playing in it.

Holiday - California vs. Texas

We said it back on October 13, but the Golden Bears have not been the same since the Presbyterian game, finishing 4-5 after a 3-0 start. Some people think Texas is worth watching because it has the less-talented brothers of the school's former star quarterback and wide receiver, but I've never met any of those people.

Champs Sports - Florida State vs. Notre Dame
Great bowl name, part 3: FSU lineman Sterling Lovelady.

Alamo - Baylor vs. Washington

I knew when Washington beat Eastern Washington back on September 3 that we'd be counting down the days until the Huskies played Baylor in the Alamo Bowl. I remember when we hit the magical 47 mark. Now, finally, that day is just 16 more days away.

Armed Forces - BYU vs. Tulsa

Poem

"Bank Robber"

The masked mandolin
tried to Ron a bank,
but forgot his gum
and was sent to gel for lice.

Pinstripe - Rutgers vs. Iowa State

Finally, college football fans get what they want: Rutgers and Iowa State. The winning coach gets to massage former Yankees' manager Stump Merrill's hemorrhoids.

Insight - Oklahoma vs. Iowa

Weave found



Meineke Car Care - Texas A&M vs. Northwestern

The only time Northwestern has won a postseason game was in the 1949 Rose Bowl. It's been eight consecutive losses since, including that famous 2003 Motor City Bowl loss to Bowling Green.

Sun - Georgia Tech vs. Utah

Tech's rushing attack (3rd in nation, 316 YPG) goes up against Utah's rushing defense (7th, 97 YPG).

The head coaches-Paul Johnson and Kyle Whittingham-putting their hands on some helmets.



95% chance someone just beefed.

Kraft Fight Hunger - UCLA vs. Illinois



Liberty - Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt

Vandy's coach from 1997-2001 was Woody Widenhofer. And people wonder why this program has only been to five bowl games in 108 years.

Peach Bowl - Virginia vs. Auburn

Great bowl name, part 4: Virginia defensive tackle Buddy Ruff.

TicketCity - Houston vs. Penn State

Celery Man, TicketCity Bowl publicity photo
[Photo aged three hours]



Capital One - South Carolina vs. Nebraska

So, you purchased your first mashed potato pit.

1. Congratulations
2. Jump in and have fun
3. But not too much fun (supper's at 6)

Gator - Ohio State vs. Florida

This match up would've been great in ANY other season.

Outback - Georgia vs. Michigan State

The reward for finishing as runners-up in the SEC and Big Ten: Tampa!

Wait, that didn't come out right.

Tampa&

Cotton - Arkansas vs. Kansas State

What's going on here?



Any ideas, please email thislady@embarrassmenttomyfamily.com

BBVA Compass - SMU vs. Pittsburgh

How to get a grandfather down from a roof:

Climb up onto the roof and grab the thing before it runs away. While still holding the grandfather, get down from the roof.

GoDaddy.com - Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State

Great bowl name, part 5: Arkansas State coach Hugh Freeze.

Rose - Oregon vs. Wisconsin

Great bowl name, part 6: Oregon kicker Alejandro Maldonado.

Fiesta - Oklahoma State vs. Stanford

Could potentially be the best of the 83 bowl games as two great offenses go at it in Tempe. Winner gets one tortilla chip to split amongst the players, coaches and band members.

Sugar - Michigan vs. Virginia Tech

People think Virginia Tech being invited to the Sugar Bowl is the biggest travesty of the 2011 football season, but those people keep forgetting UCLA still has one more game to play.

Biggest travesties of the 2011 football season

1. The Kansas defense
2. UCLA playing in a bowl
3. Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl
4. Charles Davis on FOX's broadcast of the Big Ten championship game

Orange - Clemson vs. West Virginia

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney got to a BCS bowl in his third full season, setting the modern record for quickest a Dabo has gotten to a BCS bowl.

[Note: Dabo Derden, head coach of Feathers College took the Alawitzes to the Derwood Bowl in 1908.]

BCS Championship - LSU vs. Alabama

It's about time these two teams, and the Southeastern Conference as a whole, got some national attention. All year it was North Texas this and Western Kentucky that. I've had enough of this Sun Belt bias.

The Dorfmans Tucked Up Those Pajamas

Before Monday, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies were known for one thing: their head coach, Greg Kampe, who looks exactly like Kent Dorfman.



But that's all over with now. Just like Dorfman, who broke out of his shell at Faber and by the end of his freshman year he was yelling at Neidermeyer, Kampe's team broke out against Tennessee last season, winning 89-82 in Knoxville. Monday, the Dorfmans did it again. Behind NBA talent Reggie Hamilton, who scored 35 points and was a perfect, 15-of-15 from the free throw line (the team was 28-of-31), Oakland arrived wearing their pledge pins and knocked off the Vols again, 89-81.

Wins for the Summit League over SEC teams is good.

Mevs' Thanksgiving Day Picks

One of my favorite holidays is finally here, and I'm here to give you the picks you could certainly live without but just might stumble upon and find something that you like.

Thanksgiving is a time that everyone should sit back and recognize what they're appreciative of. It could be fairly simple or it could be something large. I realize this time of year every year despite all of the incessant bitching that I do, I have it pretty good. In fact, I wouldn't trade places with anyone in this world. At least not at this moment. Ask me on Monday when I have to go back to work and I'll most likely say I want to be the President or Tom Brady or someone else that doesn't have to beg, borrow, and steal for a living. But for right now, I'll be content to eat about four meals tomorrow, none of which I had to make myself and hopefully I get to see most of these three gems that we've got going tomorrow.

The first game of the day is the one I've had circled on my calendar all year. I've had a feeling about this one.

Green Bay at Detroit (+6)
I really like the Lions to shock the world in this one. I not only think they'll cover, but I think they'll find a way to score 7's on a few more possessions than the Packers will. I am loving Detroit this season, they are explosive and fun to watch. Their coach is a shit-stirring little mousey prick. Give me the Lions over the Pack 34-30 in a game that people will remember seeing on Turkey Day for a while.

Miami at Dallas (-7)
Can anyone tell me about this little Turkey Day history lesson:


The Dolphins might be 4-1 on Turkey Day, but Dallas is just playing too well right now. Demarco Murray is a stud, a future star in the NFL and they've finally realized that it's more effective to run the ball rather than swing pass you to death.

I'm all over the Cowboys in this one. Cowboys 27, Miami 9 right around the time you need to take a nap.

Onto our next match-up.


Green Bean Casserole (+4) vs. Broccoli Bake
Mom always made me green bean casserole, and I've been hooked my whole life. I'll miss it tomorrow. The in-laws make something called Broccoli Bake which is basically a few pieces of green vegetable buried inside some cheese.

Pumpkin Pie vs. Pumpkin Roll (+10)
Another underrated delight of this festivus. So you're telling me that I can get the whip cream and pumpkin flavor without even having to put in the work of applying the high calorie topping? Count me in, and cut me another piece.

Winter Warmer (-8) vs. Wine with dinner
I'm going to pick up some Harpoon and hope for the best.


Prime Rib (-14.5) vs. Ham
Why have I ever wasted my time with ham? Ham can suck a big one. It does nothing for you. It's often dry. It's honestly the ugly stepbrother of Canadian Bacon and I have to have it shoved in my face for all the big time holidays. Always hated when mom or grandma had a ham in the oven.

Small talk with your in-laws vs. Doing Black Friday in New York City (PUSH)
For the first time ever on MTD, I'm predicting a tie. That's because both of these are hideous and they're both going to occur for me in the next 48 hours! Forget me watching LSU and Arkansas on Friday and laying around with my hand down my pants like a slob. I'll be waking up at 6 am to head to New York City to just 'be part of it all' as my wife would say. No destination. No real plan. Certainly not enough money to buy anything in that elitist city. I'm just going to be 'part of it'. Terrific. You guys all enjoy the great NCAA games while I get crotch chafing from all the miles I walk and pay 8.00 for a water with lemon when I stop to rest my head.

But, like I said it's a push. I don't know why it's so hard for me to feel at home with my second family. My mother in law is great. I love her uncles. But there is always one guy who marries into the family that has to be a huge dick. I'm looking at you, Uncle John. That's right. Last year when you sat there and watched the Dallas game while I had to clean up, I was insanely jealous of you. You lazy, high school principle. Sorry we can't all have two weeks off this time of year. Don't move, I'll clean up your plate and soiled napkin while you continue to ignore me because my wife asked me to. Don't lift a finger.

There is one of these in every family I assume. At least one.

Finally, we have the Har-bowl.

San Francisco at Baltimore (-3.5)
Look, San Francisco's defense is nasty and all; but big brother is going to take the younger brother to school. And I'm sure at game's end the real storyline will be all about two brothers embracing at midfield and sharing in a Thanksgiving rendition of koombaya. This should be an absolute slugfest and I wish I had NFL Network to watch it. We'll go Ravens 17, 49ers 13.

I want to wish everyone who wanders here and reads MTD regularly a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Be thankful, if for nothing else; for another year. We're all fortunate in some way shape or form. And thanks to MTD the man to letting me have this terrific forum to go .500 on my picks each week. I've been promising you deliverance and tomorrow, we shock the world and dine on marshmellow beats! Fiyyyyyyah!

Mevs' Weekly NFL Picks: Week 9

Is there anything really better in life than November Rain by Guns N Roses? The song commemorates our entry into the second best month of the year--followed by mostly everyone's favorite month. This is the month we find out who is for real and who is a pretender in the NFL. The football weather will be here soon if it hasn't reached you already and Thanksgiving turkey is just around the corner.

This month also happens to be my birthday. Next week I'll be turning 29. I am officially old as fuck--no one celebrates their 29 birthday and means it. This is the birthday that you kind of just have happen and sit around and assess your life and how little you've done with it. I mean I haven't really accomplished the goals that I had thought I would.

Let's review:

1) Become a professional baseball player. Well, don't think this is going to work out. I didn't hit well enough in college with a metal bat and last summer I played in a wood bat league and hit barely .200 for the season. I'm not in great shape anymore--not fit enough to leg out a triple should I hit one in the right spot. I'm either going to retire forever next summer or probably hit under the Mendoza line and retire after that. Either way, my 'career' that never was is on life support. I guess all that time I spent practicing my autograph when I was ripping up high school pitching was for naught.

2) Buy my mother a large home and RV. This one could have been 1a. I am sorry Mom, but this was a package deal with me signing a pro contract. You still live in the same house I grew up in. At least it's furnished. If you ever lose it I would like to offer you my guest room. You also have your own bathroom, as you know.

3) Become a professional sports agent. This one came after realizing in college that I didn't do anything well enough to be a pro ballplayer. I was going to work with some teammates who I thought were going to be pro athletes and go to law school. My friends blew their arms out, had children, or generally kicked around the minor leagues and didn't make it to the big time. Not one of them. I also decided not to go to law school and learned through talking to several real agents that it's harder to get into this profession than it actually is to get into pro sports. Probably was a bad sign when the lowest college grade I ever received was in a business law class.

4) Become a pro sports handicapper. Vegas hasn't been knocking down my doors to be a linesmaker to this point. You know this if you read this column of cluster-fuckery every week. For instance last week I found a way to go 7-7. I'm 54-55-6 on the year here. I'm not terrible but I'm just not good enough to make money doing it or be a professional. But I show up every week. And dammit, that counts for something!

I'm about to be 29 years old--and I still have my goals out ahead of me. At least I am a good parent. To my dog. And I even screw up at that sometimes--it's not his fault he pisses where he shouldn't. I need to have more patience.

So my goals as a 29 year old man will be simple ones. I'm not going to be rich and famous just yet. But I'll exercise more patience. I'll keep showing up every day. I'll get more NFL picks right, I swear. And I'll make sure I keep the toilet seat down sometimes. I won't leave my spitters laying around the house when guests come over. I'll probably be writing this same post when I turn 30 and really need some shots of hard liquor to cope.

Here are the picks for the week. My picks are in bold. 

New York Jets (+2) at Buffalo
New York is coming off the bye, which means little this season. But I haven't quite bought Buffalo pulling away from the Jets and being in the division race just yet. They'll be in the mix until the end but it will be a tight race for a wildcard spot. Jets are still elite in my opinion.

Seattle at Dallas (-11)
It's gonna take a fucking decade to sort you out, Seattle.

Atlanta (-7) at Indianapolis
Anyone notice how little pride the Indy players have right now? They go out, get shelled, and ho-hum. More speculation about Peyton Manning never playing again and Indianapolis taking Andrew Luck. Follow their drugged up maniac owner Jim Irsay on twitter if you don't already. I think he stays up late at night thinking of dumb stuff to tweet. My kind of guy.

Miami (+4) at Kansas City
On the flip side, anyone notice how hard Miami is playing for their lamb to slaughter coach? These guys are completely pissed that everyone is already saying they're going to finish with the #1 overall pick and something is curious to me about this spread. As well as Kansas City has been playing, you're telling me they're only getting four points in one of the toughest stadiums in the NFL against a winless team? Something is up here. I like the Dolphins to get a win and fall behind in the Andrew Luck sweepstakes.

Tampa Bay (+8) at New Orleans
Dog fight upcoming in New Orleans. Does Josh Freeman start to look like his old self finally? Does MJ drink a gallon of scotch the night before? Yes, and yes.

San Francisco (-3.5) at Washington
This is just one of those seasons for the Niners. They're going to go like 12-4, lock up the #2 seed in the NFC, and lose at home in the divisional round of the playoffs and set fire to Alex Smith. Remember where you heard it.

Cleveland at Houston (-11)
Fuck you, Browns. I'm never betting anything on you again the rest of my life. I decided that last week, you lowly sacks of shit. You give me no joy. I hate everything about them--their coach, QB, everything. Peyton Hillis is a one year wonder. This is about the time they either lose by 1 or win outright and cost me more money. They will make you miserable. Keep your children away from this franchise.

Cincinnati at Tennessee (-3)
I tried to trade for Chris Johnson in fantasy this week. The problem was the other owner knew something was fishy when I suddenly offered up Ahmad Bradshaw after saying no all season. Then he wrote a letter to the league calling me out for being a shady shit commish.

Denver at Oakland (-8)
Tough game to pick here. Carson Palmer is going to be shitty. Tim Tebow might keep the Broncos in it. I would feel badly betting against the Raiders though, they just have more talent.

New York Giants at New England (-9)
Had the Giants in this game until I saw the report of the aforementioned Bradshaw's broken foot. The Giants are dying to make the division race close with the Eagles, trust me they are. Loss coming up Sunday for them. Plus my wife has been a real pain in the ass all week long so; take that. Ah, revenge is sweet.

St. Louis (+2.5) at Arizona
This is my lock of the week. St. Louis gets back my man-crush Sam Bradford. Arizona either has to start John Skelton at QB or the alternative is Kevin Kolb; who the world is learning quickly about. St. Louis fucked up the Saints last week with A.J. Feeley at QB for them. They're not as bad as everyone thought, I'm telling you.

Green Bay (-6) at San Diego
Rumor has it Norv Turner wore a guillotine around his head to a Halloween party and when people asked what he was--he said he was Norv Turner.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh (-3)
Seems like every time these two teams play the spread is three, it's decided my won and my money was laid on the wrong side. Pittsburgh is in the drivers seat in the AFC if they win this one.

Chicago (+7.5) at Philadelphia
I think Philly wins but Chicago goes down fighting and keeps it close. That half point comes into play here.

Mevs' Weekly NFL Picks: Week 8

Welcome to the season's midpoint and Happy Halloween everyone.

When I was a kid, my best friend who lived next door to me had a really cool NFL Halloween costume. It was a Joe Montana 49ers costume complete with a plastic 49ers helmet. This was like, 1989 so Montana was all that was holy in NFL circles and at the height of his popularity. In the worst way, I wanted to beg, borrow, and steal that costume from my friend. It was the type of thing where I probably would have put it on in the middle of July or in December, or just slept in it all throughout the year. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

Back in those days, I had a this awkward, tight-fitting, green, homemade Dinosaur costume. It was cool when I was like 4, and maybe even when I was 5. But by the time I was 7 years old I had three years of being a T-Rex in my past. It had served me well. I wanted to be Joe Montana or maybe even Boomer Esiason. I would have made a great Boomer Esiason, man. I had the blonde hair and everything.

Every time I would beg my mom for the costume, she would tell me that I was going to be a dinosaur. I would whine and bitch and moan and piss in my cheerios; but it would get me nowhere. We went to a Halloween party and my friend Justin was walking around with all the cool kids wearing his Joe Montana costume proud. I was falling off the jungle gym in the company of only myself, wearing a dinosaur costume that was a few sizes too small for me. Sometime I'll scan a pic of myself in that forsaken outfit for you all here at Monkeys Throwing Darts.

Please don't be such sour-pusses about buying your kids the costume they want. Being a T-Rex for your entire childhood really does shelter a kid. It's the reason why I still pick my nose and don't clean up after myself among other things that adults are expected to do that I don't. Being a dinosaur for half of my natural born life for Halloween stunted my damn development. It didn't help that Justin's kid brother got to be the Karate Kid!

Last week I went 7-5-1 to bring my season record to 47-48-6.

I think this is the week that we go over big time and never look back, the rest of the season is straight winning and we'll be in the green if you're a crazy bastard and betting on my picks.

My picks are in bold.


Tennessee at Indianapolis (+8.5)
The Colts are gunning for Andrew Luck; but Jim Caldwell is also trying to save his job. Something has to give soon and Curtis Painter isn't half bad. Titans win but fail to cover.

New Orleans (-13.5) at St. Louis
No Sam Bradford again. Annnnnd there's no reason to even watch St. Louis Rams football anymore. What a fucking disaster.

Miami at New York Giants (-10)
It's my wife's birthday. Her Giants are my survivor pick. If they even think about getting off to another slow start at home to a lowly team, I'll have Tom Coughlin's balls removed and feed them to him.

Minnesota at Carolina (-3.5)
Cam Newton is the 8th wonder of the world. God, what throws I saw him make last week. This is a game you can feel good about making money on. How cool are the Panthers alternate blue jerseys?


Baltimore at Arizona (+13)
Ken Whisenhunt can't afford to get blown out in this one. Kevin Kolb needs to respond with a nice game. Take the OVER in this game if you're feeling froggy and watch Baltimore win a 33-30 game.

Jacksonville at Houston (-9.5)
Jack Del Rio's team fought hard for him last week on Monday Night Football. But they're going to do what mediocre team's with a rookie QB often do this week; that sound you hear is them coming back to earth. 

Washington at Buffalo (-6)
Washington really is shitty. I promise you, they are. 

Detroit (-3) at Denver
This is daddy's lock of the week. Matthew Stafford is playing. I honestly think the line was 'OFF' all week not because of Stafford's status but Vegas odds makers were just too blinded by the glow of Tim Tebow's halo. Just you wait until Ndamukong Suh gets balls deep in him Sunday.

New England at Pittsburgh (+3)
Tom Brady seems to like Pittsburgh. The tide is a turnin' this time around. That AFC East race is going to end up close somehow. 

Cleveland (+8.5) at San Francisco
This is as excited as I've been for a Browns game in several years. I dare them to make me look foolish for this. Like they give a shit. But no, really; it would be totally Browns-like to either win this outright on a few defensive scores or lose a close heart-breaker. Trust me, the spread is too much here. Teams coming off the BYE week are just 3-9 this season.


Cincinnati (-3) at Seattle
If Charlie Whitehurst couldn't move the ball against the Browns I feel really sorry for his life. Charlie Whitehurst is the reason that we can't have nice things.

Dallas at Philadelphia (-3.5)
MTD just traded for Mike Vick. I think Vick has an MVP performance this Sunday Night in a must-win for both teams.

San Diego (-3.5) at Kansas City
Another easy money-making game. Kansas City has lulled everyone back to sleep and we've all forgotten how bad they can be. Everyone except me. San Diego is pissed off and they're coming for Todd Haley this week.