Playoff thoughts/ Faith and Football

Football equals life to some people. Football is full of many cliches. In reality though, those phrases are dual use. They apply to a football situation as well as real life. For the past few weeks I've been on a "never give up" campaign. I've been using football as my coping mechanism. I can remember all the times in football that my body wanted to give up but my mind wouldn't let it. I've been applying the same thoughts that allowed me to get through those moments to my current situation. I read this great article about how Joe Gibbs led his team back from nowhere into the playoffs. The article is about how they hit rock bottom this season and how Joe Gibbs forced the recovery. My "A setback is a setup for a comeback" theory was validated. LINK!

Football is a way of life and not just a game.

Redskins gave it all they had. For a short time in the 3rd quarter, I got to see Sean Taylor again. He channeled his spirit through the young and mighty Laron Landry to give the Skins a chance to win. Those two plays reminded me of Sean. In the end, Seattle's playoff level defense combined with the crowd noise was too much for the depleted yet spirited Redskins.

Jacksonville beat Pittsburgh as we had all discussed. No further comments are necessary. Read the blog if you need more information.

We all wanted Tampa Bay to win. New York was a better team that played better. Too much more physically and just as fast. They didn't disrupt Eli enough to beat NY.

Norv Turner ball at it finest. He did what Marty could not ever do. He was worth the hire even if he loses from here on out. He took them further than they have been since 1994. Leave Norv alone. Tennessee needs another receiver, a healthy Young, Pacman and they will be cool. They can be great next year.

The Black Republican

What ever happened to JC Watts? He was kinda cool. It was always neat to see him. He was like the a black spot on the big white wall.

There has been some recent development in regards to your comment about me being a liberal that wants to secretly be a conservative. My response was the the fact that I was the opposite and the description better suits you. I am actually a conservative that wants to be liberal.

My father and I discussed this concept. He better fits the liberal description, which is why he raised me from a conservative perspective. During Christmas time he asked me how come I was so racially sensitive. I said, "I'm black I supposed to be". He laughed and said "Just because you are black doesn't mean you can relate". He then said, "I raised you like a little white kid, so where did that ability to relate come from". My father was a school district superintendent of a multicultural district and he could recognize different parenting styles amongst his students. So when he says he raised me like a white kid, he probably did. From a personal standpoint, I was raised very similar to the kids in my neighborhood(once we moved out of the bad one), which was 93 percent non minority, so I can agree with is statement. I get my point of view from within and based upon how people treat me. I can relate innately so to speak.

What's funny is that my father and I like the Republican candidates more even though we will most likely vote for the black guy. I would vote for McCain if he were younger. He has been my favorite politician the last 3 years. I like Ron Paul but he is probably difficult to work with. My father likes Huckabee and agrees with his concepts. I actually like him too for his 'F' policies. I actually blogged about two of the 4 'F's: Faith, Family, Friends, Football. Huckabee uses 2 of those four 'F's that define CampTrotter which are Faith and Family.

We like the conservatives more but will probably vote for Obama.
Why? Because I want to see a brutha win! If Barack wins I am closer to my dream of having a chocolate dark, ball-headed, earing wearing, gold toothed president. You know, someone that resembles Chad Johnson!! When that happens, we have overcome.

Why Iowa?

There is no tangible reason why Iowa is important. Iowa gets so much attention because it is the first primary of many. I personally would not think that makes a big deal but politics ride on the bandwagon.
Hillary is must weather the storm and not do a Howard Dean.

HD DVD vs Blue Ray

For some reason, people allow history to repeat itself even when it is bad history.
A few decades ago when the VCR was the big thing, there was a war between the two formats, VHS and Betamax.
Currently, a similar battle is taking place between Blue Ray and HD DVD. There are two factions competing for market share. Basically Blue Ray holds 50% more data but is more expensive in terms of the infrastructure behind it. The extra charge will probably be transferred over to the consumer.
This subject is now one of the hottest stories in the news and I wanted to provide some clarity without spin. Warner did not have to defect to Blue Ray because there will be large consumers of both formats due to the Video Game Industry. XBox uses the HD format and the PlayStation III uses Blue Ray. Both are being outsold by the Nintindo Wii with the XBOX being number two. There probably more HD ready consumers than Blue Ray. Warner forgot about multi million XBOX 360 users which was a big portion of their DVD revenue.

Hail to the Redskins

Clinton Portis is hilarious. He claims the Redskin's latest run is the due to Santana Moss getting clipped.
The Redskins can win if they shut down Shaun.

Record Industry is shady

Did you know that the Record Industry said it was illegal to rip mp3 music from CDs last week. I was flabbergasted.

If that is the case, any person who transferred the contents from a CD to their ITunes account would be subject to the law. This also means that all music being played on mp3 players could only come from digital media sources like Apple and Rhapsody.

So basically, the RIAA decided to give all of their business to Apple and to Rhapsody.
Not too clever. People who rip mp3s buy CDs. Isn't that the goal of the RIAA? They make money when people buy CDs.

I guess they realized the error of their ways and recanted.

Nostrodamus

No Vince means no hope. San Diego got warm at the appropriate time. Norv has a chance for redemption. Hopefully he will capitalize.

The Steelers are tired and the weather has mutilated their playing facility. The Jags are built for playoff football. They have a chance.

We'll see about SeaTac vs DC. I don't want to say anything except for the fact that Laron Landry is a savage.

Giants vs Bucs. I want TB to win so that they can put Coughlin out of his misery. Both teams will lose to Favre.
Flawless agreement(for once).

Parcells may bring in Carthon as his coach. That would be interesting. Ireland and Bill are similar so they enforce viewpoints.

The Jason Garret situation will be interesting in Dallas. They most likely prepared for situation last year when they hired Garrett. Everyone knew that he would be a hot commodity so they should be ready. Now they just have to announce it because the offers are going to start. He probably will ask wade to step aside. If Wade say no he still has our boy B Stuart as the DC.

He will want to trade that pick with Dallas. I think they will find something to give up for him. Marion Barber becomes expendable with McFad. I doubt it but something could happen.

Mark this down! Oklahoma's QB Bradford is going to be very very special.