Monday Morning Cornerback: Week 16

December 21st, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are my quick cuts and jukes from the weekend…..

College

Fresno State should have won their New Mexico Bowl game versus Wyoming. In the first OT, they had the ball on their 1-yard line and in four attempts Ryan Matthews, the nation’s leading rusher, they couldn’t convert. The Bulldogs were also unable to stop Wyoming in the final possession of regulation when they converted three 4th down conversions to set up the game tying field goal. I love Coach Hill and Ryan Matthews, but damn fellas!

Rutgers had Central Florida out matched all game long. Coach Greg Schiano’s now taken his Scarlet Knights to five straight bowl games winning four of them. I see you over there trying to start a dynasty Coach Schiano!I told yall Rutgers Freshman QB, Tom Savage, was cold!

Damn, I hate to see Damion Fletcher go out like that in his last game of his great career with a loss. On the other hand, I like this Middle Tennessee State QB, Dwight Dasher, who balled out of control last night. A quick side note, we say Colt McCoy is the perfect name for a Texas quarterback, but Dwight Dasher has to be the perfect name for a running quarteback, imagine this kid running the option for Nebraska back in the ’80s, man! Either way Dasher has his way with the Golden Eagles in the R + L New Orleans Carrier Bowl who had 366 all purpose yards and 4 touchdowns. Middle Tennessee State 42 Southern Mississippi 32.

NFL

The Colts and Jaguars game was a good one. The Jags let is slip bottom line. Hey Indy, I see chinks in your armor, the same chinks I saw against the Patriots.

Umm…”Who Dat”? No really who dat that was playing Saturday, because it sure wasn’t the New Orleans Saints I’ve seen all year. I mean yeah, you were down against the Dolphins and Redskins, but you guys put up points in those games. Jammal Brown was sorely missed as DeMarcus Ware had his way with the Saints, and that sloppy Saints run defense caught up to them as the Boys put up 145 rushing yards on the Saints.

Yeah, Randy Moss had a bounce back game, but the Patriots just don’t look the same man.

What is it with these extra sorry teams playing the most exciting games. The Browns were involved in both of them. This time they went wire to wire with the Chiefs winning, 41-34 in Kansas City. Josh Cribbs dominated the game with two kick off return touchdowns over 100 yards in the same quarter. Let me take that back, those were only two scores, Jerome Harrison, the backup running back set a team record rushing for 286 yards on 34 carries and 3 touchdowns. He broke the record of 238 yards formerly held by the great Jim Brown. Jamaal Charles got off for the Chiefs though with 154 yards on 25 carries and a touchdown.

Jets vs. Falcons….boring. Final score Falcons 10 Jets 7. No it wasn’t a defensive slug out. I appreciate those, nope, this was purely inept offense on both sides.

Texans won…barely over the Rams, 16-13. Andre Johnson is a beast, and I hope he gets outta Houston soon and gets a chance to play for a championship.

Vince Young threw 3 tds for the first time in his career. Chris Johnson ran for pedestrian 104 yards. Umm VY is now 25-12 as a starter. Numbers don’t lie, they just don’t, their like Pinocchio. Oh yah, Texans beat the Dolphins 27-24.

Arizona won….they won ugly. Cards 31 Lions 24.

Denver started out 6-0. They’ve only won 2 of their last 8 games and now stand at 8-6 losing to the Raiders who played 3 QBs yesterday.

The Bengals had an emotional game in San Diego yesterday. I’m proud of OchoCinco for not wearing #15. I wouldn’t have minded if he did, but I know the media would have made a field day out of it. Chad even stated that he wasn’t going to do so because he didn’t want to cause a distraction. Good move Chad, don’t give the media any ammo. But the lost 27-24 to the Chargers. RIP Chris Henry.

Oh my goodness Jay Cutler. Are you serious? 25 picks thrown for the year with only 19 touchdowns for the year. He threw 3 picks yesterday so it’s pretty obvious they didn’t win, actually the lost pretty bad, 31-7 to the Ravens.

Do I have to talk about Tampa Bay beating Seattle 24-7?

San Francisco should have won this game, but they have Mike Singletary coaching. It’s time for him to go. Eagles win 27-13.

Packers vs. Steelers, now that was some good offensive football. 37-36 Steelers, breaking their six game skid. So much for the vaunted running attacks of these historic franchises, both teams only ran the ball 31 times combined. They threw the ball 94 times for 886 yards and 6 touchdowns. Big Ben threw for 503 yards and 3 tds. Damn!

Minnesota Vikings are no longer allowed to play on Sunday night football. Not like they actually played either of the two times they’ve been there anyway. If Steve Smith is like the Olympics. He comes around every four years once he gets a consistent quarterback. It’s not his fault though, imagined if he played for the Colts. Oh well they got the win in their scrimmage against the Vikes 26-7.

That’s all I got,

Ricky Writert

JIMMY Awards: Week 14

December 9th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are the JIMMY Award winners for Week 14

College

CJ Spiller, Clemson RB – 20 carries for 233 yards and 4tds. That’s 11.6 yards per carry, insane. Carried the team on his back.

Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska DT – The DT used this weekend to parlay his performance into the Heisman Trophy ceremony this weekend. 12.5 tackles, 7 for loss and 4.5 sacks. No, I’m not kidding, I’m dead serious. Complete and total domination.

NFL

Jason Witten, Cowboys TE – 14 catches for 156 yards. If you can get open 14 times and catch it every single time, you deserve a JIMMY.

Tamba Hali, Chiefs OLB – 9 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles = beast which equals JIMMY.

JIMMY Awards: Week 11

November 17th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are the JIMMY Awards for the 11 Week of Football

Dexter McCluster, RB/WR Ole Miss

McCluster did his Barry Sanders today. If you saw some of the cuts he made against Tennessee, oh wee! Ole Rebel rushed 25 times for 282 yards and 4 TDs in a 42-17 win over Tennessee. Just the second time in his career that he has had 20 or more carries in a single game.

Kendric Burney, CB North Carolina

Remember all of the Jacory Harris for Heisman talk? Well Burney wasn’t listening. He picked off Harris three times and took one back to the house in a 33-24 win over the Miami Hurricanes.

Chris Johnson, RB Titans

Why can’t this man get any love? He is the MVP and NFL Offensive Player of the year hands down. Look at his offensive line and his quarterback for the first seven games before VY took the helm for the last two. He rushed 26 times for 132 yards and 2 TDs. He wasn’t done though, chill out and wait a minute. He also grabbed 9 balls for 100 yards. This boy is bad! Plain and simple.

Charles Woodson, CB Packers

He dominated this game. So many people doubted this man when signed as a free agent in 2005 but he’s got 24 interceptions in 58 games with the team. This past Sunday against the Cowboys he recorded 9 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, a sack and an interception to win the game.

JIMMY Awards: Week 8

October 27th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are this week’s JIMMY award winners.

College

DeMarco Sampson, WR San Digeo State – Sampson grabbed 15 balls for 257 yards and 3TDs in a win at Colorado State.

MiQuale Lewis, RB Ball State – Lewis got it in for 301 yards on 26 attempts and a touchdown in a 29-27 win at Eastern Michigan.

Terrence Cody, NT Alabama – Mt. Cody had 2 tackles, but more importantly 2 block field the more important of the two coming in the final seconds of the game to preserve the win for the #2 Crimson Tide over Tennessee.

NFL

Cedric Benson, RB Bengals – Revenge is so sweet for this former Longhorn I can see his cavities all the way over here. He destroyed his former team that released him. Benson ran 37 times (Workhorse!) for 189 yards and 1td in a 45-10 stomping of the Bears.

Miles Austin, WR Cowboys – Austin is making everyone forget about T.O. and stepping up in Roy Williams “absence”. Austin hauled in 6 balls for 171 yards and 2tds.

Calvin Pace, OLB Jets – Raiders or not, this man balled out.  7 tackles, 3 sacks, one pass defended, and 2 forced fumbles. Slow down homie, don’t do my Raiders like that.

All Day on ESPN’s E:60

October 12th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Adrian Peterson sits down with ESPN’s E:60.

Adrian Peterson: ESPN E:60 from 6Magazine on Vimeo.

JIMMY Awards Week 5

October 7th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are the JIMMY awards for Week 4

College

Donald Buckram, UTEP RB – Buckram got it in against #12 ranked Houston Cougar squad. He ran the ball 32 times for 262 yards and 4tds in a win.

Golden Tate, Notre Dame WR – With a name Golden he was destined to go to Notre Dame. Anyways, Tate hauled in 9 balls for 244 yards and touchdown in the Fighting Irish’s OT victory over Washington.

Demetrius Hartsfield, Maryland LB – He had a Merriman-esque performance in Death Valley. 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in a 24-21 Clemson win.

NFL

Brett Favre, Vikings QB – Revenge is sweet. Brett experience his revenge with a 24/31, 271 yards, and 3 td passes.

Darren Sharper, Saints FS – First the Vikings now the Packers. Why do teams continue to doubt this man’s fountain of youth. He made Mark Sanchez look like a rookie. He finished the day with 8 tackles, 2 passes defended, and 2 picks, returning one 99 yards for a touchdown as he was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week.

Champ Bailey, Broncos CB – The AFC Defensive Player of the Week had 8 tackles, 4 passes defended, and one interception. Two of those passes defended were on the final two plays of the game with the Cowboys on the Broncos two yard line. I have no clue why Romo challenged the best corner in the game on the final two plays.

JIMMY Awards: Week 4

September 29th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are the JIMMY awards for Week 4

College

Mardy Gilyard, Cincy WR – Mardy went HAM with 9 catches for 177 yards and 2 TDs against Fresno State.

Russell Wilson, NC State QB – The football/baseball star held it down for his team in a come from behind victory going 21/35 passing for 322 yards 4Tds over Pitt.

A.J. Green, Georgia WR – A.J.  grabbed 8 catches for 153 yards and a TD. His biggest play came, when he blocked an ASU field goal attempt that could have potentially won the Sun Devils in the game. Instead A.J. showed off his hops, blocked the kid with his elbow and helped his Dawgs go down the field to win the game.

Chad Jones, LSU FS – Player of the week if you ask me. Jones had 7 tackles against Mississippi State, a 93 yard punt return td, and he saved the game for the Tigers on 3rd in 4th down as the Bulldogs were inches away from the goaline. On 3rd down, Jones batted down a play action pass. On 4th down he stopped the Miss State qb on a quarterback sneak.

NFL

Peyton Manning, Colts QB – Drew Brees is nice, but he aint this nice. Manning threw 24/35 for 379 yards and 4tds.

Kevin Kolb, Eagles QB – Kolb threw for his second straight 300 yard game which is a record for a QB’s first two starts. He went 24/34 and 372 yards and 2Tds.

Maurice Jones-Drew, Jaguars RB – Jones-Drew rushed the ball 23 times for 119 yards and 2Tds.

JIMMY Awards: Week 2

September 21st, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are this week JIMMY Award winners

College

Tate Forcier, QB Michigan – The Cali QB rose to fame in a huge game this past week 310 total yards, 3tds and most importantly one W.
Rahim Moore, FS UCLA – More was the first to make Lane Kiffin look stupid this season. He hit up the Vols for 6 tackles and 2 picks for a 19-15 in Knoxville.
Case Keenum, QB Houston – The ring leader of the OSU upset led his team with 366 passing yards on 32/46 pass attempts and 4 total TDs as the Cougars upset the #5 ranked OSU Cowboys in Stillwater.

NFL
Adrian Peterson, RB Vikings – The Deal ran for 180 yards on 25 attempts and hit up the Browns for 3 TDs.

Drew Brees, QB Saints – Brees was disgusting throwing for a 77% completion percentage. He was 26/34 throwing for 358 yards and 6 TDs. Someone tell Drew to slow down, it’s only Week 1.

Sheldon Brown, CB Eagles – The oft disrespected DB let his organization his value once again with two passes broken up and two passes picked off. Eagles, please pay this man!