football 2007

December 5, 2007: Week 13 Football Notes

Quest for Perfection

Undefeated Teams, College (Div 1-A)
Hawaii

Winless Teams, College (Div 1-A)
none

Undefeated Teams, NFL
New England

Winless Teams, NFL
Miami

Week 13 – Thursday Night Football
More of the unintentionally comedic stylings of Bryant Gumbel and other stuff:

"Mike McCarthey says he is the heartbeat of the Green Bay offense."
     Gumbel, regarding Dallas running back Marion Barber

"Marion Barber getting inside - would appear to have a first down - he's got running room."
     Gumbel, during a 17 yard run by Barber. Gumbel's statement came as Barber was already 8 yards past the first down marker.

"You see the scene there on the sidelines - a little bit like finding out Superman has caught a cold."
     Gumbel, while Brett Favre (pronounced "Fawv-ruh") is on the sidelines with an injured arm

"They wind up winning it by seven."
     Gumbel, wrapping up the ten point win by the Cowboys

"We'll see if he can get a few words from Rick Romo."
     Gumbel, after the game regarding a sideline reporter trying to talk to Tony Romo

The Bryant Gumbel "It would appear..." Tally*
10

*The tally started with about 3 minutes remaining in the first half after it was noted that Gumbel repeatedly used the phrase before many of his statements, usually in reference to the gaining of a first down no matter how close the first down was. The tally does not include similar references, such as, "It seems..."

Observation: Gumbel is a candidate to go on the list of Saggy Jowls Entertainers.

"DeMarcus Ware - what a tool he is."
     Cris Collinsworth - it wasn't meant to be derogatory, but he did say Ware was a tool.

"Rogers is like Keanu Reeves pretending to be a football player."
     White Russian, regarding Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rogers

Prediction Tracker
On NFL Draft Day and on the first Saturday of the college football season, the BMTG Big Four made the following predictions. These predictions will be tracked throughout the season.

1. Who will be the National Champions and who will they beat?

White Russian – Louisville over LSU
Brother Nature – Texas over Oklahoma
Diesel – Wisconsin over Georgia
Sandman – USC over West Virginia

How the predicted champions have done so far:

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Louisville (6-6)
Week 14 – Win over Rutgers 41 to 38
Preseason Rank: 10
Current Rank: out of the top 25
Bowl Game: none

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Texas (9-3)
Week 14 – no game
Preseason Rank: 4
Current Rank: 19
Bowl Game: Holiday vs. Arizona State

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006Wisconsin (9-3)
Week 14 – no game
Preseason Rank: 7
Current Rank: 18
Bowl Game: Outback vs. Tennessee

Zachary Running Wolf, candidate for mayor in 2006USC (10-2)
Week 14 – Win over UCLA 24 to 7
Preseason Rank: 1
Current Rank: 8
Bowl Game: Rose vs. Illinois

2. Who will win the Heisman?

White Russian – DeSean Jackson, California
Brother Nature – John David Booty, USC
Diesel – Brian Brohm, Louisville
Sandman – Darren McFadden, Arkansas

How the predicted Heismans have done so far:

DeSean Jackson, California:
Week 14 – DNP, Injury (at Stanford)
Total – 60 rec for 681 yds and 6 TD, 11 runs for 132 yds and 1 TD, 12 punt ret for 133 yds and 1 TD

John David Booty, USC:
Week 14 – 21 for 36, 206 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT (vs. UCLA)
Total – 190 for 303, 2106 yds, 20 TD, 9 INT, 1 rushing TD, 1 lost fumble

Brian Brohm, Louisville:
Week 14 – 12 for 22, 237 yds, 1 TD, 1 rushing TD (vs. Rutgers)
Total – 308 for 473, 4024 yds, 30 TD, 12 INT, 3 rushing TD

Darren McFadden:
Week 14 – no game
Total – 304 runs for 1725 yds and 15 TD, 21 rec for 164 yds and 1 TD, 6 for 11 passing for 123 yds and 4 TD, 12 kick ret for 250 yds

3. What are your draft day predictions?

White Russian Marshawn Lynch will have a better season than Adrian Peterson. Brady Quinn gets caught with a prostitute.
Brother Nature Leon Hall shocks everyone and kicks ass.
Diesel Ginn plays 3 games. Quinn outperforms JaMarcus Russell.*
Sandman Adrian Peterson is Rookie of the Year.
* Diesel maintains that he said Quinn outperforms Russell, but there are conflicting accounts of the official prediction, as it is possible that he said the "Detroit rookie QB" (Drew Stanton) would outperform Russell. Let this be a reminder to mean what you say and say what you mean.

How the players have done so far:

Marshawn Lynch, RB, Buffalo:
Week 13 - DNP, Injury

Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota:
Week 13 - 15 runs for 116 yds, 2 TD, 1 rec for 10 yds (vs Detroit)

Brady Quinn, QB, Cleveland:
Week 13 - Did not play

Leon Hall, CB, Cincinnati:
Week 13 - 10 tackles (at Pittsburgh)

Ted Ginn, Jr., WR, Miami:
Week 13 - 3 rec for 19 yds, 8 kick ret for 198 yds (vs NY Jets)
(12 games played out of 12)

Detroit rookie QB (Drew Stanton):
Out for season - knee surgery - 0 games played

JaMarcus Russell:
Week 13 - 4 for 7, 56 yds

4. Name the NFL final four (prediction made on draft day). Includes their current record.

White Russian AFC - New England (12-0) & San Diego (7-5)
NFC - Philadelphia (5-7) & San Francisco (3-9)
Brother Nature AFC - San Diego (7-5) & Indianapolis (10-2)
NFC - St. Louis (3-9) & New Orleans (5-7)
Diesel AFC - Cincinnati (4-8) & Indianapolis (10-2)
NFC - Chicago (5-7) & St. Louis (3-9)
Sandman AFC - New England (12-0) & Baltimore (4-8)
NFC - New Orleans (5-7) & Dallas (11-1)

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