Week 7 NFL Results, BCS Lamentations & World Series Hoopla

I know recently my blog has evolved into covering just sports but during this time of year, sports pretty much consume my life so......the music will take a backseat for now. However, if you are in need of some new bump, checka checka: Dipset gunna, Hell Rell's new mixtape, the return of Mr. Smif and Mr. Wessun on their new LP Reloaded, the Think Differently Compilation feat. a grip of artists, QB affiliate Tradegy Khadafi's Thug Matrix (geek'd out cover and all), Southern legend out that Port A, Bun B's Trill, the always solid Atmosphere's new release, You Can't Imagine How Much Fun Were Having, and finnnnnallly the suprisingly fiya Twista release. That's more than enough music to keep you busy so on to the main course....


Big Ben.....a Longhorns fan?

Week 7 in the NFL has come to an end. The strongest team in the L is the Pittsburgh Steelers, I know Indy this, Indy that, they have D now, blah blah blah, but I still think if these two teams were to meet in the playoffs the Steel Curtain, with a healthy Ben Roethlisberger, would prevail. Jamal Lewis and the Ravens continue their meteroic plunge to the bottom depths with another horrendous performance, this time against the Bears. Rumblings with the org, or so says ESPN Insider, are that mighty Ray Lewis, nagged by injuries, is becoming less vocal and more discontent. Hopefully the situation in the crack capital of the US turns around, not likely against Pittsburgh on MNF this week though. Game of the Week: the Eagles pulling a major one out of their ass at home against the Bolts to stay afloat in the clusterfuck that is the NFC East. Props the Philly D for gettin' it done BIG time against fantasy monster up until this week LT Jr. Other thrillers in Seattle, NY, Minnesota made for quality football this weekend. Player of the Week: LaMont Jordan. 28 carries 122 yards, 3 TDs, 40 yards receiving. Good think I gave him the nod over Jamal Lewis this week. How shit are the NFC North and AFC East? 8 total teams, no winning records. The three best teams are sitting at .500, good news for the Pats and their slow start. BTW, 10-3 against the spreads last week, 9-3-1 on the O/U's. holla.

Mack claps his way into #1.

The Week 2 BCS standing tells me my school is #1 in the country, I think it's shit. The only think #1 equals is a big fucking target on your back every time you step out onto that field. Sure, teams love to beat #2, 3, 4 and all the way up but every team comes out and lays in on the line when they line up against a #1, especially on the road. I don't give a fuck if it's Duke's sorry excuse for a football squad, #1 = targeted like Osama bin Laden. Additionally, this does nothing but fuel an already explosive USC team and puts a chip on the shoulder of a squad that doesn't need one, dogged as "#2" after winning two consecutive National Championships. If I were Reggie Bush I sure as fuck wouldn't be feelin' that. Hopefully USC jumps back over the Horns and reclaims their rightful position as numero uno. For all my Horns fans, say what you want about being number 1 but it doesn't mean shit until the end of the season. Complacency has killed many UT teams in the past. I want to be the best in the country by earning it and I'm sure if you asked any player on the team, they would agree. That means going head to head in Pasedena against the Trojans and earning what we deserve. Heisman Watch: Reggie Bush and Vince Young are way above the rest. Which ever team finishes undefeated, their star will win the award. If both do, fuck.


A regular occurrence for the Astros and Lidge.

Just a quick drop on the World Series. Sox take two games at home and leave the status of the Rocket in question. With Roger and Pettitte, whose team should have gotten him the win, not producing W's for the Stros, serious weight is placed on Oswalt's shoulders in tonight's game. He came through with a dynamite performance the last time on the hill to eliminate the Cards and Houston needs more of the same here. Game 2 goes to show that NL small ball isn't going to cut it. Houston's 4-2 lead going into the 7th needs more run insurance against the White Sox. However, the series travels back to Houston which means, most importantly, a change to the NL rules and elimination of the DH. We'll see how this series plays out but I'm stickin' with Sox in 6.

Week 7 NFL Picks

Holla black.....6-6-2 last week....Week 7 let's roll:


Cards at home -4 against Titans
McNair is questionable; Titans suck ass, Brown is almost 100% giving them somewhat of a runnning attack....I'm taking the Cards at home against the 20th ranked Tenn. defense. Take the under here as well.


Baltimore +1 in Chi Town
The Sox might be winnin' but the Bears ain't. The Ravens are waaaayyyy overdue, maybe I'm just hangin' on to something that's no longer there but Baltimore needs to show up eventually. Bears have D but with such a small spread I'm takin the Ravens. Under here fo' sho.

Pittsburgh -1 at Cincy
The Bengals are good but Pitt is a tested team with a solid D. Despite the fact the Steel curtain is beat up like some freshman pussy, I'm takin' them with Big Ben at the helm. This will be the best game to watch this weekend, significant testing grounds for the young Natti team. Bet the over here.


Lions +3 in Cleveland
Fuck both of these teams. Give me the Lions with the PTS and the under.

The Pack -1 1/2 on the road against the Vikings
Wow. The NFC North sucks, hard. This should be one of the better games of the weekend due to the fact that both teams have so much to play for. I have to go with B Favre here and the under. The Minnesota players are probably out later than me tonight, and it's a quarter til 4 here.


Indy + 15 1/2 against the Texans in Houston
Houston can't catch a break sportswise, at least they have the rap game on lock. The Stros are gonna catch a bad one from the Sox and the Texans are straight dogshit. I went against Indy last week and it looked good until Bulger went down but Indy got it done with the D last week. The Texans suck, Indy in a blow out. Over here.


Denver +2 in NY against the Giants
Denver is the hottest team in the L behind the Colts, on the road here against an NY team that brought some big time slop against the Boys. Denver gets it done with the O , over here.


Oaktown -3 against the Bills
Fuck the Bills. I have Jordan goin' this week over J Lewis hopefully it pans out. Over as well.

The Bolts + 3 1/2 at Philly
I have to go with the Bolt squad and LT here, they're playin' good ball and they showed they can win on the road when they beat the Pats. Under here.

Dallas +4 at the Hawks
If the Boys D plays like they did against Philly and the Giants expect a cover here. Their O looked sloppy last week with the turnovers and you can't even look for anything in the Seadawgs performance against the Texans. One of the better matchups with two teams still with questions, Over here.

N.O. +3 on the road against the Rams
Bulger is sittin' this one out, fuck Jamie Martin. Saints take this one, Under here.

Skins -13 at home against the Niners
I hate the Skins, but they gonna take care of biz here. Over me up here.

on to MNF......
Dirty Birds -7 in the Dome against the Jets
Birds get it done on the ground, more of the same in Week 7 esp. with a healthy Vick. Under here.

Week 6 NFL Picks

Yo...6-8 last week...pretty weak. On to week 6:

N.O. + 5 1/2 against the Dirty Birds
This is another one dependent upon the status of one Mike Vick. If Ron Mexico plays, even though Schaub had a solid game last week, I think they win. If not I think the Saints play for the "home" crowd and pull this out, esp with the points.

Baltimore -6 against the Browns
Baltimore is overdue......Jamal Lewis has consistently torn the Dogg Pound a new one...hopefully more of the same in this one.

Jets +3 at Buffalo
I like the Jets here. They played decent last week getting their first win against Tampa, Vinny's got some gas left in the tank.

Carolina -1 in Detroit
Carolina's defense isn't going to implode like the Ravens. I'm still high on the Panther's, Steve Smith will continue to be a touchdown machine.

Minnesota +3 on the road in Chicago
Minnesota has had plenty of distractions over the last year but I think they'll get one here. Chicago has the D, Jones is banged up. Viks here.

Titans +3 at home against Cincy
Cincy is good but we'll see how they regroup after taking a tough loss last Sunday night against Jax. The Titans take this one with the home field.

Dallas -3 against the Giants
Which Dallas team is going to show up? The one that came against the Eagles or the sputtering fold they offered against the Skins. Dallas in this one at home the offense will show up.

New England +3 at Denver
Denver is hot. This should be the best game of the week, the best matchup for sure. New England makes a living winning big games; on the road, at home; doesn't matter, look at the game Brady had against Atlanta after the tough loss to San Diego, more of the same here.

KC -6 at home against the Skins
The racist team is wayyyy over hyped, their offense still sucks. I have to pick KC here, they should blast the scalpees.

Jacksonville +3 at home against Steelers
Big Ben is quickly becoming one of the best QB's in the league but he can't help from the sideline. All Maddox has to do here is turn and hand the ball off though. Jacksonville will steal this one.

San Diego - 1 1/2 at Oaktown
Diego took a tough loss on Monday Night at home in the baby blues but should bounce back up the coast against the silver and black. LT should have a big game.

Seattle -9 1/2 against the Texans
The Texans are terrible, this is one of the worst Sunday night games I have ever come across, I usually look forward to watching most of the Sun night game but this one is gonna be tough. This is a dogshit matchup.


Miami +4 at Tampa
The wheels on the Caddy are a little busted so look for Miami to capitalize and steal one on the road here.

St. Louis +13 1/2 on the road in Indy
Pretty good MNF game here. St. Louis can score but Indy's D has been solid, this should be a good test for them.

Week 5 NFL Picks

Picks for Week 5:


Atlanta -2 1/2 over the Pats
Birds at home take this, as long as Vick plays. NE is hungry though, what with the Red Sox biting the dust and their backs up against the wall, if you can say that for week 5, pretty much for the first time in a long time. If Vick plays this will be a fun one to watch, bc the Dirty Birds are that good and NE is hurt, no Vick different story, gotta pick one though.


Miami +3 at Buffalo
Buffalo is bad, their only win came over the Texans.



Carolina -3 over the Cardinals
Carolina has lost two close games to New England and Miami, they should cover here, they are a much better team then the record shows with two 3 point losses.


Chicago +3 at Cleveland
This should be a grinder, the leagues 4th best D goes up against the Pounds 12th ranked Offense. Vice versa with the leagues 3rd worse D bumpin heads with an extremely inept Bears O.


Denver -7 at home against the Skins
Two teams that look good on the outside both being undefeated. The Skins have beat no one; squeaking against the Bears in one of the worst offensive games thus far minus Jets and Ravens games, and beating two severely mediocre teams in Dallas and Seattle. Denver however is playing hot and despite the fact I don't consider them a major contender, they are at home and will steamroll the racist team.


Ravens +1 1/2 on the road in Detroit
The Ravens offense sucks.....hard......Jamal Lewis might as well still be in jail because he aint done shit all year.....hopefully this changes for my fantasy teams sake. The only thing worse than the B More O is the Detroit O and we all know Baltimore can play defense. You're giving me points on this one...fuck....hopefully the D doesn't have to do all the work.


Packers -3 v. San Antonio Saints
Pack start 0-4, Favre tries his best on MNF to salvage a W throwin 4 tds, the Pack return to Lambeau and cover.


Tennessee +3 at the Texans
Carr has been sacked 20 times through 3 games, that's alot of time on your back, fuckin' slut Carr. Texans remain defeated.


Indy -15 at San Fran
This would be a tough one if it wasn't Indy......and the Niners. Manning matches if not exceeds last weeks performance.


Cincy +3 against the Jags
Am I reading this right, I'm getting three points on top of the 3rd rated offense in the NFL......on Sunday night?? I don't give a fuck what the Jags D is in ypg, 3rd, Chad Johnson and Carson Palmer look like Leinhart and Steve Smith.


Philly -3 at Dallas
You wanna see TO carve up the Dallas secondary.....you see the deep ball work when the Cowboys played the Raiders....wait til they line up against the best passing offense in the league.


Seattle +3 on the turf in the StL
This is a tough one to call, one of the tougher of the week in my eyes. The Rams have beat no one and lost to even more no ones. Seattle has the offense and some D deserving a 3-1 record instead of 2-2. What makes this tough is its on the turf in St Louis, we'll see.


Bucs -3 in NY against the J-E-T-S
The Jets have absolutely no offense and I don't see them getting the ball rollin' with the ol' man Vinny at the helm against the best D in the league.


Steelers +3 at San Diego
And finally MNF, this line will most likely change before the game but right now I have to go with the Steelers who add more health to an already tough rushing attack. The Chargers are hot coming off a big win in NE, this should hopefully be the best game of the week, maybe not the most entertaing but the best match up.

I Need A New Template

Yo.......so I'm tired of absent mindedly clicking on the link to my blog in the browser tab and seein' the same bullshit.......like someone else is goin' to post and update this piece. So here it is....hopefully I can stick with it for a little while. A couple new tracks to start.........


Pharrell feat. Gwen Stefani - Have It Like That

This has been floatin' around the Internets for a couple weeks now but it's worthy of my time to push it further to the masses. This song will be huge in about 3 months, as soon as the video shows up on MTV. Pharrell and Chad have the Midas (platinum equivalent if there is one) touch because they are just that good and Gwen is the Pop Princess. Star Trak!



Cage - Shoot Frank feat. Darryl Palumbo prod. by RJD2

Alex the Worm King is back with a new album and has done some serious growin' up (check out HipHopSite for the interview, I would post the link but their site runs weird) since we heard from him last. It's good to see in hip hop something that starts as a rumor actually manifest into something that is as good if not better than expected. What I am speakin' of here is Cage movin' to Def Jux to be under the masterful eye of resident genius El-P. (no homo) I'm glad this didn't end up like another Rakim-Aftermath-Dr. Dre type fiasco. On to the track........this is one of the best songs, if not the best, to come out in 2005. This song has so much emotion and soul in it without seeming like its trying too hard......RJ's beat is flawless, Cage's flow is ridic and this Darryl Palumbo is a perfect compliment to both. The rest of the album, Hell's Winter, is on as well, holla at it.


The Re-Up Gang - Zen

More fiiiiya from the Star Trak camp.....The Clipse have easily been the hardest, realest, best street hip hop to come out in the last 5 years period. Pusha hits the nail on the head when he speaks on it, this is the upper echelon in street hip hop. Add to Pusha and Malice two fiya spitters in Ab-Liva and Sandman and you have shit that I want to listen to a full album of. This beat sounds like a Lil' Kim song from a whiiiiiiile back but this shit is fire, it's about time a quality version of this leaked out. Malice kills it with turn it/turn it/ fire burn it/ gram weight straight like a nigga just permed it. holla. Hopefully they can cut the label bullshit that's been goin' on since Lord Willin' and bless the streets with another joint. In the mean time check what has to be in the top 5 of mixtapes for the year in We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2. This is better than the majority of albums that have came out over the last 9 months. Listen to the second verse on Monopoly. Back Grindin'! We ain't no holla back, we holla black.

Fuck Precision Passing

What it is, what it aint? Sure as fuck what it ain't is tight. My brother and I were the first to get our copies of Madden 06 @ local Gamestop. Joinin' us were two chump lookin' fucks, I thought fools like that didn't play Madden cause I sure as fuck would be mad if I lost to one of them. Anyway we threw the new disc straight into the box and began the first game of the season; yours truly as the Ravens, him as affimatis homos Payton Manning and the Colts. Needless to say after Kyle Boller's magnificent 6 INT performance, I am not a fan of the new Precision Passing system. The way this bullshit works is that before the snap or during the play you hold the right trigger and press the button of the reciever desired to shadow with your field of vision. Using the picture above as ref., @ the snap you would key on Heap or right after the snap you would hold R trig and press Y. Now you can throw to any of the other recievers on the field but you are effectively throwing "blind" which means "INT." Maybe I just really suck with it right now, let me know if you have the game and have had any probs, but the system to me seems like shit. Sacks and picks are gonna be through the roof due to the extra time need to press more buttons to execute a pass. The shadow allows the D to "read" the QB's eyes much like regular football giving your rival the chance to either a) play as a safety and follow the play or b? blitz the living fuckin shit out of you and rush to get sacks, incomplete passes or INTs. Now this isn't a problem if you have a QB like Manning or Favre or anyother fag that can see the whole field but Boller isn't your man. To me this pretty much neturalizes the whole threat of the running game. I mean these guys are fuckin' NFL QB's they can hit a guy in the flat even if they are keyed on the wideout streakin on the post route. I'm gonna go play another game and see how it goes. Atleast you can turn this shit off. peace.

Eve of Destruction

Yo suckaz! Lots of things on the radar these days, let's do a little run down......Madden comes out at midnight tonight, like the picture says "Your Life Changes." Who knows maybe my life will change. I could break my thumbs goin' across the middle and have to develop a whole new way of typin', eatin', jackin' off......anyway chances are it won't alter my life that drastically, it's always a momentus occassion when the new Madden is released though. On a related tip, Madden means football season. Mere minutes ago I saw my first touchdown of football season in the Bears Fins game. Ricky looks a little smaller than before his vacation but I still think he'll have solid year. I also saw Jamal Lewis steppin' out of his H2 @ Ravens camp and he looked the size of a Mack truck. I'm sure he's hungry after payin' his debt to society, maybe I'll throw a little NFL and college preview in here in the next couple weeks.
On to some music related biz.....Couple of albums I might review in the next couple days.....DangerDoom, the new Proof, new Deep Dish, Necro, we'll see. So far the Deep Dish sounds real hot and the DangerDoom and Proof sound promising. The Necro album is "porno themed" I guess havin' a bunch of guest spots from creepy, dirty, STD havin' folk. Ras Kass has some new disc droppin' soon I'm gonna try to get my hands on. 50 has a book comin' out tomorrow I'm gonna get my hands on and blaze through......I'll be back with some more heat later. one.