Showing posts with label Atlanta Falcons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlanta Falcons. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
New England Patriots get the gift that keeps on giving
Tucked inside an exhibit in Frederick, Maryland is a two-page document from Confederate General Robert E. Lee – found wrapped around a case of cigars – that could have changed the course of the entire war, and led to victory for the Union.
It's a handwritten copy of Gen. Robert E. Lee's secret Special Orders No. 191, detailing the Southern commander's audacious plans for an invasion of enemy territory that would propel the Confederates to victory. Carelessly left behind as Lee's army marched north, the copy was spotted in a field by the 27th Indiana, and Lee's name jumped out as Barton Mitchell and John Bloss read it on September 9, 1862. It was discovered in a field under a locust tree.
Upon receiving Lee's "Lost Order", Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, leading the Union Army of the Potomac, would exclaim "Here is a paper with which, if I cannot whip Bobby Lee, I will be willing to go home."
Watergate. SpyGate. DeFlateGate. Golden Gate. Bill Gates. PlayGate.
Jordan Heck, OmniSport:
Super Bowl media day is a frenetic atmosphere with media members, football players and staff all crammed into a single area. So it's understandable if something goes missing in the madness.
But on Monday, a pretty important thing was taken: Kyle Shanahan's playbook for the big game. The Falcons offensive coordinator had no idea what happened to his bag — and was starting to freak out. "I'm stressed out right now," Shanahan said. "Somebody took my bag, and it had everything in it."
“I’ve got to find it,” Shanahan said, searching more than 15 minutes after the media session ended, and the players had already departed. Shanahan paced Minute Maid Park, looking for clues. A Falcons security agent, meanwhile, searched through an unattended backpack on the floor. It took about half an hour before they found the culprit: San Francisco Examiner columnist Art Spander.
John W. Dean, a member of Nixon’s White House counsel, transcribed more than 1,000 of Nixon’s White House recordings, 600 of which were previously untouched, and reviewed 150,000 pages of Watergate-related documents to reconstruct the events that led to President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation. What was erased from the infamous 18 ½ minute gap?
Or maybe Kyle could borrow his Dad's playbook? It is highly unlikely the New England Patriots have a copy on file.
Paul Murphy
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Conspiracy theory, and Roger Goodell is in on it
On the Kirk & Callahan show on WEEI Radio this morning, guest host Trenni Kusnierek told the listeners that Super Bowl LI was already fixed. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would tell head referee Chad Cheffers and his crew that the New England Patriots like to hold their opponents, and commit offensive interference all the time. Their job was to call penalties on the Patriots' at appropriate junctures during the contest allowing the Atlanta Falcons a pre planned victory.
Super Bowl LI head referee, Chad Cheffers - As a college student, Cheffers became interested in officiating through his father, and decided to work intramural sports to make additional income. Enjoying the experience of student sports, he sought assistance from his father to officiate high school football games to begin a career. Starting in 1980, he worked several high school playoff games, and two high school championship games. By 1995, Cheffers began officiating in the Pac-10 where he worked for five seasons before being hired by the NFL.
Cheffers worked as a side judge before being promoted to referee (crew chief) beginning with the 2008 NFL season. In his promotion to referee, NFL officiating director Mike Pereira said of Cheffers, "Carl has been extremely successful on the field. He is very knowledgeable of the rules, a good rules guy. Strong presence.
His lone occupation is: NFL referee.
111.9 million viewers watched Super Bowl L. $132 million was waged through 50 sports books legally in Las Vegas. Using the gaming association's estimate, the Super Bowl bets legally placed at Nevada's casinos amount to a mere 2.8% of the total wagered nationwide. Americans spent at least $4.2 billion betting on Super Bowl L, the American Gaming Assn., a casino trade group, estimated. CBS-TV set the base rate for a 30-second advertisement at $5,000,000, a record high price for a Super Bowl ad.
Yesterday on ”MAD DOG Unleashed” show on Sirius Radio with Chris Russo, the annual Super Bowl contest was in play. A contestant needs to answer four NFL questions correctly, and they will win two tickets to Super Bowl L1, including hotel and airfare. Chris will ask the contestant what his favorite team is, and start off with a relatively easy question. The fan said his team was the Baltimore Ravens. " Who played in Super Bowl XLVII?"
After two minutes of dead air, the caller stated that he did not know the answer and he was eliminated from competition. His Baltimore Ravens had defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 34-31 just four years ago.
Roger can be just like that contestant who couldn't remember the Super Bowl winner from four years ago. He only has to please the 32 billionaire owners. At $35 million a year, who the hell cares about legacies?
Paul Murphy
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