An exceptional selection of options this evening. By exceptional I mean 3. I’ll break each one down.
US Open Men’s Final: Novak Djokovic(SRB) vs Andy Murray(UK) Djokovic was my original pick to win this whole thing, and I’m standing by that. Here’s the thing about Novak: he’s from Serbia. And I’m not entirely sure why, but I just don’t really like Serbians. I think it has something to do with the moronic Serbian fans who keep yelling “SERBIAAAAAA” in-between every single point. I knew a Serbian kid in college who played on the water polo team and spent his free time trying to convince everyone how awesome Serbia is. “Nonono you don’t understand. Serbia is toughest country ever. We are raised as warriors. Descendants of ancient Sparta.” Says the kid wearing pink booty shorts and drinking a protein shake. As horribly uninformed as that quote is, I can’t help noticing similarities between it’s implications and Novak Djokovic. They seem almost identical. There is no rattling this guy. And as he battles Andy Murray in this first set tie-break, he seems extremely grounded. This match is ridiculous btw. It looks like they’re playing on the set of Twister. How awesome was that movie btw. The wind keeps screwing up Novak’s toss and he keeps apologizing to Murray, which surprises me. He would be more accurate, judging on Novak’s appearance, if instead of apologizing he just looked over at Murray’s girlfriend and let some horribly demeaning comment fly and then smiled demonically at Murray before promptly striking an ace.
Like I said earlier, I predict Novak will win tonight, but I wouldn’t be completely surprised if Murray wins the tournament. Murray is great, and part of me thinks this is his time, but the other part of me thinks he’s just not quite there, and whines too much. Either way, Andy just won the first set, and this is shaping up to be a great match, because you know Novak will only play harder and harder..kinda like a Spartan or something….(dumbest thing I’ve ever heard)
BTW here’s the primary reason I doubt Novak has any interest in Murray’s lady. I present, Jelena Ristic
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders
The guy everyone will be watching tonight will surely be Darren McFadden. Run DMC. The speedy tailback is amongst the most dangerous and explosive runners, but has spent a decent amount of the past 2 seasons on the bench with a myriad of different injuries. Some have just surrendered him into the ‘guys who will never amount to anything because they’re always hurt’ category, while others(including myself) think this may be his break-out season. He has shown shown flashes of ridiculous talent, and expect him to get a truck-load of opportunities tonight at the Oakland Coliseum.
People will also be wondering about the status of San Diego sophomore running back, Ryan Matthews, who is staring at a season of pretty formidable expectations. He broke his collarbone in the pre-season, and after a quick recovery, is hoping to get involved tonight. A gutted SD receiving corps will be spear-headed by veteran tight end, Antonio Gates, who will surely be looking to dunk one over the goal-post tonight. Phil Rivers is rebounded from his worst season in years(career?) and many have pinned him as a declining talent.
Could be exciting. I’ll take Oakland tonight in a game that I doubt many people will watch. It starts at 10:15 EST. It just doesn’t seem like a game that’s going to rake in viewers, and in all honesty, it really surprises me that ESPN selected the games they did for the first MNF of the season. SD v Oakland and Cincinnati v Baltimore? Seeing as ESPN cares only about how many people are watching their channel, and not about the quality of their material, this seems unorthodox. I would’ve predicted a Cowboys/49ers or NYFG/Saints line up. Not 2 games that 1. actually matter and 2. involve quality teams.
nice work.
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens
The brutal and cruel AFC North division will begin it’s heated rivalries tonight when the the Ravens play host to sophomore quarterback, Andy Dalton (aka the RED RIFLE) and the Cincinnati Bengals. Everyone seems to think this is going to be a great game, but I’m gonna take the Ravens in a fairly one-sided contest. I think that we’re going to see a considerable decline in the play of Dalton, who quietly had quiet a productive rookie season and took his team to the playoffs for the first time since anyone can remember. The Bengals have somehow inched their way out of that ‘eternally damned’ NFL franchise group that includes the Jacksonville Jaguars, the St. Louis Rams, The Miami Dolphins, and the team that has been the worst team in existence for the past thousand years: The Cleveland Browns. It literally makes most young children cringe to hear the words, ‘Cleveland’ and ‘Browns’ in the same sentence. Regardless, Cincinnati is no longer in that group, thanks largely in-part to the chemistry developed between Dalton and his young rock-star wide-out, AJ Green. I imagine we’ll see plenty of them tonight. On the other side we’ll get a steady diet of Ray Rice, Joe Flacco, and break-out candidate WR, Torrey Smith. Apparently he’s primed for a huge season. We’ll find out soon enough.
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