Up coming stuff

Hey people.  I am being lazy today and not posting (I know it sucks, but read Bill Simmons he posted like 10 things today and about a 5,000 word essay on Tiger) but I have to write a 10 page paper tomorrow so believe me, during my breaks I will be posting a lot and just trying to put it off as much as possible.

A few thoughts:

- The Steelers are atrocious; their season is over and we can relax at how amazing Ben Rothlisberger is.  Great QB, no denying that, but the guy isnt Joe Montana, sorry.  This team is centered around Troy P. and the running attack, the former missed 3/4 of the season and the ladder is non exsistent.  Losing back-back games to the Raiders and the Browns is one of the most pathetic things I have seen in a long time.  And that includes watching an 0-16 Detroit Lions team last year.  The Raiders are better with Gradkowski, but they are still a team who Alabama could possibly beat.  And then there are the Browns.  The Browns are statstically worse than the 0-16 Lions, a team thats only win was a 6-3 barn-burner against the lonly Bills.  Derek Anderson was 2-17 for 20 yards that day.  If I am a Steelers fan, you hope they lose out, go 6-10 and then get a top 15 pick, say 10-12 range, take someone really, really good, and then go out and win 13 games.  This exactly happend when they took Rothlisberger in 2004. 

Syracuse is legit.  I dont know if they can get a 2 seed or miraculously a #1 seed, but Syracuse is definatly AT THE VERY LEAST a top 10 team.  They are not just beating teams, they are blowing them out.  Now, last nights game was not a blowout in any stretch of the imagination, but they still won by 12 and controlled the whole game.  This team is less talented than last years sweet 16 team, but believe me, this team is actually A TEAM.  They care, they have GREAT chemistry, and the depth is fantastic.  Cuse can beat you inside like they did last night with Rick Jackson and Arinze, they can beat you mid range with Wes Johnson, and they can beat you outside with Andy Rautins, Brandon Triche, and D-Up Scoop Jardine.  This team plays defense as well, and makes teams pay for turnover.  The big problem:  Foul shooting.  It always is, and you NEED to hit free throws to go far in the tournament, Memphis in 2007 proved that.  However, this team should be ranked #5 come monday, and they have now beaten 3 top 25 teams by an average of 15.7 points.  The rest of the teams Cuse has won by an average of over 30 points, so unlike my last four years at Cuse, this team is blowing out teams, not letting teams linger.  Now, if we had Johnny Flynn?  Well, I think you might be talking about a 37-3 type team, and one the great teams in Syracuse basketball history and a team that would be by far the number 1 contenders to win a National Title.  This year?  Who knows.  The Final Four is such a toss up every year, nobody ever knows what is going to happen.  Is it possible?  Sure. Is it likely?  Probably not, but the way this team is playing now, it is always nice to dream of dancing to Indy this coming April.

- Lew

For Once, the Bad Guys Lost

You know the saying, "good guys always finish last."  Well nobody ever consider Bill Belicheck a good guy, and he usually never finished last.  After Belicheck started to act like a brat after the back to back titles, the national spotlight really came down on him in a negative way.  But it all got out of control when the "spy gate" incident happend in the first game of the 2007 season, aptly nicknamed by Bill Simmons the "eff you" season.  The Pats dominated everyone, ran up the score, went on 4th down when they were up by 30 in the 4th quarter, and though they stopped dominating everyone (the Ravens came close, so did the Eagles, and of course the Giants in the infamous last game of the season) they still got to the Super Bowl unscathed; 18-0. 

Ever since that glorious Feb. 3, 2008, the Pats have never been the same; almost as if the football gods came down on Belicheck for all his sins during the seasons.  In 2008 Brady goes down and though they go 11-5, they are not feared and miss the playoffs, and this year they lose a game in which Belicheck tried to outsmarted everyone....and it failed MISERABLY in a game on national T.V vs the best team in the league.  They blew leads of 24-7, 31-14, and 34-21, the ladder two in the 4th quarter.  The Pats never did that, but more importantly Belicheck would never make that type of foolish decision, or at least they would make it.  I disagree with Francesa as I think the Colts would have scored anyone, but whats harder, going 29 yards, or going around 72 yards (the average punt of the night would have landed them on their own 28).  I love every moment of this, I hate Belicheck, every NY fan hates Belicheck, and most of America hates Belicheck.  Its great, he tried to pull the "I am Bill Belicheck and I am smarter than you" card and it backfired.  If this was not Bill Belicheck, lets say it was Dick Jauron, Jauron would be fired on the plane.  But its Belicheck so he gets a pass, as he probably should.  I have said this since the Super Bowl, I think this is the downfall of the Pats, they lost a close game in OT at Denver (Brady's first OT loss) a tough loss at the Jets when the pressure was really, REALLY on the Pats, and now this.  This is another example that the Pats will not be on top for awhile.

Maybe if Coughlin showed a hint of the Belicheck cajones, than MAYBE we would have scored a TD against San Diego and won 24-21.  Yes, I am still bitter.

- Lew

Amazing Fact

Want to hear something insane?

In the month of November the Giants, Jets, Knicks, and Nets have one, count them, one combined win (a Knicks win over New Orleans). 

How many wins did the Yankees have in November?  Two. 

- Lew

Giants fans, root for Dallas tonight

If you read what I just wrote, I dont think the Giants are winning anything other than worst defensive secondary this year, so I dont really think the NFC East is up for grabs.  BUT, just holding out hope, if the Cowboys win tonight vs the Eagles, they would be 6-2 to the Giants 5-4 and the Giants already beat them this year and a rematch at the Meadowlands in a month.  If the Eagles win, they would be 6-2 and they already beat the Giants last week, so the Giants would fall 2 1/2 games back instead of a half a game back if the Cowboys won.  Will I be watching?  Not a chance, I am too depressed over what happend about an hour ago with the Giants, and Curb is on.  Curb, please have a good episode to brighten my day.

- A still emotionally upset Lew

Ralph Vacchiano Interview

Hey guys, I got very good news today, author of the best Giants blog around and NY Daily News writer Ralph Vacchaino emailed me today and I will conducting an interview for inreesewetrust.com.  I have not thought of any questions yet so if you have a good one about Syracuse of the Giants, or the NFL in general shoot me a comment and I will be sure to ask him. 

- Lew

Finally the Jim Fassel Speech video is FOUND!!

Well, parts of it. Its part of a montage to coaching tirades. Pretty good quality though. You know, that Jim Fassel is quite they motivator. He should become the new Tony Robbins because when this guy speaks, we all listen.

(Fassel is at 1:18)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGXHxhDMBBY&feature=related

-Lew