Bad Day in Blackrock....

"Bill--any chance I could have my old job back. My family is tired of living in NY. I was kidding about that taping stuff--really."

There are those of who had to go back to work yesterday, and there are those of us who didn't. 

Those of you didn't were joined by elite company yesterday as NFL management went on a Gaza strip airstrike of their own yesterday firing not one, but three head coaches and much of their staff.  It may not have a been a good day to be Palestinian, but being an Italian-American head coach was equally bad.  Here's the Roll of Honor:

Rod Marinelli, (Lions), (and yes, along with his son-in-law), his secondary coach and his assistant O-line coach. No shock here, we heard the Lions had a bad season.

Romeo Crennel, (Cleveland), why someone named Romeo had any business coaching in  the NFL escapes us---but thank god--he is also a trained and accomplished florist.

Eric Mangini, (NY Jets)--gee, don't go after Favre or anything, he was only the owner's idea!

All is not bad news, however.  There's already talk of an exciting new chain of football-themed Pizza restaurants called, Mangini/Marinelli--or "M & M" for short.  We hear their slogan is:

"When the best just isn't possible......"

Soon, we expect Wade Phillips to join as their spokesperson.

The Top was eerily accurate this past weekend--with photos to back it up!  Romo had his usual meltdown, the Patriots dominated and the Dolphins and Chad had their revenge. And the Sunday night game put the over through before the end of the third quarter. We could have run the table if we'd bothered to look at the Buffalo weather report and if the lame-ass Jets could have put 3 more points on the board.

You might think today is a boring, boring pre-New Year's eve lull.  Au Contraire.  We seem attracted to 3 ridiculous opportunities:

Hull City at home vs. Aston Villa, total goals over 2 @8/11

These two sides have managed a total of 26 goals in their last 3 matches. Hull started strong and has been going down-hull ever since.  Villa is contending for a spot in Europe.  We think this one should be a lock, but we aren't thumping the table--it's soccer after all!

The Humanitarian Bowl(why is it called the Humanitarian Bowl?):

Maryland+2/Reno

O/U 58.5

Does high-scoring Reno really think they can play with the ACC?  They sure couldn't play with Missouri when they lost 69-17 to them earlier in the year.  Maryland has played tough defensive ball all year, giving up 30 points only once to surging Florida State and beating teams like Cal, Wake Forest, and NC State.

We love Maryland and the points and we love the Under

The NY Knicks+5 at Charlotte

Over/Under  206.5

Betting on the Knicks? Is the Top on crack?  (possibly).  But the Knicks are the NBA's 4th highest scoring team and they have blown through 210 points 4 of their last 5 games. Charlotte sucks, the Knicks suck.  This will be street ball at its best.

Take the over.

We love this erratic holiday schedule and we'll probably be back tomorrow.  In the meantime, 

Happy Hunting, and,

Go Stuff!

The Top