- 03:02 AM
- 11/08/09
| Name: | Aleksandr Bismarck |
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| Location: | England |
| Member since: | October 21, 2004 |
| Last visit: | November 05, 2009 |
Mr Bismarck has posted 32 links and 890 comments to SportsFilter and 1 link and 286 comments to the Locker Room.
A life-long Ipswich Town fan, I'm used to dim and distant triumphs, backed up with more recent disappointment. So you'll not be surprised to hear I follow the Dolphins, (0-2 in Superbowls in my time).Alonso to Maranello: Ferrari have annouced that two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso has signed a three year contract with the Italian team and will replace Kimi Raikkonen for the 2010 season.
posted by Mr Bismarck to auto racing at 11:26 AM on September 30 - 9 comments
Renault's Big Two Out: Managing Director Flavio Briatore and Director of Engineering Pat Symonds have stepped down from their positions with Renault F1 after the French team announced that they would not contest the FIA's assertion that the team ordered driver Nelson Piquet to crash at last season's Singapore Grand Prix.
posted by Mr Bismarck to auto racing at 11:09 AM on September 16 - 7 comments
UEFA and The FA Propose Tighter Belts: UEFA has agreed to move forward with plans prepared by President Michel Platini to force clubs to live within their means that could see irresponsible clubs suspended from Champions or Europa leagues. Meanwhile The FA usher in new financial rules for the Premier League which will require clubs have at least one foot in the real world providing annual, independently-audited accounts.
posted by Mr Bismarck to soccer at 06:23 PM on September 15 - 3 comments
Ferrari Go Back To The Future: Ferrari have confirmed that they will replace injured driver Felipe Massa at the upcoming European Grand Prix with Ralph Schumacher's brother.
posted by Mr Bismarck to auto racing at 01:11 PM on July 29 - 8 comments
Ferrari's Felipe Massa undergoes emergency surgery: Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa was airlifted to hospital during qualifying for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix after a spring fell from fellow countryman Ruben Barrichello's car and struck Massa in the helmet.
posted by Mr Bismarck to auto racing at 02:45 PM on July 25 - 7 comments
I've just noticed my third link is the same as my second link - see... the wildcat really does always look the same.
This is what the third link was supposed to point to :
The same Chris Brown, again, in discussion with Mike Tanier on Football Outsiders, in a Dolphins-Jets game walkthrough. (Skip past the (accurate) nonsense about the new NFL red zone channel.)
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:18 PM on October 21
"I am old enough to have gone to a high school that played a combination of wing-T and single wing.
...
The wildcat is really a single wing offense without the blocking back"
We ran the Wing-T a bit in England too when I played, because it was easy to teach everyone. We didn't have cheerleaders though.
Miami has thrown a new twist into it their Wildcat this year, particularly against the Jets where they frequently sent out a personnel package with four backs, including a blocking back - Fullback Lousanka Polite.
The other three were Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams as the usual focal points and Sparano-favourite Patrick Cobbs.
On occasion Miami had an unbalanced line, two Tight Ends and four backs with no QB and no Wide Receivers against a defence with four-to-six defensive backs on the field.
With Cobbs down for the rest of the season with a knee injury, you can expect Miami to replace him with 5'11", 240lb Lex Hilliard to add even more bulk to the backfield.
I'm interested to see what counter and counter-counter moves will have been implemented when Miami and Rex Ryan run into each other again in a couple of weeks.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:18 PM on October 21
It has been mentioned in comments in a couple of other threads, most recently the Klosterman Dinosaur thread, so here are a couple of posts about the Wildcat.
Chris Brown of the NY Times Fifth Down blog : How the Wildcat works.
The same Chris Brown, for his Smart Football site, with some brief words and footage of the Wildcat.
The same Chris Brown, again, in discussion with Mike Tanier on Football Outsiders, in a Dolphins-Jets game walkthrough. (Skip past the (accurate) nonsense about the new NFL red zone channel.)
Chris Brown now owes me $5.
Not-Chris-Brown at Scouts Inc looks at the plays run in the Wild Cat (and gets it a bit wrong, as the Dolphins have three bread-and-butter runs, not two).
Scouts inc also have an article entitled "How to beat the Wildcat", which I haven't linked to because it offers no such thing.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:06 PM on October 21
That's a fantastic link, goddam.
I might have to adopt Honduras as my underdogs next year now. The World Cup should be about excitement like that.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:22 AM on October 16
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:46 PM on October 15
Who would bother to visit a "hall of fame" with only five members, anyway?
Members of the France family?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:25 PM on October 14
I can smell BLOCKBUSTER DEAL in which Brady Quinn goes to the Titans, Vince Young goes to the Raiders Tom Cable goes to jail, JaMarcus Russell goes to the UFL and JP Losman goes to the Browns.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:32 PM on October 14
I'll bet Quinn lands in Miami.
I'll bet he doesn't. I know Bill likes groceries, but we already traded for a QB this year.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:04 AM on October 14
Do the Giants actually need to have a QB on the field for this game?
Yeah, JaMarcus Russell.
Is this where someone says "zing"?
Nicely played, ampto.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:31 AM on October 09
"Actually, I was surprised [Sanchez] (cut me)," Vilma said in the Saints locker room... It was kind of dirty."
[Obvious punchline here]
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:42 PM on October 05
this makes you decide against jumping?
Clearly the woman thought; "it could worse, I could be Phil Brown."
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:25 AM on October 03
Oguchi Onyewu finally took the field in anger for Milan last night, playing the last 30 minutes as AC lost at home in the Champions League to FC Zurich.
Leonardo has been given the dreaded vote of confidence, which usually precedes the manager being hefted over the side.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:03 AM on October 01
"If you think Michael Schumacher is a cheater, I guarantee you have never been to a Formula One race"
Could you stop doing this?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 06:43 AM on October 01
I think we can expect Rosberg to Brawn, Rubens to Williams and possibly Kimi back to McLaren.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 06:35 PM on September 30
Agassi: My Mullet Almost Fell Off at 1990 French Open
former member of the Mullet Club for Men
MacGruber!