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| Name: | Kirk Franklin |
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| Homepage URL: | http://www.magneato.com/ |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| ZIP: | 94115 |
| Member since: | January 23, 2002 |
| Last visit: | January 07, 2009 |
kirkaracha has posted 308 links and 471 comments to SportsFilter and 16 links and 105 comments to the Locker Room and 8 columns.
Bombed, boomed and doomed.: On November 27, 1966, the Washington Redskins beat the New York Giants 72-41, in the highest-scoring game in NFL history. The Redskins' 72 points is the highest winning score in a regular-season game; the combined 16 touchdowns is also a record. [more inside]
posted by kirkaracha to football at 05:42 PM on January 14 - 6 comments
TVTV Goes to the Super Bowl.: Bill Murray and Christopher Guest cover a touch football game featuring Phyllis George, Johnny Unitas, and Pat Summerall in a TVTV behind-the-scenes documentary (full version) about Super Bowl X (1976).
posted by kirkaracha to football at 03:40 PM on January 11 - 12 comments
Patriots are perfect 16-0: with a comeback win against the New York Giants, overcoming a 12 point third-quarter deficit. Tom Brady's 50 touchdown passes in a season breaks Peyton Manning's record; Randy Moss' 23 touchdown catches in a season breaks Jerry Rice's record.
posted by kirkaracha to football at 10:42 PM on December 29 - 167 comments
Barry Bonds indicted on perjury, obstruction charges:
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 04:26 PM on November 15 - 83 comments
Most Valuable Position: Slate's Robert Weintraub ranks the most important positions in the NFL.
posted by kirkaracha to football at 02:05 PM on September 12 - 17 comments
That wacky play by Eli Manning reminded me of another guy who wore number 10 and played quarterback for the Giants, Fran Tarkenton. 10 points after 3 quarters of play? That isn't very entertaining. The Patriots averaged 36.8 points per game this season, setting the all-time record for points scored, and were 14-point favorites. The Giants' defense was great, but even during the game it was difficult to think they'd be able to hold the Patriots to two touchdowns over the entire game, and the Giants needed to score somehow, some way. It was dramatic. I don't think it came close to what Prince did in one of the hardest venues to perform well. In the rain.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:35 PM on February 04
The Patriots' being 14-point favorites was ridiculous. The December game was very close, the Giants played better in the playoffs than they did in that game, and the Patriots played worse. Where was Randy Moss in the playoffs?
posted by kirkaracha at 10:21 AM on February 04
I think coaches should be able to challenge calls the refs make, but not calls they don't. Otherwise they could challenge holding not being called on every play.
posted by kirkaracha at 09:59 AM on February 04
The game probably wasn't especially long because a lot of the scores were on big plays (six touchdowns on plays of 30 yards or more) and turnovers and punt returns.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:28 AM on January 16
The Redskins called time out with seven seconds left so they could kick a field goal. (Several Redskins players had grudges against the Giants.) The Giants threw five interceptions and lost a fumble. Brig Owens had three interceptions, and 62-yard fumble and interception returns for touchdowns. The turnovers killed the Giants: "The Giants had more yards (389-341), more first downs (25-16) and ran 29 more plays. The Redskins led at the half, 34-14, despite having minus-2 net passing yards." The kickers, brothers Pete (Giants) and Charlie Gogolak set the record for most extra points in a game (14; the Giants blocked one). (They were also the first "soccer-style" NFL kickers.) This was before the NFL had nets behind the goal posts, so each extra point meant a lost football. The Redskins lost 14 footballs at $22.50 each for a total cost of $315. WAS Whitfield 5 yd. pass from Jurgensen (Kick blocked) WAS Whitfield 63 yd. run (C. Gogolak kick) WAS Owens 62 yd. run with fumble (C. Gogolak kick) NYG Jacobs 6 yd run (P. Gogolak kick) WAS Whitfield 1 yd. run (C. Gogolak kick) WAS Looney 10 yd. run (C. Gogolak kick) NYG Wood 1 yd run (P. Gogolak kick) NYG Morrison 41 yd. pass from Wood (P. Gogolak kick) WAS Taylor 32 yd. pass from Jurgensen (C. Gogolak kick) NYG Jones 50 yd. pass from Wood (P. Gogolak kick) WAS Taylor 74 yd. pass from Jurgensen (C. Gogolak kick) WAS Harris 52 yd. punt return (C. Gogolak kick) WAS Owens 62 yd interception return (C. Gogolak kick) NYG Thomas 18 yd. pass from Kennedy (kick failed) NYG Lewis 1 yd. run (P. Gogolak kick) WAS Mitchell 45 yd. run (C. Gogolak kick) WAS C. Gogolak 23 yd. Field Goal
posted by kirkaracha at 05:42 PM on January 14
It took me a while to figure out that the cheesy "200 years old" song at the beginning was about the Bicentennial.
posted by kirkaracha at 03:40 PM on January 11
Roethlisberger's end around on third and five Thank you for saying "end around." The announcers almost always call them reverses and it's really annoying. This sportsmanship stood in sharp contrast to moments like Bill Belichick's unfriendly gesture to Tony Dungy after the Pats-Colts game. That could be because Belichick's a dick.
posted by kirkaracha at 07:10 PM on January 07
As a Vikings fan, I have to admit I'm bitter to see Randy Moss playing hard (and setting well-deserved records) for the Patriots when he dogged it with the Vikings. it seemed to me that the calls were really going New England's way What about the mystery call on the sidelines that went from a 15 yard penalty against the Patriots to a 15 yard call against the Giants?
posted by kirkaracha at 11:00 AM on December 30
The Giants made the Patriots work for it, and the Giants could have won the game, but they made too many mistakes (blitzing and the interception) in the second half.
posted by kirkaracha at 11:49 PM on December 29
Until the 4th quarter last night, the officials seemed to forget that. Ideally the refs would call the game by the rules, however, they should not change the way they're calling the game during the game. they come up against a team with more than one decent running back, it could be a problem And the Vikings finally win the Super Bowl! (I can dream, can't I?)
posted by kirkaracha at 02:59 PM on December 06
No octopush?
posted by kirkaracha at 07:55 PM on December 03
"and other athletes" I've stipulated before that Bonds used steroids, but it's in a context where baseball owners, players, and fans turned a blind eye on steroids abuse for years, and I'm opposed to any punishment that singles Bonds out or uses him as a scapegoat for widespread abuse. That said, if they convict him, he should go to jail. (Unless President Bush pardons him. According to contemporary Republicans perjury and obstruction of justice aren't that big a deal.) I'm not seeing how they prove that Bonds lied about knowingly being injected with steroids. I thought that, too.
posted by kirkaracha at 05:59 PM on November 15
The indictment charges Bonds with lying when he said that he didn't knowingly take steroids given to him by his personal trainer Greg Anderson. He also denied taking steroids at anytime in 2001 when he was pursuing the single season home-run record. "During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances for Bonds and other athletes," the indictment reads. He is also charged with lying that Anderson never injected him with steroids.
posted by kirkaracha at 04:27 PM on November 15
Giants Win Superbowl!
The Giants could have scored more points, but they kept screwing up inside the Patriots 30 in the first half. They could easily have had at least two field goals. The Giants' defense was astonishing. Late in the third quarter, the Patriots had run 41 offensive plays, 19 for 0 or negative yards. The Patriots scored on 53% of their drives during the regular season (pretty amazing); they scored on two out of nine during the Super Bowl. I think the Patriots' would have won if it had gone to overtime. The Giants D was exhausted during the Patriots scoring drive. Field position was huge. The Patriots started three drives inside their 12 and two more inside their 21. Going 80-90+ yards is tough for any offense. McQuarters fielded almost every punt, even when it would have been safer to fair catch, but it paid off and he had decent return yards.