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| Name: | Kirk Franklin |
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kirkaracha has posted 309 links and 480 comments to SportsFilter and 16 links and 105 comments to the Locker Room and 8 columns.
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.: At Harvard Stadium on November 23, 1968, the Yale and Harvard football teams met in their annual The Game, with both teams going into the game undefeated for the first time since 1909. Heavily-favored Yale was ranked #16 and was on a 16-game winning streak. Yale was leading 29-13 with 3:34 to play and had the ball. What could possibly go wrong?
posted by kirkaracha to football at 07:51 PM on March 06 - 4 comments
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
If they'd run a four- or five-yard pattern instead of a 2-1/2 yard pattern, they would've won even if the receiver had bobbled the ball before catching it. Instead they called a play that had the receiver just barely over the line and moving backwards. It was too dependent on a clean catch and on the spot.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:59 PM on November 16
If you're going to go for it on 4th-and-2, how about running a pattern that's deeper than 2-1/2 yards?
posted by kirkaracha at 01:17 PM on November 16
The Vikings have a pretty sweet schedule this season. They could open 5-0 before tough games against Baltimore (home game) and Pittsburgh (away). Plus, most of their away games are stacked in the first half of the season, so weather shouldn't be that big of an issue in the second half of the season, with only one cold-weather game, in Chicago.
Even if the Williams Wall gets suspended, they should be able to handle Cleveland, Detroit, and San Francisco to open the season. Green Bay might be a tough game 4 without the Williams'.
posted by kirkaracha at 04:21 PM on August 18
This Vikings fan has profoundly mixed emotions. I don't like the prima donna act from Favre any more than i did with Roger Clemens, and he's a tool for skipping training camp, but he could be the missing piece for postseason success this season and potentially be a mentor to the Vikings QBs
One approach would be to limit his playing time. Have Favre start, then put in Rosenfels or Jackson in the third quarter if the game's in hand or it's a losing effort. If he works at mentoring the other QBs, his presence could be a net positive even if he doesn't play the whole season. (I would not be shocked if he re-re-retired after the second game against Green Bay, especially if the Vikings win both games.)
The Vikings' management behaved shamefully during this whole soap opera. I completely understand the allure of Favre--they have an excellent team except for quarterback, they have a 1-3 season window, and the current QBs aren't good enough to win it all. But dragging Jackson and Rosenfels through months of publicly saying they aren't good enough is shameful.
It's a sweet setup for Favre. Eight games in a dome, two payback games against Green Bay, and an offense that will be very difficult to defend against.
Jackson won the division with his team last year.
Not really. Jackson was hurt after going 0-2 in the first two games, then Gus Frerotte went 7-3 before getting hurt, then Jackson went 3-1 to close the season before the Vikings lost the wildcard game (partially due to Jackson's poor performance). So Jackson was 3-3 during the season, 3-4 counting the playoffs.
The Jets lost four out of their last five games with Favre as quarterback and he didn't have a single 300-yard passing game last season.
True enough, but the end-of-season losses were after he got hurt, and with Adrian Peterson in the backfield there might not be any 300-yard passing games this season.
posted by kirkaracha at 04:13 PM on August 18
Harvard recovered a fumble on their 14, then scored a touchdown with a 2-point conversion, recovered an onside kick, scored another touchdown as the clock ran out, and scored another 2-point conversion. Footage of the game. Recap. What I learned at the Harvard-Yale Game [clearly not paragraphs].
Even though it ended in a tie, the Yale players took it as a devastating loss, and Harvard took it as a win. The Harvard Crimson's banner headline was "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29." Who came up with the headline?
Backup quarterback Frank Champi led the Harvard comeback. Tommy Lee Jones was a Harvard offensive guard (Al Gore was his roommate). Yale quarterback Brian Dowling inspired "B.D." in Doonesbury. Yale tailback Calvin Hill was the 1969 NFL Rookie of the Year, beating O.J. Simpson. Yale teammate Bob Levin dated Vassar undergraduate named Meryl Streep. James Fallows worked on the Harvard Crimson.
Kevin Rafferty, who directed Atomic Cafe, has a new documentary about the game. New York Times Q&A and NPR Fresh Air with Rafferty.
posted by kirkaracha at 07:52 PM on March 06
Warner's 377 yards passing was the second most in Super Bowl history. Who threw for the most yards in Super Bowl history? Kurt Warner. Who's #3 on the list? Kurt Warner.
posted by kirkaracha at 08:58 PM on February 02
Roethlisberger made a great pass on the winning TD.
Full disclosure: I like the Steelers and was rooting for them, but I really admire the way the Cardinals played this game and I would've been fine with them winning the Super Bowl. They got their asses kicked in the first quarter--the joke at our party was they only play defense inside the five--but they held the Steelers to three points and kept themselves in the game when a lot of teams would've folded. Then the 100-yard interception return could've really been a backbreaker, but they nearly pulled off the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history in the second half. They did a great job putting themselves into a position to win the Super Bowl after that first half when most teams would've folded.
Obligatory complaint about refs: I didn't see any conclusive evidence that Roethlisberger didn't break the plane before his knee hit the ground on the TD that was called back.
posted by kirkaracha at 01:09 AM on February 02
Upon further review...holy shit--what a great fucking catch!
posted by kirkaracha at 11:50 PM on February 01
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.
posted by kirkaracha at 10:33 AM on February 06
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
Belichick Call Questioned in Pats' Loss to Colts
Atlanta on Sept. 27, Belichick went for it on fourth-and-1 from his own 24-yard line
That was in the third quarter, against the Falcons, with a six-point lead. Plenty of time to recover if you don't make it.