Mooch, You're fired! And take your stinky 'playbook' with you. Especially the passing for 5 yards on 3rd and 8. Although I have personally fired you a few times, it didn't seem to have any clout, but it's now official! About time Matt!!

Dick Jauron will take over as interim head coach and attempt to breathe some life into this team. Jauron's first act as coach was to announce Monday practices if the Lions don't win on Sunday.

If the offense doesn't score more than 7 points on Sunday. The offense will have to go through a spanking line with the defensive players holding the paddles. Dre Bly will be waiting at the end of the line to impart Blyism 101: The Art of believing your own PR about how good you are.

Additionally, the number of times Joey is hurried or sacked will be how many times the offensive line shall be used as tackling dummies by the defense. Dre Bly will quiz them on his stats, wrong answers will be met with a clonking over the head with his cast.

Finally if a pass is dropped the offender will spend a mandatory hour for each drop listening to Joey play his piano, at which time Joey will simultaneously spit champagne in their faces screaming, 'How's that for Champagne Joey huh? How you like me now? Huh?!'. Dre Bly will be lying on the piano writhing in ecstasy over his Pro Bowl appearance.

There was a very friendly debate at work today between me, Dutz, BaBaBaBooey, Gooch, Stubby and the English Cop (hahahaha). Millen seems to be taking a huge amount of blame for the Lion's woes.

For example: Millen doesn't know what he's doing, he was a football player & commentator. So I asked Gooch if he thought he could do a better job, I'll let you take ONE guess on what his answer was. Funny how ALL of us think we could do a better job with absolutely no experience in the NFL, but we rip on Matt because he doesn't have 'experience'.

Overall I like what Millen has done with the defense. And I really believe most of the pieces are in place on the offense. He did a great job of getting Woody and Pollard to join the offense. I think the only real bust is Chuck Rogers.... oops and Mariucci. But I distinctly remember everyone hoping that the Lions would for ONCE get a real coach and that coach was Mariucci. Hindsight and all that, so we should give Matt the same leeway.

I made fun of Chuck Rogers for being confused and I now apologize. Because under Mariucci's tutelage apparently EVERYONE became confused including the fans. I've never seen THIS much dissension on a football team. Hell even the Viking's Loveboat (although very bad for PR, and not PC at all) didn't create a split the way Mooch did here by lambasting Joey at every chance, making the rookies think it wasn't them it was Joey.

And make no mistake, once Mooch started pointing the finger at Joey it became Harrington season and almost everyone threw on the orange vests and took their shot, if only to deflect the scrutiny of their own sub-par performance.

As you all know from reading my blogs I have NEVER been a Joey supporter. I'd like to thank Mariucci for changing that. If nothing else (and that remains to be seen) Joey has carried himself with quiet dignity and held himself to a higher standard than those around him. In the face of all the BOO's and teammates ignoring him and being benched he has NOT quit on the Lions. And for that (along with the fact that Dick Vermeil wants Joey) I am firmly entrenched on the Joey bandwagon. I may even stand when he is introduced next week. sniff sniff We all need to repay that dedication.

I believe that Millen had a very different vision of what he wanted the Lions to become and Mariucci was just to freaking stubborn to think outside of his shitty west-coast offense. I think where the blame really falls on Mooch, is when he came to interview knowing that Harrington was the golden boy. Mooch should have declined the job right there and then instead of trying to destroy a promising young career.

But hey who can turn down all those millions of dollars? I think Mooch came in here blowing smoke up Millen's ass and Millen returned the favor today.

Good Riddance Mooch, Peace be with you and whatever poor team you sucker in next. I'd say I'm going to miss you but I'm not a liar. Maybe Garcia will give you a ride out of town. Oh wait, I'm sorry... wasn't that Jeff on the radio earlier today saying that even though you are a great guy, it's really more important to have your team respect you than like you. Mariucci season has now officially opened folks... Everyone jump off the Mooch Love bus quick!!
By the way.. Hey Dre... You have grown on me, and although I'm still not convinced of your greatness at Corner, I am convinced that you are exactly the type of personality every team needs. T.O. who? You go on with your bad self, clonk you some o-line pansies, and pad your stats all you want. You're so vain, you probably think this blog is about you, don't you? don't you? Aaaaaaah, well I guess part of it is and in jest cuz I know you can take it and even laugh about it.

Oh and one other thing that's good about Mariucci getting fired is that I won't have to listen to his wife or daughters(?) call the radio stations anymore pretending to be fans, making the rest of us girls that really like the sport look bad.

I wasn't at the game but I managed to get a picture of Mariucci coaching in typical fashion on the sidelines.

How many different ways is there to blog The Lions SUCK!!? Mooch is on the radio right now with his whiney, apologetic voice and I can't stand to listen to the freaking moron anymore!!!

Mooch told his team not to beat itself up over the loss because Mooch takes the resposibility for the loss, TOO LITTLE TOOOOOOOOOO LATE Mariucci!!! YOU SUCK ASS!! He sounds like he's going to cry like the whiney little BeYotch he is. You don't want the players to beat themselves up? And you sure aren't going to, then who should ASSWIPE? Nobody right? Oh, I'm sorry, you're shouldering the responsibility right? HOW? By giving everyone a free pass.

MILLEN!!! You better FIRE HIS ASS!

I love how Garcia came in after Mooch yanked Harrington and bombed! Hell, he threw at least 2 passes without even looking where they were headed. Gosh Darn IT Mooch, you played your ace in the hole and it wasn't good enough. You've got nothing left. Take yourself, Garcia and your shitty west-coast offense and get the hell out of here!!

The Lions beat Arizona. It was a very lethargic game from the stands. I think everyone (the fans) really took a good thump after losing to Chicago AGAIN last week, because the fans just didn't have it in them this week.

WELCOME BACK ROY... Roy Roy Roy!! I never gave up hope, and it's damn nice to see the guy that made us all sit up and notice last year make a comeback!!

So the game was pretty boring, a lot of fans left at half time, we left with like 5 minutes left and much of the stadium was already cleared/clearing out. We could be looking forward to an upset at Dallas, but that heckuva coach Mooch, gosh darn it just had to go and CREATE controversy!! Well Steve, you're a heckuva guy and we love you gosh darn it but take your stubborn dumb ass to some other city! YOU SUCK MOOCH!

Harrington will not be starting against Dallas if Gacia feels he's healthy enough. Nothing like killing the freshly laid continuity 'Coach'! I'm really starting to believe that Mooch is sabotaging Harrington just so he can be 'right' and that is just immature. I hope that Millen is starting to realize what a mistake he made in bringing his pal over. San Fran fired him for a reason, just ask Jerry Rice.

Not only is Mooch going doing his best to f*ck up Harrinton, but he's also started in on Kevin Jones. KJ can't catch?? Well hell *NO SHIT* that's why he's a RUNNING BACK. Not a wide receiver! Oh, and wasn't that Bryson that dropped the next pass?! Why in the hell did you DRAFT THREE 1ST ROUND WIDE RECEIVERS if you aren't going to pass to them (because they're too far away after 7 yards) when you had 3 freaking RUNNING backs that you wanted to throw to???!!!!! F*CK! Mooch must be partying with Chuck too much and killing all his damn brain cells. Helllloooo, does this make sense to ANYONE out there??!! Why even have wide recievers??!! Geez it's like going to a dentist to get your tonsils yanked out.

If you really want to pass to a running back try using your TIGHT END dumbass!! Oh wait! He dropped a ball too! Never mind.

In an interview when asked about his 3 back 'system' and why he can't give the ball to KJ 20-30 times. Mooch responded that KJ was a "good back", Toose "deserved" to play, and that Bryson was "worth his weight in gold".

Huh? There's a typical Mooch response in trying to build the self-confidence of his young studs. Maybe Chuck Rogers wasn't so wrong after all when he stated that he didn't know what his role was. Because I'm sure Joey & KJ are probably going to be hitting the ole' bong (allegedly) themselves after another year with Mooch. Hell, I can't stand pot and I'M about to toke on a big fattie!!

When pressed on the issue, Mooch wasn't budging. KJ will NOT be getting the ball more. ARE YOU READING THIS MILLEN?! Here hit this, you'll feel better.

KJ's dad actually called into the local radio station after the game and you could just hear the frustration in his voice also. He said that he felt bad and he don't mean to be no trouble-making father, but Mariucci doesn't know what in the hell he's doing. I can just picture the conversation over the turkey at that house this year.

The Ford's let Barry wither & die in the Fontes years and if Millen won't do anything I hope they stand up and get rid of Mooch before we end up watching Joey & KJ celebrating a Superbowl win next year with Dick Vermeil and the KC Chiefs.

There's a wee little bit of my mind that is wondering if Garcia is REALLY THAT hurt? So much so that he won't play. I'm wondering if perhaps after being in Joey's shoes for a couple of games, if he isn't just purposely taking a bit longer to heal to give Joey his chance to prove himself.

Garcia KNOWS the issues aren't ALL Joey's fault, and he also know that once he goes back in, Joey done in Detroit. From the little I've heard of Garcia and from listening to him on the radio, he seems like a guy that would do something on principle and I think he might just do it. If so, nice move Garcia!!

HEY!!! GARCIA for head coach!! hahaha, wouldn't that be the ultimate irony!! BEAUTIFUL!! Start the petition someone!

Okay, so I was going to post earlier in the week, but - well, I just didn't feel like it since my real job is sucking the life right out of me but there were too many things that happened this week to just blow it off - In my opinion, of course:

The Monday after each game there is an interview with the QB on 1270 am, not sure what their moniker is (obviously nothing catchy like DaFaN). On top of that they would have an interview with Garcia, because he was so open and honest and a great person to get the dirt from. I believe much of the Joey 'Blue Skies' opinion came from these interviews. And quite frankly I've never seen why people had such an issue with him thinking positively, being an optimist myself. OH and then I found out Joey was a Libra (like myself) so now his attitude makes even more sense to me.

Regardless, Garcia would come on the show and it was no holds barred. He called people out, he was aggressive, his tone of voice oozed confidence. That all changed the Monday after the Chicago game. He was a beaten man, and it only took two games. It was GREAT!!

When he was asked what the problem was he suddenly developed the Lions stutter, that is so freaking irritating. The defeat in his voice was palpable. I sat there wondering why all of a sudden he's not calling people out, sure he threw an interception and took responsibility for that, but where were his comments about the others on the offense? I had a flashback to the movie Any Given Sunday and suddenly it made sense to me. Although I think it was the 'STAR' running back in the movie, when the line stopped 'liking him' they let the defense come through to pound his ass. Now the offensive line has been compared to a screen door, so you certainly don't want to give them any additional reason to leave the screen door open.

How much does it suck to have to depend on players that are a bunch of mewling kittens? I've bitched about the attitude of these offensive (literally) players and their 'don't be mean to me, it hurts my feelings, I'm a grown man (love that one...hahahaha) and I don't need anyone reprimanding me' shit.

Grown man my ass!!! Real grown men can take well-deserved and honest criticism and...

*** NEWSFLASH*** OMG, the announcer on the field for FOX was just asked if Joey won his job back and before he would answer he made it a point to put on sunglasses - sheesh!

...Real grown men will take responsibility and step it up!! Apparently most of this offensive (literally) litter is still looking to suck on the tit of the coach and Mariucci is more than willing, and actually enjoys the feeling of being so needed. It definitely seems to be a pack mentality as Dominic Raiola confirmed during his interveiw today by saying:

'if I make a mistake, I know it, I make adjustments and I don't like getting called out on it, most of the guys on the offense are like that.'

Thank GAWD for Kevin Jones and for Joey Blue Skies (yes that came out of my mouth Stefani). KJ was that one kitten that was off scampering on his own, exploring, making mistakes but forever moving towards his independence. Going up to the meanest, baddest animal around and swiping at them, and we all love that little fucker don't we!!

Marcus Pollard is like the older sibling sitting around watching the litter and just shaking his head, thinking Millen should've picked a better bitch for this litter.

Roy - Roy, Roy, Roy was also like that his first year, before the litter dragged his ass back down. Cory Schlesinger is somewhere in between. Cory has also stated that he doesn't like being called out, thankfully-he's so good and has enough pride in himself that getting called out just doesn't happen.

Speaking of attitude (as I always do), I was explaining my 10% theory to Gooch and being the Cleveland Brown guru that he is, had to agree with me, although he said it was more like 5%. I'll try to be succinct for all you ADD friends.

To get to the NFL your skills have to be (using Gooch's percentage) in the 95-100 percentile of college players. Using that logic, there is only 5% seperating the best of the best from the worst of the best. That's really not a lot. So give me someone at 95% with the heart and attitude to play than someone at 100% with just their skills.

Enter Scotty Vines buh-bye Chuck Rogers. Hope the millions you made is enough to sustain you, maybe you could go to Miami and see your 'BUD' (hahaha) Ricky Williams and lament the unfairness of it all while scrutinizing Rush and The Beatles album covers, covered in a comforting blanket of ding-dong wrappers. More power to you guys. See YA!

Bobby Ross, a coach I happened to really like, threw his hands up in disgust with this team and it sounds like Jeff Garcia did the same... Ooops I mean he's injured. But Garcia sure as hell lost the enthusiasm he had after having the #54 surgically removed from his skin after the Chicago game.

I think Roy's time off may have been good for him. I think his just being away from the runts of the litter and hearing his quotes repeated in the media will shake those cobwebs loose from his head and he'll remember the superstar he was his first season and the fact that he actually LIKED Joey.

This is why I say thank gawd for Joey Blue Skies. AND in his last interview when asked about starting against Minnesota he said something along the line of, 'It was good to go out on the scout team, it made me get back to the love of the game and having fun. I'm going to open it up against Minnesota and go downfield and have fun and win a game, and if I don't.... oh well, what are THEY going to do? Bench Me?!' Way to go Joey, FIGHT THE MAN!! Or go down on your terms. And I'll say it for you, F#CK YOU MARIUCCI. There all better now.

I think we're going to win today (slight shadow of foreboding, but I'll ignore it - being Doll Blue Skies and all) I expect Joey to go to Vines and Pollard a lot. I think Roy will step it up and Cory & KJ will be stellar as usual. Oh and Raiola from the Clevelands Fans and myself to you, 'F#ck YOU BeeYOTCH'

**KICKOFF** Go LIONS

In a shocking development just announced Steve 'Mooch' Mariucci was fired from his position as the Detroit Lions head coach by Matt Millen. Matt Millen named the former Pro Bowl Lions offensive lineman Lomas Brown as Mooch's replacement.

Brown said, he can't wait to get his new team on the practice field. The practice field is where you create good habits. If you drop a ball in practice or miss a block, you're gonna run your ass off, and not just jog, but run your ass back to the huddle because the time clock's running!!!

Brown's first act as head coach was to suspend Roy Williams for refusing to get his ass on the field on 4th and eight, saying that he didn't feel like it. Lomas Brown said, "I'm disturbed by this!..."

***POP***

Oops, did I say that out loud?? Guess I need to keep my fantasy's to myself. Well we can only hope. Why NOT Lomas?

Lomas - Lomas - Lomas!!!!

Mariucci Sucks!

The Lions Suck!

The Bears Suck!!

Chicago Fans Suck!

Lions Fans are WAY TOO freaking nice!! And that sort of SUCKS!!

What really SUCKS is that the freaking Lions shouldn't SUCK so much!

It SUCKS to sit in the stands and ALMOST get into a brawl with chicago fans while defending our Lions. It SUCKS even worse to have to walk out hanging your head in shame for believing that the Lions will win! IT SUCKS!!!

2 good things came out of this SUCKY ASS loss. 1) I got really drunk and learned all about a new sport being played at bars called "Butt Quarter's" 2) It's not the freaking QB dumbasses! To put it very simply for even the most hard cored dumbasses out there, ponder this Logic:

• Dan Marino, one of the greatest QB's ever HAS NEVER won a Superbowl....
• Trent Dilfer, one of the worst QB's ever HAS won a Superbowl

I'm telling you the real eminem could do just a good of a job with no experience coaching as the M n' M we currently have, hell get the Burger King dude in here, he'll at least creep the hell out of the other teams. The only thing saving Millen in my eyes are his defensive picks. Considering he's a manager, I think he's doing the right thing... picking guys on defense (something he knows a lot about) and letting his QB guru handle the offense - Unfortunatley Mariucci doesn't know what the hell he's doing. Millens' at fault for bringing on a bud, but then again maybe Millen fell for the QB guru shit too and now he's stuck with having to fire a friend. That SUCKS, oh well, too SUCKING bad, just do it SUCKER!

GAWD THIS SUCKS!!!!!!

Cleveland Rocks, my ass! But our seats at Browns Stadium sure as hell rocked!! My first away football game, and my first outdoor football game. Other than getting our car broken into and a bunch of stuff stolen, it was a great experience! This view is from section 146 row 2, bought them on eBay for a great price.

I DID wear my Shaun Rogers jersey and only got, "F-U Bitch" twice, and considering the look of some of those DAWG Pound fans - I got out virtually unscathed. For all you men with hair on your back - GET RID OF IT or hide it, dawg pound fan or not... and PLEASE, PLEASE leave your freaking tshirt on to spare the rest of us. It's about as appealing as Madonna with braided armpit hair. Woof woof woof.

But on to the game, you all know the chorus - 'Nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, Goooood-Bye'. Nice knowing you Joey hope Dick Vermeil still wants you because, if I had to guess, I'd say you're done in Motown. Garcia saved Mooch's job and invigorated not only the Detroit football fans but even Raiola was gushing his praise. I swear, when I was listening to Raiola talking about Garcia it was almost embarrassing. If I were Jeff, I'd be a bit more careful about walking around without any clothes on in front of him.

But I guess it's only to be expected considering Garcia made Raiola look slightly better, and probably saved his job too (for the time being anyway) cuz he still sucks! Oh and for those of you that were watching the game on t.v. and remember the close-up of Raiola looking back at the crowd all hyped up and yelling, he said, "F**K YOU Bitches" at least 2 or 3 times to the Cleveland fans. At least I think it was the Browns fans, I think if he knew it was me up there, he'd probably run up and try to tackle me, but luckily he SUCKS and would miss...hahahhaa. Too bad the ref's didn't hear him and eject him from the game ala the Ravens game in Detroit. Where's the famed 'throwing of the dog bones' as advertised?

Garcia got the job done. I love his mobility and he actually dove head first into the end zone for a touchdown, everyone has to respect that. Although I don't think Garcia is as great as Mooch would like us all to think. I think with the defense playing the way it has, along with Cory's return and Garcia's ability to NOT get sacked it will be enough to take the Lions to the top of the NFC North. He's definitely more exciting to watch than Joey, and he adds enough attitude and competitiveness for even the defense to take notice. If Joey had been the QB we would have lost, Joey would have run toward the end zone and fallen down at the 1 yard line. And THAT is the only skill difference I could see, because Garcia's passing game was on par with Joey's. When he threw the really crappy passes it gave me a chance to boo, and somewhat endear myself with the dawggies that were closing in on us.

To Art Regner and whoever is on with him at 1270.... Pffft! Shaun Rogers is way more important to the defense than Dre Bly!! Having just torn my ACL, I feel your pain Big Baby! Heal fast and get your butt back on the line, we need you!

Overall, I didn't see much of the game because I was out till 4 a.m. the night before, bit the dawg that bit me...hahaha, so my first beer at the game kicked my buzz right back in from the night before and I spent most of my time trying to defend myself from Browns Fans. Every time I cheered for the Lions - Mr. 'You're lucky I'm married' would come down to my row and tackle me to my seat. We were actually on national tv & I looked like shit. Murphy's law for sure!

To all the hot guys I met Saturday night at Fusion, thanks for the dances - I had a sweaty blast!!! Mr. 1999 I'm not going to be able to come back for your party unfortunately.... Scary Ref, what the hell happened to you? Everyone thinks I 'got rid' of you, hope you're okay. And Deep (however you spell it), I'll look you up when I'm in New York. Hmmm, I guess Cleveland did Rock after all

I'm not going to bother too much with what happened at the game, there's too much crap going on in 'the media' that's really irking me and I just must vent about it.

But first some excellent news... I got my S Rogers jersey... I had to special order it in a youth size, but the price was pretty good and I got to debut it at the Carolina game. Which was a great time to do so, because not only did he get a sack, my man Shaun blocked a field goal attempt and was just awesome all around. Which enabled me to stand up in the stands pointing out the fact that I'm smart enough to buy a non-cornbread jersey - heh. Way to go Shaun - You ROCK... So do you Kenoy. The defense ROCKED overall, I've even gained some 'like' for Dre Bly, if not for his playing ability (yet) - definitely his attitude.

So last I heard Mooch still doesn't know who is going to be the starting QB against Cleveland.
Follow the Logic of why we still don't know who is the starting QB at Cleveland:

• Mooch has never liked Joey, and brought Garcia in asap.
• Mooch blames Joey and has absolutely no concept of team, by ignoring the needs on the offensive line and drafting three 1st round wide receivers <-- BAD Logic
• Joey has had absolutely no protection, and plays like any QB that doesn't have protection on just about every damn down.
• Everyone... even Dutzy and my brother, Pete... want Garcia to play. Believe me for those two to give up on Joey is HUGE!
• Mooch knows he is treading water now, his only way to avoid getting his ass canned is by pointing his finger at Joey. He's done that so well and quickly - as a matter of fact he'd take Clint Eastwood down at noon for sure.
• Mooch has been intimating that Garcia is the next coming. Pfft. This alone should be enough reason for the Fords to can his sorry ass.
• Garcia is iffy but has taken half the snaps during practice.
• Garcia has been very outspoken about his desire to lead the Lions to victory.
• If Mooch starts Harrington & we lose he is going to be strung out for not playing Garcia.
• If Mooch starts Garcia & we lose (keeping fingers crossed on this one, cuz I love the very amusing Irony Fairy) it will prove two things - a) Garcia is not what Mooch portrayed him to be and b) It wasn't Joey after all. Either outcome would hang Mooch.

Conclusion: The Lions BETTER win no matter who the QB is. If Harrington plays and loses it will buy time for Mariucci who still has his ace in the hole ergo the confusion over who to play. If Mooch waits another week to play Garcia, Garcia will have Schlesinger back, who's blocking ability is sorely missed! And Roy & Charles will be back too, so it is in Mooch's best interest to wait to play Garcia. Who Mooch picks to start will be very telling. I say we send Mooch's ass packing and get Vermeil over here who has stated that he would love to work with Harrington. OR get rid of Harrington & Mooch at the end of the year and let the new coach pick the QB that he wants.

I can't believe I, of all people, am actually going to start defending Joey Harrington (because I really don't like non-linebacker type QB's) but... I am so impressed by his character. He has been dumped on by EVERYONE - literally! And to date I have not heard one negative remark out of his mouth. No finger pointing, no blasting other players or coaches, no ripping on the playbook. But you know what Joey, that may be exactly one of the reason why the fans have never quite embraced you here in DEEtroit.

Yet more Logic for Joey:

• Go to a voice coach or sit down with Saragusa and learn to get that whiney, apologetic pitch out of your voice - it SUCKS and it's almost painful to listen to. It makes people think you're a ghurly-man.
• You are a big boy 6'4" / 220. ACT like it! RUN for a FKING touchdown. HIT someone on the opposing defense instead of BEING HIT. You want respect, take out Ray Lewis while scoring a TD instead of making KJ try it 5 times. STEP it up big boy.
• It's great that you are stepping up and taking responsibility, but when someone (wide-receivers who haven't proven themselves) calls you out in the media, STAND UP for yourself man! Fight back, perhaps you should intern in corporate america for a summer to learn the proper political way to slam someone while sounding like you're taking responsibility - Roy Williams had the technique nailed down in his radio interview when he hammered you.
• If you can't get into a corporate situation, get on a pickup football league and play linebacker. Go out and sack some QB's for a feel for how it is from the other side. Actually this tip goes out to ALL QB's.
• Being a fellow libra myself, I understand the 'flies with honey' deal, but sometimes you need to pull out the damn Raid. Are you afraid if you point out the lack of blocking by your offensive line that they'll REALLY stop blocking for you (hahaha spit out my coffee) like it could really get any worse? Think about it Man!
• The next time Dre Bly comes over and gets in your face, KNOCK his ASS OUT! That alone would raise your manhood exponentially!!!
• You have taken the responsibility, ALL of it. Now DO something to change the situation. Do WHATEVER it takes. It's better to have people respect you than like you... Trust ME!

Reassembling the quotes IN CONTEXT:

1. Now, I've heard plenty of interviews with Garcia. When asked if he would be the difference in the game at Cleveland, if he could take the Lions to the next level. Well this normally confident guy did a little word jig. 'Uh, well, there's are more problems than just the QB position' Looks like Garcia when faced with the possibility of actually starting is already in 'Save YOUR ass mode'. On a positive note, he did mention that the problems are NOT all Joey. Saying the only real difference is the experience Garcia has along with more mobility.
2. Dominic Raiola (however you spell it) was not bitching at Joey during the game. He was pissed off because the sideline was not getting the plays out to the field fast enough. This caused them to burn those time-outs early. I want to know who in the hell that person on the sideline is. You're FIRED!
3. Damien Woody was asked to name names. Who is playing up to par, to which he responded, 'I'm not naming names, you can't do that but I'll tell you numbers, #3 #11 #80 #88 #51 #76... oh nevermind, I can't name names' heh. You can do the research, but it looks like Woody is pretty much playing offense by himself with Jones & Pollard.
4. Dre Bly said he was frustrated and the defense should suit up to play offense. Well Dre, hate to point out the obvious, but you guys already are and I share your frustration. But HEY! I'm all for it!!

Finally (I know I'm long winded BA BA BOOEY) But I got a lot to share- roflmao.. anyway...

There has been much said about the split in the lockeroom between offense & defense. I believe it's more a split between the Warriors and the Whiney Beyotch's.

Team Warrior would include:

1. Shaun Rogers (of course)
2. Kalimba Edwards
3. Earl Holmes
4. Kenoy Kennedy
5. Dre Bly
6. Jason Hanson
7. Kevin Jones
8. Damien Woody
9. Marcus Pollard
10. James Hall
11. And special recognition to R-Dub McQuarters who not only stepped up to return punts, but has offered to play wide-receiver. Mooch you should JUMP on that one, DumbASS!

Team Whiney BeYotch includes:

1. Charles Rogers and his friend Mary Wanna (allegedly)
2. Mike Williams
3. Jeff Backus
4. Dominic Raiola(however you spell it)
5. Roy Williams
6. Teddy Lehman - not 100% but I haven't seen anything out of him
7. Hmmm, who else is a worthles whiney ass beyotch... oh yea...!
8. Steve Mariucci - Mooch man
9. Joey Harrington - only because for all his 'taking responsibility' speeches he's not taking the next step and forcing changes to whatever needs to be changed. JUST DO IT JOEY.
10. Garcia, because he started playing the blame game before he even got a chance to get sacked a few hundred times.
    
    

Those that I've missed are obviously doing just enough to not be noted good or bad, which actually sucks in itself if you think about it.

I love winning! I love winners! I love competetiveness! I love true competitors! No PC here. It sucks to lose, it sucks being a loser, it sucks giving up no matter the odds, it sucks when you have to rely on people on your team that aren't giving it their all and they STILL get paid. All the truly great athletes have that quality. You can see it on their faces. And that is where the frustration is coming from. I'm bleeding blue & silver out here, what the HELL ARE YOU DOING? And that what we love about football. Our modern-day WARRIORS.

That's why football is REALLY America - not baseball, not basketball, not hockey... FOOTBALL - not to be confused with Soccer (The sport boys and girls play because they aren't good or big enough to play FOOTBALL.) But FOOTBALL! We want Russell Crowe rallying the troops (no whiney beYotch there) We want Mel Gibson in blue face paint.

Watch the movies again Joey. Rally the troops and FIGHT THE MAN!! Take charge, you have more power than you know. Tell Mooch to change the freaking "offense" or you are going to bench HIS ass! As a matter of fact tell him you're on the phone with Dick Vermeil who might be interested in coming over to Detroit once he wipes the tears off his face.

Failing that get me Ben Roethlesberger (however you spell it) or someone that looks like, can and WILL take out Ray Lewis when push comes to shove.

You read right, OFF WITH HIS HEAD... And I am NOT talking about Joey Harrington for once! Mariucci get the hell out of Motown! You, you're offensive staff, your offensive (literally offensive) playbook and your draft picks SUCK ASS! As Art said in response to a caller who asked why the offense couldn't use different plays when they saw the blitz coming, ' that would require some imagination' or something to that effect - hyuk.

I'm sick of your whiney ass voice and how you can't take any damn responsibility for the offensive problems. You fired Sherm Lewis last year, which coach are you going to sacrifice on the altar to the football gods now? Oh wait, you can't fire another one, so that's why you've been setting up Joey all year! You almost had me fooled!!

The damn west coast offense has no place in the midwest / rustbelt / black-n-blue division. Hey Matt Millen, get your head out of your nepotistic ass and remember who signs your paycheck and how the Fords get the money for your paycheck - It's us ... THE FANS... you owe us Millen. I remember how excited everyone was that you were hired because we would have a no-nonsense ex-linebacker, who had heart and wanted to win. Tell Mooch you love him and you can still be buds, but his ass is GONE! I'm sick of changing QB's every freaking year as I've repeated ad nauseam. NO ONE WANTS THE WEST COAST OFFENSE. And the damn draft picks AREN'T EVEN GEARED FOR THE FREAKING WEST COAST OFFENSE!! FK!! What don't you get?!

The one thing I do want to thank Mooch for is that I think that after this game he might have actually ... finally ... turned this into a DEFENSE town! More on that later...

I am officially & publicly turning in my 'Joey-Hater' card. Albeit he is not my preferred 'type' of QB, I have begun to actually respect the guy for his character. If we all stop to really think about this team, it seems that everyone is slowly imploding, including coaches except for the one who, by all rights, should have probably called it quits on this team last year, Joey Harrington. Go ahead and call him Joey-Blue-Skies, at least he's got the balls to keep getting up only to be punished over and over again by the likes of Ray Lewis and Julius Peppers, but to name a couple of punishing linebackers. Guess, you'd HAVE to have a positive outlook to think that things are going to actually get better. To imagine...

...That Joey might actually get more than 2 seconds from the snap to throw the ball, that Kevin Jones might have a hole every once in a while to run through or at least get have time to get back to the line of scrimmage. I would like to hear Damien Woody's opinion of his line, when there wasn't any media around.

Besides Steve 'it ain't my fault' Mariucci I'd also like to thank Roy 'don't tell me when I mess up' Williams for all the positive PR you're giving Joey by being such an ass in the media. Hey Joey, obviously you aren't being respected for having class & character, so the next time one of your FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK WIDE RECEIVERS don't catch the ball, call a freaking press conference. Maybe you could buddy up with Kenoy and have him put a hurt on those boys next time they drop 'em, or run the wrong route, or get the munchies during a route, or can't come up with a decent play. Yea, OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, and Kenoy's just the one to do it!...

... More on the actual game today later..

M&T Bank Stadium after the Cleveland Browns...OOops, I mean the Baltimore Ravens absolutely ImpLOdeD!! Even Steeler fans were cheering!! Strangely, that's how my head felt all day Sunday too, as I was out till the wee hours of the morning getting my Nine Inch Nails fix. Which also explains why this post is soooo late, I do believe all of the Jagermeister has finally left my blood stream and I am semi-sober again. Another great celebration of my personal new year! Ooops, so anyway..... What a great game. The Ravens did a great job of getting the fans into a chanting frenzy of 'nah, nah, nah-nah ** nah, nah, nah-nah, HEY hey hey GOOD-BYEEEE' and hand waving, as player after player was penalized and ejected from the game. We even had the wave going, and got to call fans 'murderin' (alleged, yet not guilty) losers' and Kevin Jones even managed to mock him in the endzone, hyuk... I love that boy!!

Fans around us were shockingly amazed and literally laughing out loud over the antics displayed by the Ravens. Although everyone felt the Joey fumble was iffy, we all KNEW that there was NO WAY a touchdown was going to get reversed 2 weeks in a row.

Alas, once again the Lions D gets no respect. It seems to me that if the other team is getting a bunch of holding calls it's because they can NOT stop our Defense so they HAVE to hold them, right? right! Way to go DEFENSE I love you and I think you guys ROCK. I'll even give props to Dre Bly who after missing his tackle managed to run back into the runner and bump the ball out of their hands for a fumble. Hey whatever works and the football gods were definitely on our side for once

The offense was lackluster, and really, if it weren't for the Raven self-destruction the game would have been quite boring! Another thing that bothers me about the lack of respect for our defense is how everyone manages to think our opponents are simply having a bad game because of how many turnovers they are having, never considering that perhaps our DEFENSE is forcing those turnovers.

Before I address the public outcry for not giving the ball to Kevin Jones 30 times during the Tampa game, I wanted to quickly mention that I saw Charles 'Chuck' Rogers hanging out with his buddy as we were walking in and although I didn't get C. Rogers in the frame, I did snag a pic of his best friend funny little fellow, huh? I figure the whole reason Chuck was not giving it his all was because he would start fantasizing about a Big Grab of Doritos with a side of ho-ho's in the middle of his route, and really who can blame him?? Give up millions of dollars for some good laughs and a ton of Dolly Madison snack pies, Hell Yea!!

As far as Kevin Jones only getting the ball 12 times Sunday against Tampa, the Lions only had their hands on the ball FREAKING THIRTY-NINE (39) times until the last drive of the game. The problem is 3rd down conversions, and the play calling. I think it really does come down to the coaches among other things. I still contend that most of it has to do with attitude. I've heard a few interviews on the radio with Lion's players and they seem to fall into 2 camps. One group does not want to be called out by their teammates when they fall short (C. Rogers, R. Williams and sadly C. Schlesinger) the other group (K. Jones, M. Pollard, D. Woody) who give it their all, are going to speak up when they feel like their teammates aren't. God Bless you men, it's about time someone holds these professionals accountable!! Now who is going to hold the draft pickers and coaches accountable. Someone really needs to put the screws to Mariucci and ask him why in the hell he has so much money invested in an offense built for the long passes when he doesn't have a damn play in which to use it!!

By the way Kwamee and the city of Detroit, YOU SUCK for the cheap stunt you pulled with your abandoned city lots!! We are no longer allowed to park there... Well we can but we get a $30.00 parking ticket. Seems like some type of fraud going on there, but I guess Kwamee needs more money for his 'alleged' hooker parties. You SUCK Kwamee, hmmmmmm, maybe you could be the Ravens new mascot as you'd be a perfect example of a human implosion. If Detroit votes you back in as Mayor they get what they deserve.

At the risk of becoming repetitive.....WTF??

What is going on with this freaking 'team'? Wait, let me take that partially back. Can we all look on the bright side for a couple of seconds and chant, 'DE-FENSE * * DE-FENSE * * DE-FENSE * *' The defense really brought it today, and if it weren't for them the score would have been closer to 24-0!!

There is much bally-hooing over the admittedly horrible call in the endzone that nullified the Lions touchdown in the final seconds, but the game should have NEVER came down to that. With all the work the defense did we should have been beating Tampa the whole game. The offense absolutely sucks!! Wait let me take that partially back. The bright side; Kevin Jones, Marcus Pollard and Damien Woody for their effort. And for seemingly being the only ones on the offense that give a shit.

The wide receivers were called out nationally and locally for not giving it their all, not only by the announcers, and other media but Garcia, Pollard and Woody chimed in. Thank goodness for players that were brought in from other teams and know what it's like to play for a winning team and aren't shy about calling out the whiny beyotchs, oops I mean FIRST ROUND WIDE RECEIVER DRAFT PICKS FOR THE PAST THREE FRICKING YEARS!

I don't know who is responsible for the final decision in draft choices, but YOU'RE FIRED!! I am officially forming a committee to include; Shaun Rogers, Kalimba Edwards, Kevin Jones, Marcus Pollard, Damien Woody and Jason Hanson. They will have the final say in who is drafted, and the Lions will be playing in the Superbowl the year after!

ROY - What happened?? What the hell happened to you? You were my favorite player on the offense, you made awesome catches and played your heart out last year, what the hell happened to you? Sure you came on the radio today and took the full blame for the loss and although it was very 'noble' of you, there was a certain amount of insincerity in your remarks. Being in the corporate world it was easy to hear the politic'ing in your responses. You see yourself as the leader of the wide receiver crew? Than shut-up and put-up. I don't care if you don't like Joey Harrington, he probably doesn't like you either, just quitcher whining and freaking do your job like the rest of us.

Charles Rogers who hasn't done shit in 3 years is upset because he gets no direction... HEY CHARLES, RUN AND CATCH THE BALL AND THEN RUN IT IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN! How's that for direction? Simple enough?

Roy Williams did NOT appreciate Kevin Jones calling him out about the wrong route he ran last week, as he is a grown man and doesn't need negative criticism... HEY ROY, RUN THE RIGHT ROUTE CATCH THE BALL AND THEN RUN IT IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN! And quit being a freaking prima-donna already.

Mike Williams ... who?

I really do like Favre/Roethlesberger (sp?) types of QB's, but we've got Joey and if Trent freaking Dilfer can take a team to/and win a Superbowl well hell, anyone is capable. Our QB's have changed every year or three for as long as I can remember and we've ruined them all. All of them leave here with a look of a deer caught in headlights.

The Detroit Lions need to get back to basics and someone has finally gotten a cohesive, strong, kick-ass defense in place. I say we sell M. Williams and C. Rogers to the highest bidders and we get our QB's some damn protection (I'll give Roy another chance) !

Even more underrated than the defense is the Offensive Linemen, and you can tell the offensive line has been an afterthought (if any thought at all) with the Lions. If they can't block long enough to give the QB a freaking fighting chance to get the grass out of his teeth before he gets taken down again, then it doesn't matter if you have Rice, TO & Moss out there with Favre passing. It really quite simple when you think about it. It makes sense to ME - Doll Logic, USE IT!

Kenoy Kennedy 6+ tackles, Earl Holmes 6+ tackles.... And a salute to a real man of genius - Dre Bly falling on his ass watching Kennedy or Holmes tackle his man 12+ times ... Dre Bly tackle your opponent you overrated Mr. 'fall on top of the pile to make it look like you made a tackle' Man

What the HELL happened??? I need a smiley with egg on its face. Boy, someone sure feels like a dumbass! I'm so stunned I'm speechless... well almost.

First & foremost let me first get this out of the way ....ahh there, I feel 'slightly' better. I really can't think of much to say other than WTF? I like most everyone else are wondering WTF happened Sunday. Are the Lions really THAT bad? What happened to my damn defense? Who the hell were those Hall of Fame running backs on da Bears team?

Jeeezus! I actually sort of kept a running log of what was going on during the game so I could recap it a bit. And make my usual astute and entertaining comments about our win against Chicago, and found myself glued to the t.v. As much as I didn't want to watch the debacle anymore it was strangely like watching a train wreck about to happen. I kept waiting for someone to pull the lever in order to prevent what I knew in my gut was going to happen.

Instead someone pulled a lever somewhere and I fell into a hole and heard, "Off with their heads! Off with their heads!" This really is a surreal feeling and you could hear it in everyone's voices as they called radio shows, talked over the water cooler, even the all-knowing talk show hosts. Usually after a Lions loss there is anger and lots of it. This time there just seemed to be a bunch of people walking around with their jaws gaping open and a thought bubble over their head saying, "WTF?!"

Please Mr. Ford can I have Matt Millen's job? I certainly can't do any worse!! The first thing I would do is clean house! Look, I KNOW that I tend to be a pollyanna when it comes to the Lions and life in general actually. I LIKE my rose colored glasses, thank you very much... and I understand that people/fans do not want to hear, 'Lions are going to the Superbowl baby'. But give me that any day over the lackadaisical attitude that has permeated this team for as long as I can remember.

Where's the freaking passion dammit? I want to hear some confidence and passion. What's freaking WRONG with believing you can achieve? This Lions team is BEAT every year before they even start. Not to sound like a high school football coach, but you have to believe in yourself and believe you CAN WIN - EVEN the freaking SUPERBOWL- or you might as well just pack it up and go back to homeroom. Vince Lombardi said it best, 'Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a LOSER'.

Enter M&M (aka Mariucci & Millen), hell if Mr. Ford doesn't want to give me the job, I'll take the real Eminem... I hear he might be looking for a new job, as a matter of fact hit the play button up there and listen. I'd love to see that scrawny little white boy come in here & kick some ass. Maybe these players and coaches don't have a fear of going back to the mobile home if they fail, but maybe they should! I just don't get it! Let me try and figure this out in a logical progression.

1. We draft a young QB who is supposedly known for his 4th quarter game saving and long passes in college, he plays piano... so freaking what.
2. We have the two 'best' young receivers out there and come draft day we get yet another 'great' young receiver (triple threat my ass).

• So hmmm what kind of plays would we logically call? Well 5 yard dump offs just SHORT of the first down EVERY DOWN - OBVIOUSLY!! WTF? Sure, that makes sense!

1. We have Rogers, Wilkinson, Hall & Edwards. Add Holmes & Bailey.
2. We have a rookie Quarterback playing his 2nd game on the other team.

• So hmmm let's NOT blitz him, let's not scare or rush the lad- OBVIOUSLY!! WTF? Sure that makes sense!

SOMEONE THROW ME A FREAKING LADDER!!!!!!!!!

I could go on and on, but I'm sick of formatting all the damn lists in html. I thought it was interesting that Dick Jaurron our defensive coordinator used to be the Bears head coach back when the Bears defense SUCKED! Hmmm... Think there's a correlation. Nah, that would be too freaking logical for this team.

Off with their heads! I have to admit I'm not exactly sure who has the power to do what in the NFL football team hierarchy, but someone has to be responsible and I want them GONE! Viva la Eminem... Egads, I never thought that would come outta my mouth.

Hmmm, perhaps the majority of players/coaches feel like they already achieved their one opportunity and it was only to make it to the pro's cuz some of the players sure as hell don't believe they'll achieve anymore, as Dominic Raiola said when he was interviewed, 'The Lions are not a team that can come back once they are behind, it's going to be a long season, and that's about the only positive thing I can say'.... WTF? Fire his ass,

Oh wait maybe he should look to his coach for some positive reinforcement, and his great knowledge of the game as he showed when he said, 'We ended up throwing the ball more than we wanted to (huh?), this one got away from us (sick of hearing that!) and we'll have to study the game AFTERWARDS to see if we made the right decisions'. Are you FREAKING kidding ME? Pfft! You and your coaching staff can't make adjustments DURING the game?? You have to wait to lose the damn games first? Pfft!

Oh, and where was the freaking outrage over Pollard's illegal hit?? Where were his damn teammates? Nothing like knowing someone's got your back. Pfft! I've got to stop now, or my head's going to pop.

Look... If you had... ONE shot.. ONE opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted.. ONE moment .... would you capture it or let it slip?

That's right!! Lions are in FIRST PLACE baby!!! On our way to the Black-n-Blue Division Title. Da Bears & Vikings also lost... WOOHOO Superbowl bound! Just think we'll be the first team to host our own Superbowl!

Well I FINALLY got my DEFENSE!! And JUST like I stated earlier, give me a good corner over a good wide receiver anyday, in this case a safety ala Kenoy Kennedy and Terrence Holt... Welcome to DETROIT, and I LOVE you guys!! Shaun Rogers and James Hall were stellar as usual Earl Holmes showed up and is now my favorite linebacker, sorry Lehman but you had your chance. And WOW where did we get Kalimba Edwards from? He really brought it yesterday. Overall I love the way our new defense is gel-ing (is that a real word? It sure don't look right). I think the defensive additions that were made spurred our veterans on, it sure is nice to finally have some bad-azzes!

As far as the Offense goes, I really missed seeing some Roy Williams acrobatic catches, but being named as one of the 100 hottest players to watch in the NFL, had him double-teamed all game. Joey Harrington actually RAN WITH THE BALL!! And the Lions took my advice, retired the #86 and recruited a tight end, that CAUGHT passes! No. 81 Marcus Pollard, I thought he was a damn wide receiver the way he was playing yesterday. Who the hell is Charles Rogers? Does anyone even care anymore? Kevin Jones was SOLID!!

Talk-radio is awash with the usual CRAP!! "It wasn't a pretty win", "Green Bay didn't play its best", "Brett Favre was distracted", "Detroit wouldn't have won if Green Bay didn't get so many penalties", "the game was boring"...

Put simply our D-FENCE ROCKS!!! The defense won this game. AND GUESS WHAT IF YOU WANT PRETTY join Joey for some Champagne and Piano recitals, DEFENSE IS DOWN & DIRTY and this girl for one LOVED THE GAME!! I'll take this dirty win and GIVE ME MORE!!!Keep it up guys, the REAL football fans thought the game was very exciting, sacks, interceptions, oompf tackles, stopping 3rd down conversions... OMG IT WAS GREAT!! Y'all wanna see pretty? How's this for pretty... note the green & yellow black eye? heh. Sure was nice to see some other team bending over for once, especially Green Bay! I'm sure Kalimba didn't mean to force Brett to bend over by sitting on his head...Thanks for the pic Dutz =)

Needless to say, there is ONE person in Detroit that is VERY happy with this win, and to all those people that say we got lucky, "LUCK is what happens when PREPARATION meets OPPORTUNITY" so screw all you crappy Lions "Fans" out there! The Lions are never given credit, if this game went the other way, everyone would be clamoring over how great Green Bay's defense was, so give OUR guys their props for once dammit!

Now... Besides the plays on the field...

• Where in the hell can I find a Shaun Rogers youth (large) jersey in black???? There are girls that do really like football out here that also don't want to be tripping over the damn lions jerseys because they are hanging below our knees. I don't want a pink t-shirt, I want a Shaun Rogers jersey. Someone MAKE one already!! Another example of how the defense gets no damn respect! You don't even get to pick defensive players for fantasy football! What a joke as Jimmy Kimmel said, 'Guys, you really DON'T own a football team!'
• Cheese head were abound, and as someone was very astute in observing, the ticket office did a great job in spreading them out throughout Ford Field instead of 'packing' them all into one little space.


• The damn donut lost the race by a huge margin,coffee won and the bagel passed out from carb overload as it neared the finish line. PLUS.... We once again did not win the Johnsonville Lucky Row. They get free sausages - Maybe next time!


• We had some very irritating fans that were sitting behind us, they kept droning chant after chant, you know, that drunk monotone chant. Most of the time it was 'JOOOOO-EEEEE - JOOOOO-EEEEE - JOOOOO-EEEEE'. OMG, it was soooooo freaking irritating, even the Huge Joey fan in front of us was getting sick of it. I think the fan in front of us is Joey's fourth cousin on the step-mother's side or something, because he gets awfully upset when we make disparaging remarks about Joey! People started yellchanting 'SHUT-UP' it didn't work. Whenever Joey screwed up it brought a chorus of 'There's your damn Joey, now shut the hell up', that didn't work either.


• There was another irritating drunk (this is what happens when people have too much time too drink) hanging out by the ladies bathrooms, which are RIGHT next to the concession stand chanting ' LETTTTTT'S GOOOOOOOO LIIIIIIIIII-OOOOOOOOOOONS'. Over and over and over and over and over. And over & over & over. Some guy waiting in line for MORE beer told him to shut the f*ck up at which point the chanter immediately started chanting louder. OMG, I thought the 'more beer guy' was gonna go for the 'chanter guys' throat. What fun. I love football!!! lmao


• I thought these two would make excellent opponents for a special half-time: The battle of the plus-sized female football fans; Lion's Fan vs. Green Bay's Fan. It would be a close one for sure!
  

• The good news is the '1st down dude' didn't make an appearance on the damn jumbo-tron, I'm really starting to think I just may have a Ford fan reading this... Hmmm, how about letting us keep our seats for the Superbowl Mr. Ford?? Puleeeeeeeeez?!


• The bad news is they kept showing freaking Dre Bly on the damn jumbo-tron waving his hands trying to get the crowd pumped up. Hey Dre.... Make some damn plays and you'll see us get pumped up you overrated camera-hog.


• The other good news is we got to see an instant replay!!! Thank you! And the highlights of the game during the game was another great addition to the commercial break tedium.


• I finally got a picture of the most important player across stadiums all across the United States! He's definitely elusive and you really have to be paying attention to spot him in the split second he is within sight. And then you have to practically crawl over other people just so you can pay him for his time!


• Someone got kicked out to our right along the 20 yard line. Everyone was cheering wildly.


• Stefani called the punt receiver/kick-off returner (?) -I always get those 2 confused -another term for a kitty and the older lady packer fan in front of us just about crapped her pants as she tried to surpress her giggling.


• We got there late once again because someone forgot to bring the tickets with her! I manage to do that at least once every season. Well, the bright side is I got it out of the way early this season... So we didn't get to tailgate with 'The Hangman', but I do have your map... One of these games...


• I still have NOT found my Shaun Rogers jersey, apparently they do not make them in youth sizes, but Stef did find her Jones jersey, so she's looking finer than usual. It was amazing how many guys did not know who #34 was. They would always have to try & turn Stef around so they could see her 'back' in order to see the name on the back of her 'jersey'. MEN! Did I mention I can NOT find a Shaun Rogers jersey yet? What the Hell??


• During our half-time smoke break some hookers were trying to get free tickets to the Tigers game (or something) and managed to rile the boys up by flashing them their bra's. MEN! And No, ... Sorry, didn't get a picture... MEN!
• There was some stupid Green Bay girl fans a few rows in front of us that kept trying to get on tv with their sign. Someone yelled, 'Sit down you hooker' and she did. The older lady looked back at us and just about crapped her pants as she tried not to giggle. I think she had a grand old time!!


• Some a$$hole actually called the radio station and actually suggested to Lomas Brown that ED-DY (as in Drummond) should get a stern talking to because he takes too many chances on punt returns. What a freaking moron!! It goes against Mooch's conservative game play, and what if he lost the ball or got hurt, he should call more safe catches. And NO he was not being sarcastic, stupid people hurt.

Overall it was a great day! The weather was warm, the fans were great, and most importantly the LIONS WON and are in FIRST PLACE! And our DEFENSE ROCKS! Savor it & quitcher bitching, damn 'I want a pretty win' fans. Maybe you could ask Joey to do a cartwheel the next time he completes a pass to appease you Offense People. Wait, that might be not-so-damn-pretty at all. It was a very pretty win because our Defense made the pack look UGLY. GO D!

So the majority of the Lion's fans got their cornbread in Mike Williams. Pathetic smiling faces slobbering over the fact that we (ahem, I mean the Detroit Lions) are going to be unstoppable on offense. Gawd, c'mon people. This is why Detroit has never won a Superbowl.

As I've been spouting off for years, a great corner will take out a great wide receiver anyday. Not only that, but the great corner can then - in turn - possibly score a touchdown. At the very least a broken play or an interception can be the "GAME BREAKER". The defense is really the "PLAY MAKERS".

I don't understand why a tough city turns into a bunch of mewling kittens over offense!? And for all you offense people out there, can you say.... Indianapolis Colts?? Do you all really think because we drafted another freaking wide receiver that we'd be better than the Colts? I didn't think so, even if there are a few out there dreaming of that comparison, I say, "So WHAT!" The Colts have an unstoppable offense right? Hah, let's ask Tedy Bruschi and Rodney Harrison. For those of you that don't know them, they are but a couple of the Defensive players for the New England Patriots, you know, the Patriots, Superbowl Champs - No I didn't think so

I was ready to throw in the towel for another year thinking same old/same old, but then I heard some magic words...Kenoy Kennedy ... ha HA, FINALLY! Maybe someone finally read my blog! I am soooo geeked about Kennedy, I might have to buy two Lions jerseys now. We finally got our Bad Ass. Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the Ford's don't try to wet their fingers, slick his hair back and tell him to be a good boy.

Between Kennedy, Rogers and Hall maybe we can finally instill some actual FEAR in the offense of the other teams. Yes, he's been fined for helmet to helmet tackles, but as he said,

"They said I led with my head. But how do you tackle? I've never seen a guy go up and butt a guy with his chest. I don't know what to do. Maybe I should drop-kick them, or do something like that. I don't know."

...and the true test, Kennedy answered that the fines wouldn't stop him from being aggressive. I like this guy and his attitude! I am excited again about this season, even the black jerseys... Hey, it worked for Tampa Bay, now if we could just get some damn corners!! Over 6 feet please Millen, height should be a pre-requisite.

Okay, someone get me Millen's home number!! What the hell?! I turn on the radio today and just happen to catch the tail end of the announcers in shocked voices talking about how Minnesota passed on Williams, then it goes to a commercial

Commercials over, I don't follow college football, so on draft day the names don't mean much to me, I'm mainly interested in the position they played. So meanwhile, the announcers are talking about how Minnesota took Williamson instead of Williams and with Moss gone, they really thought they were going to take Williams. Arizona's turn (blah blah blah) Washington's turn they take the Cornerback ! DAMMIT ! I have been complaining for some years now about the fact that the Lions have never had any real good corners. Not that I can remember anyway. And here Washington goes & takes him from us, I knew it was going to happen though because Washington is usually a Defense Team.

Okay, well that sucks but there is another good corner, and a couple of linebackers out there. Lions turn, by now I'm at a pizza joint with a coworker that has to PEE all the time (hehehehe, private joke ) and the Lions announce that they take....... Williams...... WHAT?? WHAT THE F***? What?! Why in the hell, Who in the hell? I am dumbfounded! It's really pathetic that a girly tomboy knows more about football then 'football' guys. I mean what are these bozo's thinking??!! The way I described what had just happened with this football pick to my coworker is akin to what millions of women (& their husbands/boyfriends) can relate to and goes as follows:

"Hun, I'm going to run to the store and get that ski jacket that you said I would NEED for our ski trip before they're all gone, do you have everything you need? All packed? I know I shouldn't have waited so long, but I'll be back before you know it, and still have time to pack"

"Just try & hurry, we have to be at the airport early. I have everything I need and I'm packed."

So off we go to the mall and as we're walking toward the ski shop we notice a beautiful bathing suit at the Guess store, "Wow, I can't believe no one bought that and it's the same one that the bitch down the street said she was going to buy and that was a one of a kind". So we traipse in, almost in a trance and buy it! Hah! THAT felt GOOD!

Well, getting back to the ski jacket, we find that once we get to the store, the jackets no longer there, "Oh well, I'll just get a cheaper one, at least I got that bathing suit! The nerve of that 'woman' telling me that she had already bought the one of a kind, hah". Feeling smug we get home and tell our hubby all about the bitch down the street and how she passed up this bathing suit and how I managed to snatch it.

"That's great sweetie, but did you get that ski jacket I told you about, you're really going to NEED it or you're going to be miserably cold the whole time. You did NEED a ski jacket, and although the bathing suit is beautiful you have 2 other one's that are just as pretty and already broken in. I just don't understand you women, why buy something you don't need and skimp on what really matters?" muttering "...sheesh women!" as he walks away.

So there they are on the ski slopes, she's freezing her ass off because she didn't buy the jacket she NEEDED. She then ruins the trip by deciding she's going to sit in the hotel room the rest of the time, because as it turns out, the 'one of a kind' bathing suit she bought for the hot tub turned out to be too tight and just doesn't fit quite right, so it sits in her suitcase right next to her 2nd rate ski jacket. Well maybe she can lose some weight & use the swimsuit next year, and heck she can just buy another ski jacket then too. She drifts off into a restless sleep having a nightmare of her husband skiing the best slopes with a girl wearing the good ski jacket, muttering she'll get it right next year.

Whoever the 'mastermind' was in making the decision of choosing yet ANOTHER wide receiver, should be fired. Right Now! I would be happy to work for the Lions for free and swear to make intelligent decisions. You can't score offensive touchdowns while the other teams offense is on the field!

If our offense only has 8 minutes per game because our corners and/or our linebackers can't make the stops, then I don't care if they go out and get Favre & Moss, they'd only be playing catchup. I mean we're not talking rocket science here. We NEED to STOP the other teams!! We have a good base with Rogers and Hall, we need to build on them, around them. Why can't the @#*%$ Lions front office understand that??? Williams can go out and score a touchdown every time he's out on the field, but we need a strong defense to give the offense the opportunity to win. Hell a good corner can even score touchdowns too. Argh, I"m too frustrated with the damn Lions to see straight anymore right now.

Here's to Millen and the tough defense guy he purported himself to be, and here's to whoever else is making these dumbass decisions... my salute to you ...From one of your disgruntled season ticket holders.

Just heard Mariucci talking about maybe, possibly, if his health is well, if he agrees with the Lion's concept, if he passes the doctors tests, maybe... signing Jeff Garcia to the Detroit Lions!!

Is this good or bad? I'm pretty sure I liked the guy, but why is he getting released from all the other teams?

Hmmmm...

Well, he sure as hell is better than the Ty Detmer 'veteran quarterback' debacle from a few years ago... I think.

Hmmm....

Well, Hell, anyone is better than JoMo!!!

Hmmm.....

Well, no one could be worse than JoMo

Hmmm...

Uh oh, just heard them talking about Kurt Warner being a free agent... DON'T DO IT!! I'm going to puke if they sign Warner, oh jeez, I'm starting to feel like I'm at a Lions game and we're winning by a lot in the 4th quarter when all of a sudden... well you know the rest if you're a fellow Lion's fan.

I still want some damn DEFENSE Mooch!!! I still need my really awesome Linebacker, Oh and get me some bad ass corners & safeties dammit! Rogers & Hall could use a little help here!

I decided to do a public service for all you out-of-towners that will be coming into Detroit for Super Bowl XL (that's 40 for people that don't remember their roman numerals). There is bound to be a ton of information that is going to be floating around on the internet about Detroit hosting the Super Bowl, along with a ton of 'great places to stay and places to visit'. Of course all those 'great places' are trying to get your cash, so how do you know if it's the truth or not? Well....

Being the kind, honest, fun, Lion fan, gal-about-town that I am... I have decided to avail myself to all of you and bring some gritty reality and no-holds-barred honesty about our 'lovely' shitty (I mean city, oops) of Detroit. Hopefully Kwami Kilpatrick won't come down on my ass and have his bodyguards beat the crap out of me, but if I go missing you now know who to peg for my disappearance.

Don't stay in the actual city of Detroit, you're not going to be casually strolling around anywhere at night anyway... TRUST ME! Downtown Detroit is a joke, and I'm sure you will all be sorely disappointed with Kwami, along with Coleman Young's version of a downtown.

To give you a brief history of the structure of Metro-Detroit. What I'm about to say is unfortunately 'just the facts' as Joe Friday would say. Back in the sixties there was a race-riot, and Coleman Young became Mayor and held the office for the next 20 years. Coleman was what many would define as a reverse-racist and soundly divided the black & white races. Nor was he shy about it. This led to the an exodus of whites moving OUT of the city of Detroit. Eventually business followed.

Eminem's movie "8 Mile". Was a wonderful yet poignant choice for the name of the movie. In Metro-Detroit, 8 Mile is the dividing line between Detroit (the city proper) and it's northern suburbs (part of Metro-Detroit). Metro-Detroit actually encompasses all points east, south & west of Detroit, with different 'dividing' roads. 8 Mile just happens to be the one that separates the Northern Suburbs.

The closer you live to 8 Mile, the closer you are to Detroit. The exodus from Detroit moved North and continues to move farther and farther North and/or West. If you start from the Northern suburbs (at this point in time) 32 Mile Road, it is sort of still farm land. The good-ole country fed families usually live out here, for example one of those cities is Romeo ('I'm a cowboy baby, Kid Rock's hometown'). The area is more what people would consider quaint with older, siding type farm homes with a small downtown. As you move south through the mile roads you will be able to judge the wealth of the city you are in by not only how big the homes are, but how much brick coverage there are on the homes.

For any smart piggie knows that the big bad wolf can't huff & puff and blow your house down as easily with all that brick. And believe me, in Michigan, Mother Nature is one tough broad! We feel the extreme of EVERY season! Every season comes barreling through our state in all it's individual glory. Those that can't stand the changes are now somewhere in Florida or Arizona (but I digress....).

The farther south you move towards Detroit, the smaller, closer & more run down the area gets (maybe really starting to show around 10 & 1/2 mile) and you'll start noticing the bars on the business and see the infamous "Cash your check here" & "We accept Foodstamps" that seem to indicate the poorer sections of anytown, USA. You eventually get just north of 8 Mile and hit South Warren and you might see some aluminum trailer parks ('I'm the real Slim Shady', Eminem's hometown).

Due (in my opinion, of course) mainly to Mayor Young's disdain for us white folk, the white folk pretty much said, 'up yours too Coleman' and as they all moved farther out of Detroit, little mini-downtown areas cropped up. Two of the most popular being Royal Oak and Birmingham. These are probably the cities you should look into staying at. They both have a fun, safe downtown area (only a few blocks) with clubs and restaurants. On the weekends, these are where most of us go to 'hang-out' dance, eat, have fun.

Also, another thing that absolutely SUCKS about the Metro-Detroit area is that we have NO mass transportation. You WILL need to rent a car, which brings up another reason as to why it is good to try & get a room in the downtown area's I mentioned. If you plan on having a couple drinks and drive - forget the Superbowl, you'll find yourself in a cell with some MADD members plotting your demise. Cabs are just about non-existent and cost an arm & a leg, and as mentioned earlier we don't have buses, or els, or subways. Make sure you have a designated driver or stay somewhere close enough that you can walk SAFELY home to your hotel room.

Hope this was helpful, and I'll try & post more info as to some fun places. I think I'll add a 'shout-box' to this site too, like I did to my Survivor page and other's can help out our out-of-towners as well. Oh, and I'll be happy to accept a couple of Super Bowl tickets for me and Stefani that you might offer out of the goodness of your heart for being so helpful and telling it how it is with total disgregard for my own safety. Just kidding (sort-of)

Brady just practically threw a hail mary in the first minutes of the playoffs, and it was PERFECT, a thing of beauty really!!!

Okay, forget Rothlesberger or whatever his name is, Plummer... sorry Jake but you just don't quite measure up. Harrington... hah, he should kiss whatever football gods that even gave him the opportunity for his name to be mentioned with the others.

Tom Brady Rules!! Come home Tom, pulleeeez? We miss you man!

Well rumors were running rampant that Joey was going to be released after this season. Much to my dismay, they were unfounded. They were based on the parting remarks of the recently released Offensive Coordinator (whose name I can't seem to recall right now), 'The Detroit Lions will never be a winner with Joey Harrington as the quarterback. WO!

Are these the remarks of a disgruntled coach? (Sherm Lewis, I remembered). I haven't been reading the papers, so I'm assuming that he got canned because he took the brunt of the ineffectiveness of the Lion's offense. Fans wanted Joey's head and as par for the course around here, we got the ole' bait & switch. Having never played professional football myself, I find it hard to believe that Lewis coordinated Joey's interceptions. There are other rumors that Lewis didn't like Harrington, and apparently they were true. Was this his final parting remark to try & get someone other than M&M (Mariucci & Millen) to listen or a 'don't blame me', I'm not taking responsibility, even though it was my fault' retort?

Who knows, but I do know that every rumor has some basis in fact. C'mon, someone in the Lions organization, invite me to your private meetings. I want to KNOW what the hell is really going on over there. Pullleeeeeze?

Can you say Roethlisberger? (me either), think we could thunk him over the head when he's sleeping and force him to play here? I think he may be the next Farve, he even sounds like him.

Why does the murder capital of the world, the Motor City, DEEE-troit whose football team plays in the Black-n-Blue division ALWAYS draft pansies for quarterbacks??? Maybe we should fire whoever does our scouting. Yeah!! He's got to be the same guy that says all those 5'10" corners are really good. C'mon now, they may be good in college but we're talking about the pro's here. Three quarters of the wide receivers they were defending didn't make it to the pro's cuz they were too damn short!

From everything I have ever heard about the Ford's. They are a very nice, well-bred, well mannered, polite family, and I think they may recruit players with the same qualities. Hey that's great if you're going to invite them to dinner parties, but we're talking FOOTBALL here!! FYI to the Ford Family; The players are not a direct reflection on you or your family, the fans are paying you to pay them to WIN! I don't care if they fake a moon at the other fans... (oops, they slipped, don't fine me!) in fact I think that would be great, think Bill Laimbiere attitude.

I want to see the same looks on our players that I saw on Bettis today when he missed his first attempt at a touchdown. This team needs some damn testosterone for once. I have an idea, let Shaun Rogers pick our guys for the draft next year!

The Lions lost, but who cares... Rogers got a 6 year, good contract!!I'm going to get my jersey this week, if someone is selling them that is. Although we have a girl for a QB, we signed Rogers and Kevin Jones, just may very well be, Barry Sanders with personality and some smooth dance moves, on top of it.

Yep, look for me proudly wearing my 92 & Stefani in her 34. We're putting in a request for a move this year, so we may no longer be hanging out with our fellow buds in 140. We'll see.

I'm really excited about the future Lions. Besides the fact that Rogers and Jones are deservedly ProBowl picks, they have something we have been lacking for as long as I can remember. LIFE. I don't see either one of these guys sitting idly by; year after year, quietly wallowing in their misery ala Barry. I see two future leaders that LIKE and WANT to WIN. Win for the sake of winning. True competitors. Competitors who hold themselves to very high standards, & will expect nothing less from their teammates, even (as Arnold would say) our Guhrllie-Maaan QB, JoMO.

**Newsflash** Jake Plummer just ran it in for a touchdown. Why-oh-why didn't we get him? So, he flipped the Denver fans off, we might be pissed about that in Detroit, but we'd respect him for it - heh, anyway...

Barry might have been the best running back of all time, but we'll never really know, because he QUIT. That's the one thing I will never understand and why I can't fully respect him as the 'best' running back ever. At least Ricky Williams quit for a 'higher' pursuit... LMAO. Anyway, as I've said to my friends; How can anyone quit when they are THAT close to breaking NFL records. How can any person that is truly a competitor quit? I don't care if it's barbecuing spare ribs, if you were 10 minutes away from winning the barbecue grill-off for an unheard of 5 years in a row, could you just turn your barbecue off and say, 'Enough, I don't like the way they eat my spareribs, so I quit!'?

Back to the future though, it looks good. I just have a few wishes for next year:

• Can we PLEASE get some corners, preferably over 6' and fast?

• Cory, Cory, Cory, let him play more, throw him the damn ball once in a while!

• Although Alexander actually caught more than he dropped, I'd like to burn the #86 because everyone that's worn it should be 86'd - haHA pun intended

• Hey Swinton, when you catch the ball after a punt, RUN you chickenshit, can we all chant EDDIE, EDDIE, EDDIE.

• Mariucci, quit with the 'Bend but don't break' B.S. I'm sick of watching us BEND over on every 3rd and long the other team manages to convert, and I'm sure the guys on the team are sick of bending over too!

• I really, really want to like Teddy Lehman, or atleast one of our linebackers. I like linebackers. I haven't seen much out of him this year. Can you step it up a notch Teddie?

• More BLITZ's dammit!

• We need a really good safety/strong safety ala Mike Carrier, someone that will put the fear of the hospital emergency room into the wide receivers that dare to go up for a pass.

• And last but not least, I want us, to not only, get to the playoffs, but win them.

• Oh yea, and playing in the SuperBowl at home would be awesome. I know, I know WDFN, pass me the pudding.

If there is any doubt left out there as to the fact that our QB is really a girl, watch him 'block'!, OMG, I would love to see that replayed over and over and over again. He's a blocking gurhllie-maaan for sure! Even the announcers were laughing about it. Not only does JoMO throw the interception he gets a 10 yard penalty for (as the announcers put it) "bad form". hahahaha. Like they said, Joey's going to be cringing when he sees what a schmuck he is on t.v.

They should make him practice in the linebacker position this year, maybe that'll toughen the lad up a little. I mean really, did you see how cutely he fell in front of the guy, it was quite dainty, just like our Joey. A delicate little flower.