THE BLACK AND BLUE PRINT: UFC 167 AND BEYOND
The only people entirely satisfied by the conclusion of the fight between Georges St. Pierre and Johny Hendricks are Josh Koscheck and Chael Sonnen because the controversial bout is making sure no one is talking about how Tyron Woodley murdered Koscheck and then murdered his falling corpse for good measure. Nor are people talking about how escaped circus elephants have killed people more gently than manner in which Rashad Evans beat Chael Sonnen, causing Chael to tap to strikes in the first round.
No what everyone is talking about is how Hendricks was robbed in his split decision loss to GSP. Most people had the fight scored 3 rounds to 2 for Hendricks. The judges agreed on all rounds except for the first which the two GSP leaning judges had GSP winning while the final judge said that round was for Hendricks. I had the first round to Hendricks as well as did most people online. That being said FightMetrics show a very close round. With GSP scoring 2 takedowns to Hendrick's 1. Not a robbery at all but since GSP doesn't lose rounds often an opponent giving him stiff competition in the early frame may have made it look like GSP was decisively losing a round that was actually really competitive.
I'm curious as to why there is no stand up rule if a fighter slips and falls? GSP slipped in round 4 which allowed Hendricks to get top position and do some damage. Round 4 would look a lot like a GSP round absent the consequences of that slip.
So while I do think Hendricks should have been declared the winner I can't go for this robbery talk as within the judging criteria there is more than enough to justify GSP winning the first round and after that round most people are in agreement. Everyone except Dana White(who said Hendricks won 4 of the 5 rounds) who was all but unhinged at the post fight press conference. Once again declaring how bad judging in Nevada is and that he was scared to have another card there. Can't say he doesn't know how to sell a potential rematch though.
*Hendricks
Needs to work on his conditioning he wasn't the same fighter after the 2nd round. He can cry foul all he wants but he had George hurt badly early and often but didn't have the conditioning to pull off the stoppage.
*GSP
For years and years I've said the problem with fighting safe all the time is that there will come a time when a guy jumps all over you ad puts you behind and since you're not use to being behind and you're not using to "go for it" your not going to have the ability to knock a guy out or submit him. My landlord first said this phrase to me back in 2005. "The thing about GSP is, he ain't a killer." And I've used it many times since hearing it. We saw this again on Saturday night. Hendricks was fading and you got the sense that if GSP could just turn it up Hendricks would be done. But instead GSP stayed at distance and tried to work the jab. Won him the round but cost him a chance to win the fight decisively.
Also was it just me or did GSP look 5-10lbs lighter than usual?
One thing I really think has been made clear with the last few big title fights is that the reign of all these long running champions are deeply in threat. Hendricks was well prepared for GSP's usual tools. He threw upper cuts and knees as George shot in which really disrupted his game plan. Similarly Weidman proved to be the only guy who stayed focused while Anderson clowned. These guys have been champs so long that a veritable book has been written on their techniques. There's enough tape out there for guys to make more effective game plans than ever before. This is a huge disadvantage especially when you're the champ and you're fighting a guy whose up and coming and whose career isn't long enough to allow the champ the material to do the same amount of research.
It'll be interesting to see how this factors in to their future matches.
FUCKING BROKE AS FUCK RIGHT NOW AND NEED SOME SORT OF PAYDAY FROM SOMETHING OR OTHER...maybe from gambling?...yeah right...i have more odds of coming across a scene like this...than winning money off of football...
What happened last week...recap...fuck that...that was the past...stick to the present...so let's just fucking do this...WEEK 11...
JETS vs bills...not sold on this bullshit jets team but what else you gonna do here?
baltimore vs BEARS...another game either team can win...dear lord...
CLEVELAND at bengals...bengals have lost two key players and there last two in overtime...if the browns had a quarterback i would feel very confident...yeah i'm off the bengals bandwagon...official
redskins at PHILLI...an easy win for philli?...yeah right, not if i'm picking them!
DETROIT at pitt...if the lions can win in chicago they can win against a shittier steelers team
falcons at TAMPA...loved how tampa beat the dolphins on monday night...just rubbed shit into the faces of the dolphins...made my fucking football weekend.
ARIZONA at jags...the cards are the new sexy team...sexy cheerleaders...sexy and tough cheerleaders that can beat you up!...WHO THE FUCK IS SHE!!!!!????
oakland at HOUSTON...another bullshit 50/50 game that i will lose
SAN DIEGO at miami...miami's free falling like tom petty...
49ers at NEW ORLEANS...49ers looked like shit against a crappy carolina offence...good luck against the saints offence buddy boys
green bay at GIANTS...giants catch a break as rodgers is out and go for 4 in a row!
vikings at SEAHAWKS...feel secure in my feelings with this game.
kc at DENVER...nice game...i'll watch this one...see how the chiefs match up.
NEW ENGLAND at carolina...i like this carolina defence...an intriguing game...i'll check in on the second half for this one...cause the days of watching an entire sporting event from beginning to end are long gone....unless i'm long gone in other ways...
Stay tuned next week to see what william brown loses in his alcoholic quest for civil rights and balances!
WEEK 10
dolphins at BUCS...oh this miami team is fucked...love it...love this richie "let it rain" incognito shit...check it out http://telepathsatnight.blogspot.ca/2013/11/message-in-bottle7going-incognito.html if you haven't already...love it that they'll implode on monday night no less!!!!...implode on nationally televised tv to a winless bucs team...if i lose every game but win this one on monday night i will be SO FUCKING HAPPY!!!!
bills at STEELERS...i'm in denial about how bad this steelers team is.
LIONS at bears...another game that either team could win and that i know i'll get fucked with
rams at COLTS...an easy one...RIGHT!?!?!?!?
raiders at GIANTS...oh boy...here we go...
panthers at 49ERS...panthers looking peppy but this is a REAL test...hats off if they win this one...which they will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
texans at CARDS...tough cards d and houston got fucked last week and now of course they'll fuck me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BENGALS at ravens...riding this fucking bengals team...DON'T FUCK WITH ME CINCI!!!!!!!!!!
eagles at PACKERS...i hate you philli, i fucking hate you!!!!...just die every week like jason voorhees...and then you come back from the dead and win when i don't pick you...FUCK YOU!!!!...and you lose when i pick you...FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jags at TITANS...the jags will win/won at some point...but it's hard to gamble on that.
SEAHAWKS at falcons...seattle has looked a bit shaky the last few but how atlanta has fallen.
BRONCOS at chargers...this is the game that rivers throws for 600 yards and 8 tds and i'm left drooling in the psych ward
cowboys at SAINTS...funny if the boys lose this one and the eagles win and they're tied for first...funny hahahahahhahahahahhhahahahhahahahahhahah...LOSE MY FUCKING MIND WITH THIS GAMBLING SHIIIIT!!!!!
FUCKING RUNNING WAY BEHIND HERE...so let's get straight into this mutherfucker...last week quick recap...lost 3 games...which makes me 11-3 from last week...not bad...but i lost 3 killer ones...three 50/50 games...detroit came back and one by 1 fucking point cause dallas couldn't cover up an STD named megatron...the giants and the raiders...my dad laughing at me cause my shit talking about how he always picks the raiders...anyway on with this shit cause kick off has already happened...
Missed thursdays bullshit...after my vouch for the bengals as being that rags to riches story they go out and lose one in overtime on a fucking safety no less!...i picked the BENGALS over the dolphins...so i lost that one...what was i doing on thursday night that i couldn't post that one up...I WAS TRICK OR TREATING WITH THE GETO BOYS...ROBBING LITTLE KIDS FOR BAGS!!!
atlanta at CAROLINA...the falcons are free fallin like tom petty...carolina getting some momentum
SAN DIEGO at washington...still not sold on this redskins team, nor am i sold on how good this chargers team is either but i gotta pick one...
NEW ORLEANS at jets...jets dream season is about to turn back into that nightmare it was supposed to be...
TENNESEE at st louis...i'm still in suck my balls mode with sam bradford and the rams
minnesota at DALLAS...for fuck sakes dallas the division is for you to lose...stop fucking around and be a man!
KANSAS CITY at buffalo...i don't like this game...if the bills had even a second string qb i'd go with them...i don't feel good about kansas city winning this...it'll be close...i'd take the bills if this was by point spreads...
Allright got the bong loaded up...snap back on a tall can and i'm ready to kick off again...SERIAL KILLERS album in the headphones...LET'S FUCKING DO THIS!!!
...i got 6 billion ways to lose money on football...so let's choose some games...
philli at OAKLAND...did you know there's a place in philli where it charges $100 for a fucking philli cheesesteak sandwich?...this game ain't in philli...just an interesting note...
tampa at SEATTLE...if i lose this game i'm in the same boat with alot of fucking people then!
BALTIMORE at cleveland...everybody wants the browns to be the next little darlings...but they fucking suck and baltimore is coming off a bye week...
pit at NEW ENGLAND...imagine like john lennon that pitt loses to oakland last week and beats the pats this week in foxborough!...you just know bullshit like this happens in the nfl every fucking week!
indy at HOUSTON...this is my drunk as fuck pick of the week!!!!
da bears at GREEN BAY...not much to say here...this feels like a hole in one!
HEY NO MATTER WHAT LET'S FUCKING HAVE SOME FUN THIS WEEK!!!...CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GO!...willy bee
ALLRIGHT LET'S EAT...let's recap last week...let's not..10-5...some tough losses that could've gone either way...not much you can do sometimes with these fucking games...i managed to keep my sobriety in check but for how much longer...dear crystal football i just need one winning week...please, pleas, PLEASE...one week where i go 13-2 or some such thing...the rent is coming due...this is it...this is the week...let's fucking do this!!!!
WEEK 8...
SEATTLE at st.louis...st. louis can lick my balls...straight up...st. louis can comb my pubic hairs downstairs...told you assholes not to fuck me over last week!...and what did you do!?!...assholes...sam bradford franchise quarterback!!!???...please...get on your knees!!!!
GREEN BAY at minnesota...no problems here...a.p. has averaged 0.2 yards per game since his daughter was murdered...but what else is he going to do?...sit around and think about the different ways he can kill the guy that did it?...might as well play...but his heart ain't in it, i can tell you that!
PITTSBURGH at oakland...i keep meaning to as my dad why he picks oakland every week?...steelers pride baby!!!...i'm looking into the cyrstal football and see that diddy will in fact be purchasing majority ownership to the oakland raiders...yet another future happening predicted by the telepaths at night!
49ERS at jags...tough pick here...not at all...the people in london, england deserve better than the jags!
buffalo at NEW ORLEANS...fuck i just saw a giant flea jump off my cat!...hold on a second...man those things are built like tanks...first you gotta stun them and then slice them apart quickly with your fingernail...cut em in half, that's the only way!
miami at NEW ENGLAND...you know when you're stoned sometimes and you see words in a different light?...well, i just realized that both new orleans and new england both have the word "new" in front of them...that seemed to hold my attention for longer than it really should!
cleveland at KANSAS CITY...the bubbles gonna burst on k.c. eventually but not this week....
DALLAS at detroit...detroit fucked me last week and dallas didn't, simple as that.
giants at EAGLES...i don't want to pick the eagles here, nor do i want to pick the giants...maybe i'll pick one of their cheerleaders...oh look the eagles have twin cheerleaders!...i like that...makes me think nice things...fuck it, let's go with the eagles then!
jets at BENGALS...every year there's a team you don't believe in and yet they keep winning every week until it's almost the end of the year and you've made no money off of them because you're in denial...bengals you are that team this year!!!...plus i got a chad johnson jersey that i need to spend some more quality time with on sundays!
redskins at BRONCOS...i wonder who would do better at a bar in terms of picking up the ladies...peyton manning or rg3...i'm going with peyton...for some reason he strikes me as having some killer lines to go with that country twang...well on second thoughts...
atlanta at ARIZONA...upset special of the week!!!...i feel like i should be fucking drunk to be going with the cards here...day 33 of sobriety baby!!!!
shit i forgot about tonights tilt...CAROLINA for sure over TAMPA
Tyler Hansbrough Doesn't Want World Peace
Apparently Tyler Hansbrough is also known as Psycho "T" but after turning around and seeing he was about to act up with Metta World Peace he quickly threw out an "Oh my bad." I think his new name should be Tyler "The Shook One" Hansbrough
I haven't seen a look like that since "Comb my chest hair".
ALLRIGHT...time for everyone to bend your asses over...cause it's another week of football gambling!...which means another week of losing money...fuck that shit...i saw a shooting star tonight and my luck's about to change for the better...so let's get right into this bitch...let me stare into the crystal football for some winning picks...
week 7...
SEATTLE at arizona...this is not going to be an easy win for the seahawks...short week...away against a fairly scrappy cards team...i'm looking for wilson to have a big game here though...
tampa bay at ATLANTA...fuck this game is almost a toss up for me and it shouldn't be in the slightest...the falcons used to be unbeatable at home...and now they lost julio jones...i reluctantly pick the falcons here...
cincinnati at DETROIT...i wouldn't be surprised if the bengals won this, but i have to go with the lions at home...they've been playing well...as long as suh doesn't chop block someone's head off i think the lions will win a high scoring affair...
buffalo at MIAMI...sometimes it's easier betting with point spreads involved...but in my pool it's just pick the winner's...miami should be doing better than they are...the bills are spunky...but i can't pick them on the road...and plus the dolphins have had a bye week to get their offensive line issues settled...
NEW ENGLAND at ny jets...the injury troubles keep going for the patriots but these fuckers are so immersed in a winning football system that they keep chugging along...the jets are all over the place...one week geno smith is fucking that football bitch hard in his bed and the next week he's shitting the bed...
DALLAS at philli...romo catches a lot of heat...but he's pretty elite...not sure if vick is going to be starting (he's not) but you have to like the cowboys winning the division this year
chicago at WASHINGTON...this will be my upset pick of the week...i'm going with the skins and a big day from rg3
ST. LOUIS at carolina...the rams keep insisting that they're a good team...and i'm going to bite this week only...you hear me sam bradford...i don't believe in you generally but this week i'll fucking sip the kool aid...don't fuck me...
SAN DIEGO at jacksonville...no other team has put the "screws" to me as much as philip rivers and the chargers have over the years...actually that's what my dad said to me recently...the eagles are probably the ones that screw me more personally...but the chargers might be top five...no fucking way they should lose this though...
49ERS at tennessee...can you imagine ryan fitzpatrick beating the 49ers?...unless chris johnson goes off for 300 yards...i should'nt even say that...knock on wood...
cleveland at GREEN BAY...no fucking way cleveland!
houston at KANSAS CITY...tech n9ne's hometown having a fucking turn around this year!...houston's gone to potty like my daughter
baltimore at PITTSBURGH...when these two play it's always a game decided by a field goal...you could convince me either way but i'll go with the hungrier home team
DENVER at indy...luck vs manning...no contest this year...and indy's loss last week soured me like a sour patch kid on this team...
minnesota at NY GIANTS...giants win! giants win! giants win!
ny giants at CHICAGO...the giants have to win at some point right?...but in chicago is going to be tough...if they lose this it's the death blow...i'm still stunned they are this bad on all sides of the ball right now...wow.
CINCINNATI at buffalo...i had a gut feeling last week that the bengals would pull it off against new england but didn't follow my guts because the week before the bengals were dog shit against a crappy browns team...now they play a bills team that lost it's hotshit rookie quarterback...and even though it's in buffalo this should be an easy win for cinci...right cinci...RIGHT!!!!???
DETROIT at cleveland...detroit is living up to some expectations a bit this year...and the browns are somehow surpassing it...even though they traded their starting running back to indy and due to injury have to play brandon wheedon again at qb...if the browns win this they are legit but until then they can fuck off.
oakland at KANSAS CITY...this looks like your typical let down game for kc who's undefeated but fuck that...the raiders are real bad and kc is at home...no problem with this game...
carolina at MINNESOTA...i had a bit of a toughy picking this one...carolina pissed me off last week by losing to arizona but killed the giants the week before...i don't know what i'm getting with the panthers...do i know what i'm getting with the vikings either?...not really but i'll go with the home team here...
pittsburgh at NY JETS...the jets are a huge surprise this year...thanks in large part to mark sanchez being out for the year and opening the door to this year's rookie of the year to date, geno smith...everyone's jumping on the jets bandwagon on this game and i'm sure the jets will fuck me over, even though this looks like a very winnable game for them...
PHILADELPHIA at tampa bay...i don't know what the bucs are doing...they just released their franchise quarterback josh freeman...2 years ago the man was on his way to becoming an elite quarterback and now he's tossed into the trash bin?...what gives?...i figure he's got an addiction or something they've been hiding...something...cause he's gone completely downhill since then...but to just cut him seems crazy...anyway, this team looks like its in turmoil...the eagles have done nothing but fuck me in the ass the last number of gambling years and i hate picking them to win or even lose...but the bucs are a mess right now.
GREEN BAY at baltimore...the ravens have been messing me around this year...they look good one week and horrible the next...you would think they would play well at home this week against a good team but i don't trust them...i'm sure they'll fuck me and blow out green bay and make me feel like a heel.
st. louis at HOUSTON...if houston was playing any other team this week i would not be picking them that's for sure...houston's qb matt schaub is a fucking basketcase right now and has given up a pick 6 in 4 straight games...blowing the game against seattle two weeks ago and throwing 3 pics last week against the 49ers...it's gotten so bad for schaub that this just happened...Houston – (CBS HOUSTON): A source close to law enforcement told The Fred and Ted Show late Tuesday evening that Houston Police were contacted by the NFL after fans approached Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub at his home and berated him for his recent poor play...don't mess with texas schaub...all that being said schaub could dig deep here and show how tough he is with a big bounce back game...or he could throw another pic 6 and be murdered outside his home on monday!
jacksonville at DENVER...seriously does this game even need to be played!?
tennessee at SEATTLE...you do not fuck with seattle at home i learned that the hard way!
arizona at SAN FRANCISCO...the 49ers are done fucking around this year...they got this one.
NEW ORLEANS at new england...normally i'd go with the patriots here but injuries to wilfork on the defensive end...no gronk...shit receivers...it's amazing they're 4-1 really...big win by the saints here...
washington at DALLAS...a game that could go any way really...rg3 could go off but i'm going with romo having another big game at home.
INDIANAPOLIS at san diego...the chargers are one of the biggest cock teasers in the game...indy seems for real after many picked them to have a down year...
okay baby i need some new shoes for daddy...i need a win here this week to keep the hounds at bay...see you next week...enjoy the football!
Allright drama and i are sports fiends and so it's strange we don't have shit up yet for our sports section...so i'm gonna change that with a quick hit...krooked skateboards mad genius mark gonazales comes up with a new way to skate the streets of nyc...the circle board...be aware...take good care...