SimonOnSports

This is what I thought of while watching the end of the Seahawks game last night.  Was the decision to give the Seahawks a touchdown and the next fifteen minutes not amazing television? Seeing Pete Carrol interviewed before the game was technically over and him being told they need to kick the XP for which he replies "Get me any 11 guys", all while watching the Packers run off the field only to trot back on, pulling random helmets out of a bucket so they could "defend" a completely meaningless extra point.  For entertainment purposes that was on another level.  As the saying goes, everybody watches a train wreck, and this train wreck is fantastic. Outside the fact that it was pretty clearly an interception, I don't understand why people are so up in arms with this result. Or the fact that the officiating botched the call in the first place. A) If you're not a Packers fan, a fan of a different NFC West team or a gambling man who lost $$$, wouldn't

I think it's very important that we count down the Boston Red Sox Magic Numbers for playoff elimination. This will be calculated periodically based on their distance between the AL East leader and the #2 Wild Card leader. 9/6: Current Red Sox Record 63-75 AL East Magic Number:  11 (New York Yankees 77-59) Wildcard #2 Magic Number:  12 (A's/Orioles 76-60)

The 2012 season starts in 29 hours and for some strange reason I have an abundance of optimism.  If you look at power rankings or predictions anywhere you will notice that almost universally the Jets are predicted to finish at or below .500.  Last year, the Jets were predicted to be one of the best teams in the league and even got a super bowl championship prediction or two. Oh the media, how you can powerfully spin the universes perception with coverage one way or the other. The 2011 New York Jets were a disappointment.  A team that angered me endlessly at the tail end of the season and a team that all but gave up in Week 17.  That team finished 8-8, which is now hilariously at roughly the peak of a media man's prediction. I've already made one post around why a Jets fan should look forward to this season but I think it deserves a more detailed one. Roster Composition Key Losses:   S Brodney Pool, OG Robert Turner, WR Plaxico Burress, RB LT, QB Mark Brunell, CB Marqu