Whew that was a close one. 1 down 15 to go baby. A couple of points on the Saints opening game.

Reggie Bush: The long awaited event has finally arrived. W.W.R.D. What will Reggie do? His performance was the type of output I'd expect out of a rookie in his first real game. He made a couple of bad decisions on the punt returns but all in all you could see that flicker with him on the field that a team can rally around his on the field presence.

Sean Payton: A masterful use of Reggie and Deuce. He used each players talents to compliment his game plan and I think for a rookie coach he did a good job calling the right plays and not being over conservative. Puting Bush out as a wide receiver on a few plays just mad the Saints that much more dagerous. I especially liked the flea flicker near the end of the second half. Jim Haslett would call plays like that early in his career which I believe mad the Saints successful early in his tenure. Keep it up Sean.

Marques Colston: The seventh round pick who I bitched about early in the off season has matured in training camp. With the Saints trading away Donte Stallworth I was afraid that they wouldn't have a legitimate #2 receiver but I think Colson has the potential. He still has some work because on the previously mentioned trick play he would have had a great catch if he would have tucked the ball immediately after catching it.

The D: Scott Fujita and Brian Young were all over the field yesterday. Entering the season I knew that the Saints young defense was going to be there achilles tendon but they held up pretty well. Roman Harper made a couple mental errors but came up with a big sack to hold the Browns out. With the Packers the next week and their Rookie guards I'd look for the Saints to have another strong defensive performance.

Next week the Packers are going to be out for blood after a disappointing loss to the Bears. Last year Brett Favre carved the Saints up and I don't know that this year will be any different. If the Saints can do a good job at keeping the ball out of Favre's hands we will have a good shot at being 2-0 going into the return trip to the dome. I'm offering up a kidney for a ticket to that game any takers?

Well I've been sent on a mission to recruit two more managers for a private Head to Head Fantasy Football league. My commisioner has a questionairre that needs to be completed and turned in by August 19, 2006. The live draft will be at noon CST on August 26. Why a questionairre? Well we don't know you so we would like to get a background and how you feel about certain subjects. (And the commish is a weirdo)Also if you are not thick skinned it is not wise to join the league because the smack runs deep.

Team Name
Height
Weight (Important as I am trying to regain my stature as the fat guy)
Sex: More or less than 12 times a year.
Single, Married or Life Partner?
Mel Gibson supporter? Yes or No
Favorite Football Team
Favorite Baseball Team
Animal they would most like to have sex with?
Most importantly, are they ready to take it back?

Both managers answers must be good, as we don't want an odd number of teams. The application must be filled out fully, blank answers or non responses will null the application.

-The Commish

Also very important message. Racial Slurs or predjudice comments on  the message board is a No Tolerance policy. Obviously we have had problems in the past and we will not stand for that. Hope to hear from you guys soon. Post your answers in the comment section.

If you have been selected you will recieve a comment on your post for the link to the League.

Like George Herman Ruth I'm calling my shot. I've done it every year since I was 9 and this time I'm doing it on the Fox Sports website.

MY NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WILL WIN THE SUPERBOWL!!!

Stop laughing at me. Pig think's his Tigers are going to win the series but we all know they are going to pull there own impersonation Mama Cass at a sandwich eating contest. No I'm not smoking crack. Let's think about it for a moment. They will have one of the premier offenses in the league. Proposterous you say. They'll have Joe Horn and Dante Stallworth at the reciever spots. Reggie Bush all over the place and the Deuce once he's healthy.

Oh when the Saints, go marching in. Oh when the Saints go marching in...

"9-3 boss what do you think of that? Pay no attention to the 19-1 drubbing yesterday against the barely alive Indians."

I go on an extended vacation this weekend that was very reminiscent to the movie Rockstar. I had all the elements of that movie with a sunburn to boot. Needless to say I was a bit hungover and sore by the time I made it back to the house that I really didn't feel like turning on the TV, so instead I just took al ittle 12 hour nap. The next morning I hit the ground running. I felt really refreshed. I jump in the truck, tune into the Secret Society (that's the morning Sports Radio Show) just in time to hear J Fizzle rundown on the scores. "And in the American League the Yankees take a beating at the hands of the Indians 19-1."

19-1? 19-1?!!! Hey did the Staten Island Yankees go to Cleveland to play the series? That is ridiculous. And then I found out it was on the "bosses" birthday. I would have loved to been a fly on the wall in Steinbrenner's office.

The Boss: "So Cashman, how do you think we did today?"

Cash: "Not to good sir."

The Boss: "I know where Hoffa is at and I'm going to show you if you end our streak at 11 playoff appearances in a row."

Cash: "I got you a cake."

The Boss: "Screw cake I want winners.  Send that high priced 3rd baseman in here I want a piece of him next."

Don't you know they one 9-3 the next night. I don't know if anyone is familiar with the Family Guy but in one episode Brian shows Peter that he is so fat that he has his own orbit by throwing a TV in the air and it circles around him. On the TV the Stooges are on and every time it passes Peter he laughs but when it goes behind he sighs. That is how I feel about this Yankees season. They get hot and cold on a hourly basis.

So I roll over to the Astros. Bases Loaded. 2 out. Bottom of the 6th. And who walks to the plate? Jason "Get me a tee" Lane. First pitch he takes a strike belt high on the outside of the plate. That pitch was made for the Crawford boxes but he waits. The third pitch he swings and he gets good contact, or so it seems, and it falls just short of the warning track in left center. Roy O pitches a complete game for the second time, and loses, and the Astros are shutout.

I don't know why exactly I get so worked up over this crap. It has more effect on my mood than my job or even my wife. And if you think this is bad wait till football season. Reggie Bush won't sign, Drew Brees is gonna get hurt, and Kim Jong Il is going to shoot nukes at us.

AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!!!

I feel better.

Russ Springer. Very few people know Russ, but the the people of Houston are very familiar with him. Russ Springer is known for dotting batters. He has hit 28 in 464 big league appearances. With that said this was probably the best of all. In a phone conversation to the Houston Chronicle Russ was qouted as saying "I've had very good success pitching Barry inside." Yeah, sure you do Russ. You pitched so far inside on one pitch that you went behind the guy. What would have made this an epic effort would have been if Russ would have put on a professional wrestling mask and bashed a chair on Barry's back. He should have said, "Your welcome." I wonder if we could petition to the pitchers of major league baseball that he gets hit by a pitch once in every game. That would be enough penalty right there. Taking 92 mph heaters in the back for a 150 games. I could have swore that I saw A.J. chuckle a bit when old Barroid got plunked. The Giants probably won't avenge Barry and why should they? He has said that it is him against the world. Last I checked you can't play baseball without 8 other people on the field.

Raise your glass America! To Russ Springer. A guy with enough cajones to do what everyone else thinks of doing.