Earmuffs! This Fave 5 is unfiltered, unrelenting, and 100% uncensored! Can you dig it? Sucka!
5. San Diego Super Chargers
Atlanta was up 27-10 at one point and doubt never crept into the minds of anyone watching this game because A) Phil Rivers has the heart if a lion and 2) This is the Falcons we are talking about. This was their first road win and it keeps them within 2 games in the race to replace Denver in the AFC West. That’s good for them but the real reasons they crack the list is because they were a big outright underdog winner and by giving the Falcons this loss San Diego has planted the doubt into the heads of Falcons fans guaranteeing their eventual collapse and a NFC title for Tampa, New Orleans, or Carolina.
4. Flag Holsters
While pass interference was rampant as ever this weekend (especially offensive pass interference), I want to acknowledge those refs who kept their flags in their holsters on sideline plays involving runners. Alex Smith, Blake Bortles, Tyrod Taylor were just a few quarterbacks who were shoved into Gatorade tubs and benches in Week 7. These plays did not result in stupid Unnecessary Roughness penalties though because the referees kept their flags in their holsters where they belong. These zebras are getting better at being conservative with the laundry, so with everything else they screw up let’s at least give them props for that.
3. Jamal Adams/Arden Key/Kendell Beckwith
Not only are all three awesome players who will no doubt get to the NFL, but they are also three of interesting dudes in all of football. First there is Arden Key who walks around dressed like Jimmy Hart, Kendell Beckwith ropes cattle in his spare time, and Jamal Adams talks to footballs. These are some bizarre and talented cats. Maybe Les Miles’ eccentricities were just overkill in that LSU locker room.
2. Cajuns DC Mike Lucas
The switch to Mike Lucas was one of, if not the best decisions Hud has made this season. With plenty left to salvage the new Cajun D appears to be what will guide this team to a possible bowl game. The bets aprt about Lucas though? He ain’t P.C. bro! Players have quoted saying “go out there with an edge, go out there angry, go out there hungry, and just get after anybody who touches the ball – whoever’s in front of us, just kill ’em!”
1. NHL Heritage Classic
The Winnipeg Jets welcomed the Edmonton Oilers to Investors Group Field in beautiful Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The outdoor game, dubbed the “NHL Heritage Classic,” was a celebration of hockey and Canada. It also was proof that the NHL just gets “it” plain and simple. The NHL knows how to appeal to a mass audience, the NHL knows how to grow the sport of hockey and most of all, the NHL knows how to entertain the inner 13-year-old girl in us all! That is why they booked Sum 41 as the live entertainment prior to puck drop! The NFL can have Lady Gaga and her dated act at Super Bowl 51. The NHL knows how to appeal to what’s hip and cool with today’s youths!
*Honorable Mention: Brent Musburger for constantly using “Louisiana Saturday Night” in proper context.