Matt Ryan - He Can Do Alot...Except One Thing

With the # 3 pick the Atlanta Falcons select Quarterback from Boston College Matt Ryan. So who is he? Will he be a bust or the real deal? The Falcons selection officially marks the ends of the Michael Vick era. WOOF!

Matt Ryan can lead a drive



And he can lead another drive



Matt Ryan can take a hit!



Matt Ryan can act




Matt Ryan can't hold his lunch

The Final Season Movie Review

The Final Season starring Sean Astin (Rudy) was released this past week. I added it to my Netflix queue and watched it a few days ago. Here is my official video movie review.

Adventures of Jay - The Basketball Game

I shot this a month ago but never posted it here. My son challenged me to a basketball game so we threw down and settled things on the court. Be sure to check out the dunk at 3:02.

The Greatest Rivarly...Becomes Greater

A few days ago a story broke revealed the actions of a Boston Red Sox fan that was working on a construction job...building the new Yankee Stadium. Gino Castignoli, the Red Sox fan, brought a David Ortiz Sox jersey to work one day with the intention of putting the jersey into the concrete as it was being poured in hopes it would curse the Yankees. He was successful.

However, soon after the story broke the Yankees investigated, found the location, and hammered the concrete pulling the jersey back out! Watch this video for the full story:

Top 8 Disney Sports Movies

Over the past decade Disney has given us some total classic sports films. The first Disney sports film I remember watching as a kid was Tiger Town (Roy Schieder, Jaws). Unfortunately, Tiger Town is not available on DVD.

Anyhow, recently Disney has brought us some especially classic sports movies so I wanted to list a few of those here:

1. Miracle
2. Remember the Titans
3. Goal! The Dream Begins
4. The Rookie
5. Cars
6. Glory Road
7. Invincible
8. The Greatest Game Ever Played

Sorry, but the Air Bud series is not worth putting on this list. I said classics!

If you'd like to add these to your collection you may want to join the Disney Movie Club. With membership you can get 3 movies for $1.99 each.

Is Fishing Luck?

Is fishing a sport? Is it something you can be better at than another person? This question has stumped scientists for…well, I won’t go that far.

Now, while I don’t know of any famous fishermen, outside of Chief Brody, I will argue with any naysayer who says that fishing is luck. For most of my life I would have agreed with that statement. I’ve been on trips where you get on those charter boats with 50 other people and everyone throws in their line. Fish swims by, he’s got 50 hooks to choose from, total luck. You would think so, but in the words of Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen…”You thought wrong dude.”

Someway, somehow when my younger brother, Stephen, goes on these trips, he almost always catches a few fish. Most people catch nothing and sink another $35.

Down to my logic on why fishing is not a sport of chance. Before I get to that, a better question must be answered. Is fishing a God-given talent? NO, it is not. Throwing a 90-mph fastball is. Running a 3.4 40 is. Casting a fishing rod into the ocean, is not. Really, how can you miss the ocean?

Fishing is a passion that some have and some do not. Fishing has logical strategies that some know and some do not. The reason they know these strategies is because they’ve been doing it long enough. And they’ve been doing it long enough to figure them out, because they have a passion for it. It’s what they think about when they are waiting in line. These people read fishing magazines while they are on the porcelain throne. When your playing video games, they are tinkering with their tackle box.

The reason I suck at fishing and my brother doesn’t, is because he cares enough to be good at it. He knows the strategies. You have to know where to cast your line. The reason he catches more fish when on those fishing trips, while the rest of us pay $35 to untangle our lines, is because of these 3 reasons:

1. He fishes more. Simple. His line is always in the water. I don’t love fishing so I shoot the breeze, get a coke, maybe turn green and throw some man-made chum off the side. The probability of me catching a fish is much less just from pure mathematics. My line isn’t in the water.
   
2. He knows where to stand. He knows based on the currents and winds, where the best spot is to increase his chances. Because he knows this his bait will be the first in line to a fish swimming with the current.
   
3. He knows the depth. I could have the best spot on the boat, but if my line is sitting on the bottom of the ocean. I have no chance of catching a fish. How would I know if it is. I don’t. I don’t do it enough to know. That’s when I get stuck on the rocks…cut the line…another 20 minutes before I’m back in the action.

There’s probably more than this, but I wouldn’t know what they are. But what I do know is what the Top 5 Fishing Movies are:

1. Jaws
2. On Golden Pond
3. Moby Dick
4. A River Runs Through It
5. The Old Man and the Sea

I’m still working on this list so if you find I’m missing some, please let me know. Here is a list of fishing movies.

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"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day." ~Author Unknown

Rock Paper Scissors Goes Global

You have got to be kidding me!

Rock - Paper - Scissors is going global! This is no joke. In June of 2007 the USARPS joined with Bud Light to crown a Rock-Paper Scissors Champion at Manadalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. Winning purse…$50,000. The winner of this event will go on to Beijing during the Olympics to compete for the Global Champ.

USARPS League Commissioner, Matti Leshem says, "The game of Rock Paper Scissors has experienced explosive growth over the past few years with the help of Bud Light. The United States of America is simply not large enough to contain it any longer," said USARPS League Commissioner, Matti Leshem. "We're bursting onto the world stage with a competition to identify the greatest Rock Paper Scissors player among 6.5 billion people. What better place to start than Beijing in 2008?"

I'm not clear on how to interpret this quote. "…Rock Paper Scissors has experienced explosive growth over the past few years with the help of Bud Light." Does that mean these competitors are so drunk they don't realize how stupid of an event this is to compete for? Are they just snatching people stumbling out of bars and unknowingly enlisting them into this competition?

Thanks Bud Light…we are ever so grateful.

Remember playing RPS in middle school and you always had that idiot kid who would cheat and pull the gun-sign routine. Or they would wait just a second and then put their sign after you. That's the kid who we'll see in Beijing. But he won't be able to hide behind his deceptive ways there. I'm told they actually have judges right on top of things. Here is the full story or view a replay of the 2007 Finals below:

http://www.sunherald.com/447/story/413965.html

8 NFL Draft Day Observations

1. It's the only time we give a rip about offensive lineman. After this we'll never cheer for anything you do.

2. We get to make fun of something stupid Al Davis does. Oh wait, I already did that after you signed Javon Walker for $55 million.

3. The one time the last is first and first is last.

4. No matter who or what the Arizona Cardinals do on Draft Day, they will still not make the playoffs.

5. This is the only day we will sit and watch football, without watching any football.

6. We will cheer and boo a player before they ever have played a down.

7. With Derek Anderson signed, who will work a Brady Quinn for draft picks deal?

8. We will all be watching who will be this year's "Adrian Peterson". Most of us will get it wrong in our fantasy football drafts.

7 Reasons Why Indy Car is Better Than Nascar

I've been to my fair share of auto races. I've seen both the Daytona 500 and Indy 500 live and was pumped about the recent news that the Champ Car World Series merged with the Indy Racing League. Yes, I watched the entire Daytona 500 in hi-def a few weeks ago and realized I wasted 3 hours as I could have just watched the last 10 laps and not missed a thing.

I've listed my 10 reasons why you should become an IRL fan and leave NASCAR back in the 70's where it belongs.

1. Indy just sounds cooler than NASCAR (is that just "nice car" in red-neck?).


2. The drivers are better looking. (Ok, well at least Danica is.)


3. The cars are FASTER! Isn't that what racing is all about? Average speeds at Indy 500 are 230+ compared to just 170s for Brickyard 400(NASCAR). Come on! That's not even at the same level!


4. Indy Cars are cooler looking. Put 100 bumper stickers on your car and it looks like a NASCAR.


5. The races mean more! Like the NFL that plays 16 games so every game matters. The IRL has just 19 races compared to 35 in NASCAR.


6. They actually race and the fastest car usually wins! What a concept. Ryan Newman won the Daytona 500 but he didn't even have the fastest car. He won because luck brought his teammate right behind him who pushed him to the front.


7. Did I mention Indy Cars were faster by 50+ mph. They actually have to design them to stay ON the ground.

Just go to an Indy Race and realized what you've been missing. Don't let the networks tell you what is better. The Indy 500 is attended by 270,000 people compared to 200,000 for Daytona 500. Lastly, I personally prefer the whine of an Indy Car to the roar of a "nice car".

Top 10 Hockey Movies

With the hockey season in full swing, thought I'd throw out the SportsInMovies.com best hockey movies.

1. Miracle (9.05)
2. Slap Shot (8.92)
3. The Rocket (8.55) *go see this, I highly recommend
4. Youngblood (8.45)
5. Net Worth (8.18)
6. Mighty Ducks, The (7.84)
7. Mystery, Alaska (7.38)
8. D3: The Mighty Ducks (7.03)
9. D2: The Mighty Ducks (6.36)
10. MVP: Most Valuable Primate (5.90)

Don't agree with these rankings? Submit your ratings to them. Here is their full list of hockey movies.

Kurt Busch vs. Tony Stewart

By it's very nature, Nascar is pretty boring. Monotonous left turns for 3 straight hours. I'm a NASCAR fan, but I really will only watch a race the last 20 laps. Anything before that is like watching a Spurs-Rockets game in November. Meaningless. All of the top drivers pace themselves and just try to keep from wrecking the first 2 1/2 hours. You can be in first place the entire race, crash on the last lap...finish 40th!

So...the Nascar marketing masterminds must spin their web of intrigue. That is where the Tony Stewart vs. Kurt Busch soap opera begins.



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Remember when the Patriots were supposed to go 19-0? Well, some kids in Nicaragua got to enjoy some keep Pats 19-0 gear. Thanks Patriots, first SpyGate and now your throwing off your faulty clothing to some third world kids?

The Adventures of Jay - Episode 3

Have you ever been tired? I thought so. In Episode 3 Jason solves the daunting task of having to brush your teeth before bed, when really you just want to skip it and go so sleep.



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NFL Leaders

Now that the Super Bowl is over, ending with all the attention on the NY Giants, it is easy to forget who the statiscal leaders where. Fantasy Footballers, remember these guys. They are the ones that will be on all the magazines come August. We all thought it would be Larry Johnson and Frank Gore. It wasn't. Now those guys will fall into the sleepers category. Biggest surprises were probably Jamal Lewis and Earnest Graham.

Passing Yards

• Tom Brady - 4806
• Drew Brees - 4423
• Tony Romo - 4211

Passing TDs

• Tom Brady - 50
• Tony Romo - 36
• Ben Roethlisberger - 32
• Peyton Manning - 31
• Derek Anderson - 29

Defensive Tackles

• Patrick Willis - 174
• D.J. Williams - 141
• Jonathan Beason - 140

Rushing Yards

• LaDanainian Tomlinson - 1474
• Adrian Peterson - 1341
• Brian Westbrook - 1333
• Willie Parker - 1316
• Jamal Lewis - 1304

Rushing TDs

• LaDainian Tomlinson - 15
• Joseph Addai - 12
• Adrian Peterson - 12
• Clinton Portis - 11
• Marion Barber/Earnest Graham - 10

Receiving Yards

• Reggie Wayne - 1510
• Randy Moss - 1493
• Chad Johnson - 1440
• Larry Fitzgerald - 1409
• Terrell Owens - 1355

Receiving TDs

• Randy Moss - 23
• Braylon Edward - 16
• Terrell Owens - 15
• Plaxico Burress - 12
• TJ Houshmandzadeh/Greg Jennings - 12

Japanese Bug Fighting - Round 4

If you haven't seen these yet, your gonna love it. It's a fight to the death!



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The Adventures of Jay - Episode 2

Episode brings you one of the greatest catchest you will ever see.