Thin Line between Love and hate

I wasn't going to pick up Detroit fans.

I was going to take the high road and just enjoy the Penguins winning the Stanley Cup.

I mean isn't it bad enough for them that their beloved team dropped four of the last five games of the series?

But then I read a post by this d-bag.

Seems he has a problem with Bettman wanting Crosby to win.

His proof?

Bettman was smiling too much while handing Crosby the cup.

Yes, you read that right...Bettman "SMILED" too much.

Meanwhile he's proclaiming that he doesn't believe there was a conspiracy...Bettman just got what he wanted.

Um, WHAT?!?!

Here, for the sake of argument is LAST year's handing of the cup.

My God!

If Bettman was smiling too much this year what do you call LAST year!?!?!?

He's even showing his teeth!

Maybe he was secretly growling at Detroit winning?

So, despite my best intentions...SHUT UP EVERY FAN IN DETROIT WHO THINKS THE FINALS WERE FIXED! YOUR TEAM HAD TWO CHANCES TO WIN THE CUP (GAME SIX AND SEVEN) AND DID NOT FINISH THE JOB!

You may go back to your regularly scheduled summer of proclaiming how the Wings will win the cup next season because they are the best team since the discovery of ice.

Or throwing rocks at people driving foreign cars.

Whatever it is you do while jerking off to Journey songs.

~ Glenn

Hair of the Dog

As promised I have taken the shearer to my face after the Stanley Cup Finals.

So the question is: Better with or without?

You can vote here: http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/437787

You can see the results here: http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/437787/results

Thanks!

~ Glenn

Ice Ice Baby

I know.

Most of you are depressed because the Flyers snuck back into the current series with the Penguins.

Have faith kids! The Pens ARE going to win this thing!

So sit back and relax and enjoy some classic Mario Lemieux moments!




~ Glenn

Video Killed the Radio Star

(Click on the title above to hear the second episode of Jeff and Glenn @ 10!)



We kicked off the show with another classic! "Ain't No Crime" by billy Joel and featured on the Piano Man album!



As usual the conversation flowed from Facebook and the new changes in the homepages to the Penguins and I bored Jeff to sleep while ranting about Glenn Beck and politics in general!



We had a brand new Top 9 list...which turned in to a top 8 when I found I I used the same one twice! (Darn editors!)



"People I Hate" returned and this week Brad Jolie, sorry...Pitt was the guest of honor!



Also we had a call from a young lady who is promoting Congenital Heart Defect Awareness. Her two-year old son has already had several operations and she will be calling back in the future to tell her story!



We'll be back on the Internets next week and look forward to hearing from you!




Enjoy!

~ Glenn

Lonely Is The Night

This week it was Billy Squire leading off the show!

Loads of football talk as I am AMPED about the Steelers going for their record 6th Super Bowl win!

So naturally I played a lot of Steeler stuff. Pittsburgh fans love their team and they love to sing about them too!

One song I did NOT play, but I wanted to link anyway because it is good and the kids who sing it are 11 and 12 years old!



We did our LOST update and I'll try to be more concise next week but there was a lot of football stuff to talk about!


Next week: More LOST! A Super Bowl recap! Hockey (well, football is over ya know?) and the proud and long awaited return of the "People I Hate" segment!


Talk with you all then!

~ Glenn

Instant Karma

Karma

kar·ma (kärm)
n.
1. Hinduism & Buddhism The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.
2. Fate; destiny.
3. Informal A distinctive aura, atmosphere, or feeling: There's bad karma around the house today.

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[Sanskrit, deed, action that has consequences, karma; see kwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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For a real life example see the New England Patriots.

Last season they were caught red handed bending the rules to video tape signals from opposing teams.

Their "genius" coach said he just misunderstood the rules. The rules that had been clearly and recently reinforced by the league before the beginning of the season.

Based on the the investigation by the NFL the team was fined and so was the "genius".

The Patriots used the motivation from their being disrespected (?) to drive to an 18-0 record only to have their perfect season (and lots of t-shirts and books) ruined by the NY Giants in the Super Bowl.

Fast forward to this season.

The first half of the first quarter of the first game and Tom Brady goes out with a season ending injury.

In come Matt Cassel...who has not started a football game since he was in high school.

And the Patriots, with the easiest schedule in the entire NFL start winning without Brady.

Beating up on weaker teams and Cassel suddenly throwing the ball like he knows what he's doing the Patriots are suddenly not only in contention for the playoffs but could win their division!

Cassel has back to back 400+ yard games (ended when he met the Steelers) and the Patriots finish with a four game winning streak!

All the Patriots needed was a loss by Baltimore or the Dolphins.

New England watched as the Ravens killed the Jaguars.

The Jets hosted the Dolphins.

And lost.

Karma.

The Patriots become the first team since 1985 to have an 11 win season and NOT make the playoffs.

Karma.

Matt Cassel is an unrestricted free-agent and the Patriots are going to have to either throw a lot of money at him or franchise him and hope some other team is desperate enough to make it worth their while.

Karma.

The genius is home watching the playoffs for the first time in six seasons.

Karma

Its a bitch.

~ Glenn

Here we go...

Frustrating loss for the Steelers today.

Everything seemed to bounce the right way for the colts with a tipped pass going for a touchdown (btw...the most used phrase used during a Steeler broadcast? "In front of Ike Taylor") and another tipped ball completed for a first down.

Add in some untimely Big Ben INTs and it added up to a game the Steelers could have won bu did not.

So now they find themselves tied for first place with the Baltimore Ravens and holding the tie-breaker at this point.

I have two complaints about the game:

1) Bruce Arians calls an awful game. He mixes everything perfectly for about two drives a game...the rest of the time he has a knack for calling the exact wrong play.

2) I spent the better part of 30 minutes explaining to my guests during the game that the left tackle of the Colts was regularly tackling our DE. Yet ZERO holding penalties were called on the Colts.

The inconsistency of calls (especially holding) is very frustrating for me. It seems like certain teams never get called and holding only gets called during plays that go for positive yardage...even if the hold had nothing to do with the play.

But this loss falls on the Steelers who played fairly well despite their injury situation.

They are in the middle of a tough stretch and a win today would have been great...but they are professionals and need to shake it off and get ready for next Sunday!

GO STEELERS!!