So, yesterday was the most emotionally exhausting sports day of my life! After blowing the dolphins out of the water (yes, i had STRONG doubts) we then went on to win game 7 of ALCS...I can't take more stress! The game went from being pretty damned close, to a legit blow out... Yep, life is pretty good!
Game one of the series will be this wednesday. Location TBD... most likely the Pub, but something different may pop up between now and then. I'll shoot out an email tomorrow with specifics.
Now, as for the Dolphin game! Here come the stats... First let me say that we were one touchdown pass away from being the SIXTH team in NFL history to ever have 7 TD passes in one game. The most recent was in 1969, and that was by none other than Joe Kapp in 1969, just one year before he was traded to the then Boston Patriots! So, needless to say, it has not been done anytime in recent history. That is now my goal for next week's game against the Deadskins. However, we did beat the franchise record for most TD's scored. the 6 touch down passes Brady threw broke the previous record of 5, which was matched last week, by Brady, and originally set by Vito Parilli in both '64 and '67, and then again in '79 by my darling Grogan. So in just two games, Brady matched, then broke the franchise record... the only thing left IS the NFL record! We also beat the franchise record of points scored in a single half! At the half we had 42-7 on the dolphins... the previous record was back in 1978 at Schaefer Stadium, against the Jets. We went into the half in that game with 41-7, and went on to win 55-21... hmm, I like that score better!
Yesterday's score marked the 6th highest score in franchise history, and the HIGHEST score since we played the colts, November 18th, 1984... where we scored 50-17... can we get THAT score on the 4th?? Basically, going over the long list of scores from past games, we are putting up some disgusting numbers. Some of the various headlines today say things like, "the patriots are so good, they don't need to cheat ~Everett Herald" or "Brady, Patriots, flawless again Myrtle Beach Sun News." or finally "[miami] Stadium Hardly Dolphin Safe ~Boston Globe." I think the first one is my favorite, I legit laughed out loud...
Randy Moss: can we say inhuman?? The man just isn't right, nobody can be that good!! There were two TD passes that NOBODY should have caught!! But sure enough, he did... He can bend, twist, stretch, jump, like nobody i've ever seen, and he and Brady work so well together it's almost like he can catch a Brady pass without even looking... they are just that good together. Moss is now the second reciever in Patriots history to catch 10 or more TD passes in a single season, and as Ms. Emilio's mother would say, "there's a lot of football left!" And it's true! We just finished game 7, and Moss has caught a total of 10 passes thus far. I believe it's safe to say that he may just catch a few more this year...
Another important record broken: and this is a big one! Yesterday, and this is what I've been hoping for all week (silently so as not to jinx something)... The patriots broke the NFL record run. We are the first time in NFL history to win each of the first 7 games, beating our opponant by 17 or more points each game!!
A couple more honerable mentions: Two 100+yard receivers, 138 for Welker and 122 for Moss. Junior Seau sacked the Lemon for his 54th career sack. back up back up QB Matt Gutierrez made his NFL carrer debut, and may I just add that he looked a hell of a lot better than that goddamned Matt Cassel who gave up an interception first rattle out of the box... ugh!
Ok guys, it's been a hell of a weekend, and I'm drained! There will be more later, regarding our upcoming game against the Redskins... i've gotta get reading now, and will subject you to another novel later on in the week...
Talk to you all soon, GO PATS/GO SOX!!
Heather Barclay
No comments:
Post a Comment