vermeil a cyclone?

The Chiefs tried to regain some offensive firepower this week by signing Chan Gailey. We haven't been stellar on that side of the ball since Dick Vermeil was around. Well. The old man has been spotted at the East/West Shrine Bowl game practices wearing an ISU CYCLONES HAT!!!

How sweet is that? Not sure how or why he got it. I did hear that when Vermeil was still coaching our Chiefs, Jim Criner would help him out in preseason drills, so who knows?

Anyways, there was a post on AP the other day that got my attention, relating offense/defensive rankings to each other. Here are a couple of interesting graphs. (Well, interesting to me)

Above is somewhat of a copy of arrowhead pride's graph. But I put white lines in for years we made the playoffs. I learned nothing except that a lot of different styles of team can make the playoffs. Anybody else learn anything besides: "man, our offense sucked last year!"?

This one is just showing where we have ranked in the Takeaway/Giveaway ratio. The yellow dots are years we made the playoffs, and the red dots are years we didn't. The yellow line is our average T/G ratio ranking when we make the playoffs, and the red line is for when we didn't.

Nothing really groundbreaking here, it's amazing that in 1999 we didn't make the playoffs with that ratio. That was Gunther's first year after Marty resigned. The freakin Raiders beat us with a FG in OT to make us finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs.

suckage

It has been a while since I've written on here, my bad.

A lot of things have happened since my last post.

The Chiefs:

Croyle started his first game, hurt his back, then missed his first game. (which happened to be the game I was at against SD in Arrowhead). He may start this weekend against the Donkeys.
Now the Chiefs are all but out of the playoff race, and Kolby Smith is our starting running back. Cool, huh? Oh ya, we fired our second kicker of the year after he blew another game or two for us. Pitiful.

There aren't very many good things I can say about the Chiefs, but one of them is that Jared Allen is still an animal. He has like 12.5 million sacks this year and actually caught a TD pass last weekend. If I wasn't so hammered inside that stadium I probably would have witnessed it with my own two eyes, but I didn't figure it out till it came over the load speaker that he was the one that caught it. Damned Black Velvet.

One more thing on the Chiefs, D-Bo is being touted by ESPN as being NEXT. As in -- just wait he will be a stud. Well, he already is a stud and if anybody wants to buy me a gift, a #82 jersey (Bowe not Hall) would be shweet.


It's the Cyclones' turn now:

More suckage. Our basketball team sucks. I am so embarrassed and disappointed and pissed. I watch all the games, and for some reason I watch them till the end. It's like I'm a masochist. I must like to feel pain, although is doesn't turn me on... I don't know what I am then. Just a Cyclone fan I guess.

So, we will be at the bar Saturday afternoon cheering our bball team on against Iowa like we always do. Can't wait. I better pull a Bodeen and keep a broken beer bottle in my back pocket. Just as long as nobody chokes me.

Outside of the two big sports, we are looking a'ight:

ISU Women's basketball? -- Still solid, added to our HUGE Cy-Hawk lead last night.
ISU Volleyball? Sweet Sixteen
ISU Wrestling? Ranked #1

Ahh wrestling. Beat Minny to take the number one spot in the country. Isn't Cael a freaking animal? We wrestle the freaking Hawks this Sunday in Ames, and the little babies over there are already making excuses for the beat down they are about to receive. One of the more humorous ones is how they are pissed about our new seating arrangement in Hilton. Basically, Cael decided to put up a huge curtain, cut Hilton in half, and make it more intimate, more intimidating. Great, huh?

Well hawk fans think that we are doing it to keep them out. They think we are throwing money away in empty seats because we know that the hawk fans will take over Hilton. Freaking. Bull. Shit.

READ THIS:

Last home dual vs Iowa (12/05): 6,682 -- 46% of capacity (14,356)

This weekend: 9,000 -- 100% of capacity (9,000)

What seems to be the problem? We aren't throwing money away, we are throwing trash away, which is the Hawk fans who want to be there to see their team take on the best wrestling team in the country.

at indy

Well, we get to see Brodie Croyle in his first start (as our starter, if that makes sense) this weekend against the Freeney-les Colts in the whatever dome.

Arrowhead Addict has another hilarious smack talking post that is of extra interest to me. It' is entitled The Top Ten Reasons Why the Chiefs are Cooler Than the Indianapolis Colts.

I find two of the reaons on this list this extra hilarious. Mainly because both of them are making fun of a couple of Dirty Black Birds, squawk alums, Clark and Sanders. (FYI, according to the DMR, the current odds that an Iowa football player will run afoul of the law are about 10-1)

8. Bob Sanders looks just like comedian Katt Williams (below). Tell me he doesn’t. Except I think Katt is taller. By like three or four inches.


3. Dallas Clark looks just like Matthew McGrory (R.I.P.). Are you sure he didn’t star in Big Fish? Positive?


That stuff is funny. Sure hope both of them have a bad day Sunday, we are going to need it...

brod-dog

For fuck's sake, that's two weeks in a row the clones have won on Saturday and the Chiefs lost on Sunday. To me, it feels like a waste of a weekend. A FREAKING RIP-OFF.

To add to this crap, I got hosed during the tailgate Saturday. I was lights out during the 6th Annual Beer Pong Tourney. Dominated the winner's bracket. My partner was crrrap. We got second place. Got beat twice to the team that wrestle-backed on us. I don't want to talk about it. He (my partner) thinks it's funny, I think I want to break something.

Anyways, I don't feel that great about the Clones' win Saturday, though it was sweet. Sunday is always last which makes it first in my memories. Which sucks. The goddamn Chiefs are letting me down.

In 1:37 we give up back-to-back TD's at the start of the second half. That took us from being up 2 to down 12. The first TD was right after a Huard pick (tipped). Then the other on a Huard fumble returned for a touchdown. Brodie... Brodie... Brodie...

Who's fault were those TD's? Umm... Well, that doesn't really matter now, because what matters is that we witnessed the start of the Brodie Croyle era.

From Arrowhead Pride:

It finally happened Chiefs fans. We will be starting and developing a quarterback this organization drafted. Not a retread. Not an aging veteran. A second-year guy with a cannon for an arm and a lot of hope for the future.

the pack IS whack

This is too good not to reprint, copied directly from Arrowhead Addict.com, I hope they don't mind:



The Top 10 Reasons Why the Kansas City Chiefs Trump the Green Bay Packers:

10. Al Harris and Atari Bigby look like Bob Marley and the Whalers… on crack.
9. A.J. Hawk fits in somewhere in the middle of this evolution timeline.
8. Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was the inspiration for Steve Carell’s character in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. True fact.
7. I thought Ryan Grant was just some dude who starred on some soap opera.
6. Damon Huard has never been addicted to anything. Well, besides Dawson’s Creek. No substances.
5. Aaron Kampman and KGB are a homeless man’s version of Jared Allen and Tamba Hali.
4. Donald Driver looks like The Thing on TrimSpa.
3. Green Bay is one of the few places on Earth where people have worse cholesterol than in Kansas City. Is it cheeseheads or cheesehearts?
2. The Chiefs are the only opposing team Brett Favre has never beaten.
1. The Chiefs haven’t won a Super Bowl in the past 10 years, and our fans are still better. Check the attendance stats, haters.

f the raiders

On the way into Arrowhead two weeks ago, we saw a sweet-ass homemade anti-Raiders fans sticker on the back of this truck. Similar to the one above, only instead of a bloody arrow, there was just a circle/slash thingy.

Anyways, we were in line to get in, and the two guys inside this truck were getting out and walking around to the back of their truck to grab a couple of "tall blondes" out of their cooler, proceeding to drink them and grab another round. It makes me thirsty just thinking about it, and this Raiders logo reminded me of it.

moving on

Well, I have officially moved on from the whole Mets debacle. I am also starting to move on from the fact that our ISU Cyclone football team really isn't very good. They tell me we are in a rebuilding year. Is that true? More on that at a later date, I honestly don't give a crap right now, it's too depressing. What I really want to talk about is...


the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS!!! That's right bitches, after I made the trip to KC last weekend, only to sit through one of the worst games I have seen in a long time, I was paid back by a great win yesterday against the hated (by me) Bengals.

Larry had over a hundred yards rushing, with nearly all of it coming in the first half. (Which annoyed me the whole second half when we needed him). Tony G cemented his place in history by breaking the record for TD catches by a TE. I love it. In fact, I will finally be buying a TG jersey to show him the central Iowa love he deserves.

half and half

I am not going to talk about the ISU game. Well, maybe a little. I was at a wedding, so I didn't follow it too closely, except for calls from friends. From what I understand, we had the lead, and gave it away. Nothing like a bad snap on a punt that gets recovered by them in the end zone to lose the lead. Then getting your game winning field goal blocked. Special teams wins a game for us at home, and loses it for us on the road a week later. Great.

Maybe somebody who actually listened to the ISU game can fill me in on here about what happened. I refuse to listen to local radio, read local news, or watch local TV until this blows over. So far so good.

The Chiefs pulled out a win at home yesterday against the Vikings. Looks like we may have a #1 receiver for the first time in, like, a long time in D-Bowe.

For those that watched the Chiefs on TV, this is what they wouldn't show us when a fan ran on to the field. The KC Wolf rules, pretty hilarious.


(Thanks to Arrowhead Pride for the link)

to pay, or not to pay

Most of you know by now that the Chiefs' star RB, Larry Johnson wants more money. I have gotten enough text messages from some of you out there giving me crap about how he will be gone and the Chiefs will suck.

Around the blogosphere, people have had mixed emotions on whether or not he is worth it, and how much should he get. I have purposely avoided this conversation.

From a purely personal aspect, I don't necessarily like Larry, maybe it's because I had a soft spot for Priest Holmes, and I didn't like how he took shots at Dick Vermeil. Maybe it has something to do with Jay-Z, I DON'T KNOW.

But when I think about going down to Arrowhead to watch the Chiefs this year, I cannot imagine not having LJ on this particular team. I think things would turn ugly fast.

But, does that mean we should pay him? Well, take a look at this post over at Arrowhead Addict. It is a list of NFL teams and their cap room. The chiefs have/had the 5th most cap room in the NFL with 16.2 million dollars. I cannot believe the Chiefs are where they are on that list. Looking at the other teams near the Chiefs, it's almost a sure prediction for us not to make the playoffs.

Then, when I look at this list on Arrowhead Pride, it makes things even more obvious. PAY HIM. According to the stats on this list, LJ was the 71st highest paid running back in the NFL last year (2006). WTF? There are such studs as Jeremi Johnson, Mike Anderson, and Ladell Betts who are higher on that list, they are in the top 25 at least.

PAY THE MAN CARL!! Honestly, if LJ isn't the guy on the Chiefs to get the big contract extension, then who is? Let's get this locked up so we can move on with talking ACTUAL FOOTBALL.

On a side note, I want to buy a new Chiefs jersey this year, and I am not sure who's to buy. Tony G? Brodie Croyle? Derrick Johnson? LJ? D. Bowe? Jared Allen? I'm not sure. The safe bet would be Tony G. My wife is still in love with Trent Green, but I don't think I want a Miami jersey.

2007 draft results

The NFL draft finished up yesterday. We had one Cyclone drafted (Congrats to Aaron Brant), and a few post draft signings. AB got picked by Chicago. Happy to see that he is staying midwest. Although for a team that needs OL help, I am surprised da Bears waited till the 7th round. They must have seen something special in Aaron.

Anyways, here is what you have been waiting for. It's a rundown of the Chiefs' draft picks:

1 (23,23) - Dwayne Bowe - WR - LSU
2 (22,54) - Claude McBride - DT - Tennessee
3 (19,82) - Tank Tyler - DT - NC State
5 (11,148) - Kolby Smith - RB - Louisville
5 (23,160) - Justin Medlock - K - UCLA
6 (22,196) - Herb Taylor - OT - TCU
7 (21,231) - Michael Allan - TE - Whitworth

Real quick and to the point -- I am happy with these picks and am excited to see how they all fit in. How many of them will start as rookies? My guess is 3, maybe 4. Kinda too bad we didn't get a cornerback, but Herm says don't worry, it's not over yet, so we will have to wait and see what that means. More later

weather for tomorrow? drafty.

Those of you who have called me to give me crap about LJ getting traded (you know who you are) can stop any time now. According to ESPN the Chiefs are not trading LJ. In fact they basically called anyone who says different a liar:

"Anybody who is reporting it's true is simply not telling the truth," Moore said.

So stop bugging me about it.

In other news, the draft is tomorrow. I am going to attempt to wake up from my likely hangover (HD concert tonight) and aerate my yard.

What this means is that any time after that will be nap time, so I won't be watching it too closely. Go over to ArrowheadAddict.com to see a run down of the Chiefs' picks. They seem to stay on top of things pretty well. If you are really Chiefs draft hungry, you can also shoot over to ArrowheadPride.com to read a few more articles on our draft success, or lake thereof.

You know how after every draft they spit those little made-up awards out? Like, "Who had the best draft", or "Who had the steal of the draft", etc. etc.

Do you think the Chiefs can pull one of those off? Somehow I'm doubtful, but here's hoping we all get surprised, in a good way of course.

the shaft

If you spend as much time as I do over at Arrowhead Addict, you probably saw this already.

No? Well let me tell you, when I looked at the Chiefs' new schedule, I didn't look at the dates. I should have because I didn't realize that once again the Chiefs weren't chosen for a slot on Monday Night Football. Nor did ESPN pick any of our games on their Best 40 Games of 2007 NFL Season dealio.

ESPN sucks! Damn East Coast media slant (or do they now have West Coast bias to make up for their obvious East Coast favoritism?) Either way, we are getting no love in KC.

Nope. We got the Shaft.

Like Addict said, the NFL takes advantage of the fact that Arrowhead rocks and is sold out nearly every game, so why push a Monday night game when it is just as exciting on a Sunday at noon?

Screw em, we will make them show night games at Arrowhead when we we clinch homefield advantage throughout the playoffs!!!

ok, here it is

This will be my EXTREMELY early W-L guess of our upcoming schedule. Radio hosts do this kind of thing all of the time, and I want to beat them to it with my completely biased, uneducated opinion.

Again, I haven't thought, researched or anything about these games, so don't get your panties in a wad. These are all gut feelings here, win or lose I still booze, know what I'm sayin?

• Week 01 -- @ Houston. Easy W, isn't Sage QB'ing there?
  
• 1-0
• Week 02 -- @ Bears. Tough game, toss-up in my book.
• 1-1
• Week 03 -- Vikings at Arrowhead. Home opener = Easy W
• 2-1
• Week 04 -- @ San Diego. Means Whale's Vagina. Tough game, Larry runs for 250.
• 2-2
• Week 05 -- Jacksonville @ Arrowhead. Copy of last year's game.
• 3-2
• Week 06 -- Cincinnati @ Arrowhead. Can't wait for this game, Bengals held to a FG.
• 4-2
• Week 07 -- @ Oakland. Whoeve is QBing the Raiders will get sacked 5 times
• 5-2
• Week 08 -- Bye
• 5-2
• Week 09 -- Packers @ Arrowhead. Favre sees the sea of red and cries.
• 6-2
• Week 10 -- Denver @ Arrowhead. Cutler is the new Plummer, KC DEF=3 picks, 4 sacks
• 7-2
• Week 11 -- @ Indianapolis. Page will get Peyton's number again, but not enough...
• 7-3
• Week 12 -- Oakland @ Arrowhead. Psst. Please.
• 8-3
• Week 13 -- San Diego @ Arrowhead. LT has burnt out by now, Chiefs split AGAIN.
• 9-3
• Week 14 -- @ Denver. It snows. Game is ugly. Comes down to a FG and...
• 9-4
• Week 15 -- Titans @ Arrowhead. LJ takes frustration out. Arrowhead finale
• 10-4
• Week 16 -- @ Detroit. It's in a dome, Croyle is in full swing, LOTS of TD's here
• 11-4
• Week 17 -- @ NY Jets. Tough game. Depends on who needs/wants it more.
• 11-5

So, there it is. The Chiefs go 11-5. I haven't looked ay any other AFC West schedules, but that should be enough to take the division this year. San Diego will be good, but not great, and Denver won't be able to put things together.

GO CHIEFS

2007 schedule finalized

Well, the waiting is over. (I know you all were on the edges of your seat about this.) Your very own Kansas City Chiefs released their 2007 schedule at noon today.

So far, so good. I like our chances the last three games of the year with Tennessee at home then on the road at Detroit and against the Jets. I would have liked to have the season finale in Arrowhead, to give us that extra boost. But here's hoping every game AFTER that Jets game next year will be in Arrowhead (until the SB of course)

As we already knew, we play at Chicago this year, what we didn't know was the date. Safe to say I am happy it is right away in the season, I don't think I want to deal with the crappy Chicago weather in the broken down spaceship they call a football field. I mean come on, that place is a joke!!!

For those who are too lazy to follow a link, here it is:

Preseason
Result	Date	Opponent	Time	Network
	08/11/07	at Cleveland Browns	6:30 PM	CBS
	08/16/07	Miami Dolphins	7:00 PM	ESPN+
	08/23/07	New Orleans Saints	7:30 PM	CBS
	08/30/07	at St. Louis Rams	7:00 PM	CBS
Regular Season
Result	Date	Opponent	Time	Network
	09/09/07	at Houston Texans	12:00 PM	CBS
	09/16/07	at Chicago Bears	3:15 PM	CBS
	09/23/07	Minnesota Vikings	12:00 PM	FOX
	09/30/07	at San Diego Chargers	3:15 PM	CBS
	10/07/07	Jacksonville Jaguars	12:00 PM	CBS
	10/14/07	Cincinnati Bengals	12:00 PM	CBS
	10/21/07	at Oakland Raiders	3:05 PM	CBS
	10/28/07	Bye
	11/04/07	Green Bay Packers	12:00 PM	FOX
	11/11/07	Denver Broncos	12:00 PM	CBS
	11/18/07	at Indianapolis Colts	12:00 PM	CBS*
	11/25/07	Oakland Raiders	12:00 PM	CBS*
	12/02/07	San Diego Chargers	12:00 PM	CBS*
	12/09/07	at Denver Broncos	3:15 PM	CBS*
	12/16/07	Tennessee Titans	12:00 PM	CBS*
	12/23/07	at Detroit Lions	12:00 PM	CBS*
	12/30/07	at New York Jets	7:15 PM	NBC+

All times Central. Times listed as time of kickoff.