Number Fourteen: Cleveland Browns

Wow, after the Browns, my favourite team, finished 10-6 last year, they've started 0-2 this year. Now that may partially be because of a schedule that is 6th hardest in the league and both their losses have come against playoff teams in 2007. But if the Browns want to prove last year wasn't a fluke, they better win at least half their games, which would still mean going 8-6 in the rest of their games, which won't be easy seeing as they'll play 1. the Steelers again, a team they have lost 9 straight games to, 2. last years Superbowl winner, the Giants, once, 3. the Jags 4. the Redskins, 5. the revitalized Bills, 6. the 2-0 Broncos, 7. Peyton Manning and the Colts, 8. the Eagles, 9. and lastly the Titans. Those nine games will all be difficult to win, and if they even win 5 of those, and assuming they even beat all of the weaker teams on their schedule, they will finish 10-6 again, which wasn't enough to make the playoffs last year, so they better start winning. They only have 1 touchdown in 2 games, which is last, dead last, in the league. So much for the second best offence in the league. One upside, their defence has been good so far, but the offence needs to start scoring points.

Number Thirteen: Fantasy Football

This is less of a blog and more of a suggestion. I recommend that anyone who likes football checks out this website and joins a fantasy league. It's very fun and the team names and pictures are very fun to create. Today's QOTD: Did you like the website, and what was your favourate part of making a fantasy team? click this for the website

Number Twelve: Brett Favre part 2

After all the summer bonanza surrounding Brett Favre, it would be easy to call him either a dedicated veteran or a past his prime old-timer. Lots of people think he is only returning to pad his NFL records so they will be harder to break, and while I think that probably factored into his decision, I think he is still a good football player who deserved to start for Green Bay this year and the team didn't give him a chance. The Jets gave him a chance though, and they traded a conditional draft pick to the Packers for Favre's services. I think he has got enough left in the tank to have a good season, but playing in New York will be an ordeal. If he threw an interception in a preseason game they'd probably boo him out of town, and I'm not sure Favre can handle another city giving up on him. Overall, I think Favre gives the Jets a chance to go 8-8, without him I think they'd go 5-11, but i still don't see Favre and the Jets making the playoffs. I think losing Favre will greatly hurt the Packers chances at making the playoffs, in fact I'm guessing they'll finish 7-9 and miss the playoffs, and therefore I think the Packers made a bad decition to give up on Favre. Today's QOTD: Is it a good idea for the Packers to be thinking about the future and getting rid of Favre, or do you think they should have attempted a Superbowl run by keeping him? Next post: fantasy football.

Number Eleven: Brett Favre Part 1

There has been a lot of news this summer in every sport, but there is only one piece of news that will stay in my mind: the Favre saga. As anyone who read my last entry knows, I was just in the U.S., and on the front page of every newspaper was Brett's lovely mug. Here is the story: Favre played for the Green Bay Packers for 16 seasons and was a huge fan favourite there. At the end of last year however, he retired from the sport. Because of this, Green Bay went in a new direction and promised Brett's old backup QB Aaron Rodgers that he would be the new starter. Early this summer, Brett, for the second time, decided to return from his retirement. I say for the second time because he retired last year too before returning for last season, where he set many NFL records and milestones. Now unless this guy has a mad passion for the game or he just wanted to buff his stats, he would likely retire because most QBs play till they're 34, not 38 like Brett. Today's QOTD: Do you think Favre is staying in the league another season to pad his records, for a chance at the championship, or for his passion for the game? And why do you feel that way? Textual answers would be much apreciated :). Brett Favre part 2 is next! Stay tuned and please comment.

Number Ten: Cottages don't have internet, Sundin

First of all, I'd like to say that the published date is wrong, this entry was published August 3rd. As you can guess, I wasn't thinking when I wrote article #9. You see, 2 days later, I would be going to the cottage we have on a lake in Alberta. This cottage did not have internet, so i couldn't post any blog entries. Fortunately I'm back now, and I'm going to San Fransisco tomorrow which DOES have internet, so prepare for more blogs. Here is a rant I have about what has happened this summer. It is about Mats Sundin. He is still thinking about his future, even though the Canucks offered him a HUGE contract of $20,000,000 over two years. That's 10 million a year. That would be the biggest contract ever signed in the history of the NHL. How do you pass up 10 million dollars a year, even if you want to retire or play for a contender? So, the QOTD is: Should Sundin sign with the Canucks, sign with a contender, or retire? Thanks for reading and answering the QOTD. Five blogs a week starts now.

Number Nine: I'm back, woo hoo!

Well, exams are over, and I've started relaxing for summer, but even better: McSports Blog is back! Even better still, I've decided to write 5 blogs a month. Also, I'm looking for more comments, so to do this, I've created a new thing: Question of the day. Today's QOTD: Is 5 blogs a month too much, too little, or just right?
Lucas McSports

Number Eight: Luc Bourdon

An intense competitor. A good human being. A skilled hockey player. A first round pick of the Canucks. A good friend. The hockey world is grieving over the loss of hot prospect Luc Bourdon who died on Thursday, May 28th. Bourdon was a promising young defenceman who played his junior hockey with the Moncton Wildcats, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Val d'Or Foreurs of the QMJHL. He split his first pro season in 2007-08 between Vancouver and the American Hockey League's Manitoba Moose. He scored two goals and had a plus 7 rating in 27 games with the Canucks last season. He was hit by a truck after losing control of his motorcycle and crossing over to the wrong side of the road where the traffic was going the other way. A truck came straight at Luc, and ended the blueliners life at a far too young age of 21. This is a tragic loss for the hockey world. His best friend Kris Letang missed Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final after hearing the news. He said there were more important things to think about than hockey at a time like this.