Update

Sorry folks for the lack of post and podcast in the last two weeks. Me and Harper are just so busy with school and work that we aren't having too much time to do this thing anymore. I just recently got a retail job and during this holiday season, my schedule's pretty much full. Mitch has also been pretty busy as well. We hope to come back on air soon and get blogging again, but for now, we're taking a hiatus. Thanks to all those that followed this blog and podcast and we hope to once again entertain you with our bantering and such. We may even pull off a shocker and give you a podcast the week of the Holy War!!! Once again, thanks to all that supported us.

No episode today.

Well the title pretty much explains it all. Sorry folks.

Pre-MNF Thoughts: Week 7

Just some tidbits from Week 7 of the NFL.

The Brady Bunch Strikes Again

Pretty much all Tom Brady did was break his own record for touchdown passes in a single game in this expected Patriot rout against the Dolphins. Brady had 6 touchdown passes, but as always, the humble Tom Brady gave the credit to his receivers for making those plays, including Randy Moss, who had 122 yards and 2 TD grabs, including a spectacular grab 35 yard TD grab that had Moss stunned he caught. If the Colts win tonight against the Jaguars, we will be seeing a showcase of two undefeated teams in two weeks.
(Photo by Hans Deryk) ©2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.


8 Field Goals!?!?!

Tennessee Titan kicker Rob Bironas broke the all-time NFL record for field goals made in a single game, making 8 field goals out of 8 tries. Bironas kicked field goals 52 yards, 25 yards, 21 yards, 30 yards, 28 yards, 43 yards, 29 yards, and the game-winning 29 yarder as time expired. This game looked to be over in the 3rd quarter, with the Titans having a 32-7 lead over the Texans. But Sage Rosenfels came to play and led the Texans to score 29 4th quarter points, but it wasn't enough to beat the Vince Young-less Titans.
(Photo by Jamie Squire) © 1999-2007 Getty Images, Inc. All rights reserved.

Sunday Night Done Right

With the recent slump Monday Night Football has given us, Al and John have restored our interest in Sunday Night Football, and last night was definitely no exception. The Steelers came into town looking for another win to stay atop the AFC North, and the Denver Broncos were looking to avoid a 3rd-straight loss. Denver had a comfortable lead in the 4th quarter up by 14, but Ben Roethelisberger threw 2 touchdowns to his two tight ends, Matt Spaeth and Heath Miller to tie it at 28-all with just over a minute left. But, you have to remember one thing, or one person rather, and that'd be Jason Elam. As time expired, Elam kicked a 49 yard field goal to give the Broncos a 31-28 victory. As far as anyone should be concerned, the Broncos MVP is definitely Elam, winning all three games for the Broncos this season. Jason Elam is one special individual that the Broncos need to keep around.
(Photo by Doug Pensinger) © 1999-2007 Getty Images, Inc. All rights reserved.

Dolphins Down

First Trent Green, then Renaldo Hill, and now Ronnie Brown are all down for the Dolphins this season. Brown looked to have the best season of his young career is out due to a ACL problem, as well as starting safety Renaldo Hill. Trent Green wanted to come back and play, but without clearance from the doctors, we'll be seeing Cleo Lemon take the field again. The season for the Dolphins is pretty much over already, however. I expect Goose Egg and 16 for the Dolphins this year.

Monday Night Football: Indianapolis Colts vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Woo...now this is a Monday Night match-up worth watching. The Colts look to go undefeated against the 4-1 Jaguars who are looking impressive every time I see them. Should be an interesting game considering last year, the Jaguars ran all over the Colts. This year may be a different story with Maurice Jones-Drew being a game-time decision. This will be an exciting game, nonetheless.

Patrick's Prediction: Indianapolis beats Jacksonville

Remember to catch Tuesday Sports Report tomorrow, when we deliver more news from Week 7, discuss the latest BCS Rankings, and give you a snippet of information from around the National Basketball Association.

World Series Set

After a thrilling game 7 of the ALCS, the Colorado Rockies finally have an opponent in this year's Fall Classic. The Boston Red Sox put on a offensive show in the 8th inning scoring 6 runs to give the Boston Red Sox a 11-2 win over the Cleveland Indians. Before I talk about the Series, congrats to the Indians for putting up one helluva show for us with both the Yanks and the Sox.

Good thing the first 2 games are out in Boston because Coors Field is a mess right now with all that snow. The Red Sox are an overwhelming favorite to win this thing again and I think the Sox will pull it off. They have the better talent overall in offense and pitching and obviously, they have the most experience. I expect the Boston Red Sox to pick up their 2nd World Series championship in 88 years.

Bronx Bombshell!

With reports coming out stating that Joe Torre would be out in New York, the Yankees offered Torre the highest contract in the MLB, worth $5 million for one year, but Torre turned it down! After all those reports, he's the one leaving willingly.

Good for Torre. He was one of the best managers in MLB history, definitely going to the Hall of Fame, and I felt he was disrespected by the Yankees organization. After winning 4 World Series titles as his reign in New York, I completely think Cashman and Steinbrenner treated the situation terribly. We here at TSR definitely wish the best to Joe Torre.

But now, who's next for the Yankees? I personally think the Yankees should go after their own broadcaster and 2006 NL Manager of the Year, Joe Girardi. I can't believe this guy was let go in Florida, but one team's loss could be another team's treasure. The Yankees would be silly if they didn't go after Joe, but hey, who knows? They let one Joe slip past them, what's to say they don't do the same with this Joe?
(Photo by Nick Laham) © 1999-2007 Getty Images, Inc. All rights reserved.

Fans Are Amazing, TSR's Myspace, and Poll is up!!!

Before I get to the nitty gritty of this blog and show tell you about our poll and Myspace, I wanted to show this amazing video of Korean soccer fans putting on a show. Enjoy!



Tuesday Sports Report now has a Myspace!!! Since the thing seems to get people hooked, we'd thought we try it out. Click here to visit TSR's Myspace and "Add" us!

There is a new feature and it's called the Poll of the Week. This week's poll as suggested by Harper is basically picking between types of citrus sodas. Make sure you vote for the one you like best (coughs; Vault; coughs).

Tuesday Sports Report: Episode 4, 10/16/07

The 4th installment of TSR discusses the major upsets of LSU and Cal over the weekend; about the Rockies first trip to the World Series. Also, we discuss that "Super Bowl" of the regular season, which was the Patriots and the Cowboys, and discuss Kobe's future as a Laker. Ron Burgundy and Mike Gundy makes special guest appearances on this fun fast-paced episode.

Duration: 1 hour, 6 minutes, 13 seconds

Click here to listen to the Tuesday Sports Report or Right Click, "Save Target As" to download and take this podcast on the go. Enjoy!!!

For past episodes click on the links in the right hand column. Enjoy!

YouTube Video of the Week: 10/16/07

A new weekly installment here on TSR is the YouTube Video of the Week (listen to our podcast and you'll understand). Here is the video brought to you by biakabutukafan who did an outstanding job with this Coors Light spoof.

Mike Gundy Coors Light Commercial


Also, here is the original Mike Gundy tirade. If you'd like to more on it, click here.

Oklahoma State Football Coach Mike Gundy Upset

Pre-MNF Thoughts: Week 6

Just some tidbits from Week 6 of the NFL.

Rookie of the Year has Already Been Won

We have 11 weeks to go in the NFL, but I don't care. After seeing Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings in Sunday's 34-31 win over the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field, I've already declared Vikings running back Adrian Peterson as Offensive Rookie of the Year. If you haven't heard by now, Peterson carried the ball 20 times, but rushed for 224 yards! That's an average of 11.2 yards a carry! He also found the end-zone three times in that game.

There isn't any rookie in the NFL this year that can match up to what Peterson has already done. Peterson is averaging 121.4 yards a game this season and has a combined total of 5 touchdowns (4 rush, 1 receive). Being the 7th pick overall, you probably can already say that this Sooner was the steal of the draft. And on a side note to everyone in the NFL, just stop kicking to Devin Hester already! Just thought I'd get that out.
(Photo by Jonathon Daniel) © 1999-2007 Getty Images, Inc. All rights reserved.

And Then There Were Two...

In everyone's mind before Sunday started, the Patriots and the Cowboys definitely was the game to watch. Even here in Utah on CBS played that game when normally we would've definitely received the AFC West showdown between the Raiders and the Chargers. Both New England and Dallas came into the game with perfect 5-0 records, and as we stated on last week's TSR, someone had to lose. That someone was the Dallas Cowboys who got pummeled by the Patriots 48-27.

Tom Brady had an amazing game, throwing for 388 yards and 5, you heard me, 5 touchdowns. Randy Moss had another touchdown, but wasn't Brady's primary target proving why the Pats are so good that you have to double cover Moss, but will pay with another receiver, whether it be Wes Welker, who was the recipient of two TDs and had over 100 yards, or Donte Stallworth, who had his best game as a Patriot, racking up 136 yards and a score. All this without their starting running back Laurence Maroney and tight end Ben Watson, who was injured in the first half. T.O., I forgot to "get my popcorn ready." but I apparently didn't need it.

This leaves only two undefeated teams left in the NFL; the Patriots and the Colts, who had a bye this week. Could we be seeing another battle of perfection in Week 9? I think so. Get your hot wings ready!

TSR Curse Manifests Itself Again!

The Oakland Raiders went from first to worst yesterday after losing to divisional foes, the San Diego Chargers 28-14. The Raiders did play a good game, but could not stop LaDainian Tomlinson, who looked like, well, himself in 2006. LT had 198 yards and four TDs of the rushing variety (Sorry fantasy owners of Antonio Gates, no passing TDs for LT). After reporting the Raiders were in first place, what happened? A loss, making them last place tied (Denver has the same record, but holds the tie-breaker). Well Raiders fans, it was fun while it lasted.

Old Man Vinny A Winner

43 year-old Vinny Testaverde was named the starter for the Panthers game yesterday against the Cardinals and picked up an impressive win 25-10. Testaverde completed over 60% of his passes and had 1 touchdown pass to Steve Smith. It'll be interesting to see if Testaverde is named starter again next week if David Carr is healthy.
(Photo by Stephen Dunn) © 1999-2007 Getty Images, Inc. All rights reserved.

Monday Night Football: New York Giants vs. Atlanta Falcons

Well, let's see. I could always do my laundry I guess. Let's see, just checking my TV schedule for today. Oh look, new episode of "Heroes". Okay good, what else? "Dancing With The Stars" is on. We get to see Mark Cuban again, I think; don't really follow the show. Oh, there's a Halle Berry marathon on AMC, might catch that. There's pre-season basketball on today. The Utah Jazz vs. Phoenix Suns. That's pretty interesting. Umm... anyone up for a game of Madden '08 on the Wii? I'll just stop right there because you can probably already tell what I'm doing. This game is B-O-R-I-N-G!!! Umm... I guess one headline will be if Bryon Leftwich gets the start but that's it.

Patrick's Prediction: New York Giants beats Atlanta

That's it for this week's pre-MNF thoughts. Remember to catch tomorrow's episode of Tuesday Sports Report, when we talk about the latest BCS rankings and why this year might be the most confusing as ever. Also will be discussing LSU and Cal and why another Florida school might take the national championship. We'll be giving you our synopsis on Week 6 and preview Week 7. Talk about the ALCS and NLCS and some on Randy Couture's departure from UFC and lots more!

TSR participating in Blog Action Day

We here at the Tuesday Sports Report primarily blog about what's going on in the sports world, but today is a special day in Blog Land. Today is Blog Action Day. For those who don't know what Blog Action Day is, click here to learn more.

Anyways, since we live in Utah, a big topic of discussion is population growth. Population growth, while normally seeming like a good thing, has a major effect on Utah's human inhabitants and wildlife. You can click here to learn more about the major effects of population, but wanted to get the point across that though population is a good thing, we mustn't get rid of what makes Utah so special. Just our two cents on the topic and if anyone else who reads this has a blog, make sure to get involved in Blog Action Day!

1 & 2 Fall

There is a complete mess in college football! Number 2 ranked Cal fell today, 31-28, against Oregon State and the number 1 team in the land, LSU, lost in triple overtime to Kentucky, 43-37. I thought we had enough upsets the previous two weeks and now we get these two shockers! With the official BCS polls coming out tomorrow, we should see some pretty interesting teams at the top. But man oh man, with 1 and 2 falling, we've got a pretty exciting Tuesday Sports Report for you lined up this week!

Couture No More

The reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion of the World, 44 year-old Randy Couture announced his retirement today. A former 5-time UFC Heavyweight Champion and already a UFC Hall-of-Famer, Couture sited that there was nothing left to do in the MMA world but to fight one person, and that was Fedor Emelianenko, who just recently signed with a M-1 fighting league in Russia. Once that no longer became a possibility, Randy said no more to the Octagon.

This is completely shocking news to me! I was a huge fan of UFC when it aired on Spike, and pretty disappointed to see a legend that was respected all over the MMA world walk away. But he does make a point. There were no other challenges for him in UFC and why not retire at the end of your game. I mean, we're not gonna see "Rampage" Jackson or Chuck Liddell bump up a weight class, and a guy could get old waiting for Brock Lesnar to come aboard, so this is probably the best move he can make. I hope Couture doesn't completely walk away from UFC though as he was great in the announcing booth with Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan, but it sounds like he is. Anyways, best of luck, Randy, in your future endeavors, and here's to the next UFC Champ!