12.07.2013

Why the Kansas City Chiefs SHOULD Lose to the Washington Redskins this Weekend


At the end of last season I took a look at the saying that the Redskins beat (or play) the Super Bowl Champs in the recent Super Bowl match-ups.  See the link below for the break down.

With that said, the +Washington Redskins  have beaten the Raiders, Bears, Chargers.  For right now I can say that it is somewhat safe to say that none of those 3 teams will be playing in the Super Bowl this year. If the Super Bowl Champion came down to a team that they beat this year I would have to say that the Skins will win on Sunday against the +Kansas City Chiefs  and/or they will beat the +Dallas Cowboys and that team will go on to win.
As for teams that the Skins have played that are still definitely in the Post Season conversation you have to include the +Philadelphia Eagles, +Detroit Lions, +Denver Broncos, and +San Francisco 49ers.  I would have to say that the odds of this season's Super Bowl Champ being on the Redskins schedule are very high.
I've gone on record as saying that as long as they aren't playing my Niners and it doesn't effect the Niners, then I do root for the home teams to win, yes the Redskins and Ravens (in that order).  However, I have been secretly rooting for former 49ers QB Alex Smith to do good.  He's been average but his team has looked similar to the 2011 49ers team.  I will admit they have had an easy schedule so that plays a huge part in their success.  But an offense with minimal mistakes and a league leading defense that also scores helps as well.  At first I just wanted Alex to lead the Chiefs to 8 wins so that the 49ers would upgrade to a 2nd round pick for the trade.  Then after that I did want them to beat the Broncos at least once.  I predicted them to get a get a Playoff berth via the Wild Card, and I think they will still do so.  In this game on Sunday for money reasons I picked the Chiefs to win, but I think it would be in the Chiefs best interest if the Redskins showed the world that they are team we saw last year if the trend of Super Bowl Champs holds any weight in this years post season.  The Chiefs are favored by 3.5 on the road this week, I'd be willing to bet against them in Vegas.  If they win it will be by 3.



10.10.2013

Thank You Nike Claims


Last September I purchased a 49ers Frank Gore Nike jersey from Fanatics.  All of my other jerseys are Reebok and last year was the first year of Nike taking over the NFL contract for jerseys.  I originally purchased a Game Day Aldon Smith jersey for $99.  I didn't like the quality of the Game Day jerseys, it felt like a T-Shirt with painted on numbers, so I returned it and ordered the Frank Gore Limited jersey for about $140.  The next level up is the Elite for $250.  When I received the Frank Gore Limited jersey the numbers seemed a bit wrinkled, but I ignored it and assumed that it was just due to packaging and they the wrinkles would fall out or could be ironed out.  I never ironed it and the wrinkled never fell out, but I did notice some black marks starting to show up.  Generally speaking I only wear my jerseys on game days and some Fridays to work.  I have a rotation of 4 jerseys so I can say that I probably wore this jersey all of 4 times last season.  I went to put i on this season and the black marks looked worse.  It looked like I got in a fight with a fine tip Sharpie but the jersey had just been sitting in my closet folded for the whole off season.  I took it to my Dry Cleaners, they cleaned it but said the dark spots were due to lint being under the numbers.  The link also caused the bubbling and wrinkles that I had noticed.  At this point I realized that the jersey was defective and there's no way I should be spending over $100 for something and it looks like this without me even wearing it more than 10 times. First step, twitter and I got great responses from Nike and Fanatics.


The Fanatics told me that the order was too old for them to do anything, as expected.  They did however give me a store credit for 20% of my original purchase to use in their store.  I also went to the Nike Claims website as suggested and shipped my jersey off to Nike on Tuesday.  On Thursday they sent me a message stating that they received my jersey and indeed it was defective.  Due to it being defective, Nike is sending me a Nike Product Voucher for the amount of the jersey so that I can purchase another one (or whatever else I may want from their store).

Thanks Fanatics, Nike, and twitter for helping me have an open dialog on the go with these companies.


9.05.2013

NFL 2013 Season Predictions: Redskins, Ravens, 49ers, Playoffs, & Super Bowl

I guess its a better time than any to give my predictions for this year.  Last years predictions weren't too off, I projected the Ravens to finish 10-6 winning their division along with the Patriots, Texans, and Broncos.  My predictions for the Redskins were 8-8 and with a chance at the Wild Card slot, they stepped it up to 10-6 and won the division with their end of the year winning streak. Other than the 49ers, Falcons, and Packers my NFC Playoff picks looked off.  I predicted the 49ers would finish 10-6 and win the division.  It's a bit tough to predict a tie, so I'll give myself the benefit of the doubt.  My fandom Super Bowl prediction of Ravens vs 49ers actually happened, but my real prediction of Packers losing to the Texans in the Super Bowl fell short.

Ok so lets break down my picks for this year like the ESPN Experts did, well minus the Coach of the Year, MVP, and ROY predictions.

NFL Season Predictions

 
My Fan Picks
My Actual Predictions
 
SUPER BOWL
CHAMPION
  
AFC East PatriotsPatriots 
AFC North BengalsBengals
AFC South TexansTexans 
AFC West BroncosBroncos 
AFC wild cards Bills, ChiefsBills, Ravens 
NFC East RedskinsRedskins 
NFC North PackersPackers 
NFC South SaintsFalcons 
NFC West 49ersSeahawks 
NFC wild cards Seahawks, Falcons49ers, Saints 
AFC champion TexansBroncos 
NFC champion 49ersSaints 

Story book ending for Peyton Manning, he ascends into football heaven (retirement) with his 2nd Super Bowl ring then Ray Lewis jumps out of the stands and hugs him, which ends up looking more like a tackle because Peyton wasn't expecting it.

Ok time to do the Redskins, Ravens, and 49ers predictions.  I'll start with the local teams then finish with my favorite team.

The Redskins had a great finish to their season last year, their Rookie QB and Rookie RB combo was practically unstoppable, until the injury.  RG3's injury does worry me somewhat, but I think as long as he takes it easy and stays away from Clay Matthews and Ndamukong Suh in weeks 2 & 3, he'll be ok and return from the BYE at full speed.

  1. Eagles - LOSS - I think the Redskins will start off somewhat refrained and the Eagles will be full steam ahead.
  2. at Packers - LOSS - Home Advantage
  3. Lions - WIN - Shoot Out game.
  4. at Raiders - WIN - Not sold on the Raiders
  5. BYE
  6. at Cowboys - WIN - I hear that the Redskins own Cowboys Stadium
  7. Bears - WIN - Depends on which Bears show up, but this is winnable.
  8. at Broncos - LOSS - The Bronco's should have all of the parts of their defense at this point
  9. Chargers - WIN - I don't believe in the Chargers
  10. at Vikings - WIN - Refrain (you can't stop) AP, and this is a win in the bag
  11. at Eagles - WIN - The offense will be at full speed and keep up with the Eagles for a very enjoyable game to watch
  12. 49ers - LOSS - I'll be here in my 49ers gear, the 49ers are winning this one. (Fan Pick)
  13. Giants - WIN - Home Advantage
  14. Chiefs - WIN - Andy Reid will make this interesting, but the Redskins appear to have a better team than the Chiefs, plus they are at home.
  15. at Falcons - WIN - They almost won it last year, I think they can win it this year with a healthy RG3.
  16. Cowboys - LOSS - These last two games could flip flop, they are more so to make the NFC race for 2nd place more interesting as the Cowboys, Giants, and Eagles chase the Wild Card slot.
  17. at Giants - WIN
 That puts them at 11-5, one win better than last year and a much more balanced full season.  I think they will win the division by 1 or 2 games, it won't come down to divisional wins in the NFC East this year.  The other 3 teams will be scrambling for wins towards the end of the season to get a wild card spot.

The Super Bowl Champion Ravens, I think this will be a tough transition year for them.  That got younger, which ultimately will mean they will be faster and possibly healthier, but I think it will take some time to get all components of the team to gel properly.  I know that the preseason means nothing, but at times they looked like confused misfits.  All that tells me is that position ranks weren't really determined and the 1st team hasn't had a chance to get used to playing as a unit.  It will take time, luckily the AFC North and the AFC East have a few teams that should help build confidence.

  1. at Broncos - LOSS - Offense vs Offense, I gotta pick Peyton and his deep WR core. This should be a great game, I can't see it being a blow out for either team.
  2. Browns - WIN - I expect the Browns to do something this year, just not against the Ravens
  3. Texans - LOSS - Texans Defense wins this one
  4. at Bills - LOSS - A sleeper loss.  Bills have a decent defense, a better QB, a great RB, and good WRs, I think the Bills can sneak away with this one.
  5. at Dolphins - WIN - All of Baltimore will be in Miami on Instagram for this game, the stadium will likely be 75% purple and the Ravens get a big confidence booster.
  6. Packers - LOSS - I'm going with Aaron Rodgers on this one.  If the Ravens pass rush is effective, they can make this swing the other way.  Defense will need to be excellent to win this one.
  7. at Steelers - WIN - Nice win going into the bye week
  8. BYE
  9. at Browns - WIN - Feeling fresh from the bye another win to OWN the Browns.
  10. Bengals - WIN -  Home Win against the Bengals to feed Ravens divisional confidence
  11. at Bears - LOSS -  This could go either way, Home Advantage
  12. Jets - WIN -  Do you really want me to explain this?
  13. Steelers - WIN - Steelers OWNership with a home win.
  14. Vikings - WIN - Home Advantage, plus I trust Flacco more than Ponder.
  15. at Lions - LOSS - The Lions high powered offense will out power the Ravens in this road game.
  16. Patriots - LOSS -  I just made a bunch of people angry with this one, sorry. I think the Patriots will have a surprisingly good year, this game will put the icing on the season for them.
  17. at Bengals - LOSS -  This will likely be a must win for a Wild Card spot, if the Bengals are still playing starters in hope to get a bye then they will get this home win.
Finishing their season at 8-8, I would venture to say that they can get 1 out of the either the Lions or the Bills to finish 9-7 with a chance at the Wild Card in the AFC.

The NFC Champion 49ers, fell short from a Super Bowl win.  Some say it was the refs fault, but I'll just say that the team with more big game experience came out and played harder from the very beginning.  Its hard to expect to win if you are trailing by so much with half of the game gone.  Plus you can never count on refs calls to win games, teams have to play hard all 4 quarters to win games.  I think it was a good experience for a young team, young QB, and a fairly new Coach.  With the emergence of the Seahawks, and a target on their mobile QB, this season will likely be tougher than last year.  The past two years I would say that we were somewhat under the radar, even after going to the NFC Championship most "experts" predicted a huge fall off. 

  1. Packers -WIN -  I'll give the advantage to our defense.  Tough game to start the season.
  2. at Seahawks - LOSS - Home Advantage plus Guinness World Book Record for loudest crowd might make this game unbearable to watch as a 49ers fan.  It would be awesome if we could silence them though.
  3. Colts - WIN - Back home for a win.  Luck  likes to throw INTs, and we have a bunch of folks that like to catch them.
  4. at Rams - LOSS -  I don't think we should lose any games to the Rams, but they knew us too well last year, I'll give them this home win.
  5. Texans - LOSS - Fanship says we'll win, my gut says it will be close.  I'll give this to the veteran team.
  6. Cardinals - WIN - We still have the Cardinals number, Carson or no Carson.
  7. at Titans - WIN -  Another nice win to build confidence.
  8. at Jaguars (London) - WIN -  Should be a very convincing win, might see BJ Daniels or Colt McCoy in this game at some point.
  9. BYE
  10. Panthers - WIN - I'll give this to the QB with more weapons and the team with the better offensive line.  Not to mention this is a home game coming off of a bye.
  11. at Saints - LOSS - Saints have a vendetta against the Harbaugh led 49ers, with Sean Payton back I think they may have a chance to get this home win against us....maybe.
  12. at Redskins - WIN - I already commented on this above.  Defense wins and contains.
  13. Rams - WIN -  Bounce back from the week 4 loss with a home win.
  14. Seahawks - LOSS -  This game will likely be the deciding game for who will win the division, and the Seahawks will likely have Percy Harvin at this point.  Fanship says we win, but to make things interesting I'll give the Seahawks the sweep. It will make it more fun if we meet in the post season.
  15. at Buccaneers - WIN - Might see some backups in the game as well.
  16. Falcons - WIN - Last game at Candlestick Park, going out with a West Coast Win over the Dirty Birds
  17. at Cardinals - WIN - A strong win going into the post season.
Finishing the season at 11-5, but losing twice to the Seahawks could put us in a Wild Card position if the Seahawks play as expected.  As a fan I believe that we can beat the Texans, get the home win against the Seahawks, and possibly beat the Saints in their house again.  So I guess as a fan I'm saying 13 to 14 wins, but hey I'm a fan, what can I say.

8.15.2013

Prettiest Girls [Music]

Well my daughter has gone nuts over this movie and watches it like 10 times a week, and we also listen to the soundtrack on the way to daycare in the morning.  This song stuck out as a genuinely great song that could have been a decent single even without the movie.  I could also relate to the lyrics.  I'll post the lyrics at the bottom.  Enjoy.


photography by AMDLD Photo

Pretty girl, pretty girl,
Oh no here comes a pretty girl, pretty girl

Uh oh here comes a pretty girl...

Hey!

I know what you are thinking
I know what you will say
you made up this whole far fetched thing
about the reasons that i have changed

well i'm still the tiger
and the jungle is still my home
but she blew out my fire
and now my killer instincts are gone

what did you do?

everything lost its worth to me
everything in this world
every since it occurred to me that
you are the prettiest girls

my life is so amazing
let me explain how it got that way
well if happiness was standing at your door
i mean tell me what would you say?

but i am no liar and you rearranged my home
and i wonder how i dont get tired
of loving the three of you instead of what i own

all that is gone

everything lost its worth to me
everything in this world
every since it occured to me that
you are the prettiest girls

what are you doing to me?
what's so drastic all my friends see?
you say nothing, nothing, nothing
but it's really something, something, something

you won't answer me
and all the while
my heart just melts
from your innocent smile

it's strange
oh god i think i have changed

oohhhh
there's one thing that's sure
is everyday i love you some more
my hand's been handcuffed
and loved by you
so is there really anything i could do?

when...

everything lost its worth to me
everything in this world
every since it occurred to me that
you are the prettiest girls


5.23.2013

Random Images [05.23.13]

My homie Mike who usually does "Images of the Week" on Day2Day is out of town for his birthday so I'm sure he'll miss this week, so here are some images that I randomly came across on www.thechive.com earlier today that I found entertaining.

Game of Foams???
 
Best Sleep Ever
 
This isn't funny, its just awesome, and appropriate with Memorial Day coming up
 
This is great, it should be a T-Shirt.
 
Simple Comedy Always Cracks Me Up
 
If Zack Galifianakis was a canine...
 
But why is he hangin out of the window like he's on of the homies?
 
 
This cat might have a better meme face than the Grumpy Cat, in my honest opinion.
 
And that's when the fight started...
 
C'mon folks, don't take your kid to the bar. Its annoying to happy drunk people and its not a good look for you as a parental figure either...
 
And on that note I'm gone...

5.06.2013

Eat the Cake...

A random Google search brought me to the gifs below. In sequence they had me crackin' up, so I decided to share.  The never-ending loop on that 2nd picture is hilarious. 
 
 
 


*Disclaimer: I do no condone domestic violence in any shape or form*

5.02.2013

The Summer Is Mine, She Ain't Yours No More...

I'm a summer baby, First of July, Middle of the Year, the Height of Summer, therefore Summer belongs to me.  Pool parties every year as a kid, epic celebrations since then, Summer is mine!  Don't make me get an instrumental or something.  LOL, let me stop before I really start writing something.

Either way, rappers seem to love personifying Summer, J.Cole recently did it on his new EP, Truly Yours 2.  But it's not his first time doing so.  Check out my homeboy's blog for the whole EP (Day2Day: J.Cole - Truly Yours 2 EP). So in honor of J.Cole's new song personifying Summer, "Cole Summer", I decided to do a Throwback post with two of my favorite tracks personifying Summer.  Jay-Z's "Dear Summer" and Jim Jones "Summer wit Miami".  Jim's title doesn't really personify Summer but his lyrics and shots at Jay-Z do.  We all know Jay owns the summer though, he's been consistently putting out summer hits since his debut.  I think a few other rappers (Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy) did remixes to "Dear Summer" as well.


"Cole Summer"
 
"Dear Summer"
 
"Summer Wit Miami"

4.22.2013

Change The Way You See Yourself

I thought that his was worth sharing, some very value lessons from Dove about how we perceive ourselves. No need in explaining it because the video is self explanatory.  The link that was originally shared with me was from Mashable but Dove also has a page dedicated to this experiment (http://dove.com/realbeautysketches).

4.05.2013

Charlie Brown and the Peanuts vs. 90's Hip-Hop


Artist Mark Drew has a lot of Hip-Hop related artwork but this one caught the eye of Buzz Feed then caught my eye thanks to one of my friends sharing it with me.  The title of this exhibit is "Deez Nuts" a play on Peanuts mixed with Hip-Hop.

Check out more of Mark's work at http://www.makingends.com/
The gallery that hosted this exhibit goes by the name of China Heights.








via: http://www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/charlie-brown-goes-hip-hop
       http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/mark-drew-deez-nuts
















4.02.2013

Inappropriate But Funny Kids’ Drawings

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Kids are hilarious and they don't even know it! LOL.  Here's 8 of the 14 from the original post. 

Original post can be found here: 14 Inappropriate (But Oh So Funny) Kids’ Drawings http://www.parentsociety.com/fun-and-games/inappropriate-kids-drawings/1/
 
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B.I.G. over PREMIER presented by DJ Finesse (Audio)

 
This mixtape is pure greatness, any lover of hiphop will appreciate it.  We already know the Biggie verses are classics, and most people who appreciate the break beat era of hiphop would say the same about DJ Premier's beats.  The marriage of the two is seamless and very enjoyable.  DJ Finesse did a great job with this one.  I downloaded it to my phone and my computer.  Good looks to my homie @mcarroll4716 for sharing this one with me.
 
 


DJ Finesse — B.I.G. Over Premier Mixtape Tracklist:
1. DJ Premier Intro
2. Flava In Ya Ear rmx over I Gave You Power
3. Big Poppa over Ex To Next Girl
4. Dead Wrong over 2 Thousand
5. 10 Crack Commandments over One Day
6. Who Shot Ya over Come Clean
7. All About The Benjamins over Supa Dupa Star (1994 Demo Version)
8. One More Chance over Recognize
9. Long Kiss Goodnight over You Know My Steez
10. Things Done Changed over The Format
11. I Got A Story To Tell over Shit Is Real
12. Real Niggas over Ready
13. Juicy over Nas Is Like
14. One More Chance rmx over Freaky Flow
15. Warning (Freestyle) over Mind Ya Business
16. ’95 Freestyle (7 Mac 11′s) over Who Got Gunz
17. Victory over Project Boy
18. Kick In The Door over Come Get Me
19. Going Back To Cali over The Invincible
20. Mo Money Mo Problems over Golden Child
21. Party And Bullshit over Now Your Mine
22. Unbelievable

3.29.2013

24 Facts About Beer (Infographic)

Best Infographic Ever!  Good looks to my homie Deebo Deeb for sharing this on G+.  My favorite facts (in no particular order) are #1, #6, #8 because I love IPAs, #10 because I suffer from this sickness, #15, #16, #17, #18, #21 is hilarious as a parent, and #22 is awesome as well.  Enjoy folks, stay thirsty my friends (#10).

3.28.2013

Adobe Loves Google

I usually use www.ninite.com to do most of my application installations, but for some reason today I went to www.adobe.com to install Adobe Reader onto a machine and I see this...
Apparently Adobe is pushing Google's Chrome browser on people, which is awesome!  Not only do they install Chrome, they make it the user's default browser.  Also if the user is stubborn enough to still use Internet Explorer then the Google Toolbar is sitting in their face to summon them back to the land of Google.  All Hail Chrome!  The best thing Internet Explorer has going for them is their commercials, which are actually 2,000 times better than the actual browser.