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NFL Preview: NFC Predictions

Monday, September 6th, 2010
Dance Party!

Will Favre & the Vikings be dancing their way into the playoffs?

Last week we took a look at the AFC in preparation for the upcoming season, this week I took a couple minutes out of my day contemplating which college football games to watch to make some equally wild NFC predictions. Yes, I am aware the win/loss math might not add up, but you get the picture. Frankly, I could have fixed it but I was having problems opening Excel, nah, that’s a lie. Just lazy is all. Anyway, here are my NFC predictions for 2010. Enjoy.

NFC North

Chicago Bears Last Season: 7-9 I will hereby refer to the Bears at the Bucs of the North. Because they too, will suck. Really, this is all it took for me to see that this team does not have it’s shit straight. Coach Lovie Smith says Devin Hester won’t return kickoffs. Are you kidding? The one highlight on this formerly great franchise isn’t being allowed to do what he does best. Hester makes a mediocre receiver at best, but a game changing and dynamic kick returner. Now, Smith could be just trying to not show his hand on this, but we’ll find out week one I suppose. With Hester returning kicks, the Bears could be unpredictably good. Without? Boring and unispired. Predicted Finish: 8-8

Green Bay Packers Last Season: 11-5 Aaron Rodgers came out from under the shadown of Favre and it was good. Even though they bit it in the playoffs last year, the Packers had a lot going for them on offense and the defense just keeps getting better. Rodgers will be the caliber quarterback that he looks like, even with the beard. The Packers will go deep into the playoffs this year and I’m actually predicting them to go all the way to the Superbowl. Predicted Finish: 14-2

Minnesota Vikings Last Season: 12-4 Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. Favre. And they’ll lose twice to the Packers. Predicted Finish: 12-4

Detroit Lions Last Season: 2-14 Two words. Ndamukong Suh. The Lions have had the worst defense in the league for three straight years. Perhaps Suh can change that. Stafford is looking like a real live NFL quarterback. However, this is still the Detroit Lions and they have a perrineal habit of losing. Ah, what the hell, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say Suh gives them an extra win just from bostlering the defense just a little bit. Predicted Finish: 3-13

NFC East

New York Giants Last Season: 8-8 Tom Coughlin needs to go. Since his Superbowl win, he’s slowly been losing control of the team. It’s this odd thing, but the Giants constantly seem stressed out. Eli Manning doesn’t have the composure that his older brother has, it seems like he’s always frustrated at his offensive line or at the slumping defensive line. The success of this team rests on how well they do in the division, as it does for all of the East. With McNabb still around, the Cowboys offense and well, the Eagles existing, this could be a rough year for the Giants. Predicted Finish: 7-9

Dallas Cowboys Last Season: 11-5 This is a tought team to call. Wade Phillips is a good coordinator, but he tends to fall apart in the playoffs. I know he’s the head coach, but still. Whiner Patrick Crayton is gone, thankfully, which means that Miles Austin will be the star receiver in Dallas. The Romo to Austin connection will be frequent, but not as frequent as that Romo to Whitten connection. The real question with the Cowboys is once they get to the playoffs, can they keep their shit together? I think this is going to be an exciting team to watch this year, but fans could be setting themselves up for another letdown. Especially in this division, which tends to be tough on itself. Predicted Finish: 12-4

Philadephia Eagles Last Season: 11-5 Hey, it’s Kevin Kolb! The Eagles were the Cowboys bitch last year, losing a record three times to Dallas. How in the hell this team made the playoffs I have no idea. Oh yeah, with the running of McNabb and Westbrook. While McNabb will be scrambling on almost every play in Washington, Westbrook is no longer part of the Eagles franchise. Could Andy Reid not see past the lunch buffet to realize that this team needs the strong ground attack skills of both McNabb and Westbrook? Kolb is a drop back passer, that puts a lot more pressure on the offensive line that caused McNabb to run for his life so many times. Hey, at least they have Michael Vick. Predicted Finish: 8-8

Washington Redskins Last Season: 4-12 I’d like to start with a quote from my 2004 pre-season preview, “As long as Snyder is in the house, the Skins’ will not see the playoffs except for on television.” I still hold this statement to be true, no matter how good this team might look on paper, no matter how many upsets they can pull off against Dallas, with Snyder running the show they will be a terrible franchise. Constant coach turnover, constant coordinator turnover, I’m surprised McNabb signed there. Donovan McNabb will have to play his former team twice this year, and he’ll be lucky if they can carry him away from those games in one piece. Another player fighting retirement, McNabb is in for a rude awakening. Welcome to the land of no pocket protection Donovan. Predicted Finish: 3-13

NFC South

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Last Season: 3-13 There isn’t much to say about the Suckaneers, as they are affectionatly referred to in my home area of Tampa Bay. Since their Superbowl run this team has steadily declined, losing Monte Kiffen in the middle of the season was the last crack in their already fragile spine. Two young quarterbacks, an even younger coach and highly questionable running backs and wide receivers. I’m sure Kellen Winslow is loving his decision now. That was sarcasm. The Bucs suck and will suck. The only reason I’m giving them four wins is because they play the Browns. Predicted Finish: 4-12

Carolina Panthers Last Season: 8-8 Any Cats fans out there? No? Finally ditching Delhomme for Matt Moore seemed to be a good call last year for the Panthers. Picking up Clausen in the draft was also a good call because after all, this is the NFC south. Collar bones will be broken. The strong point with this team has always been their ground attack, expect more of the same this year. I’m talking to you defensive coordinators out there. The NFC South plays the AFC North this year in cross conference play, so this should be interesting because all three AFC North teams have strong run defenses (save for the Browns, who suck.) I don’t see the Panthers overcoming the defenses they’ll be up against to do better than last year. Predicted Finish: 8-8

New Orleans Saints Last Season: 13-3 I would love to say that Drew Brees and the high flying Saints offense will be back on top this year, headed straight back to the Superbowl. I think they playoffs are in their future, but knowing what we know – that’s a stretch. So what is it that we know? Well, Drew Brees graced the cover of Madden 11. We all know about the Madden curse? Right? Yeah, I know that’s some serious voodoo, but Brees is doomed. Aside from all that, the offense hasn’t changed much since last year, so the playoffs should be a lock as long as Brees can fight the curse. Predicted Finish: 12-4

Atlanta Falcons Last Season: 9-7 The Falcons are no longer a team to be ignored. Finishing the season by beating the Jets, the addition of Michael Turner last year seemed to help the ground game. Matt Ryan is on his way to becoming a great quarterback. However, this is a tough division to be in this year, as the other teams are heavy on the defensive end of things and Atlanta’s defense, not looking too fantastic. However, the only offensive minded team they have to worry about is the Saints, and we already know why they are doomed. Predicted Finish: 12-4

NFC West

Seattle Seahawks Last Season: 5-11 Am I the only one that thinks Matt Hasselbeck is just looking tired? Tired of playing for a team that lost to the Steelers in the Superbowl and hasn’t seemed to recover? Tired of playing in the rain, tired of throwing interceptions and just plain tired. How is this guy still playing? Is he on Zoloft or something? And now stuck with Pete Carroll hopping off the USC train to go back and take another shot at the NFL? And dealing with the loss of T.J. Houshmanzada? Ouch. Too many questions with this team, I predict doom. Predicted Finish: 6-10

San Francisco 49′ers Last Season: 8-8 Mike Singletary didn’t do half bad last year. A lot of times ex-players as coaches tend to bomb. However, Singletary didn’t take crap from anyone and pushed his team to perform. Frank Gore is damn fun to watch and Alex Smith looked like a bonafide NFL Quarterback. Sadly, there was one player Singletary rolled over for, Michael Crabtree. Without Crabtree, before giving into his ridiculous salary demands, the Niners were 8-5. After signing Crabtree, 5-7. Bad mojo abounds. Thankfully, being in the single worst division in football kind of helps. Predicted Finish: 9-7

Arizona Cardinals Last Season: 10-6 Matt Leinart will finally be getting the start over the now retired Kurt Warner. Wait, the Cardinals dumped Leinart? Really? Ok, so Derek Andersen will get the start after being shedded like dead skin from the Browns roster. Gone from the Cardinals are Antrel Rolle, Karlos Dansby and Anquan Boldin. Ken Whisenhunt is still there though, and he’s managed to turn this franchise around from the laughing stock they used to be. It all comes down to quarterback protection and clock management, something the Cardinals struggled with in the playoffs last year. If not for being in the worst division currently in football, playoffs wouldn’t be in their future. Predicted Finish: 11-5

St. Louis Rams Last Season: 1-15 Who cares? Sam Bradford cries himself to sleep every night. Predicted Finish: 2-14

So, if you missed it, my rundown for the playoffs:

NFC North: Packers
NFC East: Cowboys
NFC West: Cardinals
NFC South: Falcons
Wild Cards: Vikings, Saints

Stay tuned on Thursday for NFL Week One Predictions!

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NFL Preview: AFC Predictions

Monday, August 30th, 2010
Hey! Those two snowflakes are the same!

Can Brady stay healthy enough to propel the Pats into the Post-season?

I don’t know if you’ve all noticed, but the NFL season is just about upon us. It’s descending quicker than the housing market in central Florida. Alright, that metaphor might be a bit of a stretch, but it’s almost here. So that means it’s time for some vague and most likely incorrect assumptions about the upcoming season, but as an NFL fans, we’re all Monday Morning Quarterbacks. Without further fanfare, this week I’ll take a look at the AFC, starting with the AFC North.

AFC North

Cleveland Browns Last Season: 5-11 As a Browns fan myself I can say this, at least we’re not the Rams. Finishing with five wins last year was actually a plus for the Browns. Like I said, not the Rams. However, now that the Browns have cleared out Derek Andersen and Brady Quinn for now veteran Jake Delhomme – wait, did I type that right? The Browns dumped Brady Quinn, a young arm yet to prove himself to start Jake Delhomme, who is clearly on the tail end of his career. Not just content with the aging Delhomme (who has actually looked good in preseason) they also picked up Senaca Wallace to back him up. The only really good news is having Mike Holmgren in the front office. Perhaps the Browns will win six this year. I can say this for them, they have a hell of a receiver core. Predicted Finish: 6-10

Pittsburgh Steelers Last Season: 9-7 Strong defense has always been the crux of this team. This year, with Rothlesberger and Holmes out of the picture for a bit, the defense is going to have to work even harder to support Byron Leftwich & Charlie Batch. I don’t think a 9-7 finish is going to be hard to believe, but that’s going to depend on how they play within the division. The AFC North plays the NFC South this year in out of conference games, at least one against the hapless Buccaneers. Of course, the Browns play the Bucs too, who won’t seem as hapless. Predicted Finish: 9-7

Cincinatti Bengals Last Season: 10-6 Wait, the Bengals made the playoffs last year? I must have missed it. I was watching Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch. Aside from Ochocinco, both Terrell Owens and Dhani Jones have television shows. Will this kind of selling out assist in a distraction from the field? Perhaps. The Bengals already wasted two million on T.O. The Bengals season will be decided in Week One when they face the Jets, who spanked them in their last two games of the season last year, including a playoff loss. There is too much indivdual ego on this team for them to succeed this year. Predicted Finish: 8-8

Baltimore Ravens Last Season: 9-7 A wild-card appearance last season was all the Ravens really could have hoped for. With young gunslinging Joe Flacco at the helm and a competent defense, the Ravens will pose a serious threat in the division and around the AFC in general. With the Steelers hurting, the Browns being well, the Browns, the Bengals are the only reason to take pause when predicting the Ravens will easily take this division. Even though Suggs is gearing up to be a high dollar bust, the addition of Boldin will bolster the long pass threat. Look for the Ravens to top the AFC North for the whole year. Predicted Finish: 12-4

AFC East

Miami Dolphins Last Season: 7-9 The Dolphins were the most exciting team to watch last year. The continuation of the wildcat, the dual running back power of Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown, the explosiveness of Ted Ginn Jr. finally coming out of his shell made for a hell of a season. Sadly, it wasn’t enough for the Dolphins. This year, it’s going to be more than enough. Clearly the trick play stuff isn’t going to work as much anymore, but this is a team that looks like they are having fun. If the defense can hold when they get a lead, the Dolphins will see the playoffs this year. Predicted Finish: 10-6

New England Patriots Last Season: 10-6 Go ahead, name Tom Brady’s back-up. I bet you can’t. Looking at the depth chart it’s Brian Hoyer. He got some action last year in their 59-0 win over the Titans. While the Patriots made the playoffs, they weren’t convincing doing so. This year Bill Belichick will be running the team as head coach, the offense as offensive coordinator and the defense as defensive coordinator. Can you say power trip? With his Napoleanic behavior and resting the team and the season on the health of Tom Brady, the Patriots are setting themselves up for a possible let down. Predicted Finish: 7-9

New York Jets Last Season: 9-7 The move to bring in LaDainian Tomlinson could go one of two ways. He could completely explode on the scene in New York and propel the Jets through the season, or he could simply look tired and lost, a la Emmitt Smith in Arizona. Sadly, I predict the latter. Letting Thomas Jones go, who still has gas left in his tank, could come back to hurt the running game of the Jets. But their strength lies in a speedy and capable secondary. This is going to be another tough test for Mark Sanchez, who led his team to the playoffs lost year. I predict the same for this year. Predicted Finish: 10-6

Buffalo Bills Last Season: 6-10 The Bills have turned into the gray cloud that covers the city of Buffalo in the winter. Last year coach Dick Jauron seemed to give up sometime after halftime every game, and the team felt it. Perhaps with new coach Chan Gailey the Bills won’t actually look like losers as they lose. Trent Edwards is not the winning quarterback that the Bills need to succeed. Look for Ryan Fitzpatrick to step in probably before mid-season. The offense will rest on the back of downhill runners Fred Jackson & Marshawn Lynch, but the major questions will be with the offensive line – can they protect at all? Predicted Finish: 6-10

AFC South

Indianapolis Colts Last Season: 14-2 Really, what else needs to be said about this team? The only reason they missed the playoffs was taking it too easy the last two games and taking acceptable losses. It made Peyton and crew rusty. There was a lot of finger pointing after the playoff loss, let’s hope they are over that by the time the season starts. Peyton is just getting started in his hall of fame career as far as I’m concerned. I’m giving them one extra loss in the hopes that the Texans take one from them. Predicted Finish: 13-3

Houston Texans Last Season: 9-7 The Texans had the number one passing game last year. Did you hear that right? Not Manning and the Colts, not the Saints – the Texans. So what happened? How come they weren’t in the middle of the lunch room with the cool kids? It was two losses to the Colts. Just one win against their interdivisional rival could change the course of this teams season, this is that season for that to happen. It has to happen. The Texans will never reach the playoffs until they get Peyton’s monkey off their back. Predicted Finish: 10-6

Tennessee Titans Last Season: 8-8 Now that Vince Young has learned how to play football again (mostly mentally) and Chris Johnson has solidified his place as the premier running back in the league, the Titans are the team to beat in the AFC. Hell, the Titans will be the team to beat in all of the NFL. Coach Jeff Fisher, who has been around since the Oilers days, is consistent and passionate about his team and the game. This is why even at 8-8 last year, the Titans looked like winners. The only question this year is the defense, which seems to be a trend with a lot of AFC teams. If they come strong, the Titans finish strong. Predicted Finish: 12-4

Jacksonville Jaguars Last Season: 7-9 There is still a team in Jacksonville? Someone needs to tell the residents of the city. Failing to get a sell-out last year – at all – the Jaguars still had a winning home record. Too bad the rest of the games count. They just look like a tired team all around as the season progresses. They put up a fight against the Colts every time, but it’s never enough. Predicted Finish: 6-10

AFC West

Denver Broncos Last Season: 8-8 What the hell is going on in Denver? They ditched a perrenial winner in Mike Shanahan last year for newbie Josh McDaniels. His break even finish is nothing impressive. Jay Cutler, who wasn’t at all terrible was shown the door and now they are sitting with unproven Brady Quinn, injured Elvis Dumervil and most popular draft choice Tim Tebow. Thankfully, the system of producing amazing running backs is still in place, right? Wait, that was under Shanahan. Does McDaniels have the offensive fortitude to make this year any different than last? Will Tebow be the deciding factor? If he plays. This is a team that it’s easy to say, same as last year. Predicted Finish: 8-8

San Diego Chargers Last Season: 13-3 What happens to Philip Rivers and crew when the playoffs come around? Rivers has shades of greatness during the regular season, but fizzles in the post season. The Chargers seem to think they are untouchable going into the post season, but then lose any aggressiveness they might have had. This year you can probably expect more of the same, Norv Turner seems to be okay with that trend. Predicted Finish: 12-4

Kansas City Chiefs Last Season: 4-12 Only the Lions had a worse defense last year than the Chiefs. That’s not very inspirational. This year the team is stacked with brain power courtesy of the Patriots. Romeo Crennel, Charlie Weis and Scott Pioli are on the sidelines, shouting into the helmet of Matt Cassel, the impressive back-up to Tom Brady last year. Forget about the horrid defense for a second, what about the offense? What the hell, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and throw in one more win than last year. Predicted Finish: 5-11

Oakland Raiders Last Season: 5-11 What do you want me to say here? The Raiders are season after season of suck. They dumped JaMarcus Russell after he was tortured behind a crappy line. Now they brought in Jason Campbell to be tortured behind a crappy line. I think moving the Raiders to Los Angeles might be something the Raiders franchise might want to consider. Or switching to the Arena League. Predicted Finish: 4-12

So, if you missed it, my rundown for the playoffs:

AFC North: Ravens
AFC East: Jets
AFC West: Chargers
AFC South: Colts
Wild Cards: Titans, Dolphins

Thanks to C.C. and the Digital Dads for giving me a reason to watch NFL Tonight every night so I can write a weekly NFL column and stay tuned next week for my annual NFC Preview!

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Madden 11 Preview

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

All of us here at Digital Dads love video games. Some of us are more hard core gamers (Clarence) then the casual type (me). But, one game we all love and grew up playing is Madden Football from EA Sports.

So yesterday when the demo version of Madden 11 came out for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 we had to download it immediately.

I still think that every August, there should be a holiday dedicated to the release of the newest Madden. But, for some reason the Government hasn’t stepped up and made that a reality yet. *grin*

As I fired up the demo and saw that familiar “EA Sports…It’s in the game” logo and voice come up I couldn’t contain my excitement. It did feel a little weird playing alone since my son is at camp this week and he usually would be right there playing against me, but I couldn’t wait a week.

One warning for the die hard NFL fan though. Depending on who you are a fan of (I’m a life long, die hard, Miami Dolphins fan) this demo may cause you conflict. It only allows you to choose between the Jets or the Colts to play with. This gave me great pause because I’m not a fan of either, but had to go with the Colts since there is no way I could play as the Jets unless I wanted to just let the quarterback get sacked over and over and laugh the whole time. (sorry Gary…)

The look and feel of the game is very similar to last year. I’ve held a belief of buying the game every other year when the big changes get made. Madden 10’s graphics were a huge jump in awesome and this year looks a lot the same. Sure, they’ve added a lot more B-Roll footage for each stadium including tailgaters and angry fans leaving in droves if you start to whip the home team.

Game play has some great new features. My favorite being the double stick control of runners. Now the left stick controls your direction and the right stick controls upper body movement making it a lot more effective to juke and shift directions better than you ever have been able to. There is also a new feature that allows you to see who from your friend list is online and instantly set up multiplayer games. They actually show a screen shot of playing 3-on-3 and while I’m not quite sure how this would work, I am looking forward to trying it out.

While I usually turned off the commentators after the first few games, I did miss hearing John Madden’s voice in the game. Gus Johnson Cris Collinsworth provide a realistic feel, but it still doesn’t feel right not to have him as part of it.

Some other new features that I’m excited to dive more into include:

  • Full game playbook design that allows you to fully customize what plays you want to choose from so that you don’t have to scroll endlessly looking for your favorites.
  • Game times are cut down to roughly 30 minutes for a full game instead of 60.
  • GameFlow, the new play calling system that automatically selects the best play for your team based on situational, authentic NFL game plans.
  • Seeing all the customizations (including chants, music, etc) that they’ve put into each stadium.

Overall the demo does just what it should: Make you want to run out and pre order a copy today so that you can play the full thing on August 10th when it comes out.

If you get the game, let us know your gamer tag in the comments below and perhaps we can get some good multiplayer action going between the Digital Dads community.

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The Dark Days of Sports

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

I am a huge sports fan. I always have been.

I grew up playing them and then due to a stupid doctor, I was scared out of playing them in high school. But, all that aside I can plop down on the couch and pretty much watch any sporting event.

Dylan and a BIG Patriot FanRight now though is what I refer to as “the dark days of sports.”

While I love going to a baseball game and watching it live, I just can’t watch a game on television. Not unless it is October and it is the playoffs. THEN I can watch baseball on TV. I find it boring and I’d almost rather watch golf. Which by the way is the one sport that I have zero interest in. I’ve tried playing it and watching it and neither do anything for me.

For me, once the NHL and NBA playoffs are over I get bored with sports. The occasional tennis match will grab my attention and this year we thankfully had the World Cup to cheer for. But, right now there is nothing for me.

I know we only have a few weeks left until the NFL starts back up. More than any other sport I’m a die hard football fan. I’ve rooted for the Miami Dolphins my entire life (which is loads of “fun” when you grow up in New England) and this year they finally look like they have a better then usual chance of doing something good. Go Fins!!

Thankfully I’m blessed with a wife who is also a football fan (she roots for the Baltimore Ravens) and Sunday in our house is nothing but football. Opening day we always go over the top and cook a ton of tailgating food to celebrate. I don’t know what is on the menu yet this year but it is always yummy and bad for you. As good tailgating should be.

Am I the only one who gets down in the dumps missing sports this time of year? I’m curious.

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Dew Tour – Boston, MA

Monday, June 28th, 2010

This past weekend, Dylan and I got to spend some quality father son time together on the first stop of this years Dew Tour held in Boston.

Sk8 Vert Competition

While neither of us are heavy into the skateboarding world, we both enjoy watching it and when Sony offered us tickets to come on down and check it all out how could we say no?

We arrived early and found all sorts of booths and experiences set up outside of TD Garden. With an extreme sports angle, the variety of what people were offering surprised both of us. Where else would you find the National Guard letting kids ride segways and then just down the way a Paul Mitchell salon doing hair cuts and coloring directly across from a gigantic inflatable Nerf Dart Tag arena?

Mountain Dew Booth

Sony had three tents set up as well, each with a unique theme that was an instant attraction for Dylan. Inside of one, they had a huge 18 wheeler truck that opened up to have screens and Playstation 3 consoles all along both sides and inside as well. Kids (and parents) could walk up and play some of the newest game releases. Dylan was stuck playing Time Crisis for quite some time and I wasn’t going to complain because the air conditioning felt awesome.

Playing PS3 in 3d

For me, the coolest thing we saw was the new 3D gaming options from Sony. I had to give my license to check out some glasses, but then we got to play and let me tell you that it was amazing. I haven’t been caught up in all the hype over 3D televisions and such, but after playing a couple of games in 3D I instantly got the appeal. I just hope that the glasses are not  expensive or it is going to suck for gaming because as you can see in the picture above, watching a game without the glasses sucks. Part of the fun of home gaming is having others be able to watch while some play.

Dylan’s favorite part was being able to play a game of Nerf Dart Tag. Before the tournament started (who knew they had a country wide tournament going on?) they were letting kids go in and setting them up in teams of four to play. It reminded me a lot of speed paintball except with Nerf guns. I got to go in and take pictures while he was playing and it was a lot of fun to watch. Of course I wish they rented the arenas, because it could be a lot of fun to set one of those up at a party!

Nerf Dart Tag

After spending several hours outside at all the free exhibits we headed in to watch the competition. It was weird to see a half pipe inside of the Boston Garden, but it was a blast to watch. Dylan (and me) were looking forward to seeing Shaun White compete, but he was hurt so we had to settle for watching him get interviewed on the big screen.

All in all we had a great day together and ended it by getting some slices of pizza from Quincy Market before heading home.

Sk8 Vert Competition

The Dew Tour will continue on into the fall with stops in Chicago, Portland, Salt Lake City and ending in Las Vegas. You can buy tickets here as well as find out more information. If you get a chance to go, I highly recommend it!

If you want to see more picture, view my whole Dew Tour set.

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Why I Love Sports

Friday, June 4th, 2010

For those of you who know me well, it would come as no shock. For those of you who know me only as a musician, it may mildly surprise you to find out that I love sports.

All kinds, really. I may not have a lot of time to be a spectator to live sporting events, but I watch, on TV, just about every playoff of most sports, every Grand Slam in Tennis (yea, waking up early before the Tivo days), the quaddrennials like the World Cup & the Olympics (both kinds), certainly the NFL, and every single football game that is played by my beloved Florida State Seminoles (the one thing, over and above everything,  I will. stake. time for.).

But beyond the obvious, beyond the competition, the one thing I love (maybe even most) is how sports can teach us.

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