Mr. Jim Irsay Your Super Bowl Ticket Contest Winner Voted Twice

January 26th, 2012 Andrew Auger Posted in Main

 

I am deciding to use my platform as a writer to convey a message I can at least hope gets some attention, because well, I really wouldn’t mind another crack at going to the Super Bowl.

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has been recently extending opportunities to obtain free tickets (and from what I read the previous winners also had flight and hotel covered), to Super Bowl 46.

On his Twitter account on January 24th he extended the following contest:

Predict new Indianapolis Colts Head Coach,win 2 Super Bowl Tics! 1 guess only,u must guess by midnight tonight EST,Abby’s hatpick! GOOD LUCK

Long story short, I correctly predicted within the allotted time that Chuck Pagano would be the next coach of the Indianapolis Colts.

This morning the winner was announced, to my dismay but not my surprise, I was not the winner.

Abby found her hat!!! After digging all night/morning,she has picked @tmacadoecious!!! Congrats,Trent!!!

Of course I clicked on the profile of @tmacadoecious, I was curious to see just who had won.

When I looked through his recent twitter history, well I got kind of pissed off, and quite frankly if you were a potential winner in this contest you should be taking to Twitter to demand a re-hat

If you look at his Twitter page Trent has clearly submitted two separate votes at two separate times, one at 4:59 AM and one at 5:01 AM. Regardless of the fact they are for the same candidate the very rules of the contest state “1 guess only”.

I don’t know about you, but I can clearly see two submissions light as day, and that is a violation of the rules.

Mr. Irsay please do another hat pull to give someone who followed the rules of the contest an actual shot of winning. Even if it doesn’t result in my winning, a person who didn’t follow the simple rules of the contest should not be allowed to go over someone who correctly guessed the Head Coach and only submitted one vote during the allotted time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Marshawn Lynch Added To Pro Bowl Roster

January 25th, 2012 Russ Loede Posted in Main, News

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster, the Seahawks announced on Tuesday.

Lynch is going as an injury replacement for San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore.

In 15 games in his second season with the Seahawks, Lynch had 285 carries for 1,204 yards and 12 touchdowns this season. In 27 games since joining the Seahawks in October of 2010, Lynch has 1,777 yards and 18 touchdowns after running for 2,765 yards and 17 touchdowns in three-plus seasons with the Buffalo Bills.

For Lynch, who will be an unrestricted free agent in March, this will be a second Pro Bowl appearance. Lynch represented the Bills in 2008.

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Jon Kitna to Become Lincoln High School Football Coach

January 24th, 2012 Andrew Auger Posted in Main

 

Jon Kitna has decided to return to the region where he enjoyed some of his best success as a starting quarterback.

This time as a coach.

According to reports the former Seattle Seahawks starting quarterback has accepted the head coaching position at his alma mater Lincoln High School.

To me this just seems really cool, anytime a High School can land someone with 169 touchdown tosses and a couple of NFL playoff berths under their belt, it should be deemed as a success.

Lord knows I would have gladly taken Kitna over my crappy coach.

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Browner, Chancellor Added To Pro Bowl Roster

January 24th, 2012 Russ Loede Posted in Main, News

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner and safety Kam Chancellor have been added to the NFC’s Pro Bowl roster, the team announced on Monday night.

Signed as a CFL free agent last January, the 6-foot-4, 221-pound Browner earned the team’s starting right cornerback position in 2011, recording 54 tackles, six interceptions and 23 passes defensed. Browner returned two of his interceptions for touchdowns.

A 2010 fifth-round pick out of Virginia Tech, the 6-foot-3, 232-pound Chancellor had 97 tackles, one quarterback sack and four interceptions with two forced fumbles and 12 passes defensed in 15 games in 2011.

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January 21st, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

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FB Michael Robinson Added to Pro Bowl Roster

January 19th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

FB Michael Robinson has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster.

Robinson replaces Packers fullback John Kuhn, who suffered a knee injury during Sunday’s 37-20 loss to the Giants in the Divisional playoffs.

In his second season with the Seahawks, Robinson had four carries for seven yards and caught nine passes for 74 yards and a touchdown, but made the Pro Bowl on the strength of his blocking. With Robinson leading the way, running back Marshawn Lynch ran for a career-high 1,204 yards and 12 touchdowns as the Seahawks averaged nearly 135 yards per game on the ground over the last nine games of the season.

Lynch is a second alternate for the Pro Bowl.

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Hawks Ink LB Tressor Baptiste to Future/Reserves Contract

January 19th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in Roster Moves

The Seahawks have inked first-year linebacker Tressor Baptiste to a three-year “Reserve/Futures” contract.

Baptiste was on the Seahawks’ radar screen during the draft and was one of eight free agent linebackers that worked out for the team on October 17, but was not offered a contract. Baptiste took a physical and signed a standard three-year contract with the team on Wednesday.

Undrafted out of Division II Texas A&M-Kingsville, the 6-foot, 230-pound Baptiste began his college career at Lackawanna Community College (Pennsylvania) before transferring to Hofstra in 2009. The Pride dropped football after Baptiste’s only season with the program, forcing him to transfer to a Division II school. In 12 games at Texas A&M-Kingsville, Baptiste recorded 66 tackles, including eight for a loss and a share of a quarterback sack, with two passes defensed and three forced fumbles.

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Seahawks Gab NFL Divisional Playoff Picks

January 14th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in Game Previews, Opinions, Picks

The 2011 season is over for 24 of 32 teams, but for 8 the NFL season continues this weekend, as there are still games to be played leading up to Super Bowl XLVI in Indy coming up on February 5th.

Here’s my picks for this weekend’s four games, two in the AFC and two in the NFC.

Saturday:

New Orleans at San Francisco – Everyone is on the Saints bandwagon, but a lot of people don’t seem to remember how good the Niners D is. With a solid front seven that will put pressure on Drew Brees, and a run game that will keep the Saints offense off the field, I like what the Niners bring to the table here. New Orleans is the sexy pick, but I think Alex Smith and the Niners do enough to pull off a huge win to advance to the NFC Title game the following week. 49ers 27 Saints 23

Denver at New England – Anyone else tired of Tim Tebow? Sure, he played the game of his life a week ago against the Steelers, but you can bet Bill Belichick will have his goons from New England ready to go against him this week. With temps below 10 degrees with the wind chill, and having already beaten the Broncos once, I have a hard time believing the Broncos are going to keep this close. Tom Brady and the Pats move on with relative ease at home as the clock strikes midnight for Tebow. Patriots 35 Broncos 14

Sunday:

Houston at Baltimore – Two very good defensive teams do battle in Baltimore, and the big question will be – what Joe Flacco shows up? The Ravens QB has had some solid games at home, and some that he’d probably like to forget. The game could come down to a battle of RB’s – Ray Rice for the Ravens and Arian Foster for the Texans. I like Rice and that Ravens defense to do enough to send rookie QB T.J. Yates and the Texans home for the offseason, setting up a Brady vs Ravens AFC Title game next Sunday. Baltimore 16 Houston 10

New York Giants at Green Bay - The finale to the weekend, a NFC showdown that a number of people seem to feel will play out like the 2007 NFC Title Game between the same two teams. Not gonna happen. Looks like a lot of people have already dismissed the Packers – you know, the Super Bowl Champs from a season ago that have gone 19-1 in their last 20 games. Love Green Bay here, as they will attack the Giants secondary, and I can see them getting to Eli Manning for a couple turnovers early to give them a lead they won’t lose. The Giants are playing well, but they are running into a hungry Packers team at home. Packers 31 Giants 13

Next Sunday:

AFC Title Game 3pm EST – Baltimore (13-4) at New England (14-3)

NFC Title Game 6:30pm EST – San Francisco (14-3) at Green Bay (16-1)

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