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Colts’ Superbowl loss

Feb 8th

Posted by dodo in sports

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I’ve been a Colts fan for ~6 years now. Perhaps more than a Colts fan, I’m a Peyton Manning fan. This year’s Superbowl to me was the matchup I absolutely wanted. #1 seed in the NFC vs #1 seed in the AFC. Can’t be more perfect than that. I also respect Sean Payton and Drew Brees a lot. Therefore I thought if the Saints beat the Colts, it really will not affect me that much.

After the Colts’ loss, I had maybe 4 hours of sleep. I woke up this morning with Peyton’s interception being replayed in my head. I took the day off work and have been on the Colts official forum since I woke up. There is a lot negativity among the Colts fans. There are many who pointed out multiple turning points of the game:

  • Playing conservative at the end of the 1st half
  • Hank Baskett dropping the onside kick
  • Austin Collie running the wrong way on a screen pass
  • Pierre Garcon dropping a 3rd down catch in the 2nd quarter
  • Tracy Porter’s pick six
  • Reggie Wayne dropping the pass on the 4th and goal

Everyone has an opinion on which play really cost us the game. To me, it’s really not that important. We got outplayed as a team and lost because of that. However, with this loss, the dreaded GOAT (greatest of all time) conversation must now be blown out of proportion by the media (and fans). I will start to hear comments such as Peyton Manning choked again during the game that matters.

The GOAT talk is very annoying. I really love Peyton. I don’t know that much about NFL history. I came from China and only got into football a few years ago. I really love Peyton as a person and a football player. He’s fun to watch and he runs an unique offense. He always works and studies hard. He does not talk smack and is always respectful toward other players. In the most competitive professional sport, it’s hard to always maintain your composure. He talks like a politician and is very smart and a great role model. His commercials are the funniest. Personally I hope it could just stop at that.

But of course not. Because football is a business. Everyone needs to make money. If the media doesn’t talk about GOAT, how do they fill up their programs? Since the media runs this country, everyone is exposed to that.

When I first came to this country, I would have given a rats ass about football. I found grown men hitting each other was the the dumbest thing in the world. Until I actually learned more about the rules of the game and followed players like Peyton, I then understand why people can be crazy about it. But everything has two sides. The media debate is probably my least favorite aspect of the game. You have to put up with many idiotic analyst/commentators’ (cough Deion Sanders) “professional” opinions. But unfortunately it’s a part of the game that will always be there.

I think because Peyton is such a likable person born in a football family, he gets more coverage than a lot of other players. This will follow him to the end of his career. I’m just glad I get to watch him play. Hopefully even after he retires, he coaches or stays with football somehow.

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Funny colts’ players tweets

Jan 21st

Posted by dodo in funny

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This is funny if you are a Colts fan like me :)

Obviously, the title is a joke, but the joke is indeed courtesy of Colts rookie cornerback Jerraud Powers. Like many of us this past Sunday, Colts players Jerraud Powers and Pierre Garcon were watching the Jets play the Bengals in Cincinnati. However, unlike the good old days, when people would call and talk to one another during the course of the game, “Jpeezy25″ and “ShowTimeP85″ decided to use Twitter to talk trash about each other, their Colts teammates, and about other NFL players.

Of course, the winner in all this is us, the fans, because the entertainment value of Pierre Garcon calling Jerraud Powers as slow as Peyton Manning cannot be measured in mere dollars. Just entertainment is priceless. Here is there Twitter conversation from this weekend:

Jpeezy25 how is that a flag….Revis is locking this clown down and they calling some cheap stuff…
ShowTimeP85 Revis holds 95% of the time….don’t be bias
Jpeezy25 agggghhh u WRs these days are babied..we can even touch yall but u can push us all day and dont get calls. Revis is not holding
ShowTimeP85 it goes both ways yall hold we push off
Jpeezy25 Garcon…u cant be serious…i know a guy name Austin Collie…nuff said
ShowTimeP85 lol thats him…I don’t push off..yall be so far off I don’t have to push off…my speed push yall off far enough…
Jpeezy25 haaaa u funny..we can race tomorrow..me and lace the fastest dudes on the team besides Taj
ShowTimeP85 don’t put your money on it…
ShowTimeP85 your about as fast as Peyton…
Jpeezy25 now that was jus disrespectful man…take that back, im hurt
ShowTimeP85 lol…
Jpeezy25 now everybody retweeting that man..haaa

The Twitter party was later joined by Seahawks running back (an former Colts back) Justin Forsett, who was also watching the game. Garcon is quite the Twitter maven, with chatty friends like Redskins linebacker London Fletcher, Bengals defensive tackle Pat Sims, 49ers linebacker Takeo Spikes, Colts cornerback Jacob Lacey, and Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens in his Tweet roll.

Of course, the absolute master of Twitter from the Colts locker room is Raheem Brock. When he’s not Tweeting updates on Dallas Clark doing a cover of “Juicy” he’s posting pictures of the bill at Ruth Chris Steakhouse (Tip to LovinBlue)for the annual rookie d-line dinner. When it comes to Twitter, it is Raheem Brock’s world and the rest of us are loving it! I mean seriously, how can you not love a Colts player who Tweets this after the Patriots lost their first Wild Card Playoff Game under Bill Belichick:

Peace out patriots!nd we have no room on the bandwagon for patriots fans yall can kick rocks….barefoot! Lol bout to study these ravens!

There was also this little Tweet from Brock, made just prior to the Ravens v. Patriots playoff game:

I’m cleanin up the house this morn nd some papers fell on the floor in front of me..my study notes from playn bmore…think its a sign.lol

The hilarity of Powers complaining about Austin Collie pushing off and Raheem Brock telling Patriots fans to kick rocks barefoot all provide the kind of honest, unfiltered dialogue that we fans are often denied. Press conferences are too scripted and locker-room interviews too bland for the access to feel real. Here, on Twitter, the interaction feels real. Sometimes, it can backfire and make you look like a crass, immature fool, like Chris Johnson’s Tweet this weekend did.

Here, it just makes the players seem like human friggin beings, not the mindless, “blah blah blah” stiffs we see plastered all over ESPN and the like.

And while a significant amount of the Tweeting is silly in nature, one constant theme is pushed by the players when they are Tweeting either during or after work:

RaheemBrock Feels good to be working in jan!

ShowTimeP85 Practice…focused
Jpeezy25 Just got to work, preparing for Baltimore…gotta b great this time of year.

Again, hard not to like guys who think and Tweet this way. Go Colts!

BTW, if you want to follow some of the colts players on twitters:
Jerraud Powers: JPeezy25
Raheem Brock: RaheemBrock
Pierre Garcon: ShowtimeP85
Jacob Lacey: YungLace27
Pat McAfee: ThePattyMac

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Olympic Trampoline

Aug 7th

Posted by dodo in sports

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I was browsing China’s Olympic website and surprisingly found that trampoline is an Olympic sport.

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amazon patriots 19-0 book cache

Feb 8th

Posted by dodo in personal

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i got sick last week and it got worse this tuesday. for a few days i’d fall asleep around 9 just to wake up later because my throat hurts so bad. and i have to blow my nose and sneeze. it hurts to talk and to clear my throat. maybe i’m not just having a cold, it’s flu or something. i really don’t know. but aside from not having a fever, i’ve been pretty miserable. :( ;_;

so i woke up a few minutes ago and checked out new posts on the colts forum. someone posted a cached link of the amazon patriots 19-0 book (screenshot).

the most amusing part is the review by D. Sterling (Dallas, TX). s/he apparently knows something we don’t.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Prescient, February 1, 2008
By D. Sterling (Dallas, TX)

What a wonderful and insightful book! The whole story of this incredible season is laid out with amazing detail, wonderful anecdotes, and personal vignettes that really touch the heart of every football fan.

The final chapter, detailing the Super Bowl, is especially worthwhile. After Brady’s now famous debilitating hang-nail on his left hand in the first quarter, the world waited with baited breath as the two backup QB “Matt’s” flipped a coin to see who would play. We all watched as the quarter hung on its side, eventually falling the way of Matt Gutierrez. While he did not complete a pass the rest of the way, the 6 “statue-of-liberty” plays, for a combined 275 yards, set a Super Bowl record for both the number of statue-of-liberty plays, and the total yardage from that special bon-mot of a play.

I digress…..get the book….it will change your life.

LMAO this person seriously has some hallucination issues. maybe s/he had a fever when s/he wrote that.

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patriots 19-0 book deal

Feb 5th

Posted by dodo in sports

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As a Colts fan, I am completely elated that the patriots lost to the giants in the Super Bowl XLII. In fact I still cannot get over that. I cannot sleep much without replaying the last moments of the game in my head.

Today I found out that the patriots had already filed copyright to “19-0″ and “19-0 The Perfect Season” prior to the game just to find their perfection ruined.

Amazon even had a link to the book but had to remove it. Someone however saved the book cover before they did.
19-0

I’m so inspired I made them a new book cover for the book they can actually have.
ball pee

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NFL torrent site

Dec 15th

Posted by dodo in plug

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If you are a NFL fan like me, you might appreciate this site. It hosts torrents for almost all the NFL games during the season. It even has NFL shows on the NFL network. I’ve been looking for a torrent for the 2006 Colts America’s Game episode for ages. I finally found it there. The registration is completely free :)

http://leech.tenyardtorrents.com/

Also channelsurfing a good site for online NFL game streaming (and other selective sports)

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COLTS WON!!!!!!!!

Jan 22nd

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Colts WON 2006 AFC Championship

COLTS WON!!!!!!!!

COLTS WON!!!!!!!!

COLTS WON!!!!!!!!

Andy and I embraced each other after the last Marlin Jackson interception. Tears were rolling down my face. I couldn’t believe how joyful I was! I feel so happy for the Colts esp. Peyton Manning. Now people can shut up about how he’s never been to a Superbowl. He’s going to one NOW!

The game was excruciating to watch. I had to hold my breath until the last 16 seconds. THANKS TO THE GUYS FROM IOWA!!! Dallas Clark & Bob Sanders! Dallas had 6 catches for 137 yards and Bob Sanders had a crucial pass breakup at 3rd & 4 on NE’s second to last possession with 2:30 to go.

I had HUGE doubt after the first half but they came back from the half time with GREAT looks coming back from a 18-point deficit (biggest in AFC Championship history). Wouldn’t I wish they’d have taken the lead earlier but they didn’t until there was only one minute left in the game. Peyton manning couldn’t watch the last NE drive and I totally felt for him.

herky on parade

May 7th

Posted by dodo in school n work

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our school started this herky on parade event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the historic Kinnick Stadium, home of the University of Iowa’s varsity football program. they placed 75 differently designed Hawkeye mascots Herky on iowa city streets. unfortunately some immature college students are busy vandalizing the newest additions to iowa city streets. what a shame. i personally don’t think they are the best art in the world but at least i appreciate the artists who put them together.

orange ball

Jan 2nd

Posted by dodo in multimedia

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everyone! turn on your TV, the orange ball is on! Iowa Hawkeyes is IN IT.. i’m gonna watch it. i’m so excited that Iowa got in this time. I can’t wait to see Iowa win. yay!!

i’ve been cleaning up the whole apartment.. and making curry beef stew. i’m so proud of myself about the cleaning. aww.. it makes you feel completely refreshing when the entire living space is neat ;) but i kinda messed up the stew since i put WAY TOO MUCH curry in it. arrg.. it made taste bitter.. i had to dump half of the soup out and add more water. it’s finally reaching its last stage. hopefully it will turn out ok despite of my strew up. prays ;) now all is done. my next biggest project will be to WASH MY WINTER COAT. it’s sooooooo dirty. it has to be hand washed.

stacey, thanks for the suggestion. i’ve been playing FFX. i’m trying not to get addicted by video games :( so.. tries tries tries

pictures with Tim Dwight

Nov 7th

Posted by dodo in personal

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andy and his brother are excited to get their pictures with Tim Dwight (wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers who also played for Hawkeyes) out of the digital camera yesterday. check them out here.

i want to hug my XP, it hasn’t given me any trouble yet abount any drivers for my hardwares. it recognized my cd burner and zip drive automatically. i’m going to plug in my tablet and webcam, hopefully it will be just as smart ;) i’m getting a copy of office XP from paul tomorrow. i already got neo burning rom from him. and i used it right a way last nite for burning some cds for him. btw, daynah, you owe something! *moew* vera, please forgive my dumb script :(