It is really hard to comprehend how bad the Fins are. I’m sure all the 76 Bucs are getting ready to pop a cork at the end of this season.
When does the 2008 schedule come out? I need to start looking for the first game that the Fins could win. Do they get to play Duke next year? Or maybe Notre Dame. Or a bad middle school team.
Watch out New England. 14-0 Pats vs. 0-14 Fins. That has all the makings of a 100 point blowout by the Pats, or the biggest upset in the history of the NFL. Has there ever been a 28 game differential between two football teams (at ANY level)? My guess is no. And at the end of that game…a 30 game differential. Wow.
I sure hope some other team wants Adrian Peterson, cause the Fins need to make a trade for 20 or so players/draft picks. Grim. Ugly. Brutal. Misery. More or less like living in C-Ville.
I still haven’t gotten over the Fins loss to the Steelers. It was another Snowplow Game. Crushing. Of course with 14 straight losses now I really continue to wonder what a win would feel like. I can’t even remember what it feels like.
From a realistic standpoint, this is without a doubt the best chance for a win this year. I’m still holding out for the Fins to beat the unbeaten Pats in game 15. We’ll see how that goes…
The Fins losing rolled along against the Bills last Sunday. I hadn’t had the energy to mention it here for the past week. Losing has been a 100% sure thing every single week for the past year. Although they lost, they did make the news this week. A new quarterback will finally start. An old running back is coming back after 18 months of “vacation.”
It is so exciting to be starting the Beck dynasty. It will be fun to see if Ricky can still run (can’t play until the Pittsburgh prime time game).
OK..Fins are now 0-8. Half way to the first 16 game winless season in history. Ugh. At least Ginn caught his first touchdown in England (first regular season NFL game outside the US).
Just before the 2nd half kickoff an event of interest occurred that they wouldn’t show. They just focussed the cameras on fans up in the stands and said, “We won’t show you what is happening, but I thought this went out of style in the states a few years ago.”
Someone had a camera Definitely the highlight of the game.
Yet another loss for the Fins. 0-6. If they didn’t play the Jets later this year I’d be willing to be my life savings that they won’t win this season. Every week there are glimpses of potential, but it is equivalent to finding a diamond in a coal mine.
The day I moved to this village is the day the Fins started becoming a bad team. They have continued to get worse and worse as I have lived here. If they lose next week (against the best team in the NFL) they will establish a new record for the club by starting out 0-7. The worst start in the 50 year history of the team. Truly sad. Watching the Fins in the past three years makes me feel as happy as these locals. At least guns are easy to buy in this state. Waiting time….0 days. What you can do with the gun…priceless.
Next up…unbeaten New England. Prediction for game: NE 73, Miami 17. Of course, the last time the Fins won was against NE in December 2006 (that’s right…the Fins haven’t won in ten months). Is that a 400 carat diamond over there in my garbage can?
Of all the games that the Fins play this season, this was the one that they had a chance to win (the mediocre team from Houston). Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. The players tried. But if you don’t have it, you can’t do it (no matter what Nike says). Trent Green had his head almost knocked off and will never play again in the NFL, so the Fins will get to see younger and younger players getting chances on the field for the rest of the season.
It is now eight straight losses for the Fins. When will the embarrassment end?
At least the team seemed to really try today. The coach made some questionable decisions.
I continue to be amazed that I remain a fan of the Dolphins. They are without a doubt one of the bottom few teams in the NFL. No one has ever gone 0-16, but when looking at the schedule you can easily see it happening. On the positive side, they managed to get more than 50 yards from the running game and have scored more in each game of the season thus far (13, 20, and 28). On the negative side, the D can’t stop anyone on third down. It really doesn’t matter if it is 3rd and 1 or 3rd and 42. The opposition will always be successful (or at least 80% of the time). There is no way to win if you do that.
Next week they play the Raiders. Slim chance of a win…but no matter what I keep picking them in my pool. I pick them every single week. It is almost like I give everyone else in the pool a 16 game lead. Oh well.
I had a lot of time to think about the Fins on Saturday morning when I started the day out by running a 5k race at a relatively slow pace, and then continued on for another 15 miles. 18 miles in one morning. Definitely my longest run so far. It was hot and humid. The south continues to broil. Sunday is almost over. Another week is about to begin. The village will continue in its state of stagnation.
So while Al Groh was off in the NFL did he learn how to do illicit taping activities? Seems he took a bit of a flip the bird page approach when questioned about a few suspicious statement related to the 2 point victory over the football powerhouse of North Carolina. The article started out, “The challenged field goal seen ’round the ACC still has legs.” Did anyone actually see this event? Oh well…this week UVA plays Georgia Tech, and I don’t think 3 points will make much of a difference.
I personally think the only cheating going on is the fact that as the football coach he makes $1.7mill/yr (plus all sorts of bonuses) and grad students make less than $20k/yr. UVA cares about education…sports education
The Fins are continuing the same trend as the past seven years. They always seem to have just a bit of hope during the game, but they ALWAYS manage to lose. A critical error here, a critical error there. Critical errors everywhere.
Being a fan of the Fins is just like living in Charlottesville. You always think there might be a bright side, but when you get to the heart of the matter, the whole thing is just a pile of shit sitting inside a burning bag. And like a ludicrously stupid local I just keep stomping on the bag.
It is somewhat comical that the day I moved here is the day the Fins became the least feared team in the NFL.
In a battle of two miserable teams from last year, the Fins managed to lose to the Skins. It was rather ugly on both sides of the ball, but Miami won in terms of dropped passes on third down, and exhausted D in the latter portions of the game.
The offensive line woes of the Fins are still glaring. The current group just can’t run block. Pass blocking is a bit better…but not by much.
At least there is hope for the future. This year will be a struggle, but a few key players and they could actually make a run for the playoffs next year. I still have my insane view that they will make it to the Super Bowl this year (they haven’t been eliminated from the playoffs yet), but in reality I hope they can get eight wins. It won’t be easy..especially since I was hoping the Skins would be one.
The Fins have lots of new faces from the coach to the punt returner…and everything in between. They can’t get any worse than right now…winless. Fifteen games to go. Maybe fifteen wins.
PS. On a side note, I think the locals are all happy in hoo-ville, since UVA managed to beat the football powerhouse of Duke…the team that hasn’t won a game in three years. Of course it was a nail biter in the 4th quarter…
Definitely the highlight of the game.
