Take Andrew Luck and the Colts tonight. The Patriots have had a horseshoe up their you-know-what the whole season, with ticky-tack interference and phantom holding calls, 50+ field goals, successful onside kicks, and yellow flags that appeared to be thrown by Robert Kraft from his owners box, keeping late drives alive. The Patriots could very well be 6-10 and looking pretty with a mid-round first round pick. But a tip of the hat to Belechick and Brady for taking this team to where it is.
With wind, rain, and monsoon like weather in Foxboro, the running game will be crucial and now is where a Tim Tebow, with his play action, wishbone type play would be more advantageous since the Pats have no receivers and no TE. Their passing game consists of a former QB Julian Edelman and RB Shane Vareen to throw to. Due to injuries, the Pats have no defense, just leftovers, discarded by other teams or undrafted players. So in the end, take the Colts with their #12 28-17.
jconway says
Once again you are totally out of touch with Massachusetts and reality. It wasn’t even close!
kirth says
In the hope that persons reading this thread won’t find their time completely wasted, I offer some writing advice based on a phrase in it.
“With wind, rain, and monsoon like weather in Foxboro…”
First, let’s talk about the use of the hyphen in adjectival expressions. If we write “monsoon like weather,” we are saying that a monsoon is like weather. This is redundant, and not informative. On the other hand, if we write “monsoon-like weather,” we are saying that the weather is like a monsoon. The hyphenation makes monsoon and like into a single adjective, and conveys the meaning that I think was intended.
Now let’s examine this part: “wind, rain, and monsoon-like weather.” (I’ve inserted the hyphen.) This is fairly redundant, also, because monsoons are characterized by rain, and lots of it. (If you ever experience an actual SE Asian monsoon rain, you’ll probably never apply the term to any of the weather we have in New England; we just don’t get rain that heavy.)
That’s all for now.
kbusch says
Isn’t a reference to Tebow grammatically necessary in any well-formed sentence about the Patriots?
kirth says
of grammar, and into some other area – possibly epistemology.
mikew says
monsoon, like, weather, ya know (?)
mikew says
the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction, and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden.”
Oops, sorry – wrong game.
mike_cote says
jconway says
Lotta Dr fans I know were pissed. As a casual watcher, I know I loved him as Malcolm Tucker
mike_cote says
Of all the regeneration stories I have seen, this one pissed me off more than any other. I thought it was a terrible way to end the Matt Smith era. The only thing I liked about it was the Cyberman Wilson. Otherwise, I hated the episode. And this from someone who wouldn’t even say “Hate” for “Dinasours on a Spaceship”.