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| Game Summary (Earl Schmidt, NetFL Press) I get paid very well doing something I usually enjoy. There are, however, occasional games that I only report on under silent protest. Let me begin by being brutally honest. TB is quite the pathetic team, wholly outclassed in all aspects of the game by TSI. I love football. The stale smell of rancid beer, the sweaty crowd of rabid fans, the cross-eyed and homely cheerleaders trying to incite us to collective ear-drum rupturing noise, the reverberating sound of vicious collisions, the poetic beauty of a laser-guided bullet pass crashing into the receiver's outstretched hands - yes, this is what I live for. This is what I saw today. Kudos to TSI for pulling out a pickle, whipping them and definitively putting on the superior show, but overall, it was quite a frenetic, enjoyable game. Peyton Manning blathered, "We had a chance at the beginning, man. We hung in there through the opening kickoff. We fought, but after that, we just didn't get her done. It's a bit disappointing, to be sure." Charlie Anderson whined, "Word up... I ain't showed nothin' today 'cuz dey wuz cheating. No, I ain't sayin' dat... les jus say dat if the refs had any guts, dey woulda been throwin' their little yellow hankies all over 'round me. Da way I was disrespected out there was sick, dude." TSI has senselessly deluged TB as though they were naught but a group of frenchmen on the battlefield, whipping them by the tune of 44-25 in front of a jeering and hostile crowd. TSI leads the all-time series 12-9 against TB. TSI has a 8-4 regular season record (3-1 in this year's playoffs). TB has a 9-3 regular season record (1-1 in this year's playoffs). They were almost perfect on the TSI squad particularly on the offensive side of the ball last week as they racked up a combined 295 points, 199 on offense and 96 on defense. Donovan McNabb with 42 points on offense and Andre Dyson with 17 points on defense were the top scorers. Things were not all roses, however. Said Coach/GM Shane Rixom, "We had a few breakdowns. . For one, Darrell Jackson was clearly showing some ill-effects from his intestinal parasite. His bones are made of flubber, so I don't think that's the problem. At least I wouldn't call that a break per se. Still, he's too much of a little baby to play with that little bruise. Broken vertabrae? I doubt that very much. It's clear who is here just to collect a check and frankly, I won't forget it. As for those OL? They showed their ineptitude by amassing absolutely nothing throughout the course of their pitiful performance. Overall though, the Doc's been looking into a revolutionary new surgery - replace his hands with anything - stickum, chicken claws, even bricks would be an improvement. I mean, he drops balls as if they were live ferrets. in this game was Chris Kluwe. "Dem's fightin' woids!": Fuel was added to the fire during the two teams' post game news conferences. Shane Rixom quipped, "He's beaten us a few times, but then again, he had to sell his soul to do so... a shrivelled-up, nasty little shell of a thing to begin with. No moral fiber at all, that one." In response, the TB coach exclaimed, "That owner of theirs kinda reminds me of a Matt Millen and Michael Jackson hybrid... all bluster, melting face, questionable personal tastes... not exactly the kind of person I'd invite to my child's birthday party." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||