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| Game Summary (Ralph Jones, NetFL Press) Peyton Manning shot, "We know it's going to be a hard-fought game when we play these clowns - tough, physical... It's important to win the physical football games because you put so much into it. We didn't do that today. Every time I looked up, I heard the crowd and I figured it was another turnover. It's tough to lose when you've worked all week. Mentally, you have to let it go." Well no kidding, Einstein. TB was bad. Awful. Grotesque. An embarrassment to the league, I dare say. 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, overcoming their foes and definitively putting on the superior show, but overall, it was quite a frenetic, enjoyable game. So now the series stands 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). The latest (what I shall laughingly call a) contest saw TSI bludgeoning TB as though they were naught but a group of frenchmen on the battlefield 70-53 in front of a despondent home crowd. They looked unstoppable on the TSI squad particularly on the offensive side of the ball last week as they racked up a combined 310 points, 215 on offense and 95 on defense. LaDainian Tomlinson with 50 points on offense and Jason Baker with 10 points on defense were the top scorers. All that aside, Don't Euthanize After Disaster award - given to one blundering fool each week - was really difficult to decide on this go around. I promise the poor slob that I won't be taking away his livelihood. This week, the DEAD man of the game goes to Michael Turner. Some players need a bit more instruction than others. I've tried a few less orthodox teaching tools from time to time..." Says Michael Turner, sporting a nice lace evening gown, "Ya, coach says I played like a little girl so I might as well dress the part. I hafta practice in this thing. He calls me the fairy princess. Man, I'm callin my agent. This ain't parta the deal." Aaron Schobel added, "Shoot... he should know he can't fit in no D-cup! I tell ya, he looked like some sort of demented, bloated Valkyrie... Man... brings new meaning to the phrase 'when the fat lady sings.' " There's no love lost between these two clubs. Shane Rixom quipped, "He and his lecherous team of cub scouts have all the football grace of a French eunuch trying to ride a bull suffering from mad cow's disease while reciting the Gettysburg Address." In response, the TB coach gurgled, "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." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||