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| Game Summary (Ralph Jones, NetFL Press) OK, so not everyone who wears the uniform should be allowed to suit up. Such is most certainly the case for Edgerrin James, the greatest goat this side of the fairytale land of satyrs, unicorns, pixies, and winning TB seasons. This journalist found himself maintaining sanity amidst the botched stumbling of Tyler Thigpen and his sidekicks by drinking heavily and choking down moldy peanuts. Now, to TB's credit, they willingly subjected themselves to this game, knowing full well how it was likely to turn out, but I place a great deal of blame on TH for opting for this game over a likely more challenging foray against the Vienna Boy's Choir. And so now it stands that TH trails the all-time series 13-15 against TB. TH has a 5-5 regular season record. TB has a 7-3 regular season record. The latest (what I shall laughingly call a) contest saw TH prostrated TB as though they were an all you can eat buffet residing next to a weight-watcher's clinic 25-17 in front of a jeering and hostile crowd. They looked unstoppable on the TH squad even though they did not excel on either side of the ball last week as they racked up a combined 228 points, 133 on offense and 95 on defense. DeSean Jackson with 19 points on offense and Charles Woodson with 10 points on defense were the top scorers. Things were not all roses, however. Said Coach/GM David Markfield, "Sure, I'm a bit concerned about a few things.. For one, Charles Woodson was clearly showing some ill-effects from his intestinal parasite. Doc was tellin' me that he's seen all the telltale signs of... oh, I forget the medical term for it, but basically, he's a screw-up because he just isn't that bright when you get right down to it. Shoulda known when my scouts mentioned that he rode the short bus. As for those QB? They showed all the football grace of ballerinas as they filled the record book with 26 Passing Attempts, 6 Pass Completions, 63 Passing Yards, 1 Passing Touchdowns, 4 Passing Interception over the course of the contest. Overall though, the 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 in this game was Jake Delhomme. His bad effort yielded little but his position coach's fury. Though the game was already decided on the field, apparently neither team was done. David Markfield gurgled, "Gosh... why are you even wasting my time looking for a comment about them? They're kinda like cockroaches - to be sure, they occasionally crawl out of the woodwork to be seen by all, but usually, they're lurking somewhere out of sight." In response, the TB coach whined, "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." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||