HoosierCat Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 All those former Bengals studs & starters, I mean. I just saw the news that Harvard's Finest has been named the starter in Houston./>http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11097727/ryan-fitzpatrick-named-houston-texans-starting-qbAnd then there's this:Army, I thought you'd like it since it looks like he's about to be hit by two trucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Chad "O Canada" Johnson.I was the target of many of my irritations with the team at that point in time.I still think it's a real shame what happened with him and his ego.I've moved on and hope he does well up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Bit of trivia - the quarterback who will be throwing to him for the Montreal Alouettes? Heisman winner, and former Buckeye, Troy Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Looks like RunPee has the inside track on the No. 2 job in Chicago./>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/23/trestman-jordan-palmer-will-get-first-run-at-top-backup-qb-job/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingwilly Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Looks like RunPee has the inside track on the No. 2 job in Chicago./>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/23/trestman-jordan-palmer-will-get-first-run-at-top-backup-qb-job/Good for him. Back up QB is such a highly desirable job, if you can get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 M E M O R A N D U M7.24.2014TO: Mike ZimmerFROM: Dick LeBeauRE: This never works.../>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/24/zimmer-will-see-all-three-qbs-in-the-preseason-before-picking-one/Sincerely,DickCC:J. KitnaG. FrerotteA. Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yeah, not sure how that's going to work out for Zimmer up there with those QB's, but i'm rooting for him to do well.I think long term Bridgewater is the better option, but will Zimmer throw him out there or play it safe with Cassel until he really screws up ??Ponder ?? Another Blaine Gabbert. Shouldn't be anything more than a backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hawkins is impressing the coaching staff up North:1. Andrew Hawkins continues to draw raves from the coaches, and for good reason. As Mike Pettine said: "He's been an ultimate professional ... You would think he was a 10-year veteran with the way he carries himself. When we talk to the young wide receivers, he's the guy — if you want to pattern yourself after a guy, that's the guy. He comes out and works hard every day, on the field, off the field. It's been a very pleasant surprise. To me, when you have a guy that has that type of separation ability, that type of quickness that can turn a short game into a long one, it can only be a plus for you."/>http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2014/07/cleveland_browns_scribbles_and.htmlSomething about that blurb caught me up short and it took me a minute to figure out what it was. How many long, miserable years did the following scenario play out: a quality Bengal player leaves in free agency. Think Justin Smith or TJ or TKO or Dillion, et. al. And their very first interview in their new town is all about how professional the new team is, expectations are totally different, free soda in he locker room, whatever. But the underlying theme was always the same: they were the NFL equivalent of refugees who would now finally be playing for a real live NFL franchise.Fast forward to today. A key Bengal player left in free agency. And the first take from the media is how professional the player is, how he's a leader the other members of his unit are patterning themselves after, that he works hard and sets an example.Marvin Lewis has his flaws as a head coach. But he did this, too. That counts for a lot in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hawkins is impressing the coaching staff up North:1. Andrew Hawkins continues to draw raves from the coaches, and for good reason. As Mike Pettine said: "He's been an ultimate professional ... You would think he was a 10-year veteran with the way he carries himself. When we talk to the young wide receivers, he's the guy — if you want to pattern yourself after a guy, that's the guy. He comes out and works hard every day, on the field, off the field. It's been a very pleasant surprise. To me, when you have a guy that has that type of separation ability, that type of quickness that can turn a short game into a long one, it can only be a plus for you."/>http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2014/07/cleveland_browns_scribbles_and.htmlSomething about that blurb caught me up short and it took me a minute to figure out what it was. How many long, miserable years did the following scenario play out: a quality Bengal player leaves in free agency. Think Justin Smith or TJ or TKO or Dillion, et. al. And their very first interview in their new town is all about how professional the new team is, expectations are totally different, free soda in he locker room, whatever. But the underlying theme was always the same: they were the NFL equivalent of refugees who would now finally be playing for a real live NFL franchise.Fast forward to today. A key Bengal player left in free agency. And the first take from the media is how professional the player is, how he's a leader the other members of his unit are patterning themselves after, that he works hard and sets an example.Marvin Lewis has his flaws as a head coach. But he did this, too. That counts for a lot in my book.Marvin recreated his approach and the football team after the debacle of 2010 and this is the result. This Bengals team is filled with high character guys and leaders and I think that is the greatest reason why we have finally begun to have sustained success. The current incarnation of the Cincinnati Bengals is my favorite and I go back to the late 70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 **Deleted due to seemingly forgetting where the hell I was for a moment.** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted August 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Tackle eligible gets a job in Chicago./>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/31/bears-sign-offensive-tackle-dennis-roland/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GapControl Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Dan LeFevour was voted CFL Offensive Player of the week. Wasn't he a PS guy for a while? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 **Deleted due to seemingly forgetting where the hell I was for a moment.**No problem. When you start momentarily forgetting not only where you are, but who you are, then 1. Get like a little medical bracelet with your name and vitals on it, and 2. Welcome to my world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 If you don't have about 15 identities on twitter, then why are you even on Twitter?My favorite twitter identity is my role as a female tennis pro from Lithuania on the downhill side of my career. I have bursitis in my elbow. That's a career killer for some, but I'm courageously soldiering on. Currently 857th in the world rankings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Getting ready to play a cash match against a 65 year old Bobby Riggs wannabe from Spokane, Washington. He's a six time club champ. That's what I'm reduced to. I'm bankrolled by my boyfriend, the bass player from that "Call Me Maybe" singer's band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Just lost in straight sets, that misogynistic old bastard can really fucking play. Four hundred bucks down the drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted August 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 COB, have you thought about unprofessional help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Second favorite identity on Twitter is my role as a mid-level road engineer for ODOT. I am divorced. On any summer night a walk past my house would allow you to look in my front window, and see me bathed in just the blue light of a televised Reds game, sitting silently in my undershirt, drinking a Strohs. My tweets are just Reds scores, and occasional complaints about my adult son, a mechanic in Willoughby, ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 A few years ago I did a study on the asphalt being used in repaving on I-77. Among other things, I discovered the contractor was using aggregate from unlabeled drums, and the compaction work being done was like 65% of what was required by the contract. We made the contractor fix it, and the Governor came to our office and gave a ten minute speech. He gave me a certificate, and it's still hanging in our break room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted August 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Heh heh. You're killing me cob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 My third favorite Twitter identity is my role as a 33 year old woman who loves animals. I volunteer at the humane society, and most of my tweets are of cats that are available at our shelter. We can't possibly adopt them all out, so the local kill shelter gets a certain share of our cats. Like about 80% of them. Typically I tweet out a picture of a cat with the caption, "Mr. Snugglesworth is looking for his furever home, could it be yours? Meet Mr, Snugglesworth at the Pearson Ave. Petco Saturday 1-4 pm! You'll fall in love!" Then typically on Tuesday I'm driving him and seven other cats over to the shelter's gas chamber (cinder block room added to the building in 1997, shelter director's 2001 Buick Regal's exhaust pipe tubed to small port on the south wall). I have my twitter account linked to my own website that consists of pictures of the several hundred cats I've tried to adopt out, then driven to their death house. All the pics are arrayed under huge red letters graphically dripping blood that spell out, "America's Shame!!!!" Yes, four exclamation points. My fellow shelter volunteer, Mrs. Housteau, and I debated that number for a couple weeks. She actually wanted 12 exclamation points to match the number of cats she has in her apartment. Deep within the gallery of several hundred cats on my America's Shame!!!! website there is a picture of my older sister, Sharon. If you click on her picture, you are treated to 40 some pictures of her husband and three kids, their big house, her big silicone boobs her husband bought her as a reward for launching their third kid, and their three German cars. Then there is one picture of me standing beside Mrs. Housteau surrounded by her dozen cats and my 3 cats, in the hallway of the crappy apartment building where we both live. The website hosting company keeps track of how many times the pic of Sharon gets clicked to show those other pictures. So far it's never been clicked on, but I check it every night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 COB, i'm starting to worry brother.I didn't know whether to laugh hysterically or feel disturbed at the detail of your post.I'm going to remain cautiously entertained !!! :lmao: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsbengalsbucks Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 COB seems to be having a "mental break" from reality. Always good to get away from stress from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted August 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Man, that couch cushion wasn't even warm yet this year...Aaron Wilson @RavensInsider 2mVikings signed Chris Crocker, cut Rakim Cox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Man, that couch cushion wasn't even warm yet this year...Aaron Wilson @RavensInsider 2mVikings signed Chris Crocker, cut Rakim CoxGood for Crocker. Hopefully he still has enough to help Zim out up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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