With 4 great gridiron matchups on the slate for this weekend, we couldn't contain Meg to just one Pick of the Week. Here's her predictions for the NFL Playoffs Round 2:
Denver at New England
New England. Despite Tim Tebow's amazing winning OT drive to advance against the Steelers, Tim does not stand a chance against the team that crushed them in week 15 of the regular season. Also, Tom Brady is sexier than Tim Tebow - MM
Houston at Baltimore
Baltimore. They get to play a home game against a team that is in the playoffs for the first time in its history. I, Meg McNew, will personally be in Houston and would prefer that they experience the heartache of defeat - MM
New Orleans at San Francisco
49ers. New Orleans was the "team of destiny" a couple of years ago, and even though Drew Brees is a lights-out QB, the 49ers, named for the Gold Rush of the late 1840s that drove population into the SF/Bay Area, have really put themselves into the upper echelon of football - MM
NY Giants at Green Bay
Packers. How can you root against the team with the best record in football, and the defending World Champions? Pack beat the Giants in New Jersey in early December, and now the Giants will have to go to the frozen tundra that is Wisconsin. Discount Double Check! - MM
The expressed views above are entirely the thoughts and words of Meg McNew, nobody else.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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Indoor 2k11 continues to exceed expectations...
Tristram Thomas set a new team indoor 5000m record of 15:30.59 while finishing 4th at the Keogh Invitational at Haverford. A short while later he finished 16th in the mile at 4:33.85. That's a terrific double. Alex Battaglino finished 3rd in the mile in a season best 4:26.48.
At the Superbowl 5k in Dundalk, Tom Stott kicked his season off with a 13th place finish in 18:00.5.
As mentioned in the email, there were some other great performances this weekend:
Dejen Gebremeskel won the 3000m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston...with one shoe. He got flat tired at the start, and ran the entire race a la Shoeless Joe Jackson. It looked unlikely that he'd be able to compete if the race came down to a kick, but it didn't seem to even faze him as he accelerated at the end of the race.
Alan Webb got back into the mix, finishing just outside of 4 minutes in the mile. Below I shall post a link to his pre-race interview. It's long, but if you want to hear a nice shoutout, go to 5 minute mark and watch from there. High schooler Lukas Verzbicas had an awesome race, running 4:03.88 and finishing ahead of Olympian Leo Manzano.
The Green Bay Packers performed superbly, thanks to Brennan, in their winning effort at Super Bowl XLV. MVP Aaron Rodgers, after the game, credited Brennan with the victory, citing "out of the 80+ thousand fans in the stadium, during each play, I could pick out Brennan's [voice] from the crowd. It was nice to see him out there, as he has been such a pivotal member of our squad. Also, I'd like to thank his mom for making the whole team chili last week before we left Green Bay, it was really good and it gave me the energy I needed to play so well. This championship belt move goes out to the Feldy clan!"
While there were many great performances this weekend, only one could be our Purple Drink Athlete of the Week, and Tristram's 15:30 5000m was good enough to earn the award this week!
And now, here's the link to the Webb video
Tristram Thomas set a new team indoor 5000m record of 15:30.59 while finishing 4th at the Keogh Invitational at Haverford. A short while later he finished 16th in the mile at 4:33.85. That's a terrific double. Alex Battaglino finished 3rd in the mile in a season best 4:26.48.
At the Superbowl 5k in Dundalk, Tom Stott kicked his season off with a 13th place finish in 18:00.5.
As mentioned in the email, there were some other great performances this weekend:
Dejen Gebremeskel won the 3000m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston...with one shoe. He got flat tired at the start, and ran the entire race a la Shoeless Joe Jackson. It looked unlikely that he'd be able to compete if the race came down to a kick, but it didn't seem to even faze him as he accelerated at the end of the race.
Alan Webb got back into the mix, finishing just outside of 4 minutes in the mile. Below I shall post a link to his pre-race interview. It's long, but if you want to hear a nice shoutout, go to 5 minute mark and watch from there. High schooler Lukas Verzbicas had an awesome race, running 4:03.88 and finishing ahead of Olympian Leo Manzano.
The Green Bay Packers performed superbly, thanks to Brennan, in their winning effort at Super Bowl XLV. MVP Aaron Rodgers, after the game, credited Brennan with the victory, citing "out of the 80+ thousand fans in the stadium, during each play, I could pick out Brennan's [voice] from the crowd. It was nice to see him out there, as he has been such a pivotal member of our squad. Also, I'd like to thank his mom for making the whole team chili last week before we left Green Bay, it was really good and it gave me the energy I needed to play so well. This championship belt move goes out to the Feldy clan!"
While there were many great performances this weekend, only one could be our Purple Drink Athlete of the Week, and Tristram's 15:30 5000m was good enough to earn the award this week!
And now, here's the link to the Webb video
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