I've got to tackle a few things before the week ends. First, my brother was on tv, as Den mentioned, because he has been a fill-in for WFAN doing the 20/20 sports flash. He was on tv because the YES network airs Mike & the Maddog, and he was doing the flash during that time slot. It's pretty cool hearing him...

Next, Montclair found my scores. They actually found them the same day I blogged, but I hadn't had time to blog. More incompetence in this world...

Third, I purchased a new game for my PS2(I know have 3 games!). I got NFL Gameday 2004 just yesterday. It's pretty hard so far. I played one game with the Bengals yesterday and got obliterated, but I didn't get mad because I knew I would suck. I decided to play another game to see if maybe I got the hang of it, but ended up turning it off in the first quarter. I read the instruction booklet fully and found the game has a cool feature in which you can create your own expansion team-design the uniform, logo, etc. Pretty cool! So I created the NJ Vandals with some bad-ass brown uni's and a pirate-type logo on the helmet. Anyway, there's an expansion draft where you select the rubbish left unprotected by the current NFL teams. It was pretty realistic because the people available were horrible. I can list my "stars" of the team: Brian Westbrook, Chad Morton, Freddie Mitchell, Willie McGinest, and Darrien Gordon. Ugh. My QBs are Brooks Bollinger, Chris Chandler, and Scott Covington. Who? Yeah. So I did my draft and played a game and got beat by the Texans, but hung tough. I think I lost 31-21. It's very difficult to pass, because the controls are sensitive, plus Brooks Bollinger is my QB, remember? I decide to play game 2 against the Eagles. They score on the first play-a 80 some odd yard pass to James Thrash. Once they get past your LBs, they're gone. Slowness. I get the ball and start running the shit out of it. Westbrook had 170 yards, Lamont Warren had 130, and Dee Brown had 40. I couldn't stop them, plus they had a KR, but when I kept running, the game stayed close. I'm down 21-10 at half. Get the ball to start the 3rd, and continue running and hold the ball for 4 of the 5 minutes in the quarter before hitting Freddie Mitchell with a 5 yard slant for a TD. Lamont Warren up the middle gets me 2. 21-18. They come back and score in less than 2 minutes because Jon Ritchie is faster than my team. Anyway, roughly 4 minutes left in the game. I know I can win. I've been running all day, so if I eat up the clock and get down there, I can at least tie it and not let them get much time. I run and run and run and punch it in with 15 seconds left. You're thinking, "He's still gonna lose somehow." Wrong, I hold on to win! Woo! First win for the Vandals. Post-game, I'm checking out my roster to see if there are any free agents, and the game freezes. My victory is gone, my 400 rush yards gone. Man was I pissed. So that long ass blog you just read technically does not exist. Sorry.

So the game is pretty fun at least when you can eat the clock. Otherwise, I would be destroyed. Totally bummed about the lost info, man. I may try to play again before bed if I don't fall asleep. Peace out.