And one from Saturday night, while we're at it...

NA$CAR gets Saturday night's "Rig Job of the Day" award...

We all know that NA$CAR prides itself on being holier-than-thou and patriotic and all that stuff.

Don't believe me? Watch any pre-race coverage, for the pre-race flags and flyover and the invocation, including the one about the smoking-hot wife...

(Pastor Nelms, I had to include that, and there's no fraud in that prayer. Sometimes we forget all the component parts in the show, and then your smoking-hot wife... ;) )

(To be fair, he did mention his two children, and more...)

But that moment of levity is not why they earn the spot here.

Saturday night, Sept. 10, they had a race for the final positions in the Chase (the 26th race, the last before the 10-race playoff).

But, it being the 9/11 +10 Race, they wanted the fans and the announcers to be quiet for laps 9 through 11.

So, what better way to do that then for Clint Bowyer to spin on lap 8?

Now, if this simply brought out the caution, that might not be as big a problem... (Hell, I'd probably have thrown a "competition yellow" for the three tribute laps, get the business over with, and continue the race -- not unlike, say, for a soccer tribute at a European Cup match years ago, the match was stopped a relevant number of minutes in to pay tribute to a disaster which had happened in another country -- to which the fans at the game paid tribute with a stirring rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone" before the game was resumed...)

What became the problem was when Dale Jr. couldn't stop and crunched his front right into Bowyer, turning his car into a tank for the rest of the race? Floundering in the back, NA$CAR'$ most popular driver needed THREE Lucky Dogs to keep on the lead lap and ensure he would (for the first time in about three years) make the Chase -- largely on his early-season form.

Something just don't smell right on that one...

Oh wonderful, on this "blessed" day... Fraud, fraud, fraud, and more fraud in the National Religion...

So let's go down a big day in the Neanderthal Felon League...

• Let's start off with that wonderful Sunday nighter, which Bob Costas just called "an improbable comeback". OH PLEASE!!! It was the home game in New York for the 9/11 weekend (the Giants played in Washington -- the latter won), and so what did you think was going to happen when Dallas was up 24-10 in the 4th -- big comeback for the Jets, thanks for coming, all hail New York, Always Remember and Never Forget, etc. and so forth and so on...
• The $Cam Newton Legacy is alive and well in the NFL, it appears. Boy, did someone buy a lot of cache, as it were: 24 for 37, 422 yards (in his first NFL game, no less), 2 TDs, 1 pick, and that archaic QB rating of over 110. Yeah, that's your typical first game in the NFL... Riiiiiiiiiiiiight... AND an excessive celebration penalty on his rushing touchdown (he was responsible for all three touchdowns and almost every yard Carolina made on the game -- they lost 28-21 on a late punt return), and he was STILL celebrating as he went to the sideline as the referee was calling the 15-yard penalty on his microphone!! Stay classy, $Cam, and welcome to my Fair Play table.
  
• Michael Vick and the Eagles are 1-0.
• Obama back at it? Bears 30-10 over the Falcons. How'd that go down acceptably?
• And the Bills go into Arrowhead and STOMP the Chiefs. Four touchdowns for... Ryan Fitzpatrick?
• And our good friend Mr. Talib is back in black, as it were. He intercepts for a touchdown, and promptly gets 15 afterward. Forget the fact the touchdown wouldn't count in college anymore: the idiot high-stepped it in from the FIFTEEN YARD LINE!! You too stay classy.

But that might not be the biggest fraud in football weekend...

Fresno State has a number of it's football players in trouble -- for welfare fraud.

Let it process.

For _WELFARE FRAUD_.

Two dozen players are under investigation for being in cahoots with a local social worker to get themselves illegal additional benefits which might send the lot of them to prison!

Typical American football mentality -- hey, these guys need money, and they're at Fresno State because no one is willing to pay them... Let's help them out and screw the legitimately poor in the process -- in a state that is all but broke and has taken money off my table for years on end because of this shit!!!

What a weekend...

Nice punch, Charles...

So, the refs decided to leave him in the game why?

Oh, that's right, because the Pack were supposed to win!!!

Watch it here. They called it, so they needed to toss him too!

Please await a letter from the Commissioner -- that's going to cost you some money and SHOULD cost you playing in week 2.

It's almost as if they scripted it...

76 points...

The two QBs going berserk...

A huge kickoff return with big moves...

And then a stop on the last play from the 9...

BUT WAIT!!!

*Dun Dun DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!*

Defensive PI flag... Time for the Manhood Test from the 1...

And then Ingram goes right into the heart of the pile to get stuffed.

All according to the plan...

Super Fraud's Official 2011 NFL Predictions

Had a much longer form in so doing, as I was following along with Mike and Mike's Two-a-Days, which end tomorrow with their Super Bowl picks.

My predictions will be first, followed by the Mikes'.

My picks might also not mathematically line up, but they're the best guess I have:

NFC East

Philadelphia: Me: 12-4 Greeny: 12-4 Golic: 11-5
Dallas: All three of us predict 9-7.
NY Giants: Me: 8-8 Greeny: 7-9 Golic: 8-8
Washington: Me: 6-10 Mike and Mike: 5-11

As you'll see later, I believe this is the year that the league and the media attempt to crown that dog-killing piece of shit Michael Vick our Lord and Saviour of football. So back to Philly later. I truly believe Dallas can do nothing until they get more than a celebrity as their quarterback. The Giants just don't have it right now, and Washington is going to be a doormat until they get a competent operation and some stability thereto.

NFC North

Green Bay: All three of us predict 12-4.
Chicago: Me: 9-7 Greeny: 7-9 Golic: 8-8
Detroit: Me: 7-9 Greeny: 9-7 Golic: 7-9
Minnesota: Me: 7-9 Mike and Mike: 8-8

Green Bay should even be better than 12-4, but they always get rather severely banged up. Chicago blew it's shot, and I don't think they have faith in Cutler anymore. Detroit is going to get another ream-job by the Commissioner and the league, and it's double-trouble on that end once Fairley (another proposed knucklehead) gets healthy). Minnesota can't be carried by Adrian Peterson all day.

NFC South:

Atlanta: All three of us predict 12-4.
Tampa Bay: Me: 11-5 Mike and Mike: 10-6
New Orleans: All three of us predict 9-7.
Carolina: Me: 4-12 Greeny: 4-12 Golic: 3-13

Tough division probably holds everybody down a game or so. Atlanta has the guns, but do they have the moxie (or the preference of the league) when the chips go down? Tampa is probably The Team on the Come this year -- watch for some big things in Tampa. Someone has to take a step back, and I think it's New Orleans, especially with them probably being served up for the job on Opening Night tomorrow night. Carolina really doesn't have the talent to be considered an NFL team at this point, but I'm giving them 4 because they followed the script, took $Cam, and now have made him the starter. All part of the plan.

NFC Worst, erm... West:

St. Louis: Me: 8-8 Mike and Mike: 9-7
Arizona: Me: 6-10 Greeny: 8-8 Golic: 7-9
Seattle: Me: 6-10 Greeny: 6-10 Golic: 5-11
San Francisco: Me: 5-11 Greeny: 7-9 Golic: 6-10

There's going to be a lot of ugly football out West (in both Western divisions) this year. Let's leave it at that and go on.

We all have the same divisional champions:

NFC East Champion: Philadelphia
NFC North Champion: Green Bay
NFC South Champion: Atlanta
NFC West Champion: St. Louis

All three of us also have Tampa Bay as the first wild-card: Me at 11-5, the Mikes at 10-6.
It's the second wild card who will have people guessing: Dallas and New Orleans, we all have at 9-7, Greeny also has Detroit, while I have Chicago.

Today, Greeny said Detroit would make the playoffs, Golic said Dallas. I think New Orleans will get out of that situation and go into the playoffs.

Divisional round: Philadelphia, Green Bay, Atlanta, and Tampa Bay
NFC Championship: Philadelphia vs. Green Bay
NFC Predicted Champion: Philadelphia Eagles and Michael Vick.

Greeny picked the Eagles, Golic picked the Falcons.

This is becoming one of the most-telegraphed ideas out there, with friends of mine also believing this "What if Michael Vick were white?" idea meant to marginalize those of us who believe that there is a component of racial culture in the conduct. But the thing is that is clear that people appear to really like the "Black Street-Ball" meme that Vick represents.

That they gave this shit-head another $100,000,000 just boggles my mind. I just see this as a very ugly season, and this is just going to make it uglier.

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AFC East

New England: Me: 14-2. Greeny: 11-5 Golic: 13-3
New York Jets: Me: 10-6 Mike and Mike: 11-5
Buffalo: All three of us predict 5-11.
Miami: Me: 4-12. Greeny: 3-13 Golic: 4-12

Miami is going well in the wrong direction, and Buffalo is a franchise in deep, deep trouble.

The Jets are going to get screwed, blued, and tattooed by the Commissioner -- I openly forecast that Rex Ryan will be suspended for at least one game this season because of misconduct on his team.

The Patriots are the Super Team. If the Eagles are the Dream Team, this is a team that some people are actually pegging for 16-0, and then you have the 9/11 +10 angle. But if Ochocinco becomes a head-case and Haynesworth becomes a knucklehead, all bets are off.

AFC North:

Baltimore: Me: 12-4 Mike and Mike: 10-6
Pittsburgh: Me: 10-6 Mike and Mike: 11-5
Cleveland: All three of us predict 6-10.
Cincinnati: Me: 4-12 Greeny: 2-14 Golic: 3-13

A division not unlike the AFC East, without the perception that the Ravens are a Super Team. The Ravens simply are the beneficiaries of some tinkering against the Steelers this year. Do I think the Steelers are good enough to buck the trend and get back to the Super Bowl? Yes. Do I think it will be allowed to happen?? No.

Cleveland gets 6-10 largely on the schedule, and Cincinnati is an utter mess. With that schedule, I think some high-school teams could luck into 2 wins.

AFC South:

Houston: All three of us predict 10-6.
Jacksonville: All three of us predict 7-9.
Indianapolis: Me: 6-10 Greeny: 8-8 Golic: 9-7
Tennessee: Me: 5-11 Greeny: 8-8 Golic: 7-9

Houston wins this by default now. They just announced another neck surgery for Manning, and they _say_ he's out 2-3 months.

Peyton Manning will never play in the NFL again. That's just far too dangerous and it's NOT healing.

Jacksonville is just muddling along, and I think there are too many issues for Tennessee to be competitive.

AFC West

San Diego: Me: 10-6 Greeny: 12-4 Golic: 10-6
Kansas City: Me: 7-9 Greeny: 6-10 Golic: 8-8
Oakland: All three of us predict 6-10.
Denver: All three of us predict 6-10.

Another, for me, "by default" situation here with San Diego. Kansas City was an utter fluke last year, and they're one of a couple teams with a coach who just does not know how to win when it counts. Oakland is the Raiders, and that means the league does not want them doing well. Denver is going to pay for Tim Tebow, and pay, and pay, and pay.

So, the playoffs:

AFC East Champion: New England
AFC North Champion: Baltimore
AFC South Champion: Houston
AFC West Champion: San Diego

Some differences here: Both Mikes have Pittsburgh winning the North, and Greeny has his J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets winning the tiebreaker with New England, with Golic showing more sanity and picking the Cheatriots.

Wildcards: Golic and I have the Jets, Greeny has the Patriots -- that's just a matter of who gets to win the division and get that preferred seed. The Mikes have Baltimore, I have Pittsburgh.

Divisional Round: New England, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, New York Jets. I don't think the South nor the West has ANYTHING to offer this year.

Predicted AFC Championship: New England vs. Baltimore.

Predicted AFC Champions: New England

Golic picks Pittsburgh to get back to the Super Bowl. Greeny picks San Diego.

When in doubt, start waving your flags. Friends who are now former NFL fans note to me with disgust that the nation will collectively orgasm tonight. That might be true, but the thing is that I just get the sense that 9/11 +10 will play a larger role this season -- and don't get me started if there actually IS another incident, say on Sunday...

SUPER BOWL:

Me: Philadelphia over New England
Golic: Pittsburgh over Atlanta
Greeny: San Diego over Philadelphia

This league has invested it's future in the black mobile quarterback with a chip on his shoulder (and a criminal record to match). They have wanted to make inroads into the ghetto culture and into the ghetto market. This, I believe, is their big chance, because how many more years are they going to get until Vick fucks up again?

Update on the animals rioting in Florida...

Yep, felony charges.

Four people, three adult coaches and a 14 year-old kid (watch the video and you can probably guess which kid it was -- the one who started the fracas!!) have been charged with felonies (as of last Friday, September 1), it being a felony to assault and batter a game official in the state of Florida.

The referee has a broken shoulder as a result of the attack, and one of the other team's coaches was also downed.

By Florida Statute 784.081, that they assaulted and battered a game official upgrades the offense to a third-degree felony, and they face four years in state prison.

And if anyone wants to further question why the culture of football has gotten to where it has...

I submit this FOX Sports lowlight from...

... the Florida youth football leagues.

(Yes, the very same Florida youth football leagues that have drug ganglords paying the top players as the only means to keep roofs over their (and their parents') heads.)

So it should stand as no surprise when this happens:

A coach, upset over a call in the game, charges the official.

Then the players on his team start doing the same. Watch #6 especially, who now faces felony charges for the same assault of a game official I discussed in a post on this blog a number of months back (this post, the first story of two Florida stories thereon) when he full-blown bulldozes the official and then stands over him like a conquering little piece of shit.

Now adults are coming out of the stands to continue the fracas -- one tries to kick the official in the head.

And judging by the look of the ages of the players, this would be right up the gamblers' wheelhouse. This looks like this is probably as a result of the gambling going on in the stands.

Shut the whole fucking thing down...

NOW.

UPON FURTHER REVIEW: Here's another one, same source.

This one is in Texas. Mass brawl breaks out at a Pee-Wee game when someone decides to basically lead with his helmet to flip another player on a kickoff return (which eventually goes all the way for a touchdown).

(The block is at about the 6-8 second mark of the clip.)

Both teams have been banned from the playoffs of this league for this season, one coach has been permanently barred for life from Pee-Wee football.

But this is the kind of mentality which football has brought -- ON ALL LEVELS -- to America.

And you wonder why incidents like the one in Ohio have to be called...

SECOND EDIT: Yahoo!'s blog has picked up on the Florida youth story, with about six minutes of raw footage of this reprehensible event.