Delve Into Lunacy

As you might have noticed I haven’t posted recently. Prior to stopping I was mainly only doing updates for episodes of reality shows and the Chiefs games and it was just too much. Plus, the newness of the blog wore off and I got bored and went back to my real passion…masturbation. So anyway, I’m no longer doing the episodic updates unless something happens that really chaps my ass and I just have to rant. I’ll try doing other types of posts more often however.

As a treat for all those that wake up each morning eagerly looking forward to not reading this blog I’ll give a quick update on the things I had been covering. No need to thank me, I know you don’t really appreciate it.

The Amazing Race: Family Edition
This season is worse than even I expected and for once I seem to be in the majority when it comes to bitching about something since all the TV writers are tearing this season a new one. The only good part of the show so far has been that the only African-American family on the show actually has the last name of Black and the immigrant Italian family that: live in New York City, have a husband in waste management and have a last name that is pronounced the same as a slang term for bribery. Excellent casting job TAR although I’m sure you could have fit a few more stereotypes into the line up had you really tried.

I also love how much material the Weavers, a team consisting of a widow and her three hood-rat children, give me with which to feed my endless hatred of them. This lady is trying to learn leadership by racing with her kids and in the first episode she nearly orphaned them by getting run over by an Amish buggy. That one really tickled my sadistic side since she’s a widow due to her husband walking onto a NASCAR track in the middle of a race three months before this show started filming. Oh how I love thee, sweet irony. Next week they get to do a challenge at a NASCAR track and it looks like the kids break down….should be a good show.

Survivor: Guatemala
So far it’s a pretty boring season as there isn’t any real drama yet. Even the abnormal team shuffle didn’t stir things up. Oh well, it’s still Survivor so it’s all good.

The Chiefs
Jesus Christ on a cracker this season is looking bad. I already thought the first two games were fluke wins and the last two games just seem to back that up. If you think any aspect of this team, from coaching on down, is looking good so far please leave a comment with your address so I can come over and extricate your head from your ass.

What a great game. I love blow-outs (assuming it’s the Chiefs on the winning side that is) but the games that are such a struggle that you’re on the edge of your seat the whole time are a close second. I was a smidge off in my prediction of the Chiefs winning by ten, but since it was only by four points it’s close enough.

As far as the offense goes I still think Priest isn’t quite back to his old self. He was getting more yardage per run at the end of the game but prior to that he was at like a 1.5 average. I don’t recall what Roaf injured but hopefully he’s back soon because the line, although still good, is definitely hurting without him.

I still need more convincing that the defense is as improved as much of the press seems to think they are. No doubt they are better than in the past few years, but so far we’ve had two games where the opposing team made a lot of mistakes that made their stats look better. Even with Surtain back they were still getting chewed up as far as the passing game goes. They did make some great stands when absolutely necessary though.

My biggest concern at this point continues to be injuries since they’ve already had an inordinate amount especially for only being two games into the season. If the injuries stay fairly minor overall and/or slow down then I think they’ll be in pretty good shape. We’ve had a lot of luck so far and hopefully that continues for a while.

As far as Denver next week I’m going to guess Chiefs by seven, but since I didn’t see any of their last game that’s just a wild ass guess is all.

Wow…what a game. I always make the mistake of paying attention to pre-season and despite knowing that it’s mainly people playing that probably won’t even be on the final team it always skews my opinion of how well the team will do. So needless to say when the Chiefs were 0-4 in the pre-season I wasn’t feeling too hopeful. Now that I’ve seen the first string play for an extended period I’m much more excited. I don’t think they’ll make it to the Super Bowl or anything, but they do look vastly improved compared to last year.

On offense they look pretty similar to past years. I do think Priest is running a little slower than before though. With the exception of the 35 yard run in the first drive he didn’t really do a lot that lived up to his legend. Hopefully that will turn around. Watching Johnson was like watching Priest a few years back. Nearly every time he got his hands on the ball you just knew something interesting was going to happen.

On defense they looked better than in past years but I don’t think they are as good as the low score for the Jets would make it appear they are. Against the run they were looking pretty top notch which is a nice change. I’m also liking that Gunther’s influence finally seems to be showing in regards to how aggressive they are with blitzing the passer. The weak point though remains their pass coverage and once the Jets figured that out they stuck with the air and only ran a few more times the entire game. The defense was better but they had lots of help from the Jets.

My only remaining concern is regards to injuries. Despite the Chiefs being a fairly large team overall they continue to be somewhat frail. How many starters did they lose that game…four or five? The biggest concern is they don’t have much to fall back on after the starters (with the exception of running back) and it was very visible in this game once those guys were out of it. Thankfully, they all seemed to be minor injuries and I’m guessing all of them will be back next week. It does bring up the specter from past seasons though where starters were getting hurt frequently and then the whole season went to shit.

As far as next week in Oakland I’m going with the Chiefs to win by 10. I didn’t watch the game against New England but it sounded like the Raiders got pretty much trounced and never put up much of a fight. The biggest impacts on this game will be the fact that Oakland gets a long rest period since they played on Thursday night and whether all the Chiefs starters are back or not.

For the game in Denver in two weeks I have no clue what to guess yet. Denver was looking pretty shoddy down in Miami today but considering it’s the first week and they have a history of never winning there I won’t use it to just what they’ll do going forward. Despite how good or bad they are they always gives the Chiefs trouble be it in KC or Denver. I’m guessing it will be a close game all the way through. Next weeks games should give me a better feel for what might happen.