FEELING FAVRE FROM HOME.Byline: NORMAN CHAD Norman Chad is a Los Angeles-based sportswriter and syndicated columnist who is frequently seen on the sports channel ESPN. Alongside sportscaster Lon McEachern, Chad is perhaps the best-known commentator on the World Series of Poker for ESPN. NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga The worlds of Brett Favre and Kurt Warner - the best NFL quarterbacks of recent vintage, equally entertaining and effective - collide Sunday. Favre is the greatest one-man show the league can offer, Warner is this unearthly being unleashing a Milky Way of luminous receivers and interstellar in·ter·stel·lar adj. Between or among the stars: interstellar gases. interstellar Adjective between or among stars Adj. 1. gas. Favre, at 32, has three MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. awards and a Super Bowl title. Warner, at 30 (although there is no record of a birth certificate), has two MVP awards and a Super Bowl title. The biggest difference between the two is that Favre's a winter-weather, outdoorsy out·door·sy adj. Informal 1. Associated with the outdoors: outdoorsy hobbies such as fishing. 2. , natural fella while Warner's a controlled-temperature, indoorsy, supernatural fella. Favre loves cold showers, Warner loves steam baths. Favre loves meat lockers, Warner loves microwave ovens. Favre loves ice fishing, Warner loves aquariums. Favre loves cellular phones, Warner loves telephone booths. Favre loves yard sales, Warner loves auction houses. Favre loves marching bands, Warner loves chamber music. Favre loves motorcycles, Warner loves stationary bikes. Favre loves camping, Warner loves pajama parties. Favre loves rodeo clowns, Warner loves mechanical bulls. Favre loves Arctic air, Warner loves air conditioning. Favre loves sunsets, Warner loves lava lamps. Favre loves the Grand Canyon, Warner loves Ripley Believe It or Not museums. Favre loves a tan, Warner loves a tanning salon. Favre loves boccie ball, Warner loves bowling. Favre loves hammocks, Warner loves Murphy beds. Favre loves cookouts, Warner loves TV dinners. Favre loves cemeteries, Warner loves funeral homes. Favre loves campfires, Warner loves fireplaces. Favre loves stormy weather, Warner loves storm windows. Favre loves ``The NFL Today,'' Warner loves ``Fox NFL Sunday FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV show The NFL on FOX. The show has won four Emmy Awards. History 1994-1997 FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. .'' On Sunday in St. Louis, the Packers quarterback will be a Favre out of water. (Favre in a dome is like Madonna in a convent - it just doesn't work.) Meanwhile, the Rams quarterback will be at home, inside, on an artificial surface that reminds him of his extraterrestrial roots. Advantage: Warner and the Rams. The Rams are a 10 1/2-point favorite, and The Man will be compelled to reach into his retirement kitty and support the sheer audacity that is the St. Louis offense. As always, the following point-spread picks should not as used as the basis for any actual cash wager: --Raiders at Patriots (-3): The Patriots are the feel-good story of the AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. . Their coach, Bill Belichick, was toe-tagged for the coaching morgue morgue (morg) a place where dead bodies may be kept for identification or until claimed for burial. morgue n. in September. Their quarterback, Tom Brady, once went unrecognized at his own family reunion. Their team, 5-11 a year ago, went from worst to first in the AFC Central with a series of gritty victories. But I'm not in the business of feeling good for feel-gooders. I'm in the business of sidestepping the quagmire that is Enron, accumulating capital like Andrew Carnegie on crack and relaxing in perpetuity Of endless duration; not subject to termination. The phrase in perpetuity is often used in the grant of an Easement to a utility company. in perpetuity adj. forever, as in one's right to keep the profits from the land in perpetuity. at my summer home in Latrobe, Pa. The Raiders are good enough to lead the way. Pick: Raiders. --Eagles at Bears (-3): The Bears are the feel-good story of the NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference . Their coach, Dick Jauron, was toe-tagged for the coaching morgue in September. Their quarterback, Jim Miller, looks like a poster boy for the DeVry Institute. Their team, 5-11 a year ago, went from worst to first in the NFC Central with a series of improbable finishes. But I'm not in the business of feeling good for feel-gooders. I'm in the business of making my wallet too fat for my back pocket. Donovan McNabb, I believe you know my billfold friend, Mr. Ben Franklin. Now go to it, son. Pick: Eagles. --Ravens at Steelers (-5): No more Billick! Pick: Steelers. Last week: 3-1. Season record: 110-128-12. |
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