Saints, Ravens, and Hurricanes

The Ravens are coming to town tonight to play the Saints in the SuperDome. Mike Preston of the Baltimore Sun is hoping to see the Ravens establish a running game. If they commit to that tonight, it shouldn’t be hard to do. The Saints starters probably won’t play long. The Saints and their fans will not know if the defense has improved in stopping the run until the season starts. We hardly saw any of Shaun Alexander that first preseason game, didn’t see Corey Dillon at all last week, and won’t see Jamal Lewis tonight. My guess at the moment is that they will be suspect in that area again this season. It will be critical for the Saints to get ahead early. Their defense against the pass late in the game is much better. The game is not nearly sold out so I’ll only listen to a few tidbits on the radio on my commute home and probably not even bother to read about it tomorrow except maybe to get the final score. I was offered tickets but politely declined. I have a ton of things to do this weekend and planned to get started tonight. For the paying fans, tonight’s game is a large huge gigantic bit of a ripoff. Ravens star running back, Jamal Lewis, won’t play. Saints star running back, Deuce McAllister, had better not play much. Head Coach Ferrara wouldn’t even dress him up to play.

I can't imagine what this spate of hurricanes is doing to insurance premiums in Florida. Or property values. Or their state of mind. The latest is Katrina.

As Glenn Reynolds might say: Heh.

2 days until CFFL Draft Day (Go Ragpickers), and 13 days until football season (Go Saints) begins...............

Quote of the Day

honestly, if he ever wanted to be analyzed, he would be such a juicy case that psychiatrists would bid for Limbaugh's rights

Keith Olbermann, MSNBC.COM

Blog of the day here.

Quote from said blog: "...well, except for the cat-hair tumbleweeds."

I love that turn of phrase. I've seen cat hair tumbleweeds right here at CrabAppleLane. -Rob