A Salute to Chris Cooley

The Jar is impressed with Chris Cooley today. Look at this girl he coaxed to marry him. And look at him. I guess there is a reason he prefers wearing a helmet. He kind of looks like a roided out version of my old roomate Chris Masheykh. Although my roomate Chris is definitely a lot shadier...last I heard he was a car salesman.

Chris Cooley is legit. He even wrote a blog about his upcoming wedding this Friday. Check it out here. And he is a great TE option in fantasy football. I won my fantasy league in 2004 when I picked him up right before he broke out in the 2nd half of the season. And even though last year was a down year for The Jar in fantasy football land, one of the few bright spots was high jacking Mr. Cooley from J Tolliani. In his first 4 years in the NFL, Cooley has been the Skins most reliable receiver. And it appears as though he is only starting to reach his potential. Last year was Cooley's best stastical season with 8 touchdowns and 786 yards. The Jar only hopes that his jaw dropping wife (who was formerly a Skins cheerleader until she got kicked off the squad for dating Cooley) will not distract him in the upcoming seasons. Otherwise, he is poised to be a perennial Pro Bowler in the NFC.

The Jar became even more impressed when he learned that the Cool Man (I just made that up, but if it isn't his nickname, it should be) came from somewhere not so cool. Logan, Utah. A Mormon town of 40,000+. The Jar questions his decision to stay in Logan to play for the Utah State Aggies in college, but hey, the guy made it work. He got drafted in the third round of the 2004 draft and the rest is history. And for all this Cool Man, The Jar salutes you

Stanley Cup Finals Preview

Yes folks, the puck is still in action. For those of you who have not stopped listening to Jeff Van Gundy aka Ron Jeremy rip jokes on the set, I want to take your attention towards the ice where something truly special is happening. 20 year old phenom Sidney Crosby has guided his revamped Pittsburgh Penguins to the Stanley Cup Finals. This young canuck has taken all that inexperience junk and flushed it down the toilet. But his challenge is one of great heights and one I believe will be too tough to overcome.

It seems year after year the Detroit Red Wings are in the thick of a Stanley Cup race. If they don't win the cup their season is a failure. From their days of Steve Yzerman and Scotty Bowman, Detroit has always been Hockeytown. This will be one lesson Sid The Kid will learn when the puck drops Saturday, and his emotions will fly too high and will get the best of him. This is actually one pick in which I hope he proves me wrong because hockey has desperately needed something like this for so so so long. Some Americans still think Hockey should be on a lockout and never be played again. Playoff hockey is unbeatable and the action is fierce. Here is a good example.

A few weeks back T-Hirsh and Shay Shay went to the local sports bar to watch Game 7 of the Boston Bruins taking on the Montreal Canadians. There sitting at the bar we saw what playoff hockey was all about. In one seat we had a diehard Montreal fan. Quiet and suttle like Canadians are, but ready for his team to score and explode into a French frenzy. Then next to him we had the Boston Bruin fan. This kid was a wicked hardcore fan. Everytime his players were chasing Montreal players he would yell outloud in the bar "kill him." Yeah this guy was down. And throughout the game everytime Montreal scored on their way to victory he began to talk about how the Red Sox won that day. He had given up and let go for his season was just over. As observers, this battle is one that we enjoyed watching and will never forget. It is a story for whichever city you are from, you always believe they are the best at whatever they do and nobody can take that away from you. On a side note, I urge you to take a moment to watch some of these cup finals and enjoy what the future of the NHL will be like under Sid the Kid.