It’s Time to be Thankful - 11/24/08 – 11/30/08

In the United States this week on it’s will be Thanksgiving on Thursday. During the week it’s about getting ready to spend time with either your friends or your loved ones in your family.



It’s also the time to be thankful, for all the things that you have accomplish and to reflect on your fond memories of the year.


During Thanksgiving is also a day, to eat as much turkey as you can eat and watch some football. Which is or should be in your thanksgiving tradition. But this is where sports, and thankfulness and random acts of kindness all come into play.


This past week the Dallas Morning News reported that:


” Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo took a homeless man to the movies recently. “


The Dallas Morning News went on to report that :


" Romo reportedly changed the tire of a couple on the way home the night of the season opener and showed up to a high school pep rally with actor Will Smith earlier this week.”



You rarely hear these stories in professional sports. Its just nice that at lest as Mr. Romo, has prove that some athletes do have and show random acts of kindness. It’s also a reminder that if a starting Dallas Cowboy Quarter back can do can do it, we can help and be thankful for life as well.


Happy Thanksgiving


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Lost Season For The Jags ? 11/17/08 -11/23/08

Well my feeling was wrong. as I stated last week that the Jacksonville Jaguars would do the unthinkable and beat the Tennessee Titans, to make their record 9-1.


Instead the game the Jaguars played against Tennessee on Sunday, was really a flashback from the 1999 AFC Championship game. That game had all the makes as this past game that was played Sunday. As the Jaguars were up at halftime in that game and the Jags were in complete control of the first two quarters.


But for the Jaguars, that would be the closest they would get to a Super bowl. As the Titans came roaring back in the second half with 23 unanswered points. In the past game on Sunday, the Jags allowed 21 unanswered points in the second half. the Titans would win that AFC title game by a score of 33-14. This past game the Titans won by a score of 24-14.



With that win the Titans are the only undefeated NFL team this season at 10-0.



For my beloved Jaguars, they fell to 4-6 and saw their playoff and super bowl hopes for this season go out the window, with that lost. But is this season all but lost for the Jaguars? I don't think so. the Jaguars saw Matt Jones become their go to guy of the so far this season. Matt will be coming back in two games after his suspension. The Jaguars have seen the combo of Fred Taylor and Jones - Drew to still be effective this season at times. So what has gone wrong? A depleted Offensive and Defensive line mixed in with injuries.


For now the Jaguars are going to be playing for pride. Something all Jaguars fans including myself will have to bear with for the remaining six games of the season.


RJINTAMPAWSA@AOL.COM

Titans will be 9-1 after this weekend game vs Jacksonville. 11/10/08 - 11/16/08

Alright maybe I am just seeing things threw my teal Jaguars glasses, but I have a feeling that when the currently 9-0 Tennessee Titans who undoubtedly are the best team in the NFL, comes down to Jacksonville this Sunday, for their match up against the Jacksonville Jaguars that they will leave with their first lost of the season. Strangely enough, I got this feeling while attending a Miami Dolphins game this past weekend.isnt that odd?





Well as I thought it out during and after the game it made sense to me that the Titans first victim would be at hands of my Beloved Jacksonville Jaguars.


The Tennessee Titans is the Jacksonville Jaguars biggest rival and it should be because of the history between these two teams. What history you ask ? here is some of the biggest moments right here:


First game ever in Jaguars history was against the Houston Oilers. The Oilers would then move to Nashville to become the Tennessee Oilers, and later would take the name Tennessee Titans. its also to note that the Jaguars first lost would come at hands of the Houston in that First ever game in Jacksonville.

Fist win in Jacksonville Jaguars franchise history, was against the Oilers in Houston.


The Jacksonville Jaguars in the 1999 - 2000 NFL season played the Tennessee Titans three times during the season. twice in the regular season and one in the post season. in those three games, Jacksonville lost all three to the Titans and that Post season game was for the AFC conference championship.


So certainly their is history between these two teams. Jacksonville lost the first game in this AFC south conference series, in the opener of the season.


I for one, see this game in Jacksonville favor this weekend. Now you can take that base on either for my love for the Jaguars or on my feeling. I am not going to lie to you, base on paper this game should not even be close, as the titans should cream the Jaguars.




But I just have a feeling that at the end of the day, the Jaguars will be the ones to come on top at end of this game.





RJINTAMPAWSA@AOL.COM

The Rays fantastic seasons comes to an end. 11/3/08 -11/9/08

The Rays season had to end at some point and did it. But not in the same fashion as it had been in their 10 plus years of team history. This time around during the Tampa Bay Rays 11th season it ended in Game Five of the World Series. I was lucky enough to attend game one of the World Series, and the memories from the game will last a lifetime. Even though the Rays had lost that game, Just seeing the Rays in the World Series is priceless in itself.


This year the Rays overtook the likes of the Yankees, Redsoxs and anyone else that got in their way in the American League, to win their first American League pennant. This was a fantastic season for the Tampa Bay Rays, and this season should be seen as a stepping block into the seasons to come.


Way to Go Rays !!


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