Late again, we know. Things happen. We were needed.
In this week’s TMQ…
Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
TMQ Watch: October 13, 2015.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015Firings watch: October 13, 2015.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015Steve Spurrier is “retiring” “immediately” as head coach of South Carolina. This may not technically be a “firing”, but his team was 2-4 so far this year, 0-4 in the SEC, and “have lost eight of their past nine SEC games dating to the past season.”
Steve Sarkisian’s indefinite suspension has turned into a firing. Again, this is one of those I’m not getting a lot of pleasure out of: I hope he gets the help he needs.
(Hattip on both of these to Lawrence.)
Your NFL loser update: week 5, 2015.
Monday, October 12th, 2015Another jam-packed weekend. A wake, a blogshoot, a gun show, shopping…
Didn’t watch a single minute of a single game (well, I did catch a few seconds of one out of the corner of one eye while we were eating at Denny’s, of all places). But it wasn’t a bad weekend for the loser update.
NFL teams that have a chance of going 0-16:
Detroit
In other news, Randy Edsall was fired on Sunday while I was running around. He was 22-34 at the University of Maryland, and they were 2-4 so far this season.
(Speaking of 2-4 teams, did Charlie Strong save his job this weekend? Discuss.)
This doesn’t exactly count as a firing, and I take no joy in it, but: Steve Sarkisian is on an “indifinite leave of absence” from USC. It sounds like he has a serious problem: I hope he manages to pull himself out of it.
TMQ Watch: October 6, 2015.
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015Yes, we know, we’re late again. We have a worse excuse this time: we put off TMQ Watch so we could go to the Alamo Drafthouse and watch “Sicario”.
It has actually been a big movie week for us: in addition to “Sicario”, we watched “Black Mass” with Lawrence on Saturday. We may have some more thoughts on both later on. (And “The Martian” is on our list. We don’t expect that to vanish from theaters any time soon. Yes, this is relevant to TMQ; see below.)
After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
Your NFL loser update: week 4, 2015.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2015It wasn’t a great weekend for the loser update. Chicago beat Oakland (you had one job, Raiders). New Orleans beat Dallas (we missed that game, but it sounds like it was a thriller). And the Detroit-Seattle game was much closer than we expected. But…
NFL teams that have a chance of going 0-16:
Detroit
In other news: DraftKings and FanDuel may be sleezy? Who’d thunk it?
Number One!
Monday, October 5th, 2015Our first firing of the NFL season:
He was 24-28 over those 52 games.
Also, the Washington Nationals have fired their manager, Matt Williams, and their entire coaching staff.
(Loser update tomorrow: have to wait on Detroit.)
TMQ Watch: September 29, 2015.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015We apologize for the delay. We had a dinner engagement last night at Rocco’s Grill in Bee Cave. Some things are just more important than TMQ blogging, like dinner with family.
After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
Your NFL loser update: week 3, 2015.
Monday, September 28th, 2015It wasn’t a bad weekend. Of course, I didn’t watch any of the games, as I was busy all day Sunday (about which, more later), but the teams I expected to engage in good old fashioned curb stompings did, indeed.
NFL teams that have a chance of going 0-16:
Baltimore
Detroit
Chicago
New Orleans
We’re starting to get down there. But at this point, I don’t think there’s a team that’s really bad enough to go 0-16.
Obit watch: September 23, 2015.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015Yogi Berra has passed away.
I hope he doesn’t find heaven too crowded.
The NYT obit, in my opinion, is unusually good, though I’m sure it has been in the files for a long time.
TMQ Watch: September 22, 2015.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015TMQ Watch? On Tuesday? Yes, we know it is a bit of a shock, but that is our plan and we intend to stick to it.
TMQ Watch will probably go up late in the afternoon, though: we like to run out to DFG Noodles on our lunch hour. And while the noodles are excellent, and the girls are cute (our two big reasons for going) it does cut into our lunchtime blogging.
But enough administration. After the jump, this week’s edited TMQ…
Your NFL loser update: week 2, 2015.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015NFL teams that have a chance of going 0-16:
Baltimore
Houston
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
New York Football Giants
Detroit
Chicago
New Orleans
Seattle
Obit watch and more random notes: September 18, 2015.
Friday, September 18th, 2015Milo Hamilton, sports broadcaster.
NYT.
Warren “Remo Williams” Murphy. I’ve never read any of the Remo Williams books myself, mostly because I don’t know where to begin with the series. I am told by trustworthy individuals that they are fun…
New indoor range coming to South Austin. Well. Well well well. Well. I am looking forward to trying this out.
TMQ Watch (for real): September 15, 2015.
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Welcome back to TMQ Watch. After the jump…
TMQ Watch: September 15, 2015.
Tuesday, September 15th, 2015For the past few days, Gregg Easterbrook has been hinting at a “major announcement” about the future of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Today was the day. And where did TMQ fetch up?
Would you believe the New York Times?
We almost didn’t believe it either, but, yes, TMQ is now under the purview of the paper of record. We’re not sure how we feel about this yet. But having just finished Public Editor Number One
Does this mean that TMQ Watch will continue? Indeed. We would have already written up a TMQ Watch for today. However, we got stuck into a situation at work. We will not go into details except to say that we were busy all day (including lunch). Our plan is to curl up tonight with about four ounces of Canadian Club 10 Year Old Reserve, some fizzy water, and a copy of Carry On, Jeeves
So new TMQ Watch tomorrow, probably late afternoon would be our guess.
Your NFL loser update: week 1, 2015.
Monday, September 14th, 2015NFL teams that have a chance of going 0-16:
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Oakland
Philadelphia
New York Football Giants
Washington
Minnesota
Detroit
Chicago
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
Seattle
Lawrence asked me the other night who I thought might be the first coach fired. My gut response was: whoever’s coaching the Jets this year. (Todd Bowles. You’re welcome.) It is his first year, but when one of your linebackers breaks your starting quarterback’s jaw, and people say “Yeah, he was asking for it”, well that’s your dumpster fire right there.
If not Mr. Bowles (the Jets, after all, won) perhaps Gus Bradley in Jacksonville?