NFL Week 5: Elway hurts Ohio. Again.

[CountDeMoney]

NFL Point Spreads Week 5

Date & Time    Favorite    Spread    Underdog
Thursday
10/4 8:25 ET    Arizona    -1.5    At St. Louis

Sunday
10/7 1:00 ET    Atlanta    -3    At Washington
10/7 1:00 ET    At Pittsburgh    -3.5    Philadelphia
10/7 1:00 ET    Green Bay    -7    At Indianapolis
10/7 1:00 ET    At NY Giants    -9    Cleveland
10/7 4:25 ET    At Minnesota    -5.5    Tennessee
10/7 1:00 ET    At Cincinnati    -3.5    Miami
10/7 1:00 ET    Baltimore    -5    At Kansas City
10/7 4:05 ET    At Carolina    -3    Seattle
10/7 4:05 ET    Chicago    -5.5    At Jacksonville
10/7 4:25 ET    At New England    -7    Denver
10/7 4:25 ET    At San Francisco    -9.5    Buffalo
10/7 8:30 ET    At New Orleans    -3.5    San Diego

Monday Night Football
10/8 8:35 ET    Houston    -8    At NY Jets

Not even touching the Thursday night game, but I expect both SF and Houston to cover their spreads.  Simply playing too well.

Meanwhile....

Rush Limbaugh: John Elway to hurt Romney in Ohio?

Rush Limbaugh called John Elway "gutsy" on Tuesday for supporting Mitt Romney, and wondered whether the NFL Hall of Fame quarterback's endorsement might hurt the GOP presidential nominee in Ohio.

"Elway's a gutsy guy anyway. He's showing up at a Romney rally. Now, owners, that's a different thing, like [Pittsburgh Steelers' owner] Dan Rooney is in the Obama tank in Pittsburgh," the conservative radio host said Tuesday on his program, according to a show transcript.

He added: "He can affect fans' attitude towards the team with his political views. He's loved and adored in Denver."

Elway, currently the Denver Broncos' executive vice president of football operations, endorsed Romney at a rally Monday.

Limbaugh said that the media might say the endorsement could hurt Romney in battleground Ohio, where Cleveland Browns fans might still "hate" Elway for "The Drive," the nickname for the game-tying, 98-yard drive he led against the home-team Browns in the 1987 AFC Championship. (The Broncos went on to win in overtime.)

"Hey, here's a question for you. Elway endorses Romney. Elway is hated in Ohio. Elway was the author of 'The Drive' against the Cleveland Browns, one of the most famous games in NFL history. So is Elway's endorsement of Romney gonna hurt Romney with Browns fans because the Browns are all important in Ohio, and they hate Elway? Well, I'm just throwing it out there. I mean it's the way the media might analyze this. I'm just trying to prepare you for what might come of this. It's the way they connect the dots," he said, laughing, according to the transcript. "I know it sounds ridiculous."

It was actually the 1986 season AFC Championship.  The 1987 season AFC Championship was The Fumble.  Playoff games are referred to by the seasons they are associated with, not the calendar date.  You Oxycotin fucker.

No mention of Elway affecting the evangelical vote in Colorado by getting rid of Tebow, though.  One would think that point would be more timely.

[Valmy]

I get a kick out of the Republicans always acting like they are some sort of persecuted minority and it is a brave and courageous thing to come out as a Republican.  OMG he supported one of the major two party candidates?  How...um...normal and uninteresting.

[derspiess]

It was actually the 1986 season AFC Championship.  The 1987 season AFC Championship was The Fumble. 

[CountDeMoney]

It was actually the 1986 season AFC Championship.  The 1987 season AFC Championship was The Fumble. 

Don't you have a Tim Krumrie "Reset-A-Break" Hobby Kit model to put together or something?

[derspiess]

It was actually the 1986 season AFC Championship.  The 1987 season AFC Championship was The Fumble. 

Don't you have a Tim Krumrie "Reset-A-Break" Hobby Kit model to put together or something?

Krummie is hardcore.  My brother sent his crazy-ass dog to his farm for three weeks-- came back as the best-behaved dog you ever saw.

[Ed Anger]

I seriously doubt many up there in Cleveland are even pondering voting for Mittens.

And the browns all important in Ohio? What a stupid fucking comment.

[derspiess]

I seriously doubt many up there in Cleveland are even pondering voting for Mittens.

And the browns all important in Ohio? What a stupid fucking comment.

Probably more Stillers fans in NE Ohio these days.  Not that that's a good thing.

[Ed Anger]

I seriously doubt many up there in Cleveland are even pondering voting for Mittens.

And the browns all important in Ohio? What a stupid fucking comment.

Probably more Stillers fans in NE Ohio these days.  Not that that's a good thing.

Too many of the fuckers all over.

[Valmy]

Probably more Stillers fans in NE Ohio these days.  Not that that's a good thing.

Every damn sports bar in Austin is packed with Stillers fans whenever they play.  I just do not get it.  My relatives in Oklahoma who have never lived anywhere but Oklahoma are Steelers fans.  They really are the new cowgirls.

[Ed Anger]

I'd like to see bipartisan efforts to stamp out that new menace.

[MadBurgerMaker]

The Texans cut QB John Beck to make room for S Troy Nolan.  Any Given Sunday scenario incoming.  Again.

[CountDeMoney]

Goddamn, poor John Beck.  Somewhere between college and the pros, he lost his career.

[MadBurgerMaker]

That little bit of time between the end of the college season and the combine is a helluva thing.

[Syt]

Rather nice article about one of the ex-replacement refs who's now back officiating in junior varsity games in Kansas.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/hotread-replacement-refs/replacement-refs-tell-their-side-story?ex_cid=MyESPNToday_TopStory

[Grey Fox]

This is weird, I now have the NFL Network, yet I can't see Thursday night Football on it. That's on Rogers Sportsnet.