Ravens run past Patriots.

Ravens win Ravens win!

The Baltimore Ravens have finally beaten the odds and a top tier quarterback. The final score of the AFC Wildcard game between these two teams was 33-14. That's right, the Ravens played the underdog role and beat the New England Patriots in a blowout, despite what the final score belies. The only offensive production the Ravens saw was from their run game. The Patriots could not stop it so they got run over.

The most impressive thing about the Ravens performance this afternoon was their defense. They easily shutdown the run and eliminated their passing game for 3 quarters. Brady started getting in a rhythm in the fourth quarter but it was too late then. At that point, the Ravens had already gotten too far ahead for their opponent to catch up to them.

I do not know who was starting at quarterback for the Ravens this week but whoever it was did not look like the Joe Flacco that was starting in the beginning of the season. The quarterback who showed up in New England only threw ten passes and completed four of them and had one pass intercepted. If Flacco decides to show up in Indianapolis, he will have to throw the ball. I do not think the Ravens can do what they did this week again next week.

Biggest Play of the Game:: Ray Rice runs for 83 yards on a first and 10 on the first play of the Ravens offense.

Game on! Ravens vs Patriots showdown Part Deux

The Ravens are traveling to the home of the New England Patriots for a rematch of sorts.

In week 4, the Ravens were a different team. The defense was allowing alot of points and Willis Mcgahee was a touchdown machine. He led the league with 6 touchdowns up to that week.

Today we look at the team a little differently. They are not the offensive powerhouse that they were in the beginning of the season but they have reverted back to what they have been able to do almost all year long, run the ball. Last week versus the Oakland Raiders the Ravens ran for 240 yards. Many of these yards are accredited to Willis Mcgahee who has reemerged after having a picnic on the bench during most of the second half of the season.

Ray Rice and Willis Mcgahee may be able to run the ball against this front seven even with an ailing Vince Wilfork in the lineup.

Edelman, Edelman Edelman. This is all I have been hearing about this week. "The Patriots do not have Welker but they have a Welker clone in Edelman". I do not believe that for one minute. The Ravens will not have to focus on this guy the way they would have had to focus on Welker. The defense better keep their eyes on Moss, Watson and Faulk in the passing game. The first two are first and second respectively on their team in receiving touchdowns. It will be a high scoring game if these three cannot be contained.

Just keep this mind: The Patriots just do NOT lose to the Ravens. They are 5-0 versus the purple and black. This means that for the Ravens to win they will have to dominate. The Patriots will be coming into this match-up with the mindset that they are the better team and will be prepared to play as such. It will be up to the Ravens not to give the game away. If they do not turn the ball over and play defense like they have been playing over the last several weeks, they will have a very good chance of winning.

Plus the Ravens ended the year ranked 3rd in total defense after falling to 14th in the league at one point so this defense has tightened up toward the end of this year. I will look to see how well the Ravens contain the passing attack of the Patriots and pass the ball on the Patriots defense.

Player to Watch- Todd Heap

New Trina and Lady Gaga song?

Trina & Lady Gaga- Let them hoes fight

I just heard this song on the internet and it's so cluby. It keeps the Trina flavor but adds the pop sound of Lady Gaga and producer Jim Jonsin (Pitbull-Room Service and T.I-Whatever you like). Check it out, the link is above.

Racist Commercial?

Do you think this advertisement for KFC is racist? Watch and decide for yourself.

Monday Night War brought out best of both products

Yesterday, TNA Wrestling broadcasted a special episode of Impact. It started at 8pm and stayed on until 11pm. The main draw was Hulk Hogan's return to wrestling television. Many fans in the small arena proceeded to cheer for Hogan minutes after he entered the ring. The best part of the night was the variety of other returns to TNA many of them coming as a surprise to the fans. Scott Hall, Sean Waltman and Jeff Hardy to name a few all came to the "Impact Zone" and helped make the show worth watching for three hours.

However, there was another 'little' wrestling show that came on at 9pm on the USA network. That show was Monday Night Raw. Of course this show comes on every Monday evening at 9pm. There main draw was the return of Bret "the Hitman" Hart. This event was 13 years in the making after an ordeal called the "Montreal Screwjob" took place at Survivor Series(if you do not know what this is look it up). The aftereffect of this occurence led to Bret hart never returning the WWE programming until now. To my dissapointment the only thing I watched for 1 hour and 55 minutes of the show was a normal Raw episode until we saw the Vince Mcmahon close the show with a lowblow to Bret Hart. This came after Bret attempted to bury the hatchetb between the two men. All of this excitment may have been precisly why TNA impact came on the same night.

By the time 9 o'clock came, I was flipping back and forth between Spike TV and USA so that I did not miss a beat on either show. This was not what both companies wanted. You could tell by the magnitude of the TNA event that they were coming to take ratings away from WWE program. Did this happen? We will have to wait and see.

This night was incredible. You could tell by TNA's timing of comercial breaks and matches that they were going head to head with there main competition, the WWE. In the end, I can look back and say that TNA did a better job of enticing the spectator to keep watching after opening the show with a cage match and a Jeff Hardy apperance.

Will we see a direct competition between Raw and Impact again? Only time will tell...

Ravens Win

My mistake...

A couple of weeks ago I said that the season was over and there was no way the Ravens make it to the postseason. I was definitely wrong about that. The Ravens defeated the Raiders today so...

Next weekend, wildcard weekend, the Ravens will be playing the New England Patriots in Foxborough. Ravens fans get ready for a battle. In the playoffs, no one is safe. Ask the Colts of last year. The Ravens do have a chance to win.

The Patriots have been kind of inconsistent this year so I am not sure which team will show up. Plus Wes Welker did not look good after getting hurt today in the game versus the Texans.

Ray Lewis said all they have to do is get in the dance. I agree with this statement completely. I believe the Ravens have the potential to make a run similar to that of Cardinals of last year. The defense is still improving as time goes on and their run game can run on any defense in the league. I am not sure whether the Ravens play on Saturday or Sunday but I will address this huge match-up between the Ravens and the Patriots later on this week.

Jay-Z- On to the next one video

Jay, I think u finally flew over MY head with this one. I think I counted three things in this video that made sense to me but I could not stop watching it.
Take a peek. I bet you can't take your eyes off of it.

Ravens at Raiders

Every Ravens fan knows that if the Ravens win on Sunday they are in the playoffs. What many fans do not know is the Ravens are 2-5 on the road this year. In strong contrast to last year when they were 5-3 on the road, the Ravens just have not won outside of the confines of their own stadium that often. This Sunday the Ravens will compete in their final road game of the regular season when they travel to Oakland.

Oakland Raiders they have been largely inconsistent this year. They have suffered embarrassing defeats from decent teams many times this season but they have also defeated some of the best teams in the league. In week 6, we saw the Raiders beat the playoff bound, high scoring Philadelphia Eagles 13-9. They played spoiler and beat their division rivals the Denver Broncos two weeks ago in Denver with some last minute heroics. We also saw them get humiliated by the Cleveland Browns (the same Browns that the Ravens shutout) by losing 23-9 in Cleveland.

This game is an example of the classic trap game. The Ravens know there is some talent on the team of their opponent but they know they have more talent. Because the starting quarterback of the Raiders will be Charlie Frye this week, there is not too much to worry about in terms of the pass defense. The key to victory will be to not give the win away and not look past the team across the field from them regardless of what record they hold.

As long as the Ravens eliminate turning the ball over, beat the man in front of them and limit the penalties they should be ok. For some reason last week in Pittsburgh they failed to complete any of these tasks, hence the loss.

Just keep in mind that the Raiders are the 29th ranked rushing defense in the league. Look for Ray Rice to run over the Raiders in a dominant fashion, maybe not quite like he did versus Detroit but on a little smaller scale.
The Raiders are also averaging 152 passing yards/game. Look for the secondary to have a good day especially Domonique Foxworth.