The Sports Abyss

Greetings!

Not sure if you remember me, my name is The Ace. Let me refresh your memory...I do the weekly two hour show on blogtalkradio.com with guys by the name's of C-Mac and Jakey, a monthly show with John Canton of thejohnreport.net and some guy who dresses up like a clown, I'm a diehard Green Bay Packers fan (World Champs represent, yo)....ring a bell?

Okay, glad to be back on here. Now that I have two hours of radio a week...sometimes four hours, I figured the blog would be the best spot for Jakey and I to update our listeners, followers, friends and whomever else follows us on the many different avenues of social networking. Aside from updating our followers, I'm sure we'll use this as a forum for talking about sports, movies, music, WWE and so much more!

Where did we leave off? Well, here's a little more background, the radio show is based in lovely Saint Anthony, Minnesota (a suburb of Minneapolis). Which means, any non-Packerfans living in the area consider Minnesota the Sports Abyss. Let's take a look at what happened to these Minnesota Teams during their most recent season:

Minnesota Twins- Currently 54-68, 4th Place in the AL Central. After winning the Central last season and being swept by the Yankees in the playoffs, the Twins were a favorite to win the Central and move on in the playoffs. Now, they sit just 4 games ahead of last place Kansas City. Injuries and lackadaisical play have put them in this current position. With Carl Pavano, Fransisco Liriano, Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel and Jim Thome free agents after this season, the Twins may have peaked last season.

Minnesota Vikings- Finished 6-10, 4th Place NFC North. Where to start? Their star Wide Reciever, Sidney Rice, decided to wait until training camp to have surgery on his hip. A procedure, that if was done early in the offseason, he would have missed no playing time, instead he misses 8+ weeks. Brett Favre a late addition to the team and brought with him a sexting scandal. They aquired WR Randy Moss from the Patriots for a 3rd round pick. An experiement that lasted a month. After being blown out at home by their division rival Packers, coach Brad Childress was fired and a few weeks later, the Metrodome's roof collapses due to the amount of snow that blanketed the Twin Cities. Whew!

Minnesota Wild- Finished 39-35-8, 11th in the Western Conference. Now, I don't follow the NHL scene too much, but from what I remember there were several bad stretches of hockey, lots of blown games and 1 goal games. It makes a huge difference when you have lost games like that and finish 10 points out of a playoff spot. Head coach Todd Richards was fired after the season.

Minnesota Timberwolves- Finished 17-65, Worst Record in the NBA. I think that's all that can be said. 2nd year Head Coach, Kurt Rambis was fired after the season. The only bright spot is that PG Ricky Rubio agreed to terms with the team. The NBA is currently Locked Out.

Minnesota Golden Gophers Football and Basketball- The football team finished 3-9, Firing Coach Tim Brewster after a 1-6 start. Interm Coach Jeff Horton went 2-3, including upsetting Iowa at home to claim the Floyd of Rosedale Trophy. Winning a trophy was something Coach Brewster never did. The Basketball team started off strong with wins against West Virginia, North Carolina and #8 Purdue. They were 16-4 at one point in the season and ranked as high as #14 in the nation. The team lost 10 of 11, finishing 17-14 and missing all postseason tournements.

Has there ever been a state or town where 3 professional sports coaches were fired along with the premier college football coach? It's unreal to think of how bad this market is for sports.

I have two fantasy football drafts next weekend, Monday thru Friday of next week I will go through QB's, RB's, WR's, TE's, and D/ST & K's each day and list who I love and who I do not love.

For now, thanks for reading...follow me on Twitter @TheAce18 or email me with thoughts.

Go Pack Go!

-Ace