Archive for October, 2009

Oct31st

Top Ten Most GHOULISHLY FRIGHTENING Sports Franchises? Chronicles of Scott Has The Lions At…

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: Lions | COMMENTS: 3 Comments

Read Here at Chronicles of Scott on Fansided.com
I can’t argue with our placement, it’s a terrible franchise. Our glory days were spent languishing in the middle of the pack with a fabulous highlight reel running back in Barry Sanders who spent his tenure impressing us with his skills on an often piss poor team and the one time it all came together, it culminated in a single (and the franchises only post expansion) play off win.
Coming into Sunday I expect a win. I also expect a win against the hapless Browns.
The Rams and Browns truly suck. We should be able [...]

Oct30th

BLACK OUT

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: Lions | COMMENTS: None Yet

yet another.
with a whopping 10,000 seats at large for the 1 and 5 vs the 0 and 6 rams, the Detroit Lions game will not make it’s way onto TV locally.
We’ve had quite a few, and to let it boggle your mind further, that 10,000 does not count the Club level seats. Brutal.

Oct28th

SideLionReport.com Podcast: A Chat With John White From Cat Crave; We Talk Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions and a little bit of Michigan State Spartans and North Carolina Tarheels leaks in there.

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: sidelionreport podcast | COMMENTS: None Yet

It’s a bye-week, Jay is right, there is a little bit of a hangover and so here is your bloody mary my brothers and we’ll even throw in a beer chaser!
I didn’t bother with NFC north news, Bears got hammered by the Bengals and OchoCinco is still my favorite receiver and the Vikings finally lost one off of the hands of Taylor. Hilarious that the Vikings lose their first game because of a turnover and it wasn’t Brett Favre’s fault. Packers did something. Screw them. I hate those guys.
So I chat with John White. He is not only and outstanding [...]

Oct27th

Bye week hangover? Detroit Lions look at 2010

AUTHOR: Jay Schmidt | IN: Lions | COMMENTS: 4 Comments

If Detroit loses to St. Louis on Sunday, every Lions fan can officially scrap the 2009 season and look forward with miserable anticipation to 2010. The following roster evaluation is a primer for what the Lions have to work with heading into the 2010 campaign.
The foundation players are guys that we absolutely must have back for 2010. These are the guys that we have to rely on to get to the playoffs next year. Yeah, playoffs! I’m a Lions fan, what did you expect?
The stick around guys will probably make an appearance next year. Either because they are under contract [...]

Oct26th

Newly Acquired New York Jets WR Braylon Edwards Charged With Assault

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: Lions | COMMENTS: None Yet

from espn.com:
Authorities say New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards has been charged with misdemeanor assault for punching a man outside a Cleveland nightclub.
Cleveland city prosecutor Victor Perez filed the charge Monday. It carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
An arraignment hearing was scheduled for Nov. 17 in Cleveland Municipal Court.
Patrick D’Angelo, an attorney for Edwards, says his client will enter a plea of not guilty.
Edwards is accused of punching promoter Edward Givens, a friend of NBA star LeBron James, following an argument Oct. 5. Two days later, the Browns traded Edwards to the [...]

Oct25th

So What Did You Do All Day?

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: Lions | COMMENTS: None Yet

I’m butthurt from the Michigan State game last night, so I moped around all day and watched Fox NFC coverage.
It’s strange that there is nothing really to hard focus on so I just lazed around and enjoyed it. Watched the Vikings finally fall, they were even going to march down the field and win it until Taylor bobbled the ball.
Lord that has to be a rough ride home for him… a seasoned pro like that.
We’re still going to do a pod cast, I don’t have a guest yet but we’ll see how it all goes.

Oct21st

SideLionReport Podcast w/ Kevin & Amber; Green Bay Packers Shut Out The Detroit Lions

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: sidelionreport podcast | COMMENTS: None Yet

Difficult game to talk about… first shut out since 2001.
In any event, I call for the dismantling of the Culpepper defense force. That’s over, we’re not getting a playoff berth, we’re no where near a wild card, stop wasting time on Culpepper.
Amber and I discuss all kinds of stuff such as the MSU and U of M games, the state of the Red Wings and some of the other really great games this week like the Pats wailing on the Titans and the Saints beating the Giants. We wander all over the place because do you really want to go [...]

Oct19th

Too Much Cheese and Beer Last Night… Detroit Lions Lose in Packer Country Yet Again

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: Lions | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

The Lions haven’t won in Lambeau in like 17 years.
People have sired children in the early 90’s, and right now that kid is looking at colleges and the Lions have not won one in Green Bay in that kids lifetime.
There is a bitter combination of Lions banged up and not being that good to begin with and the Packers coming off of a weeks rest and throttling in that homefield advantage.
At least we didn’t look as bad as the Titans? That’s all I’ve got.
Oh, and Culpepper sucks.
You heard me Culpepper defense force, he sucks and you [...]

Oct18th

The Day That Lead Me To Question My Evaluation Of The Lions 2009 Draft

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: Lions | COMMENTS: 2 Comments

At the very least the Stafford Pick.
yeah, I didn’t like the QB first overall thing. BUT…
The Lions are starting to look like the smartest guys in the room. The Texas vs Okie matchup really highlighted this.
Colt looks … mediocre at best. Unless he picks his season up by its boot straps, he’s gone from a top 5 pick to a 2nd rounder in my mind. And as for Bradford?
Two Words:
China Doll
If college tackles can break him, pro tackles will crush him to pieces.
Bottom line is that I felt these two guys were the front runners to be the NFL [...]

Oct15th

SideLionReport.com Podcast: Week 6; Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Post Game, Interview With Chris From NicePickCowher.com and Welcoming My New Co-Host, Amber Huyghe

AUTHOR: Kevin Ferguson | IN: sidelionreport podcast | COMMENTS: None Yet

Big huge welcome to my new co-host Amber Huyghe

This one became a pretty long one, clocking in at 45 minutes
Amber gives you the run down of NFC North happenings, we chat about the Sunday and Monday Night games and why winter totally sucks.
Steelers Blogger Chris from NicePickCowher.com interview starts at about 8 1/2 minutes, we talk about everything really, we discuss Culpepper’s performance, Pittsburg’s questionable road performance streak, the future of the Detroit Lions franchise, Mendenhall and his likeness to a freight train and like a million other things. (seriously, did you see the size of that guys arms?!?!?)
OH! We [...]