2008 Woodie Awards
The Weekly Tail 'Gater: Winners, Losers, and Dopes from Week One
Mike Nanna
Issue date: 9/13/07 Section: Sports
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As ninety-eight percent of the Colgate male population ceased to be productive while essentially spending an entire Sunday watching the National Football League, our beloved obsession did not disappoint. The opening week was full of joy, heartbreak and drama, along with some interesting winners and losers. Let's look at who was celebrating, who was crying and who was just plain awful from Week One.
Winners
Tony Romo: What happens when you blow a playoff game for your team, have the entire offseason to think about it and come into the new season under scrutiny on primetime Sunday Night Football? Chances are that you are not throwing for four touchdowns and rushing for another. Then again, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has defied the odds for quite some time, so Sunday night's domination of the pathetic Giants defense was not all that surprising.
Cheeseheads: Your very own football Jesus gets sacked four times, throws an interception and had no passing touchdowns, while your rookie running back rushes for just 40 yards and your top receiver has one catch for fourteen yards. If you escape Week One with a victory after putting up those numbers, you should consider yourself lucky. Happy Birthday Packer fans!
Randy Moss: I could choose to put him in the "Dopes" category following his "game-show" comments, but lets stick to the football side of things. Moss was in vintage form Sunday, torching the Jets secondary like it was 1998. The 30-year old Patriots wide receiver was so good against my favorite team that I was almost glad that we only get Bills games in Central New York. Something tells me that hearing it on the radio wasn't quite as painful.
Big Ben: Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had a classic "kick-to-the-nuts" year in 2006 Everything that could have plausibly gone wrong, went wrong. That's why you had to feel good about him coming back and throwing for four scores in his team's opening game against the Cleveland Browns. He will always be a little overrated because of his rookie Super Bowl win, but this kind of perseverance deserves respect.
Winners
Tony Romo: What happens when you blow a playoff game for your team, have the entire offseason to think about it and come into the new season under scrutiny on primetime Sunday Night Football? Chances are that you are not throwing for four touchdowns and rushing for another. Then again, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has defied the odds for quite some time, so Sunday night's domination of the pathetic Giants defense was not all that surprising.
Cheeseheads: Your very own football Jesus gets sacked four times, throws an interception and had no passing touchdowns, while your rookie running back rushes for just 40 yards and your top receiver has one catch for fourteen yards. If you escape Week One with a victory after putting up those numbers, you should consider yourself lucky. Happy Birthday Packer fans!
Randy Moss: I could choose to put him in the "Dopes" category following his "game-show" comments, but lets stick to the football side of things. Moss was in vintage form Sunday, torching the Jets secondary like it was 1998. The 30-year old Patriots wide receiver was so good against my favorite team that I was almost glad that we only get Bills games in Central New York. Something tells me that hearing it on the radio wasn't quite as painful.
Big Ben: Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had a classic "kick-to-the-nuts" year in 2006 Everything that could have plausibly gone wrong, went wrong. That's why you had to feel good about him coming back and throwing for four scores in his team's opening game against the Cleveland Browns. He will always be a little overrated because of his rookie Super Bowl win, but this kind of perseverance deserves respect.
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