The best conversation EVER!!!

UPDATE!!!

This conversation was taken directly from a fake Casey Matthews page. I copy and pasted the whole thing so that I could show Casey what someone who was pretending to be him was saying. Casey Matthews confirmed via twitter that this fake book page is NOT him.
"CaseyMatthews55 Why do people make fake facebook pages??? You got nothing better to do than try and impersonate me...I guess thats cool"
"CaseyMatthews55 @SpiroPettas Not when they are posting some stupid ish......and a #pickle"

There is also a Clay Matthews page that has frequent contact with the Fake Casey Matthews page, and I'm assuming that that one is fake as well. Clay, his agent, and official website have all been notified.

Here is Clay's twitter response to the FB page
"ClayMatthews52 Clay Matthews III
Don't b fooled by these lazy good 4 nothin tricksters... crack smokin swindlers!! My OFFICIAL Facebook fan page ----> http://on.fb.me/atPdeB"

Pretending to be someone else is a crime. And misleading fans is just wrong.

I know these fools won't offer an apology to the tons of fans that they have lied to, but honest, die hard fans deserve better.



Mary Jane BlankCasey Matthews
I make you to unhappy I think I am better off just going to FL...bye Casey :/
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Casey Matthews ‎:(
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:(
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Casey Matthews You dont make me unhappy :'(
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:'( You seem unhappy with me
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Casey Matthews I'm not :'(
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Mary Jane Blank Then why are you always upset
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Casey Matthews I just dont want to leave LA in a few months
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Mary Jane Blank You still seem upset with me tho
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Casey Matthews I'm not
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:/ I don't believe you
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Casey Matthews ‎:'(
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:/
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Casey Matthews Its not you :(
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Mary Jane Blank It seems like it :( maybe my drama isn't good for you while your focused on the season
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Casey Matthews I dont give a damn about the season :(
3 hours ago · Like
Mary Jane Blank My drama still isn't good for you i've been stressing you out
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Casey Matthews No your not :(
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:(
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Casey Matthews I only need you :(
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Mary Jane Blank I love you Babe
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Casey Matthews I love you to
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:(
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Casey Matthews ‎:'(
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:''(
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Casey Matthews Baby I'm going to be strong for you
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Mary Jane Blank You've been strong this whole time Babe and im proud of you
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Casey Matthews I dont feel like I have though babe
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Mary Jane Blank You have tho Babe you been strong since I've been being weird with my moods and you been strong through the lock out
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Casey Matthews I love you so much baby
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Mary Jane Blank I love you so much to Babe
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Casey Matthews Baby I want you to tell me everything thats bothering you
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Mary Jane Blank Nothing is bothering me im just stressed out :(
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Casey Matthews Okay why are you stressed out baby
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Mary Jane Blank I don't know I just am :(
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Casey Matthews Is there anything I can do?
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Mary Jane Blank No
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Casey Matthews Okay :/
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:'(
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Casey Matthews ‎:/ are you still going to go to florida
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Mary Jane Blank I don't know
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Casey Matthews ‎:/
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:( This is the 3rd day in a row we started fighting
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Casey Matthews Baby I think maybe if we got away from the house that would help, cause when I was little my parents got in fights 24/7 but when they left the house for the weekend they stopped
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Mary Jane Blank Maybe Babe but I just hate fighting with you,when we fight I cry for three hours or longer :(
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Casey Matthews Baby I'm sorry :/
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Mary Jane Blank It's not your fault
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Casey Matthews I feel like it is. I feel like I'm not trying my hardest to put a smile on that pretty face of yours
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:/
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Casey Matthews What can I do to make you smile
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Mary Jane Blank I don't know im not really in the smiling mood right now im still crying
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Casey Matthews ‎:/ will you being in my arms help?
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Mary Jane Blank I don't know
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Casey Matthews Okay
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:/
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Casey Matthews I'm going to be here for you 24/7
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Mary Jane Blank You already have been Babe
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Casey Matthews Okay baby
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Mary Jane Blank Babe I sort of set up a surprise for you earlier but we started fighting
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Casey Matthews Aww you did?
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Mary Jane Blank Yeah I still have the surprise if you want to know what it is
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Casey Matthews I do :)
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Mary Jane Blank Well Babe I got you a puppy :)
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Casey Matthews ‎:D you did
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Mary Jane Blank Yes I did :) I knew you wanted one Jay has it right now I didn't wanna give the surprise away
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Casey Matthews Thank you baby :D
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Mary Jane Blank Welcome Babe :)
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Casey Matthews ‎:)
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Mary Jane Blank I made you happy :)
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Casey Matthews Yes you did :)
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:) I got you a pug
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Casey Matthews ‎:D
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:)
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Casey Matthews ‎:) I love you baby
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Mary Jane Blank I love you to :D
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Casey Matthews You smiled :D yay
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Mary Jane Blank Yes I did :)
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Casey Matthews ‎:) I'm glad
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Mary Jane Blank I made you happy so I smile :)
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Casey Matthews ‎:) baby do you want to go out for lunch later
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Mary Jane Blank Yes I do Babe :)
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Casey Matthews Okay baby :)
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Mary Jane Blank I love you Babe :)
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Casey Matthews I love you to :)
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Mary Jane Blank Baby im scared that im going to lose you :(
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Casey Matthews Your never going to lose me baby
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Mary Jane Blank I've been feeling like I am since we started fighting all the time
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Casey Matthews You're not losing me I promise
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Mary Jane Blank Okay Babe
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Casey Matthews Baby you and our baby are my world, I know Ive said that before but I really mean it
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:) Your our world to Baby ♥
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Casey Matthews ‎:)
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Mary Jane Blank What do you think we should name it if it's a girl or a boy? :)
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Casey Matthews I dont know babe. What do you think?
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Mary Jane Blank Um im not really sure :)
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Casey Matthews Well babe I like the name Natalie for if its a girl
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Mary Jane Blank Thats a cute name :)
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Casey Matthews Yeah :)
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:O What if it's twins
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Casey Matthews ‎:O
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Mary Jane Blank I'm watching 16 & pregnant and this chick is having twins lol
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Casey Matthews Lol damn
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Mary Jane Blank Yea lol
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Casey Matthews Lol
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Mary Jane Blank Babe my body feels tired but sorta in a relaxed way
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Casey Matthews Awww
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Mary Jane Blank Yea so I kinda don't know about lunch Babe
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Casey Matthews That's fine baby
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Mary Jane Blank Babe I love you ♥
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Casey Matthews I love you to baby
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:D
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Casey Matthews ‎:)
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Mary Jane Blank Your my forever
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Casey Matthews ♥
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Mary Jane Blank My heart
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Casey Matthews Forever
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:D
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Casey Matthews ‎:)
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Mary Jane Blank ♥ :D
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Casey Matthews ‎:)
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Mary Jane Blank Babe xD My mom said shes already planning my baby she said it's gonna be a few weeks before my due date lol
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Casey Matthews Lol
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Mary Jane Blank Baby my mom said your gonna be at the shower xD
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Casey Matthews Lol okay
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Mary Jane Blank Shes on the phone and she sounds soo excited
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Casey Matthews Aww
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Mary Jane Blank I'm hyper but I don't wanna get up and be bouncy
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Casey Matthews ‎:)
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Mary Jane Blank Oww I fell :|
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Casey Matthews ‎:/ you okay?
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Mary Jane Blank I don't know I hit my tummy -_- and my head
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Mary Jane Blank Owie
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Casey Matthews Aww
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Casey Matthews ‎:/
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Mary Jane Blank That pain hurts again
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Casey Matthews ‎:/
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Mary Jane Blank Why is it always hurting on my side GR!! -_-
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Casey Matthews I dont know :/
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Mary Jane Blank ‎:|
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Mary Jane Blank I'm fine tho Babe no need to worry
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Casey Matthews Okay babe
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Mary Jane Blank Babe what do you wanna name your pug :)
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Mary Jane Blank It's a girl by the way lol
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Casey Matthews Lol I dont know
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Mary Jane Blank Aw :) you must have some name
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Mary Jane Blank Cuddles is on the attack AHH run xD
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The Elite 8

Ah, brackets.
Ah, Spring.

I know most of you are riding the high that was the opening week of the NCAA Men's basketball tourney. I would be right with you if stupid Notre Dame hadn't messed up my ENTIRE bracket last night. And while I'm somehow magically third right now in the CHTV/pocket doppler pool, I know it won't last. Therefore I am turning my attention to an even better bracket, the UEFA Champions League!!!

Anyone still here?

For those of you that didn't click the giant red X in the upper corner of the screen, thank you.

Champions League is one of the best soccer tournaments ever, and recently on twitter I was asked to help clear up some things about it.

Champions League takes the best teams from all of the European Leagues and pits them together in a season long knock out fight until one team is left standing to rule over all of Europe. How a team is selected differs in each country. In England the top three teams in the top league get automatic bids. The fourth place team must play in a play in round game. In Italy, its the top two teams that get auto bids and the third that has to play in. I don't know each country qualifiers, but suffice to say if its a country/team you haven't heard of, they probably get less auto bids. (we'll call them the mid majors). (the people who finish in their league just under the CL teams get thrown into the Europa League, the NIT of the Europe).

We start off with 32 teams. They get grouped together and play each other twice. The top two teams in each group advance into the KNOCK OUT stages, the third teams gets thrown into the Europa League (NIT) and the fourth team gets sent home. All of this happened months ago.

Then we're down to 16. The real sweet 16.
The confusion starts NOW.
The teams are not bracketed. Their names are thrown into a bowl and the UEFA committee literally draws names to see who plays each other. Rule, teams from the same league can NOT play each other. Also, people who finished number 1 in their group can not place a team that also finished first.
With me?
Okay, so then the teams are set to play each other twice. The teams in UEFA CL always play each other twice, except for the final, which is a straight winner take all game.
In the two games, obviously, the team that scores the most goals moves on. So you can lose the first game 2-1, but if you come roaring back and win the next game 3-0, you move on; its what we call AGGREGATE scoring. The aggregate score would be you 4 them 2. YOU WIN! and you advance.
But what happens if the score is 3-3 on aggregate?? are you sitting down? do you have a piece of paper out? AWAY GOALS. they are like magic beans. You want them. If after two games, both teams have scored the same amount of goals, the team with the most away goals advances. see, that's not that complicated. It's a pretty simple idea, until you start to think about it.
Example: in the first game, you are away. the game ends 0-0. in the next "leg" of the round, you are home. If the other team scores 1 goal, they are up 1-0 on aggregate. You would now need TWO goals to advance. one goal would make the aggregate 1-1; but the other team would have the away goal and they would move on.
These rules apply to all the knock out rounds of Champions League.

Okay, so if you followed all of that, and are still with me, give yourself a pat on the back.

Last Friday was the draw for the Elite 8 of Champions League. And NOW we are bracketed. The first group pits Real Madrid (pronounced Re-Al not real) vs Tottenham (pronounced Tot'nm) and FC Internazionale Milano (aka Inter) vs FC Schalke 04 (um, you're guess is as good as mine is on this one)
The second groups has Manchester United vs Chelsea (figure those are self explanatory) and Barcelona vs FC Shakhtar Donetsk (which is REALLY fun to try to pronounce. SHOCK TAR!!!) Each team plays each other twice, the winner moving on to play the other winner in their group. (Americans should be very familiar with this set up).

So now that you have yourself a primer, its time to fill out your bracket!!
If you're not the kind of person who likes to blindly fill out these things, let me give you a very American-ized back ground of each team.

1. Real Madrid. As much as people like to hate on both Chelsea and Man U (we will get to that later) Real is the New York Yankees (and sometimes the Washington Redskins) of the soccer world. Two summers ago, they broke the bank bringing both Ronaldo and Kaka on board. If there's a good player out there, asking for a lot of money, rest assured, Real will pick them up. Despite all their efforts though, Real still comes in second to power house Barca (see below). Real has won Champions League nine times. Is it time to make it a nice round ten?

2. Tottenham Hotspur FC (the full name of Tot'nm). English. need I say more? Tottenham is not a team generally considered a current powerhouse of England. The two years prior to making the CL, Tottenham finished middle of the table. Failing to qualify for Europa league. They're a good team, but this deep run into the CL is definitely helping their popularity. If you'd like to cheer on an English team but are turned off by Chelsea and Man U, Tot'nm could be for you.

3. Inter. They're good. Like really good. Played in last years final and just took our last years winner, Bayern Munich. They play at the San Siro, which has like 10 foot tall wire fences separating the field and the stands. When you watch games there you will frequently hear a loud bang sound that is very similar to a cannon going off. SB believes it is Inter executing dissenters. Their goalie, Julio Cesar sometimes has the face of a Disney character. So if you like Italy, power by force, and/or Disney movies, this might be the team for you.

4. Schalke. I got nothing. They're German. I really don't watch the German league, all I know about German teams is that Bayern Munich is their Inter. And I know about Werder Bremen because Bremen makes me think of the childhood story about the animals that took over the house from the jewel thieves. So if your German and like an underdog, this is your team

5. Manchester United. I am a Man U fan. And while Man U has it's fair share of haters, see my mentions column from Saturday night, Man U sells more jerseys every year than ALL of the NFL teams combined. They're owned by the Glazer family, who own the Tampa Bay Bucs, which I admit is off setting. Their coach is a knight. They talk big talk, and generally back it up. Real cool, Man U fact, they have twins on the team. What are the odds that twins would both be great a soccer, both play for one of the best teams in the world, and both play the same position, just on different sides? Man U has money but doesn't always spend it as much as Real. (They lost both Ronaldo and Tevez in the same off season, weren't going to pay). I'm biased, I think they're a great team. Most people think they're jerks. Which they can be. On Saturday a Man U player made an awful tackle on American Stu Holden (who currently plays for Bolton in England) and now Holden is out for 6 months. So currently Man U is especially hated. But if you want to be like me, cheer for a winner, and have the fun of saying GLORY GLORY, this is your team.

6. Chelsea. Chelsea and Man U are pretty much the same. Good players, good team, spend the money. They also have the world's best (okay, maybe second best to Ronaldo) flopper/actor in the world on their team, Drogba. (Drogba's the guy who played with a broken arm in the World Cup for the Ivory Coast). They're coach is Carlo Ancelotti, and he likes to raise one eye brow at a time and that makes me smile. Three seasons ago, Man U and Chelsea played in the final and it ended in penalty kicks in the rain. (with Man U the victors) Blood has been boiling even more so ever since. This is also Aaron Nagler's favorite team. So if being on Nagler's good side is important to you, This is your team.

7. Barcelona. Once you see Barca play, you'll stop and think to yourself. "Wait, I've seen this team before. In the World Cup. When they called themselves Spain." and you'll pretty much be right. If you're Spanish and really good and you're name isn't Fernando Torres, you are probably on Barca. Barca is fast, and good. And they have a lot of good players. And they beat Man U two years ago in the CL final and that kind of broke my heart.

8. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. They're from the Ukraine. And that my friends, is crazy. They're the Richmond of Champions League. or VCU.

I know some people find soccer boring, but I'm guessing most of those people watch random games, and not the top 8 teams in Europe battling it out for the most coveted prize.

So if you're like me and your NCAA bracket has fallen apart, get out a pen and join me in this one.

THESE ARE THE CHAMPIONS. (last years intro)

Are you FREAKING kidding me?!!!

I'm writing this here because pretty sure Alex and Lounge Readers don't want to listen to my SC/NCAA/Cam Newton Rant. But Hot Damn, this is pure cow bull crap!

It took the NCAA committee four years and a fake photo to conclude that there was wrong doing by USC regarding Reggie Bush and Bush's parents getting money (house). And in a matter of weeks, the NCAA has concluded that Newton's father and another nameless person requested money for Cam to attend a school but Cam knew nothing and therefore is completely eligible. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went on record saying that I think the NCAA acted too harshly with false evidence, but I cut Reggie out of my life. I said, F U, you hurt my program. I played along. Walked around spouting Bowls are for Salads and wore the probation with pride. And now you're telling me that someone who ACTUALLY cheated, THE SCHOOL THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVED A BENEFIT where as USC received nothing, (Bush was persuaded to leave not stay) GETS NO PUNISHMENT! Newton can compete, can win a national championship AND WIN and keep a heisman! This is bogus. Newton is a great player. I think he has earned the Heisman, but based on what happened to Reg and USC, there is no way that this kid should be playing and get the Heisman. I WANT OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BACK!!! I want to scream from the top of my lungs that this is officially the stupidest day in the history of days (sports related - look at me being logical mid rant, I am so cool!)

Today's trip to the gym is going to be a good one, a lot of angst today. I AM FULL OF RAGE. ANGRY JAYME!!! I WANT MY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BACK AND I WANT TO GO TO A BOWL!!

Attention please

So I have an announcement to make. I have decided to sit down in the Lounge.

Alex has hired a girl!

Therefore if you wish to keep following my tails of Packer fun, or the drama of FNL or things of the like, you should head on over to the lounge and pull a chair up next to the couch. Stay a while.

FNL- Epi 2; On the outside...

So peeps, my recap is a couple days late, but its here nonetheless.

Let's start with the best part of the show, Luke traded a pig for Becky. It was rally girl selection time at East Dillon. Vince got himself the slutty redhead - those gingers are tricky - but declined cause he has Jesse. Tink got Becky. Luke look dismayed, "but we made a baby." Later after a "wild" party, where Luke is pissed cause he's suspended, the slutty red head drinks a lot and Jesse throws up, we find out that Luke has traded his beloved pig to Tink to have Becky as his rally girl. The beginning of all great love stories. Becky arrives home to the Riggins' house after learning her worth to find Mindy - who was previously threatened by Becky's young and skinny-ness - and Billy waiting up for her. She's worth a pig and has an ex-stripper caring about her. She's hit the bank!

Principal/guidance counselor Tammy Taylor is still having troubles at East Dillon, but makes some strides in this epi. She convinces the poorly named Epic to stop smoking in the school parking lot, and gets her to come to a meeting. She also goes out to happy hour with the very bitchy teachers at E.D. and gets some drink spilled on her. This warms the heart of the meanest of the mean girls and looks like the after school tutoring session might not be for naught.

But the real story is on the field. The Lions don't get ranked. And the board of some important group is reviewing Luke's awesome tackle for the previous game. Turns out, most people aren't happy with the Lions winning. The players complain the whole epi about not being ranked. Coach Taylor tries to calm the storm, until he finds out that Luke's suspension is also bs and due to people hatin' on them. So pregame Coach walks into the locker room and writes the word STATE on the board. We have ourselves a battle.

Next week, on a very special episode of FNL, we examine a you tube video of the "wild" party. Very drunk, slutty red head is shown and then shots of the Lions players in attendence. We see clips of a speech in response to the video from Coach Taylor and I can now fully imagine what it must have been like in the Bengals locker room. So, thus far, we have a tackling issue and a character issue; is Roger Goodell now a script writer for FNL??

Also, I don't want to leave out that Vince is awesome. He received many letters of interest from schools, and got his momma a job.

Can't wait for more episodes. I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!

CLEAR EYES, FULL HEART, CAN'T LOSE! STATE!

Packers and Dallas

A new BrentFavre post is up. I really like it.

Props to Mr. Rodahl for being the best history teacher ever.

Green Bay and Dallas - Ready to Fight This Battle

Boo! Did I scare you?

Halloween weekend did not fail. Highs and lows (lower than low lows) but like I said last week, I'll trust in the Packers to pick it all back up.

The sports weekend started Saturday afternoon. Vidic, in all of his glory hit a perfect header off of a Nani free kick, giving Man U the lead in the first half. But the real fireworks of the game came toward the end, when after Nani was brought down in the box and no penalty was given, Tottenham keeper Gomes placed what he believed to be a dead ball on the ground. In what I can only describe as a mass of confusion, it seemed like no one on the field - including the refs - knew if the ball was live or being set for a dead kick. Nani capitalized on the confusion and kicked the ball into the net giving Man U a 2-0 victory. Nani had every right to go for the goal. I wouldn't want anyone on my team who would try to capitalize on every single opportunity. I don't know if the refs should have allowed it, though. Here's my slightly biased opinion of what happened. Nani was taken down in the box, clearly, and should have had a penalty kick. However, it wasn't called. While on the ground, expecting the PK call, Nani handles the ball. Seeing as the PK wasn't given, the ball was still live and therefore Nani touching it was illegal and should have stopped the play. Gomes then picks up the ball and places it for what he believes to be a goal kick. The refs did not see the hand ball. And when Gomes placed it, believed the ball to be live and therefore available for Nani to kick it.

I know a lot of Man U haters. And take their abuse far far too often (esp since I never publicly diss their teams), but on Saturday all I could do was laugh at all the hatred. Anyone who says that Nani was wrong is lying. And anyone who wouldn't want their player to do the same, is lying. With all the flopping in soccer, or in the NFL when a receiver begs for pass interference even though they tripped on their own accord, when the play isn't reviewable you play to what the ref can and can not see. This isn't golf; players are not self policing. If you want to go back and prove that the handball would have negated the goal, then you also would open the door for them to go back and see Nani clearly taken down in the box.

I spent the rest of my Saturday desperately searching for something red to wear for #redout. I missed watching the game though. It wasn't on here. And it was Trevor's birthday, so the family all went out. Followed along on my phone and really, I think SC hung in their longer than most people expected. I was rather bitter though at the loss and tried to drink away my sorrows. Didn't help that I was now being harassed on twitter by Ducks fans. Takes a big man to not say a word to me the week leading up the game and then after victory is secured talk all the trash you want. I told one such fan off Sunday morning, as I tried desperately to nurse away the hangover and the pain. He tried to give me shit for tweeting him, calling him out at 5 in the morning. I then explained to him that there are different time zones in the USA and I woke up at 8:00 am to a tweet from him, so I responded. I didn't start anything, but when attacked, I will fight back. He then said, "have a nice day." What is this world coming to with the trash talk? I literally was called a B$@tch because my team lost. Twitter makes people lose all sorts of inhibitions and social norms.

And that brings us to Sunday. "I could really use a hug to make today better, and I'm hoping that hug comes from the Green Bay Packers." I really believed that the Packers would win. I also believed that the game would be a shoot out. I thought that Sanchez would struggle, the Jets would then go to LT and he'd be able to run on our patch work defense and then ARod, coming off the momentum of Monday night would keep up. I was half wrong. The Packers won. And boy did they! Holding the Jets scoreless, and scoring 9 points is a big deal. For a win, there were a surprising number of haters - wait, haters upsets them - severe doubters. And I agree that MM and his play calling left much to be desired. But at the same time I'm not ready to set him out to pasture for it. MM knew what kind of a game he was in. He knew that the defense was going to carry the team. Is that "fair" on the D - as soooooo many people lamented? Yes, yes it is. You want to know why? Cause sometimes your d carries the team, sometimes your offense does. Either way, you're a team. But getting back to McCarthy. There were more long passes on third and short, which is still frustrating and mind boggling. But then there also was the genius of the three run plays at the end of the game. Some people hated that. I got texts from two different people wondering what MM was doing. You know what he was doing, he was being smarter than us. He forced New York to use their time outs. While the fan base clamoured for passes and the first down, MM knew that making the Jets waste all their time outs, was more valuable. They weren't going to be able to move the ball. Was it risky? yes. But it would have been just as risky to throw it up, have the receiver drop it or go out of bounds, and give the ball back to the Jets with time and with a time out. I am not defending MM's play calling in total. But given the day of perspective, I don't think everything he did yesterday "sucked".

Also, is there no happy medium between sucking and greatness? It has seemed to me lately that if someone makes a mistake in game they now suck. Case in point, Mason Crosby sucked yesterday according to more than five people I talked to after he missed his second kick. Forget the wind, forget that Mason is having a decent season, forget that the guy kicked two more field goals for the Packers and forget that the Jets kicker also missed, Mason Crosby sucks. Give me a break! You want to run around saying everyone sucks, good for you, but then be prepared for my eye rolls.

But anyways, back to happier notes. The game rocked. This defense is awe-inspiring. I don't even know everyone on the team, it does feel like we just picked up some people off of the street, and yet we blanketed the Jets. A few snap shots that I liked: 1. after giving up a big play, the D did not fold. That's key. In prior games this season if the other team made a big play, they almost always scored on that drive. But not yesterday, the D dug in their heels and said "no more." 2. Rushing three on third down began to work. Could our three get to Sanchito? No, except for that one time, but the coverage down field held up and the three did not allow Sanchez to scramble for the first down. That's the point of rushing three and it started to work. 3. The D finally managed to combine being opportunistic and while maintaining tight coverage. All of the turnovers were won because our guys fought for them. But at the same time, there wasn't a lot of jumping routes and letting people go.

And lets also give out a big hand for the special teams. Minus the one run back to open the half, ST looked great. Masthay's finally came together. He's shown us glimpses that this performance was in him, but would still manage to shank at least one punt a game. Not yesterday, in a defensive and field position battle, Masthay proved to be invaluable. And lets give it up for the coverage. They were right their with him. Hustling and working hard. Even on the fake punt - which it now comes out was a decision made by the punter (think Rex has some choice four letter words for him) - I was impressed by the Packers hustle and drive on the play.

Am I worried about our offense. Yes, somethings not there. But I'm not ready to start pulling out my hair. We play Dallas next week (which I'm a little worried we might over look), and then its the bye week. I really feel that the Packers are back on track. And I'm excited for the rest of the season.