This type of blog seemed to go over well last time, so I’m going to keep doing it. I send out a tweet for some crowdsourced information, and I put the #RedskinsNation’s thoughts into a blog.
Here’s this week’s topic…
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New Feature Coming This Afternoon!
At THN, we’re always trying to do things a little differently, or at least with a touch of our own flavor. So I had an idea a few weeks ago, that I set into motion and will launch today. We’re going to do a cross blog promotion with some new friends and old.
Gone are the days where people would never even dream of mentioning other people’s websites or blogs; it’s a big world out there, and you can reach a lot more people when you help each other, not stifle each other. So I reached out to a few people to see if they would be interested in doing something together, and to my delight, everybody I asked was into it.
2011 Hognostications Week 3
Congratulations to our week 2 Hognostication winner MDSKINSFAN with a very impressive 14-2 record! Rounding out the top four were Warmother, Countertrey and vwoodzpusha all with the same 14-2 record! Now that’s some Hognostication at it’s finest!!
Ooh, Ooh… That Smell
Can’t you smell that smell? Ooh, ooh that smell. Familiar with the tune? Well if you’re singing it, stop right there because Lynyrd Skynyrd goes on to talk about that smell being the smell of death, and in Redskins Nation right now, that isn’t the smell we’re smelling. At least it shouldn’t be.
I get that as Redskins fans we have been beat up for years – decades even. I understand as well as anyone that a losing attitude affects all elements of an NFL organization, up to and including it’s fan base; but if you stop for just a second and pay attention…
Crowdsourcing: Beating The Cards
With the ever growing collective consciousness in Redskins Nation, I thought it might be fun to do something new, and ask the twitterverse for their thoughts on what was the key to beating the Cardinals this week, and then blog some of the answers.
They were charged with the task of naming one thing, and one thing only, that would be integral for Redskins success on Sunday.
Here are some of the responses:
Who’s Laughin’ Now?
For those who read my last blog about Grossman (Redskins Start With Grossman) you’ll note I kind of predicted this last weekend’s performance.
For the game, Grossman was 21 of 34 (62% completion) for 305 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions (though one was close) and one fumble. While Antrel Rolle may whine about how the Giants would beat the Redskins “95 out of 100 times” Rolle has failed to recognize that we didn’t beat New York because our offense was better; we beat them because our defense was.
2011 Hognostications Week 2
Congratulations to week one Hognostication winner Chris Luva Luva with a very impressive 12-4 start to the season! This score is tough enough to achieve midyear but to pull this off in the first week is outstanding!!
Thanks to everyone who participated last week. With only a five point swing from first to last, this could be a very competitive year.
BMitchLive Tailgate Show 9/9/11
New Graphic for Redskins Nation
In honor of the start of the Redskins season, and to represent the change in culture in Redskins Nation, I have done up a new graphic.
Time was crunched, so this can be used as maybe a special Game Day Twitcon or avatar for now, but I will do up a wallpaper and maybe a couple more things with it next week.
Enjoy!
Redskins Start with Grossman
We all know that Rex Grossman has been to the Super Bowl, and conventional wisdom says he went on the backs of his defense. We consider it the same as the 2003 Ravens who won the Super Bowl with Trent Dilfer who only started the last half of the season.
Clearly, Baltimore won the Super Bowl in spite of their quarterbacks that year.
Maybe we judge Grossman too harshly. The 2006 Bears were 2nd in the league in scoring that year putting up 427 points. I’m not sure we can say that Chicago made it on defense alone like Baltimore did.