The final 'Colbert Report' will air December 18th

End of an era!

2014 NFL Picks Week 9

So-so picking during Week 9, as I finished at 9-6. A lot of games came down to the wire, as you'll see below. My overall percent dropped every so slightly to 66.7% (down from 67%). I had 4 upset picks last week, and was successful on only 1, bringing my season total to 10-12. As an Eagles fan I was happy to see my Pick of the Week, Dallas, lose to Washington. I knew I should have stayed away from a division game, but alas I am 6-2 overall for POTW.

Like I said, I incorrectly picked several games that were decided in the last minutes or even seconds of the game. This included Baltimore losing to Cincinnati by 3, Tampa Bay losing by 6 to Minnesota in OT, Seattle beating Carolina by 4, Philadelphia (unfortunately) falling to Arizona by 4, and finally Washington upsetting Dallas by a field goal in OT. The only other loss for me was the Green Bay/New Orleans game, which kept the Saints in the division race. Let's see if Week 9 has any easier games to pick:

Thursday, 8:30pm
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Sunday, 1pm
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cleveland Browns
New York Jets at Kansas City Chiefs
San Diego Chargers at Miami Dolphins
Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys
Washington Redskins at Minnesota Vikings**
Jacksonville Jaguars at *Cincinnati Bengals*
Philadelphia Eagles at Houston Texans
Sunday, 4/4:25pm
St. Louis Rams at San Francisco 49ers
Denver Broncos at New England Patriots
Oakland Raiders at Seattle Seahawks
Sunday, 8:30pm
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers
Monday, 8:30pm
Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants

Byes
Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans

*Pick of the Week*

upset picks as of 10/30 7pm

**no favorite

Previous Results
Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 9-7
Week 3: 11-5
Week 4: 5-8
Week 5: 11-4
Week 6: 13-1-1
Week 7: 11-4
Week 8: 9-6
Season: 80-40-1 (66.7%)

The Magic Bush

NEW YORK, October 27, 2014 – Graphic video from an unknown drone is uploaded on the internet on an all-new episode of South Park titled “The Magic Bush,” premiering Wednesday, October 29 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Cartman and Butters get their hands on a drone and can’t resist the urge to take it for a spin around the neighborhood.



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Fan of Tom Haverford?

Then this may be the greatest site ever.

Brad Pitt on 'Between Two Ferns'

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Brad Pitt from Zach Galifianakis

2014 NFL Picks Week 8

Compared to last week, this week was a let down at 11-4. Realistically I'm not going to go 13-1-1 every week, so 11-4 is pretty good if you ask me. After finishing 5-8 week 4, I have at least 11 correct picks in each of the last 3 weeks with a 35-9-1 record. That's good for 78%, and has helped in raising my overall percentage to 67%. I had no upset picks last week, but did correctly choose the winner (barely) for my pick of the week. I remain at an even 9-9 in upset picks and improve to 6-1 for picks of the week. Let's look at where I went wrong before picking Week 8's games.

I can't figure Cleveland out this year, as they look good at times but then lose to (previously) winless Jacksonville. Even if I had picked upsets I would not have picked Jacksonville, nor would I have picked St. Louis to beat Seattle. I highly doubt anybody had that game correctly picked. Chicago can't seem to win at home, and fell flat against Miami. Finally, Kansas City upset San Diego on the road, but that wasn't a huge surprise in my opinion.

Thursday, 8:30pm
San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos
Sunday, 1pm
Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons
Baltimore Ravens** at Cincinnati Bengals
Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars
St. Louis Rams at Kansas City Chiefs
Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Seattle Seahawks at Carolina Panthers
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
Chicago Bears at New England Patriots
Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans
Sunday, 4/4:25pm
Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals
Oakland Raiders at Cleveland Browns
Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers
Sunday, 8:30pm
Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints
Monday, 8:30pm
Washington Redskins at *Dallas Cowboys*

Byes
New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers

*Pick of the Week*

upset picks as of 10/23 1:30pm

**no favorite

Previous Results
Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 9-7
Week 3: 11-5
Week 4: 5-8
Week 5: 11-4
Week 6: 13-1-1
Week 7: 11-4
Season: 71-34-1 (67%)

Avengers: Age of Ultron teaser leaked early

Download 'Push' from "Lourde"

By "Lourde" of course I mean Randy Marsh. Since there's no new South Park this week, download the song "Push" from the episode 2 weeks ago instead!

A guide to upcoming superhero movies

There's a lot.

Can people settle down about the Cowboys?

They have yet to beat a team with a current winning record. The combined winning % of their opponents is 39% (15-23). For reference, the Eagles opponents' is 38% (13-21), and they have beaten a current winning team (Colts). Also, both teams lost against the 49ers (4-3).

Let's wait until Thanksgiving, yeah?

Sorry for the slacking

I've always aimed to post at least once per day here at the B Long Blog, but lately school and life has gotten in the way. So I just wanted to apologize for missing a few more days than usual, but bear with me for a while! I'll be back to normal once I can, but in the meantime you can still expect great content.

Thanks for the understanding, readers.

2014 NFL Picks Week 7

Holy shit, what a week of picks for me! I finished Week 6 at an impressive 13-1-1, easily my best mark since I've started picking every week. I was 1-0 for upset picks (Chicago over Atlanta) and San Diego won (barely) over Oakland as my pick of the week. I am now 9-9 in upset picks (50%) on the season, and 5-1 (83%) in picks of the week. My overall % increased by over 4% to 66%, which is probably my best mark at this point in the season. My only loss was picking Seattle over Dallas, and there was a tie in the Cincinnati/Carolina game (though I did have Cincinnati winning).

Thursday, 8:30pm
New York Jets at *New England Patriots*
Sunday, 1pm
Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers
Cleveland Browns at Jacksonville Jaguars
Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams
Minnesota Vikings at Buffalo Bills
Atlanta Falcons at Baltimore Ravens
New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions
Miami Dolphins at Chicago Bears
Tennessee Titans at Washington Redskins
Cincinnati Bengals at Indianapolis Colts
Sunday, 4pm/4:25pm
Kansas City Chiefs at  San Diego Chargers
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
Arizona Cardinals at Oakland Raiders
Sunday, 8:30pm
San Francisco 49ers at Denver Broncos
Monday, 8:30pm
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers

Byes
Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

*Pick of the Week*

no upset picks as of 10/16 12:45pm

Previous Results
Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 9-7
Week 3: 11-5
Week 4: 5-8
Week 5: 11-4
Week 6: 13-1-1
Season: 60-30-1 (66%)

Eagles vs Giants: Behind the Numbers 2014

I won't lie, I was a bit nervous heading in the Sunday night game last week. The New York Giants had been playing pretty well, winning 3 straight along the way. While the Philadelphia Eagles came into the match-up at 4-1, they had yet to really impress a majority of fans. My, how one game can change all of that! The Eagles dominated the Giants, winning 27-0 in impressive fashion. They will head into the bye week at 5-1, tied with the Dallas Cowboys (surprisingly). Let's look back at the Eagle's first shut out since before Andy Reid was coach:

Handicar

NEW YORK, October 13, 2014 – Timmy‘s personal car service takes off on an all-new episode of “South Park” titled “Handicar,” premiering Wednesday, October 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Timmy’s idea to raise money for the summer camp has everyone in South Park trying out the latest trend in transportation. Timmy’s success makes him a lot of enemies and a bloodbath of epic proportions is on the horizon.



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Lorde takes her 'South Park' appearance in stride

She even sang "I am Lorde, ya, ya, ya"!

The Empire Strikes Back re-created from fan clips

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The Evolution of Wolverine

There's going to be a 'Joe Dirt' 2

From CinemaBlend:

Like a lot of comedies, Joe Dirt didn’t exactly make a fortune when it first hit the box office. In fact, the results were mediocre at best, but thanks to continued airings on cable and the weird rewatchability of the project, it has slowly turned into a cult classic over the years. Today, we got the best evidence of that yet when a sequel was officially announced for the first time.

According to Deadline, Joe Dirt 2 will begin production in November in Louisiana with an eye toward officially releasing on Crackle in 2015. That’s right. Joe Dirt 2 will be released on Crackle, which seems utterly bizarre until you think about it for a few minutes.

The move comes just a few weeks after longtime David Spade buddy Adam Sandler announced he would be releasing four upcoming movies exclusively on Netflix. That’s obviously a little more high profile than Crackle, but the deal likely got the ball rolling in the former SNL star’s mind, especially since Happy Madison will produce Joe Dirt 2. The project has been in-development for years, but as we know, that means nothing until the money is on the table. So, in the end, money from Crackle is better than no money at all.

Crackle is basically a television network on the Internet. The content is completely free, but it is interspersed with commercials in order to generate revenue. As far as we know, that means Joe Dirt 2 will simply get placed on the website whenever it’s finished and consumers will be free to watch it whenever they have time, provided they’re willing to sit through advertisements. It’s obviously not a perfect way to watch movies, but it’s better than a lot of alternatives.

2014 NFL Picks Week 6

Last week turned out pretty well for me, as I had my best week of 2014 so far. I finished 11-4, good for nearly a 3% increase overall (59% to almost 62%). I was only 1 of 3 for upset picks, which brings that season total to 8-9. I correctly chose Seattle as my pick of the week, and am now 4-1 in that category.

Going over the losses, I could have swapped my upset picks to finish a perfect 15-0. Alas, I did not, and finished with 4 losses. Detroit lost at home to Buffalo on a last second field goal. Chicago seems unpredictable this year, as they lost on the road to Carolina. The New York Giants were able to hold Atlanta to 20 points, and won at home. Finally, New England (a home underdog) and Cincinnati both looked like the opposite teams they were the past few games, as New England demolished Cincinnati. On to Week 6, hoping to continue the trend:

Thursday, 8:30pm
Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans
Sunday, 1pm
Carolina Panthers at Cincinnati Bengals
Denver Broncos at New York Jets
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans
Green Bay Packers at Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
Sunday, 4pm/4:25pm
*San Diego Chargers* at Oakland Raiders
Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks
Washington Redskins at Arizona Cardinals
Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons
Sunday, 8:30pm
New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
Monday, 8:30pm
San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams

Byes
Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints

*Pick of the Week*

upset picks as of 10/9 5:45pm

Previous Results
Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 9-7
Week 3: 11-5
Week 4: 5-8
Week 5: 11-4
Season: 47-29 (61.8%)

Eagles vs Rams: Behind the Numbers 2014

So the bad news is that the Philadelphia Eagles almost blew a 27 point lead to the St. Louis Rams. The good news is that they hung on to win 34-28. The game was much closer than it needed to be, but the Eagles offense seemed to shut down towards the end of the 3rd quarter. It's as if they said "we have a 27 point lead, that's good enough. Shut 'er down boys!". Instead of scoring again to ice the game, the Eagles let the Rams score 21 straight points and gave them a chance to win at the end. Let's take a look at the numbers behind the game; I'll try to keep it shorter this week:

*Note: switched avg gain stat. Will be fixed shortly.

The Cissy

NEW YORK, October 6, 2014 – The state of one’s gender is in question on an all-new episode of “South Park” titled “The Cissy,” premiering Wednesday, October 8 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Stan is searching for answers about how a person who he’s always known to be one thing could suddenly identify with another. In the meantime, the pressure of holding on to a giant secret is starting to get to Randy.



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Forgot Avengers 2: will Avengers 3 not feature the usual cast?

It's speculation at this point.

Better Call Saul: The Song

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Is Stan Lee "The Watcher"?

Interesting

Married.

2014 NFL Picks Week 5

Well, that was a regrettable week of picks! I finished 5-8 for Week 4; there were some close games but also a couple of terrible picks on my part. I was 0 for 3 picking upsets, which now sits at an even 7-7. Overall I am 36-25, dropping 5% to 59% on the season. The silver lining is I correctly picked my Pick of the Week, which I am 3-1 at thus far.

Right off the bat on Thursday I was wrong, as I picked Washington to beat the New York Giants. They had played well against Philadelphia the week prior, but that did not carry over. The other New York team was unable to secure an upset home win against Detroit, as was the case with Chicago losing to Green Bay. I was doing OK during the 1pm games, but then Tampa Bay shocking Pittsburgh ruined that. Honestly, who picked Tampa Bay to win? I can't figure out Atlanta, as they look great one week but awful the next: they lost to Minnesota. Philadelphia was unable to score on offense, and yet still had a chance to win the game versus San Francisco. At least they lost with some dignity, unlike the blowouts of the remaining 2 games. I went back and forth on these games, but eventually incorrectly picked New Orleans over Dallas and New England over Kansas City. Week 5 can't be worse...

Thursday, 8:30pm
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
Sunday, 1pm
Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis Colts
Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers
Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys
Cleveland Browns at Tennessee Titans
Pittsburgh Steelers at Jacksonville Jaguars
Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions
Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants
St. Louis Rams at Philadelphia Eagles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints
Sunday, 4pm/4:25pm
Arizona Cardinals at Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco 49ers
New York Jets at San Diego Chargers
Sunday, 8:30pm
Cincinnati Bengals at New England Patriots
Monday, 8:30pm
*Seattle Seahawks* at Washington Redskins

Byes
Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders

*Pick of the Week*

upset picks as of 10/2 11:45am

Previous Results
Week 1: 11-5
Week 2: 9-7
Week 3: 11-5
Week 4: 5-8
Season: 36-25 (59%)