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Cajun’s Whirlwind Podcast

May 20th, 2012 | Add a Comment

Cajun goes on a quick and dirty tour of the sporting landscape. Click “Download” to play from your mobile device. [display_podcast] … Read entire article »

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The Bulls Should Have Traded Jordan

At least according to modern thought.  Last night as the sports intelligentsia (and I use that term strictly oxymoronically) began their ritualistic overreaction to the latest Miami loss by debating whether the Heat should trade Dwayne Wade, I thought about how far we’d regressed as a sports-centric society.  In the year 2 A.D. (After Decision), and one year removed from going deep into the Finals in a year in which almost everyone thought they couldn’t win it all, the Heat are down 2-1 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and people are wondering if the whole damn thing should be dismantled by shipping Miami’s most iconic athlete since Dan Marino somewhere else.  Never mind the fact … Read entire article »

NBA Conference Semifinals Podcast

Join the Cajun and Chris Plack (author of the “Plackistan” Blog and contributor to ESPN Radio AM 1480 in Warsaw, Indiana) as we break down the 2012 NBA Conference Semifinals. As always, click “download” to play from your mobile device. [display_podcast] … Read entire article »

Looking at the 2012 NFL Draft by School

Given the Bronco’s constant gloating over the past week about Boise having a record (for them) six draftees in the 2012 NFL draft, I thought I’d do some looking at just how good a draft they had. Here is a list of the schools that had at least five draft picks: Alabama 8 Georgia 7 Oklahoma 7 Boise 6 Cal 6 Iowa 6 Miami FL 6 Michigan State 6 South Carolina 6 Wisconsin 6 Baylor 5 LSU 5 N.C. State 5 You’ll notice that Boise did, in fact, have more picks than many schools did but let’s look deeper into those picks.  Boise did have two first round picks which, by any measure, is a nice accomplishment.  Never mind that Alabama had FOUR, two is still pretty damn good.  After that Boise had a 3rd, a 5th, a 6th, and a 7th.  … Read entire article »

2012 NFL Draft Reaction

Now that all the picks have been made, let’s take a look at where things shook out. I’ll list the team, how many picks they had, and the highlights. I’ve already broken down the 1st round pretty well so this will be more of an overview of how I think the team did. NFC EAST DALLAS COWBOYS: (7 PICKS) The Pokes needed help badly on defense. They lost five games by one score or less in 2011. Late in games teams aren’t rushing when they’re trying to take the lead, they’re passing. Dallas spent its top 4 picks on defense including a CB (Mo Claiborne) and a S (Matt Johnson). With … Read entire article »

First Round Reaction

Here are my thoughts on the draft after Round 1: First, I love the effect the rookie wage scale has had on the draft. Teams are willing to wheel and deal and that’s a good thing. It’s freed up the market for talent so teams that need big time talent can go up and get it. It also means the teams at the top of the draft can move out of those picks and not be locked in to one guy when often those teams have multiple holes to fill. St. Louis moved back twice last night, accumulating picks both times, and still ended up with a very solid pick at 14. Second, NFL Network (NFLN) did … Read entire article »

More Bad News for the New Orleans Saints

After today’s revelation that Saints G.M. Mickey Loomis could eavesdrop on opposing coaches during games I decided to compile a list of other atrocities the Saints might yet be blamed for: The KONY2012 video and subsequent masturbatory tirade by the video’s co-creator: http://gawker.com/5894041 The Saints formulated New Coke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke The Saints hired Coy and Vance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dukes_of_Hazzard#Coy_and_Vance The Saints’ lopsided offense in 2012 has been known to cause uneven tire wear on certain Canadian models of the 2010 Honda Civic: http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2981580 Gasbagging by Bob Costas related to the Saints’ 2012 offseason caused The 1986 Lake Nyos Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos#The_1986_disaster David Locke’s announcing style came from an attempt to describe how it is that the Saints are the only ones being found guilty of … Read entire article »

The BeerCast

Barlowe joined me for some beer talk. Enjoy. Cheers! (click “download” to play from your mobile device.) ; ; ; ; … Read entire article »

Gregg Williams and the Hypocrisy of Outrage

Here at SportsJoes you’re probably used to us making a lot of jokes and writing a bunch of lighthearted b.s. This is not one of those posts. Now we know the facts about what happened with Gregg Williams and his bounty system. Notice I didn’t say “the Saints and their bounty system”. Williams has instituted bounty systems wherever he has gone, (with the possible exception of Tennessee). A few days ago a filmmaker named Sean Pamphilon released audio of a speech Gregg Williams gave to his defense the night before last year’s playoff game in San Francisco. There has since been a huge outcry. Let’s start with Sean … Read entire article »

Cajun and Barlowe: Final Four & Free Agency Podcast

PRAISE JEEBUS! THE AUDIO WORKED! Come along as we break down the Final Four, the NFL Draft, and NFL Free Agency. Click “download” to play from your mobile device. ; [display_podcast] … Read entire article »

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