Tomorrow I return to work at my volunteer job at the Closter Borough Hall. A nice sunny day today. I took a nice very long walk today. Today is the last day without NFL Regular Season Football. Tomorrow night at 8:30pm a brand new NFL Regular Season gets underway. The last time we saw NFL Football, on February 2nd, in Super Bowl XLVIII, the Seattle Seahawks dominated the Denver Broncos beating them 43-8 to take home the franchises first ever Super Bowl Title. Now tomorrow night, the defending Super Bowl Champion Seahawks open up at home in CenturyLink Field in Seattle Washington against the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are returning to Seattle for the first since September 24, 2012 when the Seahawks beat the Packers 14-12 in controversial fashion. Here is a recap of what happened from article from Wikipedia: On the final play of the game, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson threw a Hail Mary pass into the end zone intended for wide receiver Golden Tate.[3][4] Both Tate and Packers defender M. D. Jennings got their hands on the ball while both players were still in the air and attempting to gain possession. The two officials near the play initially gave separate signals of touchdown and time out, before ruling the players had simultaneous possession, resulting in a Seahawks game-winning touchdown.[5] Prior to the catch, Tate shoved Packers cornerback Sam Shields with both hands, which the NFL later acknowledged should have drawn an offensive pass interference penalty that would have negated the touchdown and resulted in a Packers victory.[6] The lack of a pass interference penalty and the ruling of a touchdown via simultaneous catch were widely questioned in the aftermath of the game, drawing comments from the games announcers, NFL players, and the media, as well as locked-out officials. The NFL subsequently released a statement defending the touchdown ruling. The controversial ending followed weeks of criticism regarding the quality of officiating by replacement officials employed by the NFL during the 2012 NFL referee lockout.[7] Two days after the game, the NFL and the NFL Referees Association announced they had reached an agreement to end the lockout.[8] NFL commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged that the negative attention the game drew to the referee situation was an impetus for ending the labor dispute. Now nearly two years to the date, the two teams will face off in the season opener. It will be a matchup of two division winners from a year ago. Seahawks went 13-3 in the 2013 regular season Seahawks then defeated the New Orleans Saints 23-15 in the NFC Divisional Playoffs Seahawks then defeated their NFC West rivals the San Francisco 49ers 23-17 to advance to the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history. As we mentioned above, on February 2nd in MetLife Stadium, the Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII to take home the franchises first ever Super Bowl title. The Packers also made the playoffs in 2013 but it was more of a struggle for them to get there. On November 4th the Packers came into the game against the Chicago Beas 5-2. That night, their playoff hopes took a big hit as Aaron Rodgers went down with a broken collarbone and would miss the next two months due to injury. In the time Rodgers was out, Packers struggled going 2-5-1 in that stretch. But remarkably Packers in Week 17 got Aaron Rodgers back just in time for a winner take all affair in Chicago for the NFC North Title. With the Packers trailing 28-27 in the final minute, on 4th down and 6, Aaron Rodgers threw a rainbow touchdown pass to Randall Cobb to deliver the Packers the game winning score as they beat the Bears 33-28 to take home their 3rd consecutive NFC North Title and 5th consecutive playoff appearance. The very next week in the Wildcard Playoff Game at Lambeau Field, the Packers hosted the San Francisco 49ers, and fought valiantly. However the outcome did not go their way as the 49ers defeated the Packers 23-20 on a walk off last second field goal. Now tomorrow night it is time to start a new NFL season. NFL Week 1 Schedule: Thursday September 4th: Green Bay Packers at Seattle Seahawks 8:30pm- NBC Sunday September 7th: New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons 1pm Minnesota Vikings at St. Louis Rams 1pm Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers 1pm Jacksonville Jaguars at Philadelphia Eagles 1pm Oakland Raiders at New York Jets 1pm Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens 1pm Buffalo Bills at Chicago Bears 1pm Washington Redskins at Houston Texans 1pm Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs 1pm New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins 1pm Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4:25pm San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys 4:25pm Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos 8:30pm Monday September 8th: New York Giants at Detroit Lions 7:10pm San Diego Chargers at Arizona Cardinals 10:20pm Football season is back folks. MLB Scores Today: Finals: Atlanta Braves 7 Philadelphia Phillies 4 A wild offensive affair in Atlanta today Top 1st: Chase Utley hit a RBI sacrifice fly- Phillies 1 Braves 0 Bottom 2nd: Christian Bethancourt reached on infield single, Ryan Doumit scored- Phillies 1 Braves 1 Bottom 2nd: B.J. Upton hit a 2 run home run- Braves 3 Phillies 1 Top 3rd: Grady Sizemore hit a 2 run home run- Phillies 3 Braves 3 Bottom 4th: Jason Heyward grounded out to second, Christian Bethancourt scored- Braves 4 Phillies 3 Top 5th: Chase Utley hit a RBI sacrifice fly- Phillies 4 Braves 4 Bottom 5th: Christian Bethancourt hit a RBI single- Braves 5 Phillies 4 Bottom 6th: Tommy La Stella hit a RBI single- Braves 6 Phillies 4 Bottom 6th: Ryan Doumit scored on a wild pitch- Braves 7 Phillies 4 After being shutout the last two days, Braves offense comes alive for 7 hits and 7 runs to beat Phillies 7-4. St. Louis Cardinals 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 0 A tight well pitched affair in St. Louis today In the Top of the 7th, with runners on first and third and 1 out, Starling Marte lined out at second and then Jordy Mercer lined out to center to end the inning. Let us go to the action in the Bottom of the 9th with game still in a 0-0 tie. With 2 outs in the inning, Yadier Molina walked Jon Jay singled to left, Yadier Molina to second Peter Bourjos then hit a walk off RBI single giving the Cardinals a thrilling 1-0 walk off win over the Pirates. Washington Nationals 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 5- 14 innings A wild back and forth affair in Los Angeles today Bottom 7th: Justin Turner hit a 2 run home run- Dodgers 2 Nationals 0 In the Top of the 8th with runners on first and second and 2 outs, Ian Desmond flied out to center to end the inning Let us pick up the action in the Top of the 9th with Dodgers leading 2-0 Top 9th: Bryce Harper singled to left center Adam LaRoche hit a game tying 2 run home run- Nationals 2 Dodgers 2 Later in the inning, with a runner on third and 2 outs, Denard Span hit a RBI single giving the Nationals a 3-2 lead In the Bottom of the 9th, with 2 outs and a runner on first, there would be another game changing play Justin Turner would reach on fielding error by right fielder Jayson Werth as Werth while attempting to make a sliding catch loses it in the sun, Andre Ethier scored to tie the game at 3-3. In the Bottom of the 10th with the bases loaded and 1 out, Adrian Gonzalez and Juan Uribe would both strike out swinging to end the inning In the Bottom of the 11th with the bases loaded and 1 out, Drew Butera popped out to third and then Dee Gordon struck out swinging to send the game into the 12th inning In the Top of the 12th with the bases loaded and 1 out, Adam LaRoche hit a 2 run RBI single- Nationals 5 Dodgers 3 In the Bottom of the 12th with 2 outs and a runner at first base, Carl Crawford hit a game tying 2 home run- Nationals 5 Dodgers 5 In the Top of the 14th with runners on first and third with 1 out, Adam LaRoche hit into fielders choice, shortstop to second, Ian Desmond scored- Nationals 6 Dodgers 5 Asdrubal Cabrera then hit a 2 run home run- Nationals 8 Dodgers 5 Nationals rally for three runs in the Top of the 14th inning to beat Dodgers 8-5 in wild back and forth affair Wednesday. Colorado Rockies 9 San Francisco Giants 2 Seattle Mariners 2 Oakland Athletics 1 A tight well pitched game between two great pitchers as Felix Hernandez took the mound for the Mariners and Jon Lester took the mound for the Athletics Bottom 4th: Adam Dunn hit a solo home run- Athletics 1 Mariners 0 Top 7th: Kyle Seager hit a solo home run- Mariners 1 Athletics 1 Top 7th: Corey Hart hit a solo home run- Mariners 2 Athletics 1 The story on the afternoon was the pitching Felix Hernandez went 8 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits, 2 walks with 4 strikeouts Fernando Rodney then went 1 inning, giving up 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 walks with 1 strikeout On the losing side, Jon Lester went 8 innings giving up 2 runs on 7 hits, 0 walks with 5 strikeouts Luke Gregerson then went 1 inning giving 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 walks with 1 strikeout Mariners beat Athletics 2-1 in tight pitchers duel as Felix Hernandez out duels Jon Lester. Baltimore Orioles 6 Cincinnati Reds 0 Cleveland Indians 7 Detroit Tigers 0 New York Mets 4 Miami Marlins 3 New York Yankees 5 Boston Red Sox 1 Toronto Blue Jays 7 Tampa Bay Rays 4 Chicago Cubs 6 Milwaukee Brewers 2 Kansas City Royals 4 Texas Rangers 1 Houston Astros 4 Los Angeles Angels 1 Games In Progress Now: Minnesota Twins 10 Chicago White Sox 3- Top 8th Arizona Diamondbacks 1 San Diego Padres 1- Top 5th Another busy day in sports today.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 03:14:51 +0000