Ya boi Dozie has won two matches of #DozVsTheDozen in a row! On Wednesday, I'll go for three straight. It hasn't happened before with #DVTD, but it could tomorrow!
In the meantime (Spacehog, 1996), sit back, relax and watch ya boi put on an absolute clinic in #DozVsTheDozen XXV before Celtics-Lakers tonight at the arena formerly known as Staples Center. The jersey number math round went off the rails, but I still ran away with the match, even if you take those points away.
If you haven't had a chance to catch my commissioner's message on IG, please throw that shit a like and maybe even a comment if you can find some goodness in your heart. How am I supposed to build a brand if my "friends" can't even take .3 seconds to double click some posts? I'd do the same for you! :)
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In case you're unaware, I'm stuck in my room all week with a breakthrough case of the COVID-19 virus. I'm still not 100% sure if I'm getting paid from my "real job" this week, and thanks to anxiety, I'm too nervous to find out. Regardless, this mandatory alone time allows me time to focus on my real passion/purpose, writing blogs and making videos that sink to the bottom of the internet ocean. #HireDozo
The stars aligned this week, as we've got THREE matches of The Dozen. That means THREE opportunities for ya boi to compete against future co-workers in battles of trivia wits.
Tonight, we've got (t-7) Uptown Balls against fan favorites (9) Chicago. Both squads are 1-0 in their last one match, just like ya boi Ole Dozo.
It should be a great match full of brainpower. I'm gonna call it a pick 'em!
#DozVsTheDozen XXIV saw Ole Dozie put up an awe-inspiring 12 points against Experts and Nightmare in Match 158; unfortunately, some auditory issues didn't come to my attention until it was too late, which I addressed in a Dozmissioner Message.
If you're a DOL diehard and are still interested in watching #DVTD XXIV, I've got you!!! At least now I know to start the stream over if I get a phone call.
Tonight's match-up is a winnable one for the boi, tune in to #DozVsTheDozen XXV LIVE at 7:05 pm EST on my insta @dozonlife, that's www.instagram.com/dozonlife. Maybe throw the boi a follow while you're there? I can't wait to see you in the comment section!
Song: Cherub Rock (1993)
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins Album: Siamese Dream
I could've gone something Pearl Harbor or Larry Bird related, but after seeing this tweet last night, my heart was dead set on something from (the) Smashing Pumpkins.
Plus, victims and survivors from a day that will live in infamy LOVED Cherub Rock. R.I.P.
I knew the wind would be a factor tonight, but not such a factor that the Pats would end up throwing the ball three (3) whole times. Straight up Rhode Island Division IV numbies tonight, but it doesn't matter. It got the job done. Credit the Bills for playing nickel all night. As a former AFC East coach once said, "you play to win the game," and winning is something that a current AFC East coach, Bill Belichick, has done plenty against these Buffalo Bills, 36 times to be exact (good for 12.46% of his 289 regular-season wins).
Sure, they swept us during the Covid year, after we lost the greatest player in the history of the game; congratulations. Now we've got a gunslinger in Mac Jones absolutely slashing the Bills to the tune of 2/3 for 19 yards, and the Bills are back to being the Bills. Maybe if Josh Allen spent more time making plays instead of begging for flags, things would've been different? I'm not sure they even score if it wasn't for N'Keal Harry shaving points. There's still plenty of season left, but 9-4 is 9-4, which currently gives the Patriots the AFC's #1 seed. Next comes a much-needed bye week, then Indy on SATURDAY, December 18th. Hopefully, Adrian Phillips didn't tear his ACL. In technically 19 days, these teams play again, and there's a solid chance it could be a hat and t-shirt game for our Patriots. I'll be in the house with my old man. The AFC East still goes through Foxboro and will for the foreseeable future. Man, I'm such a pussy for only putting 2U on Pats ML (+130). Should've believed in myself.
I'm out of work this week due to a breakthrough COVID case, and honestly, it's been a struggle to contain my excitement. When I found out last Thursday, I was not in the same place that I am right now (still having some nasty phlegm situation and general fatigue, but it's so much better than before) and am like 99.8% sure this won't kill me (I am vaxxed, but being a fat/fuck in terrible shape cannot help my cause). Now I have a legitimate excuse to sleep in and not teach children who'd rather abuse me with markers and pocket change. It's basically a free week vacation to focus on writing and maybe even send in some samples. My breakthrough is a straight-up blessing in disguise. That being said, my sleep schedule is a tad askew at the moment. I didn't wake up for good until 1:00 pm, and now it's past 5 and absolutely pitch black. I have an idea for a blog breaking down NFL QBs by their off the field tendencies, but with MNF kicking off in three hours, I might not have enough time to finish, so I went to Reddit to see what's going on on the internet streets for blog topics and came across a clip from tonight's upcoming Michael Bublé Christmas Special. (It airs at 10 pm on NBC...which seems like odd timing, you'd think this would air closer to Christmas; not head-to-head with the biggest Monday Night Football matchup in years) It's barely 30 seconds long, which is about how long I'd last with Hannah in that dress, but my GOD, Ms. Welton's voice is even more incredible than I remember. Ted Lasso fans have gotten a glimpse into her vocal prowess, but man, oh man, what a set---of pipes on Hannah Waddingham. I'm sure the Bublé special will be fine, but Hannah Waddingham already is. Her arms make Michelle Obama look like Honey Boo Boo's mom. The defending Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy winner needs to capitalize on her success and drop a Christmas album. I'm gonna have to DVR this in hopes of getting more than 35 seconds of her talents. I LOVE Hannah Waddingam. 47 is the new 33. What a voice. P.S. No spoilers, but we already got to see Ms. Welton sing this. Hopefully, she sings more than just this one song at the Bublé special, but...again, her own Christmas album would solve this issue. Don't ever say Ole Dozo isn't an idea man. Double P.S. Why I'll always be a Michael Bublé guy:
I loathe the Baltimore Ravens; they ruined my 2012 Christmas by beating the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, which rendered my gift useless and a terrible memory (Bernard Pollard should be in JAIL). Still, as an unbiased football guy, I have zero issues with them going for two yesterday. As a former offensive lineman, I love the call. In that spot, with Lamar Jackson, I love trusting your offense and going for the death blow to your most hated rival right there, especially with the loss of Marlon Humphrey.
I get the other side of it too. Big Ben is a corpse; take your chances in OT. It didn't work out; Lamar Jackson made an awful throw in a spot where he needed touch (shocker), and the Ravens lost.
With the Ravens loss, the New England Patriots are the #1 seed in the American Football Conference for the time being.
It's an undeniable fact. The New England Patriots currently sit in the AFC's driver seat, but it doesn't really mean much more than a "wow, the rookie QB led Patriots are in first." It's just a nice little detail going into tonight's MNF football matchup against the Buffalo Bills, which has massive seeding implications.
A Patriots win, and they maintain the #1 seed and control their own destiny with four games remaining thanks to three of their four losses coming to NFC opponents. Buffalo would drop all the way to the #7 seed.
BUT should the Buffalo Bills beat the New England Patriots (something they've only done five times since 2004, and one of those wins was a meaningless Week 17 game where the Patriots benched their starters [I was there]. Another was against Jacoby Brissett, congrats!), the Titans would be in the pole position, with the Bills #2. The Patriots would drop down to 5th and face the two-time defending AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs in the 4-5 game. Luckily, should that happen, the season doesn't end today.
The winner of this game is clearly in the AFC East driver seat. If the Pats win tonight, they don't clinch a playoff spot, but they pretty much clinch a playoff spot.
Tonight might be just one game, and sure these teams are set to play again in 20 days, but what a blow this would be to Buffalo's morale. It's a way bigger game for them IMO. They're supposed to be here. In year one, with no Brady, they sweep the Pats for the first time since 1999, go to the AFC Championship Game, and think the division goes through western New York for the foreseeable future. Then the Patriots draft Mac Jones, spend more money than any team in the history of free agency and you've got to worry about the greatest organization in the league again. I feel for the people of Buffalo. Did their Super Bowl window already close?
There's no denying the implications for the Patriots. If they want to have any chance at the only first-round bye, they have to win this game, but they're also sort of playing with house money. It's only year one of the Mac Jones era. They're clearly building something, but a the same time you have to capitalize on these opportunities, you never know when your window could slam shut. Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson both "only" have one Super Bowl Ring. No rookie QB has ever made the Super Bowl, forget win it, BUT no home team had ever hosted a Super Bowl until last season. There's a first time for everything and I love the rookie who happens to have the best coach post AFL-NFL merger chances. Sure, I picked the Patriots to win the Super Bowl back in September, but that was because I'm a narrative guy. They can still win it all without winning tonight, but it'll be a hell of a lot easier if they take care of business in Buffalo. The AFC is wide open this season, and the lone bye will be a sizable advantage; if the Patriots want it, they have to win tonight. I cannot wait for this game. Pats ML all day. P.S. It's NFL Playoff Machine season. You can play out all the possibly scenarios of the stretch run right HERE. Song: Alone Again (Naturally) [1971] Artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan This song is me for the rest of the week. At least the world will get more DOL blogs, and I don't have to worry about kids throwing markers and coins at me! There was no #TML last week due to my attendance at the New England Patriots 8th win of the season. Unfortunately, despite a +47U showing in 2020, the Too Many Legs Teaser of the Week is winless in 2021. Sure, I've put up two 7-1s and a bunch of 6-2s and 5-3s, but that's about as meaningless as death row pardon two minutes too late, but isn't ironic, don't ya think? "It's tiiiiime, to win today, I'm sick of Lllllllllls, and teasers never going my way, We need a dub, could today be that day? Sta-tis-tic-ally speaking, I'm duuueeeeee. Here is this week's teeeaaaaser!" I usually stay away from -10 spreads because I get worried at -4, but the Colts beat the Texans 31-3 earlier this season, and history always repeats itself. If the Rams can't cover -7 against the Jaguars they should have a fire sale.
Best of luck with your wagers, and always wager responsibly! This is our week! I hit Week 13 last season. Song: All I Want (1992) Artist: Toad The Wet Sprocket Album: fear All I want is #TML to hit today (and the GQP to stop trying to send us back to the middle ages). I don't think either will happen, but a boi can dream! All we need is two (2) hits to be profitable for the year and to end the filibuster!
âDespite that abbreviated blog title, I had honestly forgotten that December 2nd was the day the 2008 NHS Mariners died an unnecessary death to a bunch of gravy drinking, GTL Johnston guys (that we beat on a walk-off touchdown on Homecoming earlier in the year..great coaching Dick!!!) but I got a rude reminder from F book this morning.
It was a "devistating" loss, but it's not 2009-2019 anymore; I'M OVER IT. Ya boi is much more focused on getting back into the win column TONIGHT in #DozVsTheDozen XXIV.
Match 158 (dozzaaahhh) is (7) Experts vs. winless (18) Nightmare. Ladies, gentlemen, and everything in between, this match has the potential to be a BLOODBATH (even with the Experts losing their last two matches). Look at those sabermetrics!
The line is set at -7. I wouldn't be surprised it was a similar showing to Tuesday's match where Misfits ended up winning by 11, but I'm just gonna control what I can control and try to put on a show for the people. #DozVsTheDzoen XXIV airs LIVE on my instagram (dozonlife) at 7:05. That'sINSTAGRAM/DOZONLIFE. I'll see ya there!
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