Showing posts with label Lions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lions. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Picture Memories - Edward 7 Cans

April 25th 2009 was a Saturday. It was 1084 days ago. And it was 8 days before I graduated college.

The only log of my existence that day is this picture:


The picture shows Mark, Myself, and Craig standing on the front porch of my college house preparing to play a game of Edward 7 Cans. Which is much like Edward 40 Hands for those who are too lazy to go to Campus Corner and buy actual 40's. It's genesis can be traced here.

The best I can tell from this picture, we were probably sitting around the house watching day 1 of the 2009 NFL draft. Thus I am wearing my Lions jersey. The Lions picked a southerner named Matthew Stafford with the first overall pick.

There are really only two known strategies to Edward 7 Cans. Both are on display in this picture. Craig has chosen the "line" strategy whereby he aligns all 7 cans in a row along both forearms. This strategy is nice because you can drink down the line, and avoid spilling beer all over your face, which is a problem with Mark and My strategy which is known as the "cluster". The nice thing about the cluster is that your arms don't get as cold, but you have a tendancy to spill beer from previously drunk cans all over your face.

I have no clue whose idea is was to play E7C or what happened after that game but I definitely think I enjoyed myself. The previous post showed Mark and I drinking at the beginning of our college careers, this one shows us still drinking at the end of our college careers. We clearly matured in 4 years and evolved to physically attaching booze to ourselves for optimal drinking results.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

NFL First Quarter Results

Of my three NFL over under bets all of them are still looking like very good wagers. Remember I bet Detroit to win less than 5 games, Tampa Bay to win less than 6 and Miami to win less than 8. After the first 4 weeks of the season the three teams have a combined record of 2-10.

Detriot
To be on pace to get five games they would need 1.25 wins by now. They are at 1. They still have games against St. Louis and Cleveland, so this bet is by no means in the bag. As they just need to go 4-8 the rest of the season to make me look like a fool.

Tampa Bay
Tampa has still yet to win a game. To be on pace they would need to have 1.5 wins by now. This is a team that has been outscored by 53 points so far. For them to win they would have to go 6-6 the rest of the way. This bet is pretty safe.

Miami
Miami won their first game today. So they are now 1-3. They are also behind pace to reach 8 wins. Miami is not playing terrible football but I would be surprised if they went 7-5 the rest of the season. Especially when 4 of the remaining games are against the Jets and the Pats.