TYGRRRR EXPRESS June-July 2025 New Mexico Speaking Schedule

June 23rd, 2025

Monday, June 23, 2025 — Deming, New Mexico GOP. Evening.  

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — Sierra County, New Mexico GOP. Evening. 

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 — Las Cruces, New Mexico GOP. Evening. 

Thursday, June 26, 2025 — Lea County GOP Ice Cream Social. Hobbs, New Mexico. 6pm. 

Friday, June 27, 2025 — Dona County Republican Women. Las Cruces, New Mexico. 11am. 

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 — Senator Jay Block Office Grand Opening in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Noon. 

Thursday, July 3, 2025 — Deming Rotary Club in New Mexico. Noon. 

Friday, July 4, 2025 — Deming Independence Day Parade booth in New Mexico. 10am.

eric

The Top 120 Political Yummy Bouncies of 2025

June 23rd, 2025

The Top 120 Political Yummy Bouncies of 2025

Welcome to Summer. Every June 21st, I release my list of the Top 30 hottest women in politics. This list was originally known as the Top 120 political yummy bouncies. Anyway, this is a bare bones list. You can Google the photos yourself. The top 10 liberals, centrists and conservatives are listed for your viewing pleasure. The list was delayed due to events involving America, Israel and Iran. 

Liberals:

10.) Elissa Slotkin — This first term U.S. Senator from Michigan is a Democrat’s dream. She is a Jewish woman who shoves her fellow Jews under the bus while coddling Islamists. She would rank higher but she is in the shadow of her fellow Michigan disaster, Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

9.) Angel Reese — This racist whitey-hating bully plays in the WNBA. She and her fellow black players physically beat up Caitlan Clark for being caucasian. Reese just can’t accept that Clark is better than her. Nevertheless, Reese’s attempts to inflict barely violence on Clark took the WNBA from a league nobody cares about to a league almost nobody cares about. If Reese fails as a player, she can always become the next Jemele Hill and make millions issuing angry ice-biting commentary under the fig leaf of sports. 

8.) Gretchen Whitmer — She locked down her state of Michigan with draconian Covid restrictions that she and her husband openly disobeyed. She bashed Florida during Covid while secretly visiting the state. Somehow, she managed to get reelected. She is a future presidential candidate only because Michigan is a swing state and Democrats have abandoned all pretenses of moderation. She would rank higher but her political machine was as useless as she is during the 2024 election. 

7.) Kathy Hochul — The failed New York Governor was initially appointed when Democrats forced out the more moderate Andrew Cuomo over a few cases of grab-@ss. Hochul is a radical leftist who was elected to a full term by the skin of her teeth. Her arrogance cost Democrats five congressional seats and control of Congress. Her total failure at everything makes her a perfect future Democrat presidential candidate. She has managed to take solid blue New York and make it competitive for Republicans. With Cuomo trying to make a comeback as NYC Mayor, she will have another Democrat to battle with. She owes her entire career to him, and he has a loyal constituency she lacks. 

6.) Tulsi Gabbard — Her working for a Republican administration is irrelevant. Her leaving the Democrat party and re-registering as an independent is irrelevant. She remains a hardcore leftist, only with an attractive face and calm voice. She is still anti-war at all costs. She would rank higher as the first Indian American Director of National Intelligence, but in recent weeks her star has lost some luster in the Trump administration. 

5.) Letitia James — The only thing bigger than the New York Attorney General’s ego is her badonkadonk, and it’s a close call. She campaigned on a promise to frame Donald Trump for crimes, and in the short term she succeeded. She would rank higher but much of her “work” has been overturned by sane judges. Now she is facing criminal charges for the very same crimes she prosecuted Trump for. She is planning to play the race and gender card to an acquittal, and in New York that is a very real possibility. 

4.) Claudia Sheinbaum — Mexico’s first female president happens to be Jewish. She is also a hardcore leftist socialist, which means she will be a nightmare for Jews. If she messes up in office, her critics will remind everyone that she is Jewish. If Karl Marx were a Mexican woman, he would have nothing on Sheinbaum. She was expected to allow the few people still living in Mexico to illegally enter the United States. Any fentanyl that crosses the border and kills Americans is just coincidental. Yet now that her citizens are being returned to her en masse, she will have to govern some pretty bad hombres in addition to the good people of her nation. 

3.) Leslie Marshall — This liberal radio host is the ultimate survivor. First she became a star as one of the main liberal voices on Fox News. Yet her biggest test came when her home burned down during the tragic Altadena wildfire. She left political mode and went straight into mom mode, making sure her family was safe. She is a reminder of what truly matters. She lost a lot, but out of the literal ashes is still fighting for what she believes in. She has always had compassion for human suffering, which is why so many who disagree with her politics shows her that same compassion during the toughest of times. 

2.) Kamala Harris — This giggling, cackling hyena became an affirmative action hire when Barack and Michelle Obama ordered Joe Biden to put her on the ticket. Despite being terrible at everything, Harris outlasted rivals Ron Klain and Susan Harris. She does virtually nothing, and what little she does, she does badly. Yet because of her race and gender, Biden could not fire her from the ticket. He was stuck with her. She had the ultimate no-show job, but she wanted more. She repaid Biden by forcing him out of the race. She was close to absolute power, but her inability to be good at anything finally did her in. Yet again because she checks off the main diversity boxes, she is still a heavy favorite to be the 2028 Democrat nominee. 

1.) Jasmine Crockett — This woman is downright crazy. In her slang, she would be considered cray-cray. Her social media tirades electrify her base and scare anyone sane. Young men look at her and think, “I’d do her.” Some of them realize she might be the kind of woman who would boil their bunny rabbit. Then they think, “Yeah, I’d still do her.” She could make millions forming a duo with fellow Congressman Jerry Nadler known as “Crockett and Tubbs.”

Centrists:

9.) Erin Burnett — It’s hard to call anyone a centrist at CNN, but Burnett seems far less crazy than most of her colleagues. She has managed to avoid disgracing herself at her network, not an easy feat. She would rank higher but virtually nobody watches CNN.

8.) Melissa Theuriau — This French journalist works for M6, the most profitable TV news entity in France. As beautiful as she is, her stories often get overlooked due to a global apathy toward the irrelevant nation of France. If she covered any other nation, she would be an even bigger superstar. President Emanuel Macron remains a non-entity, making it hard to propel her to greater career heights. 

7.) Susan Li — She was born in China and raised in Toronto, Canada. Now she is a Fox Business correspondent. She has interviewed top political and business leaders in Canada and the United States. 

6.) Robin Meade — This lead morning news anchor for Headline News was once Miss Ohio. In 2021 she even released a country music album. She is an example of drop-dead gorgeous and multi-talented women who deserve to be taken seriously. 

5.) Megyn Kelly — This former attorney turned Fox News personality left the network and sued her former boss Roger Ailes. Her stint at NBC was unsuccessful, but she rebounded as a top internet reporter and analyst, She is a tough as nails questioner who plays it straight down the line. She would rank higher if she were on a major television network. Conversely, she is one of the few journalists who found significant exposure on the Internet.  

4.) Princess Kate — The Royal family does not have any political power, but they do have influence far beyond Britain. The death of the beloved and respected Queen Elizabeth led to the ridiculed Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles taking over. If they somehow do not permanently destroy the monarchy, Kate and her husband Prince William could restore it. Kate and her husband both conduct themselves with propriety and class, a sparkling contrast to the publicity seeking grifters Harry and Meghan. Kate’s role is more vital than ever given the wreckage around other family members. She has been a beacon of dignity and grace as she wages a brutal battle against cancer. She is a mix of kindness, boldness, and overall strength.

3.) IDF Gals — The ladies of the Israeli defense Forces are among the toughest women in the world. They are more military than political, but everything involving Israel internally and externally is political. When not defending themselves and their nation giants crazed zealots trying to kill them, they still manage to be charming, funny and gorgeous. There is nothing like a woman with a gun who knows how to use it. IDF ladies are hot. 

2.) Kat Timpf — While she is a die-hard political libertarian on Fox News, she does not fit neatly into any political box. Known mainly as Greg Gutfeld’s comic foil, she showed a spine of steel in recent months. While pregnant, she discovered that she had cancer. Trying to have multiple surgeries and give birth are hard enough on their own, but Timpf beat cancer and gave birth to a healthy baby. She was greeted with a heroic welcome upon returning to TV, but she is no charity case. Right out of the box, she was back in biting comedic form. You can’t keep a good woman down. 

1.) Melania Trump — She is married to the current Republican president, but she has never been overtly political. She is a former model, not a political activist. Her stint as First Lady would have been completely non-controversial had the media not despised her husband so much. She is drop dead gorgeous. With Donald Trump back in the White House again, Melania easily tops the list again.

Conservatives:

10._ Giorgia Meloni — She has been Prime Minister of Italy. She would rank higher but italy’s influence in the world has waned just a bit since the peak of the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, this conservative woman drew praise for rolling her eyeballs at her hapless French counterpart at a G-7 meeting. While she is not going to offer anything entertaining like Silvio Berlusconi’s bunga bunga parties, she has shifted the debate in Italy to the right. That is what a real conservative is supposed to do. 

9.) Lauren Boebert — While nobody should celebrate divorce, many single men perked up when Lauren Boebert became single. This stunning brunette is a sexy pistol packing hot mama. This Colorado congresswoman  barely survived her reelection, but is now fighting back hard against the anti-American Squad. She held former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s feet to the fire. She will need to get reelected again to move up the list. She was involved in a sexually inappropriate incident in a movie theatre, but to be fair her date was a Democrat. Her behavior as a recent divorcee only added to her legend.

8.) Anna Paulina Luna — She is the first Mexican-American to be elected to Congress in Florida. She is a warrior. She led the charge against Merrick Garland, Adam Schiff and other corruptocrats. To move higher on this list, she needs to show staying power by getting reelected. She also needs to get results from her inquiries. So far, no Democrat she has targeted has been held accountable. 

7.) Mollie Hemingway/Miranda Devine — These are two of the hottest and smartest reporters in America. Hemingway writes for the Federalist, while the appropriately named Divine writes for the New York Post. Hemingway has done extensive work on exposing corruption involving the 2020 presidential election. Divine has brilliantly revealed the various controversies surrounding Hunter Biden and his laptop from hell as well as the coverup of Joe Biden’s mental decline while in office The more information dribbles out, the more these two women are seen as right. 

6.) Sarah Huckabee Sanders — She was Donald Trump’s White House press secretary. Now she is the first female Arkansas Governor. Her father previously held that job when Bill Clinton’s successor Jim Guy Tucker resigned due to the Whitewater scandal. Succeeding the more moderate Asa Hutchinson, Sanders has battled critics while raising several children and moving her state sharply to the right. She has beaten back the woke mob and largely won the culture wars in her state. She is drastically reducing taxes in an attempt to get her state income tax to zero. She could be President some day. 

5.) Winsome Sears — The Lieutenant Governor of Virginia is a rock star. She is a proud black woman who served her country in the United States Marines. In her citizen life, she ran a homeless shelter. She has broken plenty of barriers in Virginia politics, which would make her a media darling if she were a Democrat. She has to settle for being loved by Republican voters nationwide. The Governor of Virginia is limited to one term, making her the logical successor to Governor Glenn Youngkin. She won the nomination. She will rocket up the list if she wins the general election. 

4.) Kristi Noem — This great South Dakota Governor achieved plaudits for keeping her state completely open during the Covid pandemic. She kept the state normal but lost the battle to have July 4th fireworks at Mount Rushmore an annual event. Yet when Trump replaced Biden, she brought the fireworks back. She was considered a presidential candidate and an even stronger vice presidential choice, but she received flak for giving her dog the Old Yeller treatment. The issue of her shooting her dog was overblown, but she fumbled the media part of explaining her actions. She redeemed herself by being a fantastic Secretary of Homeland Security. 

3.) Susie Wiles — She might be the most consequential Chief of Staff in the history of Republican politics. President Donald Trump’s comeback does not happen without Wiles. As a campaign manager and later as his Chief of Staff, Wiles runs the tightest of ships. She makes sure information is closely guarded and does not leak. She rarely ever does media interviews, preferring to remain in the shadows. She has ordered all White House personnel to understand that “There are no rock stars” in this administration. This is ironically not true. She is one, and her refusal to put herself on the pedestal only adds to her aura. She is a workhorse, not a show horse. By not being flashy, she brilliantly gets the job done. President Trump is known for chaos, but Wiles brings strict order and discipline to her team. 

2.) Alina Habba — President Trump’ former personal attorney successfully defended him against serious politically weaponized charges. She won, his critics lost. She was rewarded with a position as the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. She immediately began the process of holding corrupt Attorney General Leticia James accountable. James is still free, but she is weakened and unable to harm Trump. Habra is seeing to that. She is as hot as she is smart and effective. 

1.) Karoline Leavitt — In the modern era, messaging is key. Communication is vital. America went from the least competent Press Secretary to one if its most able. Following Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kayleigh Mcenany is a tall order, but Leavitt is a ruthlessly effective debater. She shred reporters because she is smarter than they are and they know it. She calls out questions that are biased, false, or just plain stupid. She throws haymakers, which delights her boss. She is only 27 years old, and she already balances serving the leader of the free world with being a new parent. Leavitt is a rising star with a very bright future ahead.

These are the hottest 30 political women of 2025. 

eric

Democrats must embrace their inner crazy

May 21st, 2025

If Democrats had an ounce of integrity, they would have gone with Howard Dean in 2004, Bernie Sanders in 2016, Sanders or Liz Warren in 2020, or Kamala in 2020 or 2024 from the beginning. They would choose AOC or Jasmine Crockett in 2028.

They are crazy. They know they are crazy. Yet Crazy loses national elections, so they have to lie about who they are.

Joe Biden is a lifelong doofus, but he was a center-left doofus. He wasn’t insane. John Kerry is an insufferable pompous @ss, but he is not a screaming lunatic. Biden & Kerry rescued the party from Warren, Sanders, Dean etc.

Hillary Clinton was the worst because she purposely amplified her crazy to appeal to the crazies. She yelled and screamed, but she was always more policy wonk than firebrand. She did rallies with Warren, but the true-believing Warren basket cases never believed Hillary was one of them. Hillary tried to be normal or crazy depending on who she was speaking to, and voters saw through this phoniness.

Barack Obama’s ideas are crazy, but boy did he know how to wrap those ideas in words that seemed normal and mainstream. Gavin Newsom is now trying that same strategy. Kamala Harris failed to straddle this divide because she is dumb, and dumb people in general are bad communicators. Harris is every bit as dumb and crazy as AOC and Crockett, but she hid it slightly better for awhile. She lacked Obama’s communication skills.

Look at who has been chosen to lead the DNC over the years: Dean, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Mike Perez, etc. These people are certifiably insane. Now look at RNC leaders: Haley Barbour, Reince Priebus and Ronna McDaniel are all normal human beings. They can speak without screaming in rage.

Donald Trump sometimes says crazy things, but his deeds are quite normal. His policy proposals are every bit as mainstream as any other Republican. His main difference is his reluctance to blow up countries that could really use a good @ss-kicking. If his worst deed is refusing to wage wars, his deeds aren’t bad at all.

Democrats need to decide if they want to continue running crazed lunatics and others forced to lie about who they are to hide the crazy. Michael Dukakis in 1988 was the last honest man to win the Democrat nomination for President. Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 was the last Democrat to win the nomination by accurately portraying himself as a normal human being.

Democrats could try running another normal human being and letting them govern as a normal human being, but their history this century says that is beyond their desires or abilities.

If they remain crazy, and their voters demand crazy, Democrats owe it to Americans to embrace their crazy rather than try and hide it until after an election.

Think of the movie “Crazy People.” Dudley Moore says “Let’s just level with America.” Paul Reiser responds “We can’t level with America you crazy b@stard, we’re in advertising!”

That is the Democrat conundrum. They refuse to become normal. They refuse to honest about being crazy. So they keep pushing crazy ideas but using somewhat normal Trojan horse candidates to get the crazy through.

eric TYGRRRR EXPRESS

The Top 25 NFL Games of 2025

May 14th, 2025

The 2025 NFL schedule has been released.

https://www.nfl.com/schedules/2025/REG1/

Here are the TOP 25 GAMES OF NFL 2025

1.) Week 1: Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers
2.) Week 1: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers
3.) Week 1: Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills
4.) Week 2: Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs
5.) Week 4: Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs
6.) Week 6: Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs
7.) Week 7: Philadelphia Eagles at Minnesota Vikings
8.) Week 7: Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys
9.) Week 8: Washington Commanders at Kansas City Chiefs
10.) Week 9: Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills
11.) Week 10: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers
12.) Week 10: Detroit Lions at Washington Commanders
13.) Week 11: Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos
14.) Week 11: Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles
15.) Week 12: Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans
16.) Week 12: Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
17.) Week 14: Washington Commanders at Minnesota Vikings
18.) Week 14: Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills
19.) Week 15: Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals
20.) Week 15: Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams
21.) Week 16: Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks
22.) Week 16: Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders
23.) Week 17: Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
24.) Week 18: Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders
25.) Week 18: Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

eric

 

2025 NFL Draft Recap

April 27th, 2025

2025 NFL Draft Recap

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft/rounds

eric

Combatting Campus Antisemitism Requires Drastic Actions

March 19th, 2025

Combatting Campus Antisemitism Requires Drastic Actions

 

The most recent Jewish heartbreak is the news that innocent baby Kfir Bibas was murdered. Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th. Rather than let innocent babies live, Hamas terrorists strangled them to death. In normal times, horrors like this would have the entire civilized world empathizing with Jews. The virtue-signaling “I stand with” crowd would stand with Jews.

 

These are not normal times, and Jewish enemies are far from civilized. Columbia University offshoot Barnard College has exploded in anti-Jewish rage. Students and other agitators demanded an Intifada and explicitly chanted “We want war.”

 

War is what they deserve. It is long past time to crack down hard on campus riots. The way to stop a mob is to stop it. The first step is to declare the rioters domestic terrorists. The civil liberties crowd will explode, but people wrong about virtually everything can be ignored.

 

Federal prosecutors have the power to use RICO laws and the Patriot Act to break the terrorists. Under the 2002 Bush Doctrine, anyone who finances, shelters, harbors or aids terrorists in any way is as guilty of terrorism as the terrorists themselves.

 

Arresting and prosecuting students is insufficient. Even placing the worst actors in Guantanamo Bay is not dayenu. These agitators are plankton. New plankton can replace them until those entrenched at the top are dealt with. This means handling university boards and trustees who are at best too timid to stop the terrorists and at worst ideologically supporting them financially and emotionally.

 

These boards and trustees have become far too comfortable. Expelling students will not affect them. Conditions will change only when some rich white leftists are made to feel uncomfortable. This means using terrorism laws to seize and confiscate college endowments. This is routine when dealing with illegal drug profits and other organized crime monies. If the universities can show that zero percent of their endowments are used to finance campus terrorism, they can attempt to claw the money back. Until then, put the campuses on defense. Impound their endowments now.

 

Any trustees or board members caught funding campus terrorists must immediately be arrested. The level of involvement will determine if they get civilian trials under the U.S. Constitution or are sent to Gitmo for military trials. Some of the agitators are Jewish themselves, at least by birth. That must not be a valid defense.

 

Leftists will argue that white collar education elitists are hardly al Qaeda or ISIS. Let us have that debate. Terrorism is terrorism.

 

When rich white leftists start going to prison, the bad behavior will stop. Until every Jew on every campus is free and safe, not one anti-Jewish radical deserves freedom or safety.

 

While seizing university endowments might stop the mobs, more drastic action may be necessary. The nuclear option is to shut down campuses permanently. When any institution violates its own purpose and engages in terror, that institution loses its protected status. International law permits bombing mosques, schools and hospitals that hide terrorists. If universities aid and comfort terrorists, all options and sanctions are on the table.

 

Reducing universities to rubble like Gaza is not on the table, but declaring them illegal enterprises is an option. The federal government has broad latitude when dealing with property used in crimes. The Constitution’s Fourth Amendment only applies to illegal seizures. Federal prosecutors must make the case why seizures of university endowments and buildings are lawful.

 

Seize the endowments. Arrest all complicit board members and trustees. Subject them to civilian trials or military tribunals. Deport any of them who are non-citizens.

 

This is war. The rioters demanded war. This is one demand the federal government should honor. According to the rules of war, it is necessary to break the campuses until they surrender or are permanently crushed.

 

Kfir Bibas deserves nothing less. Jews everywhere deserve no less.

Democrats finally have a leader

March 19th, 2025

https://www.newsmax.com/ericgolub/clinton-green/2025/03/18/id/1203307/

 

Super Bowl LIX (59) Recap

February 10th, 2025

Super Bowl LIX (59) Recap

Super Bowl LIX (59) finally arrived. The regular season, playoffs and Pro Bowl are in the books. The new Pro Football Hall of Fame class was just announced. They will be enshrined in August. Now it was time for the Super Bowl. The AFC’s Kansas City Chiefs are took on the NFC’s Philadelphia Eagles in a rematch from 2 years ago. In that game the Chiefs won 38-35 in the final seconds. 

The Chiefs just came from playing their 7th straight AFC Championship game, with 6 of those games being played at their home field Arrowhead. The 2024 Chiefs won their AFC Wast Division for the 9th straight year. After easily dispatching Houston in the Divisional round, the Chiefs won a thrilling AFC Title Game over Buffalo that involved several controversial calls going in the Chiefs favor. The Chiefs for the third straight year won the Lamar Hunt Trophy named after their late founder and owner.

The Eagles won the NFC Title Game for the second time in three years. The Eagles defense shut down Green Bay in the Wildcard round and barely survived the Rams in a snowstorm in the Divisional Round. In the Conference Title Game, the Eagles carpet-bombed Washington and put 55 points on the board. Despite reaching multiple NFC Title Games and holding up the George Halas Trophy four times, the Eagles have only won one Super Bowl.

The Chiefs entered looking to make pro football history. They were one game away from football immortality. They sought to become the only NFL team to ever win three straight Super Bowls. Green Bay won three straight championships from 1929-1931 and from 1965-1967, but most of those wins were before the Super Bowl era that began with the 1966 season. 

The game also featured emotional subplots that went beyond football. Two recent plane crashes occurred with planes that began in Kansas and Missouri, with one of those planes crashing in Philadelphia. The host city New Orleans was a victim of a brutal terrorist attack only 5 weeks earlier on New Year’s Eve. Yet the heavy hearts gave way to why people were in attendance. It was time to play football. 

The Chiefs won the coin toss and deferred. The Eagles after a touchback moved to a 4th and 2 at midfield. Nick Sirianni gambled big and bold early on. Jalen Hurts went deep to AJ Brown for a 32 yard gain. Yet offensive pass interference on Brown nullified the gain and killed the drive. The Chiefs took over at their own 12. Patrick Mahomes immediately hit Juju Smith-Schuster for an 11 yard gain. Yet this would be the furthest thing from an 88 yard drive. The story of this game was the Philadelphia defense. Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio for the first time all season did not blitz one single time. With the eagles rushing only 4, they simply overwhelmed the Kansas City offensive line. Mahomes frequently had nobody to throw to all game. Kansas City defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is known as a genius on that side of the ball. On this day, Fangio was as well. 

The Eagles got the ball back at their own 31. Hurts went to Dallas Goedert for 20. On 3rd and 5 from the Kansas City 32, Hurts threw incomplete but defensive unnecessary roughness added 15 yards. Hurts then went deep to Dotson for a 27 yard gain down to the one yard line. The entire football world knew it was tush push time, but it didn’t matter. Hurts took the quarterback sneak and got a violent offensive line to ram him forward into the end zone. The touchdown made it 7-0 Eagles. The Eagles got it back at their own 20 and moved to a 3rd and 10 at the Kansas City 30 early in the third quarter. Under heavy pressure, Hurts went deep and threw a bad pass that was intercepted. Yet the Chiefs were pinned at their own 2 and ended up punting the ball back. The Eagles took over at their own 43 and moved to a 4th and 3 at the Kansas City 25. This time Nick Sirianni played it safe. After a false start, Jake Elliott hit a 48 yard field goal to make it 10-0 Eagles. 

After a touchback, consecutive sacks of Mahomes had the Chiefs facing 3rd and 16 at their own 24. Football fans are so used to the Chiefs string at will that it was just assumed that the Chiefs would turn on the switch and come back. Instead, Mahomes fired over the middle and was intercepted by Cooper DeJean. DeJean was celebrating his 22nd birthday, and he criss-crossed and weaved in traffic, getting help from some spectacularly timed and delivered blocks. DeJean became the first player in NFL history to have a defensive touchdown in the Super Bowl on his birthday. The 38 yard interception touchdown return had the Eagles up 17-0.

With 1:49 left in the half, the Chiefs were pinned at their own 6 yard line. Mahomes went back to pass and threw the ball just as he was getting tripped up by his own offensive lineman. The ball was thrown way off the mark and Zack Baun made a diving interception. The Eagles took over at the Kansas City 14. Hurts went to Brown in the flat, and Brown tiptoed past the pylon for another touchdown. The Eagles were dominating 24-0. A few years ago the Chiefs trailed 24-0 in a home playoff game. They scored 28 points before the half to take the lead en route to a 51-31 win. Yet this Eagles team was prepared.

Former New England quarterback Tom Brady was announcing the game. Brady threw an interception for a touchdown in the Super Bowl that had his team trailing Atlanta 28-3 in the third quarter and 28-9 in the fourth quarter. Brady led New England to a miraculous 34-28 overtime Super Bowl win. He led a 25 point comeback. The Chiefs were only down 24. Yet they had only 23 yards of total offense at halftime, with half of that coming on the first play from scrimmage. The Eagles held the ball for 20 minutes in the first half compared to only 10 minutes for the Chiefs. 

As for the halftime show, there was one. The halftime show has nothing to do with football, and therefore deserves no further elaboration. The President of the United States was at the Super Bowl for the very first time. A pop star who is dating one of the players was also in attendance. The President was cheers and the pop star was booed. Since politics and pop culture have nothing to do with football, further elaboration of them is also not required. 

The first drive of the second half was key for the Chiefs. After a touchback, they quickly picked up one first down just like they did on their first drive of the game. Yet just like in the first half, this drive also bogged down. Consecutive sacks had the Chiefs punting again. The Eagles moved from their own 20 to a 1st and goal at the 4. The defense stiffened. Elliott hit a 29 yard field goal to have the Eagles up 27-0. The Eagles after a touchback soon faced 4th and 4 at their own 47. Walrus Andy Reid went for it. Yet on a day when nothing went right for the Chiefs, Mahomes’s pass was knocked away at the last moment incomplete. Rather than run the ball, Nick Sirianni went for the kill shot. One play and 10 seconds was enough for Hurts to throw a perfect bomb to Devonta Smith for the touchdown. 

The Eagles now led 34-0 late in the third quarter. The greatest comeback in an NFL game came during the 1992 season in the playoffs. Backup Frank Reich overcame a 32 point third quarter deficit. Buffalo was down 35-3, but Reich led them to a 41-38 overtime win. Yet while the Chiefs entered the game seeking football immortality with a 3-peat, now it was the Eagles seeking football immortality in a different way. No NFL team ever pitched a Super Bowl shutout. In 1971, Dallas held Miami to only 3 points. In 2018, New England also held the Rams to only a field goal. The 2000 Baltimore defense shut out the Giants, but the Giants managed to avoid the shutout with a special teams touchdown on a kickoff return. 

There would be no football immortality. The Chiefs took over at their own 10 and Mahomes quickly went bombs away to Xavier Worthy for a 50 yard gain. That one play more than doubled their entire offensive output after almost three quarters. On 3rd and 7 from the Philadelphia 37, Mahomes went to Travis Kelce for 13. Shockingly, it was Kelce’s first catch of the game. Mahomes then went deep to Worthy again for a 24 yard touchdown. The 2 point try failed, but the Chiefs were now down 34-6. There would be no comeback. Elliott hit fourth quarter field goals of 48 and 50, the latter one set up by a sack of Mahomes that forced a fumble.

The Eagles were now winning a laugher up 40-6. The entire fourth quarter was garbage time. Mahomes threw a pair of touchdowns in the final 4 minutes, the latter coming on a 50 yard bomb to Worthy after the 2 minute warning. Yet all that did was shrink a 34 point deficit to an 18 point deficit. The onside kick failed. Hurts was on the sideline laughing as backup Kenny Pickett took 3 knees to end the blowout.

There would be no 3-peat. Instead, the Eagles won their second Super Bowl in franchise history. Mahomes was sacked 6 times and had 3 turnovers that led to 17 Eagles points. Hurts only threw 22 passes, completing 17 of them for 221 yards, 2 touchdowns, and the one early interception. Yet Hurts also added 72 yards on 11 carries, many of them designed runs. This was a ground and pound attack. The Eagles ran the ball 45 times for 135 yards. While it was only 3 yards per carry, it was the Eagles defense that made this a blowout. Phenom running back Barkley only had 57 yards on 25 carries, a paltry 2.3 yards per carry. Yet it didn’t matter. The Eagles took time off the clock and dominated the time of possession. The Eagles also had 221 receiving yards on only 17 catches. 

The blowout loss made Andy Reid a most unhappy Walrus indeed. He used to be Walrus Lite, the guy who could not win the big one. Then he drafted Mahomes, won a Super Bowl, and upgraded to full Walrus status along with his former boss Mike Holmgren. Yet winning 3 straight would have gotten Reid to the status of Eternal Walrus. On this day it was not to be. As for the Eagles, they are a ruthless fan base that fired Reid. Theygot rid of Doug Pederson after he with a backup quarterback won the very first Eagles Super Bowl championship. Last year, only one year removed from a Super Bowl appearance, the fans were already calling for Nick Sirianni’s scalp. Yet Sirianni is now the only coach in Eagles history to lead his team to more than one Super Bowl appearance. Two years after losing to Reid, Sirianni finally got to taste the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

The Eagles won 18 games including playoff games this season, a franchise record. Questions abound over whether Philadelphia defensive standout Brandon Graham and Kansas City wide receiver Kelce would retire. Walrus Andy Reid is 66, and rumors of his retirement have been floated for a couple of years now. Tears flowed for the winning and losing players, which is fitting given that the late beloved Dick Vermeil used to coach both of these teams. 

The 2024 NFL season and Super Bowl LIX are now in the history books. It is only 3 months until the 2025 NFL Draft, 6 months until the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony, and 7 months until the 2025 NFL regular season kicks off. For now, it was time for those in Kelly green to party in New Orleans and Philadelphia. 40-22 Eagles

Super Bowl LIX (59) Prequel

February 7th, 2025

Super Bowl LIX (59) Prequel

Super Bowl LIX (59) is here. The regular season, playoffs and Pro Bowl are in the books. The new Pro Football Hall of Fame class has been announced. They will be enshrined in August. Now comes the Super Bowl. The AFC’s Kansas City Chiefs are taking on the NFC’s Philadelphia Eagles in a rematch from 2 years ago. In that game the Chiefs won 38-35 in the final seconds. Despite being underdogs the last two years in the Super Bowl, this time the Chiefs are 1 1/2 point favorites. 

This game is being played on Sunday, February 10, 2025 at 6:30pm Eastern time on FOX. 

As for the halftime show, there will be one. It has nothing to do with football, and therefore deserves no further elaboration. The President of the United States will at the Super Bowl for the very first time. A pop star who is dating one of the players will also be in attendance. Since politics and pop culture have nothing to do with football, further elaboration of them is also not required. 

Now back to football.

The Chiefs just came from playing their 7th straight AFC Championship game, with 6 of those games being played at their home field Arrowhead. The 2024 Chiefs won their AFC Wast Division for the 9th straight year. After easily dispatching Houston in the Divisional round, the Chiefs won a thrilling AFC Title Game over Buffalo that involved several controversial calls going in the Chiefs favor. The Chiefs for the third straight year won the Lamar Hunt Trophy named after their late founder and owner.

The Eagles won the NFC Title Game for the second time in three years. The Eagles defense shut down Green Bay in the Wildcard round and barely survived the Rams in a snowstorm in the Divisional Round. In the Conference Title Game, the Eagles carpet-bombed Washington and put 55 points on the board. Despite reaching multiple NFC Title Games and holding up the George Halas Trophy four times, the Eagles have only won one Super Bowl.

The Chiefs are looking to make football history. They are one game away from football immortality. They are seeking to become the only NFL team to ever win three straight Super Bowls. Green Bay won three straight championships from 1929-1931 and from 1965-1967, but most of those wins were before the Super Bowl era that began with the 1966 season. 

The Chiefs have an offensive wizard in Walrus Andy Reid at head coach and a Buck Rodgers 25th century freak of nature in quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Yet the Chiefs now have a defense to match their offense. Their top ranked defense is led by defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. 

The Eagles have a coach in Nick Sirianni who is beloved by the platers. Quarterback Jalen Hurts is tough and mobile. Yet the key newest addition to the Eagles that they did not have two years ago is running back Saquon Barkley. In his first season with the Eagles this year, Barkley rushed for over 2,000 yards. He had a legitimate shot at Eric Dickerson’s all time single season NFL rushing record, but  he sat out the regular season finale. 

Both teams have great players. It is why they are in the big game to begin with. Yet the key matchup in this game is Barkley against the Kansas City defense. If the Chiefs defense contains Barkley, they win. If the Chiefs grab a lead and force the Eagles to abandon the run, the Chiefs win. 

Again, the Chiefs are playing for football immortality. They seem to get every single favorable officiating call, but let us put the conspiracies aside. The Eagles are great, but the cliche about defense winning championships is true. The 1985 Bears, 2000 Ravens, 2002 Buccaneers, and 2013 Seahawks with their Legion of Boom all decapitated seemingly high octane offenses.

Prediction: The Eagles will fall short again. The Chiefs will reach football immortality because of their defense. The Chiefs will win the game and cover the point spread to hold up the Vince Lombardi Trophy again. 

eric 

NFL 2024-2025 Pro Bowl Recap

February 2nd, 2025

The Pro Bowl is now a flag football game and skills competition rather than a real football game.

The NFC led by Eli Manning defeated the AFC led by Peyton Manning 76-63.

No further elaboration is required.

eric