Sunday, November 8, 2015
Red Bulls vs DC Union for a chance to move on in the MLS playoffs
After a 1-0 first game victory in DC last weekend, the Red Bulls look to advance in the MLS Eastern Conference playoffs with a good result today. For those not hip to soccer that goal AT DC is big because in home and home, in soccer called "ties" that is the tie-breaker. Here's to a good result today at 3pm at Red Bull Stadium. Johnny can't wait to get tickets to the next round!
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Late night open thread
It's the Saturday Night Scoreboard Show!
Michigan 49
Rutgers 16
Rutgers just looks lost
Nebraska 39
Michigan State 38
Apparently you CAN run out of bounds and catch a pass for a touchdown
Clemson 23
Florida State 13
Clemson answers any questions about their lofty ranking
Florida 9
Vanderbilt 7
Poor people paid money to watch this wreck
Navy 45
Memphis 20
Memphis falls from the ranks of the unbeaten as the Navy picks up their biggest win in forever
UTEP 24
Rice 21
Because someone had to be the better 4-5 team
Penn 25
Princeton 23
Because someone had to the be smarter 5-3 team
Newberry 47
Limestone 7
Dear old Limestone falls to 2-6
The Jersey City Desk Game of the Week®
Lycoming 43
Delaware Valley 42
No sir, Delaware Valley will not be playing in the college football playoff this year after collapsing in the fourth quarter and giving up 16 points to Lycoming. Delaware Valley has a sad tonight, almost as big as Johnny's
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Michigan 49
Rutgers 16
Rutgers just looks lost
Nebraska 39
Michigan State 38
Apparently you CAN run out of bounds and catch a pass for a touchdown
Clemson 23
Florida State 13
Clemson answers any questions about their lofty ranking
Florida 9
Vanderbilt 7
Poor people paid money to watch this wreck
Navy 45
Memphis 20
Memphis falls from the ranks of the unbeaten as the Navy picks up their biggest win in forever
UTEP 24
Rice 21
Because someone had to be the better 4-5 team
Penn 25
Princeton 23
Because someone had to the be smarter 5-3 team
Newberry 47
Limestone 7
Dear old Limestone falls to 2-6
The Jersey City Desk Game of the Week®
Lycoming 43
Delaware Valley 42
No sir, Delaware Valley will not be playing in the college football playoff this year after collapsing in the fourth quarter and giving up 16 points to Lycoming. Delaware Valley has a sad tonight, almost as big as Johnny's
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Cristiano Ronaldo coming to MLS, in NYC?
By his own words Cristiano, maybe the second best player in the world behind that Argentinian mop headed kid, has expressed after his next contract in Europe, whether it takes him from Real Madrid to Paris Saint-Germain or back to Manchester United, in three to four years MLS should be expecting at least one season from the global icon known as #CR7:
"I've always said living and playing there is a possibility."
Nobody close to his name has come over. Not Thierry Henry to the Red Bulls, not David Villa to NYCFC. Ronaldo will no doubt get to choose the team he plays for. Since MLS plays through Spring, Summer and Fall, he wouldn't have to put winter miles on his legs as in Europe. Johnny's guess is he could land in two places, LA or NYC. Which NYC franchise is the question. The Red Bulls sure look like a better bet right now, winning two Supporters Shield trophies as top regular season team in the last three years and are favorites to win the MLS title this year. Much more attractive and who wants to play in Los Angeles in July and August?
Can you imagine the PATH trains out to Harrison on Red Bull game nights?
"I've always said living and playing there is a possibility."
Nobody close to his name has come over. Not Thierry Henry to the Red Bulls, not David Villa to NYCFC. Ronaldo will no doubt get to choose the team he plays for. Since MLS plays through Spring, Summer and Fall, he wouldn't have to put winter miles on his legs as in Europe. Johnny's guess is he could land in two places, LA or NYC. Which NYC franchise is the question. The Red Bulls sure look like a better bet right now, winning two Supporters Shield trophies as top regular season team in the last three years and are favorites to win the MLS title this year. Much more attractive and who wants to play in Los Angeles in July and August?
Can you imagine the PATH trains out to Harrison on Red Bull game nights?
Rutgers football Gameday!
As the calendar moves deeper into November the feeling at the Rutgers football building can't be lobbying for which bowl game you want to make sure you qualify for and impress the committee. It's more a "can the coach save his job and who is playing for a starting job next year, who has quit and how will this impact recruiting" feeling.
First, can Kyle Flood save his job? Our guess is no and we'll pile on unnecessarily and say he shouldn't even if they win out. He's regressed slightly from the Greg Schiano years hasn't he? For every close loss to an MSU there are horrid blow out losses, either way, losses. His suspension didn't help matters and his actions to get that suspension would have been enough for Johnny to show him the door.
Who is playing for a starting job next year? Everyone not a senior. Easy. Nobody should think they have a lock on anything. Who has quit? We'll see and coaches will sure see when they break down game film.
Will this have an impact on recruiting? Oh yeah. After a promising first season in the B1G in which Rutgers represented well, kids now look at a program in disarray, an inconsistent AD, and lacking facilities. If everyone got on the same side and all rowed together and they raised money for a new stadium and got a first class coach it'd STILL be an 5-7 year turnaround to really compete with Michigan State, Ohio State and newly refurbished Michigan. Iowa is a great story but could well be one-year wonders.
Speaking of Michigan. Remember when Rutgers "upset" Michigan last year in Piscataway? Johnny is going to bet the Michigan players remember it well. Today RU plays in the Big Quiet House in Ann Arbor (Anne Arbor is a slut) and things don't look good barring a true upset. Michigan's defense should well handle anything the Scarlet Knights can throw at them and the members of the skunk family will be remembering their last two games, a last-second brain fart loss to Sparty and a last-second brain fart win over Minnesota and will (WARNING--Midwestern colloquialism ahead) try and put the hay in the barn early. The Rutgers defense is going to have to be darned near perfect to keep this one from getting out of hand early, something BYU and Northwestern did a poor job of. No penalties keeping Michigan drives alive. No missed fumble recoveries or dropped interceptions. Play as hard as you can for as long as you can and hope the offense can somehow get two touchdowns. Johnny thinks RU will get those two TD's but that's about all.
Fearless Forecast
Michigan 38
Rutgers 17
First, can Kyle Flood save his job? Our guess is no and we'll pile on unnecessarily and say he shouldn't even if they win out. He's regressed slightly from the Greg Schiano years hasn't he? For every close loss to an MSU there are horrid blow out losses, either way, losses. His suspension didn't help matters and his actions to get that suspension would have been enough for Johnny to show him the door.
Who is playing for a starting job next year? Everyone not a senior. Easy. Nobody should think they have a lock on anything. Who has quit? We'll see and coaches will sure see when they break down game film.
Will this have an impact on recruiting? Oh yeah. After a promising first season in the B1G in which Rutgers represented well, kids now look at a program in disarray, an inconsistent AD, and lacking facilities. If everyone got on the same side and all rowed together and they raised money for a new stadium and got a first class coach it'd STILL be an 5-7 year turnaround to really compete with Michigan State, Ohio State and newly refurbished Michigan. Iowa is a great story but could well be one-year wonders.
Speaking of Michigan. Remember when Rutgers "upset" Michigan last year in Piscataway? Johnny is going to bet the Michigan players remember it well. Today RU plays in the Big Quiet House in Ann Arbor (Anne Arbor is a slut) and things don't look good barring a true upset. Michigan's defense should well handle anything the Scarlet Knights can throw at them and the members of the skunk family will be remembering their last two games, a last-second brain fart loss to Sparty and a last-second brain fart win over Minnesota and will (WARNING--Midwestern colloquialism ahead) try and put the hay in the barn early. The Rutgers defense is going to have to be darned near perfect to keep this one from getting out of hand early, something BYU and Northwestern did a poor job of. No penalties keeping Michigan drives alive. No missed fumble recoveries or dropped interceptions. Play as hard as you can for as long as you can and hope the offense can somehow get two touchdowns. Johnny thinks RU will get those two TD's but that's about all.
Fearless Forecast
Michigan 38
Rutgers 17
Friday, November 6, 2015
Late night open thread
Don't you hate it when you can't cut bread with a wooden door stop?
You need the Stopper Chopper®...or something.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
You need the Stopper Chopper®...or something.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE EAGLES!
OK, listen up. Johnny's got company in from points west but nothing stops the Music Series....until it does. We'll make it quick and easy for the non-readers tonight. The Eagles and 'Victim of Love'.
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with NICK LOWE!
Great artist, great song. Moving right along it's Nick Lowe with 'Switchboard Susan' cats and kittens.
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with SUZANNE VEGA!
Brilliant song. The piano on this one? Joe Jackson. Ok, skedaddle, Johnny's got hosting to do.
EXCLUSIVE:The Jersey City Desk has learned and now will report the reason for JCPD presence on HBLR tomorrow!
The Jersey City Police, along with several other emergency response teams will be on a training exercise tomorrow along the Hudson Bergen Light Rail line:
The NJ Transit Police Department's Office of Emergency Management will be conducting a training exercise tomorrow at the HBLR Caven Point Facility along with federal, state and local partners in order to evaluate a multiple agency response to a simulated transportation incident.
The Jersey City Desk has gotten ahold of leaked documents and this four hour training exercise is called, "Operation Big Mouth - Chris Christie with a Phone on a Quiet Car"
The Jersey City Desk, first with important news you can use.
The NJ Transit Police Department's Office of Emergency Management will be conducting a training exercise tomorrow at the HBLR Caven Point Facility along with federal, state and local partners in order to evaluate a multiple agency response to a simulated transportation incident.
The Jersey City Desk has gotten ahold of leaked documents and this four hour training exercise is called, "Operation Big Mouth - Chris Christie with a Phone on a Quiet Car"
The Jersey City Desk, first with important news you can use.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Late night open thread
Johnny got the part he needed as an intern actually once did something good. We're back on the air.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
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