Living in South Florida- “Another Miami Dophins First Down” After having lived almost my entire life in either New York or Las Vegas cultural differences are easy to spot when you move to a 'new' area of the country. The best part of living in this area of the country of course is the beaches, weather and free and easy attitude of the tourists and locals, but their sports knowledge is so shallow it's difficult to keep quite when they are talking shit. The University of Miami football games are great to attend with all the co-eds prancing around leaving nothing to the imagination (Ever go to South Beach) the Heat games are fun, the Marlins are so easy to attend as parking and tickets are a breeze but when you go to a Dolphins game it is so annoying to hear the most uninformed and least knowledgeable fans in the country talk during the game. The 'Dolphins Fan' believes that first downs have more value then points on the scoreboard. Two weeks ago on a Monday night I was in attendance when Miami was hosting the New England Patriots and at the half the Dolphins had 17 first downs but only one score as they led 7-6 at the break. It was at this time I mentioned to my companions that the Dolphins were in trouble and that the Pats would make some adjustments and most likely control the second half. It was at this time that some of the Miami faithful over-hearing what I said become a little boisterous about what I had said ( let it be known that I had the Dolphins that night). The thing that annoys me is the fans go crazy every time the home team makes a first down they all stand-up and cheer 'Another Miami Dolphins First Down' a phrase they repeat EVERY time the Dolphins gain 10 yards. I tried to explain to my butting-in new friend that you get excited over first downs while the other side is scoring touchdowns. 'Yeah, well, if we get enough first downs we'll score enough to win' was his response. Final Patriots 41- Dolphins 14...First downs...Miami-23 New England 16. National League Championship Series How can the San Francisco Giants possibly win? The last time the 'Giants' won a World Series they were in New York in 1954 and Willie Mays was making a catch 480 feet away from home plate in the Polo Grounds, a place where they never played polo. (Yes, 480 feet) Now, the Giants have Busty Posey and who else? I can't figure it. What the do have is amazing pitching and like the Los Angeles Dodgers of the early 1960's they have to steal runs to win. I remember the first time that I saw Marilyn Manson I mean Tim Lincecum pitch, I was at the bar in Ruth's Cris Steak House on Paradise in Las Vegas (Oscar Goodman was having a Bombay) and I turned to Jay the manager and asked if he's seen this kid throw? His response of course was “if he's not a Red Sox I don't care.” See, Red Sox fans are not baseball fans they are just Boston fans they have such hatred of New York that they would just as soon see the Sox lose as long as the Yankees lose. (Folks, that is a bad attitude for life) Anyway, Lincecum IS a freak and almost un-hittable and with Sanchez developing fast and Matt Cain they can win. Madison Bumgarner was in high school three years ago and believe me he can throw and that's how the Giants will have to win. Some timely hitting and great pitching...I am sort of rooting for them. The Dallas Cowboys Once again I have to comment on the 'Boys! This team has NO respect for their head coach 'Little Bummer' Phillips! Just seven days after have an unsportsmanlike penalty was assessed against them after scoring a tying touchdown against the Titans, which led to the winning Tennessee touchdown after the kick-off return, they do it again against the Vikings in Minnesota. This team has no discipline as they average 11 penalties a game and make more special team mistakes then anybody (excluding Miami). Jerry Jones refuses to admit that it was HIS error that put the 'Little Bummer' in charge of this crew and I believe that they can't win until they make some major changes starting at the top. Oh yea, by the way Tony Homo (excuse me) Romo just doesn't get it done when it counts...he's waiting for his next career in Hollywood.