Hurricane Irma has cancelled the Dolphins vs Bucs game originally scheduled for this Sunday. Obviously the game could not be played in the state of Florida with a lethal hurricane on the way with FLA in it’s path. Much to my dismay, the NFL couldn’t relocate the game to a neutral stadium this week.
What does this mean for the Dolphins? Both the Dolphins and the Buccaneers will now have Week 1 as their BYE week, and will then play 16 straight games without a week off, and for Miami, that includes a trip to London October 1st to play the New Orleans Saints at a sold out Wembley Stadium. To be more clear, what that means for our Dolphins is 3 straight road trips, to Los Angeles to play the Chargers next week, to New Jersey the following week to play the Jets, and then to London to “host” the Saints. That’s not great, especially knowing you don’t get a break the rest of the way.
So is it all bad for Miami? Obviously, with most things, there are positives and negatives. MLB Rey Maualuga gets another week to get into shape and get the defense down. It’s one less game that injured LG Ted Larsen will miss. It will give time to any injured Dolphins players to heal up now, and start the season as healthy as possible.
Back to the negatives . . . Safety T.J.McDonald is facing an 8 game suspension, and this just adds another week to his suspension. McDonald would have been eligible to play week 9, but now will have to wait for week 10. No matter what any player or coach says now regarding the situation, I can guarantee that they would have preferred to play this week, and keep their BYE week intact. The season is a long haul, and yes, up until 1989, teams played without a BYE week, BUT, the Dolphins and Bucs will be the ONLY teams NOT getting a BYE week, while every team with get to rest for a week at some point during the season. Fuck you very much Irma!
Back to the positives . . . We have Adam Gase coaching this team, and I believe if anyone can turn this into a minor annoyance, rather than a season changing dilemma, it would be Gase.
Go Dolphins! Zero in! Zero BYES!
To all our Florida friends in harms way, please be smart and get out of harms way. Board up your houses and make them as safe as you can, but keep yourselves safe. Your house can be replaced, but you and your family cannot. Love and best wishes to all of you!
Finsmob Unleashed 
PPD game gives Cutler extra time to get into form… we could start 3-0 (Saints game in England being the toughest of the first three)….
… But that home game vs Titans is looking like the REAL first home game.
I can see 4-2 record before hitting the beastly middle of the season run: Ravens, Raiders, Panthers, Bucs, Pats, Broncs, Pats again. Let’s say Chiefs are for real AND we can still beat a rebuilding Bills team twice in the last 3 weeks (2-1 to finish the season)…
… that’s 6-3 potential outside the 7-game gauntlet…. 6-10 worse case… 9-7 if we win three of the four home games in that stretch. One game behind last season’s record after losing Tanny and the bye… I think I could live with that if we got a wildcard spot.
I know I’m probably talking to blog members NOT in Florida right now… as it should be…
Question: does “week one” bye count toward TJ McDonald’s 8 game suspension?
If so, we’d get him back for Raiders game (2nd game of that 7 game stretch).
Ha! If you read my article, you’d know the answer to that one. 🙂
Back to the negatives . . . Safety T.J.McDonald is facing an 8 game suspension, and this just adds another week to his suspension. McDonald would have been eligible to play week 9, but now will have to wait for week 10.
Ah the morning football programs are so sweet this morning
I agree. Especially listening to non partisan commentators who aren’t making excuses for the Patriots.
MikeE, you should have been the teacher… you caught me NOT doing my homework. lol
Been on the other end of that far too many times. 🙂
Two guys some of you have met have far bigger worries than me right now. Chef Warren’s house is a half block from Deerfield Beach. Damian (faux-UKPhin) has a place on Key West that he wasn’t even able to get to it to board it up. The very highest point on that island is 18 feet and not like his house is on it.
That sounds scary. I hope they’re safe.
Both will be bunkered down elsewhere, but big difference when you got a vulnerable house at stake in a place like one of those. Sounds like Rock has that too.
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3 hurricanes in the Atlantic, nuclear war on the horizon, & the Jets have a better record than the Patriots.
The world really is ending.
As long as the cheats don’t end up on top when it does.
I think we may split with the pats this year. They didn’t look that good. But the chiefs looked very good. THe game in KC could be a tough one to pull out.
I expect the Pats to make adjustments as they always do.
Don’t put too much into week 1. Look at how we looked last year after the first 4 weeks last year.
NICE!!!!
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Per source, Dolphins players, coaches and traveling staff, plus family members are flying to LA TONIGHT and will practice next week there.
Good idea. Get as ready as they can, and I really hope they have a good week of practice.
Why are they going to Lower Alabama?
It’s Latvia, they have a very difficult training regimen there.
I like that they included family members in there. And tonight is the last flight out of town for that. Another sign that this team plans ahead.
What a bunch if horseshit, so they cancelled the game so the team could take care of hurricane business, and now they’re leaving town, the same as if they were playing a game in another city.
Here’s a tip for u Stranger- Back all your computer windows files to thumb drive.If you have a scanner to backup your important files and papers.Trying to figure the complicated new XP system but I have saved most of the XP files saved from win98. Easypeezi
heard you can even send your files to a cloud but its cloudy today and next few days I imagine so I have no idea how that works..
How would you send it to a cloud, if there were no clouds? Some people should read what they write before sending😉
it’s a little cloudy today,i really don’t know if the cloud is below or above these clouds. It’s becoming complicated now a days. I ask people about this WHY FI and look so beleaguered stupid actually. Time to get back to tying down my hurricane straps on my trailer so it doesn’t blow away.
Steve
You have 2 different arguments going on. One is that the game itself was cancelled, the other is why the game was cancelled. Yes, some people said it was so the players can be with their families etc., but the real reason is they didn’t really try hard enough to find another stadium to play in.
Yes, ive said as mucb, the NFL didnt want to deal with this, and I’m sure they feel better about it after the cheats lost last night.
Why dont they fix 95 and 75, so that all lanes, or all except 1 goes north?
that’s the plan a little latter/people are using the emergcy lane also with all the road rangers working the highway to avaoid backups because of a crippled car. Florida knows how to do hurricanes.
They’re a little slow fixing the lanes. In Chicago they have like 8 lanes going into downtown in the morning, and 2 out, then it reverses in the afternoon.
yes, we have that. 595
Mike E. says:
September 8, 2017 at 10:08 am
Ha! If you read my article, you’d know the answer to that one. 🙂
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we will get Mcdonald back for the tough back half of the schedule and that’s a good thing
steveccnv says:
September 8, 2017 at 1:32 pm (Edit)
What a bunch if horseshit, so they cancelled the game so the team could take care of hurricane business, and now they’re leaving town, the same as if they were playing a game in another city.
It’s not so hard to understand. The team could deal with hurricane prep instead of game prep this week and once that’s done they can evacuate/leave early for next week. If the game had been moved to another location they would have been at practice this week instead of taking care of their personal lives and being ready to leave. I had expected they would leave town, everyone who can should leave. You’re looking at this as if this one thing is the only thing. It’s not.
I wanted a game this week, was hoping it would be moved to Pittsburgh which was mentioned as an alternate site I understand why they didn’t do it.
Both the European and American storm models have it going right up the peninsula from tip to top, they are also saying that all the way through to Orlando will be cat 2-3 strength. I hope the ones of you who thought you were inland far enough take note and have already made plans to leave, hopefully low to no response will mean this is true.
fortunately going up the bottom of the center of fla is a good thing as that is mostly everglades, also the structures built that far west are mostly post andrew and were built with strict building codes, going up the eastern coast may be a disaster.
D — all depends on where you are and what your situation is. And even if best of all is fifty miles offshore, straight up the middle has it’s advantages as well. Would stop the thing from feeding…….which people like ORob and Son would for sure appreciate once it gets up their way.
It is suppose to be 75mph here in Ocala, the only way it could be worse is if it goes out over the gulf and comes back, all the models have it bending west the further north it goes so that may be an unlikely scenario, nobody here is boarded up.
we are being sent (wife and me)I’m really tagging along to vero beach area by walmart. They rented houses and chartered buses for walmart families. Now, how awesome is that for such a bad company. Everything is being taken care of by walmart. Food, safe house,beds everything.
“nobody here is boarded up”…and everyone here is as they worry about how far over a 100 MPH the winds will be. Like said to D, all depends on your own situation.
good to hear you’re not staying in that singlewide, i hope your home makes it through the storm. i heard something about walmart doing that
“good to hear you’re not staying in that singlewide”…thanks ORob. We had to evacuate out of that for obvious reasons. But wish you nothing other than exactly what you want and safety through the storm. We’re all a bit stressed out now.
OcalaRob-I don’t live in a single wide trailer,I did for three years after ANdrew and we had a house built on my in laws property that they sold to us 4-5 yrs after we got financially secure. Trailer that we got was 10k and had hurricane straps for protection. From a apt to a dream house to a single wide trailer after andrew. Four years later we build our house without developer. We didn’t even make our first morgage pmt in dream home before andrew. Very scarry times back then
I thought you told me the other day you lived in a singlewide??
this new 7 day sattelights are awesome. No excuse for ever not being prepared. We will see how accurate they are after the fact but I’m fine with that. The preparation phase couldn’t have been more smooth for us. The kids got in great practice assembling the needed things for all the prep work and they improved each time. Lots of generators for sale in the next couple of months. The biggest problem buying used generators is stail gas so you can buy generator gas tanks on line for 25 bucks or less and install it. Just like new, most of the time.
steveccnv says:
September 8, 2017 at 1:52 pm
Yes, ive said as mucb, the NFL didnt want to deal with this, and I’m sure they feel better about it after the cheats lost last night.
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I bet now they were wishing they had just moved the whole NFL season back one week so Pats could have had another week to prepare lol.
Incidentally, they looked really slow, not at all sharp. Thier offense didnt look good and i saw a bunch of times where Brady had a deep route open and didnt take the shot. Im not sure he has much left in that arm.
Their defense looked slow. I mean i know Hunt and Hill are really fast an all that, but NE’s defense just looked clunky.
That couldn’t set the edge, we’ve had that problem a lot lately.
Tells you just how great Ninkovich really was. Might not have been the best pass rusher but he was a beast against the run and set the edge very well.
probably getting my last round of golf in today before this crap hits!
Man, I am watching the replay of the NE game and KC had to beat the Pats and the Refs
There was one very clear shot of Solder bear hugging their pass rusher, arms not only on either side of his body but wrapped around him. They took that one to replay to illustrate Solder giving great protection from their pass rush and when you could see how he actually kept containment (literally) neither of them made a peep about the blantant holding.
Same thing on the TD run by Gillislee, there’s a still frame with both OL in the picture with their arms around the defender.
According to some of the reports i saw they think the Everglades is not a good thing for this storm. They said its basically water, and very warm water at that, and wouldn’t dissipate the storm much at all, if any.
Again, im not telling anyone they are stupid for doing what they feel is right, and im not telling you i know your situation better than you. It seems that from some of the resistance to these statements, some are taking it that way, so again not telling you you are wrong. Im just saying, go if you can, because i think some of you are hoping for the best instead, and you are trying to remain positive about things. Thats your way, my way, at least with this kind of situation is to always treat it as if im a walking murphys law and giving the opportunity for fucked up things to happen, they are going to.
I also look at it like this. In the case that you are right you saved some gas, you didn’t have to try to fight through traffic going out and coming back in, etc. and you throw an i told ya so back at me. The case your wrong, well it probably wont even matter anymore and there will be no person to give an i told ya so back to. Capisce?
I was listening to NFL radio this morning, they were saying the Chiefs were draped all over the Patriots receivers all night, and here should have been more penalties on the Chiefs. I didn’t see the game, so I have no idea.
brady got hammered at the end of the game, they couldnt protect him
I think the NFL is allowing more contact now, and a lot more contact when fighting for the ball. I saw that in PS games. I didnt see a lot of that thought, sounds like the collective whining of the Boston area, maybe its just so loud you are hearing it in Jersey.
LOL – It was Bob Papa (NYG broadcaster), and I can’t recall who his cohost was, but neither guy was a Patriots fan that I know of.
Should have said it was the hosts discussing that, not fans calling in.
I guess KC won the game but lost in the end, Erci Berry gone for the year…. ouch. He had a pretty good game up until he got hurt.
As much as i like the idea of NE losing, if we are not thinking we will be winning the division, KC playing that well sucks for any idea of playing for a wild card. We may have to step our game if one of the contenders for a WC is playing that way to start the year out.
ocalarob says:
September 8, 2017 at 2:59 pm
I thought you told me the other day you lived in a singlewide??
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I operative word is “lived”. I like joking around when I get nervous or when I like having fun with other people. Sounds like you were being judgemental? LOL
How was i being judge-mental?
I mean you clearly called him trailer trash……
im jk lol
jetsssuck says:
September 5, 2017 at 10:48 am
pull my single wide and family out of harms way
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OcalaRob—-just Joking with you, ease up smoke one.You are so easy.Thank goodness your a guy.
Mike to me it wasnt a well ref’d game on either side, but i think that it was evenly missed. Seriously that hold by Solder made me have flash backs to the bear fucker scene in Super Troopers.
LMAO! I wish I would have watched it, but I got home late, and spent a little time with my wife instead.
I looked for maybe some images from the game that might have caught it, but i havent found any posted yet. Im sure there are going to be some eventually.
IMO i thought they were just allowing more contact, and again since i saw a lot of it in PS i just thought maybe the ref’s were told to go easier on the PI’s.
That’s fine, we have a touchy-feely group of CB’s anyway, so it may help us out.
I thought they were allowing more contact to but towards the end of the game there was a Db holding call …I really hate that call
Stay safe to all you FUers in the path of Irma
Don’t read too much into these high profile games, like last night. They still may allow more DB contact this year, but last night’s game shouldn’t be used as a barometer.
WHEN I SUGGESTED that the Bucs @ Fins game COULD have been played Wed. or Thurs. night, PHELON responded “first responders (like Phelon) have more important things to do than provide services for a football game. Ross isn’t picking (the “BYE” week) on how much money he’s going to make.”
I respectfully totally disagree.
But, first, I agree you guys have more important things to do than service a football game, No one disagrees. But that, in NO WAY, impacted Ross’s, and the NFL’s, decision NOT to move the game out of town (one of the options considered).
Had Ross moved the game to, say, Pittsburgh or Philly, he would have had to REFUND all the tickets sold to the sold out Bucs @ Fins game. Cost to Ross? 64,767 tix times about $200 per ticket on average (when you factor in the $1,000 and up seats on Miami’s side in the lower deck between the 30’s). Total cost of these refunds to Ross:$ 12.9 million. Then there’s the loss of parking revenue for this sold-out game (estimated at 1.2 million by yours’ truly who has paid parking fees for 51 years) and the loss of team jersey/paraphernalia sales $600,000. Next, Food and beverage sales lost if game is moved (another $2.6 million). The estimated total lost revenue to Ross is a staggering $17.3 million!! NOT INCLUDED: Rental of northern stadium; Cost of team airfares, food while in Pittsburgh/Philly; hotel room, bus rentals to the game, security, etc. Add it all up and the bottom line says AT LEAST $22-$25 million cost to Ross to move the game!! –NO WONDER this option was never seriously considered.
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NOW to playing Wed./Thur. vs. burning up your “bye” week in week #1 of the season.
A few people might NOT have shown up Wed./Thur. out of fear of Irma. But, in my experience, the vast majority of ticket holders WOULD have shown up at Hard Head and either returned home that night (most Fins fans) or driven back to Tampa the next day (some Bucs fans). No ticket sale losses (all tix sold out) and no parking losses (all passes sold out). If an additional 10-20% were no shows to this game, the combined loss in food sales and team paraphernalis sales MAY have cost Ross between $370,000 and $740,000 by playing in mid-week at the “ROCK.” (formula by yours’ truly. If interested, let me know).
Would Gase, his coaches and his players combined pay $370K — $740K to give the Fins an “off week” before the New England game? Hell, SUH, alone, might do exactly THAT!!
But NOT Steve Ross. He believes in “maxing out” each and every financial opportunity, according to his rep who talked to me. That’s why he REFUSED to reimburse me for the loss of my prepaid parking passes to games 1 & 2 this season. NOR would he credit my account for next season’s tix despite the fact that he admitted his ticket department messed-up.
Anyone who will turn on their own season ticket holders will also short change their own players! That’s why I’m 100% sure that Ross chose NOT to play Wed. or Thurs. night. Ditching the “bye” week MIGHT have made him an extra $370K to $740K (or might NOT have). And if his own coaches, players and fans don’t like it, that’s too damn bad! (And Mando reports that Jarvis Landry and other players WERE PISSED OFF when they found out that Ross “burned” the bye week. Little does Ross appreciate that an unexpected Fins win in Foxboro over the Pats would enhance his team’s chances to make the playoffs and HOST a playoff game! But what would you expect from an owner who has never experienced a playoff win??? A home game in the playoffs CERTAINLY would have recouped whatever Ross lost by hosting the game Wed./Thurs night. AND it would have earned him the GOOD WILL of both the ticketholders and the PLAYERS! Hell, even the first responders working this game could appreciate THAT!!
OD — would have loved to catch the game last night, but even if money might have come into it thinking that was only part of it. Keep in mind that the Phins are really just a hobby for him…..he’s the 2nd richest owner in the NFL and is right now doing the biggest private real estate development project ever on the West side of NYC.
You and yours prepped? I’m done at this point.
Ya We’re basically ready as we are going to be. Winds should not exceed 100 MPH here. Expect we’ll be safe but one never knows for sure.
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Also, Ross became the NFL’s 2nd or 3rd richest man by maxing out every deal. It’s in his blood. But Super Bowl titles are NOT.
D—— these novel sized comment posts are way too long. I’m way to old to read such long posts. No one is going to read these long novels , especially me since I have not figured out how to place a marker where I left off. Every time I come back to where I left off it seems like there are many posts after your novel and then I’m playing catch up all day that is if I don’t have to go back a 3rd and 4th time. Mind you I could get caught in the internet black hole if my memory is bad that day and I forget where I left off on your post novel. I am 59 so keep it short so I can enjoy what limited time I have left. Please..
SORRY JS: I’m in my 70’s so I’m not too sympathetic with your “I am 59 so keep it short” point of view. But thanks for reading, anyway.–Old Dolfan
so sorry didn’t know it was you. wasn’t able to read everything yet
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Super Sperm Yets man strikes again. 🙂
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Congrats are in order for NFL star Antonio Cromartie, who just welcomed his 14th child — despite having had a vasectomy after baby No. 11. The baby girl is the sixth child for the married couple of nine years and the 14th for Cromartie, who fathered eight other children from previous relationships…..The odds of a woman becoming pregnant after the man has a vasectomy are less than 1 percent.
LOL “Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane……nope just SuperSpermDog.”
Largest PII data breach in American history (Equifax, 140M+ affected), 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico this morning, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Juan, the Northwest is on fire, Civil War II is underway, WWIII is underway, and Kim Jong-un now has a hydrogen bomb intended to hit the USA…
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!
It makes one wonder if ‘Nibiru’ is truly soon to be here on September 23rd, 2017…
OD, All the respect to you but I don’t think anything Ross would do would be ok with you at this point. There’s pros and cons to every scenario. I’m sure he would have rather played the game this week and not have 16 straight games. Sometimes shit happens and you don’t get things the way you want them and you have to consider all the risks, make a decision you may not like or isn’t popular and get on with it. Just my opinion.
This^^^
HERD: You’re wrong when you say Ross couldn’t do anything to please me. He could. –Indeed I made one specific recommendation on the parking passes for the Bucs game that WAS APPROVED! Namely keeping the passes for game 3 for the game that doesn’t take place until November. No need to remake the parking pass—and, in fact—that policy is now in effect. Now all his people have to do is school the parking pass takers into taking one that says “Game 3.” Should be a piece of cake. I’ve made many more recommendations to him. But I won’t bore you with the details. Suffice it to say I’m a lot more broad minded than you might think. And my next suggestion, which deals with a DIFFERENT WAY TO PRINT SEASON TICKETS, has also been approved for next year. His rep actually congratulated me and offered to have my name used in the PR release. But I told him HE could take all the credit and that would be my preference.
Rigel; DID U SEE the new state-of-the-art football helmet that was discussed last night during the “Splats” game? It featured a collapsing rear compartment that would greatly diminish the power of a blow to the brain. What’s your take on this?
Most interesting, Old Dolfan! No, I hadn’t seen as much being I didn’t watch the game last evening. I’ll check it out (surely!) and get back to you on the matter… I’m curious.
Hey, you and Mrs. Old Dolfan PLEASE BE SAFE as Irma approaches, my friend… this is DEADLY serious. All of you Floridians are in my thoughts and prayers.
Until I view it, I find it nearly impossible to stop the brain from moving when it goes from being in motion to a dead stop via contact. Not sure ANY helmet can protect from as much… but it could certainly HELP… and that’s a GOOD start.
Be safe my southern friends. This is really scary. I have family and friends in harms way that did not take this seriously enough IMO.
I feel the exact same way, Bro. 😦
This could be really bad. Not looking forward to the news in a day or two.
TIM; TAMPA BAY has not been hit with a major hurricane since 1921. Folks here seem somewhere between not fully comprehending what may be about to happen (“Oh, people actually die in hurricanes?”) to being bewildered as to what choice to make (“Can I drive to Georgia any time I want and get gas and a motel room?”) So I’d have to agree with your analysis. But, next time, I think this area will be far better prepared. And, NEXT TIME, all Pasco County shelters will take pets, instead of just a minority of them. And they’ll pre-order WAY more sandbags to help those in flood zones. I think the preponderance of confusion will lead to more deaths than necessary THIS TIME.
It’s sad, OD. They have been warning about this storm for a week. Always wait until the last minute. The saying “better safe than sorry” is there for a reason.
When did concussions start happening in the NFL? When guys starting using the helmet as a weapon. Go back to leather helmuts.
I’m. It sure if they didn’t get concussions in those days or if it just went unreported
Naples,
If you’re out there, buddy… I heard the storm surge in Naples could reach 15 feet high. PLEASE be advised and be SAFE.
Yep this is going to be bad. There are two other canes lurking as well. I’m getting more concerned and sad as this builds.
This is all like some kind of weird dream. Hell, the Patsies* now have the worst record in the NFL, to boot.
Did you see my 7:25 PM post? The shadow of MASSIVE gravity is upon us right now. Scientifically speaking, I DO believe Nibiru exists… I’m just not sure that it’s due right NOW. Nevertheless, SOMETHING is affecting a great many things… celestially and human-thinking…
Maybe mother nature has a say in how we humans behave on this planet.
Irma is getting bigger and stronger as it pounds Cuba. This is really scary stuff.
Gonna be a bit breezy down here this Sunday.
The last model i saw had Irma making landfall on my living room balcony.
Not good.
I am hoping my cousins in Cuba crank down the power on this thing.
Meanwhile i have my relatives in Charleston sucking the life out of that trough of low pressure so the Bermuda High can keep Irma
shuffling west out into the Gulf.
Not that that helps OD, but it’s bound to be weaker hitting Tampa than Naples.
If this is true…
https://m.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-monster-hurricane-irma-compares-to-andrew/70002677
Stay safe douchebags
I have family that said “Screw it” and are coming up here for a week and others staying put. Nothing left to do but wait.
Thoughts to everyone down there. Hang in there and hang on.
Stranger don’t let your guard down as you know these hurricanes can change projected paths within a hour of imminent landfall as we experienced last year. See you guys on the other side.
Take care JS. And thanks for all the tips. Even some that didn’t apply to my own situation I passed on too others for whom it did.
The 8 AM advisory is due in 2 minutes. I’m expecting the eye will still be headed in the general direction of Tampa Bay, arriving very late Sunday night or early Monday. Winds SHOULD DROP TO CAT 3 by the time it gets here. That means those places that are 40 miles or more from the eye should experience top winds near 100 MPH—a level that most homes should survive with only minor damage. That’s the truth. Homes inside the eye could be in for about 1-2 hours of 130 MPH with higher gusts. At this point, Florida’s strict housing construction regulations will SAVE LIVES–HUNDREDS OF LIVES, IF NOT MORE!!!
MISSISSIPPI, on the other hand, HAS NO CONSTRUCTION LAWS. POORLY made lean-to’s are LEGAL THERE!! As a conservative guy, I generally believe the less government, the better. But NOT when it comes to home construction!!
GOT a busy day ahead of us. Will post again later. Keep those of us on the west side of Florida in your thoughts.
Please stay safe friends, all those in the path, or almost in the path. Be careful!
Stay safe down there in Florida my friends!
OD, ffr, y’all get ready. Hunker down and be safe.
You too Sonny! I would expect her to be a little calmer by the time it gets your way, but she’s still a raging biatch
She’s basically already west of me. The further west she goes the better for me. We’re looking at 80 mph winds at most instead of 100+ that they were saying yesterday.
Prayers for you all. 🙏🙏
Naples is in the crosshairs now (take care bud). Nice to be out of the cone for the direct hit but why couldn’t the thing have just turned early and back out to sea?
The evacuation orders worked though. The view out my window is like am in one of those last man in the world movies.
Scooby
Lol with you guys and your Scooby, just throw him a Scooby snack and he’ll do what you want😁
Staying to take care of my mom. She’s even older than I am.
Irma is due now to make landfall north of here, so it might be less of a disaster.
Are in an evac zone? You know your situation best, but if you are they still might come out to help you get to a shelter if your Mom’s situation.
We are not in a mandatory evac zone, but we are close. If there is no tornado, we should be ok. The storm surge where we are is predicted to be less than 2 feet, so that’s nothing. If it would just drift a little more out into the Gulf, I would feel better though.
I hope everyone comes through the storm ok. I do however find it amusing that everyone is suddenly trusting the weather forecasts when we have seen them be wrong so many times. It seems that people now find that they are going to be accurate as long as they are predicted to be out of the direct path.
The thing I learned from my one hurricane experience is they don’t always do what they think they will. Hugo was supposed to make landfall in SC and go up the coast. It didn’t. It came inland and hit Charlotte NC where I had gone after a mandatory evacuation while on vacation south of Myrtle Beach. So be vigilant my friends. No one really knows the path til it happens.
Lol. Yeah there’s 50 models out there, and one putz says this model is from someone that predicted Harvey to go to Houston. The odds that that model is correct again is astronomical. With 50 models out there someone has to be close.
Irma is close.
I might lose power at some time Sunday, so I will reconnect with the blog as soon as i get service again. I’ll be needing some Dolphins news by then i am sure.
NE has to go to NO to play Brees after Alex Smith the game manager carved them up for 350+ through the air, and they have Kamara, Ingram, and AP also after NE could not even stop some rook from Toledo U.
Stay safe my friend. And plan ahead for the moment the power goes out as far as the possible days ahead.
It’s been 2 weeks since Harvey made landfall …. and they are still finding bodies. Stay safe everyone of you bracing for Irma. Prep/evac is a temporary inconvenience!
How are you doing Rhino?
How much damage did you get?
Rashan Gary, DE/DT, Michigan… welcome to my MAN CRUSH list for the 2018 Draft.
My son’s friend put up an FSU Osceola sign because no Canes have beaten that in many years.
good luck Naples, it will be Monday for me
My friend has a condo in naples on the beach, he is on the 12th floor and staying
My sister lives in Daytona on the beach 18th floor and staying.
My aunt lives on the 12th floor in NY and she’s staying???
I do not think that is safe, but it will be exciting.
The governor is warning of a 10-15 foot storm surge, but I really don’t think that will happen, and it would take twice that to hit me where I am.
I was in Tampa on the 13th floor when 911 happened, when a hurricane brought Tampa Bay into the lobby and shorted out the elevator. That was about a 3 foot storm surge.
Elevator is on separate generator as is the whole building, i doubt i would want to take an elevator down to 10 feet of water though
Mike Gesicki, TE, PSU, welcome to my MAN CRUSH list for the 2018 Draft.
MF
When you do this man crush thing, are you hunting specific positions that you think we will need or is it just a general survey of the extant talent?
Because I do think we might need another young TE.
Since we probably will need to go DB in the first next year I’d say TE might be at best a second round selection. I don’t see many of the TEs next year being guaranteed 1st rounders. I’d definitely take Hurst or Fumagali in the second. Both are pretty well rounded TEs with good receiving skills.
agreed
Why DB in the 1st rd next year?
OK so Irma is scheduled to scrape by here about 2PM Sunday afternoon. So we should be in hurricane conditions from about noon to 7PM.
Then we get the dangerous tail whip about 10PM to 2AM Monday morning.
Then the storm surge should hit from about midnight Sunday night to about midmorning Monday morning.
Thank you to everyone for the well-wishes.
Be safe and check in when ya can
MF13
Have you seen any Tegray Scales LB Indiana?
All the best Naples. Hang tough man.
Once again stay safe all of you in the path of Irma. Wishing you all the best.
naplesfan2010 says:
September 9, 2017 at 6:16 pm
MF
When you do this man crush thing, are you hunting specific positions that you think we will need or is it just a general survey of the extant talent?
Because I do think we might need another young TE.
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It’s a general thing for the most part, regardless of position. But as the CFB season rolls on, I then tend to focus positions of need. The key positions I’m really focused on for us this year? CB, T/G, and LB. TE, DE, and QB are certainly up there as well.
Most importantly, PLEASE BE SAFE, Naples. You’re a good man and I’m wishing you and yours the very best, Brother.
wyoming85 says:
September 9, 2017 at 7:18 pm
MF13
Have you seen any Tegray Scales LB Indiana?
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No, Bro, I haven’t. But I’m keeping an eye on their QB Richard Lagow. I’ll check Scales out soon. Thanks for the heads up!
Just checked in with David. He expresses his concerns for all here in the path of H. Irma as he’s finishing up preparations as well. Scary situation for all involved and he’s going to be going down to ‘ground zero’ for rescue work once the storm quells. He’s a good dude.
Good to hear. He is a good dude.
^^^
GoodStuff MikeE!!!
GOFINS!!!
How are ya, 13KV!!! Good to see ya!
Good MF13, thanks for asking, good to see you too!!
Nice to be acknowledged cuz Irma’s ignoring my pleas.
Not really though personally, we’re good to go here on the East coast/PSL, but shes ignoring the pleas for my Fla brethren!!
GO MIAMI!!!
What irks me is losing the two weeks to prepare for the first Pats game at NE!!!
INSTEAD;
We get a short week 11 to prepare for TB, (cuz we play at Carolina on MNF on week 10…
And only get the one week to prep for Gillette on week 12!!!
DAT’HOITS!!!
GOFINS!!!
Maybe we’ll be fresher than everyone else until they get their byes??
LOL. ; )))
The only positive I see there? We’ll have TJ McDonald to help cover TB’s WRs. But aside from that, I think 16 straight weeks SUCK for our Phins!
I also checked in with Walker. He said he’s ready for this storm and I certainly hope he is.
May this storm serve to UNITE people, as we saw in Texas after H. Harvey hit there.
Rhino, sorry I missed ya on here earlier. I’m glad you’re alright, bud.
“May this storm serve to UNITE people, as we saw in Texas after H. Harvey hit there.”
^
That is the greatness of America and people. There are wonderful people in our country and world yet everyone seems to want to pile on with the negative stuff. I don’t get it.
AMEN!!!
Hey 13kvFINS!!
Hey now Knight. : ))
Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio State, welcome to my 2018 MAN CRUSH List.
Another one?
INDEED!
If any of y’all are looking for a temporary distraction from Irma, this Oklahoma/Ohio State game is NICE. #5 @ #2, and Oklahoma leads 17-13. National broadcast on ABC.
TD, SOONERS!!! Baker Mayfield is looking GRAND tonight!!!
3 in one day may be a record for me, but… welcome to my 2018 MAN CRUSH List, Baker Mayfield.
I think that makes 4 today but who’s counting.
Mayfield is good. He’d look good in whatever color we call our uni
$#!t… you’re RIGHT!!! That IS 4!!!
I like Mayfield but he lacks prototypical size but he is a gamer
All of our buds in south Florida are feeling tropical force winds that will only continue to get stronger all through tomorrow. Hang tough guys.
That includes yourself, MR. Son. Please stay safe, my friend.
I’m hunkered down
Good, Bro.
Stay safe, son, and all of you Floridian/Southern douchebags. 😉
Just finished watching my Tigers eke out a slim win over the tough Defense of Auburn.
Whew!
We returned only 22% of our starters from last year, the second lowest ratio in the nation.
Those young kids are scary even if they are gonna be good someday because they are still making teenage mistakes and real head-scratching plays.
CBS SportsVerified account @CBSSports 44m44 minutes ago
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This play resulted in a loss of almost 90 yards.
HOW IS THIS EVEN REAL?
Vernon got a penalty for that against the patsies* (UNFAIR call).
If it looks intentional the can flag for it, but in this case it was always part of a scrum that cause it to be kicked back so it’s just a wacky play
Pls note the opponent was not the Patriots.
I’m not so sure the week 1 bye week is so bad.
1. Cutler and Pouncey get another week to be prepared.
2. Young players get another week.
3. Gase, coaches and personnel get another week with the 53.
What about teams with week 5 bye weeks? They have to play 12 straight games the rest of the way. You could make the case that a little more time to get ready works out for us.
Gase didn’t give up a bye after the London game for no reason, he knows how important it is for the stretch run. Year after year we’ve had an early bye and faltered down the stretch, I know we haven’t had the talent, but sure would’ve helped then.
I know you’re an eternal optimist Tim, but you can’t spin this to be good in any way. Plain and simple, playing 16 straight sucks, especially with a brutal 2nd half.
mf13ss says:
September 9, 2017 at 4:15 pm
Mike Gesicki, TE, PSU, welcome to my MAN CRUSH list for the 2018 Draft.
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He’s been on mine since early last year, and was documented on this site. Find your own man crush!!!
WE ARE IN LINE FOR A DIRECT HIT BY IRMA. NOW, some good news. Irma is predicted to have top winds of “only” 115 MPH when she gets here. Most homes should withstand that with only minor damage, we hope. Major damage from Tampa northward may be caused by tornadoes spawned by Irma (which should be very few in number).
Major football games last night were unavailable due to 24/7 coverage of IRMA on all channels. However, Directv should give us all the NFL games today. Of course you have to have a working dish for that!! We most likely will be without power for many days, beginning around midnight. Power company spokesman says the outage could last a week or longer.
WE will remember these next several days for the rest of our lives.
Be safe OD
Good football Sunday morning, Douchebags!
If Irma hits Tampa at 115, it is a weak category 3, No structural damage only moderate damage, storm surge may still damage homes but after all is said and done i think Florida dodged a crisis
For the most part, it certainly did. Key West is getting hammered though. Lot of trailer parks down there.
Glad to be hearing from you FLA people. Hang tough guys and girls, and I pray the you won’t see any worse.
I continue to hear Naples is not a good place to be. I hope for the best for you Naples, stay safe my friend.
Thank you Sir.
Power flickered here twice so far … am hoping to watch pro football all afternoon … i enjoyed college games all last night … will check in later if possible
How is it there now? Flooding? Wind damage?
You are expected to get the direct hit. Stay safe Naples
Just want to say I hope everyone in FL is safe at this time. Thoughts and prayers with you all.
The track has shifted back east, back towards us. We still have power.
I am looking out the back at the golf course. No mature trees down yet but some weak newly planted trees are laid over at 45 degrees. Still have power.
It feels so weird to have opening weekend to football without the Phins playing
I’m working, so…
On a Sunday. That sucks regardless of football or not
I’m with Ken, it does seem weird. I’ve currently got the Steelers/Browns on because that’s what I get here….drinking a Bloody Mary and putting my new grill together. Multitasking!
Hope you Florida folks are hanging in there or are out of harms way.
You are better than me I am just sitting down watching the Red Zone
Well is is a little anticlimactic!
LB Roquan Smith for Georgia looked good against ND last night. He’s a junior and a bit undersized at 6’1″ 225lbs but he seems to get to the ball fast and reacts well.
After the early games snoozers!
The Oklahoma / Ohio State, Clemson / Auburn, Georgia / ND games were terrific!
The Sooners looked awesome
Feel the same way you guys/girls feel. We’re supposed to be starting football, and we’re absent this week. Not enjoying it. On the bright side, we’ll not miss another week of Dolphins football the rest of the season.
Any word on how Hard Rock is holding up?
I’m working as well but the boss orders me the NFL Sunday Ticket here at the office. What game are y’all going to watch. I think I will be flipping between Raiders vs Titans and the weather channel.
I am flipping between Raider/Titans and Bengals/Ravens
Ah yeah, Bengals/Ravens also.
Mike E
https://twitter.com/TomGarfinkel/status/906902312874102784
If the Jets and Bills tie will we be in 1st place or 3rd place this week? I think 3rd.
Yeah third. Something is better than nothing
Tied for 1st. Are you guys new?
Sunday Ticket is free today if you have Direct.
There’s a wee bit of interference with my signal at the moment.
Having rain and winds picking up here.
This whole not playing thing has me all messed up. Didn’t even look at my FF today. Oh well….too late now.