Welcome to NFL 2008 baby!
HOLEY MOLEY! Michael Who? Michael Vick? Nope! Michael Turner ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the NFC Mike. Glad you could join us. :-)
The return of the PowerBack. Michael Turner, at 5'10" and 244 pounds, in his season opening debut for the Atlanta Falcons, broke the single game team rushing record that has stood since Gerald Riggs set it in 1984. Turner ran 220 on 22 carries with 2 TDs. That's an average of 10 yards per carry! Overall the Falcons generated 479 yards total offense. I can't remember the last time they did that.
This guy is incredible. How did San Diego ever decide to let him go? 15 more games to go, but I guarantee every time he touches the ball people are going to hold their breaths for just a second. He's that good.
Even Rookie Quarterback Matt Ryan looked good by making his first regular season pass as a professional a 65 yard TouchDown score! 161 yards on 9 passes with 1 TD and no interceptions. Works for me!
Granted, they were playing the Detroit Lions, but what a great way to open the season when so many question marks were hanging over their heads.
Way to go guys!!! And welcome to the new season!
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Labels: Atlanta Falcons, Burner, Michael Turner
posted by Suthnuh at 9:49 AM
3 Comments:
Sigh. College football starts at dinnertime here, and the "prime time" games come on at 2AM.
But I guess you lived that, too, eh?
5:17 PM
Yeah... 3am logged in and listening to webcast radio of NFL football games... been there, done that. You at least are surrounded by folks in green who like North American sports. I on the other hand was on what felt at times an Alien Planet! :-D
9:33 PM
Thank God for the US Marines who let me watch games at the Marine House where they had the Armed Forces Network!!!
9:34 PM
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