What a difference a year can make.

This time last year Sens fans were calling for the heads of everybody involved with the club to be fired, (much like what's going on in Leaf land) and thankfully cooler heads prevailed and the Sens made it all the way to the Cup final. So what does one member of TGOR have to complain about when your team is 9-1 after 10 games?

Goaltending? Nope.
First line not contributing. Nope
Lack of depth at the blueline. Nope

We need a new scoreboard, preferably in HD and better then the new one they just got in Barfalo. Yes, lone Sabre fan reading this from the computer at the back of the Anchor Bar, I called your town Barfalo. Your hockey team is a shadow of it's former self and football team could potentially be heading North of the border, but you do have a nice looking boob tube.















So how much could one of these things go for anyways? 2, 3 Million? Pocket change for Mr. Melnyk.

(Says Senators PA announcer who assumes AND hopes his boss has a good sense of humor)

Okay, that's all I got. They're 9-1 for Pete's sake and thankfully back with the Thrashers on Thursday. Keep listening to TGOR to win your way in to ALL the games.

Trick or Treat...

The annual celebrity carving contest is back at area malls and from now till late Saturday afternoon you can see various pumpkins carved by your favorite "media" types, politicians and athletes. All proceeds benefit Children at Risk which supports Autistic children and their families in the Ottawa Region. Below is the TGOR entry which took me 17 minutes to create. If you want TGOR on your porch scaring the neighbours for Halloween, you'll find it at Merivale mall where you can bid on the signup sheet. Buzz would like to go on record that he doesn't approve of our Blue Team bashing.

Too bad Buzz. Answer your door this year when the kiddies come looking for candy. Better yet, maybe not.

TGOR's Tribute to Darcy Tucker. When void of ideas, it never hurts going this route.

An A for effort...

Apparently the occasional stupidity isn't just reserved for TGOR, watch our Maple Leaf co-worker (Kurt Stoodley) from the A Channel keep a straight face...

TGOR's newest host

From now on when a member of TGOR takes holidays, this woman will be filling in....

Why?

I know 2 things in life...

1. Vodka does not mix well with Red Bull

2. Athletes should NEVER sing.

With that, let's go back to 17 years and here's hoping my Patriots beat the Fish on Sunday.

You always remember your first....

50 years from now I'll be sitting around in a retirement home telling some young nurse how I got to announce Nick Foligno's first ever NHL goal on home ice. At the Sens golf tourney last month I asked the rookie how he wanted his name announced when the moment eventually arrived, as in should I go longer on the Nick, or Foligno and his response was let's try one of each then decide.

Tonight I went longer on the Foligno.

He celebrated by paying tribute to his dad, former NHLer Mike Foligno doing the leap.

Nick Foligno is a future Senator and regardless of how much time he has to play in Bingo this year, he's going to be on the back of many Sens jersey's for years to come.

Here's a great piece from Sportnet's Ian Mendes on the kid...

ahh yes...

One of the most common questions I get is, "how do you put up with all that constant abuse on TGOR" and the reality is when you have a nickname in front of your given name the heat is going to come on a regular basis.

(Buzzy boo bear...)

Throw in the constant last place finishes in sports pools, weekly doghouse stories from getting in trouble with my wife and daily out of left field comments and it's a perfect recipe for a friendly daily ass whooping on a morning show.

What amazes me though is the fan support of the show, many TGOR nation followers know more about our show then their better half. Savvy veterans like the Matrix, Billy the kid, Colin, Big Rick, Godfarmer of soul, Marko with a K, T Bone, Man Stretch Lou, Bill "Retired President Anti Yes/No Faction", Mr. P, The Motocross, and Kim all get their emails read on a daily basis because the content is usually strong and relates to the show.

The following email will not get read (but shown all over the web..):

Hi,

Yur show suck and I think Stuntstupid stew is a loser mand should be fird. Bring back Jim Rome.


This is a typical spineless email from a hotmail account so I'll assume it came from the following:

1. Someone who's never made it past grade 2 English
2. Someone who thinks they're a genius connecting stupid with Stu
3. Someone who doesn't know that Jim Rome is currently on 12-3

Now, regulars will assume the Defence card and I can take a hit better then anybody but if you have any stones at all, sign your emails from a legitimate account and crawl out from the rock of the Internet forums and own up to whatever criticism you have and you'll be taken seriously.

On that note, Leafs suck and Jon Fergossun should be fird. Bring back Dug Gilemore.

Buzz and his panties

Here's the panties that Buzz was talking about this morning.

The easy way out

When lacking in content for a blog, post the following:

1. Someone else's sports take and claim it as your own
2. Pictures with a funny caption
3. A safety video for all those earthquakes were notorious for getting in Eastern Ontario.

Hockey pool...

The Team 1200 hockey pool took place last night. I picked 29th out of 30:

1. Alexander Semin
2. Jonathan Cheechoo
3. Jordan Staal
4. Michael Ryder
5. Peter Forsberg (here's hoping he comes back....)
6. Antoine Vermette
7. Ales Kotalik
8. Michal Rozsival
9. Andrei Kostystin

Over the Edge's Lee Versage bet me $20 that his team would finish ahead of mine. He picked 3rd, as you'll see by his first pick.

1. Dany Heatley
2. Martin Havlat
3. Sergei Gonchar
4. Bill Guerin
5. Shane Doan
6. Robert Lang
7. Tuomo Ruutu
8. Jeff Hamilton
9. Nikolai Zherdev

Guy...Guy...Guy...

We've all done things that we look back on and think, "you know, it seemed like a good idea at the time.." and for that I sadly pass along one of my heroes doing..........disco.