Sad news from the sports world today as Mosi Tatupu, the father of current Seattle Seahawk Lofa Tatupu passed away Tuesday in Hawaii.

Mosi Tatupu, one of the greatest athletes in the history of Hawaii, died Tuesday at age 54 on the mainland.

Tatupu, who was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa, starred in football at Punahou, USC and with the New England Patriots. He was a hard-nosed runner, blocker and special teams player.

The cause of death was unknown Tuesday. Tatupu suffered from high-blood pressure and other ailments.

Guy was a hell of an athlete. He had a record for rushing yards in Hawaii that stood for 17 years. Incredible that he managed to play 13 years and 199 games in the NFL. At the time of his retirement, he had played more games at running back than anybody else before him.

Quite an achievement for a man who was mainly a blocking fullback at USC.

Fellow teammate Don Hasselbeck had this to say about him

“I’m devastated,” Don Hasselbeck told the Boston Herald. Hasselbeck was Tatupu’s teammate, and his son, Matt, is Lofa’s teammate on the Seahawks.

“Man, I remember we used to tease him because he played great in the snow and was from Hawaii. He had that running style, a great low base. He played so hard. Man, this is hard to comprehend with someone that age.”

RIP

Mosi Tatupu dead at 54 {Star Bulletin}

Apparently, the staring off into space look with a frown was popular amongst losing coaches this past weekend.
I, for one, have seen it many times myself. Its called “the Lions coaches press conference face from 1999-2010″. I know, long nickname right?

As for Bill Belichick and Andy Reid, both faced similar situations over the weekend. That is to say, both their respective teams got trounced well before halftime (as we predicted).

It’ll be an interesting off-season for both these squads. New England needs some serious help on the defensive side of the ball. I mean, when Joe Flacco wins a game throwing for less than 40 yards, I’m guessing your run defense needs to be shored up a little. And while Andy Reid has already vehemently defended Donovan McNabb and said he will be the team’s QB in 2010, he’s also in the last year of his contract. Something to keep your eye on in the next few months.

While we’d love to give you in-depth analysis of each team, we’d rather just give you our predictions

Jets 24
Bengals 14

Really, I’m only predicting this because I’d love to see how Ocho Cinco reacts on twitter after they lose

Ravens 31
Patriots 10

With rumors that Randy Moss is also injured, its a wonder who Brady will even be throwing to on Sunday

Cowboys 20
Eagles 14

Really want to pick Philly here but for some reason, I see Romo finally coming through

Cardinals 23
Packers 21

Only because I’ve never picked the Packers to win a game. I have a pretty good track record

Every Monday on Guyism, we take a look at some of the worst blunders, coaching moves, and general athlete douchebaggery of the weekend and give you the reader a chance to vote.

Today, we look at Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss and the entire Detroit Lions team

Case 1: Randy Moss

Fantasy owners be damned as Moss pulled in negative points in most leagues. But when the other team accuses you of “giving up”, then you have a problem. This is what Panthers cornerback Chris Gamble had to say

“We knew he was going to shut it down,” Gamble told the Boston Globe after the game. “That’s what we wanted him to do. That’s what we did … He’d just give up a lot. Slow down, he’s not going deep, not trying to run a route. You can tell, his body language.”

Gamble continued: “I know everyone who plays against him, they can sense that. Once you get into him in the beginning of the game, he shuts it down a little bit.”

Moss’ lackluster performance could be attributed to being reprimanded for his tardiness to a Wednesday morning meeting. For the record, Moss finished with one catch for 16 yards, one dropped pass, one lost fumble, and a fourth-quarter false start penalty, and the home crowd also booed him.

Case 2: Detroit Lions

The Lions are no strangers to losing games….and even perhaps the occasional 20-30 point blowout. But a 45 point loss to an average Ravens team? Not acceptable by any means. The Lions continually missed tackles all game and frankly, lacked effort for much of the second half. Their coach Jim Schwartz is now considering benching and cutting some guys because of it. If you’re keeping score at home by the way, that’s not 19 straight road losses for the 2-11 Lions who are staring a top 3 pick in the draft squarely in the face.

That video’s good because if there’s one team who needs more attention, it’s the New England Patriots. Congratulations to the team and their unknown quarterback Tommy Whatshisname on their special anniversary. Hopefully me posting this video will get them the recognition they deserve for tonight’s Monday Night Football game against the Buffalo Bills.

Anywayyyyyy, my fantasy team is the greatest ever. Drew Brees, Adrian Peterson, Kevin Smith (who was meh, but he’ll be at that same level all year), Greg Jennings, Jerricho Cotchery, Jason Witten, and some other a-holes. This is the year I regain that coveted, worthless crown of Fantasy Football Champion.

If you’d like sage wisdom from The New Fantasy King of Fantasy Football and Fantasy Related Endeavors, please feel free to ask in the comments. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity.

As the Patriots were handing Arizona their asses on the field, a crazed fan plotted to hand Junior Seau his ass.

Todd Kobus of Massachusetts thought it would be a good idea to run onto the field and tackle the Patriot linebacker.

According to him, he was just trying to “hug” him but somehow it ended up being a tackle.

What’s really disturbing about this isn’t Kobus’ sanity but rather the lack of awareness from Junior Seau.

“I don’t know where he jumped from. Obviously being as old as I am, I couldn’t anticipate or couldn’t see it coming,” Seau said showing a sense of humor about the incident. “He blind-sided me.”

As a linebacker, I thought your head was supposed to be on a swivel, always knowing who’s around you.

I guess we’ll never mistake Junior Seau for say a Mike Singletary.

But back to Todd Kobus, you know the guy who actually was stupid enough to go after a football player.

Well, I’d bet you could never guess what he does for a living.

He does Army Intelligence for the National Guard.

Yea, you read that right.

Army Intelligence

Sometime I really wonder about our Armed Forces. And this isn’t the first time Kobus has been in the news. He once ran a blog called LostinIraq.com that was so controversial that the Army asked him to shut it down.

So how did this guy get into Army intelligence. Seriously. Is Army intelligence a synonym for dumbest motherfu&%er alive?

Here’s some pics of Kobus getting taken off the field and pelted with snowballs.

I’m not sure who whines more….

Pats fans who realize that their dream run is over

or

Brady fantasy owners who have to start Kyle Orton next week (cough cough scrap)

I’m going with the latter here.

And now that Brady has some time off, how fast before Gisele is impregnated? If he goes the Tiger Woods route, it could be less than 1 month.

Can we get some odds on this?

I say 2 to 1 that its before Halloween.

Any takers?

Pic of Brady’s knee {Steady-Burn}
God addresses Pats fans {Blue Monkey Disco Party}

Rumor from WEEI in Boston:

Brady has a crack in his foot.

WEEI in Boston says that they are “hearing” that people familiar with an MRI taken on Tom Brady’s foot says there is a crack in Brady’s foot.

For those guys that took Brady in the first round of your fantasy draft….

Um….

HAHA!