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Entering A Lost World?

At least the Russian scientists in Antartica intended to. Russian scientists in Antartica were on the verge of entering Antartica's largest subglacial lake, which, interestingly enough, has remained completely secluded from all contact above the surface for over 20 million years. That's a long time, about five times longer than the existence of bipedal beings. This is one of those rare occasions where empirical, tangible science embraced the fascination and intrigue of fringe science. However, now it's appearing to be more of a sci-fi movie all together, as a new plot twists has arisen - all communication with the Russian Scientists has gone completely dark. It's been five days. The Russian Scientists were 40 feet away from piercing the surface of the pristine, New Jersey sized subglacial lake, and more importantly were a week away from doing it. After 20 years of drilling. It gets stranger. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland, Al Gore, James Hansen of Nasa, James Cameron, and a few billionaires including Ted Turner happen to be in Antartica as well. Of course, promoting their own agendas...completely unrelated to Lake Vostak, right? Indeed, a week before Humanity ventured into the most unexplored realm of existence on earth, things go completely awry. Hopefully contact will be made with the crew, and we will see what kind of fascinating creatures, bacteria, or virus' lurk in the mysterious waters of the lake. Sources? Reliable.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/scientists-close-to-entering-vostok-antarcticas-biggest-subglacial-lake/2012/01/27/gIQAbGX0fQ_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/02/russian-scientists-lost-in-frozen-land-lost/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/lake-vostok-antarctica-largest-subglacial_n_1247829.html

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I'm No Skip Bayless

in part, because I'm not a complete idiot. My definition of analyzing NFL football does not include cleaning Tim Tebow's jock strap and then anxiously awaiting the chance to clean it again, after a good, insidious whiff of it. Indeed, I get little enjoyment out of making fallacious statements that even the most casual of football fans can dismiss; I'd much rather piss you off with the facts. The playoffs have arrived, and with it, the absolute drivel that comes out of "analysts" like Michael Irvins mouth. I could care less what the Gary Busey of sports thinks, and I certainly don't pay any thought to that girl on sports nation, whose name I don't care to remember. I can do their jobs with my hands tied to my balls. Hell, I can do their job without my balls, and a better job than Pam Oliver, who most certainly has a huge pair of them. Let's get to the playoff picks, shall we?

Broncos at Patriots

So if you had told me the Steelers would win by a field goal last week, I probably would have felt enticed to pay Morgan Freeman 100 dollars to slap you across the face while narrating the details of the slap. I assumed the Steelers would go into Denver and win by at least 10 points. I was wrong. Then again, I also assumed LeBeau would at least attempt to perform his job competently. Instead, he went into the game assuming his defense could play man coverage without safety help over the top. His thought process had to have been "Tebow's inaccuracy will lead the Broncos to establish a heavy running game, therefore we will stack the box and play the run, and if for some reason he wishes to pass, our corners can play tight enough coverage to force the incompletion." Dick, you're a dick. As bad as Tebow is, he's made it this far as a Quarterback, or the white guy on the field who passes the ball for a living, and Ike Taylor is not as good as you think. 

Now to New England. The Patriots have a terrible defense, but quite frankly, it doesn't matter. The Patriots happen to have the second most interceptions this season at 21, only trailing the 49ers (23), and the Packers (23), in the category. Interestingly enough, the Packers are also a #1 seed with a terrible pass defense. This type of high risk-high reward defense is the bane of the Bronco's existence; we saw this in their last match-up, and I don't expect things to change. The Broncos will fail to establish a running game and Timmy is going to force too many passes into coverage. Tebow's stat line will read as followed - 128 passing yards, 57 rushing yards, 1 passing TD, 3 Int. The final score? 28-10 Patriots.

Giants at Packers

The game of the week is the game that provides the best possibility at a giant upset, and here it is. The game of the week. 2007 NFC championship rematch. I will tell you right off the bat that I'm a Giants fan. I bleed blue and there's no way around it. However, I try my best to stay objective. The Giants are currently known as the "hot" team in the NFL and they're generally considered the sexy pick this weekend. However, last time I checked, the Packers are 22-1 dating back to last season? Yeah, if that's not hot i don't know what is. Granted, I'm going with a bold prediction. Before I take you to bed...I mean predict the score, I need to soften you up.

The earlier meeting this year between the Giants and Packers was a hard-fought, close game. The packers came out on top by a field goal. Thing is, though, the Zebras gave the game to the Packers as they so often have this year. They snubbed Jake Ballard of a touchdown, and there's clear evidence it was a missed call (google it). Then, they granted Donald Driver a touchdown when his foot as in the back of the endzone. This game was not as close as the score may have you believing. Now to the main point. The Giants are playing better football, and the Packers have been playing worse. The Giants offense is going to go off in the same manner they did earlier in the year and their defense will still be carrying last week's performance into the game, just as every team who has beaten the falcons in the playoffs for the past four years has. Lets face it, the Falcons are the catapult to the Super Bowl. Final score 31-21 Giants.