Monthly Archives: December 2008
Ravens Rip The Jags 27-7.
The Ravens closed out the regular season in style with a convincing win against the struggling Jacksonville Jaguars 27-7. The Jaguars put up a fight for the first quarter before the Ravens piled on 21 points in the second quarter behind daring deep strikes by Joe Flacco and solid touchdown runs by the running back duo of Willis McGahee and Le’Ron McClain. The Ravens defense also came to play by forcing 4 turnovers including 2 interceptions by Ed Reed and 2 fumble recoveries. The defense finished the season #2 overall in yards per game ,#3 overally in points allowed per game and had the distiction of allowing 13 or fewer points in every home game this year (first time since the ’62 packers). The win by the Ravens also clinched the wild card 6th playoff seed for the playoffs which means they’ll travel to the AFC East Champion Miami Dolphins next week in a rematch of a game the Ravens won earlier this season 27-13.
Orioles Miss Out On Teixeira.
The Orioles went hard after free agent first basemen and Baltimore area native Mark Teixeira, but lost out in the negotiations to the hated New York Yankees when he signed a 8 year 180 million dollar contract. Orioles fans are angry that the Orioles did not sign Teixeira. Fans had hoped to have a new hometown hero in the Cal Ripken mold to route for, but while the Orioles were serious contenders in the free agent sweepstakes they may not have been a serious option due to their 11 year losing streak.
10-5 Ravens Face Jags With Playoffs On the Line
First let me apologize for missing the past two months of Ravens games and Baltimore sports news in general because of some superstitious related things (haha!), but I’m back because I wanted to keep this blog to track the seasons of Baltimore teams.
With the season on the line the Ravens will face the 5-10 Jags in Baltimore. If the Ravens win they make the playoffs as the #6 seed. If the Ravens lose they still have a chance to make the playoffs if the New England Patriots to lose at the Buffalo Bills.
Since the Ravens beat the Raiders at home in late October they Ravens have gone 6-2 beating the Browns, Texans, Eagles, Bengals, Redskins, and Cowboys while losing to two of the best teams in the NFL in the Steelers and Giants.
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