Mike Golic Doesn't Know His Football!

by Bruce Raffel on Sep 17, 2009 8:52 AM EDT

Just watching ESPN2 this morning, specifically Mike & Mike (on ESPN!). They were going over the NFL games for week 2 of the 2009 season and when Mike Greenberg and Mark Schlereth finished their games they were reviewing, it came to Mike Golic to review the Baltimore Ravens at the San Diego Chargers battle coming up Sunday afternoon.

Golic said the San Diego defense gave up a lot of yards to the Oakland Raiders last week, but the Ravens defense also gave up a lot of points to the Kansas City Chiefs. Now, we could give him a pass if he were to say that the points that the defense actually gave up was considered "a lot" by Ravens' standards, as opposed to just "a lot."

If Golic had bothered to see the game, or perhaps even look at the drive-by-drive charts, he would have seen a defense that shut down the Chiefs' offense, allowing only 188 total yards. Seven of those yards came on a TD drive after an interception return set up the Chiefs offense on the Ravens seven yard line. Fifty more of those yards came on one pass play. The Chiefs were 2 of 12 on third downs and only gained 29 yards on the ground all day long.

Golic said the Ravens defense needs to play a lot better against the Chargers and the game will come down to the Ravens defense against the Chargers offense. While the defense will need to step it up against a much more potent offense in San Diego's, the Chargers will certainly now be facing a much better offense in the Ravens than they did in the Raiders.

Get in the game, Golic!

PS - Golic just added a late comment that he was getting a lot of calls about the Ravens defense playing well and was man enough to admit he was wrong and the Baltimore defense played "well." Fair enough, Golic.

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Derrick Brooks is now on w/ Mike&Mike

and they’re asking him what he thinks about the Ravens defense without Rex Ryan now. Brooks is a pretty savvy veteran and knows his stuff from being on the field for so long and being so good. He says they might miss his ingenuity, but the core of the team with Ray and Ed will be resilient and stay the course and still be so dominant this year.

Smart man, Derrick. Now pack your bags and go to Chicago to help the Bears!

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Sep 17, 2009 9:17 AM EDT reply actions

MIKE "ALL I ATE WAS" GOLIC BREAD!

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Sep 17, 2009 11:37 AM EDT reply actions

That was clever........

If alcohol didn't exist the Irish would conquer the world.

by Zachary Beard on Sep 17, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Golic was corrected throughout the whole San Diego/Raiders game by Steve Young. Golic and Greeney are like 2 junior high kids announcing a game for a 7th grade skit. young re-explained calls left and right.

by raven on Sep 17, 2009 1:54 PM EDT reply actions

talk people shouldn't broadcast

a la tony kornheiser

Ray Rice is so agile. He's a whole new breed for agile you need a new word to describe his agility... UBER-AGILITY!

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 17, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

players only…
i enjoy the angry players who underachieved. they rip everyone and remind me of Uncle Ricco from Napolean Dynamite. the ones who’ve ‘been there done that’ are just too good and are looking for a back rub from a hot chick by the 2nd quarter.

by raven on Sep 17, 2009 3:29 PM EDT reply actions