Necessary Roughness with Kisha is a sports blog that focuses on football, both college and professional. However, no topic is off limits.

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Nov
28
2011

3

Patriots, Eagles and the Honey Badger

 

Phew.

I swear, sometimes life doesn’t understand that I’ve got a blog to take care of. Geeesh. Sorry for the delay everyone, a door closed in my professional life and a new one opened rather quickly (I was very lucky!) and here I am getting back to some killer blogging.

Sunday night’s game was awesome. Not for the Eagles of course, but as a die-hard Patriots fan, it’s tough not to get too excited. With Tom Brady finally getting into a groove with his receivers (Deion Branch had six catches for 125 yards and Wes Welker had eight catches for 115 yards and two touchdowns!) and the running game also having a solid showing, there’s plenty to be happy about.

By the way, do you enjoy going through the Gamebook as much as I do? If you haven’t seen it yet, feast your eyes on THIS.

I have to admit, this new Patriots trend of a slow start then just making the opposition look silly in the second half makes the game so much more exciting to watch. Sure, I’d like to see the Patriots completely dominate but the part of me that loves the underdog in everything LOVES the comebacks. The only problem, how long can you play the underdog card AND win?

Everyone thought that the Eagles game could be the one game that the Patriots could give up without really having any major consequences. But how did they manage on Sunday? Beating the Eagles 38-20.

I found a really interesting article from Chris Forsberg of ESPNBoston about how the Patriots made it a little bit easier for lineman-turned-center Ryan Wendell. It was Ryan’s first game as a center and as Forsberg mentioned, the noise level at Lincoln Financial Field is a little intimidating.

To ease his duties, the Patriots employed a subtle, but somewhat unique approach in Sunday’s game. During shotgun snaps where the team operated with a silent count, veteran right guard Brian Waters would stare back at quarterback Tom Brady until he got the sign that the offense was set, then he would tap Wendell with his left arm to initiate the snap.

This is a great example of how the Patriots adjust to, not necessarily the needs of a certain player, but more so the needs of the team as whole is what prevents this team from failure. The ability to adjust, improve and …

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Aug
10
2011

0

Holy free tickets, Batman!

 

Mind: Blow

This is how my day ended today.
I know I say that my work takes over my life and honestly, it’s moments like this when it’s all worth it.

We’re launching a brand new site at work that has awesome written all over it and I’ve become so invested in it that it’s been tough to get all football’d out as much as I’d like…but that won’t be happening once the season starts and tickets to the first ever Patriots game of the 2011 season is one hell of a way to get my butt in gear as far being the Patriots Insider that I’ve been in the past.

I give so much credit to people who have the full time jobs AND then come home and blog their nights away. It was so much easier for me before since I was just out of college and hell, I thought I was going to be a full time blogger.

So, the game starts at 7:30 pm tomorrow and this will be my first time attending event after I left Gillette Stadium as their Check In Supervisor (best college job EVER). I’m psyched. Considering that the last time I was able to go to a game was on Halloween and I paid for that whole thing. All $100+ of it. Also, Ryan has seriously got it made with all the perks I’ve gotten from my job. :)

Now for the real question…
What should I be looking for in this game?

It’s been like a whirlwind romance when it comes to this Patriots team coming together and it feels like I’m just getting to know everyone and what they have to offer.

There are the things to expect:

- Brady being awesome (duh.)
- The Tiny Dude Troupe ( Welker, Woodhead, Edelman, Branch..)
-  The Wide Receivers…like all 35 of them

And then there’s the exciting stuff:

- Albert Haynesworth..if he’s healthy, motivated, getting paid..etc
- Chad Ochocino (He’s really a Patriot right?!)
- The ever-so-mysterious pass rush
- 4-3 whaaaaaa?!

Is there anything that you guys would want me to keep an eye on? Let me know here or on twitter and I’ll tweet it all up.

Here’s the start of the season and getting to sit in my favorite stadium to experience the beginning of what’s bound to be a pretty sweet year.

Go Pats!…

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Jul
9
2011

0

I interviewed Ellis Hobbs, no big deal. Seriously.

 

My friends are awesome. 

As in all of my friends..on Twitter, Facebook etc.

Last weekend, I got a lovely message left on my phone from my friend @RumfordJohnny about a rather interesting proposition. It involved Ellis Hobbs, a football camp and writing. Those are definitely on the list things that I love. As I got further details, I got in touch with @TDavenport88 and got the details.

My task was to get the word out on Ellis Hobbs III Football Camp in hopes of getting more kids to join and get an awesome experience. Easy enough right? And then I was told that if I wanted, I could have the opportunity to chat with Ellis Hobbs himself about the camp.

Wait, what? If I wanted to? Yes. I’d WANT to talk to Ellis Hobbs. Duhskies.

All of a sudden, Wednesday afternoon while I was in a huge meeting with all my managers, the station receptionist runs into the conference room and says that “There’s someone on the line for Kisha..he said something about football and the Patriots?”

Like a boss, I smugly said, “Yes, I’ll take the call” as I walked out of the conference room and then ran to my desk to make sure I didn’t miss the call. It was a representative for Mr. Hobbs and just wanted to verify who I was. Then he said, “Ellis says he knows you, have you guys met before?” In my head, I fainted and then wanted to say, “Yeah I’m pretty awesome so that’s probably why he knows my name.” But what I really said was, “Oh that’s weird. Maybe he’s read my stuff on PatriotsInsider.com”

Doubt it but it was all I could come up with. I doubt that he was a fan of my ridiculous Tweets either.

Fast forward 15 minutes later and my phone rings and I hear, “Hi Kisha, it’s Ellis Hobbs.”

And what does this genius say in response to this? “Oh hey dude what’s up?“

Dude? Really Kisha? Not like we were BFF’s from college and it was like us catching up. I’ve never met this man and I definitely called him dude. My mother was so proud.

About 20 minutes later, I learned some great information about just how these football camps work and learned even more about Ellis Hobbs. He was an easy-going and very nice guy. Loves his …

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Jun
29
2011

2

Quickies | 6.29.11

 

In my attempt to be a more consistent blogger, I’ve come up with “Quickies”. Going along with the already tongue and cheek nature that is my blog title (which USA thought would be fitting for a new show. ) thought it seemed rather fitting.

This weekend was amazing.

I got to spend an entire day talking sports with some of my favorite people and it was lovely.

But since this lockout has been in effect, I find myself treasuring every few moments when there is some sort of football news. Like real football news, not that Reggie Bush is dating a Kim Kardashian look alike. Speaking of this poor girl, how tough is it going to be for her to step out of that shadow? I’ll be hones, the first time I saw here in that Old Navy commercial, I thought for a second that Kim Kardashian was actually trying to do….something. Nopes. 

Point I’m trying to make is that a lot of fans are starting to feel the strain of no football season. Initially, when I’d see any headline that said “talking” or “without lawyers” I started thinking positive thoughts – Think football season, you’re one with football season, you ARE football season – but more often than not, the talks are extended and we’re left to wait. I hate waiting.

I’m hearing good things though.

After the cancellation of the NFL’s Rookie Symposium  – Freshman Orientation – as I call it.  The NFL Players Association decided to hold their own version of a  Rookie Symposium called “The Business of Football: Rookie Edition” today. The two hour “fun-a-thon” consisted of Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith speaking to the rookies about football but refused to give details on the labor talks.

Weird, I thought that was part of the “Business of Football”.

I guess beggars can’t be choosers. This is legitimate football news and for that I am thankful for that. Check out @SI_jimtrotter’s report on the whole event.

That’s all I’ve gt for now.

I’ll also try to leave you all with something that is nothing sports related but makes me laugh. Hard.

Enjoy.

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