Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. – Oscar Wilde

NFL Notes:

• Someone must have broken into Archie’s ‘juice’ cupboard, because Eli declares the Giants are “definitely” a playoff team in 2016.
• The NFL released its roster of officials for the 2016 season. Among the ‘highlights’:
  • there are 124 officials total
  • all 17 refs are back, including 28-year veteran Walt Coleman.
  • one retired – rumoured to be Linesman George Hayward
  • two former players work as officials
    • Steve Freeman, who is on Jeff Triplette’s crew
    • Phil McKinnely, who is on Bill Vinovich’s crew
  • Sarah Thomas remains the only woman official
  • finally, as previously reported, due to massive fuckup-ery, Pete Morelli is getting an entirely new crew.
• ESPN tried to parse out the new “catch rule”. Clear as mud!
• Brett Favre referred to Derek Carr as “more polished” than he was at that age. But he needs to up his dick-pic game if he wants to be considered “elite”.

Finally, the Top-10 of the Top-100 Players was released last night. No great surprise that Cam was #1.

Only eighteen days until training camps open. 18.

HOT TAEK: Olivia Wilde

Tonight’s TV:

• Sports:
  • Baseball: no national game
  • CFL: doubleheader! On ESPN2 & TSN (CFL Beat here)
    • Winnipeg @ Hamilton – 7:00
    • Toronto @ BC – 10:00
  • Track & Field: Olympic qualifiers – 8:00 – NBCSN
• Alternatives:
  • ABC: Battlebots – 8:00
  • FXX: The Simpsons – 4 hour block
    • 8:30 – “Bart of Darkness”
    • 9:00 – “Hurricane Neddy”
    • 11:00 – “In The Name of the Grandfather”

Reminder to all Canadians – Milos Raonic takes on Roger Federer tomorrow morning in one of the Wimbledon semi-finals. WILL HE FINALLY DO IT?