The Miami Dolphins - HOWYOULIKEUSNOW?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, folks. It's not a dream, it's not an illusion.

Your Miami Dolphins are 5-4.

On my birthday weekend, Your Florida Gators and Your Miami Dolphins (Your two favorite teams, natch) whupped tremendous amounts of ass. Let's recap some stuff, shall we?

Them Gators are gonna play Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide pretty soon, and all I have to say is: Nick Saban sucks. I hope Tim (Rhymes with Leebo) Tebow gives Nick Saban a humilating kick in the crotch.

GO GATORS!

Now, let's talk about your Miami Dolphins.

The Phins are 5-4 and they are actually talking playoffs. Whoa.

What a tremendous job The Tuna and Coach Sparano have done. After the Cam Cameron "era" of 1-15 last year, to have a winning record in mid season this year is nothing short of remarkable. And we're WINNING games. Other teams aren't losing them. We are winning them.

The offense has kind of sputtered the last two games, but the defense has played well enough to keep us in it. Ted Ginn Jr. is becoming a real threat at wide receiver, thus fullfilling Grudly Mankinko's phopecy that I will "learn to love him".

Grud didn't say the same about Chad Pennington, but he's become the best QB we have had since Dan The Man. He's quietly become one of the best QB's in the league. I have changed my mind about him, he's allright with me. Just don't leave me hanging, Chad. (That's a little political humor).

Ronnie Brown has been a phenom. When was the last time someone ran for 4 TD's and threw for another one against the Patriots and was so totally ignored? I just may have to buy a #23 jersey.

Even Ricky Williams has made some plays. His "passion for football" and all.

If you look at the season, there's plenty of reasons to be optmistic. let's break it down.

Currently we are 5-4. Our schedule is as follows, and for shits and giggles, let's assume we lose to everyone in the AFC East left to play.

Oakland - They're terrible. Sorry Grud, gonna be long day for you Sunday, pal. I'll make sure of that. 6-4.

New England - we beat them once this year in New England, but for the purposes of this experiment, we'll lose to all of the AFC East. But the Patroits still suck. 6-5.

St. Louis - I love the Rams. But they're awful. 7-5.

Buffalo (in Toronto) - AFC East. Buffalo sucks. 7-6.

San Francisco - Mike Singletary will drop his pants one more time and show the Phins where to insert. 8-6.

Kansas City - Here's how bad they are: 67 year old Damon Huard, who used to back up Dan Marino, is their best QB. 9-6.

New York Jets - They beat us in the first game of the year, but we are not the same team. It will be Pennington's first trip back to NY since they chucked him to the weeds, so they'll be motivated to kick the Jets asses. But, AFC East, J-E-T-S-S-U-C-K, Jets suck! 9-7.

So there you go. The Phins could actually finish 9-7 or better. Even if it's worse, and I don't think it will be, it's a tremendous accomplishment for the organization. This is a team that believes in itself and has got some swagger. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

GO DOLPHINS!

And, I would be remiss if I didn't at least mention my CFL team I love so much and follow when I'm in Abbotsford, your Vancouver-based BC Lions.

Your BC Lions are 11-7 and play the Clagary Stampeders in the Division Championship on Saturday. The winner of that contest goes to the Grey Cup Game, their version of The Big Game At the End. Cool!

GO LIONS!

I'll be at the Dolphins/Raidas game this weekend, recording the Dolphins thrill of victory and Mike Guerdon's agony of defeat.

Be there. Aloha.