Tom Coughlin Lets His Critics Know Where They Can Kiss Him

Hot Topic: January 7
Boomer & Carton kick off Friday morning with ‘the longest Jets pre-game show of all time.’ Of course, by now we all know that Rex Ryan and the Jets are taking on Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night. What we don’t know is how Gang Green will fare. Can the Jets pull it off? Vote in our morning show poll below… Speaking of Coach Ryan, Tom Coughlin channeled his ‘inner Rex’ after last week’s win against the Washington Redskins, te...

Tom Coughlin To Critics: 'They Can Kiss My Ass' (VIDEO)
The New York Giants failed to reach the postseason, despite their 10-6 record after beating the Washington Redskins in the Season Finale. After the game, Giants coach Tom Coughlin addressed his critics and told his team how he truly feels in the locker room. "From the bottom of my heart and everybody's, we have a 10-and-6 season, a 10-win season in the NFL, okay?" Coughlin said. "They can kiss my ass, okay? They can line up and kiss my ass. It's not an easy thing to do." He went on to say tha...

Giants Coughlin To Critics: Kiss My A!
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) - Tom Coughlin isn’t often compared to the Jets’ boisterous head coach, Rex Ryan. Coughlin’s comments came during a post-game Speech at FedEx Field on Sunday, after the Giants wrapped up their season with a 17-14 win over the Washington Redskins. “We did our part, okay? That’s all I can ask you to do. From the bottom of my heart and everybody’s, we have a 10-and-6 season, a 10-win season in the NFL, okay?” Coughlin said. “T...

Video: Giants Coach Suddenly Grows A Personality
The Giants 2010 season moved along like a sine curve, so despite ending with ten wins, the team missed the Playoffs because of their own inconsistent play (especially Eli Manning, and his 25 interceptions). Coach Tom Coughlin, who is no Rex Ryan, received a lot of flack by the media and fans for the disappointment. But the Giants decided to retain Coughlin and his fiery personality, and Coughlin let critics of the team and himself know exactly how he feels: " Kiss my ass ." After the Giants me...

NFL playoffs offer test of focus on illegal hits
Unnecessary roughness penalties were higher in the 2010 NFL Regular Season than in 2009, and data from past years shows such calls tend to rise in the Playoffs. After so much attention to Concussions and dangerous hits — along with elevated fines and threats of Suspensions — the first glimpse at how that all will play out in the playoffs comes Saturday and Sunday. According to STATS LLC, there were 184 unnecessary roughness penalties this season, a 14 percent increase from the 162 ca...

When it comes to NFL on TV, the party's never over
As America's premier sports entertainment vehicle, the NFL doesn't need much help attracting eyeballs, but this time of year, even the weather gods are only too happy to jump on the bandwagon. Everybody loves a winner, right? Pro football won big yet again when NFL games topped TV Ratings in all 30 local markets in Week 17. It's the third time in four years that has happened. The NFL boasts a zealous following all year, every year - including during the off season - though it doesn't hurt when f...

Tony Dungy On The Fan
The former Indianapolis Colts coach and current NBC analyst joined Mike Francesa to preview the NFL’s Wild Card weekend. WFAN and Mike Francesa will host a very special “Breakfast with a Champion” with Yankees GM Brian Cashman! The Boomer and Carton Football Challenge is over, check the results to see how you did. Can your competition keep pace? Every NFL game, every week: All you have to do is Pick ‘Em to win! Enter now to win a wake up call from Boomer & Carton a...

ESPNs Crack Cocaine And The Most Expensive Deal In Sports TV History
ESPN and the NFL are in the midst of finalizing a television and media rights megadeal that is worth upwards of $16 billion (some estimates put the deal’s value at $19 billion). It is, without a doubt, the biggest sports television deal in history, and ensures another revenue stream for two companies that are already printing money. The deal was first reported by James Andrew Miller , co-author of the upcoming (and much talked-about) ESPN book. At the time, Miller said that “The NFL ...

NFL Wild Card Weekend: Predict The Winners (POLLS)
Do you think you know all there is to know about the NFL? Do you think you know which teams will go deep into the Playoffs and which teams will go home early? Then try predicting the winners of this weekend's playoff games. The beginning of the 2011 NFL Playoffs begins on Saturday with the Wild Card round. The Saints travel to Seattle for the first game of the weekend. The Jets take on the Colts in Indianapolis on Saturday in a rematch of last year's AFC Championship Game. Sunday features two...

Overtime Rules In Effect For NFL Playoffs
NEW YORK — As if NFL coaches needed something else to worry about. When the Playoffs begin this weekend, they will feature a new rule for overtime. That field goal to win the game on the opening series of the extra session? Forget it. If a team wins the coin toss and receives the overtime kickoff, it does not automatically win the game if it kicks a field goal. The team that kicked off then gets a possession. If the trailing team also kicks a field goal, the game continues. If it scores ...

Elizabeth Engel: 2010 NFL Wilcard Weekend Picks
Saints at Seahawks: Unfortunately, the Saints are down to their last running back. Fortunately, it's Reggie Bush. Unfortunately, he hasn't exactly been having a brilliant season. There's no time like the present to turn that around, Reg. Saints. Not least of which because then we can all put the shame of having a 7-9 team in the NFC Playoffs behind us. Jets at Colts: Rex Ryan's mouth may be writing checks his team can't cash, but I'm pretty sure he'll be able to swing a Payday Loan at least fo...

NFL playoffs offer test of focus on illegal hits
FILE - In this file photo taken Sept. 12, 2010, Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Kevin Kolb, left, is sacked by Green Bay Packers Linebacker Clay Matthews in the first half of an NFL football game in Philadelphia. Kolb sustained a Concussion on the hit, paving the way for Michael Vick to come off the bench and star in perhaps the most compelling comeback story in NFL history. The Eagles have a rematch with Green Bay during a wild-card game Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Unnecessary roughness penalties we...

New NFL Overtime Rules Kick Off This Weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — As if NFL coaches needed something else to worry about. When the Playoffs begin this weekend, they will feature a new rule for overtime. That field goal to win the game on the opening series of the extra session? Forget it. If a team wins the coin toss and receives the overtime kickoff, it does not automatically win the game if it kicks a field goal. The team that kicked off then gets a possession. If the trailing team also kicks a field goal, the game continues. If it scor...

B&C; Show Blog & Audio: Time To Clock The Colts
As the Jets get ready to leave for Indianapolis with thoughts of avenging last year’s AFC Championship Game loss to the Colts, Craig declares today’s edition of the Boomer & Carton Morning Extravaganza as the ‘official-unofficial NY Jets Pre-Game Show’.  In other football news, Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin had a few choice words for the ‘critics’ after learning that his team did not qualify to participate in the Playoffs and B & C have different...

Fan apathy could be greatest threat to BCS
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Bowl Championship Series is facing a threat that’s greater than any lawmaker or political action committee pushing for a Playoff. Apathy seems to have set in among many College Football fans toward the sport’s marquee games, and bowl officials indicate they are ready to explore ways to fix it. The problem really isn’t the BCS national Title Game. Tickets to Monday’s matchup between No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Oregon are a hot item. It’s...

More Bad News from Yemen
Some people worry that Yemen is "the next Afghanistan." Top Obama Administration officials have their hair on fire about the country's growing international Terrorist activity. And while the U.S. has increasingly stepped up support for the Yemeni government's battle against al Qaeda, it's clearly not a simple task: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula conducted two ambushes in Yemen today, killing 13 Yemeni Soldiers and wounding several more, including a brigade commander, in attacks in the souther...

AP sources: Brackett fined $35,000 by NFL
NEW YORK (AP) — Two people with knowledge of the decision say the NFL has fined Indianapolis Colts Linebacker Gary Brackett $35,000 for his hit on Tennessee Titans long snapper Ken Amato in last Sunday’s game. The two people say Brackett was notified of the league’s decision Friday. Both requested anonymity because the league has not announced the fine. He was called for an illegal blindside block on Amato as the Linebacker ran toward the Colts’ goal line and hit the long...

Advice To Golden-Voiced Ted Williams: Listen To Your Mom
What is this? Ted Williams, the Homeless man with the golden voice who's gone from the streets of Columbus, Ohio, to nationwide fame this week because of a Columbus Dispatch video, made another appearance on NBC's Today Show this morning — this time with his 90-year-old mother Julia. As we've reported, they were reunited yesterday (after 10 years apart, not 20 as previously thought). Today, they talked about his years of Drug Abuse, petty crime and Homelessness and the shame they brought o...

Advice To Golden-Voiced Ted Williams: Listen To Your Mom
What is this? Ted Williams, the Homeless man with the golden voice who's gone from the streets of Columbus, Ohio, to nationwide fame this week because of a Columbus Dispatch video, made another appearance on NBC's Today Show this morning — this time with his 90-year-old mother Julia. As we've reported, they were reunited yesterday (after 10 years apart, not 20 as previously thought). Today, they talked about his years of Drug Abuse, petty crime and Homelessness and the shame they brought o...

NO Way Will I Watch These Two Jerks!!! : Bill OReilly To Interview Barack Obama Before Super Bowl Game To RUIN Game Day For Us A
The Washington Post The pro football Playoffs begin this weekend, but Fox Sports is already making sure there’ll be solid television Ratings no matter what teams makes it to the Super Bowl on Feb. 6. That’s because conservative Fox News Talk Show host Bill O’Reilly will be interviewing President Obama during the pre-game show, the White House confirmed yesterday. When it broadcast the games in Obama’s first two years in office, NBC had hosts Matt Lauer (2009) and Katie Couric (2010

Now The Selloff Is Really Gathering Steam: Here Are The 10 Trades To Watch Right Now (KRE, BHI, INP, CHT, PHG, SMN)
Email Sent! You have successfully emailed the post. U.S. stocks have sold off in the wake of this morning's weaker than expected jobs report. In Europe, things aren't looking very good either. On the macro front, currencies and gold are all over the place. To embed this post, copy the code below and paste into your website or blog. Receive email updates on new comments! Bulls crushed! Got a tip? Let us know! Q: What should the NFL do about hard-hitting? 12 Answers 5 hours ago Q: Can the Bus...

Saints, Seahawks Face Off In Wild Card Round: Who Will Win? (PREDICT)
The defending Super Bowl champions travel to Seattle as the No. 5 seed in the NFC for the first game of Wild Card Weekend. The Saints went 11-5 this year, but came in second in the NFC South behind the Atlanta Falcons. Drew Brees had another stellar season, throwing for 4,620 yards 33 touchdowns. Seattle became the first team in NFL history to reach the Playoffs with a losing record. The 7-9 Seahawks won the NFC West on the last game of the season by beating the St. Louis Rams at home. Will th...

Packers' defense ready to chase Eagles' Vick
Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Michael Vick (7) throws a pass during practice at the team's NFL football training facility, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Eagles host the Green Bay Packers in a first round Playoff game on Sunday. Green Bay Packers coaches didn't take any unorthodox measures to simulate the speed and elusiveness of Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Michael Vick this week. Packers Defensive Coordinator Dom Capers says backup Quarterback Matt Flynn played Vick's role ...

President Obama to grant Super Bowl interview to Fox News
President Obama will be taping an interview with FOX New's Bill O'Reilly for broadcast during this year's Super Bowl XLV. Obama has made a tradition of a pre-game interview with the network airing the most popular sports event of the year, and with the FOX broadcast network airing the 2011 game, sister cable channel FNC got the big interview.  While Fox's reputation as a GOP-influenced channel has created tension with the Democratic White House at times, Obama spoke with Washington-based Br...

On WFAN: Jets Ihedigbo, Coleman Talk Colts Matchup
NEW YORK (WFAN) - New York Jets safety James Ihedigbo joined Boomer Esiason & Craig Carton on Friday morning to preview Saturday’s Playoff matchup against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. “This is the healthiest we’ve been as a group, besides Jim Leonhard, in a while, so it’s good,” said Ihedigbo. “I was talking to LT the other day, and he was like ‘this is the healthiest I’ve felt going into the playoffs in my career,’ so...