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I pretty much only ever do sports stuff but sometimes when the muse strikes you just can't help yourself. Walter White's new album cover that will accompany his upcoming Confession video. Enjoy!

Also if you haven't checked it out yet, head over to Warriorsworld.net where Harrison Barnes is doing a recap of each episode of Breaking Bad's final season with Warriorsworld writer Jesse Taylor. 

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Couching Analysis: Part 1 - Oakland Raiders vs. New England Patriots

By Frank Gomez

There are a lot of ways that I can start this post, but I'll start by saying that the Raiders had an opportunity to win this past weekend and they weren't up for the challenge. They were like an unprepared Family asking for the Physical Challenge on Family Double Dare and failing as grimly as possible. The hopes of a fully packed stadium were collectively dashed as the 1st of 2 Interceptions thrown by Jason Campbell glided into the New England defense like a bad cut scene from a Ricky Fitts American Beauty video anthology.

      Even with that, Campbell still had a good day statistically save for those 2 big mental errors. He ended with a respectable line of 25/39 CP/AT for 344 yds., 1 TD, 2 INT., and 29 yds rushing. Granted some of that big passing yardage came on the Raiders last series when the game was already in the Patriots death grip but I digress. You can't put all the blame squarely on Campbell but in the game of Chicken that he was playing with Brady, in terms of leading their respective offenses, Campbell flinched.

Let's go through the anatomy of the 1st interception at the end of the 2nd quarter that swung the momentum of the game heading into halftime especially with the Patriots coming out in the 2nd half on offense...

     As Campbell drops back, he has a big pocket to step up into with the O-line doing a solid job of pushing the Pass rush around Campbell.

     Campbell begins to step up in the pocket but begins to look a little flustered and his feet get a little quicker. O-line is still holding their blocks with Satele out in front alone.

        At this point Pocket begins to collapse & Campbell keeps stepping up but it doesn't seem as if he can decide whether he wants to tuck & run or bide a little more time for the WR's to get open.

      Campbell seems to have made up his mind that he is going to throw the ball out of bounds but is not setting himself up to make a good throw in order to get it high enough to get out of bounds.

      If you look at Campbell's foot work, it is really off by now since he is just trying to get rid of the ball. But because of the bad footwork, Campbell ends up throwing off of his front foot and won't be able to get enough on the throw to get it out of bounds.

      Campbell is also drifting backward on his throw which is even more detrimental to the velocity and at this point there are no Wide Receivers in sight but he has to let it go.

      And here it comes (Closing Eyes)...

      Still closing eyes...

      Now throwing DVR control...SMH!!!

As you can see it seemed to be more of a case of Campbell's footwork getting to quick & the internal clock speeding up especially since he had an ample amount of protection. But this type of play is the exact type of "Flinching" that separates the teams still finding themselves from the consistently good teams. 

I have no doubt that Campbell will learn from this game and come back better in the next game versus Houston but if the Raiders are to go rushing into the playoffs they will only go as far as McFadden's bionic legs and Campbell's QB savvy and arm will take them. Hopefully the next time this situation happens, Campbell leaves the flinching at home and goes all Ralphie on Farkus, from A Christmas Story, on it.

In part 2 of Couching Analysis - The Mcclain & Secondary issue and the Anti-Arm Waving while blowing a whistle referee committee debacle. It wouldn't be a Raider post without referee talk.

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So The Bay Area Sports Report is starting a new segment called "Lockout News with Veronica" in attempt to deal with both the NFL and NBA lockouts and the dog days of Summer during the Baseball season. No event is to small or obscure during a lockout and slow sports news be damned!!

In our first segment, Veronica is out and about at the Alameda County Fair and interviews April Mitchell, Alameda County Fair Spokesperson, who talked to her about the World Record Breaking Hamburger that was prepared at the fair. The Hamburger weighed in at 777 lbs and pieces of the hamburger could be purchased for .99 cents with all the proceeds going to the Alameda County Food Bank.

Thanks again to April and the good people at the Alameda County Fair for taking time out to speak with us.

See everyone next week with more "Lockout News with Veronica"

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Calling all "The Bay Area Sports Report" fans!!!

On the last podcast I talked about how we would be getting a number that fans could call into in order to talk some Bay Area Sports or actually whatever you want. We would love it if the fans could drive the conversation on the podcast and are going to do our best to make that happen.

So this is what we need from you. If you want to participate on the podcast live while we are doing it this is going to be the number that you call if you want to be on the show. Just call into [phone]. That is essentially the hot-line to get on the show and talk sports, shenanigans, or whatever you want. So if you have something that you want to get off your chest about your favorite team in the bay, go ahead and call in. Also if you have Skype go ahead and add us at (the_bay_area_sports_report) and that way if you're online while we are doing the show you can chime in for free.

Now you may be asking yourself "How will I know when you are going to be doing the show in order to call in?" Well here is what you do, if you have a Twitter account, you can either follow me (@MR_FJG_SON) or jorge (@BASR_JLuna) to get the news or look for the hashtag #TheBASR. We will tell you when we are going live and that way you can call right in. For our tumblr fans, I will send out a post with the number again and if you want to rant about your favorite squad or a player that you have had enough of, then go ahead and call in. Finally look for our Facebook fan page: (The Bay Area Sports Report) for updates to when the show will go live in order to call in.

Hopefully we can start building a little community that loves all the teams in the Bay Area!