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Wednesday, October 25, 2006.
Jury Duty Sucks, Raiders Win and the NFL Power Rankings: Week 7

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Sorry for the late update. I got off work at 3:00 AM yesterday and then I had jury duty at 7:45 AM. I tried to get out of going. I wrote to the court claiming finacial hardship but they still made me show up. I guess now the court has a rule that finacial hardship claims will only be excepted in extreme cases. What the Hell?? I'm broke bitch. I'm broke!! If I don't work I don't get paid. Which means I can't pay my rent. Which means I get evicted. Last time I checked that was pretty extreme. I should have wrote my claim in crayon. Maybe then they would of let me off the hook.

What really pisses me off is that they sent me to the court house in downtown LA when I live 5 minutes from the court house in Van Nuys. These demons told me that I couldn't transfer because I lived 16 miles from the LA court house and not 20. Perish the thought that it would make peoples' lives easier if they sent them to the court houses where they lived close too. I realize that they can't do this for everyone but common sense (which obviously isn't common for these bitches) should tell them that a person should not have to drive 16 miles when they could just drive 5.

So I'm sitting down with the other tortured souls on the 11th floor of the court house of Hell waiting to see if I would be a juror. The first case was announced as being a 30 day trial. I thought to myself, "If this mother f*cker calls my name, I'm jumping through this f*cking window." Lucky for me, and the window my name wasn't called. As a matter a fact my name wasn't called all day which means I don't go back (THANK YOU BLACK JESUS). So basically most of my day yesterday (7:45 AM to 5:00 PM) was spent sitting on my ass doing two things. Jack and shit. And Jack left town.

Ok enough of that shit...

I have to give some shouts out to some impact players in the NFL for week 7. Much love goes out for two of my fantasy players. Brian Westbrook and Hines Ward. Westbrook had 101 yards rushing and 113 yards receiving. He also scored a touchdown. And speaking of touchdowns. My boy Ward had 3 of them. He also had 171 receiving yards. Both of those guys saved my ass. Thanks fellas, but you are not the RyanMcBain.com Sports God of the week. That award goes to Art Shell for leading my Oakland Raiders to their first win of the season. And by doing so, Mr. Shell also gave me an early birthday present (November 1st). Thanks Coach. It was almost as good as sex. I think this calls for a fitting Raider tribute...

But I digress. It is now time for the only rankings that matter.

2006 RyanMcBain.com Power Rankings: Week 7
	RK (LW)	TEAM	REC	COMMENTS
	1 (1)	Bears	6-0-0	Grossman better get back on track.
	2 (2)	Colts	6-0-0	The Colts are the weakest undefeated team I have ever seen.
	3 (4)	Broncos	5-1-0	Is the Jay Cutler era around the corner?
	4 (7)	Patriots	5-1-0	The Pats are on a roll...in a weak division. Too bad they can't play the Bills every week.
	5 (11)	Giants	4-2-0	The Giants will not win the NFC East. You heard it here first.
	6 (15)	Bengals	4-2-0	Chris Henry coming back will help.
	7 (3)	Panthers	4-3-0	Tough Loss. Steve Smith is doing what he can, but DeShaun Foster needs to step up.
	8 (8)	Saints	5-1-0	Bye
	9 (13)	Falcons	4-2-0	Michael Vick looked like the QB everyone hoped he would be. Lets see if he can keep doing it.
	10 (10)	Ravens	4-2-0	Bye
	11 (9)	Eagles	4-3-0	If the Eagles are going to win the division they have to win close games. My boy McNabb just lost his firm girp on the MVP crown.
	12 (6)	Chargers	4-2-0	The Chargers are making the Bengals look like Choir boys.
	13 (19)	Vikings	4-2-0	Chester Taylor played like a G.
	14 (5)	Seahawks	4-2-0	Alexander and Stevens need to get healthy.
	15 (21)	Chiefs	3-3-0	Another kicker that got plenty of oral after the game.
	16 (18)	Jets	4-3-0	Even if Martin can come back and play, he is not going to take the starting job from Washington.
	17 (17)	Rams	4-2-0	Bye
	18 (16)	Steelers	2-4-0	Tough loss guys but hey look on the bright side; Hines Ward did a great job as my fantasy WR.
	19 (14)	Cowboys	3-3-0	It doesn't matter who the QB is. That O-Line is a mess.
	20 (22)	Buccaneers	2-4-0	Lucky = Winning a game because of a 62 yard field goal.
	21 (12)	Jaguars	3-3-0	How in the Hell did you get spanked by the Texans?
	22 (26)	Packers	2-4-0	I guess Favre still has some juice left. Oh and I have to give thanks to Lord Favre for getting me 20 points in my fantasy football league.
	23 (23)	Bills	2-5-0	Losman is a joke. You guys should be praying to get Brady Quinn next year.
	24 (24)	Browns	1-5-0	Did you guys really think you were going to beat the Broncos?
	25 (21)	Redskins	2-5-0	Is Al Saunders on crack?
	26 (31)	Texans	2-4-0	Impressive win fellas...most impressive.
	27 (27)	49ers	2-4-0	Bye
	28 (28)	Titans	1-5-0	Bye
	29 (32)	Raiders	1-5-0	Lets see if the Silver and Black can go on a win streak. Teams shouldn't sleep on them. The Raiders have the 5th ranked defense in the NFL.
	30 (25)	Cardinals	1-6-0	Dennis Green can bring in the talent. I just don't think he can coach it.
	31 (29)	Dolphins	1-6-0	Nick Saban can bash his team all he wants but he was the guy who chose Daunte Culpepper over Drew Brees.
	32 (30)	Lions	1-6-0	You know you are bad when you are ranked lower than the Raiders.