Interesting Study

British study says aspirin doesn't help diabetics prevent heart attacks.

Wonder if this will leak over into EMS etc.?

Cardiac Arrest News

LA has cardiac arrest survival rates up to 29 percent. They use a protocol of 2 minutes of CPR prior to defibrillation and 20 minutes of working the patient on scene.

Funny neither intubation nor cardiac meds are mentioned. My feeling is that the future of 'Class I's' lies with more basic interventions.

Blogging the Packers/Titans Dopesheet

• Teams have played only twice in the regular season in the last decade but have played 7 straight years in the pre season.
• One more defensive TD will tie the record of the 1966 Super Bowl team.
• 9 of 12 Rogers TD passes have come on 3rd down.
• Packers have 13 ints, Titans 12.
• Former Packer DB Chuck Cecil is a Titans assistant.
• Packers Woodson and Collins Titans Finnegan and Wilson all have 4 ints each.
• Ryan Grant is only the second Packer RB to have 30+ carries in consecuctive games.

The Dopesheet

Packers and Titans

The Tennesee Titans were the Houston Oilers up until 1999.  From the Oilers days Earl Campbell stands out.

Hall of Famer Campbell was an Oiler from 1978 to 1983.  During that time he had 36 carries for 181 yards in 1980 and 27 carries for 123 yards his only Oiler games v. the Packers.  

Overall the Packers are 4-5 against the franchise, 0-2 v. the Titans 4-3 v. the Oilers.

Current Titan QB Kerry Collins QB's the Carolina Panthers in the 1997 NFC title game at Lambeau.  He threw for 215 and a TD.  

Last meeting was a 48-27 Titan beating at Lambeau in 2004.

This game is at Tennesee and the Titans are 5.5 point favorites.

Top 4

Titans the only undefeated continue to be the AFC's top team. I'll stick with Buffalo over New England and Pitsburgh.

Giants top the NFC followed by new entry Carolina Panthers.

I'll say the Titans would beat the Bills while the Giants would topple Carolina.

In a Super Bowl match up I'd the have the physical Titans losing to the equally physical, but more multi dimensional, Giants.

Week 8 Pick

This weeks suicide pool pick is the Redskins over the Lions. The Redskins are favored by 8 which is low then again they are on the road....I'll continue to ride the team playing the Lions as long as I can. The Lions were pesky but ultimately losers.

For blog purposes I will keep track of my picks and post one each week.

Week 1 Cowboys over Browns
Week 2 Giants over Rams

Week 3 Bills over Raiders

Week 4 Chargers over Raiders

Week 5 Panthers defeat Chiefs

Week 6 Vikings over Lions
Week 7 Texans over Lions
Week 8 Redskins over Lions

Smarties go Dem

"Two years ago, a list of the nation’s brainiest cities was put together from Census Bureau reports — that is, cities with the highest percentage of college graduates, which is not the same as smart, of course.

These are vibrant, prosperous places where a knowledge economy and cool things to do after hours attract people from all over the country. Among the top 10, only two of those metro areas — Raleigh, N.C., and Lexington, Ky. — voted Republican in the 2004 presidential election.

This year, all 10 are likely to go Democratic. What’s more, with Colorado, New Hampshire and Virginia now trending blue, Republicans stand to lose the nation’s 10 best-educated states as well."

From today's NY Times