A Redskins Fan Guide To The Caps & The NHL 2013

Here are some things that Redskins fans should read that may convince them to give hockey a shot tonight.

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Rocking The Red

If you go to FedEx Field, you will often note that there are 5 billion people wearing the other team's jersey.  There are a lot of Skins jerseys, but the stadium isn't packed to capacity with maroon & black (JZ).  And my god is it annoying when there are 40,000 terrible towels waiving in Maryland, it makes you want to jump off of Gheorge Muresan's head and fall a thousand feet (or 7 and a half feet) to your death.

At a Caps game we call it "Rocking the Red".  95% of those in attendance wear red.  The other 5% are Penguins/Rangers/Flyers fans who think it is funny to wear the jersey of a team that isn't even playing, people who didn't read the invitation (which clearly said to rock the red), and the classic Guys In Pink Shirts At Wizards Games (or Caps Games).


Less Racism

The Washington Football team is called the Redskins.  The Washington Hockey team is called the Capitals.  One is more racist than the other.  Clearly the Caps.  But I did hear that Capitals call each other Capitals, so maybe it isn't racist.


Somebody Left The Gate Open

I have now seen the Bud Light Rodney flips over cheese puffs while screaming at the TV commercial 400 times this Redskins season.  It is pretty much the worst 30 seconds of my life x 400 times.




But for the Caps games we have something better.  The Beatles meet Michael Jackson meet Picaso.  It is called Somebody Left The Gate Open. While Skins fans see Rodney 400 times, Caps fans see the gate commercial 4,000,000 times (I counted).  This is pretty much the greatest song ever created in the history of the universe.  And to hear it 2 times during every commercial break for 82 games is just heaven.  I guarantee by game 3 you will be singing it in the shower, and one day you may walk down the aisle to it. (shhhh don't tell them).


Joe B & Locker

Because hockey is like normal sports, and not like the NFL, we have our own personal Capitals announce team.  While Redskins fans get to hear Dick Stockton pronounce Roy Helu 20 different ways while Rhonde Barber tries to compose a sentence, Joe B & Locker make for an entertaining, homerific hockey game.  And oh the banter...that precious banter...

Toughness

If Brian Orakpo looks at Tom Brady's Ugz, there is a 15 yard penalty and possible suspension.  If John Erskine breaks Joe Thornton's face, there might be a 2 minute penalty...maybe.


Playoffs

After the Caps Alex Ovechkin won rookie of the year, the team made the playoffs...EVERY YEAR after that.  After the Redskins RG3 won rookie of the year, he made a documentary about how great he was and then came back and started 0-3.  (Although the Caps are from DC, so its not like they ever advance far)


Hybrid Icing

It just sounds cool.  You know you want to watch it.


D'Angelo Hall Is Not On The Roster

Ok, sure he has more TDs this season than RG3 (not really), but the Onion put it best: "Has an amazing knack for gaining separation from a receiver".


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If you want even more fun, here is 2011's guide

Greatest Website Ever Lets You Know When Papa John's Is Half Off

Who doesn't like half price pizza?  Give up? The answer is nobody.

Some people may not be the biggest Papa John's fans, myself being one of them, but on a Friday afternoon when I can order a bacon/mushroom/pepperoni pizza, buffalo wings, bread sticks, and cheese sticks for around $20, I don't really care.  And now there is a now a new website that will change your pizza eating life.

Caps Use John Harbaugh In Unleash The Fury Video

Everyone loves the Washington Capitals tradition of Unleash the Fury where the team plays a group of inspirational movie clips led by Tom Green and his famous line from the movie Road Trip.  (What? You didn't know it was from Road Trip?)

Well on Tuesday night, during a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Caps had apparently edited the normal video to now include Super Bowl winning coach of the Baltimore Ravens, John Harbaugh.  Yes, the BALTIMORE Ravens.

Harbaugh comes in with a Caps sweater on and screams "Unleash the Fury!" early in the montage.

Adding Harbaugh to the video may make some of the Ravens/Caps fans happy, but this is Washington, DC, and we have a football team here.  It's called the Redskins.  Sure the Ravens win.  Sure lots of Caps fans are Ravens fans.  But you are gonna bring that mess into the city limits!?

We here at the DC Sports Nexus (note the lack of the word Baltimore) are all into team cross promotions.  Get me John Wall on there.  Get me Ryan Zimmerman on there.  Get me RGIII on there.

People we don't want to see: Matt Weiters, Ray Lewis.

Here is a terrible, awful video of it.  Who turns their camera sideways halfway through?  The guy who uploaded it that's who: (takes place around 20 seconds in)



What do you think about Having 2 football teams supporting one hockey team and vice versa?

Nexus Now: Still A Lockout

Our Caps coverage has been pretty weak lately.  Between my writers...not writing...and with lots of Nationals coverage happening we aren't doing as much as we should.  One of the reasons is that I am trying to pretend that there is no lockout happening.  In order to do that, I have to ignore all the news about it.

To tide you over, check out our 2nd episode of Nexus Now, and we promise more Caps stuff to come...eventually...

Check Out Episode 1: Rally Kid!

Nexus Now Episode 1

At the DC Sports Nexus, we created a show to add to our coverage of the DC Sports teams.  The show is called Nexus Now and will be a weekly or monthly show with lots of fun stuff.  Each time we do it we will try to add new stuff and actually turn on the HD switch on our cameras.

In the first (and possibly only) ever episode, we interview the famous Nationals Rally Kid, a huge 10 year old Nats fan who is traveling around the country trying to hit every Major League Stadium.  We talk about how he helped the Nats win, and we talk to his father about the famous Bob Carpenter Scorebook and the secret Carp doesn't want you to know.

I also talk about each of the 4 DC Sports teams, watch some dancing by umpires and Davey Johnson, and my favorite part, "Oh, Hello"!  Check it out!