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Posted Monday November 16, 2009, About: Will Buckeyes pass cost TCU national title bid?

Couldn't agree with you more. The whole system, even the strength of schedules, is a subjective joke. Texas schedule is considered 18th most difficult out of 120 teams. Boise State is 100 and TCU is 103. But since the Big 12 teams are overrated for the most part, the S.O.S.'s are too high.
Right now, the mythical national championship comes down to two conferences with legacies, and the refs are going to make damn sure Florida and Bama do not suffer an upset on the way to their playoff game.
By the way, I'm an SEC/LSU fan. But this season has been the least fun of all because certain teams have so much less of a chance while the USC's can suffer blowout after blowout and still be in the top 20.

Posted Wednesday November 11, 2009, About: Jerry Jones accepts Harbaugh's apology

Excellent. I couldn't have said it better myself. It was very gracious of Jones to accept the apology. I don't think I would have been.

Posted Sunday November 08, 2009, About: Gator Bowl eyeing Notre Dame

You don't want Gruden. Believe me, Meyer isn't going anywhere. You don't need a big name coach, you just need a decent coach who can recruit, but get good coordinators. A young Bobby Bowden comes to mind.

Posted Sunday November 08, 2009, About: Gator Bowl eyeing Notre Dame

Until Weis is gone and ESPN dumps Holtz, many of us will remain ND haters and we look forward to ND getting their butts kicked in any bowl game.
ND did a great thing by hiring Tyrone Willingham. They then did the worst thing possible - firing him with a year left on his contract. They followed that up by giving Weis a contract extension his first year while winning with Willingham's players. Weis' current won-loss percentage is only one game better than Willingham's after the loss yesterday to Navy.
And until we stop hearing Holtz raving about your slightly above average team and QB, it's hard to feel for you fans.
Lastly, Weis pontificated at the podium after yesterday's loss like he was battling a war against good and evil. His ego is as big as he is.
Man, I hope you all get to play LSU in a bowl. I'd love for a 30-point loss to the Tigers to be Weis' last game. Then I can consider rooting for ND again.

Posted Sunday November 08, 2009, About: Ex-Eagle: Cowboys everything wrong about NFL

I had to laugh at that one. And it shows you how dishonest Harbaugh is being about this.

Posted Sunday November 08, 2009, About: Ex-Eagle: Cowboys everything wrong about NFL

I'm not going to be disrespectful to the Eagles or their fans for these ridiculous comments. Whne you're willing to go out and get stars, it proves you want to win by making your team better. Ask SF, who got Deion Sanders and Ken Norton Jr. to get better than Dallas. Ask Dallas who went out and got Deion and Thomas Everett to counter SF. Ask Gren Bay, who got Reggie White to put them over the top. Ask New England, who got Moss. Oh, by the way, ask Philadelphia, who got Terrell Owens to give McNabb the best wide receiver he ever had (before Maclin and Jackson this year).
Look at the Cowboys roster right now and you'll find about six starters who played for other teams. The biggest stars on the team (Romo, Barber, Austin, Witten, Ware, Newman) were drafted by the Cowboys, not stars acquired from other teams.
So before we start the name-calling, let's agree the Eagles are a better coached team and have been more successful the last decade, but Harbaugh couldn't be more wrong. And I hope someone in both organizations points that out. He's just trying to sell books. But at least we know he's not a truthful person, at least on this issue.

Posted Sunday October 25, 2009, About: UCLA player's racial tweet rips Chow

Twitter is a joke when it comes to spelling, punctuation, etc. I'm not speaking from personal experience, but from publishings online, including those from our national politicians. You only get so many characters, so words are shortened and mispelled intentionally, and punctuation is usually iignored totally.
The problem here is the kid was stupid enough to use a racial slur in a public setting. He should be punished, the degree to which is up to the school and the coach. But don't try to determine how well this kid has mastered English based on twittering.

Posted Sunday October 18, 2009, About: Weis defiant after Irish loss

Mark May's OK, but I luv it, too, when he gives Holtz a mental wedgie.
That game should have been over. USC really needed to put their foot on ND's throats. I think those two late TDs probably did save Weis' job, so I'll be rooting against ND for another year. That ten-year extension to a coach who had done nothing but win a few games with another coach's players was a slap in the face to Bob Davie and Tyrone Willingham. Wies' winning percentage is now exactly the same as Davie's and Willingham's. I'll never root for ND again till Weis is gone.

Posted Sunday October 18, 2009, About: Shanahan or Holmgren in Cowboys' future?

Good advice. You do what works until they stop you. You know how Nebraska and Oklahoma use to hang half a hundred on the other Big 12 teams? They'd run the ball 60-70 times because the other teams couldn't stop it. That's called smart coach.
Just ask Andy Reid, who chose to throw the ball against the Raiders, who were 30th against the run. Guess what? The Eagles LOST!
At this level, you can't impose your will on the other team - you do what works. That's why I always say coaching is more important in football than any other sport, hands down. Jerry Jones would do well to learn this if he ever wants to win another SB.

Posted Sunday October 18, 2009, About: Shanahan or Holmgren in Cowboys' future?

Well, said, except his ego is so big, it even trumps winning. Jones wants to prove he can win with a so-so coach so Jones gets the credit as GM. He swallowed his pride briefly to get Parcells. I don't know if any one of the handful of really good coaches out there would go for Dealing with Jones' B.S., no matter how much the paycheck.

Posted Tuesday October 13, 2009, About: Rush denies racist statement...sort of

I'd beg to differ - do you think the South would be a desert or wasteland without slavery? It would have still come about, perhaps to be a better place than it currently is.

Posted Tuesday October 13, 2009, About: Rush denies racist statement...sort of

On the contrary, we have listened to him. It doesn't take listening to three hours of his crap to come to a conclusion, thanks to the internet. And nearly everyone caught what he said about Donovan McNabb during his brief stint on ESPN. If he's saying these things because he means it, he's racist. If he's saying them for attention to make a buck, he's unprincipled.
When Goddell tells him "NO!", wuldn't it be ironic if he goes to the same ACLU he berates to fight for his right to own an NFL franchise?
No, please keep him out. He'd be an embarassment to the city of St.Louis and the NFL.

Posted Tuesday September 29, 2009, About: Bills fan dumps popcorn on T.O.

You're absolutely right, except for one thing: he went after McNabb, who has now led Philly to 5 NFC championship games and a Super Bowl. I'm sorry, but when you basically have to pick between a very reliable player and a nut job, don't take the nut job.

Posted Tuesday September 29, 2009, About: Bills fan dumps popcorn on T.O.

Did he catch even one freakin' kernel? Or did he juggle it back to the locker room and drop it, blaming the flourescent lighting?

Posted Monday September 28, 2009, About: Mora throws kicker under bus

He's a grown man who makes millions of dollars to kick that ball through those sticks. Bottom line, though, your team should be good enough that it doesn't come down to the kicker, and this wasn't a down-by-two-with-one-second-left miss. There was more than enough time for the team to pull it out.

Posted Sunday September 27, 2009, About: Terrell Owens: I'm misunderstood

He is misunderstood. The media keeps looking for depth. The man-child is as superficial as they come. He's lost a step, he drops more and more passes (or simply gives up on them as he just did against the Saints). He's becoming irrelevant.
If you see him begging on the streets of L.A. in ten years, remind him of those earrings.

Posted Sunday September 27, 2009, About: SEC puts kibash on latest Kiffin-Meyer feud

I think after seeing what happened to Saban and Spurrier, any NCAA coach who tries to jump to the pros is an idiot. You can be king at this level, or a loss away from the unemployment line at the next. And the money ain't that different.
And any NFL owner who tries it is an idiot, too. Jimmy Johnson was one-of-a-kind. Don't expect it to happen again any time soon.

Posted Sunday September 27, 2009, About: How bad is Tebow's concussion?

I don't think Tebow being in the game was poll-related, I think it was Heisman-related. No one's going to drop Florida in the polls because they beat Kentucky by 20 instead of 40. Florida's fate is in going undefeated or one-loss, then beating the SEC East team in the championship. Right now, a one loss SEC team beats a one-loss anybody else., but that could change.
No, this was about Tebow winning another Heisman. And the Heisman is big on stats. Tebow was already sick. Florida could have beat Kentucky without him. Part of coaching is knowing when to save your best players for the next fight. Coach Meyer wasn't thinking because he knew he had a bye before going to LSU. He may think twice next time.

Posted Sunday September 27, 2009, About: How bad is Tebow's concussion?

I don't think the guy realized how bad it was. It wasn't the hit, but the inadvertent knee to the head Tebow took from behind.
It may not have been so bad, but apparently Tebow and several other players had a flu-like illness coming into the game. That makes you weaker. I do hope he's OK, so LSU can knock the living crap out of him in a couple of weeks!!

Posted Monday September 21, 2009, About: Tuck: Cowboys' Adams should be punished

Thanks for taking up For Danny. He was a heckuva QB. Dallas didn't lose back then because of him. Don't think he ever had a performance like Romo did last night.

Posted Saturday September 19, 2009, About: Patriots haven't called Seau - yet

Belicheck has always been willing to sacrafice a little speed for brains, but Seau is way past being able to keep up. He made a mistake with Seymour, though.