Spaceman Spiff's Comments

Posted Friday May 17, 2013, About: Despite retirement, McClain not done yet?
The trick, as I said when he signed with the Ravens, is to stay the hell away from Decatur.

Sometimes, you can't go home again. In his case, that seems to be very true.
Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: A more mature DGB emerging at Mizzou
Maybe they'll learn to play Old Man Football soon?
Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: ... And the Big 12 rejoices (sort of)
"Coaches in the Big 12 aren't thrilled to scout against Wiggins, but they understand how much better it is to have him in the league."

But it's only for one year, folks.
Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: Packers want Favre back in the family
Maybe he does now.
Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: Packers want Favre back in the family
Maybe he doesn't.
Posted Wednesday May 15, 2013, About: Packers want Favre back in the family
You know he wants to come back.
Posted Tuesday May 14, 2013, About: Add infighting to Knicks' woes
It's what Melo does best!
Posted Monday May 13, 2013, About: Matt Barkley could "get the nod" as Eagles starter
True - sometimes, one realizes that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. (e.g. Nick Saban).
Posted Monday May 13, 2013, About: Matt Barkley could "get the nod" as Eagles starter
Got to love the juxaposition of stories here. The one preceding this is about how Michael Vick will have his best season.
Posted Saturday May 11, 2013, About: Will David Moyes lead Landon Donovan to Man. U?
Landon currently isn't ManU-worthy. Maybe in his prime, but not now.
Posted Saturday May 11, 2013, About: Commissioner wants Dolphins to 'stay in Miami'
Exactly. This whole "new stadium/improvements" crap was started by Goodell right after the last SB in Miami.

He's further reinforced it by putting a SB in a stadium that isn't made for cold weather (the New Meadowlands) primarily as a marketing tool to the other NFL cities -- "build us a fancy new stadium (on your dime) and we'll come to your town too."

(And is anyone surprised? The Commissioner works at the behest and the whim of the owners, not for the game as a whole.)
Posted Friday May 10, 2013, About: Would-be Hokies star regressing?
I wouldn't put too much in the spring game results. Based upon watching the Bama spring games a few years back, you'd think the best QBs were Star Jackson and Phillip Simms. Both of those QBs later transferred out after real-game performance showed otherwise.
Posted Friday May 10, 2013, About: Malzahn adding a transfer QB?
Not a surprise. Auburn had their best year ever with a transfer QB. Maybe that's Gus's formula.
Posted Thursday May 09, 2013, About: Haslam's ownership on the brink
The problem with a pro team in Knoxville is that it's been shown that they won't show up for a losing football squad there. That was the real reason that Fulmer was canned.
Posted Thursday May 09, 2013, About: Auburn beats Alabama (for heralded Mobile LB)
Let's hope he doesn't get an Auburn tattoo.
Posted Thursday May 09, 2013, About: Haslam's ownership on the brink
Maybe he can ask his brother for a loan -- or for a favorable deal to move the team to Memphis.
Posted Tuesday May 07, 2013, About: ACC releases 2013 bowl schedule
Hey, someone has to fill all of those bowl slots; and someone has to make the BIG 12 and B1G look good.
Posted Tuesday May 07, 2013, About: ACC releases 2013 bowl schedule
That was a requirement for the bowl to be part of the new College Football Championship Game rotation - the corporate names had to be subordinate to the bowl game name.
Posted Tuesday May 07, 2013, About: Renovations on hold for Hurricanes' home field
This is a sideways recycle of the article they had in the NFL section yesterday.

The stadium is 25 years old. I would hardly describe it as "aging." The seating issue (too far away from the action) was because they designed the stadium for baseball use as well as football use, which is how they got the Marlins there in the first place. The canopy issue came about because Goodell said after the last Super Bowl there that the NFL might not come back to Miami unless they were put into place because (gasp!) the fans* got rained on during the Super Bowl.

(* By "fans" he meant the corporate fat cats and sponsors who have most of the seats there. Whenever they get inconvenienced - traffic issues at the Pontiac Silverdome, too far away for the corporate jets at U of Phoenix Stadium - it becomes a major issue.)

Sorry, but the stadium is primarily a privately-owned venture. Let the owner fix the dang thing.

And if The U wants to build their own stadium, they only need to build one that holds 20,000 for most of their games, since that's all that's usually needed; they can rent SunLife for the bigger games (Florida and FSU).
Posted Monday May 06, 2013, About: A 20-team Big Ten?
Just a reminder - under current NCAA rules (subject to change), football conferences that are split into divisions require everyone in the division to play every other team in that division. If they get to a 20 team two-division split, all nine conference games would be only in their division, and the only way there'd be a crossover game would be in the conference championship.
Posted Monday May 06, 2013, About: Self mum on damaging McLemore report
Sounds like the Albert Means things, but sideways.
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