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Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Shockey: LeBron couldn't cut it in NFL

He was an average player at best in both sports. He didn't even start much for the Braves, as I recall.

After Bo, Deion comes next. He couldn't bat for **** in baseball, but he was a good base stealer and a pretty talented fielder.

Posted Thursday November 19, 2009, About: Shockey: LeBron couldn't cut it in NFL

Shockey's always been a bit of a prick himself, but he's sort of in the right on this one... these articles some journalists have been writing musing on Lebron in the NFL are very silly.

Shockey's correct -- James really is too slow to be a pass-catching tight-end in the NFL.

Posted Sunday November 15, 2009, About: Harbaugh ticks off Carroll

Stanford has a freshman QB who has 'future Heisman winner" written all over him, and an already surprisingly strong recruiting class this year that's a bound to get even better now that Stanford has achieved these huge, marquee wins over Oregon and USC.

Hate to break it to you, USC fan, but it's pretty clear that the stars are aligning right now for an era of Stanford dominance in the PAC-10.

Posted Monday November 09, 2009, About: Duka to sign with MLS

Frankly, at this point, I'm starting to think Altidore should've stayed in MLS longer.

Posted Monday November 09, 2009, About: Duka to sign with MLS

Generally speaking, the unfortunate reality is that college soccer in the US does not adequately prepare our 18-22 year olds for professional soccer in Europe.

It's too bad that it essentially results in lagged development and years lost, but in the US system MLS is the only reliable bridge these college players can use to suitably prepare for higher level pro competition.

Skipping it is a gamble, and much more often than not a losing one.

Posted Monday November 09, 2009, About: Duka to sign with MLS

Folks, the list of US players who started in MLS and *then* moved to Europe, AND ACTUALLY ENDED UP SUCCESSFUL THERE...

...*far* outnumbers the list of US players who skipped MLS and went straight to Europe and had success.

So realize that when you say "big mistake, should go to Europe", hard facts don't actually support your assertion.

Posted Monday November 09, 2009, About: Ex-Eagle: Cowboys everything wrong about NFL

Anyway, that being said, neither Philly nor Dallas will be winning a Super Bowl any time soon, folks.

Posted Monday November 09, 2009, About: Ex-Eagle: Cowboys everything wrong about NFL

lol @ fans dumb enough to still be calling the NFC East the "Beast".

That title fell on its face last season despite all the preseason hype, and the conference is even weaker this season.

Posted Thursday November 05, 2009, About: Kiffin takes shot at Meyer

Frankly, if I'm Kiffin, I'm looking at this as a win-win. It probably took all his willpower not to smirk when he was asked to comment.

Possibility 1: Meyer gets punished, Kiffin grins.

Possibility 2: Meyer doesn't get punished, Kiffin grins, notes that he's been given free-reign to complain publicly about refereeing again because the SEC will have basically neutered its own authority on the issue.

Posted Thursday October 29, 2009, About: Arsenal chasing Mexican teenager

Anton Peterlin and Cody Arnoux are already in their 20s, and if they were really gonna be phenoms, there would be more evidence of it.

As it is, they're both twenty-somethings relegated to an EPL reserve squad on short contracts. Neither are going anywhere important. As far as I know, neither are even particular standouts on the reserve team.

If players like Altidore and Michael Bradley are of a similar age and on the first-team for top-flight clubs but still aren't considered true phenoms, then I don't see what there is to be excited about in Arnoux and Peterlin.

They will either come back to MLS, go down to lower-division teams in England, or, eventually, both.

Posted Tuesday October 20, 2009, About: Bernardo's positive trial with Watford

Watford's been in and out of the EPL. DeMerit plays for them. Not knowing the club just indicates you aren't very informed, and nothing else.

Posted Tuesday October 20, 2009, About: Patriots shopping Thomas?

Not so rare, lately. Take a look at Maroney and Galloway.

Posted Sunday October 18, 2009, About: Beckham's beard draws fire

Lalas has a bad rep among the stuffy English now because of his comments a couple of years ago criticizing English soccer and talking up MLS.

Posted Sunday October 18, 2009, About: Beckham's beard draws fire

QFT.

Posted Sunday October 11, 2009, About: AC Milan clearing out Onyewu?

Personally, I was always pulling for Fenerbahce to land Onyewu, ahead of any other team, AC Milan included.

Posted Saturday October 10, 2009, About: Marquez slams Mexico for hiring Sven

Blanco is a reliable jerk on the pitch. But off the field, he has in the past voiced respect for the United States when his teammates were stubbornly sticking their heads up their own asses and refusing to give the US any credit.

Besides, Blanco's a jerk to everyone, indiscriminately.

Posted Friday October 09, 2009, About: Niners coach: Crabtree ran two routes at Tech

lol?

Does he really only know how to run two routes?

Yeah, this guy's gonna be a complete bust. He doesn't have elite speed, and his route-running evidently isn't anything special. You need at least one or the other to be a star receiver in the NFL.

I always suspected Crabtree might just be a statistical mirage created by the Big 12's terrible defenses and pass-obsessed offenses.

Posted Friday October 09, 2009, About: Poll: America's Team is...

So the Colts were as high as #4, and ahead of the Patriots?

That's surprising, considering that Indianapolis represents the smallest of the top 10 teams' markets. Evidently Peyton has made the team popular far beyond its city and state, to a far greater degree than the other larger market teams have managed.

Posted Friday October 09, 2009, About: Deion in middle of Dez Bryant case

Uh, accept Bryant DIDN'T refuse the invitation. He accepted it.

He just knee-jerk lied about it afterwards, because he was too dumb to know it wasn't a violation (assuming that's all it really was). But since he did lie, now the NCAA has to punish him for it.

Moral of the story: reflexive lying is rarely wise.

Posted Wednesday October 07, 2009, About: Did Romo forget it was fourth down?

Romo has technical talent, and that's not what holds him back.

The guy just isn't very intelligent... THAT'S his biggest problem.

I don't think he'll ever be a truly reliable game manager, someone who can dictate the game through force of will, the way QBs like Manning and Brady can. I just don't think Romo has the football IQ for it, and I doubt he ever will.

Posted Saturday October 03, 2009, About: Why Beckham may not return to AC Milan

Ah, but there's always a small percentage of the bag that comprises a few funky, brittle Cheetos that don't crunch right when you bite into them, and then that ruins the rest of the bag because you get grossed out and suspicious of the rest.

With the puff variety, you never run into this problem.