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Posted Saturday March 01, 2008, About: Report: Moss listening to other teams

Moss is a lot smarter than most people think. He knows the Patriots glory ship is sinking. He knows Arlen Specter isn't going to give up. He knows Matt Walsh will eventually come forward with even more tales of cheating. He knows most of their recent years' accomplishments, already in question, are about to be completely cheapened.

Moss knows that in the only year where the majority of the Patriots games were not played with the aid of illegal videotaping, he was the biggest difference maker on the entire roster. Every time Brady was in trouble last year for the bulk of the season, he knew he could throw a contested pass to Moss and Randy would pull it in. In the early part of the playoffs, he was the world's largest decoy, leaving Welker in single coverage at all times. And his legacy with the Patriots will be, in that one year where New England was forced to do things the right way, he shattered receiving records and caught the go-ahead touchdown in the Super Bowl. His legacy is secure now. The Patriots' legacy is anything but.

If there is one thing that Moss understands, you have to take care of yourself first. New England used him to make their franchise look legit. Now he can use them to get a fat contract from some other team who is a contender and doesn't have to answer for all the cheating throughout the entire offseason and potentially next year. New England's franchise is damaged, Randy's stock is improved, now is the optimum time for him to bail.

Posted Monday November 12, 2007, About: Star QB to visit Mountaineers

Oh and one more thing... If it's so much harder to win in the SEC, explain to me why everytime WVU plays someone in the SEC they stomp them? Yet Bama can't even beat Mississippi State -- but they talk of how tough their schedule is. No one at WVU is going to listen to the SEC toughness argument when you lose to MSU two straight years, and WVU has waxed MSU in those same seasons...

BAMA BLOWS. You all haven't beat Auburn in half a decade. The Big East has to send South Florida to Auburn to do it for you...

Posted Monday November 12, 2007, About: Star QB to visit Mountaineers

In response to Rollllllltide's comparison, how bout this...

WVU = 6th in BCS, Alabama = 37th in BCS

WVU = was beating Mississippi State 31-0 in the early seconds of the 2nd quarter, and beat them handily the year before in Starkeville
Alabama = lost two straight years to Mississippi State (ouch)

Saban = couldn't hack it with the Dolphins, co-champions one year at LSU, mediocre at Michigan State
Rodriguez = turned down the Alabama job, has had success everywhere he has coached, father of the spread option offense. (By the way, you said Rodriguez was the "last resort". He was actually the first place they went looking, and he used Alabama to get himself a raise at the school where he really wanted to be).

WVU = Fastest Offense in the country, Top 10 in total defense
Alabama = John Parker Wilson, need I say more... he's freakin' terrible

WVU = a program on the rise (if you think they don't have money in that program, perhaps you've never heard of Milan Puskar, who has more money than God or any chump in Alabama)
Alabama = has-beens... Harvard and Yale have more national titles than Bama (and they too happened so long ago that they're irrelevant)

WVU = #1 party school in the nation (Princeton Review)
Alabama = #19 party school in the nation (Princeton Review)

Star Jones will go wherever he darn well pleases, but if he wants to play for a contender and not a has-been embarrassment, he will go to WVU

Posted Thursday October 04, 2007, About: Saban takes shot at South Florida

One reason why Saban slams South Florida: Because USF, in one attempt, did what Alabama hasn't done in half a decade and counting -- beat Auburn (and beat them in their house, too).

Leavitt doesn't need Tier 1 athletes to put a program in the Top 10. Saban needs 3 consecutive Top 10 recruiting classes, $4 million/year, and coordinators that make up for his tactical blunders, and even then he's nothing special.