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In general, if you follow me, I'll follow you. I figure that if you like what you see enough to follow, we must have something in common...
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The Crafty Scientist on Tumblr
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When I saw this tonight, I definitely teared up a bit… I love this rookie.
Oh Tony Kornheiser, you got one thing right - you ARE a troll…
Hells yeah!
This accent is amazing. Hard to believe it’s real…
- DeMarcus Ware DE
- Jason Witten TE
- Flozell Adams OT
- Tony Romo QB
- Roy Williams S
- Terrell Owens WR
- Greg Ellis DE
- Darren Woodson S
- Larry Allen G
- La’Roi Glover DT
according to ESPN. I co-sign every one of these.
If I can get rid of Flozell, I’d be fairly happy with this list. I can’t stand Flozell. SOOOOOO many penalties it’s disgusting.
I love Jared Allen. SOOOOOOO funny.
I still haven’t found a great way to be critical of this new wave of talk about how the NFL is dealing with concussions, but I find all the discussion a bit condescending. Temporary brain damage could lead to permanent brain damage? Who knew?
The only substantive thing that we’ve heard is that the NFL and the Players were “close” to a deal. Right now, there is no deal, meaning that would be no league-mandated framework that would have precluded Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger from playing. Interesting that it was Roethisberger’s concussion and not, say, the one that Eagles running back Brian Westbrook suffered in Week 7, that prompted ESPN’s foray into Head Trauma 101, including a interview with Hines Ward, who was critical of Roethlisberger sitting out after participating in practice for most of the week. Ward, who has played with a concussion in the past, said the Steelers locker room was “fifty-fifty” on whether Ben should play.
Ward was rewarded for his candor by being labeled as “uneducated” on the “new learning,” as if concussions were now more dangerous than they were five weeks ago. Leading the charge has been Merril Hoge, the former Steeler who’s now trumpeting himself head trauma’s cautionary tale. I lost my vision. I almost died.Awesome, I guess. Hoge retired after multiple concussions in 1994. Hoge has worked for ESPN since 2007…so why bare his soul on-camera now?
Part of it, to me, seems like that ESPN is just kissing Roethlisberger’s ass again. Remember that ESPN sat on the story involving Roethlisberger being named in a Nevada civil suit. Could it be that ESPN is overly defending Big Ben to keep him from looking like more of a Big Gash? And if a new NFL policy was already in place before Ben was bumped, why was nobody (including Hines Ward, his own teammate) not aware of it? Surely the “new learning” would have been absorbed by the players before any of them wound up on a stretcher.
Why would ESPN make the effort to hammer home something that’s so obvious to everyone? The whole thing just stinks. But the irony is that the midst of all this, another NFL quarterback, Atlanta’s Matt Ryan, had to leave Sunday’s game with turf toe. Why don’t you testify to Congress on that, Merril?
Rice (0 - 7): ”Driving Song”: Opponents have been driving on the Owls all season. Rice ranks dead-last among 120 FBS teams in scoring D, allowing 45 points per game.
“Lou Holtz, ESPN - Even though his heart is about to beat out of his chest, Lou Holtz doesn’t regret popping three viagras 20 minutes ago.”
Click da pic. Hilarious.
Favre-lous! (Screenshot of ESPN today!)
Because when your employees are smart enough to bring the world news about sports, but not quite brilliant enough to avoid feeding a fox, it’s obviously time to send a helpful reminder email…
“Cleveland remains the only team yet to publicly name its starting quarterback. Mangini, a former defensive coordinator, contends the unpredictability will give the Browns an edge. But Vikings coach Brad Childress didn’t seem too caught up in Mangini’s secrecy.”
I guess I’d be pretty ashamed if my choices were Quinn and Anderson… but really? He just looks ridiculous at these press conferences trying to be all secretive and evil genius…
“Well, apparently, not only is the book not closed, but nobody within your locker room believes that you’ve closed the book,” Schlereth said, referring to comments from two unnamed players in Glazer’s story. “So now you have a credibility issue.
“Everything you say is questioned by the guys in the locker room. I guarantee you one thing: When Tarvaris Jackson went down early in camp, I know what the players thought, when they didn’t see Brad Childress. He’s got to be in his office calling right now.” -Mark Schlereth
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Brett Favre, Brad Childress arrive at Minnesota Vikings’ HQ - Las Cruces Sun-News
(Read the article for more critical comments about Childress and the Viking organization’s new credibility issues from Mark Schlereth and Cris Carter.)
