At 1-3, the New York Jets are done as surely as are the choke-artist New York Mets. It’s time for the fellows in green and white to look to the future. Chad Pennington’s time has come and he must be gone.
Snakes In My Pants
Cause, you know, we need more people talking ’bout sports.
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Sep 30
The not-so-hidden history of Jets futility
Myers has another fun tidbit. Sometimes the Jets’ biggest draft failures are the near-misses.
Remember how close Favre came to being a Jet in 1991: They had him rated as their No. 1 player in the draft, but didn’t have a first-round pick. They desperately tried to move up to get him as he fell toward [...]
Sep 30
Football futility
The NY Daily News’ Gary Myers does a nice job of quantifying the dismal state of last year’s top NFL running backs. It’s safe to say that most fantasy football draft tip sheets ranked Ladanian Tomlinson, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson and Frank Gore in some order in the top five RBs.
Tomlinson, last year’s MVP, is [...]
Sep 30
Apparently professors don’t listen to Imus
Rutgers professor William C. Dowling, a long-time critic of high-profile college sports, had an Imus-like moment this week when he told the New York Times “If you were giving the scholarship to an intellectually brilliant kid who happens to play a sport, that’s fine, but they give it to a functional illiterate who can’t read [...]
Sep 29
Sue me too
Scott rolled his eyes regarding my post below about the Pats being sued. He might be correct about it being a waste-case. But as the excellent ProFootballTalk.com points out, it could actually have serious repercussions:
If the lawsuit can survive an initial challenge based on what’s known in the profession as a “motion to dismiss [...]
Sep 28
Stay-Rod?
Given the endless ink spilled on the will-he-or-won’t-he question regarding A-Rod’s contractual opt-out clause, I was surprised this quote of his in the champagne-soaked locker room (after clinching a playoff spot) did not get more play:
Sep 28
Red Sox Nation Presidential Debate?!?!?!?!
Wow, I thought only the Yankee’s and their media empire could accomplish something this ridiculous…
BOSTON — Less than 12 hours after moderating a prime time nationally televised debate Wednesday night, Tim Russert of “Meet the Press” landed at Boston University’s George Sherman Union on Thursday to grill a new set of candidates for higher office.
“I [...]
Sep 27
Insult to injury
On the day that the Mets relinquished sole possession of first place in the NL East, Scott Kazmir took sole possession of the major league lead for strike-out champion.
Sep 27
The Herman Edwards Effect
Some might say it’s a hobby horse of mine but…
2005: Kansas City Chiefs … number one offense in the NFL (by the traditional measure, yards gained).
2006: Herm Edwards takes over, starts installing the the prevent offense. KC Chiefs become positively middling: Sixteenth overall offense.
2007: Herm is in full effect. Kansas City’s offense is number twenty-nine [...]