Are you sick of hearing about the Wildcat offense yet?
But the Dolphins, 31-27 winners over the Jets, were not ready to move on. They took umbrage to comments made by Jets linebacker Calvin Pace, who said he did not respect the Miami “wildcat” offense and called it “nonsense.”
The Dolphins were also incensed by some Jets, including linebacker Bart Scott, calling the wildcat a “gimmick” offense.
“They nonsensed their [butts] all the way up and down the field,” chatty Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder said yesterday in South Florida. “Nonsense? I love nonsense. They say gimmick? Gimmick this, gimmick that. We’ve won games with the wildcat. They ran two fake punts. So if you’re going to say gimmicks, those are real gimmicks.
“Wildcat is an offensive formation, they run it for two years. They have thousands of plays on film about it. Go stop it. Shut up about all the junk-talking and whatever they’re talking about they ain’t going to give us no credit. We’ll see them in three more weeks [Nov. 1]. We’ve got to play them again, so the hell with them.”
So I guess it’s been confirmed. The Wildcat is the gay marriage of NFL offenses. Nobody wants to give it the same credibility as real NFL offenses, but if you have it in your playbook you won’t tell anyone.
All kidding aside, are the Jets and Fins really arguing over whether or not they run gimmick plays? What ever happened to the old “scoreboard” chant?
I may be a day or two behind on this one, but uber-douche Zack Hample appeared on Conan O’Brien the other night to discuss his techniques for snagging home runs and foul balls at MLB park. Conan didn’t seem too impressed, but it’s not hard to figure out why. Hample is 32 years old and has caught over 4,000 baseballs while at games. He brings his glove with him (ugh) and claims to know how to ask the players for a ball. I’m calling bullshit, though. No one’s that lucky, and no one’s that charismatic. Geroge Clooney couldn’t get 4,000 balls with a combination of luck and asking nicely, so you think Hample can? Nah. My bet is that he’s ripping them away from the clutches of little boys and girls, their faces covered with bitter tears of defeat. There’s really no other way to explain it…except maybe sexual services for baseballs? Too bad Piazza is retired.
This Saturday, Charlie Weiss will lead his Fighting Irish out onto the field to face the Trojans of USC. On Friday night, however, a bit of prayer and voodoo might be advised, as the Irish have been manhandled by USC of late. With a win, Weiss will be able to breathe a sigh of relief, have a doughnut (or four or eight) and relax with the weight of job security off his shoulders. A loss, however, could mean a pink slip for the coach who was once treated as the Second Coming by a faltering program.
So if he doesn’t snap a seven-game losing streak in the USC rivalry Saturday — or should we call it a travesty, considering the Irish have lost the last two by a combined 76-3? — I’ll assume the power-mongers-that-be will ask Weis to take his coffee machine and red eyes and get out of town.
Despite the game taking place in South Bend, I think the Irish are going to get kicked in their proverbial lucky charms and loose to a superior USC team. Whether or not this means Weiss deserves to get canned will be left open to the fans of Notre Dame. Before making any big decisions, though, they need to keep something in mind. Notre Dame has always been severely overrated. Continue Reading »
Huge disappointment and sort-of-Puff-Daddy-lookalike Jose Reyes is undergoing surgery today! Good times! From MLB.com:
The surgery that, for much of the summer, seemed to be a strong possibility finally is going to happen. Jose Reyes will undergo surgery to eliminate scar tissue behind his right knee on Thursday in Dallas.
The tissue that eventually caused the Mets shortstop regular pain began to develop in May after he had torn the accessory hamstring tendon (semitendinosis tendon) behind the knee.
The club announced the surgery Wednesday night. No prognosis was given. The operation will be performed by Dr. Daniel E. Cooper at North Central Surgical in Dallas.
I’m sure Mets fans are thinking that it’s about time – Reyes was on the shelf since May, but the Mets held out all season long. If Reyes isn’t ready to start the 2010 season (which I don’t think is very far-fetched), Mets fans can blame the organization for having no clue what to do with their shortstop. Although, I’d probably be more concerned that the best player on my team (that’s David Wright) hit fewer home runs than: Scott Rolen, Adam Kennedy, Ty Wigginton, and Pedro Feliz, just to name a few. Shea was a total dump, but at least it didn’t neuter the Mets’ offense. Dark days ahead for these New York Mets…
According to The Star
Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh is offering to return nearly 800 domain names to their rightful owners for free after winning custody of them in court.
The domain names belonging to professional athletes and celebrities were awarded to Bosh on Sept. 24 by Judge Florence-Marie Cooper. The decision was carried out Tuesday
For those of you who are unaware of how awesome Chris Bosh is on the internet you only need to look to his twitter account and search youtube containing his name. It’s pretty evident that when this guy is not on the court he’s sitting at his computer desk tweeting and making hilarious videos. It’s pretty hard not to like this guy.
Plus, man did he grow his hair out huh? Sporting some serious locks these days. Look for Bosh to have a great season this year but personally I prefer the Sam Jackson/Chris Bosh look:
In: NCAA
Iowa WR, Paul Chaney Jr. has been sidelined for the remainder of the season, thanks to the body part with the most infamous acronym in all of sports: ACL.
Iowa wide receiver/kick returner Paul Chaney Jr. will miss the rest of the season after injuring an anterior cruciate ligament in his knee.
In English that means he injured his ACL.
The injury came during Iowa’s nail bitter win over Michigan. Now the guy who helped get the Hawkeyes to where they are (ranked 11th and surprisingly good) will be restricted to sideline cheer leading.
You really have to feel for a kid like this. For the past few days I’ve been writing about idiot college kids that seem to try to find a way to blow their rare opportunity to play D-1 athletics, and then comes along a kid who’s helping a typically sub-par program, only to be diagnosed with the dreaded ACL injury.
As for the football team… who knows? Maybe they’ve got another guy who’ll be able to rake in 20.1 yards per kick return, because those are just oh-so easy to find.
[via ESPN]
Like any professional sports team with a half-ass newspaper behind him, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are searching for a win any place they can get it.
Jake Berry, longtime production director for U2, says the crew adds another touch: the luck of the Irish.
“I don’t know if the band is aware of your sad record with your football team here so the team would like us to come here because unfortunately, with our production being on the grounds for so for long, we have a tendency to ruin grass so it has to be resodded,” Berry told News Channel 8 reporter Samara Sodos. “If they resod, I hope it will give the Bucs some more luck and you can win the next eight.”
“If we change it, we turn around the pitch so it will go the other way and we’ll bring you more luck. A lot of Irish luck.”
It’s my experience that the only thing U2 brings to a stadium and it’s team are a lot of drunk one-quarter Irish people. You know what I’m talking about. Every Sully and O’[insert name here] shows up to get plastered and rock out show their Irish heritage. Whatever, that means (drinking Guinness instead of Pabst)?
If anything, I’ve got to say that U2 is bad luck. They played at Gillette Stadium earlier this year, and looked at how the Patriots are doing. They sucky long time, and the future doesn’t look bright unless Tom Brady can become half the quarterback he used to be.
So the best advice I can offer Bucs fans is to just hang in there. I mean we’re not even through hurricane season yet, and you guys want to burn through all your good luck and karma now? Granted you probably won’t get a win until week 9 when the Packers decide to take a vacation in Tampa, but there’s a win somewhere on your schedule.
Good Lord what the hell is going on here? I mean come on Mike. You’re in the big apple now. You’re much better than that. You think Pat Riley would ever take a lame ass picture like this with anyone? No chance. Not even Van Gundy would stoop so low. Clean it up.
On second thought. Yeah, NBA coaches get roped into lame pictures all the time. And just to prove it. Here are a few worth noting.
