Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Hurry Up Offense

One downside to the internet age is that since news and their subsequent reactions are available as soon as they happen, once twelve hours have passed since a story became public, it already feels like old news. But if the immediacy of the internet also means that as soon as a behind the scenes pic of Dukes of Hazzard 2 is taken, it's available on the web...well, then I'm willing to make that tradeoff, even if it makes my blog seem outdated.

So, catching up w/ some old news:

Three former New Mexico State football players are suing head coach Hal Mumme for allegedly discriminating against them for being Muslim. Part of the claim is that Mumme had the team recite the Lord's Prayer after each practice and before each game. That sounds pretty much like standard practice in college football- at least at any school coached by an associate of Bobby Bowden. However, the claim gets a little more entertaining when the players accuse Mumme of interrogating halfback Mu'Ammar Ali about his feelings towards Al-Qaeda. I can just imagine those practice sessions. Ok now Moooomar, you want to follow the pulling guard and...WHERE AND WHEN IS THE NEXT ATTACK GOING TO BE? I KNOW YOU'RE IN A SLEEPER CELL MOOOMAR! I'M ONTO YOU!!
Later on, there's this gem: "During a news conference last summer, Mumme said he had apologized to his team for any unintentional actions that might have offended anyone."
As for the intentional actions...well, repent or burn in eternal hell, heathen...

In more secular news...

A federal judge has sent Greg Anderson back to jail for refusing to testify in whichever witchhunting trial is currently underway. I realize that sending someone to jail for contempt is a normal course of action in a courtroom, however is that really the best decision in this case? That's all we need is a bunch of prisoners juiced up on HGH after 16 months w/ Anderson. Perfect...

Brett Favre is in midseason form already, turning the ball over twice in last night's game against the Bengals and risking turnovers countless other times by throwing the ball late and into traffic. Watching Favre now is kind of like watching Britney Spears these days. They're both such trainwrecks that it's hard to remember there was a time when they were the hottest things around...

Another bad sign during last night's MNF broadcast. At one point, Mike Tirico brought up the fact that the Packers' offensive line is switching to a zone blocking scheme. He then apologized to the audience for introducing a technical football subject. Actually, Mike, it's OK to talk about football during a football broadcast. I'd much rather hear about that then listen to Kornheiser compare the Packers to Pluto or hear Theesman praise a player in the midst of his failings. But I guess since I'm a football fan, I'm not actually in the target audience for MNF.

The Chargers cut AJ Feely today. This move means that the Chargers roster now contains no QBs who have started a regular season game in the NFL. Now the Raiders move to sign Jeff George makes sense. They were just trying to block the Chargers from adding a veteran QB to their roster. That Al Davis is a genius....


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