December 30th 2010
I understand why some people don’t like Vick. I understand why some people don’t want to forgive him. Now, I don’t agree with it but everyone is “entitled to their own opinion”. The nice way of saying “yea, I hear you but what you just said was extra stupid”.
I give you exhibit A of this…Tucker Carlson on Mike Vick…
October 20th 2009
This is one of my favorites…
November 30th 2008
“It was I who shot myself, but I didn’t shoot me in the knee. It was I who shot myself, but I didn’t shoot me in the knee…” Come on, everybody!
I hope Plax doesn’t defend himself in the trial…just replace all the “sheriffs” with “me” and the “deputy” with “knee”.
September 7th 2008
Tom Brady is about to be out for the year..torn ACL. Everyone in New England just let out a Darth Vadar yell from Episode 3. But, it was bound to happen…the NFL is “Not For Long” for a reason. Everyone gets hurt and it just is a matter of when. Let’s see what happens to the Pats with Matt Cassell starting for 15 games.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Tom Brady limped off the field under the worried stares of Patriots fans. The thing they feared most finally happened – losing the NFL’s reigning MVP to injury.
And the team they love more than any other plummeted from an exclamation point of an unbeaten 2007 regular season to a huge question mark in 2008 after it held on to beat the Kansas City Chiefs 17-10 Sunday.
Brady hurt his left knee when tackled by safety Bernard Pollard midway through the first quarter. He went to the locker room and didn’t return. Matt Cassel, who had thrown only 39 passes as Brady’s backup the past three seasons, took over.
September 1st 2008
I just got done watching UCLA take on Tennessee and win the game in overtime. I have to say that the game was everything you could have asked for…well at least the second half. Both of the teams have stout defenses and produced a touchdown by the D/Special Teams (TN - INT to the house, UCLA - blocked punt).
I was really happy that the PAC-10 came through and beat an SEC team, outside of USC. The SEC is the most overrated, underrated conference in football. Everyone complains that they get no respect but any television/radio sports analyst will say they are the best conference. So when UCLA, who is a upper/middle tier PAC-10 team, can take on and look just as good as an SEC powerhouse it shows that the playing field isn’t that unbalanced. This is “Rocky Top’s” second loss on the West Coast in as many years after taking an L at Cal last year.
Stats: Tennessee / UCLA
First Downs 20 20
Rushing 9 5
Passing 10 15
Penalty 1 0
3rd-Down efficiency 4-16-25% 9-19-47%
4th-Down efficiency 1-1-100% 0-0–%
Total net yards 368 288
Total plays 76 75
Average gain 4.8 3.8
Net yards rushing 178 28
Rushes 34 31
Average per rush 5.2 .9
Net yards passing 190 260
Completed-attempted 19-41 25-43
Yards per pass 4.5 5.9
Sacked-yards lost 1-8 1-9
Had intercepted 1 4
Return Yardage 245 57
Punts-returns 4-48 3-12
Kickoffs-returns 5-129 3-45
Interceptions-returns 4-68 1-0
Penalties-yards 8-45 2-25
Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0
December 11th 2007
I don’t know let’s see…
1. I sign up for the Atlanta Falcons season ticket list about 2 years ago. The tickets were a hot item at that time and it was fun going to the games at the Georgia Dome. Truth is I’m not even a Falcons fan but I went to school in Atlanta and love NFL football. I finally get through this season and I purchase my Atlanta Falcons season tickets about 3 days before the entire Vick dogfighting case drops. At this time I’m not really worried about it because I could never imagine that 6 months later he would actually be facing 23 months in prison.
2. Last night, Mr Home Depot himself, aka Arthur Blank, goes on Monday Night Football (were a primetime game would have went for double or triple face value last year and I sold mine for half price) and says that Mike Vick has a chance to play if he doesn’t get out of shape eating..as he likes to say “Fried Chicken and French Fries“. You know, the staple of all brothers. I’m not saying anything about his comments but in a metropolis of 5 million people, and about 40% of them black, I bet someone will not like that comment.
3. Today, Bobby Petrino, head coach of the Falcons who took the job in 2007, tells Mr Home Depot..”Peace up, A down” and resigns for the University of Arkansas job.
I think that this entire Mike Vick drama has been the biggest waste of talent, resources, prestige, money, and personal freedom ever. I love the saying that “the truth is somewhere in the middle”. Vick probably gave his cousin the money for the house and went to a couple of dog fights. But, when you have 5 people (including a family member) ready to testify against you there is nothing to do but settle this case out of court. So, I don’t fully believe he did everything he pled guilty to but he is probably guilty of a good portion of the charges.
The real travistry in this is that Mike Vick can not stop making bad decisions. Why would you buy a house for your cousin if he deals in drugs? This case started as a drug sting but they stumbled (please feel free to stumble this post..no pun intended) upon the dogs. Mike Vick became the prize to the feds and were willing to drop all the more serious drug charges on everyone if they would rat on him in the dogfighting case. But, he should never have been in this situation because the house should never have been in his name.
That is just one of the dumb decisions he has made. Then, he goes and gets caught with weed in his system while awaiting sentencing. It is just like last year when he was caught at an airport with some “unknown” substance in a water bottle. The time he flipped off the Atlanta crowd for booing him. The time stood up Airtran airlines for a commercial shoot. Vick had a pattern of making bad choices that easily could have not been made.
This all gets me so mad because he brought it all on himself. I can’t cry racism, I can’t say it is the system trying to bring him down because he gave them all the ammo they needed. So, now I have to explain to my son why Vick (who he has 2 #7 jerseys) is not playing anymore. Men not being men and making bad decisions, that is the problem with the black community. It is why we have a generation of no fathers because of jail and fear of responsibility. It is why we have so many single mothers. Let me just quit there because I can go on about this forever….AHHHHH!!!! (whew, I feel a little better now)
(I added this 12/17) I think my words are a little strong there and let me rephrase a little. I think we have an issue with some black men between 18-30. I don’t know if enough of us are not maturing or what but we have young black men killing young black men. We are losing our young men to crimes that are petty and unnecessary. So many from this age group are leaving their kids behind to let Grandma, Grandpa, and Mom raise them.
Don’t get me wrong, racism and the effect of slavery still has long lasting issues but black men need to take the lead, and the responsibility to see that we overcome. But, when you have a large portion of the men not wanting to do what they have to until later in life the kids and the community suffer. My friend made me feel like I was beating on black men…that isn’t the case or I’m not trying to. I’m critical because I fall into this group (18-30 black male). We are letting everyone else be that father figure, which can be good or bad, when that positive, successful man should first be seen at home. And when I say success it has nothing to do with money or position but a success by being the leader and provider that is expected.
November 20th 2007
In September I posted the Nike commercial with Shawn Merriman and Stephen Jackson running over various teams. The commercial is hot…probably one of the best football commercials I’ve seen in years. Well, this past weekend Mr. Merriman thought he was still acting and ran into someone who didn’t appreciate the commercial.
This is also pretty funny…
