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- 11/20/09
| Name: | Mick Campbell |
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| Member since: | July 12, 2007 |
| Last visit: | November 16, 2009 |
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And they wonder why he is being "asked" to step down? I find this very disturbing. And, it isn't something that is just started. I have students (yes I teach) fill out mock applications. About 6 years ago when the All-State football player put down an answer on a questionnaire for why he would wants to work here... (a fairly standard question in today's workforce). His written response was, "I wood love this werk"... It only goes to show that this problem begins at a very early age. Student-athletes are not held accountable and for those that end up blowing out knees or loosing their careers to an injury, what will they do then. Most won't be qualified to work for the sanitation dept.... yeah, the garbage men. I hate to say it but they aren't doing any favors for these kids in the long run.
As for Bowden.... take his wins and maybe he will stop chasing Joe Pa and give it up.
posted by Mickster at 12:16 PM on October 16
When you see it again... if you do, you will notice that he is on his knee for a good couple of seconds AFTER the blocked field goal rolls back to him. It was my opinion that the ref on the side couldn't see the ball until he stood up. And THX-1138 makes a strong point about the holder being able to pick up the ball and run... prior to the kick. In this case, the kicker actually did kick the ball, which was blocked and subsequently recovered by the holder while in the kneel-down position.... Result.... TD.
The ruling on the field does stand, but it was still a botched call. Should be overturned and the team is not charged a timeout....
posted by Mickster at 09:35 PM on October 14
If you watch closely, the holder (Wilton?) never gets up from being on his knee. Therefore when the ball rolls back to him and he picks it up, he should be down by the rules of high school and college football. With all the craziness that ensued, nobody noticed and when he stood up, the coaches seeing he was holding the ball started to shout for him to run, which he did. All the way for a TD.
Lesson though.... never stop until the whistle blows the play dead.
posted by Mickster at 03:30 PM on October 14
Last year both were very highly ranked schools. Cincinnati and Tulsa both won 9 or 10 games.... They may have both won their conferences as well. I know Cincy did. Same for TCU with the number 1 ranked defense in all the land. So, every team has a cupcake at least once. I am just saying that some teams play soft schedules every year. I give credit where it is due. It was posted and I can find the reference where College Football News stated that they had played the very toughest schedule in all the land last year. This is based on the end of the year rankings and win/loss records.
And, not all schools do it. There are some schools who will play very tough scedules because to be the best you have to play the best. I even admire BYU's coach.... 3 straight 10 win seasons and few game them a chance. But, he said the same thing. If you want to be a top program, you have to play the top programs.
posted by Mickster at 12:54 AM on September 07
I commend the OU players that wanted to stick together and come back for their love of their team, city and their fans. They loose Germaine Gresham with the knee and now Bradford. I believe they will be back in a couple of weeks...
I remember when Rhett Bomar and Quinn were caught cheating and they cut him... IMMEDIATELY from the team. That is Stoops the man doing the honorable thing. And, Rhett Bomar isn't a bad person, just a kid that thought he could get by with it... NFL potential... But, they replaced him and kept going. I believe they will be fine and after a couple weeks with either Landry or the new kid (Bell?) will be playing better.
You have to remember that OU played the very toughest schedule in all of college football last year... That was according to the experts in college football. And they are always scheduling tough games unlike UL Monroe, or S. Maine. I believe they should put the strength of schedule back into the equation so the teams would put some meat on their schedules. Last year OU played TCU, Cincinnati, Tulsa, and then had to play their conference shedule. Look at the out of conference teams the other big boys play.
That is why I give a shout out to Alabama, VT, OSU, Georgia, and a few others.
posted by Mickster at 10:03 PM on September 06
What happened should not happen in sports at any level. But, when you play with lots of emotion, and somebody comes up to you and pokes you, slaps you on the shoulder, or whatever it was he did... and then follow it up with some type of comments that are likely to be offensive, something will happen the majority of the time. Getting clocked for being a smart ass is his reward. The Oregon player (I believe I heard this morning) will serve a 1-game suspension. One game is it... Way too lenient...
posted by Mickster at 11:30 AM on September 04
Though I never liked the Eagles, I admired this guy for his blue-collar mentality and toughness. He brought pressure every play and you never knew when it would come from... safety blitz, corner blitz, lb blitz,,,,,,
I have always been a Cowboy's Homer, and I believe it it weren't for him that Troy would've had at least two - three more years in the NFL....
He will be SORELY missed..... God Bless
posted by Mickster at 12:22 AM on July 30
I think they should reinstate Vick and suspend TO...
posted by Mickster at 09:12 AM on July 27
Oh, and a dropped pass is one that hits the player in the hands or is a catchable ball, not one that is overthrown or some nonesense... thus the term "dropped pass".
posted by Mickster at 06:38 PM on July 18
Well, I wouldn't get too happy about the Ravens just yet as they lost Mr. Ryan to the J E T S, Jets, Jets, Jets, Jets...... I doubt that the Ravens make the playoffs this year either. It is only because of their D that they have won in the past year or so and the mastermind behind it is gone. I would take a real good look at the coming year and throw pressure on the kid and he might not do so well. The part about saying Dallas has a great defense.... what were you watching. Did he or did he not rally said Cowboys team to a lead twice and have the defense blow it by not 1, but 2 longest runs from scrimmage all year... How is that great D. Great D shuts down the other teams when you offense gets you the lead late in games...
As for the guys you list above him, what do you have to back it up? If you are going to play the game, put it in context like sgtcookzane did.... he at least gave you that stats to prove it.
posted by Mickster at 06:36 PM on July 18
Yeah, for a guy that has only been around for about a full 3 years, I would take him over just about anyone.... no, make that absolutely nobody..... Keep you other guys and I think I will root for mine. And if he doesn't win the big one or get past a NFC championship, then he will be remembered with guys like Donovan McNabb...
posted by Mickster at 02:31 AM on July 18
After seeing the video, it is hillarious... from the perspective of tongue in cheek... I like the dude and think he is a decent guy. You won't see him doing situps in his driveway when he gets media attention or posing naked on magazine covers, but everyone NOW says the pressure is on him. It always was. He is just more of an ordinary guy that because of who he plays for and who he was dating is subject to headlines every time he opens his mouth.
posted by Mickster at 03:52 PM on July 17
I can't believe that this is news.... Like rcade said, everyday I see some commercial with Peyton or Eli Manning kicking each other, I see nothing but these stars doing commercials. So, why is it a big deal when he does a spoof of a commercial. As it said in the post, he only endorses one product and that is STARTER. People need to give the dude a break. He hasn't done anything to warrant this other than dating / ditching Jessica.
I see it this way... He gets the snap down and they kick the extra point... Seattle had way too much time and would have only needed an extra point. No guarantees they would have won.
Against the Giants, the O-line got their asses whopped by the D-line of the Giants.... just as the Packers and Patriots found out. But, it is his fault.... then why not Favre's or even Tom Brady's.... It's such a double standard when it comes to him and other QB's in the league. I would rather have him and his winning percentage than any (maybe except one or two) other QB's in the entire league. He is a good player that had to play with TO.... "Throw me the ball and we win" TO.... threw his QB under the bus and thank goodness he is gone. I think they stand a much better chance now as he can throw to the open guy instead of trying to have to get player X a certain number of throws.... A guy that was second in the league in dropped passes.
posted by Mickster at 12:28 PM on July 17
I will say first and foremost that I truly like Lebron. I think he has freakish talent and for a guy his size to be able to handle the ball, shoot three's and drive to the bucket from one end of the court to the other reminds me of Magic Johnson. I have even seen him with a couple of the no-look passes. He is an incredible talent and at the time of my post - now has been fined.
Stern issued a $25,000 fine and that is nothing to someone that makes the coin they do, but it was the right thing to do. The only point of the entire conversation is that he acted "inappropriately" in the grandest of stages. Could you imagine last year when the Celtics beat LA (never gets old saying that either) if Kobe would have just walked off and not given hand shakes to the opposing team? It would have been a media nightmare for Kobe and a long-term display of how not to act when you loose.
My point is that if Lebron wants to make a point to the Cleveland Cavaliers, his team, his management, the coach.... whatever the point was he could have done so without doing what he did. There are many ways to make a point. The issue of SuperBowl and said "Hoodie" are no more dispicable.
Lebron will someday (in my opinion) probably make it to the finals and probably win one or two. But, hopefully that type of behavior will never happen again.
posted by Mickster at 03:20 PM on June 05
Florida Linebacker Tried to Eye-Gouge Opponent
I believe that Oregon did the right and just thing / immediate suspension - for the year for Blount for the suckerpunch. The fact that he has earned his way back after missing 7 straight games in his senior season and hurting his draft status as well as his teams hopes and look at the good that has come from that.
Urban Meyer did what is best for his season and Florida's hopes of a national champion and let that dirty SOB get away with what is the most disguising act of cowardice I have ever seen on a football field. To have your fingers jabbing an opposing members eyes when he can't even get his hand free to protect himself is about as chickenshit as I have seen ever. And, isn't he the one that talks about how dirty other players / teams are?