Pinners

- every time I turn around someone else is asking if I watch "Hard Knocks". The answer is no, simply because I absolutely despise Herm Edwards and always have. I'll grant that he can provide a great sound bite. But he is an absolutely terrible game coach, and the half-assed effort he put forth in that Chiefs-Colts game was an embarassment. He gave his good buddy Tony Dungy an easy win so he would have an easier road to the Super Bowl. He did the exact opposite of "play to win the game". Despicable.

- major downer as word is the Canes are moving out of the OB. To an outsider, the OB is a complete dump, a disaster area from a bygone era. But it is important to note that most outsiders got their teeth kicked in whenever they came to our house. It may be a dump but its our dump, and no stadium in this country has seen more great victories for its home team in the modern era. Oh and they serve El Presidente.

- dated, but relevant as the college season is around the corner. Every year there is no real champ college football loses ground to the NFL. With one or two exceptions my buddies in NYC actively go out of their way to avoid college ball. The lack of a tournament = lack of integrity in their eyes. In lieu of a tournament most would prefer the old disjointed bowl system than the current contrived steaming pile of crap. "Boise State won for the little guy!". Won what exactly? Did they knock off a tough opponent on their way to the semi-finals? Or did they win a meaningless game that served the sole purpose of promoting awareness of the latest flavor of Tostitos? All you NFL prospects out there, you need to develop a stomach virus and sit these meaningless games out unless it is the title game.

- finally, it has to be addressed. The other day, from what I could actually comprehend, some psycho on the FAN a guy who could scarcely speak English was essentially saying Vick should be electrocuted through his nuts. One major point first. The "rape stand" is more commonly known as a "breeding table" and one is owned by every single dog breeder in this country, most of whom love dogs more than people. There are a million talking points in this story, that isn't one of them. On the main point, nobody in this country, especially me, is going to publicly condone dogfighting. But I think Goodell has the same plan for Vick the psycho on the FAN was advocating. The combination of the overwhelmingly unpopular nature of the crime, terrible PR thanks to every media outlet jumping all over the easy meat, and whoever these PETA assholes are are sending Vick to the tank more so than his crime. Luckily for me, my fantasy draft hasn't happened yet. Penn State is good, state pen doesn't help me regain my championship belt.