Month: November 2008 (Page 6 of 69)

      Top 10 College Football TV Personalities

      November 28, 2008 /

      Lee CorsoThe Love of Sports ranks the top 10 NCAA College Football TV personalities.

      1. Rece Davis
      ESPN’s lead studio guy is the ultimate college football television personality. More than anybody else, he truly “gets it.” When he speaks about the game, he sounds like a fan, from referring to Houston Nutt as “The Right Reverend” to jumping all over Lou Holtz when Holtz starts (literally) spewing indefensible garbage all over the place…

      2. Uncle Verne Lundquist
      Clearly, Verne has fun broadcasting the primary SEC game on CBS. Though he’s been around for a long time, he continues to be amused by the game, which is an endearing trait for a broadcaster to have. He’s jolly, in a “play tricks on the grandkids” kind of way, and he has a cool catch phrase — “How. Do. You. Do!”

      6. Lee Corso
      Corso’s our Dick Vitale, only imminently more palatable. He’s also completely nuts…

      8. Chris Fowler
      Sure, Fowler can be smarmy, and he can take himself way too seriously at times, but it would be unfair to have a list like this without acknowledging the host of the most influential show in college football. Fowler runs a tight ship, and he’s become so much a part of football Saturday, it’s very difficult to picture anybody else occupying his seat…

      I love Corso. Sure he’s a bit off the reservation, but he has become Saturday morning college football over the past couple years. And he’s completely harmless.

      College Football

      The complete list of golf slang

      November 28, 2008 /

      Champions365.com has a complete list of golf slang:

      1. A Nipple licker – shot which opens up the hole
      2. A Worm f***er – well struck shot, but which doesn’t get off the ground
      3. A Sally Gunnell – ugly runner
      4. A Paula Radcliffe – not as ugly as a Sally Gunnell but still a good runner
      5. A Brazil – putt which shaves the hole close
      6. On the dance floor – on the green
      7. Does your husband play? – for when someone hits a short tee shot
      8. Houston, we have re-entry – for whenever someone skies one off the tee
      9. A Paris Hilton – an expensive hole
      10. Tee Way Back – Chinese for a long hole
      11. A Rick Waller – VERY fat…….and ugly…….with no redeeming features whatsoever
      12. Gone from Ben Hogan to Hulk Hogan – to go from playing like a God to absolute crap.
      13. Putting like a gynaecologist’s assistant – shaving the hole
      14.A Diego Maradonna – a very nasty 5 footer
      15. A Salman Rushdie – an impossible read
      16. A Rock Hudson – thought it was straight, but it wasn’t
      17. A Cuban – needs one more revolution
      18. An Elton John – a big bender that lips the rim
      19. An Adolf Hitler – two shots in the bunker
      20. An Eva Braun – picked up in the bunker
      21. A Saddam Hussein – go from bunker to bunker
      22. A Yasser Arafat – ugly and in the sand
      23. A Kate Winslett – little bit fat but otherwise perfect
      24. A Kate Moss – bit thin

      Some of these are freaking priceless.

      Paris Hilton – an expensive hole…AWESOME.

      Golf, Humor

      Once again time to get off McNabb’s back?

      November 28, 2008 /

      Clark Judge of CBS Sportsline.com writes that Donovan McNabb deserves a break from criticism after turning in a fantastic performance against the Cardinals in the Eagles’ 48-20 win Thursday night.

      Donovan McNabbOK, that I can accept. This I cannot: After hitting his first six passes and leading the Eagles to touchdowns on their first two possessions, McNabb finally misfired — dropping a sideline delivery at the feet of DeSean Jackson … and was booed.

      I kid you not.

      Forget that McNabb had the accuracy Warner did not. Or that he threw a season-high four touchdown passes. Or even that he pumped life into a comatose offense that had one offensive TD in its previous nine quarters.

      The poor guy was booed. And while it was confined to such a small portion of the stadium that reporters questioned whether it was done in jest, it was enough to convince me that, yep, it’s tough being Donovan McNabb.

      McNabb is overly criticized – plain and simple. McNabb deserves to be criticized at times – just like every other quarterback that turns in two lackluster performances in back to back weeks and puts his team’s playoff hopes in question. But the guy can’t take a crap in the morning without someone criticizing him for not correctly grabbing the toilet paper off the roll.

      Hopefully this will be his last year in Philly. The guy deserves to play the role of savior once in his career, even if he eventually falls flat on his face. Minnesota would be a great place for him to wind up with Adrian Peterson producing the sound running game that McNabb could flourish with.

      Fantasy Football, NFL

      Marion Barber suffers dislocated pinkie toe

      November 28, 2008 /

      Dallas running back Marion Barber dislocated one of his pinkie toes in the Cowboys’ 34-9 win over the Seahawks on Thanksgiving Day.

      Marion Barber suffered a dislocated pinkie toe Thursday. The Cowboys don’t believe it is serious.

      The year of the pinkie in Dallas. “I’m optimistic about both of them,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said after the game, referring to Barber and DeMarcus Ware, who had a minor knee injury. “They’re thumbs up.” We’d still grab Tashard Choice on waivers in case, but this is encouraging. The Dallas Morning News calls Barber’s status for Week 14 “uncertain” which is to be expected at this stage.

      The team might not believe it’s serious, but the situation shouldn’t be downplayed. This wouldn’t be much of an issue if rookie Felix Jones was healthy, but he’s not and the ‘Boys need a healthy Barber the rest of the way if they expect to make the playoffs. While Romo and the passing game get most of the pub, Barber has been the backbone of the Cowboys’ offense. This could be a huge blow if he suffers any sort of setback.

      Fantasy Football, NFL

      Cardinals blasted by Eagles – prove they don’t belong…yet

      November 28, 2008 /

      Kurt WarnerThe past two weeks were supposed to be games the Arizona Cardinals used to prove that they belong with the elite teams in the NFC. Instead, they were soundly beat by the Giants at home and then absolutely waxed 48-20 by the Eagles on Thanksgiving night.

      What was interesting about the Cards’ loss to the Eagles Thursday night was that Philly didn’t blitz all that much. One could fathom that if Kurt Warner were under constant duress for four quarters, he would certainly struggle. But the Eagles dropped extra defenders into coverage and relied on their four-down linemen to create enough pressure on Warner to get him out of rhythm. The result: Warner did throw for 235 yards and three touchdowns, but he was also picked off three times.

      But a more telling sign that Arizona quite isn’t there yet is how both the Giants and Eagles did whatever they wanted to the Cardinal defense. Philly racked up 48 points and 437 yards in one game against Arizona, this after totaling just 20 points the past two weeks in a tie to the Bengals and a lose to the Ravens.

      Fortunately for the Cardinals, they play in the weakest division in the league. They’ll win their division, but what happens when they have to go into Carolina or Tampa come playoff time or worse yet – the Meadowlands? They should be able to get by a Wild Card team at home, although so far they haven’t proven that they can go on the road and beat a good team at their place.

      Kurt Warner has been a nice story this season, while Anquan Boldin, Larry Fitzgerald and Steve Breaston form one of the best receiving corps in the NFL – if not the best. But the defense is full of holes and ‘Zona has yet to prove they can beat a good team on the road. There seems to be a ceiling to this team’s success.

      Fantasy Football, NFL

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