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Mark McGwire is at it again. He wants to put the past behind him and he said last night he’ll never discuss steroids again.
Is there any doubt that McGwire took steriods? Does anyone think he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?
Also, no one wants to give Jose Canseco any credit for exposing these guys. McGwire and Raffy never would have been hauled in front of Congress without Canseco’s book. Sure, he was a snitch for exposing them, but it looks like the truth is on his side.
Brett Favre is the golden boy of pro football, so it’s strange to see him getting blasted on national television. Last night on The Best Damn Sports Show Period the gang went off on Favre after showing clips of an interview with Javon Walker. Walker blew out his knee and is out for the season, but he’s pissed off at Favre for making comments earlier this year when Walker was threatening a holout. Favre made it clear in the press that he felt Walker should be in camp, and Walker claims these comments destroyed his negotiating position with the Packers. Now he has a season-ending ACL tear, and he’ll have to fight hard next year to earn the big contract he felt he deserved.
John Salley in particular ripped Favre, saying Brett could sit comfortably with his millions while Walker just lost his best chance at a big payday. Salley argued that holdouts and threatened holdouts were part of the negotiation process, and Favre should not interfere in another player’s business. The rest of the panel agreed, with Rodney Peete saying that Favre should be ashamed of himself. Some also made a distinction between this case and the T.O. saga, since T.O. had already received the big contract, while Walker had not.
I’m not sure how I come out on this one. In today’s sports world this situation highlights the tension between team loyalty and the big paydays available to star players. It is interesting, however, to see Favre dragged into this controversy while struggling through a losing season. This probably isn’t what he had in mind when he decided to return for another season.
As usual, the first couple of weeks of the NFL season are producing lots of surprises, but the collapse of the Minnesota Vikings has to rank near the top of the list. How pathetic. After losing Randy Moss, some “experts” thought they would be a better team. What a joke. Losing Moss has changed the whole offense, and not they see what it’s like trying to win NFL games without a difference maker.
Yet even with the loss of Moss, did anyone think that they would be THIS bad? Dante Culpepper now looks like a stiff.
Minnesota fans can’t be happy. They probably were looking forward to football season after the Twins collapsed, and now they have to deal with this.
UPDATE – ESPN’s John Clayton might be a good reporter because of his connections, but he often sounds like an idiot when trying to analyze the NFL. He demonstrated that again yesterday on ESPN Radio. First he acknowledged that he had picked the Vikings to go to the Super Bowl, so you can include him in the group of “experts” who discounted the value of Randy Moss. Next, he makes one of the dumbest statements I ever heard, saying that he has Dante Culpepper rated as the second best quarterback in football behind Peyton Manning. Now, he wasn’t referring to fantasy value. Culpepper has always been a turnover machine even when he had Randy Moss. How can Clayton think that Culpepper is better than three-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady? How can he rate him over Donovan McNabb? Now it’s even more clear that Culpepper is overrated, but that still doesn’t absolve Clayton. He should stick to straight reporting.
The biggest game of the week involves the SEC showdown between #6 Florida and #5 Tennessee. Urban Meyer has Gator fans giddy again, while Tennesse opened with a not-so-impressive win over UAB. I’ve compiled some perspectives on the game from “experts” around the web.
John Harris of CollegeFootballNews.com sees Florida winning a close one. Money quotes:
“Typically, Florida comes into this game with a powerful offense and a ho-hum defense. Even though they’ve tangled with Wyoming and La. Tech, you can see that this might be the most talented unit since the 1998 bunch that featured Jevon Kearse and Fred Weary. LB Brandon Siler is a beast inside and he’ll have it out for Gerald Riggs all game long. The Tennessee secondary, on the other hand, got sliced by Leak last year and the revamped unit got shredded in the second half against UAB. The implication is that Gator WR Chad Jackson has to be licking his chops. Although UT has left Gainesville the last two times with a W, the Gators should end that short streak on Saturday. Florida – 29 vs. Tennessee – 27”
Yet Harris sees Casey Clausen as an asset for the Vols:
“Since Clausen became the starter late in the 2004 season, he’s been tremendous, even when he’s come into the game in a relief role as he did against UAB. The one trait that Clausen seems to have over Erik Ainge and even over his older brother is the ability to see the whole field and find the mismatch, if one exists. He uses the whole field and will find any of his versatile wide receivers anywhere on the field. The senior doesn’t seem to get rattled and he seems to have the respect of the entire offense. Now, he’s going to see a much more athletic and better defense than Ainge saw last year in Knoxville, and he’ll have his hands full with that bunch. But, Clausen has a guy named Riggs that can help take some of the focus off of the nifty lefty, so keep an eye on how much play action the Vols use and how successful he is in finding the open man in the intermediate to deep areas of the field.”
The Palm Beach Post questions whether Chris Leak can get it done for the Gators:
“Quarterback Chris Leak might never fit Urban Meyer’s offense as well as Alex Smith did at Utah last season. Leak is off to a so-so start, despite a school-record 17 straight completions, which featured four shovel passes and two screens, in the opener against Wyoming. On Saturday, he floated several throws into coverage that a team better than Louisiana Tech might have intercepted. Leak’s longest run was 5 yards, and he’s averaging less than half a yard on 17 carries. He should improve, but must do so against Tennessee, Alabama and LSU.”
The Gators are favored by 6.5 points. That seems high to me. The game is just too close call.
Many of us thought that the Big Ten was the best conference in football this season. It still might be the deepest, but the top three teams took a hit last night.
The big game of course was the Ohio State/Texas matchup in the Horseshoe. Vince Young led Texas to a spectacular late touchdown to snach a victory from the Buckeyes. The football game lived up to all the pregame hype, and it’s a shame either team had to lose. Both Vince Young and A.J. Hawke showed why they are special football players. Too bad we don’t have a playoff system in college football, because I’m sure both fans would love to see these teams play again. Now Texas has a clear shot at playing for the National Championship if they can finally manage a win over Oklahoma.
No. 3 Michigan lost at home against the resurgent Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. The Michigan offense looked very weak, as Chad Henne looked more like a freshman quarterback. Charlie Weis has Notre Dame playing great football, and they’ll get another good test next week against Michigan State.
Finally, No. 8 Iowa got creamed by Iowa State. The Hawkeyes lost their quarterback in the second quarter, but that’s no excuse for their poor performance yesterday. maybe this Iowa team was overrated.
Each of these teams will probably bounce back to have good seasons, but for a while no Big Ten team will be part of the national Championship controversy, That may change as more teams get knocked off, but for now the Big Ten will have to sit on the sidelines.
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