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      Tennessee students protest Kiffin’s resignation

      January 13, 2010 /

      What better way to show that you’re angry at the head coach that left your team high and dry then to burn a mattress?

      I’ve always wanted to see the expression on the guy’s face that volunteered to burn his mattress when he woke up the next morning and didn’t have a bed anymore.

      “Troy…Troy!”

      “What?”

      “What the hell happened to my bed man? It’s gone!”

      “Dude, you burned it in the protest last night. Don’t you remember?”

      “F**k no I don’t remember! What the hell, man!”

      “Yeah, you wanted to do it to protest Lane Kiffin’s departure.”

      “Lane Kiffin’s gone, too?!”

      College Football

      Chris Johnson wins Offensive Player of the Year

      January 13, 2010 /

      Titans’ running back Chris Johnson was voted the Offensive Player of the Year for the 2009 season according to the AP.

      Considered the fastest man in pro football, Johnson was uncatchable in setting a league mark for yards from scrimmage (2,509) and becoming the sixth player with a 2,000-yard rushing season.

      “I kind of realize what I did and I feel like I had a dream season,” said Johnson, who scored 16 touchdowns (14 rushing), second to Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson, and tied the NFL mark with six consecutive games rushing for at least 125 yards.

      Johnson, who has run a 4.2 40 and believes he’ll remain the NFL’s fastest player unless a team signs Usain Bolt, has bigger dreams, too: breaking Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards, and winning the league MVP award.

      “I didn’t even get one vote at all (for MVP),” Johnson said. “Like the season I had, it seemed like, `What more do they want me to do?’ That just felt like rookie of the year; it’s a quarterback thing I guess.”

      Considering Johnson became just the sixth player in NFL history to run for more than 2,000 yards and set the record for most total yards from scrimmage with 2,509, it is a little perplexing why he didn’t get at least one MVP vote.

      But to correct Johnson, it isn’t a “quarterback thing” – it’s a “playoff thing.” Peyton Manning had the Colts on the verge of a perfect season and lifted them to the No. 1 seed in the AFC. For as good as Johnson was this season, the fact that the Titans didn’t make the postseason hurt him when it came down to MVP voting.

      Regardless, Johnson was incredibly deserving of OPOY honors and considering this was only his second season, I shudder to think what the future holds for him.


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      NFL

      Boldin misses practice, but optimistic he’ll play

      January 13, 2010 /

      According to the Arizona Cardinals’ official website, wideout Anquan Boldin was held out of practice on Tuesday but is optimistic that he will play against the Saints on Saturday.

      The Cardinals got through an admittedly sluggish first day back on the practice field, no surprise since it’s been such a short time since they last played. Because it’s Tuesday, the Cards aren’t required to discuss injuries or file and injury report, leaving some things in the dark until tomorrow’s initial official injury update. But Anquan Boldin did say he felt “a lot better,” reported that he was able to move around more (although he didn’t practice) and he is “definitely” optimistic he will have a chance to play Saturday against the Saints.

      With the way Early Doucet played against the Packers, it didn’t matter that Boldin wasn’t on the field last Sunday. But at this time of year, teams need all of their weapons and Boldin is a game-changer when healthy.


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      NFL

      Who are the top 10 fantasy QBs for 2010?

      January 13, 2010 /

      Quick — name your top 10 QBs for next season.

      Here’s my list:

      1. Aaron Rodgers
      2009’s QB1 should have another great season. He also can beat teams with his feet. (He led all QBs in rushing yards.) Jermichael Finley looks to be a future Pro Bowler at TE.

      2. Drew Brees
      The Saints’ offense shouldn’t change much, though they will have a first-place schedule, so the competition will be tougher.

      3. Peyton Manning
      Steady and dependable. The only downside to Manning is that there’s a chance he’ll sit during the fantasy playoffs.

      4. Tom Brady
      He threw for almost 4400 yards and 28 TD and the perception is that he had a down year.

      5. Philip Rivers
      The Chargers are turning into a passing team and Rivers has a number of weapons to throw to (plus great weather in San Diego, even in December).

      6. Tony Romo
      It appears that Romo has turned the corner. The emergence of Miles Austin has more than replaced Terrell Owens’ place in the Cowboy offense.

      7. Ben Roethlisberger
      The Steelers are more of a passing team now, and Big Ben is at the center of it all.

      8. Matt Schaub
      I’d have him higher, but I still think he’s an injury risk. This season, he threw for 4770 yards and 29 TD. Can he repeat? Having Andre Johnson certainly helps.

      9. Eli Manning
      The Giants threw the ball a lot this season, more than expected. But with Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham, the receiving corps is young and talented.

      10. Donovan McNabb
      McNabb is another guy that seems to get nicked up with regularity. He missed two games this season and 17 over the last five seasons. I’d rather go QBBC with the #11-#15 guys.

      Honorable Mention: Brett Favre, Kurt Warner, Matt Ryan, Jay Cutler, Matt Cassel


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      Fantasy Football, NFL

      USC hires Lane Kiffin to replace Pete Carroll

      January 12, 2010 /

      In rather surprising news, USC has tabbed former Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin to fill the position vacated by Pete Carroll, who signed a contract over the weekend to coach the Seattle Seahawks.

      From ESPN.com:

      “We are really excited to welcome Lane Kiffin back to USC,” Garrett said in a statement. “I was able to watch him closely when he was an assistant with us and what I saw was a bright, creative young coach who I thought would make an excellent head coach here if the opportunity ever arose. I’m confident he and his staff will keep USC football performing at the high level that we expect.”

      He was a member of the USC coaching staff from 2001 to ’06, first as wide receivers coach and then as offensive coordinator under Carroll.

      Kiffin will bring his father and defensive coordinator, Monte Kiffin, and assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron to Southern California with him.

      The hiring is surprising, but what isn’t surprising is the way Kiffin left Tennessee after just one season. The fact of the matter is that college coaches come and go as they please. As long as there is more money and a bigger opportunity to be had, coaches will always be a threat to leave.

      That said, it never ceases to amaze me that coaches can walk into a recruit’s home and talk about commitment, loyalty and family, and then leave a program at the drop of a hat. There is something incredible wrong with the process, but it has become such a norm that nobody is surprised by it anymore. As the clichéd response goes: It is what it is.

      I wonder if some in Knoxville are secretly glad to see Kiffin go. He rubbed a lot of people the wrong way and never seemed like a great fit for UT. Considering he helped Carroll make USC’s program a success earlier this decade, it stands to reason that he will be a much better fit in Southern Cal, but we’ll see. It’ll also be exciting to see what Monte Kiffin can do with the talent he’ll have on the defensive side of the ball at SC.

      This is pure conjecture on my part, but if I’m venturing a guess as to whom will replace Kiffin at Tennessee, I’d say Jon Gruden might be a great fit. He was a graduate assistant there from 1986 to 1987 and also met his wife at UT as well. If he wanted to take a crack at the collegiate level, Knoxville might just be a solid fit.

      College Football

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