Monthly Archives: January 2008

The Joe Gibbs Rule

January 8, 2008 – 3:50 pm

Just last week, I wrote about the NFL Coaching Carousel and never mentioned Joe Gibbs’ name. The reason was that I did not see any way on the planet that Danny Boy Snyder would fire Joe Gibbs nor did it seem that Gibbs would resign from a team that had just made the playoffs. Even [...]

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Roger The Dodger…

January 7, 2008 – 10:31 am

Were you shocked to your core to learn via 60- Minutes that Roger Clemens asserts that all allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs are “totally false”? Wow! Who could have seen that one coming? Poor Roger lamented that he was now in a position where he would have to prove his innocence and that is [...]

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NFL PLayoffs Perspectives

January 4, 2008 – 12:41 am

The NFL playoffs begin this weekend so it is interesting to look at some trends associated with the teams that made the playoffs: Six of the twelve teams are among the top ten offenses in the NFL. Seven of the twelve teams started the same QB in every game this season. Eight of the twelve [...]

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NFL Coaches’ Carousel

January 3, 2008 – 11:44 pm

First, I read that Mike Martz had been fired as the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions. It made me wonder why he seemed to have been selected to take the fall for the Lions starting out like lions and finishing up like lambs. But, then I realized that Mike Martz has made offensive chicken [...]

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New Years Day TV

January 3, 2008 – 10:21 am

If you spent time on New Years Day watching bowl games, how much better would it have been to see a USC/Georgia game than it was to watch both of those teams pummel clearly inferior opponents? Just asking… This weekend we will have the opportunity to watch Roger Clemens on 60 Minutes. Mike Wallace will [...]

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