NFL draft.

Its NFL draft day and i cannot decide how to be more excited about it.I could buy a 12 pack of Coors and drink everytime one of the talking heads says that a player has a motor that never quits. Im always tempted to ask the overpaid jughead what that actually means but before i can Mel Kyper JR is babbling on about the next prospect. Im sad that Raiders owner Al Davis wont be there to draft a prospect that nobody expects and have everyone say hes insane. Im looking forward to the Jets fans at the draft who obnoxiously cheer the whole time before their team selects and then BOO the pick no matter who it is. The Bears have plenty of needs and only 5 picks in this draft so i am assuming that they may trade down and grab a few more prospects but who knows what the new coaching staff has in mind. I think ill watch the draft coverage on the NFL network for a change and hope someone CRUSHES Rodger Gedell with an overbearing bearhug. The possibillity is a longshot but if it happens it will definately be must see TV.

Peace for America.

American society has become far too violent. The solution to the problem is far too complex for a guy like me to figure out.The donkey party and elephant politicians keep arguing about social issues but people are still dying on their way to finishing marathons. People get patriotic and emotional for a week or maybe a month but still people continue to die in our schools and in the city streets. Everytime someone mentions the possibillity of closer regulation of television or the internet people scream bloody murder about their first amendment rights, Our churches have become social institutions that very seldom speak out about the bad behavior that is prevelent in our society. The family has become fractured and is in the process of becoming redefined. Marrige is failing half the time and is in the process of becoming whatever two people say it is. Americans are calling for tolerance and unity in these violent times hoping that the education and the appreciation of diversity will stem the tide. The truth is that the elimination of violence can only start when we become more tolerant of spiritual expression and less tolerant of those people who wish too supress it in the interest of protecting everybodies so called religious liberty. Americans need MORE freedom to spread their spiritual wings not less. Prayers in all locations to any higher power are better then telling people they can only pray in a stone building or temple on a certain day of the week. The separation of church and state is a good idea untill its taken to an extreme and begins to supress natural spiritual behavior and values that promote peaceful non violent action.

A real professional.

Pat Summerall was that announcer that added enjoyment to your football Sunday. His voice was both welcoming and soothing to the ears and he made watching football games better. He did not need a catch phrase or a gimick to be remembered he was simply a fan like everyone else. The greatness in Summerall was that he had the humility to realize that he was not the reason people watched the NFL. The games themselves were enough for the fans of my generation and Pat was  an understated part of those games. The reality show mentality that has overtaken almost all of sports television these days could learn alot from a professional like Summerall. RIP Pat I know the heavenly airwaves will be blessed to have you.

Boston will win!!

The good people of Boston will win this battle. We all salute you in your suffering and pray for your well being. To those who have lost loved ones we pray for Gods comfort in this your time of need. To the coward or cowards who carried out this act of random cruelty you may be reveling in your fame and self righteous hatred for now but we will eventually forget you. You will be remembered only by your creator and dealt with in good time. A murderer shrinks hides and sleeps with his murdering friends but that is ALL He or they will EVER be.The people who are suffering now will either become new citizens of heaven or productive humans who will learn to love and run Boston Marathons again if that is what they choose to do. There will be sadness and grief for a time in this great city but for the great people of Boston they will do what all great patriots do they will  rise above the tyranny and fight the oppressor untill the battle is won.

Alford update.

The new and improved basketball coach at UCLA Steve Alford has now seen the light and has apologized for his actions at the University of Iowa eleven years ago. Well Mr Alford  i believe the time for an apology has long since passed.  I believe you were ordered to apologize by your new athletic director and you really have no remorse for anything you did eleven years ago regarding the sexual assault of that young woman. Pierre Pierce has also spoken about his behavior and has said basically that anyone can say anything they want about what happened eleven years ago. He said he has moved passed everyone and everything involved in the young womans sexual assault. He has also said that he will not say anything bad about his beloved Coach Alford. The new and apologetic version of Mr Alford might be beliveable if he actually took tangible steps to prove he actually was sorry. Shallow words in a press release a decade later probably wont mean anything to a woman who has endured sexual assault. How about forgetting about basketball and your selfish ambition and dealing directly with the people you actually hurt?. Pierce probably still denies he did anything but at least he paid a slight price for his actions.You Mr Alford harassed the woman humilated and brow beat her with the help of your Christian pals and allientated and embarassed a whole community of people who simply wanted you to follow up on the morals and ethics that you said you believed in. You have now landed your dream job at UCLA and the memories of Iowa and that young woman have faded out of memory or have they? The people of California want answers  for your behavior MR ALFORD  and unlike the press and people of Iowa the bright lights and big stage of Westwood will dig up your past and force you to address the reasons for your horrible behavior. You said when you bailed on your job at New Mexico that the phone call from UCLA was unlike any other call you ever received but i think something or someone else might have been behind that call. The truth is calling MR ALFORD and this time if you ignore her the consequences may be alot different.

One and done.

The one and done rule in college basketball is a complete joke. The NCAA allows this to happen but frowns upon college coaches making too many phonecalls to recruit these same athletes? What kind of message are they sending about the value of a college education? What insentive does a Trey Burke have to go to class if hes only going to Michigan for 1 season of basketball? Making a mockery out of an instution of higher learning and not caring about academic standards is just as bad a violation of the rules as receiving extra material benefits from some wild eyed booster with deep pockets. Why not set up an independent league for college aged players apart from our nations colleges and universities that would allow for them to play basketball or football and bypass the phony college experience crapola the NCAA tries to promote? The answer is the NCAA wants to further promote this phony crapola because of the big money these high school sports stars create. The NCAA does not mind capitalizing on young high school talent but let a college coach take a kid out to lunch like Rick Majeris did at Utah after he lost his father and BAM its a recruting violation. A bunch of sickening political hypocrites!! A brood of vipers and opportunists!! Stop the nonsense and bring the value of a college education back to where it belongs above and beyond that of the curruption and greed of big money college athletics.

Good tiger bad.Bad tiger good.

On the eve of the Masters golf tournament you hear all these golf nerds all a twitter about Eldrick and wheather he will win another major. He was alot more exciting when he was crashing his SUV into trees trying to get away from his absolutely gorgeous wife. The guy has more money then god and he decides to slum it at dennys with a waitress. Always alot guarded and always in control "good" Eldrick is about as exciting as laundry spinning. I could care less if Eldrick wins 1 or 20 more majors but if  he decided to turn back into Slummin Tiger on the prowl id be more than interested. Im so tired of the moronic debate about wheather Tiger is back or not. Its fricken golf people if you can smoke drink and play it when your 85 im not sure great athletes play golf. I know all the golf nerds get all testy when you say that but its true. "bad tiger" needs to resurface so that golf will interest me again.