There’s so much going on that I’m going to say what I have to say using as few words as possible, or die trying.
Penalize Rhett Bomar Not The Sooners. College athletes like Rhett Bomar – and not always the institutions that they represent - should be penalized when they willfully and blatantly violate NCAA rules. In a manifest violation of NCAA regulations, Bomar had a no-show job at an Oklahoma car dealership last year and pocketed at least $18,000, and as a result should lose at least two years of eligibility and be forced to sit out for a year.
College Football Polls Are Nonsense. In college football the defending champs should always be ranked number one until they lose a game. There is no way that Ohio State should be picked ahead of Texas in any poll since the Longhorns beat the Buckeyes last year in Columbus, and that the two teams play on September 9.
Fantasy Football Is Ridiculous. Any endeavor that results in football players being judged solely on their stats rather than the outcome of a game is ludicrous. Fantasy football has had the overall effect of elevating those who produce stats rather than results.
Justin Gatlin’s Excuse. According to Gatlin’s coach Trevor Graham – a man who has been neck deep in performance enhancing drug scandals for most of his career – a rogue masseuse rubbed testosterone cream on Gatlin after a race so that Gatlin would fail his drug test. There’s no indication that Gatlin’s camp is blaming either the testing lab or the French.
Floyd Landis’ Excuse. According to the Landis camp the French and the lab that performed the test on Landis’ urine are to blame for Landis' high level of testosterone. There’s no indication that Landis’ camp is blaming Gatlin’s masseuse… yet.
Dan Marino for Nutrisystem. There’s something really depressing about this Hall of Fame quarterback pitching Nutrisystem’s weight loss products. I know that when he was playing he did those cheesy Isotoner glove commercials, but the Nutrisystem commercials are worse.
Football Hall of Fame. There’s something refreshing about the non-statistical emphasis placed on candidates for entry into Canton. There is much less controversy surrounding picks to be enshrined as a football immortal than there is with the baseball equivalent, and there are fewer oversights and inconsistencies with regard to the football greats.
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1 - Matthew T. Sussman
If you get anything out of the X Games, get Travis Pastrana's double backflip on his motorcycle. Holy shit, what a great jump.