The College Football Playoff is fine as it is. Administrators thinking about tinkering with it need to take a deep breath and focus their attention on wrecking something less important and perfect. Expanding the College Football Playoff for this season – or forever – is a terrible idea for more than two reasons, but only two matter. There […]
Victor Oladipo reportedly wants out of Indiana. I’ll wait to believe it until I hear it first-hand from either Oladipo or Pacers president Kevin Pritchard, but in the event he is leaning toward demanding a ticket elsewhere, there are some things that need to be understood by both the Pacers and their feathery guard. Athletes […]
Football fans love them some third string quarterbacks, so it was inevitable Colts fans would embrace 2019 preseason hero Chad Kelly as their underdog de jour. Love for Kelly blossomed last preseason because he was more decisive and productive that either starter Jacoby Brissett or backup Brian Hoyer, who did set the bar nice and low in those two categories. […]
If the Cubs continue to not hit the ball hard, they will be done with this crazy season before the end of the week. As a team, the Cubs are hitting .220. They are a hard watch with 146 more strikeouts than hits. Fans recognize the names, but not the swings. Rizzo, Bryant, Heyward, Contreras, […]
NFL coaches being forced to wear masks on the sidelines during games is absurd, but they do it because it is expensive not to. A week after five NFL coaches were dinged to the tune of $100K apiece and their teams clipped for a quarter-mil each for mask violations, it seems the league bought compliance […]
My Man Mitch! Stupidity must have a consequence, or it will be repeated. Purdue president Mitch Daniels clearly believes in that axiom. Because he does, 13 student-athletes were suspended from the university yesterday. THAT’S education! When Daniels enacted the Protect Purdue Pledge, he meant business. Violate its terms, and the result is adios, goodbye, and don’t […]
Ouch! Colts coach Frank Reich told the media a few moments ago that previous reports of a healthy roster exiting Lucas Oil Stadium following their 36-7 decimation of the New York Jets were premature. Michael Pittman, Jr, is going to be out for awhile following surgery for Compartment Syndrome in his lower leg. If you are […]
Reports insist Victor Oladipo wants out of Indiana. Not so fast, Victor. If the reports are true, they discount a serious factor in his ability to exit prior to becoming a free agent next offseason – he has very little trade value. If Pacers president Kevin Pritchard was motivated to grant Victor’s supposed wish, it […]
The Colts beat a horrifyingly bad Jets team this evening 36-7, and so their record runs to a respectable 2-1. What can we take away from the three hours of drama free football we enjoyed/endured this afternoon? #9 – Frank Gore is a hell of a professional. At 37, while playing for the worst team […]
Gale Sayers ran like no one before or since – the most purely beautiful running back ever
Chicago Bears icon Gale Sayers died today from complications related to dementia. As I write this, my eyes are teary because I just watched a clip of the end of Brian’s Song, the movie that chronicled the friendship of Sayers with teammate Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer at 26. I wanted to find the […]