So many have asked so here are my thoughts on the Dallas Cowboys. They suck. From the front office down to janitor and everything in between except DeMarcus Ware. Jerry Jones delivered 3 super bowl titles to the Dallas fans with a coach at the helm. But since firing Jimmmy Johnson, they have been terrible. I know, Barry Switzer won a ring with the Boys but remember, he was handed the keys to a cadillac and wrecked it his first year. They should have won 4 in a row.
But with that said, here's what I would like to see. Demote Wade Phillips to D-coordinator since that's all he does anyway and Mr. Jones, come on down, take off the tie and put on a headset and be the coach. It's obvious you want to be the head coach so just do it. Stop running poor ole Wade out there to take the ass chewing from the media and fans. The owner, gm and president should just add head coach to his title and then after 2 losing seasons, which I would love to see them go 0-16, Jones would have to fire himself. It hasn't worked for Al Davis and it won't work for you either. The Dallas Cowboys have become a laughing stock and I'm personally ready for a real coach, not some overinflated puppett.
Good luck Dallas. You're going to need it if you seriously think you are going to ever win again.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Just win them all, 2 teams did
Alright sports fans for the record, I am not a fan of the BCS, Texas, Texas Tech or Oklahoma. I do like OU better than the others but this love affair that Texas beat OU really matters is tyring. I know, I know. Texas beat Oklahoma on a neutral field but I remember sitting in the living room and watching Texas Tech beat Texas on November 1. I do realize Texas fans have a mental block on this but it's time to say, we didn't get screwed, we just didn't do what we had to do to get things to go our way (Texas was ranked 1 and Tech was 7, don't forget that). Oklahoma beat like opponents of Texas & Tech by more points and beat Missouri by 41 on a neutral field that Texas beat by 30 in Austin. I do believe the BCS had it right with putting OU in the championship game against Mizzou. It's time to get over it and wait. Texas fans, your team could still face OU again in the National Title game if Florida's win wasn't enough over Alabama. I don't think that's the way it will happen but it could very well happen that way.
But seriously, I think Boise State and Utah are really the teams getting screwed this year. All we ask in college football is for 2 teams to go through their schedules undefeated and that's what these 2 teams did. They are the ONLY 2 undefeated teams in the country and they should play for the National Title with the system we have now. It will never happen but it should happen. And I noticed that both teams played about the same type of preseason schedule that OU, Texas and Tech played.
In the age of the BCS and all the griping and whining, it seems to me that the coach who can get out more and whine to the media more gets the most attention. He puts the perception his teams is getting more screwed more than others while others are just going out and killing their opponents. I don't think there is any need to make signs with a score on them to tell us what we already know or rent planes to fly with a score on it. I think those things just make the overall team and fans look desperate and downright stupid. This is supposed to be college football, not how to Bitch and Complain 101.
Every team that's complaining this year should have done what Boise and Utah did this year. Finish every game with a WIN. Don't drop interceptions or forget to tackle a guy with no time left. Show up, especially when you're the number 2 team going to Norman. Win on a neutral field against your biggest rival and a lower ranked team. Just win and if you don't and there is a 3 way tie, live with the system the conferece set in place and YOUR coach and school voted to approve.
And the last time I checked, I haven't seen the Boise or Utah coaches doing the circut whining, printing up cards with scores on them or renting planes to complain about them getting screwed or trying to pursuade voters to go "their" way. All they did was win and that's what every 1 loss team should have done, finish all their games. Only then would you have a right to complain about getting left out.
But seriously, I think Boise State and Utah are really the teams getting screwed this year. All we ask in college football is for 2 teams to go through their schedules undefeated and that's what these 2 teams did. They are the ONLY 2 undefeated teams in the country and they should play for the National Title with the system we have now. It will never happen but it should happen. And I noticed that both teams played about the same type of preseason schedule that OU, Texas and Tech played.
In the age of the BCS and all the griping and whining, it seems to me that the coach who can get out more and whine to the media more gets the most attention. He puts the perception his teams is getting more screwed more than others while others are just going out and killing their opponents. I don't think there is any need to make signs with a score on them to tell us what we already know or rent planes to fly with a score on it. I think those things just make the overall team and fans look desperate and downright stupid. This is supposed to be college football, not how to Bitch and Complain 101.
Every team that's complaining this year should have done what Boise and Utah did this year. Finish every game with a WIN. Don't drop interceptions or forget to tackle a guy with no time left. Show up, especially when you're the number 2 team going to Norman. Win on a neutral field against your biggest rival and a lower ranked team. Just win and if you don't and there is a 3 way tie, live with the system the conferece set in place and YOUR coach and school voted to approve.
And the last time I checked, I haven't seen the Boise or Utah coaches doing the circut whining, printing up cards with scores on them or renting planes to complain about them getting screwed or trying to pursuade voters to go "their" way. All they did was win and that's what every 1 loss team should have done, finish all their games. Only then would you have a right to complain about getting left out.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Time to Go
Alright sports fans, enough is enough with all the NFL idiots who can't seem to stay out of bars, stay off dietary products and keep the gun at the house. After seeing the incidents of this past week, it's time for the commish to take a stance on many issues.
First, either force these companies who make and sell dietary substances to either tell the players what they are actually taking or teach these players to read. It seems very funny to me that anyone would take anything they hadn't checked out completely. In this day and age of drug testing, players have to know they will be found out if they are taking anything illegal.
Second, since when did NFL players seriously need protection? If they treat their job like most other people do, they would respect it and their bosses and not go places where they feel they need to carry protection. This past week with the Plaxico Burress situation, we are all reminded that these NFL spoiled babies need protection from nobody but themselves. This year we have seen Adam Pacman Jones get into a fight with a body guard, (babysitter provided by Jerry Jones) while Pacman was drunk. And now, Plaxico can't even keep his gun, which was in his pants, from going off and ending his season and now, possibly his career. I guess the only good side for Plaxico is that the gun wasn't a pointed in the direction of his "man" parts. Now that would have been funny!
Lastly, when is this commissioner actually going to do what he said he was going to do? Yes, he has handed out suspensions time and time again and even suspended some for a year. But enough is enough. It's time to quit slapping them with petty fines and suspensions and letting them back in. If Plaxico goes to jail, that should be it. Mike Vick should never play again and Pacman, you're lucky nobody has slapped your butt out of this league. Show respect to the players who are doing it right, to the fans and the former players. Get these idiots out of the league and send a message to all of the players and the college players looking to the NFL. If you are going to be here, you are going to be at least a decent person who can stay away from serious trouble.
If I did what Plaxico, Mike, Tank or Pacman did, I would not have a job. So, my question is why should they?
First, either force these companies who make and sell dietary substances to either tell the players what they are actually taking or teach these players to read. It seems very funny to me that anyone would take anything they hadn't checked out completely. In this day and age of drug testing, players have to know they will be found out if they are taking anything illegal.
Second, since when did NFL players seriously need protection? If they treat their job like most other people do, they would respect it and their bosses and not go places where they feel they need to carry protection. This past week with the Plaxico Burress situation, we are all reminded that these NFL spoiled babies need protection from nobody but themselves. This year we have seen Adam Pacman Jones get into a fight with a body guard, (babysitter provided by Jerry Jones) while Pacman was drunk. And now, Plaxico can't even keep his gun, which was in his pants, from going off and ending his season and now, possibly his career. I guess the only good side for Plaxico is that the gun wasn't a pointed in the direction of his "man" parts. Now that would have been funny!
Lastly, when is this commissioner actually going to do what he said he was going to do? Yes, he has handed out suspensions time and time again and even suspended some for a year. But enough is enough. It's time to quit slapping them with petty fines and suspensions and letting them back in. If Plaxico goes to jail, that should be it. Mike Vick should never play again and Pacman, you're lucky nobody has slapped your butt out of this league. Show respect to the players who are doing it right, to the fans and the former players. Get these idiots out of the league and send a message to all of the players and the college players looking to the NFL. If you are going to be here, you are going to be at least a decent person who can stay away from serious trouble.
If I did what Plaxico, Mike, Tank or Pacman did, I would not have a job. So, my question is why should they?
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Big 12 South
Well, here's my thoughts on the Big 12 issues. Now that ttu, ou and tu all did what they needed to do I want to share what I believe should happen. Since it's a 3 way tie in which tu beat ou in early October, ttu beat tu in early November and ou beat ttu in late November, there's really no true tiebreaker except the following:
Schedule - Preseason and conference
Big Wins - at home verses on the road
Margin - margin of victory against like opponents
Whining - the smallest amount of whining from the players and coaches
With that said, I have to give the nod to ou. Yes tu fans, your team did beat ou earlier this season but remember your team's loss to ttu?? I guess that really didn't happen in your minds. The ou preseason schedule produced better victories for them over bowl teams than tu or ttu had. They both had cupcake schedules that helped them later in conference play. OU had a larger margin of victory againt like opponents and yes sports fans, they were the only team of the 3 who won a BIG game on the ROAD! That matters. Lastly, Stoops and Leach have done less campaigning and whining. Sorry Mack Brown but it's time to shut up or run for public office. When you decide to run for Governor, then you can become a politician. Until then, quit going on the talk show circut and talking during the OU games.
Just sit back and relax and see what the computers say. Because that's what's going to decide the Big 12 South this year since nobody wanted to win it on the field!
Schedule - Preseason and conference
Big Wins - at home verses on the road
Margin - margin of victory against like opponents
Whining - the smallest amount of whining from the players and coaches
With that said, I have to give the nod to ou. Yes tu fans, your team did beat ou earlier this season but remember your team's loss to ttu?? I guess that really didn't happen in your minds. The ou preseason schedule produced better victories for them over bowl teams than tu or ttu had. They both had cupcake schedules that helped them later in conference play. OU had a larger margin of victory againt like opponents and yes sports fans, they were the only team of the 3 who won a BIG game on the ROAD! That matters. Lastly, Stoops and Leach have done less campaigning and whining. Sorry Mack Brown but it's time to shut up or run for public office. When you decide to run for Governor, then you can become a politician. Until then, quit going on the talk show circut and talking during the OU games.
Just sit back and relax and see what the computers say. Because that's what's going to decide the Big 12 South this year since nobody wanted to win it on the field!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Former NFL Players Deserve Better
My dad, Tom Amason played in the NFL for a couple of years for the Los Angeles Rams in the 50’s and was seriously injured. After his injury, he was let go by the team because he was unable to play. They misdiagnosed a fractured vertebrae in his neck for polio and he never received proper treatment from the NFL or any other physician. After being told he would never walk again, my dad rose up against the odds and walked on crutches from 1955 to 1987. In 1987 a rather unfortunate accident occurred and my dad has not walked since. He has had 54 surgeries in his life, all of which occurred while or after playing in the NFL. He was not able to obtain health or life insurance while playing and believe it or not, he had to have an offseason job to pay the bills because back then, there were no large contracts like there are today. No money, no insurance, no pension, just a love for the game that was and still is unquestioned by these men.
It is my belief that many of the former players are more than entitled to receiving payments from the NFL to help with their medical expenses. These players, many of whom never played under a collective bargaining agreement, need the help from the NFL. There are many players who my dad played with and against like Crazy Legs Hersch, Night Train Lane, John Henry Johnson and many others who had great careers and were able to play long enough without injury to get a pension and other medical rights. But what about the ones who seriously built the league you and I enjoy so much today?
Without men like Tom Amason and many others who we will never know, this league would not be where it is today. Before TV and huge contracts, please remember that there were a group of men who built this league playing for the love of the game, not the money. These men played with broken bones, concussions, bulging discs and yes, even toe injuries. Without them sacrificing their bodies and their lives, we would not have the show and the multimillion dollar contracts we have today. These men of the past are not jealous of the money or the athletes of today, they are just damn proud of the league they helped build.
Please don’t think just because these men are asking for some compensation now for their years and years of struggles they are jealous or just want a piece of the new NFL pie. They do believe, as I do as a son of one of the pioneers, they should at least be offered something from the league. Not all of the men need it or would take it but the gesture would certainly be nice.
So, every Sunday when you watch your favorite NFL team, remember, these men playing today have insurance, tons of money, pensions, and most importantly a league that will take care of them forever if they are hurt. Don’t you think the pioneer men, most of whom are now ghosts, should at least get something in return?
Written in admiration for the former NFL Players.
It is my belief that many of the former players are more than entitled to receiving payments from the NFL to help with their medical expenses. These players, many of whom never played under a collective bargaining agreement, need the help from the NFL. There are many players who my dad played with and against like Crazy Legs Hersch, Night Train Lane, John Henry Johnson and many others who had great careers and were able to play long enough without injury to get a pension and other medical rights. But what about the ones who seriously built the league you and I enjoy so much today?
Without men like Tom Amason and many others who we will never know, this league would not be where it is today. Before TV and huge contracts, please remember that there were a group of men who built this league playing for the love of the game, not the money. These men played with broken bones, concussions, bulging discs and yes, even toe injuries. Without them sacrificing their bodies and their lives, we would not have the show and the multimillion dollar contracts we have today. These men of the past are not jealous of the money or the athletes of today, they are just damn proud of the league they helped build.
Please don’t think just because these men are asking for some compensation now for their years and years of struggles they are jealous or just want a piece of the new NFL pie. They do believe, as I do as a son of one of the pioneers, they should at least be offered something from the league. Not all of the men need it or would take it but the gesture would certainly be nice.
So, every Sunday when you watch your favorite NFL team, remember, these men playing today have insurance, tons of money, pensions, and most importantly a league that will take care of them forever if they are hurt. Don’t you think the pioneer men, most of whom are now ghosts, should at least get something in return?
Written in admiration for the former NFL Players.
Good news for the SEC
Well, it looks as if Tennessee has made their decision on a head coach and I believe it's good news for the rest of the SEC. Philip Fulmer, who was asked to leave, will be replaced by Lane Kiffin. If these reports are true, it's pretty amazing to me. Kiffin has less than 2 years head coaching experience and play calling experience. Granted his only experience as a head coach and play caller was in Oakland I don't think he was ready then or now. Was this really the best coach who wanted to go to Tennessee or did they jump the gun trying to sure him up? I guess only time will tell but as I see it right now, this is good news for the SEC. Good luck Lane Kiffin because the way I see it, if you don't have Tennessee in a BCS game in 2 years, you'll be history.
Thanks for the Memories Charly
One name kind of puts everything together for West Texas A&M football the past few seasons. Charly Martin. Charly has been the emotional offensive leader for the past 3 years. Charly wanted to come to WT becasue he knew he would get the ball. And get the ball he did. In his career, Charly broke record after record and watching him play was just fun. Not the biggest or fastest guy on the field made his career at WT even more impressive. Watching Charly run away from defensive backs was fun and after every score, Charly acted with pride and honor. He was a vocal leader who seldom made mistakes to hurt his team. More teams need guys like Charly Martin to help make a difference on their team and community. It was fitting that the last catch of his career ended up in the touchdown, a Division II record. Charly broke many college football records and his legacy at WT has been cemented into the record books forever. Thanks for being you Mr. Martin and know that the Texas Panhandle people love you and appreciate your heart and determination. You helped Coach Carthel bring WT football back from the dead. Always keep us on your mind and know you have a home here in the Texas Panhandle. Good luch in all your endeavors and hopefully you can make an NFL squad, if you choose to. Thank you so much for the memories Charly.
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