Archive for the ‘football’ Category
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I would wager to guess that most people who weren’t die hard Indianapolis Colt’s fans were rooting for the New Orleans Saints to win the Super Bowl. Nothing against the Colts. It’s just that most people have at least heard of “Naleans‘ “, the Mardi Gras, and the French Quarter. And even more people remember Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that it brought to that city. The images of dead floating bodies, people wadding through water up to people’s shoulders, people trapped on their roofs waiting for help, and the Super Dome that had become a defacto home for tens of thousands of people. The city is still trying to rebuild itself from the storm. So for a lot of people the Super Bowl “needed” to go the the Saints. And with the win, another thing happened. The Golden Boy, Peyton Manning, showed himself to be not quite the Role Model we all thought he was!
With 31 seconds on the clock and after throwing the interception that sealed the loss for the Colts, Peyton Manning left the field. He didn’t what has become a tradition, congratulating the winning quarterback on the field. The same tradition he was the beneficiary of just a few seasons ago. This “class act” and “all around good guy” refused to show humility and thank the winners. I guess Peyton decided to take advice from Lebron James and disrespect the game, the tradition, and the other team and not shake hands with the winners. Is this what our so-called role models have turned into, POOR SPORTS?
During the press conference after the game, he still refused to give the Saints the respect they deserved. He stated a few times that the Colts beat themselves. Not that the Saints played an almost perfect game. Both offensively, defensively, and on Special Teams. It was a TEAM EFFORT and the better team won. What is so hard about giving the winning team Props?
This is just desserts. Drew Brees should have won the MVP this season but it went to Manning. But the creator has a way of righting the wrongs of us mere mortals. Because the Saints won and Brees was named the MVP of the Super Bowl!
Personally, only the creator could have written this script. His plan was to take down one more false idols, reward the city of New Orleans for its pain, right the wrong of the league MVP, and give it to the true owner, Drew Brees. God is god, ALL THE TIME!!!
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With all of the problems facing the African American community, you would think that any Civil Rights group worth anything would have their hands full. With unemployment, police brutality, inferior education, alcohol and drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, in many cases, spirit killing living conditions, the coming and going of Michael Vick shouldn’t be ANYWHERE on that list. But here we have the venerable, outdated, insignificant, historic civil rights group, the NCAAP, planning to march in support of Vick. What a great use of our resources!
Before you clowns get your underwear in a bunge, you have already got this all wrong. I’m glad Vick is back in the NFL. And I think the 6 game suspension is WAY TO LONG. He has done his time and should be allowed to play, PERIOD! Unlike my player hating mama who is ready to sell the house to fly to every Eagles game to picket them. The problem I have is that there are other more important things that we could be doing then rallying around Michael Vick. He is already back in the league. What is your rally is a waste of time and resources. It looks good in the media and for the “old folks” who want to say they are doing something. But to ANYONE who has more than one brain cell and can tell “fake activism” versus “real activism” we see this for what it really is. Nothing more than a “PHOTO OP” and nothing more.
It is reasons like this, time consuming, pat on the back, at least we did something, nothing accomplished, events sponsored by the NAACP which make them irrevelant the the butt of jokes. Just wasted shoe leather. How about those people who are going to the rally take that same about of time and volunteer a local Boys and Girls Club and help some young people out. Show them how not to become or do what Michael Vick is or did? Or how about coaching a pop warner football team? Or how about becoming a mentor? Or . . . . . . . . ?
Yeah, you get the picture. Your rally is joke and you are irrelevant! Walk on people. Walk on!
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I am currently unemployed, like far too many Americans, so I spend lots of time on my computer. Selling things on classified sites, sending out resumes, and canvassing for computer related freelance jobs. I also check the three home pages of the news sites a couple of times a day to “stay informed” about what is going on in the world. Some of the news is enlightening, some of the news is sad, some of the news is scary, and some of the news is damn ridiculous. But the recent story concerning the Dallas Cowboys made me angry. And you might be also.
Let me start by saying this. I was a Cowboys fan going back to the 70’s. I remember watching Roger Staubach, Robert Newhouse, Tony Dorsett, Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, don’t even get me started, Drew Pearson, Ed White, Golden Richards, Calvin Hill, Billy Joe Dupree, you think I’m playin?, Butch Johnson, Harvey Martin, Preston Pearson, Mel Renfro, Randy White, Cliff Harris, and Jethro Pugh. And let’s not forget the architect of the “Boys”, Tom Landry. Some of those names are well known and Hall of Famers. Some of those names are guys you have never heard of unless you were a TRUE Cowboys Fan. And going forward into the 80’s, I watch them also. When Joe Montana hit Jack Clark in the back of the inzone, TRUST ME, it pissed me off to no avail! The 90’s Cowboys did nothing for me until they got “Prime Time”, Deion Sanders. I kinda liked them then. I didn’t want them to win anything but I could at least watch them.
I became a Cowboys fan again when they picked up T.O. YUP, just like “Bette and Tina“, I’m riding with T.O. for life. And I figured that he would be able to get the Cowboys into the playoffs and maybe get them to the Super Bowl. I forgot that Tony “Stat Stuffer” Romo can’t deliver a pizza, much less a team to the finals. And that leads me to the REAL REASON for this post.
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