I am reminded more and more of how quickly people forget the past, especially in the sports world. Do you really think that a direct snap to a non-qb just started in week 3 when the Dolphins used Ronnie Brown to dissect the Patriots defensive? Do you remember the 2005 Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers? Antwan Randle-El and Hines Ward took a took a few direct snaps a game. The Steelers previous Super Bowl team in 1996 feature the player known as Slash. Kordell Stewart ran the option from shotgun, and under center. What about the Bills of early 1990’s Thurman Thomas and Kenneth Davis took direct snaps out of the K-Gun offensive. The Browns use Josh Cribbs, the Jets use Brad Smith, etc, etc. The bottom line is this is not a new phenomenon, the Dolphins just had no other way to beat the Patriots. So please remember your history this is not new. The Dolphins can call it the Wildcat offensive but lets just leave that term with the Dolphins.
ESPN360.com is a great place to watch college games. If you miss any game that appeared on ESPN and/or ABC head over to 360.com and take a look. I got a chance to watch both of teams Pitt and Nebraska play yesterday. I wouldn’t have had that opportunity if it wasn’t for ESPN360.
After watching many of the games yesterday I have come up with my Top 12. 8 out of the 12 teams are from two conferences, the Big 12 and the SEC. This is shaping up to be one exciting season.
Can anyone explain why the athletic director from Cal would agree to play MD on the road at Noon ET? That has got to be one of the stupidest decisions of all-time as they slept-walked to a 28-6 third quarter deficit against the same team that lost to Middle Tennessee State 24-14. They ended up losing the game 35-27 and made the Pac 10 look very bad.
After taking the summer off and watching everything from Kobe losing a NBA championship to him winning an Olympic Gold Medal i am back. No more long breaks for me. You will see a summer rap up from me in the next few days.
April 10-13, 1997. Those four days that forever changed the world. That is when the Masters tournament was held. That is when Tiger Woods was unleashed on the PGA and the world. That 18 under par, 12 stroke margin of victory performance did not start off as dominant. He bogeyed the 1st hole in route to shooting a 40 (4 over par) on the front 9. But he responded by shooting a 30 (6 under par) on the back 9. 6 under par was the final score for Tom Kite, the 2nd place finisher. Tiger Woods’ 3rd round score was 7 under. Woods was the only player to be under par in every round. And 11 years later he is going for 5th Green Jacket, 14th Major title and 65th PGA overall. The only question left is will he leave the field or the public hanging?
Wow!! This is funny. Barry Bonds Grand Jury Testimony from 2003.
Source is thesmokinggun.com. Oh and don’t think I forgot about Tiger Woods, I wouldn’t leave you hanging.
Augusta National Golf Club was based off of segregation from the start. The Fruitland Nursery that it was built on was originally a plantation. The plantation mindset still sticks around today. The racial discrimination has soften over the last 30 years beginning with Lee Elder becoming the first black man to play in the Masters in 1975 and the two designers Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, 1971 and 1977 respectively. But it has mostly lessened with Tiger Woods’ domination of the Masters since 1997.
I have talked to two black people one is from Augusta and now lives in Baltimore and the other is from Baltimore and has just moved to Augusta. They told me that Augusta was not a racist town. The Augusta native said “Naw it’s cool”. But when asked about The Masters he said “If you ain’t white, you ain’t getting in. And what color are we?” He was serious about it. He also said “And don’t buy tickets from anyone outside because they’re fake.” So it appears there still is some racial discrimination at Augusta National. And I’m not even getting into the Hootie Johnson/ Martha Burk face-off at the 2003 Masters for their men only policy…Next up Tiger leaves the field hanging.
Golf Week was way out of bounds for its “Noose” cover. A golf magazine is not the place to make social commentary unless it wants to chronicle the long history of racism associated with its sport. The best example of this being the extent to which the Masters is revered and respected by the golf media even as the tournament harbors a racist climate. I have even heard from one of my black friends from Augusta, Georgia, site of the Masters each April, that blacks steer clear of Augusta National Golf Club during the week of the Masters in order to avoid racist related harassment that may come there way.
