Titans in 2011, If There's a Season
Jeff Fisher is back.
Randy Moss is back.
Kerry Collins is back.
Randy Smith is cut after pre-season ends.
Vince Young is gone.
Bo Scaife is gone.
Kevin Kolb is added.
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Tell them how the weather was... -- Ernest Hemingway bryce_martin_1@Lycos.com
Friday, December 24, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Clay Travis -- Pure Dorkism At Its Best
By Bryce Martin
Listening to the annoying nasality of Clay Travis on 104.5 The Zone radio is difficult. It's not made any easier having to hear his anal retentive, self-absorbed personal likes and dislikes. A pro he is not.
The only thing worse is reading him.
Subject in point: Travis' "It's Time For Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans to Part Ways" (Fanhouse, December 9, 2010).
"Nashville is the only pro sports town in America that has never fired a pro coach."
Really.
A decent journalist is always careful about stating absolutes. Not Travis. A really decent journalist knows what he is writing about. Not Travis.
I recall several different Nashville Sounds baseball managers getting the ax over the years. Ditto for the Nashville Kats head coaches, though not as many since they were not around as long.
Oh... But...
No ohs and buts, please.
Later on in the article, Travis says, "Let me be clear about this," in giving Fisher a back-handed compliment.
Let me be clear about this? Sure, clear, such as in your knowledge of what constitutes a pro sports team.
What can you expect from someone who can't drive a stick shift, thinks you put retired fillies out to stud, and wants us to know that he thinks "Staying Alive" is a good song.
Oh, by the way. Getting fired aside, and regarding tenure, Travis drifts south on this one, too.
Let Connie Mack be Fisher (Titans) and let Greasy Neale be Barry Trotz (Predators). Fisher and Trotz are both in their 13th year in Nashville. Mack managed the Philadelphia A's from 1901-50, and during that span Neale was head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for 10 years, 1941-50. Fisher/Trotz, 13-13; Mack/Neale, 50-10.
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By Bryce Martin
Listening to the annoying nasality of Clay Travis on 104.5 The Zone radio is difficult. It's not made any easier having to hear his anal retentive, self-absorbed personal likes and dislikes. A pro he is not.
The only thing worse is reading him.
Subject in point: Travis' "It's Time For Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans to Part Ways" (Fanhouse, December 9, 2010).
"Nashville is the only pro sports town in America that has never fired a pro coach."
Really.
A decent journalist is always careful about stating absolutes. Not Travis. A really decent journalist knows what he is writing about. Not Travis.
I recall several different Nashville Sounds baseball managers getting the ax over the years. Ditto for the Nashville Kats head coaches, though not as many since they were not around as long.
Oh... But...
No ohs and buts, please.
Later on in the article, Travis says, "Let me be clear about this," in giving Fisher a back-handed compliment.
Let me be clear about this? Sure, clear, such as in your knowledge of what constitutes a pro sports team.
What can you expect from someone who can't drive a stick shift, thinks you put retired fillies out to stud, and wants us to know that he thinks "Staying Alive" is a good song.
Oh, by the way. Getting fired aside, and regarding tenure, Travis drifts south on this one, too.
Let Connie Mack be Fisher (Titans) and let Greasy Neale be Barry Trotz (Predators). Fisher and Trotz are both in their 13th year in Nashville. Mack managed the Philadelphia A's from 1901-50, and during that span Neale was head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for 10 years, 1941-50. Fisher/Trotz, 13-13; Mack/Neale, 50-10.
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
LEADERS JUST AREN'T WHAT THEY ONCE WERE
I realize they are easy targets, but I have to respond to those bloggers who still refer to Vince young as a great leader, after the wounded guidon appeared on the sideline of the Titans' victory at home over Houston today.
A great leader? Yeah, all great leaders hang out in strip clubs, and pout and cry like babies. Wonderful example to follow. He'd do real well in combat. Another "friendly fire" fatality. If it wasn't so cold, Young and his Texas U./Titans posse could have taken off their shirts and sniffed armpits on the sidelines.
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I realize they are easy targets, but I have to respond to those bloggers who still refer to Vince young as a great leader, after the wounded guidon appeared on the sideline of the Titans' victory at home over Houston today.
A great leader? Yeah, all great leaders hang out in strip clubs, and pout and cry like babies. Wonderful example to follow. He'd do real well in combat. Another "friendly fire" fatality. If it wasn't so cold, Young and his Texas U./Titans posse could have taken off their shirts and sniffed armpits on the sidelines.
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Friday, December 17, 2010
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE IN TITANLAND, THE MORE...
First, the Nashville Scene came out with its annual Boner Awards (think Esquire magazine's annual Dubious Distinctions awards) and on the cover was Vince Young sucking his thumb.
Then...
"He's (Vince Young) one of our leaders."
-- Ahmard Hall, Tennessee Titans fullback, from Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean
"If he's one of your leaders, then your team is not worth a dime."
--Willie Daunic, 104.5 The Zone radio, in response to Hall's comment
Wow, Daunic may amount to something yet.
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First, the Nashville Scene came out with its annual Boner Awards (think Esquire magazine's annual Dubious Distinctions awards) and on the cover was Vince Young sucking his thumb.
Then...
"He's (Vince Young) one of our leaders."
-- Ahmard Hall, Tennessee Titans fullback, from Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean
"If he's one of your leaders, then your team is not worth a dime."
--Willie Daunic, 104.5 The Zone radio, in response to Hall's comment
Wow, Daunic may amount to something yet.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Bud Adams is backing Young for one reason
Bud Adams cares more about sticking it to the city of Houston than he does about Vince Young.
It's amazing how the Nashville media misses the entire point when Adams makes some comment that sounds positive regarding Young.
Young is still a local hero from his high school football days in his hometown of Houston. Young is still a state college football hero from his days at Texas University.
What better way to get back at all your enemies in Houston, mad for abandoning them, than to draft Young? With all the money Adams has paid him, and the still dim hope he can lead his Nashville team to the Super Bowl, Adams must still back Young, even if the dream is getting dimmer.
Let's get it straight. Adams is not all that high on Young. Young is just a tool to leverage a dream against those in a city who turned against the turncoat owner.
-- Bryce Martin
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Bud Adams cares more about sticking it to the city of Houston than he does about Vince Young.
It's amazing how the Nashville media misses the entire point when Adams makes some comment that sounds positive regarding Young.
Young is still a local hero from his high school football days in his hometown of Houston. Young is still a state college football hero from his days at Texas University.
What better way to get back at all your enemies in Houston, mad for abandoning them, than to draft Young? With all the money Adams has paid him, and the still dim hope he can lead his Nashville team to the Super Bowl, Adams must still back Young, even if the dream is getting dimmer.
Let's get it straight. Adams is not all that high on Young. Young is just a tool to leverage a dream against those in a city who turned against the turncoat owner.
-- Bryce Martin
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Just How Smart is Rusty Smith?
Smith threw three interceptions and could have easily had six or seven in his first NFL start for the Titans Sunday versus the Houston Texans. Most of his passes that were on target looked wobbly.
I know it's the NFL and all that rot, but it was still a pathetic showing by a QB who has played the position for several years and practiced so long on the training field.
But he's smart. That's one thing any member of the Titans coaching staff never fails to mention. If so, why then did he in the post game press conference refer to his victorious opponent as "Texas"? If "Houston" and "Texans" is not clear (and apt) descriptions in his mind by now, what is?
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Smith threw three interceptions and could have easily had six or seven in his first NFL start for the Titans Sunday versus the Houston Texans. Most of his passes that were on target looked wobbly.
I know it's the NFL and all that rot, but it was still a pathetic showing by a QB who has played the position for several years and practiced so long on the training field.
But he's smart. That's one thing any member of the Titans coaching staff never fails to mention. If so, why then did he in the post game press conference refer to his victorious opponent as "Texas"? If "Houston" and "Texans" is not clear (and apt) descriptions in his mind by now, what is?
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thanks Randy Moss for showing Yankee his due
By Bryce Martin
I've listened to Mark Howard of 104.5 The Zone in a pleasant voice recite how Paul Kuharsky is, down deep, a creampuff, a really nice guy behind the obnoxious facade. Of course, that's coming from a fellow Yankee.
So, it was really nice to see Randy Moss put Kuharsky in his rightful place during a short, initial "news conferece" conducted by the Titans' newest wide receiver Wednesday afternoon.
Moss, who has been around some, surely noticed right off that Kuharsky was a Yankee. You can't always tell, mind you, but with certain ones, such as Kuharsky, it is obvious to those who can sort them out. They have a certain look, just as a Southern Bubba does. Plus, when the voice followed, that had to seal the deal. Moss had to be anticipating a question only a Yankee could phrase... in its asking and in its voicing.
Moss had every reason to recoil. Yankees are accepted as rightful humans deserving of their share of oxygen only in the Northeast where they are among equally obnoxious counterparts.
If I wasn't already a Randy Moss fan, I am now.
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By Bryce Martin
I've listened to Mark Howard of 104.5 The Zone in a pleasant voice recite how Paul Kuharsky is, down deep, a creampuff, a really nice guy behind the obnoxious facade. Of course, that's coming from a fellow Yankee.
So, it was really nice to see Randy Moss put Kuharsky in his rightful place during a short, initial "news conferece" conducted by the Titans' newest wide receiver Wednesday afternoon.
Moss, who has been around some, surely noticed right off that Kuharsky was a Yankee. You can't always tell, mind you, but with certain ones, such as Kuharsky, it is obvious to those who can sort them out. They have a certain look, just as a Southern Bubba does. Plus, when the voice followed, that had to seal the deal. Moss had to be anticipating a question only a Yankee could phrase... in its asking and in its voicing.
Moss had every reason to recoil. Yankees are accepted as rightful humans deserving of their share of oxygen only in the Northeast where they are among equally obnoxious counterparts.
If I wasn't already a Randy Moss fan, I am now.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Is Jon Miller really a Hall of Fame-type announcer?
By Bryce Martin
NOTE: Jon Miller was in the news recently, and that reminded me of a past article in 2003 where I had mentioned him. It is reprinted below.
From the Merchant of Venom, Vitriol and Verisimilitude:
I've noted before from this sounding board how baseball broadcaster Jon Miller pronounced the Atlanta Braves' Rafael Furcal's last name three different ways in one game, actually in less than a minute in one game. There is no excuse for it.
I do not know what the practice is now, but I know that the Associated Press once sent out as part of its regular Teletype package a list showing how names were to be pronounced for any particular event. The AP got the lists from the various teams. My last name, for example, is pronounced Mar-tin. If I said I preferred Mar-teen, then that is how it would be listed for pronunciation.
Once a name was codified, so to speak, it was nearly impossible to change later on. The way a name was properly pronounced was considered important. Such pronunciation keys or guides are available from college and pro sports information departments.
When Dennis Rodman played for the Chicago Bulls, the public-address announcer for the Bulls always introduced him as being from "Southeast Oklahoma State University." It is Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Either no one noticed, cared, or wanted to bother in getting it right. Any of the three possibilities would likely fit Rodman. The error would be no different than referring to Western Kentucky's college teams as West Kentucky, or Northwestern University as Northwest University.
The most famous gaffe of this type is the one that gave the NFL's Tony Dorsett his "stage" name. His last name was always spelled Dorsett, but until he heard a PA announcer erroneously insert a long "e" at the end; he had never considered the possibility.
I know no one is perfect, and I like Mike Keith a whole lot and I think he does a great job with his play-by-play work for the Titans. In fact, I turn off the sound on my television and tune in Keith on the radio when the Titans are on the road. He does get the big bucks, though. For that reason and due to the fact he should know how to pronounce the names of all the Titans players and he should show consistency in doing so, I must criticize him for referring to Craig Hent-rich as Hent-rick. It is his job to get it right. Also, it helps to actually read what it is you are writing about. Print journalists take note.
Titans Football. That was the only wording on the front of the shirt worn by Titans head coach Jeff Fisher, "Titans Football" -- without the quote marks, of course. Fisher wore the shirt on the sidelines during the contest with the Steelers, and a similar one Sunday versus the Patriots. But, not according to The Tennessean sports columnist Joe Biddle. Biddle wrote a column after the Steelers-Titans game, in which he compared Fisher and Pittsburgh's coach, Bill Cowher. Biddle's point was that the two coaches were very much alike and that although they wore identical Reebok shirts for the game, there was a minor difference.
"The only difference was Jeff Fisher's shirt had 'Tennessee Titans' written on the chest while Bill Cowher's had 'Pittsburgh Steelers' on the front," Biddle wrote.
Fisher's shirt, in actuality, read "Titans Football," as I have mentioned. A little thing? Yeah, if you do it. However, Biddle gets paid to get even the little things right. Especially the little things.
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By Bryce Martin
NOTE: Jon Miller was in the news recently, and that reminded me of a past article in 2003 where I had mentioned him. It is reprinted below.
From the Merchant of Venom, Vitriol and Verisimilitude:
I've noted before from this sounding board how baseball broadcaster Jon Miller pronounced the Atlanta Braves' Rafael Furcal's last name three different ways in one game, actually in less than a minute in one game. There is no excuse for it.
I do not know what the practice is now, but I know that the Associated Press once sent out as part of its regular Teletype package a list showing how names were to be pronounced for any particular event. The AP got the lists from the various teams. My last name, for example, is pronounced Mar-tin. If I said I preferred Mar-teen, then that is how it would be listed for pronunciation.
Once a name was codified, so to speak, it was nearly impossible to change later on. The way a name was properly pronounced was considered important. Such pronunciation keys or guides are available from college and pro sports information departments.
When Dennis Rodman played for the Chicago Bulls, the public-address announcer for the Bulls always introduced him as being from "Southeast Oklahoma State University." It is Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Either no one noticed, cared, or wanted to bother in getting it right. Any of the three possibilities would likely fit Rodman. The error would be no different than referring to Western Kentucky's college teams as West Kentucky, or Northwestern University as Northwest University.
The most famous gaffe of this type is the one that gave the NFL's Tony Dorsett his "stage" name. His last name was always spelled Dorsett, but until he heard a PA announcer erroneously insert a long "e" at the end; he had never considered the possibility.
I know no one is perfect, and I like Mike Keith a whole lot and I think he does a great job with his play-by-play work for the Titans. In fact, I turn off the sound on my television and tune in Keith on the radio when the Titans are on the road. He does get the big bucks, though. For that reason and due to the fact he should know how to pronounce the names of all the Titans players and he should show consistency in doing so, I must criticize him for referring to Craig Hent-rich as Hent-rick. It is his job to get it right. Also, it helps to actually read what it is you are writing about. Print journalists take note.
Titans Football. That was the only wording on the front of the shirt worn by Titans head coach Jeff Fisher, "Titans Football" -- without the quote marks, of course. Fisher wore the shirt on the sidelines during the contest with the Steelers, and a similar one Sunday versus the Patriots. But, not according to The Tennessean sports columnist Joe Biddle. Biddle wrote a column after the Steelers-Titans game, in which he compared Fisher and Pittsburgh's coach, Bill Cowher. Biddle's point was that the two coaches were very much alike and that although they wore identical Reebok shirts for the game, there was a minor difference.
"The only difference was Jeff Fisher's shirt had 'Tennessee Titans' written on the chest while Bill Cowher's had 'Pittsburgh Steelers' on the front," Biddle wrote.
Fisher's shirt, in actuality, read "Titans Football," as I have mentioned. A little thing? Yeah, if you do it. However, Biddle gets paid to get even the little things right. Especially the little things.
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Fisher At Just Over .500 Still One Of All-Time Bests
Jeff Fisher's .554 winning percentage as an NFL head coach outranks that of Dan Reeves (.535) and compares favorably with that of Chuck Knox (.558), Chuck Noll (.566) and Bill Parcells (.569).
Reeves (190), Knox (186), Noll (193), and Parcells (172) each rank in the top ten all-time for number of coaching wins.
In addition, Fisher started the 2010 season with 141 victories. At 167, he would supplant Paul Brown at No. 10 on the all-time win list. Don Shula leads with 328 wins.
-- Bryce Martin
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Jeff Fisher's .554 winning percentage as an NFL head coach outranks that of Dan Reeves (.535) and compares favorably with that of Chuck Knox (.558), Chuck Noll (.566) and Bill Parcells (.569).
Reeves (190), Knox (186), Noll (193), and Parcells (172) each rank in the top ten all-time for number of coaching wins.
In addition, Fisher started the 2010 season with 141 victories. At 167, he would supplant Paul Brown at No. 10 on the all-time win list. Don Shula leads with 328 wins.
-- Bryce Martin
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
European countries have reason to love Obama
Yahoo headline:
Survey: Obama retains wide approval in Europe
Duh. Of course he does.
Why would he not. Many of the countries in Europe have high concentrations of muslims that they have no control over. Plus, countries in Europe are surrounded by other of these countries. The majority non-muslims are afraid to speak out in fear of retaliation.
As long as they have a muslim ally in America who is also president, they are happy. They don't want anyone to provoke muslims, and they're safe on that point with Obama.
Who needs a survey to tell us that?
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Yahoo headline:
Survey: Obama retains wide approval in Europe
Duh. Of course he does.
Why would he not. Many of the countries in Europe have high concentrations of muslims that they have no control over. Plus, countries in Europe are surrounded by other of these countries. The majority non-muslims are afraid to speak out in fear of retaliation.
As long as they have a muslim ally in America who is also president, they are happy. They don't want anyone to provoke muslims, and they're safe on that point with Obama.
Who needs a survey to tell us that?
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Dwight Lewis is a useless columnist
In a recent column, Dwight Lewis wrote about how people mourn death. He should know a lot about that. His people, black people such as himself, are dying by the droves on Nashville streets and dark alleys. Black on black murder is rampant.
Lewis, the philosopher, however, sits in his Fat Cat chair at the Tennessean, wherein he has a job that he could mail in -- a convenience of being black himself in a liberal-run newspaper that can feel good about itself for having him on its payroll as show -- and contemplates his biggest decision of the day -- in which establishment will he be served his steak on this day.
What should he do? I have no idea. That's not my job to decide. It's my job to criticize the obvious. If he is going to pass himself off as a writer-philosopher, he needs to can the flowery prose, sick liberal agendas and entitlement program cheerleading, and, more importantly, to stop ignoring the elephant in the room, and join the real world, the one in which it is a fight every day for a majority of his fellow blacks.
In short, he needs to be somebody, somebody for those who should matter the most to himself.
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In a recent column, Dwight Lewis wrote about how people mourn death. He should know a lot about that. His people, black people such as himself, are dying by the droves on Nashville streets and dark alleys. Black on black murder is rampant.
Lewis, the philosopher, however, sits in his Fat Cat chair at the Tennessean, wherein he has a job that he could mail in -- a convenience of being black himself in a liberal-run newspaper that can feel good about itself for having him on its payroll as show -- and contemplates his biggest decision of the day -- in which establishment will he be served his steak on this day.
What should he do? I have no idea. That's not my job to decide. It's my job to criticize the obvious. If he is going to pass himself off as a writer-philosopher, he needs to can the flowery prose, sick liberal agendas and entitlement program cheerleading, and, more importantly, to stop ignoring the elephant in the room, and join the real world, the one in which it is a fight every day for a majority of his fellow blacks.
In short, he needs to be somebody, somebody for those who should matter the most to himself.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Some things to expect for the upcoming Titans season
-- Peyton Manning will throw more touchdown passes in one game than Vince Young will in a month.
-- Coach Jeff Fisher will say that the one thing he knows for sure opening the season is that his team is ready. They will then commit numerous turnovers and generally look like an imitation of a Chinese fire drill (for you PCers, drop dead).
-- Chris Johnson will run for as many yards vertically as he does horizontally.
-- Chris Simms will find a friend to testify that he really does smoke cigarettes.
-- The Titans will again have no pass rush. None.
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-- Peyton Manning will throw more touchdown passes in one game than Vince Young will in a month.
-- Coach Jeff Fisher will say that the one thing he knows for sure opening the season is that his team is ready. They will then commit numerous turnovers and generally look like an imitation of a Chinese fire drill (for you PCers, drop dead).
-- Chris Johnson will run for as many yards vertically as he does horizontally.
-- Chris Simms will find a friend to testify that he really does smoke cigarettes.
-- The Titans will again have no pass rush. None.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
VANDY HIERACHY FINALLY SHOWS SOME GRIT
by Bryce Martin
So, Bobby Johnson is gone at Vanderbilt as head football coach.
That means you have leaving the university a coach of whom many felt was a "good fit for Vanderbilt." Being a Vanderbilt fan, I hated hearing that. It just meant it was okay to lose, expected even, if you had someone like Johnson, a nice guy who could put a happy face on it.
Johnson has been given way too much credit for "improving" the number of quality athletes entering the program under his helm. The real credit should go to him in doing so because acceptance standards at VU were lessened during his tenure.
Going to a bowl? Okay, but you can't compare that happening to years past. One and then two regular season games have been added compared to years past. Plus, there are now about 40 bowl games compared to a handful in years past. Plus, Vanderbilt was a mere 6-6 entering the bowl game, one they did win.
What you had in Johnson was a coach who was going to give you a losing season, but make you feel good just the same. A coach who took you to what was once a coveted bowl game appearance, with a .500 record, and with players previous coaches would not have been able to put on the field, and a bowl game amid a sea of bowl games.
Speculation as to why he "resigned" at this exact time, if one had to pick to save his life, would be, in a word: loyalty. Johnson was asked by his superiors to make some coaching changes and he refused. It was an ultimatum. He resigned, giving his staff a hope of hanging on in the interim.
Bye, Bobby, go be mister nice fit somewhere else.
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by Bryce Martin
So, Bobby Johnson is gone at Vanderbilt as head football coach.
That means you have leaving the university a coach of whom many felt was a "good fit for Vanderbilt." Being a Vanderbilt fan, I hated hearing that. It just meant it was okay to lose, expected even, if you had someone like Johnson, a nice guy who could put a happy face on it.
Johnson has been given way too much credit for "improving" the number of quality athletes entering the program under his helm. The real credit should go to him in doing so because acceptance standards at VU were lessened during his tenure.
Going to a bowl? Okay, but you can't compare that happening to years past. One and then two regular season games have been added compared to years past. Plus, there are now about 40 bowl games compared to a handful in years past. Plus, Vanderbilt was a mere 6-6 entering the bowl game, one they did win.
What you had in Johnson was a coach who was going to give you a losing season, but make you feel good just the same. A coach who took you to what was once a coveted bowl game appearance, with a .500 record, and with players previous coaches would not have been able to put on the field, and a bowl game amid a sea of bowl games.
Speculation as to why he "resigned" at this exact time, if one had to pick to save his life, would be, in a word: loyalty. Johnson was asked by his superiors to make some coaching changes and he refused. It was an ultimatum. He resigned, giving his staff a hope of hanging on in the interim.
Bye, Bobby, go be mister nice fit somewhere else.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
He's Okay, You're Not So Hot
The liberal media thinks it has something with the recent comments from Rand Paul made to a liberal talk show host. And it does. If you're a liberal.
Nothing Rand Paul said was controversial. The majority of Americans do not believe our federal government should tell businesses who they can and cannot hire. And if a majority of Americans did not feel that way, they should.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
George Plaster, Sports Dork
Major league baseball expert Jayson Stark calls into 104.5 The Zone on Mondays to answer questions from host George Plaster.
This fact is mentioned on the radio station's website.
Stark has been around for years and his name can be seen regularly in columns he writes for newspapers and magazines.
On Monday, May 10, Plaster introduced him as "Jayson Starks."
That would be excusable if you were a welder or a car salesman.
Plaster, however, a Vanderbilt grad, is as clumsy with words as he is with sports. He often bemoans his golf game, as if that is some sort of a revelation. Once you see Plaster in a photo or on television, you put that image with his words and you know you have a klutz.
"Starks." Pathetic.
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Monday, May 03, 2010
This is one of our leaders?
Channel 2's Chris Bundgaard interviewed Tennessee Congressman Jim Cooper not long after Cooper viewed the Nashville floodage in a Blackhawk helicopter. On 2's evening news Cooper said, "It's probably one of the worst disasters in Nashville history."
Thanks, Jim. At least he didn't add, "I'll never forget it."
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Mark Howard is ready for Emma's Flowers commercial
It kills me to hear someone pronounce foyer as foy-ay. It's totally wrong and no case can be made for it. Another is pronouncing forte as for-tay. It's fort, in sound. The "e" is silent. Nobody gets that one correct.
The prize, however, for trying to sound so so erudite and failing badly goes to The Sports Zone's Mark Howard, who in a five-minute stint on an April 30 Friday morning broadcast pronounced vase as "vaz" (the third choice preference), bouquet as "boo-kay" (the second choice preference) and cravat as "kra-vot" (a non-word).
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Obamacare: Oh, why can't we see
Poor dumb us.
We conservatives, if we could only see that the health care reform, let's call it Obamacare, is the answer to our needs for most of us. If only we were a little brighter. If we were, we would realize that all the things we speak against in the reform are false, that the things we feel are really important and need to be in the proposal, well, they really are in there.
If only we were not being brainwashed by conservative radio and television talk show hosts. If only Nancy, Barack and Harry could just get their message through with us really paying attention.
Here is what we know and what we always know to be true: Any time our government wants to give us something there will be strings attatched. It will not be exactly as stated. And those strings are there to keep us bound. And those strings are there to sneak in more government control in other areas. We know democrats want to control our every move.
More importantly, the vast majority knows what it smells like on the bottom, and this one doesn't pass the smell test. Never did.
Of course, there is something to be said about our lack of intelligence all the way around. Just look who we've elected.
Poor dumb us.
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Poor dumb us.
We conservatives, if we could only see that the health care reform, let's call it Obamacare, is the answer to our needs for most of us. If only we were a little brighter. If we were, we would realize that all the things we speak against in the reform are false, that the things we feel are really important and need to be in the proposal, well, they really are in there.
If only we were not being brainwashed by conservative radio and television talk show hosts. If only Nancy, Barack and Harry could just get their message through with us really paying attention.
Here is what we know and what we always know to be true: Any time our government wants to give us something there will be strings attatched. It will not be exactly as stated. And those strings are there to keep us bound. And those strings are there to sneak in more government control in other areas. We know democrats want to control our every move.
More importantly, the vast majority knows what it smells like on the bottom, and this one doesn't pass the smell test. Never did.
Of course, there is something to be said about our lack of intelligence all the way around. Just look who we've elected.
Poor dumb us.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Living among the rocks makes you rock-brained
Why would bin Laden want to take claim for some adherent catching his shorts on fire in the name of Allah? Even in desperation it seems a dubious thing to take credit for.
The reason is obvious. He thinks that all such acts are distractions to our daily lives as Americans, and that makes them all victories for his cause, which is: if you are not a part of our religion then you need to be eradicated. That would almost be sinisterly noble if not for it being a wrong and thus doomed religion.
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Why would bin Laden want to take claim for some adherent catching his shorts on fire in the name of Allah? Even in desperation it seems a dubious thing to take credit for.
The reason is obvious. He thinks that all such acts are distractions to our daily lives as Americans, and that makes them all victories for his cause, which is: if you are not a part of our religion then you need to be eradicated. That would almost be sinisterly noble if not for it being a wrong and thus doomed religion.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Obama's failings are our vestiges of hope
I keep reading and hearing about people "who want Barack Obama to fail," as if that is a putdown on Obama being black. I, for one, want Obama to fail. Because if he does not fail, then that means his liberal agenda is being railroaded through and we are on our way to becoming part of an international government. Obama is not leading our country. His goal all along has been to reshape our country, not lead it, into a socialistic network.
We want him to fail so his programs will fail with him. Yes, we want him to fail. Any real American would.
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I keep reading and hearing about people "who want Barack Obama to fail," as if that is a putdown on Obama being black. I, for one, want Obama to fail. Because if he does not fail, then that means his liberal agenda is being railroaded through and we are on our way to becoming part of an international government. Obama is not leading our country. His goal all along has been to reshape our country, not lead it, into a socialistic network.
We want him to fail so his programs will fail with him. Yes, we want him to fail. Any real American would.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The plan is God's plan
Headlines are blaring about how Sarah Palin used the words "God's plan" when she was first asked how she felt about being John McCain's running mate.
Since everything is "God's plan" why is it singled out?
Only one reason. The godless liberals find it odd, any believe in God.
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Headlines are blaring about how Sarah Palin used the words "God's plan" when she was first asked how she felt about being John McCain's running mate.
Since everything is "God's plan" why is it singled out?
Only one reason. The godless liberals find it odd, any believe in God.
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Monday, January 11, 2010
McGwire is still a big phony
I have no information on why Mark McGwire would want to get back into baseball as a coach. I can guess though that if he had the bucks he would stay away and remain in hiding. He needs the money. I'd bet on it. To get back in, he had to fess up, admit what we knew, that he was a cheater who took steroids.
After he came clean, some came to his side and told how they really respected him and how he stood tall in his disclosure. Bull. It was necessary to clear the air and start drawing his first check. Like I said, if he was still financially secure, there is no confession. Period.
Even his confession was phony. He said he did it for health reasons, not to add strength. Does he really think we would believe that? When you develop a massive, cartoon-type superhero body such as he did, you don't think about the strength aspect? Or the acne that goes with it? You don't know the side effects?
Please.
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Update on Reid
News headline: Reid Says He Will Not Dwell on Obama Controversy
Neat twist. We don't care what Reid will or will not dwell on. The fact that we're dwelling on it is what matters.
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I have no information on why Mark McGwire would want to get back into baseball as a coach. I can guess though that if he had the bucks he would stay away and remain in hiding. He needs the money. I'd bet on it. To get back in, he had to fess up, admit what we knew, that he was a cheater who took steroids.
After he came clean, some came to his side and told how they really respected him and how he stood tall in his disclosure. Bull. It was necessary to clear the air and start drawing his first check. Like I said, if he was still financially secure, there is no confession. Period.
Even his confession was phony. He said he did it for health reasons, not to add strength. Does he really think we would believe that? When you develop a massive, cartoon-type superhero body such as he did, you don't think about the strength aspect? Or the acne that goes with it? You don't know the side effects?
Please.
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Update on Reid
News headline: Reid Says He Will Not Dwell on Obama Controversy
Neat twist. We don't care what Reid will or will not dwell on. The fact that we're dwelling on it is what matters.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Reid is clearly right on Obama... Duh
Harry Reid should resign. So should Nancy Pelosi. So should Barack Obama. But, I digress on the last two.
It's Reid in the news for his comment about Obama not having a "Negro dialect." I never thought I would back Reid on anything, but on this one I don't see a problem.
Obama doesn't have a Negro dialect. Al Sharpton does. Jesse Jackson does. The latter two are also much darker in skin color than Obama. With Obama, it's as if we didn't elect a black person. He's light skinned and talks like a white person. That in large part helped him to get elected.
Sam Phillips wanted a white person who sounded black, and America, while not necessarily wanting, could accept a black person who sounded white.
Taking all that into consideration, Reid still should resign. But, for the same reason as always. Because he's Harry Reid and what all that amounts to. A pile of cow dung on a forlorn Kansas prairie.
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Harry Reid should resign. So should Nancy Pelosi. So should Barack Obama. But, I digress on the last two.
It's Reid in the news for his comment about Obama not having a "Negro dialect." I never thought I would back Reid on anything, but on this one I don't see a problem.
Obama doesn't have a Negro dialect. Al Sharpton does. Jesse Jackson does. The latter two are also much darker in skin color than Obama. With Obama, it's as if we didn't elect a black person. He's light skinned and talks like a white person. That in large part helped him to get elected.
Sam Phillips wanted a white person who sounded black, and America, while not necessarily wanting, could accept a black person who sounded white.
Taking all that into consideration, Reid still should resign. But, for the same reason as always. Because he's Harry Reid and what all that amounts to. A pile of cow dung on a forlorn Kansas prairie.
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