Manning will definitely start
Nashville sports media -- Terry McCormick, anyway -- are saying newly signed Colts QB could start season opener if Peyton Manning not ready.
Please. What weak insight.
Manning will start. No way would he jeopardize his consecutive game streak by not starting. He does not have to be "ready" to start. If after a short time behind center he exits for Collins, so what? He still has his streak and that much more time to get better.
Forget about him not wanting to take a chance on getting hurt. He won't get hurt in the short amount of time he would allow himself.
"Collins could start." C'mon, turn in your sports writing credentials.
Tell them how the weather was... -- Ernest Hemingway bryce_martin_1@Lycos.com
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Fantasy Sports, Anyone?
Why would anyone play fantasy sports?
That's rhetorical, for me anyway.
I can theorize all the reasons why anyone would, and it still brings me back to the same question: Why would anyone play fantasy sports?
It sounds like some absurdist idea Harold Pinter might have came up with.
I did hear one individual say it helped to keep him up with what was going on.
For me, I call that reading and using my memory.
I hope I never find out the real answer. It would have to be scary.
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Why would anyone play fantasy sports?
That's rhetorical, for me anyway.
I can theorize all the reasons why anyone would, and it still brings me back to the same question: Why would anyone play fantasy sports?
It sounds like some absurdist idea Harold Pinter might have came up with.
I did hear one individual say it helped to keep him up with what was going on.
For me, I call that reading and using my memory.
I hope I never find out the real answer. It would have to be scary.
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Peyton Manning is not popular everywhere
It's way, way too typical. In sociology, it is called ethnocentrism. Look it up.
When the few Titans game tickets still left at the beginning of the season, those not consumed by PSL holders, go on sale, the first game to sell out is the home tilt with the Colts. Reason? Former Vols QB Peyton Manning.
Reason: ethnocentrism. Again, it is so typical as to be laughable. Other than in a pocket of Tennessee, the rest of the country does not give a twit about Manning. I'm not so sure even all the Tennesseans do. I suspect they subconsciously think it is an Event because of Manning (it is not) and they want to be a part of the big spectacle.
Manning, even with all of his NFL achievements, is not even that well known by average fans in other NFL cities. Believe me, he's not. Nor is Chris Johnson for the Titans, for that matter. Most fans root for their home teams, but know little about the majority of the players on that team, and even less about such as Manning.
Others who vaguely know of Manning are turned off by his looks, his large head. It's a fact.
Too typical. I'm smirking now, realizing these people think we care.
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It's way, way too typical. In sociology, it is called ethnocentrism. Look it up.
When the few Titans game tickets still left at the beginning of the season, those not consumed by PSL holders, go on sale, the first game to sell out is the home tilt with the Colts. Reason? Former Vols QB Peyton Manning.
Reason: ethnocentrism. Again, it is so typical as to be laughable. Other than in a pocket of Tennessee, the rest of the country does not give a twit about Manning. I'm not so sure even all the Tennesseans do. I suspect they subconsciously think it is an Event because of Manning (it is not) and they want to be a part of the big spectacle.
Manning, even with all of his NFL achievements, is not even that well known by average fans in other NFL cities. Believe me, he's not. Nor is Chris Johnson for the Titans, for that matter. Most fans root for their home teams, but know little about the majority of the players on that team, and even less about such as Manning.
Others who vaguely know of Manning are turned off by his looks, his large head. It's a fact.
Too typical. I'm smirking now, realizing these people think we care.
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Sunday, August 07, 2011
Cortland Finnegan a Cop-Out Artist
Cortland Finnegan gets mad at Titans brass, goes into a snit and becomes a no-show.
Brass wonders where Finnegan is, can't contact him.
Media duly reports actions of Finnegan and brass.
Public sides with brass.
Finnegan reappears like a twit (using a tweet, no less) to take the easy out and blame the media.
Finnegan has a weak case in blaming the media. The brass back the media stance.
Great human, team leader, and upfront guy he is not.
Blame this.
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Cortland Finnegan gets mad at Titans brass, goes into a snit and becomes a no-show.
Brass wonders where Finnegan is, can't contact him.
Media duly reports actions of Finnegan and brass.
Public sides with brass.
Finnegan reappears like a twit (using a tweet, no less) to take the easy out and blame the media.
Finnegan has a weak case in blaming the media. The brass back the media stance.
Great human, team leader, and upfront guy he is not.
Blame this.
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Oprah benefits from her "generous" giving
AP) — Film academy president Tom Sherak is coming to Oprah Winfrey's defense.
Sherak says Winfrey is "one of the most philanthropic performers in the world" and thus deserving of the academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Of course she is, duh.
It's simple. It's routine for big wage earners. The more money you make the better off you are financially to donate to charity at a rate that gives you your best return. In other words, she benefits greatly for her "philanthropy."
That's the real story.
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AP) — Film academy president Tom Sherak is coming to Oprah Winfrey's defense.
Sherak says Winfrey is "one of the most philanthropic performers in the world" and thus deserving of the academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Of course she is, duh.
It's simple. It's routine for big wage earners. The more money you make the better off you are financially to donate to charity at a rate that gives you your best return. In other words, she benefits greatly for her "philanthropy."
That's the real story.
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