Sports Views

We can imagine a lot of looks on Peyton Manning's face.

• If you’re not rooting for the Colts to finish undefeated, and you’re a Patriots fan, you don’t understand sports. Trust me; an undefeated Indy team is more susceptible than a one-loss squad. I find myself thinking about that game two or three times a day, it’s going to rank with the all-time special moments of being a New England sports fan. You know, I could care less if the Pats win the Super Bowl this year but the Sheriff has never, ever, wanted a victory more than Indy in the postseason. Can you imagine the look on Peyton Manning’s face?

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Okay, I still think the easiest job is being Peyton Manning's back-up.

So what can Bush do? Everything! He’s the president! How about he looks into why the city of New Orleans skimped out on the levee building? How about he looks into why the gasoline prices went up 60 cents in the state of Delaware when 70 percent of our gas comes from ocean tankers and NOT the Lousiana refineries as they are lying telling us? How about he closes up shop in the Mid-East and brings our troops home? There is so much he could be doing but doesn’t want to because of the kick-backs and the sheer ignorance he possesses. Unfortunately we have to see that right now Bush doesn’t have to do anything. He’s on cruise-control for another 3 years unless the U.S. Congress decides to impeach him for crimes against the citizens of the U.S. He’s got no re-election to worry about, he’s already done 2 things his daddy didn’t (get Saddam & get re-elected), and he’s made his billions off the oil gouging his buddies are responsible for. I always used to say that the easiest job for the most pay was backing up Indianapolis Colt’s quarterback Peyton Manning because you might take 6 snaps a year (mostly mop-up). Now I see the easiest job is Dubaya’s job: He’s raping the country and we can’t do a damn thing about it.

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Fantasy season.

Tomorrow’s the big day. Well, not really. Tomorrow is the day our fantasy football league at work is going to hold its draft. I wound up with the first pick which, almost inevitably, is going to be Peyton Manning. I have some doubts about the kind of season the Colts are going to have. I think that they may very well have a better season with less offensive production, but I’m probably in the minority there. The common wisdom is that they have a poor defense, but that is just plain nuts. In the playoffs last year I thin they showed that they have possibly the best secondary outside of New England and Philadelphia. The linebackers are solid and the line was not nearly as bad as people claim. Part of there problem is that they find themselves on the field so much since so many of the Colt’s offensive drives end in sudden touchdowns. I don’t see anyway Peyton equals his production from last year, but I keep asking myself, “how big could the drop off be?” I just can’t see him not being one of the top two or three fantasy players even if his numbers are a little down this year. I am one of those eccentrics who feels that Eli will probably win a Super bowl before Peyton gets there.

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Fantasy football season is starting a little before the real thing.

Fantasy football is off to a rollicking start this year. I have already received one outrageous trade request and we haven’t even made it to the first game of the preseason. I mean, would you trade Marvin Harrison for Steve McNair? Me neither. Especially considering he already had Peyton Manning on his roster. I actually might have considered it if there were the slightest possibility that McNair would remain injury free for the entire season. I have the sneaking suspicion that the wheels are on the verge of coming off of the Colts offense. I don’t think they will entirely flop, but I do think they will have a lot less success than they did last year. That could indirectly lead Harrison to have a huge year. I have a hunch he’s only the third best receiver on the Colt’s offense these days, but if the offense struggles they will be hard pressed to ignore the pleas of the fans to get the ball to Harrison more. Which of course will simply cause them more trouble, but that’s the way it goes in the NFL sometimes.

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I'm waiting for the MIT/Cal Tech classic.

Well, no professional football players have come from MIT. However, in 1998, Brad Gray was named one of two GTE Academic All-America Team Members of the Year in football. The other? A quarterback from Tennessee named Peyton Manning. On the baseball side, however, my classmate Jason Szuminski made it to the majors last year, appearing in 7 games for the San Diego Padres.

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How does a sport of stars manage?

Full of itself the NoFunLeague is a fountain of petty rules that suck any individuality out of the events. Peyton Manning wants to wear black high tops to honor Johnny Unitas? No Way! You want to wear a number in the 40’s when you play linebacker? NO Way! Now a coach wants to wear a suit on the sidelines. Give me the college game everytime.

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Big turn out for some of the spring football practice games. Seems a little early for football.

Damn, over 63,000 on hand to watch a practice game! Most college teams don't even get that for a regular season game. Some don't even get that much for a bowl game.

Which reminds me. I can't talk about college football without reminding my good buddy Preston, who seems to be in a football mood too, about this:

That would be Peyton Manning getting squished there.

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