Amazingly, Easterbrook did not pull out his 1972 Miami Dolphins autotext this week. Oversight? It finally got through to TMQ that the champagne story was wrong? Will we ever know?
In other news, the first 1,070 words of this week’s TMQ can be summarized thusly: Oregon’s “blur” offense is nothing new, but combines four existing ideas, and executes them very fast. There’s nothing revolutionary about it.
“TMQ continues to believe the NFL is merely talking about concussion safety for show, hoping the issue will go away.”
Tracey. Not really my type.
Sweet and sour plays: Tampa – Cincinnati, Giants – Houston, Texas Tech – Baylor, Tony Romo.
Food is not healthy.
The TMQ obsession with asteroids striking Earth goes on.
Green Bay, New Orleans, and San Diego are all playing erratically, even though they were preseason favorites.
Chicken-<salad> punt: Houston.
(Baltimore’s) defense beats (Denver’s) offense.
Christmas creep goes on.
TMQ loves him some undrafted free agents. TMQ hates coins smaller than the quarter, and dollar bills.
Falcons fly, Bengals fall, the obsession with offensive linemen throwing passes continues.
Speaking of offensive linemen, TMQ also weighs in on the Lawrence Academy story (see what I did there?). I’m sure it will come as a great shock to both of my readers that Easterbrook thinks 300+ pound high-school students playing football is unsportsmanlike and unhealthy.
Wacky disclaimer: Dairy Queen.
Instead of paying college players a “living wage”, how about stipends like grad students get?
TMQ avoids mentioning the big Favre story (or is it the little Favre story?), but that doesn’t stop him from Favre bashing. “…like the Jets and Packers before them, the Vikings have become a promotional vehicle for Favre, or rather for Brett Favre Brett Favre Brett Favre, as TMQ once dubbed him.”
TMQ doesn’t like the remake of “Nikita”. And by the way, it isn’t realistic.
Why do four-star generals in the Pentagon need bodyguards in the Pentagon?
Who is the worst team in the NFL right now? TMQ thinks that would be Buffalo.
Hey, let’s bash Randy Moss!
Union of Kentucky 84, Bethel of Tennessee 55. Shenandoah 7, Maryville of Tennessee 6.
Reader comments: Oktoberfest celebrates the start of October, and shouldn’t be part of your creep watch, maroon. NFL Network announcers don’t know the rules. The bounce play goes back prior to 1982. If you think the NFL is bad about concussions, try rugby. The Jerry Rice’s of basketball and cricket. Obscure rules. The free kick. And Rome was founded by the Trojans according to Virgil, so why shouldn’t USC play in the Coliseum, you maroon?
Tune in next week, when, if we’re lucky, Easterbrook will bring up his “pro-nudity, against gambling” theory.