Welcome back, Gregg. We missed you. Well, mostly, we missed the cheerleader pictures.
TMQ’s leadoff this week is the staggering ineptitude of “Chainsaw Dan” Snyder (as TMQ likes to refer to him, in yet another ongoing trope), as reflected in his mismanagement of the Washington Redskins.
McNabb plays poorly, gets benched — then is handed a lucrative extension. Huh? What?
Free the Inactive Eight!
The Air Force has first lieutenants, on active duty, who look like Sheriden? Where’s my nearest Air Force recruiter?
Sweet and sour plays: Browns/Jets, Dallas/Giants, Indianapolis/Cincinnati.
Wasteful spending on bodyguards watch continues, but without Rick Perry. Guess Easterbrook’s attempt to influence the election didn’t work too well.
Remember that middle school trick play that was going around last week? (Don’t worry if you forgot about it already: link here.) TMQ notes that there is no rule about snapping the ball between the center’s legs, nor is there a rule requiring the offense to move after the snap. However, there is a rule about “acting in an unsportsmanlike manner” which TMQ believes is applicable here.
Wednesday, I will be moderator for the Washington launch of the United Nations Human Development Report, one of the world’s key documents.
Yes, indeed. I often sit around in the evenings over a glass of absinthe and the United Nations Human Development Report, having already read the Constitution, the Bible, the Magna Carta, and I, the Jury.
I’m pulling this quote because I couldn’t put it any better myself:
The week before Wade Phillips was fired, Calvin Watkins of ESPN Dallas reported, “Phillips revealed he watched nearly two years’ worth of games on tape and discovered fundamentals were lacking.” Discovered? “Dr. Watson, come see what I have discovered!” Phillips must have been the sole person in the state of Texas unaware of this information.
“Bucky [the Badger, Wisconsin’s mascot] did 573 pushups!” Really, was anybody counting? Is it even physically possible to do 573 pushups in that outfit?
Chicken-<salad> punt watch: Titans at Dolphins.
Hell’s sports bar: Detroit at Buffalo.
TMQ notes the NYT‘s correction of a correction. Again, we suggest that TMQ leave the correction watch to “Regret the Error“.
Once again, TMQ lobbies for the NFL to require concussion reducing helmets. Once again, WCD wonders if the science stating that these helmets actually work is settled, and also wonders about the possible Peltzman effect of such helmets. However, WCD finds it interesting (in an “appalling” sort of way) that life jackets are not required in “99 percent” of sailboat races. We would have thought that was something required, not by regatta organizers, but by the freaking United States Coast Guard.
Wacky disclaimer watch: 648 word disclaimer on a 285 word announcement.
TMQ notes, and WCD is amused by, the fact that T.C. Williams (the Virginia high school that “Remember the Titans” was loosely based on) has not made the high school postseason since the movie was released.
More creep. WCD notes that we, also, have received renewal notices before receiving the first issue of magazines we have subscribed to.
Ashland 87, Lake Erie 14. Bowdoin 26, Colby 21.
Dan Hawkins, weasel coach.
Call of Duty “allows you to play the role of Richard Nixon killing zombies”? WCD is not a gamer, but if we can pretend to be Nixon and kill zombies, we may have to get a game console. (That is, assuming the Air Force doesn’t have one wherever we end up being stationed. And that we’re not too busy feeding grapes to Sheriden for the occasional round of CoD.)
Reader comments: stipends, need-blind admission, near-death experiences, and could concussions be on the rise because of spread-formation and short-passing offenses?
“Single Worst Sequence of the Season — So Far”. Oh, come on, Gregg, that’s just cheating. (For the record: Arizona/Seattle.)
Tune in next week, when we put on our Nixon mask and grab the shotgun. And remember, “The ex-presidents are surfers!”