Browns Suck

News flash!  The Browns Suck!  Oh, that’s right, they always suck. 

Years ago, there was a young fella named Tim Couch.  All the potential in the world thrown behind an awful offensive line.  So everyone wanted the backup, Kelly Holcomb to play.  Well, Timmy got injured so Holcomb was going in…and the crowd cheered while Timmy was laying on the field.  It’s rough in that stadium sure, and drunk, but you’d think people would cheer Kelly, not boo Tim.  The good news is that all of those loyal Dawg fans learned their lesson and would continue to root and support their team in a positive way.

Up until Sunday afternoon.  Derek Anderson, who happens to suck also, was laying there on the field clutching his knee when those loyal fans started cheering.  I’m pretty sure they weren’t cheering for Dorsey.  Now I know as much as the next Browns fan that Quinn is going to be the guy.  For good or bad, it’s going to be his team, but can anyone actually cheer finishing this season with Dorsey at the helm?  The guy was a college stud but so was Ryan Leaf.  He’s a great third quarterback and Derek is a good second quarterback.  Who would you rather have on the field???

I wonder how long it will be before Quinn wakes up on the field to hear the crowd cheering?  Hopefully a very, very long time.

Bring on the Bowls

Actually, the bowls suck. How can the Buckeyes have 51 days between their last regular season game and the “National Championship Game”? That right there is ridiculous. Now I understand that these are *students* and their *grades* will suffer if they play more football. Bullshit. These are paid athletes that are only in the fricking game because the NFL (no fun league) won’t let them play for 3 years after high school. Sure, they don’t have an NFL body and all that, the ONLY good argument by the way, but it’s not like they’re actually taking any of these classes, excluding Stanford players, my apologies John Lynch.

Let’s have a playoff series. Even if it’s only 4 teams in the playoffs – but I’d rather see more. How about 8 bowl games then semifinals and finals. Lots of money, plenty of TV, everybody wins. Crap, the coaches are getting 2 million, maybe they can wait 2 weeks to go on vacation. Everyone knows that it’s all about football and money, not educating our youth. Education is for those that can’t play football.

Besides the obvious money, who wouldn’t want to see Boise State and Florida play? That would most likely be a hell of a lot of fun.

So screw the BCS.

Now that’s a big noggin

Hank Aaron. Babe Ruth. Barry Bonds. He's got a good name. He's got a great swing. He's an asshole. If only Barry Bonds could learn a few things from his predecessors, maybe the world would have a different attitude towards him.

I admit I didn't know much about Ruth besides his legend until my son did a book report on him. I had no idea the work (and money) Ruth put in to help underpriveleged children. He took it upon himself to help the school he went to as a boy and almost singlehandedly paid to have it rebuilt when it was destroyed by fire. Sure the guy knew how to party, and he did that very well too, but he recognized the role he had. He didn't have to sign autographs but he did…always. He especially didn't have to like the media. We all know about NY and it's infamous media, but Ruth embraced them. It's hard to write something bad about a guy who just bought you dinner and all the drinks you can handle.

Maybe Barry could learn something? If he could just stop with the mood swings and answer a few questions civilly (oh wait, aren't mood swings a symptom of something…) maybe the writers would be more inclined to attribute his back pimples as "oily skin" or the size of his freakin head as "maturity". Come on, lots of people put on 80+ pounds after they turn 35 but it's usually not in your freakin head! Just quit being a jerk, and start kissing some media ass you moron. Just because the SF media gloss over your inablity to make a catch in the outfield, doesn't mean no one noticed. The fans deserve more. 714 is a HUGE number. It's also a huge responsibility. We all know the clear and the cream wasn't a mistake, and it was done with full knowledge of the repercussions. It's a tough game, and it's incredibly tough to perform at that level for that long. But let's get serious. The fans aren't complete idiots, at least not ALL of them.