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Mizzou-Illinois

8:17 PM Sun, Aug 31, 2008 |

Great show at the Edward Jones Dome again last night. Hope you had the over. Some random thoughts:

--Juice Williams has made strides throwing the ball. I'm not referencing the long passes to wide open receivers. Any Division 1-A q-b can make those throws. But three of his other touchdown tosses required great accuracy and he delivered. He still loses his fundamentals from time to time, especially when throwing on the run, but he's com...



Steven Jackson Is Coming In

3:34 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 |

The holdout will be over soon according to my Rams source. I'm told Steven is on his way to St. Louis and could be on the field tomorrow. My source says the Rams told Steven that it was more or less now or never to get a deal done.

I know the Rams were ready to look elsehwere for help (Sean Alexander was at least a possibility) but didn't want to move forward until one last appeal to Jackson was made.

Let's be honest--Steven ...



Rams, Then and Now

3:41 PM Sat, Aug 02, 2008 |

I watched the broadcast of Super Bowl 34 today and it reminded me how self-destructive the Rams were on that final drive. In fact, it was very similar to the Patriots' final drive in Super Bowl 36. The difference was that the Titans needed to get in the end zone and the Pats won it on a field goal.

The Rams defense not only missed tackles that allowed the Titans to get out of bounds and stop the clock, they also committed three pen...