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September 2008 ArchivesLet's face it ...they have a lot of work to do. The one thing fans need to understand though ..... Matt Schaub is not getting bumped for Sage Rosenfels anytime soon. ...Galveston is in shambles. I had seen video on newscasts and pictures in newspapers .... but the devastation of our beloved island neighbor is shocking to see in person. I was out on the island preparing to take a ride on a Coast Guard Cutter .... when I ran across the wreckage...and debris which seems to be everywhere. ...The hottest team in baseball may finally be cooled off .... high school football games are being juggled, colleges are doing the same ...... and the Texans scheduled opponent on Sunday ..... Baltimore ....is contemplating a change in travel plans ...... all of this because of Ike. ...Titans quarterback Vince Young will not go the way of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady .... at least for now. Here's the latest on Titans' quarterback .....Vince Young. His agent, Major Adams, told me at 4:55pm Houston time .... that after Young;s MRI .... the doctors assured him,"It's not his ACL. He may have a tear in his MCL or maybe it's just a sprain .... they're still reading it at this point." Titans head coach Jeff Fisher said yesterday if it's an MCL problem .... Young could be out a few weeks. Right now though .... the doctors are still going over the MRI itself .... and once they know th... "The whole thing was blown out of proportion," Young's agent Major Adams told me this afternoon. Nashville police had been summoned to help track down the Titans' former #1 draft pick last night. ...Folks in the Pac 10 are circling the wagons. In one of the worst calls in college football, a penalty for excessive celebration cost Washington the gimme chance to tie the game against BYU. So the Texans aren't as good as many expected them to be?? Really?? How many people actually believed they would beat the Steelers?? The Steelers are one of the best teams in the AFC ...and Texans Coach Gary Kubiak new his guys would have to play nearly a perfect game .......but of course .... they didn't. ...This week's official scoring abomination costing pitcher C.C. Sabathia a no hitter just adds to the examples showing why umpires should be the official scorers. It is not a new idea, but that still doesn't mean it shouldn't be reconsidered. In years past we heard from the umps how physically demanding their jobs are. They are out on the field all nine innings, and in the summer time that can be brutal. So instead of a four man crew, let's make it five. In this case the official scorer Bob Webb ... The greatest player to ever wear a Houston Rockets uniform .. Hakeem Olajuwon ... will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame Friday night. "I never thought about making it into a Hall of Fame or something while I was playing ...I was just playing .. trying to be the best I could be." ...Sometimes life really does imitate art. Take the case of Texans receiver Jacoby Jones. Actually, the credit has to go to Texans Special Teams Coach Joe Marciano. "Joe gave me the ball and said you need to start walking around with this ball, and I said you guys are treating me like Darnell Jefferson," Jones said. The generation which is in college now grew up with "Sesame Street" and "Barney." So the students are all familiar with of one of the staples of "Big Bird's" jingles. "Three of these things belong together, but one of those things doesn't." The game teaches similarities and differences to the younger crowd. So why then can't college football get it right? The Big 12 Conference is made up of 11 publicly funded schools. One is not, and it's high time for that school to pull up its stakes and join a conference of similar institutions. |
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