Conduct detrimental to the notes column …
So Pete Rose Jr. got pinched by the feds for pedaling pseudo-steroids to his minor-league teammates in the Reds’ system. Does that make him a chip off the old cellblock? …
Alabama, No. 3 in the BCS rankings, getting a field goal at home against LSU, seventh in the BCS rankings. So which team is better? You do what you want, Sparky, but I’ll listen to a Las Vegas wiseguy before a BCS computer geek any day of the week. …
Memo to R.C. “Rotten Coach” Slocum: On second thought, those Texas A&M (Angry&Mad) fans didn’t mean all those nasty things they said about you. …
Less than two years after almost landing in Lincoln, Houston Nutt is taking all kinds of heat at Arkansas. If Nutt gets the gas, look for former U of Miami and Browns coach Butch Davis, an Arkansas alum, to emerge as a leading candidate to become Head Hog. …
Just wondering: If Packers coach Mike Sherman is wound so tightly he freaks out when a cellphone rings, how would he deal with Terrell Owens? …
I know, I know, it’s laughable, this ESPN-fostered notion that the Broncos could pursue Owens if the Eagles broom him. If Owens is a Mike Shanahan-type player, then Latrell Sprewell is a P.J. Carlesimo–
type player. Then again, in the immortal words of Pat Riley, you can’t have all milk drinkers. …
Shanahan can’t talk about Owens because he’s on another team’s roster. But don’t you wonder if he wonders? As in, would the Broncos have a better chance to beat the Colts at Indy with T.O. on their side? …
Because if there’s one thing we know midway through the season, it’s this: It’s all about beating the Colts at Indy. And with Peyton Manning just hitting his prime, it doesn’t figure to change for a while. …
Even if, for the sake of argument, the Broncos had some interest in T.O., they wouldn’t have any interest in his agent. Keep in mind, Shanahan showed Clinton Portis the door rather than negotiate with Drew Rosenhaus. …
All right, I admit it. He’s arrogant, he’s selfish and he could use a long nap on a shrink’s couch, but part of me likes T.O. For one thing, he may be the only athlete out there who could look into the cameras and honestly say, “It’s not about the money.” Because if he thinks he’s going to come out ahead of this game financially, he’s crazier than we thought. …
Owens criticized the Eagles for a “lack of class” when the front office didn’t stage a ceremony after his 100th career touchdown catch. In a related story, I wrote my 5,000th column for The Post the other day, prompting a phone call from my boss. Seems I had a typo in the eighth paragraph. …
The second-best team in the AFC West? I’ve got it narrowed down to the Chargers and the Broncos. Forget that mediocre record. Da Chahguhs have had the toughest schedule since the Christians played the lions, and their four losses are by a total of 12 points. …
Actor Denis Leary, when asked by Golf magazine about his game: “My handicap depends on how much I cheat.” …
Enough already with this Jake Plummer–
for-MVP business. He isn’t even the MVP of his own team. If you ask me, the Broncos’ midseason MVP is Drew Brees. …
Talk about livin’ large in the Lone Star State. Texas is ranked No. 2 in the latest BCS rankings and No. 2 in the first Associated Press basketball poll. …
Not that I don’t trust the BCS, but one – count ’em, one – of its six computers has USC ranked No. 1. One has the Trojans ranked a notch behind Penn State and three notches ahead of Oregon. Uh, OK.
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