Dashing through the notes …
They squeaked past the Cowboys in overtime and lost in the fourth quarter at Kansas City. Moral to the story: For all they’ve done this season, the Broncos need every edge they can get.
That’s why it was nice to see Darrent Williams returning kickoffs again at Kansas City. It’s pretty simple, really: The more times Williams touches the ball, the better chance the Broncos have to win. But, hey, don’t take my word for it.
Said Williams, “I always feel like I’m dangerous when the ball is in my hands.” …
Oh, by the way, make mine Texas in the Granddaddy of ‘Em All. Why? Think of a bad report card: too much D. …
Talk about a matchup for the ages. Other than maybe a winner-take-Brad catfight between Jen and Angelina, I can’t think of anything I’d rather watch than the Trojans and Longhorns in the Rose Bowl. …
No, one game doesn’t make a career, even if the score is 70-3. Then again, you can’t tell me that 62-36 debacle in Boulder wasn’t what eventually got Frank Solich fired at Nebraska, even two years later. …
True, but strange: Texas’, ahem, hard-fought win over CU on Saturday gave Mack Brown his first conference championship in 22 years of prowling college football sidelines. …
Leave it to the Raiders to buck the trend. While most of the NFL runs the West Coast offense, they’re running the Roberto Duran offense: no Moss. …
Turns out there’s yet another quarterback in the Phil Simms family. His youngest son, Matt, plays at Don Bosco Prep School in New Jersey, where he led the state with 2,579 passing yards and 30 touchdowns. …
A Clipper for NBA MVP? If you’ve seen Elton Brand play this season, you’re not laughing. …
If the name sounds familiar, San Diego State AD Jeff Schemmel, who canned Tom Craft on Monday, is the Nuggets radio guy Jerry Schemmel‘s brother. …
Fifty-five mil for A.J. Burnett? Dude is 49-50 in his career. How much do you get these days if you can actually win a game? …
A few words of caution before they start planning the parade in Seattle: Sure, the Seahawks are the best team in the NFL’s worst division, but they’ve won three games by three points and another by two. …
Yes, the NFC West is the NFL’s worst division. Not that the NFC North doesn’t deserve dishonorable mention. The Bears are on pace for 23 rushing and passing touchdowns. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, that would tie the 1971 Vikings for the lowest total ever for a division winner. Next on the list are the 1972 Packers and 1993 Lions with 24. …
Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press, on the announcement that the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl: “How old are the Stones? Well, word on the street is they’re going to lead off with ‘I Can’t Get No Metamucil.”‘ …
The NBA fined Carmelo Anthony five grand Tuesday for throwing a ball in the stands that drilled a young girl. The good news is this: Given that .192 shooting percentage of his from beyond the arc, you know Melo didn’t mean to hit the kid. …
Timing is everything, they say. To wit: Reggie Bush, who racked up 513 all-purpose yards against Fresno State the week before ballots were due, is considered a lock to win the Heisman Trophy. …
Then there’s Vince Young, who racked up 506 passing and rushing yards a few weeks earlier versus Oklahoma State. He’ll finish a distant second. …
Jets center Kevin Mawae, when asked by the New York Daily News about how fans figure to react to the team’s lousy season: “The history is they’ll root for us to lose so we can get a high pick, so they can boo it on draft day.”
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