Save a horse, ride a notes columnist. …
Jake Plummer on the state of his 2006 season: “I don’t like my completion percentage.” So it’s unanimous then. …
That’s the most puzzling part of the Plummer-Jay Cutler story. Plummer had a great training camp, and the Broncos coaches thought he would play lights out in what figures to be his final season in Our Town. Instead he has completed 54.3 percent of his passes with 11 interceptions, four more than his 2005 total. …
Enough already with the e-mails. I go to the games. I know Plummer is struggling. I realize a certain No. 1 draft choice is standing on the sideline. I went into this journalism gig to try to change the world, not the Broncos’ starting quarterback. Cutler’s time will come when Mike Shanahan, not some chat room, says so. Thank you and have a nice day. …
One sentence. That’s all it would take to end all this BCS controversy. It would read something like this: “A team must win its conference title to play in the BCS championship game.” There, was that so hard? …
If so, there wouldn’t be any of this talk of an Ohio State-Michigan rematch. Where’s the fairness in that? Michigan could split and win the national championship. If Ohio State split, the Buckeyes, a team ranked No. 1 throughout the season, would be lucky to finish third. …
Tom Nalen didn’t exactly do the Broncos offensive line’s image any favors by diving at Igor Olshansky‘s knees – on a spike play, no less – in the closing seconds of Sunday night’s game. Said Chargers cornerback Quentin Jammer, when asked about the play by Fox Sports Radio, “With Denver, you’re going to get some cheap shots, as with several teams in the league as well. I think they’re kind of known for cheap shots.” …
A writer voting for the AL’s MVP award had Derek Jeter sixth on his ballot. Hey, don’t ask me. Maybe the guy got mugged in Central Park on his last trip to New York. …
Jeter, by the way, has his own line of cologne called “Driven.” Does that mean MVP winner Justin Morneau ought to have a cologne named “Driven In”? …
Further proof stats in today’s NFL have a way of lying: Drew Brees has thrown for 1,505 yards in the Saints’ past three games, two of which were losses. …
Miami coach Larry Coker on speculation Steve Spurrier will replace him after the season: “If this job were open, I think he’d be a heck of a good candidate.” If this job were open? The Miami job is more open than 7-Eleven. …
Not that the Heisman race is history, but Joe Paterno has a better chance of catching Troy Smith than do Brady Quinn and the other alleged candidates. …
Smith, by the way, will become the first full-time quarterback out of the Big Ten to win the award. Ohio State’s Les Horvath, a quarterback-halfback, won it in 1944. …
According to Rivals.com, Jon Major, a Ponderosa High junior linebacker, attended Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan game as a guest of the Buckeyes. Major projects as the top player in the state next year. …
The Buffalo media have been on Bills GM Marv Levy‘s case that he should have drafted Matt Leinart with the eighth pick instead of Ohio State safety Donte Whitner. Levy’s reaction? He says he was more tempted to pick Cutler at No. 8. …
Talk about your roller-coaster season. The Patriots have lost three home games to the Broncos, Colts and Jets, but, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, they’re the first NFL team to win four road games by 22-plus points. The latest came Sunday at Green Bay, where they shut out the Packers 35-0. …
And finally, happy Thanksgiving everyone. A tripleheader of NFL games? And you thought heartburn was the only thing that lasted all day on Turkey Day.
Catch Jim Armstrong from 6-9 a.m. during “The Press Box” on ESPN 560 AM. He can be reached at 303-954-1269 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com.
