“I would rather trade for Allen Iverson than stick with Andre Miller at point guard, for sure. Miller’s mind-set is not to run, although he can. Our name for him is Andre the Turtle.”
Chuck, Greenwood Village
Kiz: To all the doubters, including Nuggets coach George Karl, who fear A.I. would be a bad influence on the team, I give the one and only Answer: “We talking about PRACT-ice. Not a game, not the game that I go out there and die for, and play every game like it’s my last.”
One tough hombre
“I was at the Seattle-Denver game and it gave me goose bumps hearing the crowd chant ‘Wilson, Wilson, Wilson’ when linebacker Al Wilson was laying there, hurt. I know it was the chanting and not the cold.”
Spencer, Arvada
Kiz: No. 56 in the program is No. 1 in the hearts of every Broncomaniac who thinks football was invented for tough guys.
Parting ways splits hairs
“I was appalled by the way the Broncos organization has treated Jake Plummer. If this young man had half the support John Elway had, it might have turned a really good quarterback into a great quarterback. But this town was too busy worrying about Jake’s facial hair. My advice to Jay Cutler is to prepare for the fair-weathered fans of Colorado to eat you up and spit you out.”
Patty, Highlands Ranch
Kiz: Happy trails, Mr. Plummer. Reminds me of something I think every morning when I look in the mirror. Hair today, gone tomorrow.
KO’ed by K.O.
“Your Cutler analogy might’ve worked better if I hadn’t rejoined ESPN in August 2005 and been on the air just about every day since.”
K.O., MSNBC anchorman
Kiz: K.O., please don’t knock me out. When I suggested in a recent column that Cutler and his Vandy teammates could not have been more scarce on ESPN than if the QB’s name were Keith Olbermann, I should have made it clear I meant the worldwide leader’s TV outlet, not the radio, where I regularly hear you on “The Dan Patrick Show.” My bad. No soup for me. Now, don’t you have to get to makeup or wardrobe or wherever you TV icons go before the next big show?
“Thanks, Mark. I’m just very touchy about public representations of my relationship with ESPN, considering we actually reached a mutually beneficial accord. I’ve done some TV appearances for them, plus the daily radio show. Here and in Bristol (Conn.), we like to think we negotiated a settlement worthy of the Versailles Treaty. And, as I’m on the air I write this, more makeup would be superfluous.”
Olbermann, “Countdown” host
Kiz: Personally, I’ve always found you wittier than Jon Stewart. Hunkier, too. Even without your makeup. Now, get out of here, ya big lug.
Days of caveman relived
“Leave it to a columnist from an area where the Division I football team has girls on the squad to decide that Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith is overrated. Perhaps you could put in a Heisman vote for Katie Whatshername. Not only was she a girl, she was terrible.”
Joe, Columbus, Ohio
Kiz: One mystery solved. Now I know the inspiration for the grumpy caveman in those Geico commercials, Joe. Katie Hnida has a new autobiography on sale. It might make the perfect holiday gift for any female athlete in your life.
Parting shot
And today’s parting shot is fired by a Broncos fan starving for a victory. Trouble is, this guy is not sure if our coach is gearing up for a playoff run, or a run to the border.
“One question: With Cecil Sapp out with an injury, is it true Mike Shanahan is considering a starting troika of running backs with Tatum Bell, Mike Bell and Taco Bell?”
Mike, Boulder
