We all know that the past is the past and the present is the present. Right? Dallas Cowboys wide-receiver Terrell "T.O." Owens is....wait let me back up we all know that he can sometimes be known as the "Drama Queen" or a "turmoil" to a team. Not only in Dallas, but also when during the time of he previous teams that he played for San Francisco 49ers along with the Philadelphia Eagles. Fortunately the continuance of drama that is steady unfolding with lack of what I like to call evidence seems to slowly be coming to a hault.
The recent controversy is that T.O. has accused his current teammates Jason Witten and Tony Romo of creating plays behind his back, not to mention that he is jealous of their relationship. This along with other accusations of him going to whine to Offensive Coach Jason Garrett about various lingering issues throughout the offense itself. Okay...breathe..
Let me put everrryyy single detail out here so there will be no further confusion:
1.) Last Monday after a heart breaking lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jason Garrett calls receivers (Patrick Crayton, Roy Williams, and Terrell Owens) INDIVIDUALLY into his office for a meeting to discuss the issues on offense, and to talk about ways to have a successful trip to the playoffs.
2.) Thursday, reports come out that T.O. allegedly dragged Crayton, and Williams along with him into the office of Garrett to complain about the relationship between Romo and Witten. Hours later additional reports come out that T.O. complained about Witten and Romo's relationship and accused the two of creating plays on a one-on-one basis. Nano-Seconds later a well known reporter from ESPN comes out with quotes from an anonymous player claiming that there is always something with T.O. and that he is always keeping up mess throughout the team.
3.)Enough is enough the whole thing is basically blown out of proportion and a complete utter mess.
The only way that there can be some light shed on this story is if the "anonymous source" ever decides to come forward and admits that hes the one responsible for the specific "jealousy" remarks.
If you have or haven't heard this before, let me reiterate that we are all human beings and that no one is perfect. It seems that every time a report comes out that has any mention of T.O. he will always be the victim. I don't understand why everyone is so furious with T.O.
Jerry Jones, Wade Phillips, along with numerous other teammates have all came out and said that the events that were reported throughout this saga are completely false. Lets not forget that no one really knows what all happened and I highly doubt that one will. I know that many of you have family members of your own that are constant screw ups or are known as the "drama queen or king" of the family. Fortunately with this current incident there is a lack of evidence that T.O. was actually the cause of this recent Cowboys saga. Give him the benefit of the doubt. During their win against that New York Giants on this past Sunday night, there was one main disturbing incident that took place...THE BBOOSSS!!! Being a fan and taking apart in a booing concert is not healthy. If your a fan be a fan, I was very bothered by the fact that he was BOOOOOOed for no reason. If anything its the fans that are going to divide the team not Terrell.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Hopeful coaches say..Enough is Enough
Many African-American coaches are done with lingering around and waiting to be hired under major lead college football programs. It seems that they are now attempting to seek justice by making a federal case out of the long going issue.
After years of attempting to persuade numerous university administrators into hiring minority football coaches, the executive director of the Black Coaches and Administrators is now searching for a potential lawsuit.
This comes only four days after former NBA player Charles Barkley nationally bashed Auburn, for choosing to hire Gene Chizik as their football coach, instead of hiring Turner Gill who is black and who was one among their top choices. For those that may not know, Barkley was pulling for Auburn to hire Turner Gill long before Gene Chizik emerged publicly as a candidate for the job. Barkley's take on why his Alma mater hired Chizik instead: Gill is a black coach, Chizik is white. "I believe race had a factor."
It is true to say that throughout the recent years, more black coaches have been granted interviews, but when they are compared to the number of minority coaches in the college basketball or the NFL, college football lags to far behind.
On a statistical stand point, it is an outright disgrace when you consider the number of minority coaches in college football.
An estimated 23 to 26 percent of college basketball coaches are minorities, while college football is now down to four blacks among the 119 Football Bowl Subdivision teams. By comparison, nearly one-fourth of the NFL's 32 teams (seven) have minority head coaches and the only black coach hired during this recent round comings and goings has been Mike Locksley at New Mexico.
In this day and age its so sad to see that racism still exists.
After years of attempting to persuade numerous university administrators into hiring minority football coaches, the executive director of the Black Coaches and Administrators is now searching for a potential lawsuit.
This comes only four days after former NBA player Charles Barkley nationally bashed Auburn, for choosing to hire Gene Chizik as their football coach, instead of hiring Turner Gill who is black and who was one among their top choices. For those that may not know, Barkley was pulling for Auburn to hire Turner Gill long before Gene Chizik emerged publicly as a candidate for the job. Barkley's take on why his Alma mater hired Chizik instead: Gill is a black coach, Chizik is white. "I believe race had a factor."
It is true to say that throughout the recent years, more black coaches have been granted interviews, but when they are compared to the number of minority coaches in the college basketball or the NFL, college football lags to far behind.
On a statistical stand point, it is an outright disgrace when you consider the number of minority coaches in college football.
An estimated 23 to 26 percent of college basketball coaches are minorities, while college football is now down to four blacks among the 119 Football Bowl Subdivision teams. By comparison, nearly one-fourth of the NFL's 32 teams (seven) have minority head coaches and the only black coach hired during this recent round comings and goings has been Mike Locksley at New Mexico.
In this day and age its so sad to see that racism still exists.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Another NFL player suspended due to drugs
Players, drugs, charges, and suspension.
This one is for Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones.
Just the beginning.....
The saga began in July when Matt Jones was arrested in Fayetteville Arkansas on drug charges, after police say he was inside a car cutting up cocaine with a "credit card".
Details in the police report stated that while approaching the car, an officer drew his handgun after Jones did not immediately show his hands. Police then began to search the vehicle and found a plastic bag filled with a white substance that tested positive for cocaine and a jar with possible marijuana residue.
Get this even though the police officer caught Jones in the act of cutting up the cocaine with a credit card he still plead not guilty.
**Now 5 months later, the wide receiver is facing what I like to call
"Judgement Day."
Today, the NFL upheld Jones' three-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. With the Jaguars season pretty much at an end, they will now have to play the rest of the season without their leading receiver. In addition to a three-game suspension, Jones will also go without pay. Question, how is it that a first-round draft pick that's having the best year of his career be set back by a stupid decision that involves doing drugs? I know that many players in the league tend to smoke marijuana during their off season, don't get me wrong I'm not saying that's okay, but there is a difference between being behind closed doors and being out in public. It bothers me when its brought to my attention that someone with the amount of caliber as Jones blows their career on thoughtless decisions such as this. This is just another story that proves that NFL players are nothing more than normal human beings. Now the lingering question that will remain among Jags fans will be if the sudden troubled receiver comes back next year.
This one is for Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones.
Just the beginning.....
The saga began in July when Matt Jones was arrested in Fayetteville Arkansas on drug charges, after police say he was inside a car cutting up cocaine with a "credit card".
Details in the police report stated that while approaching the car, an officer drew his handgun after Jones did not immediately show his hands. Police then began to search the vehicle and found a plastic bag filled with a white substance that tested positive for cocaine and a jar with possible marijuana residue.
Get this even though the police officer caught Jones in the act of cutting up the cocaine with a credit card he still plead not guilty.
**Now 5 months later, the wide receiver is facing what I like to call
"Judgement Day."
Today, the NFL upheld Jones' three-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. With the Jaguars season pretty much at an end, they will now have to play the rest of the season without their leading receiver. In addition to a three-game suspension, Jones will also go without pay. Question, how is it that a first-round draft pick that's having the best year of his career be set back by a stupid decision that involves doing drugs? I know that many players in the league tend to smoke marijuana during their off season, don't get me wrong I'm not saying that's okay, but there is a difference between being behind closed doors and being out in public. It bothers me when its brought to my attention that someone with the amount of caliber as Jones blows their career on thoughtless decisions such as this. This is just another story that proves that NFL players are nothing more than normal human beings. Now the lingering question that will remain among Jags fans will be if the sudden troubled receiver comes back next year.
Lets talk BCS
Some say its the game that everybody wanted to see. Well, let me take that back everybody but Texas, but the date has been set Florida (12-1) and Oklahoma (12-1) will meet on Jan. 8 in the BCS National Championship Game.
The Gators have won nine straight games and many fans believe that Tim Tebow deserves his second straight Heisman Trophy with his 28 passing touchdowns and 12 rushing touchdowns.
On the other hand, the Sooners have won seven straight games, setting an NCAA record by scoring at least 60 points in their last five games. Here in Oklahoma, folks believe that Sam Bradford should be the rightful winner of the Heisman Trophy with his 4,463 passing yards and 48 touchdowns.
So let me be the first to say let the debating, arguing, and good ole' trash talking begin. Hmmmmm January 8th in Miami can't get here soon enough.
The Gators have won nine straight games and many fans believe that Tim Tebow deserves his second straight Heisman Trophy with his 28 passing touchdowns and 12 rushing touchdowns.
On the other hand, the Sooners have won seven straight games, setting an NCAA record by scoring at least 60 points in their last five games. Here in Oklahoma, folks believe that Sam Bradford should be the rightful winner of the Heisman Trophy with his 4,463 passing yards and 48 touchdowns.
So let me be the first to say let the debating, arguing, and good ole' trash talking begin. Hmmmmm January 8th in Miami can't get here soon enough.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The saga of Plaxico Burress....oh yea and his glock
Enough is Enough!!!
Alright I'm so fed up with people coming up with these worthless excuses for wide receiver Plaxico Burress. As we all know he "accidentally" shot himself in the leg over the weekend while sitting in the VIP section of the Manhattan club Latin Quarters. Read the previous blog for details....Basically he refused attention from the security guards when they offered to call paramedics, instead he had his teammate Antonio Pierce drive him to the hospital. Upon entrance, Burress told members of the hospital staff that his name was "Harry Smith", and that he was shot at an Applebees Restaurant. After a weekend filled of drama the troubled receiver eventually turned himself in, along with his lawyer on yesterday where he was arraigned and charged with counts of illegal weapon possession.
So whats next?? In 2006, Mayor Bloomberg initiated a law that specifically states that if anyone is caught with possession of an illegal weapon, a mandatory sentence of 3 1/2 years will be served. Now many of you are saying that the crime doesn't fit the punishment..or they are taking this situation way to seriously...Can someone please tell me what makes Burress so different from any other human being. I know that the fact of him being a NFL Superbowl superstar intrigues a lot of you, but think about all of the other people out there who may have committed the same crime and are now serving time for it. Wake up people!! Laws are implemented for particular reasons, not just because. In this case Mayor Bloomberg implemented this law to decease crimes that were being caused by firearms. Many of you want to criticize this particular law when it comes to this story, and then you want to whine about this being an advantage for the city of New York to make and example out of Burress.
Did he not understand the gun laws of New York? Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but I beg to differ. There is NO excuse, if you carry a weapon then you should know the law. There is no doubt in my mind that the troubled receiver was well aware of the law, not only him but the other teammate as well. Calm down, and just think about it. Why all of the falsified stories on where and how the incident happened? Why did they feel the need to hide the gun? Why did Burress decline the attention of a paramedic, when his life was endanger? Like I said before no excuses, if he felt unsafe going into this particular club without his gun, then he should have found another club to go to. This guy is overrated and is a prime example of another guy being paid millions and millions of dollars in this league not only to act a pure fool, but to also cause ongoing negative attention for a team that he is supposed to be representing.
One thing that really bothers me is that many of these players seem to forget the billions of kids that look up to them, and dream about being just like them when they grow up. People are also failing to realize that as easy as the gun went off and shot him, it could have just as easy did the same to a by stander.
One moment we see him holding a trophy, the next, led away in handcuffs. There are so many people out there who have lost jobs, lost homes, lost retirements, and pretty much everything they've worked for their entire lives. Many are becoming more impatient, not to mention fearing the future. With all of this going on, it amazes me how a man that is blessed with a $35 million contract cant seem to follow gun laws. Now Burress is suspended for the remaining of the year without pay all because of a stupid thoughtless mistake.
Alright I'm so fed up with people coming up with these worthless excuses for wide receiver Plaxico Burress. As we all know he "accidentally" shot himself in the leg over the weekend while sitting in the VIP section of the Manhattan club Latin Quarters. Read the previous blog for details....Basically he refused attention from the security guards when they offered to call paramedics, instead he had his teammate Antonio Pierce drive him to the hospital. Upon entrance, Burress told members of the hospital staff that his name was "Harry Smith", and that he was shot at an Applebees Restaurant. After a weekend filled of drama the troubled receiver eventually turned himself in, along with his lawyer on yesterday where he was arraigned and charged with counts of illegal weapon possession.
So whats next?? In 2006, Mayor Bloomberg initiated a law that specifically states that if anyone is caught with possession of an illegal weapon, a mandatory sentence of 3 1/2 years will be served. Now many of you are saying that the crime doesn't fit the punishment..or they are taking this situation way to seriously...Can someone please tell me what makes Burress so different from any other human being. I know that the fact of him being a NFL Superbowl superstar intrigues a lot of you, but think about all of the other people out there who may have committed the same crime and are now serving time for it. Wake up people!! Laws are implemented for particular reasons, not just because. In this case Mayor Bloomberg implemented this law to decease crimes that were being caused by firearms. Many of you want to criticize this particular law when it comes to this story, and then you want to whine about this being an advantage for the city of New York to make and example out of Burress.
Did he not understand the gun laws of New York? Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but I beg to differ. There is NO excuse, if you carry a weapon then you should know the law. There is no doubt in my mind that the troubled receiver was well aware of the law, not only him but the other teammate as well. Calm down, and just think about it. Why all of the falsified stories on where and how the incident happened? Why did they feel the need to hide the gun? Why did Burress decline the attention of a paramedic, when his life was endanger? Like I said before no excuses, if he felt unsafe going into this particular club without his gun, then he should have found another club to go to. This guy is overrated and is a prime example of another guy being paid millions and millions of dollars in this league not only to act a pure fool, but to also cause ongoing negative attention for a team that he is supposed to be representing.
One thing that really bothers me is that many of these players seem to forget the billions of kids that look up to them, and dream about being just like them when they grow up. People are also failing to realize that as easy as the gun went off and shot him, it could have just as easy did the same to a by stander.
One moment we see him holding a trophy, the next, led away in handcuffs. There are so many people out there who have lost jobs, lost homes, lost retirements, and pretty much everything they've worked for their entire lives. Many are becoming more impatient, not to mention fearing the future. With all of this going on, it amazes me how a man that is blessed with a $35 million contract cant seem to follow gun laws. Now Burress is suspended for the remaining of the year without pay all because of a stupid thoughtless mistake.
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