Ben Roethlisberger has won an award for cooperating with the media. That’s right; we didn’t stutter. Big Ben has won “The Chief Award” for cooperating with the media. This past Wednesday the Pro Football Writers local chapter presented Big Ben with the award, which is given annually to someone in the Steelers organization who follows the spirit of cooperation shown to the media.
After all, nothing cures your substantially weak girlie-manisms like an energy drink that’s Caron Butler in a can and makes you feel like a fighter jet made out of biceps!
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“I better not meet that guy down a dark alley. Their decision is a complete travesty to women and they are just treating him this way because he is the NFL’s golden boy.”
I am sure by now that everyone has heard about the harsh comments that FOX analyst Tucker Carlson made about Philadelphia Eagles QB Michael Vick. The comments came after a panel where the topic was President Obama making a call to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie commending him for giving Vick a second chance. Well if you haven’t heard here goes: “I’m a Christian, I’ve made mistakes myself, I believe fervently in second chances,” Carlson said on the show. “But Michael Vick killed dogs, and did [it] in a heartless and cruel way. And I think, personally, he should’ve been executed for that. He wasn’t, but the idea that the president of the United States would be getting behind someone who murdered dogs?”
Bowl season is a time when you get to sit around the television during the holidays and watch players that you may have heard about but never really got a chance to see. It is also a time when friends get to argue about which conference is better, you know “our sixth best team beat your conference runner up!” No matter what your pleasure it is still a showcase for programs around the country to display their teams and promote their schools. Even if some of us believe that there are too many bowls and too many teams going to them, we still sit around and watch because any football is better than no football. Let’s recap some of the bowl action that has already taken place this holiday season and get some my predictions for those coming up in the future.
Bowl games with low profile teams have very little to offer. However, if you tuned into the New Orleans Bowl this past weekend you were treated with the masterpiece of non-grooming that is Troy punter Will Goggans beard. Just look at that thing, its like a facial afro!
The Orlando Magic have completely revamped their entire roster trading for Gilbert Arenas, Hedo Turkoglu, and Jason Richardson. Kudos for their ambitious overhaul, but it still won’t help.
In this weeks show JoPa cant hear, Conseco makes a comeback, a ref gets suplexed, plus much much more!
episode 53
On this weeks episode Cliff Lee makes his own decision, Bret Favre needs to make a decision, and we answer questions from the fans.
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