Letters to the Editor
The Notorious W.E.S.
Published Letters: 3143 Editor's Choice: 27
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Louisville-Middle Tennessee
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Being a Louisville fan this is too juicy to pass over.
5 days, about 125 hours, after Appalachian St. ESPN game analyst and avalanche of cliche's Bill Curry kept repeating "inexplicable." What is inexplicable? A UFO sighting? Harry Houdini escaping from a straight jacket locked in a steel vault 50 feet underwater? A woman in a shitty mood?
As a Louisville fan, and adult, I congratulate Middle Tennessee. Louisville was not "sleepwalking" as the roving ESPN sideline dummy said. Sleepwalking is a scientific term and cannot occur while simultaneously being bitch-slapped to the face for 3 hours. Louisville tried to blow them out and couldn't. Middle was a co-conference champ last year, and played Louisville's 12-1 BCS winner tough for a good chunk of the game last year. They have speed at the skill positions, a fearless quarterback who makes plays, and their linemen fight. I have even received incredible reports that they did sprints and lifted weights all spring and summer. They practice their plays on a daily basis too, and their coaches certainly appear to be able to conduct productive practices.
My favorite part was the halftime gas-bags saying--This team got beat by Florida Atlantic last week.....So what does that mean? Maybe Florida Atlantic is better than you think they are too. Possibly. Nah.
I shan't report on the Louisville call-in shows this week. I'll spare you that. They are my brethren and it's too damn depressing. Besides, I could give you an extensive list of exact quotes from the host and callers right now, before it happens.
That's not inexplicable either. It's completely predictable. From sea to shining sea. The fans of the "top" teams almost take on a zombie quality.
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Parting Tidbit
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ankiel's name is popping up in the HGA-Steroid stuff. Will he remain such a heart throb, touching, comeback story?
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PS
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]How many Cardinal fans, who have been tearing Bonds to shreds, will now be boarding the "nothing is proven, it's BS and speculation" bus for Ankiel.
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Paul
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Exactly. Louisville even had a story ready for after their rout. A team film session was evidently delayed as the Louisville players watched Michigan-Appy St....The coaches let them keep watching, as a good pre-Middle Tennessee lesson. Now the team and fans are going to try and claim "looking past them?"
So nothing is inexplicable. Middle has some really good players. Regardless of their upcoming score against LSU.
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Back To Back Games
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]At Louisville and at LSU, two of the massive homefield advantges nationwide. For Middle Tennessee. They got my respect. How many top-10 teams ever have that kind of assignment? And the fans big life challenge is choosing Wendy's or Burger King.
Now if LSU slaughters them that will be cause to reject Middle again as totally bogus, and really laugh at Louisville. This means LSU would stomp Louisiville.
An intellectual can only look at sports as humor. Slapstick, assinine comedy.
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And It Goes Without Saying
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here in the south, if LSU now whips Middle, that proves the SEC is head and shoulders above the Big East.
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And Wasn't
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Josh Hamilton involved with heroin? You completely reject the possibility of him ever using HGA/Steroids?
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The Saints Should Have Run More In 2nd Half
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]This of course is the most used implement in the fans tool box following defeat. It's a very simple, basic, rugged tool--whatever we did, we should have done the opposite.
It's not especially clever, and rather tedious when the score was 41-10. It may be best to just rehash one or two third down plays that didn't work in a close game. Beyond that it has a distinct pathological flavor to it.
In brief if the Saints had two consecutive 3 and outs handing off, followed by quick Colt scores, then it's reach in to the tool box and pull out--"what the hell are you doing. You have to outscore them, forget the ball control fantasy."
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It's The Foundation Of The Comedy
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]People stroll into the ballpark/field/arena wearing their morality on their sleeves. It's where they vent their moral outrage. It's where they want their children to find Captain America. It's where they search for the heart-tug story to place at the top of their emotional budget.
At the ballpark.
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I've Said It Before
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]And I'll say it again.
Bin Laden should do a video-cam walking around in his undies and taking a shower.
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Welcome To
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]THE TWILIGHT ZONE
The year 2,015. Army generals are testifying to Congress about the progress of the surge in Iraq. Bin Laden videos trickle in every now and then. President Guiliani at Yankee games.
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Occasionally
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I watch that show SURVIVORMAN...I keep expecting him to come up on Bin Laden somewhere.
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As The New Top-25s Come Out
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Let's take a quick glance back to determine how seriously to take them.
Take Michigan.
Pre-season, Michigan number 5. They lost to Appalachian State and fall out of sight. If their final field goal had not been blocked and sailed through for the 35-34 victory, Michigan would have been disciplined by the voters by being dropped to number 7 or 8, as Louisville just lost one spot in the first poll out, by giving 42 points and 600 yards to Middle Tennessee.
So Michigan was the 5th best team in the country. And one play, with the critical component of that play taking less than one second--the ball in flight hitting the body or missing it--determined whether Michigan was the 7th or 8th best team in the country or whether we need binoculars to see them in the rear view mirrior.
Of course Oregon administered the coup-de-grace. So in 14 days Michigan went from the 5th best team in the country, to either 7th or 32nd depending on the result of one field goal, to not even in the paragraph of those receiving votes below the top-25.