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Didn’t See This Coming When JRIB Debuted |
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If you had told me 8 years ago, when JRIB debuted, that I’d be leading my last JRIB episode later today with Peyton Manning getting run out of Indy, I would have (laughed in your face). He had rattled off 5 consecutive 4000 yard seasons, was just named the league MVP and was halfway to getting his yellow blazer and becoming one of the greatest quarterbacks ever. Believe me, one day, he would let the Colts know he was done with them; they weren’t going to tell him jack.
Air Date: Jan 27, 2012 |
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The Battle For L.A. Has Never Been So Good |
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LA Lakers v. LA Clippers. 6 T’s. 1 Flagrant. 1 Ejection. 1 Head Pat. 1 Shoulder Bump. 1 MMA Grapple. And 2 teams under one roof that are really getting sick of one another. The Lakers and Clippers feel like the roommates that hate each other, but can co-exist because they have opposite schedules. You know, they rarely see each other, their clocks are different, the rent gets paid and they make it work. But on that rare occasion when they do run into one another, it gets ugly fast. And it did. That may have been the best January NBA game ever. Banging, bleeding, jawing, the battle for L.A. has never been this good.
Air Date: Jan 26, 2012 |
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Peyton’s Future In Indy |
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Yeah, I don’t think that interview Peyton Manning gave to the local paper last week did anything to turn the tide in his favor. In fact, it looks as if it may have boomer-ranged on him completely. With the naming of Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano as their new head coach, it would appear that the Colts are now done “evaluating” Manning. And he thought that joint was a bad place to heal, before. I don’t think you need to be Robert Langdon to crack this code and realize a legend is about to get whacked.
Air Date: Jan 26, 2012 |
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Dirk Shuts It Down And Heads Home |
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Dirk Nowitzki was nursing a trick knee last night and was in streets for the Mavs-T-Wolves, but still had one of his best performances of the season. Maybe even of his Hall of Fame career.
Air Date: Jan 26, 2012 |
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Tigers Take A Huge Swing On Prince |
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9 years and $214 mill for Prince Fielder is a huge swing by the Tigers who came out of nowhere to rip him. And Prince better chip off a mill or two for Victor Martinez because Detroit’s not dropping that kind of cash if Vic’s ACL is still intact. And to the question of did they pay too much, for too long. They did. And they didn’t. They did if there’s no voidable years and they’re looking to get value for their dough over the length of the contract. But they didn’t if they’re looking to get a ring or even two at some point in the contract.
Air Date: Jan 25, 2012 |
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The Hood Is Ignoring The Elephant In The Room |
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You can hype the Super Bowl as the Revenge Bowl; I’ve certainly been talking about the Pats’ 2012 Bittermen’s Tour…just don’t ask Bill Belichick about the last time these two met for the ring. Because the smartest guy in the room is ignoring the elephant in the room. Because at least publicly, not only is he not using 2008 as motivation, he’s barely willing to acknowledge it even happened. Asked this week to reflect on David Tyree’s catch, the Hood said, if you want my opinion on it, you can look it up: “It was a long time ago. I have a lot of comments on the record after the game and everything else. You can go back and look at all the things that happened then or some other year.” Refer to your comments on record? In other words, don’t ask me what I think about it now, just go back and look up what I said at the time. Like, “uh, you can type my name into the Google machine or me-tube or whatever it’s called. I’m sure you can find what you’re looking for.” Right, Hood, and I’m sure those comments will be very insightful when we do. In fact, I did go back and look at what you had to say about Eli Manning’s miracle escape and completion to Tyree’s coconut and this is what I found: "you know, we had some pressure on him. But in the end they made those plays and we didn't. So, that's the difference in the game." Great.
Air Date: Jan 25, 2012 |
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Sore Loser Of The Decade |
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Jim Harbaugh- Coach of the Year. Sore Loser of the Decade. Recapping what’s happened since the Giants out clutched the Niners in OT and Larry Tynes toe booted them into the offseason, the 49er head coach… hit Tom Coughlin with a Belichickian blow-by handshake, then blew off the Network for the post-game interview, and then busted out of his press conference with a drive-by on soft Californians.
Air Date: Jan 25, 2012 |
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Raiders Hire A New Head Coach |
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One of my favorite days ever, is when the Raiders hire a new head coach. No one does it like the Raiders. Whether it’s a 32 year old John Madden, or a 31 year old Lane Kiffin or my man, Arthur Shell, you just never know what you’re going to get from the Silver and Black.
Air Date: Jan 25, 2012 |
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Tiger’s Season Opening Presser |
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Tiger Woods says he’s feels better now than he has in years, and it looks as if he may have finally turned the corner. Of course, no one really wanted to talk much about that at his season opening presser in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Reporters were more interested in his thoughts on Hank Haney’s book about him. A book Woods has already called “unprofessional.” Let’s just say the cat wasn’t exactly the consummate professional in addressing those questions. His responses included, “No”. “I don’t know.” “One might say that.” And “I think I’ve answered all the questions already on that.”
Air Date: Jan 25, 2012 |
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Help Me Help You Antrel |
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Every Super Bowl week has a breakout media star; the one guy who not only doesn’t resent being asked questions, but can’t wait for them to start flying. Every Super Bowl has one. And the early money this time is on Giant Antrel Rolle... and unlike the Hood; Rolle had no trouble sharing his thoughts on the last time these two played for the title: "I watched it in Brazil. There was only one place where I was that was showing the game. I was standing on top of two bar stools, and probably a midget was under me, who knows."
Air Date: Jan 25, 2012 |
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Conspiracy Theories Are Flying In Baltimore |
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Two days out, everyone is still trying to figure out how a kicker who went to the Pro Bowl last year, could shank away a potential shot at the Super Bowl for the Ravens. And the conspiracy theories are flying. And the best one is that the Patriots messed with the scoreboard, saying it was third down, when it was really fourth, in an attempt to jerk with kicker Billy Cundiff’s routine. Cundiff says that’s the reason he was so discombobulated and had to sprint onto the field for the kick.
Air Date: Jan 24, 2012 |
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Man’s Game Kyle |
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If you’re a pro athlete and you’re listening to this show, fire open the memo app on the Iphone, thumb out some notes and then commit them to memory. Because Niner wideout Kyle Williams is putting on a clinic on how to own up to mistakes. He made two of the biggest mistakes you’ll ever see in a big game. He’s getting goat’ed…Buckner’ed…and even getting tweets from people telling him, he and his family should die. But he’s not getting hooked by any of it.
Air Date: Jan 24, 2012 |
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Peyton Is Not In A Very Good Place |
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After not saying anything to anyone, for much of the year, Peyton Manning finally hit up the Indianapolis Star for an interview. And it doesn’t sound like he’s in a very good place. Among other things he says the Colts facility is quote, “not a very good place for healing”, adding, “I mean, it’s 20 degrees, it’s snowing, the building is absolutely empty except when you see coaches cleaning out their offices. I guess it’s the reality of the football world just not something I’ve had to deal with very often. But I’m in there every day, so I have to sit there and see it. Everybody’s being evaluated and I’m no different.”
Air Date: Jan 24, 2012 |
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Social Networking Terrorists Get After Kyle Williams |
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Although we touched on the braindeads getting after Kyle Williams via Twitter and Facebook yesterday I want to reset it now because Williams mentioned what it felt like to check his at mentions after the game: “It was kind of shocking. I kind of had been forewarned before I even got to the point where I could check it. I was forewarned by some of my family members and some of my friends that were there not to look at the Twitter and Facebook because it was going to be pretty bad.” And it was. Like, quote, “I hope you, your wife, kids and family die”….bad.
Air Date: Jan 24, 2012 |
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Tom Brady Says He Sucked |
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They pay me to drop takes. And the first thing I say to anyone who calls this show is, ‘what’s your take.’ Of course, I get a lot of bad takes: the worst of which is, saying something sucks: that’s not a take. It’s weak, uninspired and it’s lazy. Unless it comes from a star athlete like Tom Brady and he’s saying it about himself. Then it rules. Especially if he’s right. Not the most eloquent concession, but again, probably a lot more accurate than most of his passes were yesterday... I hyped Brady before the game for headlining the 2012 Bitterman's Tour, and then he went out and ran the tour bus right off the road. And the only thing more bizarre than seeing Brady airmailing easy completions and getting picked in double coverage... was seeing the Ravens break Gronk. Turns out that (moose) actually is a human being. Assuming he rips off that walking boot and is ready for the Super Bowl, that’s where the Pats can actually take comfort.
Air Date: Jan 23, 2012 |
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No Pleasing Joe Flacco |
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Give Joe Flacco his. He earned it. It wasn’t his fault the Ravens lost that game. He outplayed Tom Brady, and if Lee Evans holds onto that T.D. pass, this cat is seen in a totally different light going forward. And based on the way he balled up, he should be any way. He wasn’t rattled. He was dialed in.
Air Date: Jan 23, 2012 |
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Evans Drops Super Bowl |
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As for Lee Evans, right or wrong him, unless he does something really dramatic going forward, he’ll always be remembered for allowing Sterling Moore to swat the Super Bowl out of his hands. And to the question of - Was that a clutch defensive play by Moore or an un-clutch play by Evans... it's more the latter. No doubt, a great play by Moore, but dbs are always slapping at the rock the second it’s caught in the end zone. It just usually doesn’t come loose, because wideouts protect it with their lives. But Evans didn't. He looked like he was just playing soft toss catch during pregame, (and the next thing you know the Super Bowl is rolling around on the ground in the end zone and the ref is waiving it incomplete). And Raven fan, should it have been reviewed? Maybe, but if the officials could make the call that quickly off the replay, there’s no way they were changing it on a review. Besides, if Evans didn’t think it was a catch, neither should you. And the only person he was pointing the finger at afterwards was himself, saying he let everyone down.
Air Date: Jan 23, 2012 |
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Joe Paterno Dies At 85 |
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Joe Paterno passed away Sunday from lung cancer, just two months after being fired by Penn St. And no sooner did the news break, so did the near impossible task of making sense of his legacy. Should he be remembered as the sport’s all time winningest coach, a great man and philanthropist? Or as the man who presided over the worst college football scandal ever, and who despite having the opportunity, didn’t do more to prevent it? Of course, the answer is both. Both pro and con are fighting for Paterno to be remembered a certain way, but you can’t have one without the other. Paterno was an icon. He won 409 games, coached generations of players and put not just that football program but that University on the map. He was a great man. But a great man, with obvious flaws. Make no mistake, while Jerry Sandusky is the monster here, Paterno could have and should have done more to stop him. Period. He said as much himself. And by not doing so, who knows how many more lives Sandusky went on to ruin. So to the question of, whether the last two months taint the 61 years that came before them; the answer is yes.
Air Date: Jan 23, 2012 |
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It’s Easy To Pile On Kyle Williams |
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The easy thing to do is to pile on Niner wideout Kyle Williams. Call him an all time goat and keep moving. And I’m trying not to do that. The guy was in tough spot: sure, he butchered two punts, the second of which set up the Giants winning field goal in O.T. and yes, he was filling in for Ted Ginn and didn’t have a ton of experience returning punts. Then again, he didn’t have to know the first rule of punt returns: catch it, or get the hell out of the way.
Air Date: Jan 23, 2012 |
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NFC Championship Game Prediction |
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Niner fan, at this point you're probably hoping that I'm going to sit here and throw in with the New York Giants. The more doubters, haters and talking heads who diss Frisco the better right? But I have to say, whether you like it or not - I like the Niners. A lot. Sure I thought the Saints would do them. But that wasn't because I doubted Frisco, it's because I believed in Drew Brees. And then I watched your boys punk them in the final seconds. Total respect.
Air Date: Jan 20, 2012 |
