I don’t have a dog, or a rat, in this fight, but that shirt is funny and clever.
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After 13 years in the NFL, Olin Kreutz says he is leaning toward retiring from football after negotiations with the Chicago Bears fell through this weekend in sudden and dramatic fashion.
“I feel pretty close (to retiring),” Kreutz told ESPNChicago.com by phone Sunday night. “I don’t know if I could go somewhere and play for someone else. It has always been about the Bears, I’ve always chosen them and I just don’t know if I could do it for someone else.”
This guy is old school, a true leader. The Bears decided not to sign him because he wanted a measly $500K more than they wanted to pay.
Looking Back on the Chicago Bears 2011 →
With football starting up again — thank God — it should be fun to revisit A Quick Rant About the State of the Chicago Bears 2011, my post-season wrap from a few months ago, which is mostly about the horror show that is the Bears’ leadership team: Mike McCaskey, Ted Phillips, Jerry Angelo, and…
Holy Crap! This video of football trick “shots” is AMAZING - and I don’t care how many takes it required!
via sloganeerist
He’s a great example for our football team. He does things the hard way, not the easy way.
Want to see the Vikings play on Monday night? Grab a shovel. →
Hmm. Let’s assume that Vikings ownership is not clinically insane, just for grins.
Still seems like a really stupid idea. What if nobody shows up? Also, are disgusted fans for a team that (a) sucks this year and (b) just fired its head coach really going to be all “yay, let’s go shovel somebody else’s snow!” in 5°F weather? I’m thinking people in Minnesota might already have enough to do without adding this to the pile. Call me crazy!
The Minnesota Vikings are asking their fans to help dig out Gopher Stadium for the team’s game v. Chicago on Monday night. The region was recently hit with a massive snowstorm, which left the Metrodome left in shambles.
How much do you think Zygi Wilf actually cares about his fans when he’s asking them to dig out a damn stadium, as opposed to hiring enough trained laborers to get the job done with his millions of dollars? It will take some real dedicated fans to get out there and start digging - at least he told them five days in advance, right?
Cool Sports Story of the Day
QB gets haircut that says “O-line” on one side of his head, and the numbers of five offensive linemen on the other: QB inspires team to NYC title with special haircut tribute
Quote from QB Marvin Centeno: “I just did it to show them how I feel about them. I’m very close to those guys, and I wanted to do something for them. They’ve been protecting me all season so this was my way of telling them thanks.”
If you’re an O-line guy, how damn inspiring is that?
Well done, sir. Well done.
Touchdown Celebration of the Day: Detroit Lions cornerback Alphonso Smith does the legendary Carlton Dance after scoring a touchdown in Sunday’s match up against the Rams.
[bwe.]
(HD) Texas Tech onside kick goes horribly wrong vs. Baylor (10.9.10) (via rusty98umvids)
Whoops! Kick doesn’t go 10 yards, kicking team forgets to down the ball. Hilarity ensues.
On Second Thought, I Should Have Carried the Pads: Cowboys Stick Rookie with $55,000 Dinner Tab →
This is why rookies should, as Mike and Mike said on ESPN this morning, “carry the pads!”
Always carry the pads. That’s just how it works.
He’s the only quarterback we’ve got on the roster,” [Cardinals Coach Ken] Whisenhunt said of [Matt] Leinart. “So we don’t really have a lot of options.
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