You Remind me of my Jeep

Alright, I've had enough with college players being described as a "young Gale Sayers" or a "young Larry Bird." It's not just the comparisons that bother me, it's the fact that the young player can only be compared to a player of the same race. Adam Morrison is Larry Bird. He's John Havlicek. He's Detlef Schrempf. He's not Paul Pierce. And Dee Brown definitely isn't Kirk Hinrich. He's Muggsy Bogues. He's Avery Johnson. He's Allen Iverson. And don't even get me started with black quarterbacks. You show me an up-and-coming black college quarterback, and I'll bet you all the money in my wallet that he's been compared to Rodney Peete. Randall Cunningham. Donovan McNabb. I'm not saying I'm not guilty of this too. I see Reggie Bush run and I think Gale Sayers. I just don't see Tom Rathman. I'm just saying, it's a little unfair to the young player to compare him with a professional just because they look the same. Otherwise, I'd have to say Vince Young is going to be the next Brian Mcknight. (I don't care if he can't sing).

Rollin' the Tice

Mike Tice voiced his displeasure with some Vikings fans who sold their tickets to Steelers fans, resulting in about 15,000 to 20,000 of the Metrodome seats filled with Yellow and Black instead of Yellow and Purple. Whatever it was, the Vikings didn't play like they had home field advantage. I'm hearing people laugh at Tice for getting upset with fans who scalped tickets, when he's done the same thing. Remember, in June, he was fined $100,000 by the NFL for scalping his Super Bowl tickets. These can hardly be compared, though. It's one thing for someone to scalp tickets to a game they weren't planning on attending, which Tice did. (Whether he was right or not is debatable). It's quite another for season-ticket holders to scalp tickets to the opposing team's fans. And that's what Tice was upset about. He's not judging people for scalping tickets. He's judging the loyalty of some of his season-ticket holders, and I can't agree with him more. Shame on any Benedict Arnold who would jeopardize his image to make a few extra bucks. Oh, never mind.

Jordan Jammer

Kids these days have it too easy. When I was a kid, I had to tape the antenna just to get a picture on my 10" fuzzy TV. The TV sat downstairs in my freezing basement while I watched the NBA on NBC every Saturday morning. I set up my plastic Jordan Jammer, which needed to be nailed to the wall because I broke the stand during a windmill dunk. I would re-enact the game I watched that morning, keeping track of points, rebounds, and assists. "Magic in to Worthy. Worthy out to Cooper. Cooper for three. Good!" This was a lot of work. I would actually sweat a little. But kids these days have X-box. They have Playstation 2. There's no need to sweat. There's no need to keep statistics. You don't have to emulate your favorite players. You can just plug in your game and you have your favorite players at your fingertips. Tattoos, afros, and all. Maybe I think it's bad for our future generations. Maybe I'm just jealous.

Final Thought

What did Tiki and Ronde's parents feed them growing up? I need to know so I can pick some up at the store.

p.s. Harold, dude. If you're playing overseas and you didn't bother telling anyone about it...I'm going to be pissed.