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Monday Night Football Report

Originally published Sept. 14, 2011

What an uninspired game the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos bored us with on Monday night. The Raiders couldn’t pass. The Broncos couldn’t run. And both couldn’t play nicely, committing a total of 25 penalties. Someone should have told these players and coaches that preseason was over; that game actually counted.

Raiders win sloppy season opener, Photo by Joe Mahoney, courtesy of LA Times

It was tough to tell which team cared less with all the sloppy miscues and bland performances. However, one thing was made clear: Tim Tebow should start as Denver’s quarterback next week and for the remainder of the Broncos’s 2011-12 campaign.

This isn’t about Denver giving up on its season. In fact, it’s about Denver taking this season more seriously than it has in previous years. It’s about trying to take an honest assessment of the team and moving forward, for both the organization and football fans. (more…)

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Emperor Carroll Has No Clothes

Originally published Aug. 28, 2011

The emperor has no clothes.

Someone please point this out Friday night when Pete Carroll, emperor of the Seattle Seahawks, leads his offensively-challenged birds out onto CenturyLink Field to face the always-challenged Oakland Raiders.

Coach Pete Carroll, Photo courtesy of cbssports

It’s only an exhibition game. It’s the final tune-up for both clubs before the start of the regular season. But this is the NFL, so it will still have all the pomp and nonsense of the regular season. There will be NFL cheerleaders. There will be hours of NFL tailgating. And there will be NFL prices to pay. But in this NFL setting, the man barking orders in the blue hooded sweatshirt along the Seattle sideline isn’t an NFL head coach. (more…)

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Pasadena Games Report

Originally published May 3, 2011

The Amazing Russet Race, Photo by JournoJames

PASADENA, Calif. – Potatoes were scattered all over the football field at Jackie Robinson Stadium. College students dressed in extra large chef jackets were frantically taking these heavy vegetables and overstuffing them inside their culinary uniforms.

It was the “Amazing Russet Race,” an odd relay contest to see which local college team could move 500 pounds of potato the quickest. Racers stuffed their chef jackets with as many potatoes as possible and dumped them 30 yards away at a weigh station with students and potatoes spilling everywhere on the field.

“This is fun,” said John Rabe of KPCC radio’s “Off-Ramp,” who was watching as the event’s emcee. “So far, this russet race has been pretty good for entertainment value.” (more…)

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