I needed approximately three and a half cans of Pledge to clean all the dust of the blog. I also found a few cobwebs; I hope there weren’t any poisonous spiders. Since I haven’t been to Louisiana in six and a half years (and two iPads ago), I didn’t find any giant mosquitoes or swarming termites.
I’m so glad the Chiefs don’t play this weekend. It won’t ruin my birthday. I have had it up to here with Travis Kelce (and his equally obnoxious older brother Jason), Brittany Mahomes and the potential future Mrs. Travis Kelce, the richest entertainer on earth with a net worth approximately that of the GNP of African countries like Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. At least Patrick Mahomes only makes you mad with his on-field play, although he has earned a Ph.D. in athlete speak. He learned it from the unquestioned champion of coach speak, Andy Reid.
I cannot imagine Reid pulling a Bill Belichick and going into media once he retires. Belichick and his BFF Nick Saban are pretty good at it. Belichick will probably go back to being the curmudgeon he really wants to be when a desperate NFL team hires him next year. The only thing I can see changing that is if Belichick’s 24-year old trophy girlfriend turns up pregnant. That’s right, Belichick is dating a woman who was born during or slightly before his first season leading the Patriots.
I don’t think Saban will go back to coaching. Miss Terry (Nick’s wife of almost 53 years) probably won’t allow it. Saban does not like NIL (name, image, likeness) and wouldn’t want to put up with it. He hated it during the last three years of his tenure in Tuscaloosa, and I can’t see it getting any better.
Saban opened his mouth and inserted his foot when he stated Vanderbilt was the only easy place to play in the Southeastern Conference. Video of that statement went viral shortly after the Commordores shocked the Crimson Tide 40-35 last Saturday. It was Vandy’s first win vs. Bama since 1984, and its first in Nashville since 1969. Jalen Milroe is only the third Tide QB to lose to the Commodores since 1959; the others are Mike Shula (‘84) and Scott Hunter (‘69).
This might not be good news for Milroe, at least regarding a potential NFL career.
Hunter was a starter for the Packers from 1971-73, but he was so bad it prompted coach Dan Devine to make a terrible trade with the Rams for an over-the-hill John Hadl. Devine resigned two months later to succeed Ara Pareghian at Notre Dame, leaving Bart Starr—the Packers’ greatest quarterback; not sorry Brett and Aaron—to clean up the mess when he took over as coach.
Don Shula’s younger son was on the Bucs’ roster in 1987, but only because he coach in Tuscaloosa, Ray Perkins, had become coach and GM in Tampa Bay. Before that season, Perkins selected Vinny Testaverde #1 overall and traded Steve Young to San Francisco. Testaverde had a long a successful career, no doubt, but he was far behind Young, who went on to become a two-time MVP with the 49ers and lead them to the Super Bowl XXIX championship after the 1994 season.
Enough blathering. I’d better post to show I’m still functioning, three days shy of my 48th birthday.
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