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I manufactured some new Power Rankings over at The FanHouse. You can also find all of the other things I’ve been doing over there at this location.
I may have to find a way to better incorporate the things I’ve doing over there, at this site… which would be easier if there was an RSS feed for just my page. Alas, for now, there is not. And I doubt that there will ever be.
I can’t imagine loving any job so much that I’d be willing to take less money and also live in New Jersey to be able to stay at that job. But that’s what Greg Schiano’s doing. Miami came calling, and he said, “Coach at ‘The U’? I already am coaching at ‘The U’, baby. RU, BITCH.” He then pounded his chest, pulled down his windbreaker to show off the portrait of Marco Battaglia he has tattooed on his chest, and shoved Donna Shalala’s face. Or, he did exactly what he’s doing in that video to your right. One of the two.
Either way, the guy’s a stud. I’m not saying that there’s no other coach out there who could have success at Rutgers… but you know, a lot of other coaches tried there, and the success rate isn’t real high. If Schiano left, chances were that Rutgers stay in the land of respectability would be a short one.
I’m glad that won’t be the case. It looks like Schiano is choosing the pride he takes in building a program, pretty much from the ground up, over the money and prestige that the Miami job would bring. That’s a decision to be applauded. And that’s not to say that if he went the other way and took the Miami job, that he should be criticized… I’d never begrudge a coach a chance to make more money and advance his career. It’s just nice to see Schiano willing to see things through at Rutgers.
I mentioned in the Smorgasbord that I thought Jon Gruden opting to kick a field goal on the last play of the Steelers/Bucs game was kind of a bitch move. As it turns out, it’s not just bitch, it’s historically bitch.
No one has kicked a field goal on the last play of a game to avoid a shutout since Mose Schrute Kelsch kicked a 21-yarder to get a 3-3 tie for his Pittsburgh Pirates against the Brooklyn Dodgers (and yes, it was a football game) in 1933. And even then, Mose’s was to get his team a tie.
Gruden said he made the decision so that Bruce Gradkowski, a Pittsburgh-area native, would be able to “come away with something positive” from his first NFL game in the ‘Burgh. I understand wanting to protect your quarterback’s psyche (and ultimately, none of this is a big deal to me), but I don’t know how exactly that was accomplished with a last-second field goal… is Gradkowski also the kicker?
If you really want him to forget what happened, slip him a roofie and then pound him in the head with a hammer for about 45 minutes. Or, do him. I don’t think a meaningless field goal is going to obscure the fact that he just got his ass whooped up and down the banks of the Monongahela.
The link comes courtesy of the brand spanking new 65isbetterthan2, a promising young sports blog that’s about 36 hours old.
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