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Eli Manning on the Letterman Show

This Made Me Laugh

What is Cheating? My Thoughts on "SpyGate"

What is cheating? I had a fun conversation with a friend of mine where I called Bill Belichick a cheater. My friend told me that he didn’t consider him a cheater. He asked me how it was different than scouting a team. My answer was simple, “Scouting is legal, taping the other teams coaches is not legal.” I have quite a few New England fans, and they all seem to be deflecting rather than defending their beloved coaches actions. One guy employed the, “Well, they thought they were being taped, too!” defense.  Numerous others have told me, well they didn’t gain an advantage in the game they were caught in, so it’s not a big deal. I have to admit this bothers me. Maybe, I’m naive. Maybe, I’m just dumb, but I really believe that honor matters. That winning inside the rules of the game matters. To me, if I knowingly break the rules I’m cheating. If there are rules that don’t make sense, then I say change them but until they do, if I break them in an effort to get an advantage I am cheating. If I fail to get an advantage then I am just inept at cheating, but it’s still cheating.
Now, most of these conversations happened before the alleged taping of the Saints Super Bowl walk through. I’ve always wondered how Belichick went from what he did in Cleveland to what he did in New England and I will be the first to admit that ascribing all of his recent success to cheating would be sophomoric and over simplistic but for those Bellicheck defenders I have a serious question. If it turns out that these allegations are true and that they did videotape the walk through was that cheating? How many rules can you break before it’s cheating? One of the most remarkable things about this run by this team has been those plays where the defender seemed to know better than the receivers what was coming. Those last minutes drives where it didn’t seem the defense could muster anything to keep the Patriots from methodically marching down the field and winning the game. If --and I realize at this point it’s merely allegations-- the Patriots did indeed videotape the Saints walk-through then they should be punished. Belichick should be suspended for at least a season. To me, it is irrelevant if they gained an advantage or not, they broke the rules.
Ok Pats fans and those who wish to defend Bill, tell me these three things:
Was videotaping the coaches hand signals, which is blatantly spelled out in the rules as illegal cheating?
Was video taping (again if it happened) the Saints walk-though cheating?
How many rules can you break before you’re considered to be cheating?

I’ll get to the whole Bellicheck getting out-coached last night another time.

What Was That Mike Lamson?

Giants Win!!!
Bill leaves early!!! Hahahahahahahah
Never count against NY, baby!!!

Did Plax Just Cost the Giants the Super Bowl?

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Why say this? Just shut up and let your play talk for you.

For Bruce Gerencser

My fanhood has been called into question so I offer this as a small sampling of my hat collection.

Roger Clemens and Ken Rosenthal:Who's Acting Hypocritical?

I know the majority of my readers here don't like sports, and I promise I won't be linking to my baseball blog every time that I post but for those who do like sports, I offer these thoughts in regards to Roger Clemens and the PED scandal.

Quick, prove that Elves don’t exist. Better yet, prove that you’ve never hit a child in anger. Go ahead and deny it. I’ll just say your not telling the truth. If my name is Ken Rosenthal, I’ll say that unless you take the kid leveling the accusation to court, I cannot believe you. I’ll shroud myself if in a cocoon of mock self-righteousness like a caterpillar. Then when you do file that lawsuit, I’ll blather on and on about how your defense sounds just like all the...

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If You Watch Mike and Mike in The Morning

This is funny stuff. If you don't like sports, or don't watch M & M or don't have a sense of humor don't click on that link. :)

Honestly

The Steelers make me sick. I don't know why I cheer for them.

I am So sick of hearing about how the SEC is so much better than the Big 10!

There is so much wrong with college football and the BCS. How many games does LSU need to lose before people stop saying that they deserve a chance at the National Championship. No longer are things decided on the field, instead they are decided by opinion. I think it stinks. Evidently, I'm not the only one. Go here and listen to "Irish Dave's Podcast."
Of course there are those that think podcasting may be dead. :)