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Did you ever catch yourself doing something you have done most of your life and suddenly wonder why you do it? You know, like not clicking in the seat belt until you hit the first red light or offering to help someone you don’t like?

I spend 8-12 hours a week watching NFL football. Between you and me, my twice-weekly contributions to DIS are not the reason why.

I love the game; have ever since I was a pup. Safe bet, I’ll never stop watching. But I found myself watching the NFL network last month and decided to keep an informal tally

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The most shocking development stemming from the recent troubles of one Eldrick Woods Jr. is anybody–namely the, smug pundits and pundettes hawking their psychological snake oil on national television, and especially Tiger’s wife, Elin Nordegren–finding Mr. Woods behavior the least bit shocking.

A woman who believes she can marry perhaps the richest, most famous, and sought after male “celebrathlete” in the world and not someday have to confront his marital infidelity makes as much sense as a man who marries the Playmate of the Year believing other wealthier, famous, or more powerful men with greater status will not notice, target, and pursue his woman–and break that man’s legs to bed her.

Yes, we are all human beings possessing the wonderful gifts of reason and free will, but we are also a species subject to biological drives we cannot deny.

For our female friends, their drive can be stated as the following general proposition:

Continue Reading Tiger And His Tail

So the NCAA college football regular season is finally over. Before I’m called out on the veracity of that statement, yes, there is one game remaining, Army-Navy. Often an afterthought, the traditional service academy rivalry game does indeed have bearing on this year’s post-season; if Army wins, the Black Knights will have the chance to play Temple in the Eaglebank Bowl instead of the UCLA Bruins. Regardless of how good the two teams are, Army-Navy is a great rivalry, always fun to watch.

Otherwise, for all intents and purposes, the bowl season table has been set, and the BCS will once again crown a “so-called” winner whose ascendance will one again be questioned by the college football fanbase at large. The need for a playoff once again rears it yearly head, this season thrusting a new argument into the mix–too many undefeated teams!

To be fair, both Alabama and Texas are worthy contenders for the throne. But with five undefeated squads entering the post-season and a guarantee that at least two (if not three) will remain that way after their respective bowls, any such trophy will, deservedly, be questioned.

That having been said, the bowl selection fallout has resulted in some intriguing and unprecedented developments. For the first time ever:

Continue Reading Bowl Challenges Set

WHO IS REALLY TOUGHER… DUMBER?

Look for a culture clash in NFL locker rooms for the next couple of years… Between concussed players who rightly see the necessity, and have the toughness, to say, “My head’s not right, I’m not playing,” and the young guys who earned their helmet dings showing they were toughest by returning to the field as fast as possible even if they couldn’t focus on the Jumbo-Tron.

Hopefully, the issue will be no more disruptive than the helmet/mouth guard brou-ha-ha in the NHL. Sidney Crosby has more original teeth and less brain tapioca than does Bobby Clark. So, the question is: would you rather be tough and carry around a drool bucket or be smart and able to eat corn on the cob?

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NOVEMBER GOLDEN TAMPON AWARD

The nominees:

• Josh McDaniels or Roger Goodell, after McDaniels apologized for–or was forced to apologize for–an “MF” bomb dropped on the Broncos sideline during a nationally televised game. However, the young coach’s apology sounded so sincere and well spoken, we might for a moment believe it came from his heart and not an edict from Herr Roger.
• Any, pundit, player, coach, or commentator who whines about a team “running up the score.” Ironically, our November winner has been accused of doing exactly that against most NFL teams…
• Bill Bellichick wins in a landslide. We take the position that if you can’t stop a team from scoring, you ought to blame your defense for sucking. We also believe you play until the game is over and last Monday Night Billy Boy and his Patriots crapped out like a weighted pair of dice. Five minutes to play and you take Brady out…? Maybe Robert Kraft oughtta change the pats logo to a white flag…

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