Like the title of this blog suggests, I spend an insane amount of time watching, listening to, talking about, and reading about sports. However, only 15-20% of whats in my head actually makes it here to the site for various reasons (i.e. laziness), but this is a random nugget that I felt compelled to share.

I watch “NFL Matchup” on ESPN alot, and my eyes are always drawn to Merrill Hoge’s hair… because it looks really weird like he’s wearing a hairpiece. So I head over to google and I take a shot in the dark on Merrill Hoge’s hair and I get a few results. Yes, there are other people in the world who talk about and laugh at Merrill Hoge’s toupee.

But during that search I found something else, a review of the 2003 NFL Draft. The author of this particular article thought Rex Grossman was a fine choice for Chicago, and refuted the claims that Rex would turn out to be a bust for the Bears.

“The biggest knock on Grossman was that he likes to party (who doesn’t?) and that Bill Walsh said in a Sports Illustrated article that he makes “catastrophic mistakes”. This, from the man who just hired Dennis “Mr. Catastrophic Mistake” Erickson to be the Niners head coach.

The defense rests.”

Oh boy oh boy… .was Bill Walsh right or WHAT? Rex Grossman singlehandedly lost the Super Bowl for Chicago a few years ago by committing several “catastrophic mistakes” in the biggest game of his career. If the GM in Chicago had only agreed with Walsh (who is considered one of the greatest football minds ever)…. history may have turned out differently.

The Star Telegram is reporting that Terrell Owens and Jason Witten were involved in an altercation during a team meeting on Friday.

The subject of the meeting?

How to ignore the various reports coming out of the media and prevent distractions from the task at hand. ESPN’s Ed Werder has successfully created a story based on “anonymous sources”, and relied on the dysfunctional locker room to actually bring it to life. Brilliant.

This is comparable to you or me finding a married couple with a troubled relationship and whispering “ya know, someone told me that your wife might be doing something on the side”, and then watching the ensuing argument unfold before your eyes. I’m not the only person who believes that the majority of this “controversy” is media created, check out this video of a Dallas fan going off on Ed Werder.

For those of you who aren’t in the know, Terrell Owens doesn’t like Ed Werder, and hasn’t been speaking to him all season. So at the end of the season Ed was the one who breaks this story of T.O. having a meeting with Jason Garrett based on anonymous sources.

Video courtesy of Larry Brown Sports

Barack sat down with Boomer for one of his last TV interviews before tomorrow’s election… check it out. Remember to go vote you guys…. I will be doing so at 7am tomorrow!

Q. When does mixing middle aged white people and rap music stop being funny?
A. NEVER!

I do give Mike Golic credit for knowing the song is actually Fat Joe’s and not Lil Waynes. Having kids who are in college has it’s advantages.

I caught this excellent post over on Sports On My Mind that asks why ESPN purposely decided not to cover a story that paints Brett Favre in a bad light. In case you aren’t familiar with the news this week, Favre has been accused of calling the Detroit Lions coaches and giving them insider info about the Green Bay Packers offense.

Instead of putting the story on their site immediately like they do with everything else, ESPN didn’t bother covering it.

Just to give you a frame of reference, SOMM says ESPN has posted 24 Pacman Jones stories this week. Hell, they even had a story about Marcus Vick’s legal troubles…. talk about scraping the bottom of the barrell for material.

Why is ESPN protecting Favre?
Has the story not been included just because FOX’s Jay Glazer broke the news?

Speak on it.