Weed Water Bottles and NFL Head Coaches

Did anyone see SNL tonight? The Weekend Update segment about Mike Vick was hilarious, and I wholeheartedly recommend everyone to go on youtube and find it...because it is so true. Also, isn't it strange that as soon as the Falcons are without a head coach, here comes marijuana and their star QB combining to make a story. It's like a kid going off to college, without the direct influence of his father at home, pulling some ridiculous stunt like trying to smuggle a tiny bit of marijuana onto a plane (to borrow SNL's joke, smuggling an illegal substance by hiding it within another illegal substance). Where was the thought? Where was the logic?

Anyway, I want to make quick mention of two head coach signings, one good, one bad.

The Cardinals got the perfect coach, and this time next year, everyone is going to be calling Ken Whizenhunt the new Eric Mangini. All the offensive pieces are in place in Arizona except for the one key component--offensive line. This is what Whizenhunt will look to fix immediately, by any means necessary, he will improve the O-Line. You improve the O-Line, and just watch the fireworks explode. Then, in the great tradition of the Steel Curtain (though I am not suggesting any sort of replica in the desert), the Cardinals D is going to start showing up as well and the whole team will improve.

The converse of this logic is that, sort of like the Madden Curse where the athlete will follow his appearance on the cover with a terrible injury-plagued year, the Arizona Cardinals are a cursed franchise and the team that experts across the country, including yours truly, tab to be the new Cinderellas (again), will implode worse than that Bears game I was able to watch in person, thanks to the Positioning Group.

It's a great stadium out there, the fans are thirsty, and Ken Whizenhunt is a great choice to raise a good team out of the desert sand. Finally, right?

Then, on the other hand, you have the Dolphins. I know I started off this coaches talk by saying one signing was good and the other bad, but let me retract that statement a bit. I was just a little surprised. Nothing about Cam Cameron screams, NFL coach. Sure, he was the offensive coordinator for the Chargers. Um, hand the ball off to Tomlinson, win the game. I think I could handle those duties. He had a pretty bad collegiate career, and I mean, being with Marty these last few years, do you think Marty's luck has rubbed off? We speak of the Cardinals being cursed, but what about Marty?

Still, he seems like the kind of coach that is able to weasel his way into the organization, to work with everybody, to be relatively popular with the players, to make his team show up on Sundays...I just don;t see big things for him as a coach or for the team. Maybe they'll go 8-8, maybe they'll make playoffs, but they aren't going far.

That's just the truth.

Now, in about 12 hours or so, we have the Saints VS the Bears, and then, Colts Patriots Round Whatever. I love Colts/Patriots games, and is this the year that Manning pulls out a victory? Is it? I can't stand the wait...

Oh yeah, sleep. Easy way to knock off 8 hours. Will do, this is CollegeBoy saying goodnight and hopes for a great bunch of games tomorrow--though, historically speaking, these championship games usually fizzle more than do any sort of bang, but let's hope for some good, close games. C'mon NFL, you have been great all year long. This is not the time to stop.

Night folks.