I Support Ed Hochuli

The man screwed up bad. Cut him some slack, San Diego still blew that game in every manner possible. It sucks, it's not college football where you can't come back from a loss, and he admitted the mistake right away. The rule that a whistle nullifies a play is dumb. Fix it and cut Ed, one of the officials who deserves respect, a break. I was glad to see that an ESPN sportsnation poll showed 94 percent of people agree with me. The other six can make love to an old shoe.

Pat Forde may alos make love to an old shoe. I hold a particular disdain for his college football article, one of the reasons this site exists is because I think college football analysts are in large part demented, but I have to call him on saying that Big 12 QBs are the gold standard for college quarterbacks. There are a lot of system quarterbacks, ask anyone who has watched Chase Daniel, Graham Harrell, Todd Reesing, Josh Freeman, or Zac Johnson play. There are good teams that have played garbage teams like Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska. The rest don't even merit mention. If the Big 12 is really the quarterback cradle, why don't we hear any NFL draft buzz about them? Stats, which is what Forde uses to prove his point, are a poor indicator of skill or greatness in college football. Did somebody say Colt Brennan? I swear someone just mentioned Colt Brennan for some reason.

I started writing this friday, before incompetent officiating cost the Bears a win today. Here's the scenario: Some no-name Bucs lineman started throwing punches at Adewale Ogunleye while he was on the ground after a failed third down attempt in OT. A scuffle occurs, and about 10 Bucs players rush the field. Peanut Tillman comes over and promptly drops one Buc while several other scuffles occur. Only Tillman gets a 15 yard penalty and a first down. Three questions: How do you miss the blatant punches being thrown at Ogunleye while he's on the ground? How do you ignore the fact that several Bucs players came on to the field and jumped into the fray? How do you not call only Tillman when you know it's going to turn the game around and the Bucs were clearly at fault? Are these refs retarded? (That doesn't count as a fourth question because I am speaking rhetorically and know that the refs are retarded). Here's an idea for officials: if nobody would call it in a pickup game, you don't call it. Unless it's a spectacularly cheap shot, don't call it.

College essays suck my balls.

It's time for a new funny show. Family Guy, The Simpsons, and South Park haven't been funny in 3 years now. Futurama is underrated but falls short. I love seasons 1-5 of Scrubs but 6 and 7 were disappointing. Drama shows are always hamstrung by the fact that the good guy must win and I can't keep interest because of that. Get on it Hollywood.

What was the Ryder Cup upset equivalent to in terms of a real sport?

Charlie Weis getting caught cheating is funny. Slob.

I may not write again soon as I have a busy week trying out for the Steelers offensive line, Bears quarterback, Raiders head coach, and international assassin bent on taking out Jeremy Trueblood. Look his sorry ass up.