Heisman Selection Committee, Voters Getting Lazier and Lazier

Heisman Selection Committee, Voters Getting Lazier and Lazier

Personally, I think its offensive that the Heisman trophy winner is always given to an offensive player, typically a quarterback. Often times the Heisman winner isn't really even one of the top three quarterbacks at the collegiate level. I am not saying that the Heisman should go to whatever player is most NFL ready, but I think its a crock that the quarterback for the best college team for a particular season, routinely wins the Heisman Trophy. Gino Torretta winning  in 1992 and Danny Wuerffel winning in 1996 seem to fit the bill here.
Torretta defeating Marshall Faulk for the Heisman in '92 is certainly one of the bigger travesties in Heisman history. Torretta was in a great system, and wasn't a great player. First of all, he is playing for one of the better programs, and had three star wide receivers (Kevin Williams, Lamar Thomas, Horace Copeland) to throw to and they were all drafted ahead of him in the NFL. Since Torretta was a senior, and Faulk a sophomore, many voters voted for Torretta, figuring Faulk would win the Heisman the following year. Ignorance is bliss. Wuerffel also had three great wide receivers (Ike Hilliard, Jacquez Green, Reidel Anthony) who would play in the NFL, so his winning the Heisman was the product of being in a great system at the time, not being a great player.

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Flags getting excessive on excessive celebrations

I am watching the LSU/Georgia last week, and while it was a bit of a low scoring snoozefest for three quarters, things started to really get interesting in the final stanza. The teams traded touchdowns with Georgia scoring in the first minute of the quarter, and then LSU returning the favor 13 minutes later. So with a little more than a minute remaining in the game, Georgia records a 16 yard touchdown pass and as a natural reaction, the players celebrate their touchdown. Nothing over the top, just a group of guys clapping their hands and hugging each other, happier than normal considering there is is barely a minute remaining in the contest, and they just scored the go-ahead points (making the score 13-12). So what does one of the referees do, throw a flag on the Bulldogs and penalize them 15 yards for excessive celebration.  Just 15 seconds later, LSU miraculously breaks off a 33 yard touchdown run to now the lead the game 20-13. The LSU players are naturally going bonkers, jumping up and down, and their undefeated season and top five ranking are still intact. Guess what one of the referee does, throws his flag. Cmon. Give me a break.
I gotta think that a good majority of these officials played the game of american football themselves competitively for quite some time. Well I am sure if they were true competitors that they realize that flags shouldnt be thrown in situations like this. I can understand if during one of the two excessive celebration infractions again... [More]

I paid my taxes, why do I keep seeing Matt Millen on TV?

Perry's Perspectives -I Paid My Taxes, Why Do I Keep Seeing Matt Millen on TV?

You have to question why ESPN and the ABC television network would hire former Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen so quickly after he was terminated by the NFL team. Did they think that a person such as Millen would be a hot commodity after assembling a team that was the first in NFL history to compile a 0-16 regular season record?

ABC did a good job of cleaning out their closet when they replaced Tony Kornheiser with Jon Gruden in the Monday Night Football booth earlier this year. Broadcasts often became difficult to endure when Kornheiser rambled on about Brett Favre or something else that had nothing to do with the game at hand. Gruden has a great personality and will appeal to both the person who watches football occassionally, but is also someone who garners a whole lot more respect from the astute football follower as well. The reasoning behind this is simple: Gruden is a winner as a leader, and Millen is a loser.  So what if Matt Millen calls a good NFL game, a ton of people can announce a decent sporting event. What separates a decent announcing crew from a great one is having a football mind in the booth that knows the game. Fox has it with Jimmy Johnson in the booth, and Troy Aikman calling games. Same with NBC with Tony Dungy in the booth, and Cris Collinsworth announcing Sunday night games.

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Perrys Perspectives - NFL Week 1: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

NFL Week 1: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

The Good: The Good teams don't appear to be as good as oddsmakers might have thought, especially teams in the AFC. The Steelers opened up the regular season campaign at home with a hard fought overtime win over Tennessee. The Steelers running offense looked horrenedous versus the Titans, and Ben Roethlisberger will need more support from his running mates if the Steelers want to hoist their seventh Vince Lombardi trophy in February. On Monday night, for 55 minutes, the Patriots did not even remotely resemble the squad that oddsmakers considered the clear cut team to win the Super Bowl.
The Bad: The Bad are not as bad as we thought. Lets start with the worst from last year, the winless Lions. Detroit didnt cover last week against the Saints and let Drew Brees throw for six TDs. This team will improve record wise no matter what, but they will give enough of a consistent effort throughout this season that will impress even the most skeptical Lions fan. The Kansas City Chiefs should really be commended for there effort against the Ravens, considering they didnt even have their starting QB Matt Cassel
The Ugly: I am amazed many subpar and selfish starting quarterbacks there are in the NFL. Jake Delhomme almost had a worse day in week 1 in the 38-10 loss to Philly (4 INTs) than he did in last year's 33-13 playoff loss to the Cardinals (5 INTs).  If JaMarcus Russell really wants to improve the Raiders chance of winnin... [More]

Is Boxing Almost Down for the Count?

I understand why MMA has passed boxing in terms of popularity.

There are more ways to win a match, plus you can still knock out your opponent with one punch, just like with boxing.

When I visited Las Vegas in July last year, I saw firsthand that MMA has not only passed boxing, but its lapped it a few times.

I was tempted to go to UFC 86 (Rampage Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin), but when I saw it was going to be $500 just to get in, I balked.

Then I saw on the same night as UFC, that there was going to be a boxing match between Ricardo Torres and Kendall Holt to decide the WBO light welterweight title.

I could get fifth-row tickets for $150 each. Sign me up. While I have never been to a MMA event, I hadn’t been to a boxing match, either.

While 11,000 people were going bonkers at Mandalay Bay before the start of the UFC event, Planet Hollywood was listless, as there may have been 4,000 people at the boxing event.

In between fights, Paris Hilton shockingly made a cameo, something that Showtime obviously paid big bucks for. The crowd was amused actually.

Earlier in the day, I went to Imperial Palace and made a bet on the "Total Rounds" the fight would go. I bet over 9.5, figuring I would either see a few knockdowns or win some money. After seeing the 2/1 underdog Torres knock down Holt twice in the first 30 seconds, and then Holt knockout Torres 30 seconds later, I had never been so happy to lose a bet before.
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Hey Lesnar, UFC isn't the WWE

Brock Lesnar had something to prove at UFC 100 on Saturday night. He had only been in a grand total of four UFC matches, yet he was already heavyweight champion. The critics were out there, as Lesnar certainly had an easy route to the championship. Many had thought Frank Mir should have received the tile shot against Randy Couture in UFC 91. After all, Mir defeated Lesnar just 9 months prior.   Lesnar's actions this past weekend were ludicrous. First of all, he decided not to shake Mir's hand before the fight began. Then after he defeated Mir to retain the championship, he decided to flip off the crowd for quite some time. But Lesnar didnt stop there. He then went into some tirade about how he doesn't drink Budweiser because they don't sponsor him, and how he feels so good that he might even decide to lay on top of his wife, former WWE diva Sable.   Frank Mir did say some choice words for Brock in the days prior to their fight. The gist of what he said was that the UFC is not the WWE, which is the truth. Yet, this somehow enraged Lesnar so much that he acted the way he did.   When I first saw Lesnar acting like such a buffoon, I was thinking that UFC prez Dana White was possibly pushing him to be this way, in an effort to make him look like a heel (bad guy) in pro wrestling. But after hearing how White was enraged at Lesnar's actions, I now realize that despite winning his match, that Lesnar is the biggest loser in the sport at this moment.   ... [More]