Friday Awards

I've thought of a new section in the blog that will address funny and terrible moments in the sporting world from each week. (I need a name for this section and am currently accepting suggestions). So here we go with the inaugural ridiculous moments in sports from No Offense.....

Coolest youtube video:
Perfect Shot
These kids tried to throw a basketball from Texas A&M's stadium's second level, decided to go up another level and then sank the shot. These fools were invited onto ESPN to talk about their video.
No Offense......but the video looks fake and he forgot to call bank on the shot.

Coolest dream scenario come true:
Drunk Russian Goal
During a Russian soccer league match and as one team lines up for a penalty kick, a drunken fan runs onto the field and blasts the ball past a stunned goalie and then runs and celebrates the goal.
No Offense....but was it worth having the KGB "break you like mule"? Also tell your slightly slower friend to stay in the stands next time as it looks like he would follow you anywhere (no homo....).

Freak injury of the week:
Derrick Lee injures neck
Are the Chicago Cubs truly cursed? Second baseman Jeff Baker hit a two-run, walk-off homerun against San Fransico Giant's closer Brian Wilson. After first baseman Derrick Lee crossed the plate with the tying run he was slapped on the helmet by teammate and reliever Angel Guzman. Lee has had neck and back spasms all year and aggravated the injury when Guzman slapped his helmet.
No Offense......But John Madden once said, "You know, there's a rule in sports. Don't do anything great if you can't handle the congratulations." This is almost as lame as Gus Frerotte injury his neck after head butting a wall in celebration.
*Runner up goes to Marion Barber's blown tire quad injury against the Giants Sunday night.

Moment most deserving of cuss words:
Lefty Shoots 8 at 14th
Sitting at 1-under par and after hitting a great tee shot at the 14th hole, Lefty put his approach into a bunker short of the green. From there he pitched it over the green and into the rough behind the hole. From their he pitched it back into the same trap from before. After that he failed to get it out of the trap. After finally getting the ball on the green he 2-putted for an eight and finished the day at 3-over.
No Offense....but as bad of a hole was for Lefty(almost excruciating to watch), Sportscenter anchor Robert Flores made a great call of this sequence on Sportcenter's Not Top Ten alluding to this sequence from Caddyshack.
Spalding Smails: Turds.
Judge Smails: Spaulding! How many times have I spoken to you about your language?
Spalding Smails: Sorry grandpa I forgot.
*Takes another whack...
Spalding Smails: Double turds.
Judge Smails: Spaulding!

Most devastating injury/injuries of the week:
The Philadelphia Eagles are without QB Donovan McNabb, RB Brian Westbrook and WR DeSean Jackson on offense and lost MLB Stewart Bradley for an extended period of time, driving them to work-out Jeremiah Trotter?
No Offense....but with a cupcake game against Kansas City this week and an early bye week next week, leave Trotter's fossilized-self at home and get some cajones for this week (I hate the Eagles and almost all Philadelphia teams in case you didn't know and I'm not ashamed to be biased).

That's it for the first-time-around. Let me know what you think of this section/idea and please feel free to spitball more ideas in the comments section.

Draft Money Talks

I think a gleam of hope shined upon the world. Maybe an angel got their wings. But when the audio clip emerged of President Barack Obama calling Kanye West a jackass after his latest stunt at this year's Video Music Awards, everyone was simply ecstatic that someone in the spotlight said what everyone else wanted to.

Today in an article on ESPN, reporter Scoop Jackson began his article/column by comparing Kanye West's jackass-ness to that of Michael Crabtree, the only unsigned rookie from this past year's NFL draft.

Crabtree was taken 10th overall by the San Francisco 49ers which made him the second wide receiver chosen behind Maryland's Darrius Heyward-Bey (HEY BEY BEY!) who was taken 7th by the Oakland Raiders.

People in Crabtree's "camp" expected the receiver to go 5th despite the fact that he missed many workouts for teams with an ankle injury and requested money deserving of a fifth-overall pick and supposed "savior" to the teams thin receiving corps.

256 players were drafted by NFL teams this year and yet only one remains. The 49ers have offered around $20 million to Crabtree (which is a heck of a lot more than he makes sitting at home watching the games). Crabtree has threatened to sit out this season and re-enter into next season's draft in order to hopefully go higher and earn more money.


SURVEY SAYS??? XXXXXXXXXXXXX!

Crabtree is trying to hold the Niners hostage in this situation but in my opinion all he's doing is hurting his own stock.

Who is going to want to spend a first-round draft pick on this guy if there's no guarantee that he will actually sign with the team? Plus he's going to be a year out of the game! A year's worth of rust to shake off along with the eventual learning curve that all rookie's go through and this guy won't score more touchdowns than I will.

There's no doubt that Crabtree is a talented player. What he did to Texas on national television last year was simply amazing. But why cause such a stink about being the second pick taken (and five picks late according to his agents)?

Playing in the NFL is a privilege and he's lost sight of that. The Niners for their sake have never looked back at Crabtree and have started off their season 2-0. A surprising start for the team and their success only further weakens Crabtree's arguments and causes.

It's time for him to suck it up and realize that he screwed himself, and try to become part of a team that may be this year's Arizona Cardinals. San Fran may have a chance to win the NFC West (almost any team in the division has a chance). Why not make a big apology and come crawling back to a now successful team.

To Kill a Boo-Bird

If you were a Maryland Terrapins' fan this weekend, you may have booed when the team lost to Middle Tennessee State for the second time in as many years. A team that is barely qualified as Division-I defeated an ACC contender in each of the past seasons. They deserved to be booed with a pathetic effort that allowed their opponents to win on a last second field goal. Only a week before the Terps barely squeaked by James Madison, another under-qualified D-I school, in a close overtime victory.


When a team doesn't live up to their potential especially against much weaker opponents, then true fans may become unruly and begin to question their coach, ownership and especially a quarterback. When the athletes LOSE a game to worse competition, booing is a completely acceptable way to tell the team that they simply did not perform well enough.

Now contrast the collegiate team with the pros. The Redskins performed poorly in their opener against the New York Giants but still remained close enough in the game to make it respectable (they ended up losing 23-17). If they were at home last week, the boo birds would have been accepted because the team lost after playing poorly.

However I am amazed that as the Redskins took a knee to run out the clock as they defeated the St. Louis Rams 9-7, the boo birds came out again. The team that had some terrible difficulties trying to score touchdowns had officially won their first game and first home-game but that wasn't enough for fans at the game.



Being a true fan is being part of your team no matter what. When your team loses after a poor effort, booing doesn't mean you hate you team. It means you didn't like their effort and want them to step it up. Skins fans booed during the game when their team was held out of the end zone all five times they got close.

However it's never acceptable to boo after a winning effort. Competition and skill is at such a high level in the professional leagues that winning is not guaranteed ever. It may be a cliche but a win is a win. In a 16-game season, any win is a very positive step for a team. Don't boo your team because they won in an ugly way. Be proud that despite all their shortcomings in the game, they were still able to win.

Boo birds need to fly away when a team wins. There are good wins and bad wins but a win is always a million times better than a loss.

Jay Cutler and his ego

Broncos new head coach Josh McDaniels must be patting himself on the back right now. He probably bought himself a beer for having such good judgment this off season.

After quarterback Jay Cutler made a huge fuss over the firing of former coach Mike Shanahan and the hiring of McDaniels and he went head-to-head in arguments with his new coach, the Broncos finally decided to trade the whiner to Chicago to be the Bears new hurler. The Broncos got Kyle Orton as compensation but we'll get to that later.

The guy reminded me of Willie Beaman in "Any Given Sunday". Anyone who cries about their situation and then doesn't perform really needs to re-evaluate themselves. Cutler made such a fuss about his situation (which has now spread to his go-to receiver Brandon Marshall) that the only way he could justify what he did was by going out and throwing the pill around like the second-coming of Brett Favre. OK more like the 8th coming of Favre??

Cutler is a Pro Bowl-caliber quarterback. Don't get me wrong, the kid can flat-out play. Unfortunately after throwing a huge temper-tantrum over the coaching change, he really had to perform in Chi-Town. And he didn't....

Four picks including some in a still close game, taking two sacks, and throwing more tantrums than touchdowns on the field. His performance can only be described as atrocious. Cutler at one point was on the sideline just chilling and buzzing his lips while having a career-worst day.

Now do you believe in karma?

McDaniels made a great reputation for himself as offensive coordinator in New England. He orchestrated three Super Bowl wins for the Pats while helping Tom Brady become the superstar that he is today. He also helped Matt Cassel emerge out of invisibility to become a great quarterback (unfortunately he now operates in Kansas City where quarterbacks go to be hit). How could you be upset that your team brought this guy in to help you too? His track record is as good as Usain Bolt's! Cutler's ego must have been larger than the entire cast of "Biggest Loser" if he didn't want to learn from McDaniels.

If Cutler wanted to go to another city.... fine. Don't poison your team before you leave and then under-perform after you get there.

Cutler's replacement? Orton throws a game-winning touchdown with 11 seconds left to win for his team. How is that trade looking now Jay?

I understand that players move all the time in the NFL. It's part of the business and can't be changed. However when your ego becomes so over-inflated you think you're bigger than the team, go take your sorry act somewhere else. Now Chicago is without Brian Urlacher (wrist surgery) for the season and must count on cry-baby Cutler to lead them in a revamped NFC North.

There may be plenty of tears in Chicago this season and it seems like a lot of them may be from Cutler.

Let's Get Going

For all those who have ever read my blog, thank you very much and please continue to read and comment.
For those who this is their first time welcome to my revamped effort with the blog.

The past few months have been hectic (and that is a huge understatement). This may be my best venue to write and comment about the sports world so I'm going to be posting multiple times per week from now on.

Stay tuned, I will post later on Jay Cutler's performance in Week 1.