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UConn's Women Win 69th Straight....

2010-03-02T08:41:00.005-05:00

The UConn Huskies Women's basketball team brought their record to (30-0) last night with a win over Notre Dame. (the number after the dash is for how many people care)

Kudos to the Huskies Women's basketball team on going undefeated in the always powerful Big East. But, until women start playing against the men, I still will not watch women's basketball.

If every male athlete came down with a serious case of worms, there were no male sports for a month, and ESPN aired middle school chess tournaments and ESPN2 showed the undefeated UConn Huskies Women's basketball team vs. the undefeated Tennessee Volunteers, I would rather watch a sixth grader think for 12 minutes to move his pawn one spot forward than watch basketball in slow motion. (women's basketball)

It's nothing against women or them being less athletic than men, inferior, or any other male chauvinism. It's because women's basketball is not interesting. It's slower, they shoot at a lower percentage, and they can't dunk (minus a handful of players).

I don't give my girlfriend (a lot of) crap for not wanting to watch baseball, football, or men's basketball with me. I don't call her sexist or feminist for it. She just doesn't find it interesting. But, I don't see her turning on the T.V. to watch the Connecticut women play basketball.

I may be a lone wolf here. You all may actually care. But, I don't want ESPN wasting even a headline on their main page for a women's basketball game, unless someone bitch-slapped someone.

Damn Canada

2010-03-01T09:04:00.003-05:00

Just when the United States of America was in all its glory, bringing itself out of recession, electing its first black President, and sending its most recognizable athlete to sex-addicts anonymous, Canada just HAD to go and ruin it by beating us in our favorite sport.

On the 28th of February in the year of 2010, Canada officially made this personal, beating the United States hockey team 3-2 in overtime. No one comes into OUR country and beats us in OUR sport on OUR ice. It's officially on, Canada.

You think that, just because the world let you run with the big boys, you can just go on and win the gold? The US athletes have kids and families back at home. How are they supposed to feed their kids with a silver medal? I guess you just expect them to go back to work at their measly 7 figure jobs. It's ok. We'll get you back. See you in 4 years, Canada.

Sportsaholics Fantasy Baseball League

2010-02-25T09:12:00.002-05:00

Sportsaholics.net is running a fantasy baseball league (or 4). The scoring system will be like football where you get certain amounts of points for hits, doubles, wins, etc. If you want to join, shoot me your email at smalik06@vt.edu or comment on this post with your email and I'll send you an invitation.

If anything doesn't make sense or you have beef with the scoring or positions, let me know and I'll consider a change.

Players' Union Says "No" to Needles

2010-02-24T13:49:00.005-05:00

NFL executives have proposed a plan to the NFL Players Association for HGH testing and the Players' Association isn't O.K. with the athletes being blood tested. HGH is merely a rule violating substance that would enhance players' ability to perform their job. I can't see why the league would be so against it. And, blood testing? OMG! Needles are inhumane! How dare the employers of million dollar athletes want to make sure that their employees are playing by the rules!

I am a server at a "fine dining" establishment. My job is to serve our guests and make them happy. Now, I could better perform this major task of my job by giving the guests free food. I could slip the 15 year-olds some shots of Jager and maybe dribble some Viagra in Grandpa Ricky's coffee; get them all riled up. They'd be a happy bunch and they'd certainly come back again. (especially Grandma Jean) Hell, I'd be happier during work if I downed a few Rum-and Cokes before clocking in.

And, if my manager asks if I'd been drinking, I'll tell him that the Servers' Union would prefer him to email me any questions he has about my substance abuse. Face-to-face questioning is not desired.

Unions were created to protect employees from their employers' unethical practices, protect mothers from losing their jobs while they're squeezing out future generations of unneeded younglings, and to ensure that 9 year olds aren't getting paid 25 cents an hour to perform manual labor. (even though the lack of manual labor in preteens is what's wrong with today's generation)

Unions shouldn't be created to protect multi-million dollar athletes from following the rules set forth by their employer who's paying them millions of dollars.

Put the NFL on the Bench

2010-02-11T10:07:00.005-05:00

Take a deep sigh, everyone, because football is over for the time being. All we have left to hold onto are the annual story lines of "Favre-Watch," "Who will be stupid enough to sign T.O. this year," and "Which quarterback will get a ridiculously overpriced contract in the 2010 NFL Draft."

But, don't fret my friends. Because, if we're lucky;

The Redskins might sign an overrated free agent to a historically high contract

Kurt Warner will finally retire and we'll get to officially watch Matt Leinart fail on center stage

Favre will fake an injury to excuse his final interception of the season and future return to the Vikings after training camp

We'll get to watch everlasting coverage of college grads running routes and blocking dummies and Mel Kiper's 20th mock draft of the week. Why don't we let football go? Just for a couple months. It won't hurt that bad.

Yes, you may cry yourself to sleep every night, but it's better than watching 24 hours of ESPN analysts analyzing each other's analyzations of the back-up left guard from West-Central Louisiana Tech University.

The Washington Capitals lost their first game in 14 contests. Syracuse has been dominating the basketball world since being shunned from the NCAA Tournament 2 out of the last 3 years. North Carolina Basketball is in turmoil. The Olympic National basketball team roster has been announced. These are all more intriguing things to think about than Mel Kiper's projected 5th round selection by the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL Draft.

Come on, coach, take NFL out of the game and put him on the bench for a while.

Learn the Difference

2009-12-30T17:01:00.004-05:00

An end-around and a reverse are two football plays that involve handing the ball to the receiver. National commentators who are payed to talk about the game aren't smart enough to tell the difference. Here's the difference....

An end-around is a play where the quarterback fakes the hand-off to the running back and the split-end (or "end") comes "around" and gets the hand-off.

A reverse is a play where the quarterback hands the ball off wide to the running back and he hands it off to the wide receiver. If the wide receiver then hands it off to another player, it's called a double-reverse.

So, next time you're watching a game with a bunch of people and the commentators get this wrong (which they do at least once a game), you can sound intelligent by correcting them. But, if you're watching it with your girlfriend, she probably won't appreciate the tidbit of knowledge as much as you'd wish.

Larry Johnson to be a Bengal

2009-11-17T09:25:00.005-05:00

A long-overdue signing of Larry Johnson will take place today. The Cincinnati Bengals are rumored to pick up the running back, who the Chiefs dropped a week ago, as insurance to a banged up Cedric Benson. Problem is, Johnson hasn't had a good year since 2006. If football was like dating, dude would be considered "out of the game."

My guess is he woo'ed the Bengals with some sweet pick up lines like, "I'd like to be the starting running back on YOUR first place team." Or, "I'd like to run the ball between YOUR two tackles!" (I could come up with these all day) Then, Johnson slipped 'em a few drinks and told 'em how beautiful they are in their black and orange, they giggled, and WHAM, he's got a date. Pick me up at 4:15 on Sunday, Larry.

Hey I’m Jay -- how do you like me so far?

2009-11-13T12:02:00.001-05:00

Obscure T.V. reference aside, the answer to that is pretty clear. This guy was supposed to be an elite quarterback. He was hailed as the most prolific and talented QB to be acquired by the Bears in THREE decades (I guess John Clayton can be wrong sometimes). All he has accomplished so far is making the Broncos look smart and the Bears look like… Da Bears. He’s still throwing a huge number of times (37.5) a game and completing a very nice 62.4 of those attempts. He’s on pace to break 4000 yards again if he can keep up his 261.4 yards a game. He is also on pace to demolish Rex Grossmans 20 INT season (2006) regarded as the worst Chicago QB INT stat in two decades (Bob Avellini threw 18 in only 14 games in 1979). He’s got 17 in 9 games putting him on pace to break 30.

The Bears lost a tough gritty team player who can take criticism (Orton) and two first round draft picks (and a 3rd) for someone who is a whiner, is not a leader and had one (arguably) good regular season. He’s never won a playoff game and arguably just throws the ball down the field and hopes his receivers can catch it. The Bears could have gotten Daunte Culpepper or Michael Vick to do that and spent less money and picks. And at least they could have had a fall back excuse if they gave the reins to Michael Vick. Look at how many miraculous catches Hester and Knox have come up with. Miraculous catches are amazing because usually the ball is thrown poorly. So the Bears have next to nothing to draft with, and their defense is terrible meaning Cutler has to throw more and more, which makes INT’s more probable. Let’s not even get into the difference in money Cutler is being paid versus Orton.

In the end just blame the Bears defense, that’s what Denver blamed for not making the playoffs. Remember Jay Cutler *is* an elite QB. We promise…

Wombat

3 Ways to Become a Famous Women's Soccer Player

2009-11-12T10:55:00.005-05:00

There's 3 ways a women's soccer player can become famous:

1. Take your top off.

2. Be ridiculously good

3. Karate-chop a bitch in the throat

Give Michigan Another Year

2009-11-12T09:37:00.003-05:00

With a 5-5 record in the overrated Big 10, Tate Forcier, Rich Rodriguez, and the struggling Michigan Wolverines have lost 5 straight conference games and are in danger of missing out on Bowl Season. They travel to Wisconsin to take on the Badgers this weekend and head to Ohio State for the last game of the season.

Lloyd Carr ran the Michigan program into the ground a few years ago and it's up to Rodriguez to fix it. Using mostly players recruited by Carr and switching from Carr's traditional run/play action system to his own spread system, Rodriguez was only able to win 3 games in 2008. It is only his second year as the Wolverines' coach, however, and it'll take a year or two more for the players that he recruited to learn the system and succeed.

My father's rule of thumb; when a team enters the rebuilding phase (if done correctly), it takes until Year 3 before you see a finished product. So, if Michigan is patient with Richy, this football team will be scoring 60+ points-per-game like the Mountaineers of years past.

Brady Quinn Starting for Cleveland

2009-11-10T12:48:00.005-05:00

A quarterback rating of 98.3 isn't so bad, right? Well, if you add the ratings of Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn together, that's what you get. With Anderson playing less-than-satisfactory over the past 6 weeks, Brady Quinn has won the quarterback competition this week. But, to call Anderson/Quinn a quarterback "competition" would be like calling women's basketball "interesting." What I'm trying to say is; Cleveland's quarterback situation is a joke. (and, minus Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker, so is the WNBA)

Browns' QB's have combined for a total of 3 TD passes and 12 interceptions and have been sacked 19 times....

I'm just going to quit talking about the Cleveland Browns because no one cares. The only reason I began writing this was to have an excuse to post a picture of Brady Quinn's girlfriend.

LJ Going Once, Going Twice, SOLD to the Worst Team Available

2009-11-10T09:13:00.004-05:00

Larry Johnson was cut by the Kansas City Chiefs this week after Johnson criticized coaches and sucked at football. The last few weeks in Kansas City were like any normal breakup for Larry. He was sleeping on the couch while neither party was getting any.... rushing yards. The Chiefs dropped to 1-7 with a loss to the Jaguars and back-up RB Jamaal Charles gained an impressive 36 yards.

With Johnson being an eligible bachelor come 4:00 today, speculation arises to which teams will be interested. Until 4:00, however, the team with the worst record that claims Johnson will get him, assuming anyone wants him. So, who wants him? Well, Larry is in the last year of his contract, earning a measly $60,000 bonus every game on top of his $4 million base salary.

So, if I'm thinking of a team with a bad record, willing to dump money on an over-the-hill veteran with no long-term value to the organization, one team comes to mind; the Washington Redskins. Hell, they've already got one overrated veteran running back in Clinton Portis. Why not two?

The thing to consider regarding Johnson is the fact that he's in the last year of his contract with a possible uncapped year after this one. The rule of thumb is that players step it up a notch when they're signing a new contract next season. So, a team with a decent offensive line, and that eliminates the Redskins, might want to consider claiming him and getting contract-year numbers out of him before letting him hit the open market and allowing another team to over-pay for 1 and 2 yard gains. (The Redskins)

27 Championships Bought - Because They Can

2009-11-05T09:14:00.007-05:00

The American League East has historically been known as a powerhouse division, lead by the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox (the Orioles had a short run, too). With George Steinbrenner buying another Championship, is it not time for some other organizations to step up to the plate?

Many organizations believe in home-growing their players, paying them minimal salaries, putting 10,000 butts in the seats of their 45,000 seat stadium, turning a profit, and losing 80-100 games per year.

The sad thing about these teams growing their players; they'll be Yankees. Well, at least the best ones will. When those players get good, they refuse to pay them the desired salary and the Yankees swoop in and say, "we will!" Carl Crawford of Tampa Bay? He'll be a Yankee in 2011. The cream of the crop with expiring contracts, every off-season, will be handpicked and payed nicely by the Yankees until teams step up and "pay for their Championships."

Is it the Yankees fault? No. There's no rule in place to prevent the Yankees from doing so. As a matter of fact, the "tax" that teams pay for going over the salary cap gets split up between the (bad) organizations that don't.

Fans need to quit their whining. The only thing keeping other teams from competing with the 4-or-so teams that "over-pay" for players is the owners' unwillingness to do whatever it takes to hold onto its star players. Texas let A-Rod AND Mark Teixeira get away. Boston gave away Johnny Damon. Cleveland - C.C. Sabathia. Toronto - A.J. Burnett. Oakland/Chicago - Nick Swisher.

So, this goes out to the 20+ teams not competing. Quit letting your players get away, unless an empty stadium and a small profit is good enough for you and your fans.

New York Yankees - "the best team money can buy."

Championship Number 27

Brett Favre - Love or Lust?

2009-11-03T09:44:00.007-05:00

If Brett Favre needed any more motivation to beat the Packers Sunday night, 70,000 fans gave it to him. As Favre took the field that fateful evening, those that once praised him as the savior of Green Bay, named their children after him, prayed for him on Sunday mornings, and wore his jersey in adoration joined in unicen to "boo" the player that brought the Packers out of the stone age.

17 years ago, no one gave a crap about the Packers. They were coming off two straight losing seasons (6-10 and 4-12). (Vince Lombardi winning Superbowls 2000 years ago doesn't count. Football fans want wins in THEIR lifetime) Then, a drunken wreck of a person (nevertheless an NFL quarterback) is traded for a pack of matches and a tooth pick, so the Falcons can get him off their payroll. Owner Ron Wolf even had to tell the trainer to pass Favre on his physical regardless of the results.

What'd that drunk do? He won you 9 football games that year and gave you THIRTEEN straight winning seasons after that. Favre had one losing season with the Packers in 2005 and 2 years later brought them back to an NFC Championship game. Yeah, he threw a most crucial interception, but he got you there.

The next year, Ted Thompson tells Favre that he can back up Aaron Rodgers. The quarterback that gave them 15 winning seasons and a Superbowl can back up the new guy. And Packers fans are going to blame Favre for wanting out?

I think Packers fans booed because they felt they had to boo or they wouldn't be loyal to Green Bay. Well, Brett Favre IS Green Bay. Brett Favre eating breakfast is more interesting than Aaron Rodgers flying to the moon and back on a silver spoon with WiFi and meeting God along the way, only to inform America that the Man Above does nothing but smoke marijuana all day and watch reruns of Golden Girls on his 77,000 inch LCD screen (also with WiFi).

Brett Favre will unretire every year 2 weeks before the regular season and beat Green Bay twice a year until every soul in Green Bay gets down on their knees and begs him to retire a Packer.

Must-Watch Baseball?

2009-11-02T17:55:00.005-05:00

With the best football game of the week over and tonight's game going to be over at half-time, there's room for watching baseball tonight. Cliff Lee was spectacular in Game 1 for the Phillies and takes the mound against A.J. Burnett tonight in a 3-1 series. The only thing that could be more impressive than his last performance is to send him out there with no defenders; just Lee and the catcher. (Or maybe have him pitch at a bear)

This game is a toss-up. I see the Yankees winning, but not without a hell of a fight from Lee. New York won't string a bunch of hits together, so watch for a couple long balls. (and hopefully a bench-clearing brawl?) A.J. Burnett is solid and the Yankees have better bats. I'm thinking Yankees 4 - Phillies 2.

Dungy and Tebow to Washington?

2009-10-30T13:26:00.004-04:00

With the Washington Redskins falling to 2-5 and Jim Zorn all-but-fired, the 'Skins are only 9 losses away from a high draft pick. One person sure to go in the Top 5? Tim Tebow. One of the first people the Redskins will be calling to fill their head coaching vacancy? Tony Dungy. And guess who is on the Tim Tebow bandwagon.... You guessed it. Mr. Dungy.

Dungy was on the Dan Patrick Show (the third best morning sports-talk-show) this morning and had good things to say about Jesus of the Southeast. If Dungy is willing to get back into the daily grind of being a head coach and the Redskins give up on their Jason Campbell building project, can a Dungy/Tebow marriage save D.C.? Hey.... if he ends up sucking at quarterback, they can always move him to linebacker.

Virginia Tech Basketball Absent from Preseason Top 25

2009-10-29T10:55:00.006-04:00

Well, since football season is over for Virginia Tech (don't blame me, blame the system), time to talk basketball.

While preseason rankings shouldn't matter any more than Ricky Williams smoking marijuana, they're still interesting to dissect. Many of you will be interested to know that Virginia Tech has been left out of the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. If rankings were based on a team's ability to win games it's supposed to win, Virginia Tech wouldn't be in the Top 100. But, if rankings are based on a school's ability to beat other teams in the Top 25, there should be room for consideration for the Hokies.

Virginia Tech has one of the top junior classes in the ACC with Jeff Allen, Malcolm Delaney, J.T. Thompson (who nursed an injury last season), and Terrell Bell (if he learns how to shoot). Victor Davila, who showed signs of brilliance last season, and Senior Lewis Witcher provide positive options off the bench.

The problem for the Hokies, however, isn't if they can beat Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, or any teams in the ACC, but that they have games out of conference against lesser opponents that they need to go 15-or-so and 0. So, here it is....

Keys to the Hokies' Season

1) Stay Healthy
2) No losses to lesser opponent in out-of-conference games
3) Winning record in the ACC

Picks Section

2009-10-28T17:18:00.004-04:00

I've got 2 picks up for tonight. If you play CentSports, be sure to check out our picks section for some help on what to pick tonight.

Don't Be Foolish - Vikings Will Win Monday Night

2009-10-28T15:48:00.002-04:00

Every NFL fan, no matter what team they cheer for, will have their eyes glued to the T.V. this Monday. Brett Favre and the Vikings travel to Green Bay for Brett Favre's first game at Lambeau as a non-Packer. Yeah, the "Return to Lambeau" storyline will overshadow what, even without the Favre saga, would be a great Monday Night Football game. But, like it or not, that storyline is more interesting than the beginning of the NBA and NHL seasons and the World Series, COMBINED.

Many ESPNers are saying that the Packers, at home following a bye week, will have the bigger number on the scoreboard Monday Night. They are mistaken. The Packers' porous offensive line and less than satisfactory defense are being vastly overlooked. Aaron Rodgers will throw for 350 yards, but he'll have 2 interceptions to go along with his 2 or 3 touchdown passes. The Vikings are just better. That's really the only way to put it.

Who Should Phillies Throw in Game 1?

2009-10-28T13:46:00.008-04:00

As a long time fan of the Baltimore Orioles, dating back to 90's when I'd turn to Channel 11 (PBS?) to watch Brady Anderson, Baines, Surhoff, Mussina..... oh, and Ripken to watch the Orioles lead the American League East from Game 1, I can't help but to root for the Phillies tonight. But, in an unbiased perspective, the Yankees should win the World Series in 4 games. The Angels had the best chance at keeping New York from a title of any team in the league. They couldn't do it. Now, the Phillies' best chance is to switch some things up.

Why not start Pedro Martinez tonight? He's your third best starter. Give up tonight's game, when CC is going to walk all over you. Yeah, Cliff Lee may hold the Yanks to 3 or 4 runs, but Sabathia is going to hold you to 2. Put up Lee in Game 2, a much more winnable game against A.J. Burnett, who's posteason ERA is 3 runs higher than Sabathia. Now you have Hamels at home in Game 3 in a 1-1 series. Sounds like a much better idea to me.

Hokies a National Championship Home Team

2009-10-28T13:16:00.004-04:00

With Virginia Tech kissing their National Championship hopes goodbye with a 28-23 loss to Georgia Tech 11 days ago, they also put their ACC Championship hopes in the Yellow Jackets' hands. Georgia Tech must lose games against Wake Forest (4-4) and Duke (4-3) and the Hokies must win their remaining games against North Carolina, N.C. State, Maryland, and Virginia.

Beating North Carolina tomorrow night will not be a problem. Most fans saw (and enjoyed) the thrashing of Boston College at home a few weeks ago. Saying that the Hokies embarrassed the Eagles is quite an understatement. That same Boston College team came back and played Notre Dame to the wire the following week. Virginia Tech is a whole different team when playing outside of Blacksburg. That's their problem. I.E. Alabama and Georgia Tech. They're a National Championship Home Team.

Hokie Cheerleader Earns "SI Cheerleader of the Week" Honor

2009-10-28T11:53:00.005-04:00

Just a quick shout out to a fellow Hokie that got nationally recognized last week. Nicole, a senior cheerleader for Virginia Tech, was recognized with an interview and some photos. Congratulations, Nicole! Virginia Tech takes on North Carolina at Lane Stadium tomorrow night at 7:45.

Top 10 Over-used Commentator Phrases

2009-10-27T11:56:00.008-04:00

Raise your hand if commentators piss you off. If you don't have a hand, I'm sorry....

"It is very dangerous to wave to people you don't know, because what if they don't have a hand? They'll think you're cocky. "Look what I got motherfucker, this thing is useful...I'm gonna go pick something up" - Mitch Hedberg

I've compiled a rough list of commonly over-used jargon. Please, add your own in the comments.

10) "WHOOP!" - When Boomer does highlights and a player jukes someone.

9) "Asterisk" - Ever since the Barry Bonds* saga, any time someone cheats*, there's a bad* call, etc*, there's an asterisk next to everything*

8) "Gunslinger" - Every quarterback that throws a pass is a "gunslinger."

7) "Wrinkle" - When a team uses a new formation or type of play, they're adding a "wrinkle to their offense."

6) "At the end of the day"

5) "Indisputable video evidence to overturn the play" - How long will replay be in the NFL before commentators stop reminding us of this?

4) "4-down territory" - there's 100 yards of 4-down territory. On fourth down, however, many teams choose to punt or kick a field goal. It's still 4th down, whether a team throws, runs, punts, or kicks.

3) "Must-win" - When do teams take the field and say, "We don't have to win this one," with the exception of 13-2 teams in Week 17. (Or the Raiders)

2) "Football team" - "Adrian Peterson is the key player on this football team." Why is "football" necessary? When I'm watching the pregame, I do not need to be reminded that we're talking about the NFL. That's why I pushed "Select" on the "Vikings/Packers" game.

1) "As I said before" - You said a LOT of things before! You talk for a living. Commentators make 1,000 predictions a game. When one comes true, they use it for the rest of the game. "I stated earlier that Peyton Manning got sacked and that could cause some incompletions in the second half. That last incompletion was proof. I'm a genius."

STILL Buying the Redskins

2009-10-27T09:58:00.005-04:00

Contrary to my Brett Favre obsession and long-time Packer following, I'm still a SLIGHT Washington homer. So, one could say that my opinion is a little biased. I'm still buying the Redskins this week. If a stock is predicted to go up after you buy it and it goes down a little more, it's sort of a rule of thumb to buy more. I am a believer in the 'Skins, but it is necessary for me to vent on something.

Someone please explain to Jason Campbell that when you're running away from a defender, that means (and correct me if I'm wrong) that he's BEHIND you. So, 'twould not be smart to reach your arm BACK to throw a pass, with the chance of one of those guys you're running from knocking it out of your hand. And, please shave that eyebrow in between your nose and upper lip.

Take back the muffed punt by Antwaan Randel-El, the most overrated punt returner in the NFL, an unlucky interception for a TD, and the previously stated bone-head play by Campbell, and Washington would have been in Monday's game.

Vince Young to Start for Tennessee

2009-10-27T09:19:00.003-04:00

As the age of the aging quarterback withers away, the Tennessee Titans' 0-6 start has prompted a strong suggestion from owner Bud Adams to start Vince Young immediately. With Kerry Collins' 13-3 record of 2008 just a distant memory, the all-too-popular calling for the Starting QB's head begins.

Switching to Vince Young isn't going to solve the Titans' problems. Getting their defense in order is the key. 31st in the league (405 yds-per game) in yards allowed, no quarterback switch, minus Jesus, and I HAVE created "Jesus" for my Madden '10 Eagles (just think Devin Hester speed, Peyton Manning intelligence, Tom Brady accuracy, and the bad-assness of Ray Lewis), is going to turn 0-6 into 10-6.

The Titans have the 6th-ranked running game and have historically been a field-position football team. But, if their defense can't give them better field position than "wherever Mark Jones returns the kickoff to," Young will be run off the field just as fast as Collins.