Comments on: Smart Notes 3/9/2010

By: frank

frank — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:26:12 +0000

Kudos to Tressel. It’s time coaches, players, and the general public grew up and showed some maturity when it comes to gay people: it shouldn’t matter, it’s nobody’s business.

When player’s commit crimes people often respond by saying the number of athletes committing crimes is no different than the general population — which makes sense. However, this reasoning extends to gays as well: so whatever the current accepted statistic is on the percentage of gay people in society, it is much larger than zero — which is the number of current athletes in major college programs and in the pros, who have come out. Come on, it’s obvious that there must be SOME gay athletes playing today. Why should they have to hide? Why shouldn’t they be allowed to be “authentic,” true to themselves?

It’s time for more maturity and tolerance in sports and society. Tressel is leading the way. Good for him.

By: JasonC

JasonC — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:55:14 +0000

Sanders and Okoye were beasts. I like to play with the Eagles. I would switch their plays to the run-and-shoot plays (hybrid of Detroit and Oilers), put Sherman as the RB and move Byars to the other spot which gave me kind of a 2 TE set with Jackson & Byars in the slots. Barnett and Williams were capable enough at WR (when Williams wasn’t injured). I would run some with Sherman early in the season to have some balance, but since he wasn’t that good, QB Eagles (Cunningham), became my primary runner during the season. Therefore, I had 4 pass plays and 8 viable run plays using either Cunningham or Sherman.

It was kinda like WV with Pat White, but with lesser RBs and better passing.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:30:21 +0000

KC with Okoye was good in Tecmo Super Bowl, but the best by far were the Lions. Barry Sanders could rush for nearly 1,000 yards per game, and Jerry Ball at NT was simply ferocious.

By: Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:29:48 +0000

The thing about Leach’s removal is that they’ve dragged this to a point he can’t really find another team for the upcoming season. That is doubly dirty and may well have kept him from relocating within the Big12.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:07:54 +0000

Without question, the greatest game conceivable by man OldSouth. I agree with you about Leach’s stubbornness, but the more that I read about the specifics of the case, the more I feel that this will swing heavily in Leach’s favor.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:34:23 +0000

Glad I wasn’t drinking anything. I’m still laughing over Okoye, the great Okoye.

By: OldSouth

OldSouth — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:08:28 +0000

I want to know the Smart Football stance on Tecmo. Specifically, whether it is the greatest game of all time, or the greatest game conceivable by man.

I tend to find sympathy with Leach, probably without a valid reason to do so. Probably his law background and his inventiveness. Still, he comes off from my armchair position as very stubborn sometimes, and if that’s the case, I wonder if it interferes with his relationship with his counsel. I’m sure he can hold his own for a 9-5 deposition, but I can almost see him shooting himself in the foot. He is wont to do that.

Also, thanks for the link to the 3-3-5 article, it’s a nice intro for those of us who don’t coach or have as sophisticated a background as y’all.