| Welcome.
It's been a week since I introduced the Chump Of
The Week section to the Sports Bar. So, the time
has come for the initial round. For this first round,
I asked for your feedback to give us nominations. Slowly,
but surely, they came flowing in. I highly appreciate
all the responses and as promised, here's what you,
the reader, had to say :
"My nomination for COTW is Nate Newton (Former
All-Pro NFL Offensive Lineman). This fat-ass has been
dumb enough to get caught twice in one month trying
to smoke his own weight in pot. Now how am I supposed
to see a Cowboys'
uniform without thinking of that damn pot smokin' fish
from Up
In Smoke?"
"Another unofficial nomination for DarkWolf
for knowing absolutely nothing about the MAVS.
He needs to stick to computin' and leave sports talk
to those of us whose balls have dropped."
- Michelle [ DW:
Woman! It's not my fault Dirk turned tail and ran when
Jordan came to town. ]
"No questions about it...former OL - Nate Newton.
225 lbs of weed, busted...'hey they won't get me again...',
175 lbs of weed, busted...now he sits in Seagoville.
What a freakin moron. How can one of the best ever OL
go from being awesome to being a dumbass???"
- Anthony
"Q card motherfucker
he sucks dick worse then that slut i was with"
- MACDADDY OF THEM ALL!
(Didn't edit that one, and I think he was referencing
Dallas Cowboys QB Quincy
Carter and his sub-par performance against the Seahawks
this past Sunday, but the jury's still out on that)
And the longest nomination comes from new Sports Bar
writer, Rook:
"If you are going to do something, do it right.
Well then for representing the fans of the Cleveland
Browns, I award my vote for Gallion's 'Chump of
the Week' to the...well, Cleveland Browns fans, for
doing an excellent job.
On Saturday, the Cleveland Browns were fighting for
a victory over the Jacksonville
Jaguars and for a spot in the playoffs at the same
time. With the game on the line, the Browns were facing
a fourth down conversion when a pass was completed by
Tim
Couch to extend the drive. Quickly, he spiked the
ball (only after double clutching, which would then
lend itself to intentional grounding. Logic - 1, Refs
- 0) and everything was well in Browns' country... or
so it seemed.
The completion went under review and was overturned,
Jaguars ball (Logic 2, Refs - 0). How on earth do you
reason reviewing a play, AFTER there was another play
run? Despite this being totally against anything considered
a rule, it's also highly illogical.
Nobody asks a referee to be perfect all the time. However,
when a ref makes a call, right or wrong, he needs to
make it decisively and in a relatively short span of
time. The whole process must have taken 10 minutes to
overturn. After that, what did they do? Call the game
(Logic just scored a hat trick).
This was absolutely ridiculous. Anything can happen
in 48 seconds. After 10 to 15 more minutes passed by
the refs dragged the players out of the locker room
and brought them back onto the field to finish the game.
They didn't even stick to their bad call. This spat
right here might seem to be a nomination for the referees
of the game. In actuality I have a duel nomination.
For the refs, and the fans.
The Cleveland fans behaved in a manner that can only
be described as childish, as they pouted by throwing
bottles at the refs, Jaguar players, and even the occasional
Browns player. Despite it being childish, it's also
assault, and highly illegal.
If you've watched a postgame interview with Al
Lerner and Carmen
Policy, then you will understand why they get my
honorable mention.
-Rook"
To sum it up, that's 2 nominations for Nate Newton,
1 for Quincy Carter, and the Cleveland Browns'
fans and the Officials of that game. With honorable
mentions going to DarkWolf,
Al Lerner, and Carmen Policy.
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