Man in the Hat media

I'm sure everyone is aware now of the controversy that occurred in Cambridge, Mass. involving Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and the Cambridge Police. From reports, Gates was locked out of his house, and "broke in" to his own home. This is when a neighbor phoned the police and reported a possible break in. The police then arrived to Gates' house, went in, and after a "war of words" arrested Gates. Then, the controversy gets even bigger when President Obama says he believed the Cambridge police acted "stupidly." Now, many in the national media are taking sides, either with the police or Gates, or with against Obama. Today (July 30), Obama, Gates, and the arresting officer are having a beer summit at the Whitehouse to talk this out. Hopefully, after tonight, it will be the end of this whole three ring circus. To me though, the most comical part of all this, besides the media's over coverage of such a miniscule event, is that this whole event...

Recently, former Atlanta Falcons QB Mike Vick finished up his prison sentence for organized dog fighting. In the past days, NFL Commisioner Roger Goodell lifted Vick's suspension, and gave Vick permission to sign with a team, as long as he sat out the first 6 weeks of the season. Regardless if you think the 6 weeks suspension is fair (I personally do) the question arises, what team will sign Vick, and will Vick even be a QB? To answer the latter question first, I'm not sure. Two years out of the league is a long time. The league changes every year, and if you are not even playing, you are behind. Add in the fact that Vick wasn't the most accurate QB, completing a little over 50% of his passes, but Vick got stuff done and won games. Vick is arguably the most athletic QB to ever play in the NFL, but two years out of the league, I'm not sure how good his best assest is: His speed. I'm also not sure how good a shape he is in. Personally, I see Vick playing the "Wil...

Back around November of last year, I wrote a post about the Big-10, and how they could become relevant again. I basically said that they should go through expansion, and add another team, which I believe should be Notre Dame, both geographically and historically. Well, I was posed a question a few weeks ago: 'You said the Big 10 should expand, what about the Pac-10?' At first, the question kind of through me. Why would the Pac-10 need to expand for football, they already have Southern Cal? Then I got to thinking harder. A few years ago, Oregon, who with Joey Harrington was ranked #2, was held out of the National title game due to a "weak schedule." The same was done to SC a few years later, as they were ranked #1. And I thought harder, and the Pac-10 and Big-10 are similiar. Forget the fact that the people running the Pac-10 can actually count to 10, unlike the Big 10 (11), and the Pac-10 is much more exciting to watch (it isn't known for its defense). But both c...