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JIMMY Awards: Week 2

Here are this week JIMMY Award winners

College

Tate Forcier, QB Michigan - The Cali QB rose to fame in a huge game this past week 310 total yards, 3tds and most importantly one W.
Rahim Moore, FS UCLA - More was the first to make Lane Kiffin look stupid this season. He hit up the Vols for 6 tackles and 2 picks for a 19-15 in Knoxville.
Case Keenum, QB Houston - The ring leader of the OSU upset led his team with 366 passing yards on 32/46 pass attempts and 4 total TDs as the Cougars upset the #5 ranked OSU Cowboys in Stillwater.


NFL
Adrian Peterson, RB Vikings - The Deal ran for 180 yards on 25 attempts and hit up the Browns for 3 TDs.

Drew Brees, QB Saints - Brees was disgusting throwing for a 77% completion percentage. He was 26/34 throwing for 358 yards and 6 TDs. Someone tell Drew to slow down, it's only Week 1.

Sheldon Brown, CB Eagles - The oft disrespected DB let his organization his value once again with two passes broken up and two passes picked off. Eagles, please pay this man!

Monday Morning Cornerback: Week 2

Yo what up! It's call full circle. Pop Warner, High School, College, and Professional football is under way. Shout out to the UFL starting up in October, but for now, my life is complete. This is the 2nd week of the Monday Morning Cornerback where we get you covered on all angles. Let's go in.

Best Games

Michigan defeats # 18 Notre Dame

Thank God. This is how a Michigan vs. Notre Dame game is supposed to look. Michigan won the game on the heels and poise of their Frosh QB, Tate Forcier, who played phenomenal. Jimmy Clausen of the Golden Domers played great as well. He is finally living up to his potential. They lost the game not because of their play but their defense started to wear down and get tired.

The main reason they wore down was Charlie Weiss' need to throw the football. I have no clue why, but Armando Allen, Jr. was totting the rock for the Irish very well all game long. The Irish's second to last offensive series, Weiss threw the ball way too much. Allen started the drive off with 13 yards for a 1st down, but turned an ankle. Nevertheless, Weiss bailed on his running game, and ran two straight pass plays which fell incomplete and took no time off the clock. The rest is history. Michigan marched down the field and won the game.

Bills vs. Patriots

The start of the game was very slow and sloppy. You expected that sort of thing from the Bills but not the Pats. Brady was off target most of the game and there were several times he was gun shy about throwing the ball to Randy Moss in tight spots. Instead he chose to toss the pill to Ben Watson, twice in the final minutes of the game for two touchdowns.

The Bills simply self-destructed. The played great defense all night long. They scored points. They also have several bullet wounds in their own feet. Trent Edwards looks like young Jedi Knight that has no control over his own brilliance. The second to last series he looks like a Pro Bowl QB and the last series he takes two sacks when his team only has one timeout. Now that I think about it, he looked like an Pro Bowl QB, because Bills were gashing them with great interior runs and Edwards used and abused the play action. I don't know T.O., I wouldn't stand for this sloppy QB play if I were you.

The 6Magazine brass was expecting a great wr duel between Randy and T.O. but we got nothing. Thanks Tom and Trent!

Biggest Surprise

Did Colorado get beat 38 - 54 by Toledo? Let's be honest Coach Hawkins, you can't recruit a better QB than your own son? I know Colorado isn't what it once was, but you have tons of talent in Cali, Texas and Colorado to pull from. This isn't intramural brother, it's D-1 football, get a real QB!

Eh, nothing really jumped out at me NFL wise to be honest.

Quick Cuts and Jukes

- Matt Barklely looked good. Terrelle Pryor looked....ugh. I love TP though and I'm pulling for him.

- The Georgia Tech offense is bringing sexy back, aka, the Option. Expect the Nebraska Cornhuskers of old to be back in two years.

- Greg Paulus is good and I don't care what anyone else says.

- Forget what you heard, the Heisman is Jahvid Best's to lose.

- I am Sooner born and Sooner bred, which means I don't care when OSU loses, I wish people would stop associating the OSU Cowboys with the entire state of Oklahoma's football.

- The 'Ol Ball Coach is an old ball coach.

- Did you say something Lane Kiffin, I couldn't hear you.

- Thank God for Onterrio McCalebb, because after Andre Debose went out, I didn't know which Freshman stud I'd develop my man crush for.

- The Eagles look really good, and Mike Vick didn't even play.

- Google Adrian Peterson + Eric Wright, as soon as possible.

- Why the hell didn't I take Drew Brees as my QB in my fantasy league.

- Mark Sanchez '09 = Matt Ryan '08?

- Damn...not B. Lach...not this soon! Why?

- No T.O., the offensive explosion of Tony Romo and late season meltdowns must go on!

Yo...that's all I got,


Ricky Writer

5 Tips to Help Women Survive Football Season by K. Masenda of ETSF

What's up. We got the all world, Kenny Masenda, of Ed The Sports Fan which swept the 2009 Black Web Blog Awards for Sports blog of the year! Congrats to them cats. Here's Kenny.

At Ed the Sports Fan, we take immense pride in bringing you stories from a very unique and thought-provoking perspective. Some of them are good, while some are just plain out-there. There are others that are pure fantasy, and others that we feel will benefit you, the reader, as a whole. Today’s story will be just that: it will be something for all women to take in, and use as a tool to help you survive the next five months of your lives. Granted, there are some women who love football, so this is not written for them. This is for the women who may not understand a man’s fascination, love, affection, and bond with the game of football. One of my heroes, Dr. Cornel West, says “the benchmark of greatness is finding joy in loving and serving others.” With that said, it’s my honor and duty to present this to you. I’m doing this simply as a service to all women, and nothing more. I don’t want you to be mad once you realize that we’re gonna be unavailable for the next five months, unless there’s a crappy game on. Remember, it’s all out of love (and so we can watch the game in peace). Now...

#1. Adopt the “Cater to You” Philosophy - Once a woman finally realizes there’s no way she’s going to come between a man and football season, this approach becomes easier to embrace. I labeled this approach in honor of your girls, Destiny’s Child, so the words and the concept will sink in. There’s a part in the chorus that basically says, “I got your slippers/your dinner/your dessert, and so much more/anything you want, I want to cater to you.” Believe me, once football season is over (around early-February), a man will remember the times you catered to him, while we were in our sanctuary, and when you choose to have your Real Housewives of Atlanta Watch Party, or whatever show is “in” at that time, the favor will be returned, and we’ll be eager to do so.


#2. Learn to Respect the Communal Aspect of Football - Football is the one sport where all people can come together, and enjoy each other’s company, and be absolutely thrilled to do so. There can be a sanitation engineer, a waste collector, an office manager, CEO, bill collector, or whoever all in the same place, but when the game is on, it’s all good. For three hours, your occupation, past, present situation, or anything else means absolutely nothing. We’re all joined together for one reason: to enjoy the damn game. Baseball has too many lulls in a game for this to occur, and basketball’s too thugged-out for everyone to enjoy it. Other sports don’t compare either.





#3. Understand that People Alter Their Daily Schedules for Football Season - One of my boys altered his Friday work schedule, so he can participate in The Second-Annual Shock the World Tour this year. Me, the very writer of this piece, is abandoning my usual 11 AM church service, and will start going to 8 AM church service, beginning this Sunday, so I can be back home in time for Sunday NFL Countdown, at 10 AM. I’ve gone to, maybe, two early services my entire life, so the fact this is occurring serves as a reminder of how crucial football season is. DVR isn’t the same, so don’t dare ask me to do such a thing, because it will never happen. Once again, it goes back to respecting the sanctity of the gridiron.



#4. Check your Facebook/Twitter Profile - Ladies, do yourselves a favor, and log-in to your Facebook or Twitter account tomorrow evening, around 6 PM (or 7 EST). I guarantee you will see a substantial amount of status messages that will solely pertain to the NFL starting up. I would ask you to just look at last week’s statuses, but they’ve changed so damn much that it would be a pretty tough task.

#5. Find Something To Do - Go to the mall and shop til you drop; go hang out with “mama and nem.” Read a book, learn a trade, do something, BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, do not disturb a man when the game is on. As I said earlier, football season has started, and it’s more than just a game. To reduce it to that is to trivialize it and spit in the faces of all of us who have awaited months upon months for this to start back up. Please, don’t fight it. You will only lose; instead, respect it, learn it, and who knows, you may even learn to love it.

LADIES, THIS IS HONEST ADVICE. FELLAS ARE WE OFF BASE? WHAT DID WE FORGET? LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS!

Be easy.

-K. Masenda
www.edthesportsfan.com

JIMMY Awards: Week 1

Here are the JIMMY Awards for the first week of the football season.

Michael Floyd, Notre Dame WR – The Golden Domer pulled in 4 catches, 3 of which were tds for 189 yards.

Joe Pawelek, Baylor LB – Pawelek had 7 tackles, a sack, and a pick.

Mark Ingram, Alabama RB – Ingram rushed for 150 yards on 26 attempts for a td and 3 catches for 35 yards and a td.

Max Hall, BYU QB – The nephew of Danny White threw for 329 yards on 26 of 38 pass attempts and two td strikes in an upset win of OU.

Ralph Bolden, Purdue RB – The Boilermaker had 234 yards on 21 rushes and two tds.

Blaine Gabbert, Missouri QB – The Mizzou QB passed for 319 yards on 25/33 passing and 3 td strikes with an extra td run for the road as they defeated Illinois.

Monday Morning Cornerback: Week 1

Well, the good thing is that football nuts like me can crawl into our caves, homes, sports bars, arenas, etc and not run a muck causing chaos within society. NFL gets under way next week, but college football, which in my mind is way better got under way this week.

Biggest news/Biggest shocker: #3 Oklahoma loses to #20 BYU

Sam Bradford sprained his shoulder and was hurt at the end of the second quarter. The score was only 7-7 at the time of Bradford’s departure. The Sooners struggled all day long to move the ball. The offensive line with four new starters sucks right now, and hopefully they get better for Bradford’s sake. They had 7 holding and false start penalties. The Sooners’ defense was okay. They held BYU’s high powered offense to only 14 points, but allowed too many yards in the passing game especially late in the game.

The case can be made that if Bradford was in the game, the Sooners’ would have pulled it out, which is probably so, but line play needs to be fixed as soon as possible. I understand the coaching staff’s reservations with the o-line, but they never turned Bradford loose. They played as if he was a true freshman and not a Heisman trophy winner. It’s typical of Sooner coaches to nutt up, but we normally see it in big games and not this early in the season. The Sooners have got to get it together if they want to get back to a national championship game.

Best Game: Miami vs. #18 FSU

This game doesn’t have the same flair that it once had but the ghosts of Hurricanes and Seminoles past were exorcised for this game. The last game of a great football weekend was easily the best. Two young and uber athletic teams put up 72 points combined with five lead changes. The score seems like the defenses took the night off, but both defenses played well causing two turnovers a piece, it’s just that the offenses out performed everyone’s expectations.
Both young quarterbacks looked great. FSU’s Christian Ponder should have been the hero leading his team down the field at the end of the game. Ponder was one pass away from being a South Florida heartbreaker had it not been for a dropped pass in the endzone. Jacory Harris’ veins look like a snake’s belly that just swallowed a rat. There are huge chunks of crushed ice in Harris’ veins. He came up big at the end of the game, and threw for a Canes record 386 yards on 34 attempts for 21 completions and 2 td strikes.

The road does not get any easier for these two teams. Miami will not be able to breathe until they play Florida A & M on October 10th. Before then, they will play 14th Georgia Tech at home, travel to Blacksburg to play #13th VA Tech, and come back home to face #12 Oklahoma. I love the guts of Coach Shannon for scheduling such a tough schedule, but I also question his sanity. FSU has to worry about #7 BYU in two weeks.

Either way, we know Florida is putting work, and it looks like the old 90s will be back as the top three Florida schools rise to prominence once again.

Quick Cuts and Jukes

- I think several members of the Boise State football team are cowards for letting Byron Hout get knocked out and not doing anything about it.

- OU’s offensive line needs a lot of help and the coaches need to relax and let loose.

- The Bama/VA Tech games wasn’t as much of a defensive bore as I thought it would be. Did anyone notice Tay Cody’s pure dominance?

- OSU almost lost to Navy. Nope not Oregon State. No, Oklahoma State played Georgia this week. I mean the Ohio State Buckeyes almost lost to the Naval Academy, 27 – 31.

- I have no clue how Josh Cox can throw a ball too high for A.J. Green.

- The LSU vs. Washington game was a really good game. I wonder if Jake Locker played for Florida how good he’d be. Jordan Jefferson is going to be nice and LSU’s wideouts remind of Ike Hilliard an Riedel Anthony. Chris Polk looks icey in her jersey and even colder on the field.

- Jevan Snead didn’t look like the 1st team All-American QB I selected at the start of the season. I hope he gets it together for both of our sakes.

- I applaud teams with the guts to play top tier competition in week 1 given that college football has no preseason to work out kinks in their game.

That's all I got,


Ricky Writer

Boise State is Heartless

You want game coverage let me know what ESPN has to say. That’s where I go. If you want a different angle and 6Magazine’s take, then keep reading homie.

First off, is it just me or does the Mountain West want respect? Last time I checked, Oregon was in a BCS conference and has some of the best athletes in the country because of that conference and of course the best jerseys in college football.

Boise State didn’t care one bit as they took it to Oregon all game long. Although the score was only 19-8, it seemed much bigger for Boise St. You can attribute the sloppy play from both teams from it being a first game, but you can’t use the sloppy play as an excuse for Oregon who just plain got whipped.

Either way, what everyone was talking about was the LaGarrette Blount punch on Boise State’s, Byron Hout, after the game. A lot of noise was being chopped back and forth before the game by both teams, and ironically so because this first week of the college football season this year was Sportsmanship week.

So the story goes like this, Hout walks up to Blount after the game, taps Blount’s shoulder and talks some noise. Blount didn’t like it too well. Hout had his helmet off, big no, no. Blount’s was on. Full protection. Hout wasn’t all the way man enough about it, because he didn’t look Blount in the face, and said whatever junk he was talking as he passed Blount. Hout’s coach stopped him and berated him. As Hout is getting lashed out at, Blount sees Hout’s open chin for the taking. And he took it, right to him, and good too. So good that you briefly see Hout black out for a milli-second and drop to his knees. Blount was attacked by a swarm of Bosie State players, sike, they all looked at him, let ‘em walk, and watched their teammate come back to consciousness.

Story over? Not hardly. Blount was being escorted off the field after his oversized Floyd Mayweather impersonation, and I guess a few Boise State fans said something about his mama, because he went irate. The situation turned bad to worst when he started lunging at fans and had to be held back by police and security. As you now know, Blount was suspended for the entire season.

My problem with the situation is the Boise State players. Yes, I know it was the smart thing not to get involved, but this dude just knocked out your teammate. You are just going to stand there? Now in their defense the hit was unexpected and their head coach was right there, but c’mon. You mean to tell me they couldn’t shove the guy or do something. Maybe Hout is not a well-liked player on the team and he had it coming to him? Bottom line, it was Blount and about five Boise State players watched their teammate get the infamous one-hitter quitter. I don’t know about you but I call that heartless.

That’s all I got,

Ricky Writer

Under Construction

Yo, what's good people. We are taking a little hiatus to get ready for the new football season with a new website and our September issue launching in exactly one week. We will be writing articles still periodically until then. We just kind of wanted to send this lil' message out to you all so you wouldn't wonder where we were. We're here, we're just getting it in. To take a page out of Chris Johnson and Chad Ocho Cino's book, we're a little homeless right now.

Get ready! One week!

Hold 'ya head Plax

Don't have much to say about this. You break the law, you'll be punished. No one disputes the facts of that uneventful night in Manhattan. He came strapped to the club, gun slipped down his waistband, went off and hit Plaxico in the right thigh. The gun was not registered in New York or New Jersey. This happened in November 2008, and the registration of the gun that didn't want to stay in the waist band which was licensed in Florida but it expired in May 2008.

Easier said than done, but if you break the law and get caught, expect to be punished, high-profile status or not. Prosecutors are cracking down on those with high-profile status to prove a point now a days. To everyone that's in it for the glitz and the glamour, yall still want to be famous?

All I can say, keep your head up Plax. He'll be 34 when he gets out, a lot different from Vick being 29. The naysayers will say he can't play ball at an elite level anymore, but I'm sure he'll be signed and disprove his doubters. I've never been in prison, so it might be crass for me to say this, but two years goes by faster than you think. Plax is a religious man, so all I can tell you is that God allows things to happen for a reason. This event was meant to happen, be a man tough it out, and you'll be just fine, matter of fact, probably an even better man.


That's all I got,



Ricky Writer

And in other news... Favre, Brett is back

Oh shoot. I'm a day late on the Brett Favre scoop. Shoot me, sue me, then kill me. This guy gets more attention that what is needed. Why be on time, when the rest of the media is right on it?

My 6Mag followers don't come to me for the breaking news, they come to me for insight that they think about but no one else is reporting. So,with that said, I'ma go in.

Are we surprised that Brett is back, if you are then go to PETA headquarters with a Mike Vick jersey and ask them "What's the big deal?"

It doesn't surprise me one bit. This is what B-Favre does, he toys with our emotions, loves to hear his name in the media, and stills wants to throw burners in the league but knows that his age or his body isn't on his side. Brett Favre is addicted to football, you think he's really going to tell it no when it comes back in his face?

Brett Favre is going to play football until he can't play anymore or until no one entertains signing him to a contract. I mean Brett was cool, chilling in Mississippi, and Vikings head coach, Brad Childress hit Brett up on Monday night. Childress woke the sleeping giant. Childress making this call shows how much faith he has in his current quaterbacks, Sage Rosenfels, Tavaris Jackson, and John David Booty.

To all the naysayers, why should Brett stay at retired? If someone is offering you double digit millions to do something you'd do forever if they ever discovered a fountain of youth, but luckily your body is hanging on by a thread so you can still perform. Why not play? Also, for the record the demise of the Jets last year wasn't all Brett Favre's fault, I site Mangini for not rushing the ball more and the defense for not being able to get off the field in late games.

Legacy? Ya, he's Hall of Famer to be. Sounds like a good legacy to me? Are Brett Favre's last few seasons in NYC, Minnesota, and wherever else going to keep him out of the Hall of Fame? Now tarnishing his legacy would be admitting he bet on games, took performancing enhancing drugs, or that he was on the sidelines while his stunt double was throwing for all those record setting yards and touchdowns. Playing too long? Nah, his legacy is still good.

Playing past your prime is almost a pre-requisite of being an athlete. Sports is 90% mental, so the successful atheltes have believed and will always believe that they can play at top flight level until their body betrays them, someone disfigures their body in a career ending way, or until the general mangers of their respective league thinks they are washed up. Look at those who played past their prime, OJ, Johnny U, Emmitt Smith, Jordan to name a few. Does anyone know who they ended their careers with, no, unless you're a die hard fan. Any player that's been blessed to have played long and well enough to have attained a legacy is remembered by the teams that he/she spent their prime. When we all die in 50 years from now(hopefully), when Brett Favre's name is brought up, will we remember Brett the Jet or Viking, no. We will remember Brett the Packer.

Unless, Brett the Viking wins a Super Bowl, which is quite possible. The Vikes have a quarterback that knows the offense and division better than the head coach. Percy and Bernand Berriman on the outside. Vishante in the middle, and the best running back in the league toting the rock. Let us not forget one of the best defenses in the league as well. Favre actually has the chance to improve his legacy with a Super Bowl win and get Packer GM Ted Thompson fired at the same time.


That's all I got,



Ricky Writer

6Magazine Non-football All-Pros

I watched Usain Bolt set an world record in the 100m which seemed impossible. He ran 9.58 at the World Track and Field Championships in Berlin yesterday. I know people have teased with what if Usain Bolt played football, but what if he really did? It got me to thinking and here is 6Magazine's non-football all-pros.

QB - Joe Mauer - I mean you see the kid killing it for the Twins. I can only imagine he would have been as equally adept had he gone to FSU and played QB.

RB - Carl Crawford - At 6'2" 215 you know he has the size. He leads the majors in stolen bases so you know he has the speed. He's from Texas so football is in his blood. He was recruited by Nebraska to be an option qb, OU, UCLA, and more, so you know he can tote the rock as well. I'm sure he has shakes, and let that boy get in the open field....it's a wrap.

RB - Alex Ovechkin - Alex the great stands 6'2" 220 lbs. You seen how nice he is on the ice weaving in and out of defenders. You also seen him deliver a blow. I see Ovechkin similar to Adrian Peterson, being that there is no such thing as an out of bounds line.

FB - Prince Fielder - 5'11" 268 he's clearly got the size. He's nimble on his feet too. You see the passion with which he plays too! If you don't look up how gangsta he got when he went to the Dodgers locker room after getting hit by a pitch. This is someone I want to be on the field with no matter what the sport.

3rd down back - Bryan Clay - at 5'11" 185 the reigning Olympic decathalete champion does it all. So why not put him here. You need to run a draw on 3rd and 7, he's got your first down. Screen plays, he's the man. Gotta a blitzing lineback, Clay's cutting 'em pronto.

Split End - Lebron James - Did you expect someone else. I don't need to say much besides, 6'8" 250 lbs. runs like the wind and jumps like gas prices in the summer.

Flanker - Usain Bolt - 6'5" 190 lbs. Oh yah I forgot to mention he runs the 100m in 9.58 seconds. Imagine how deep your safeties are going to have to be to account for this guy. I've seen Randy Moss out run deep safties, so I know Bolt can. Also send this guy on a dig route over the middle with an accurate quarterback, and he's going to the end zone every time.

Slot Receiver - Allen Iverson - Quick as hell and tough as nails, thats what he has and exactly what it takes to play in the slot. High school A.I. was also a top D-1 football recruit. Ask about em.

Tight End - Matt Kemp - At 6'2" and 230 lbs, he is shorter and smaller than what you expect in most tight ends but something tells me at only 24 he's got room to gain weight and what he lacks in height in makes up for in leaping ability.

Left Tackle - Shaquille O'neal - 7'1" 340 the Big Aristotle has feet like Ichiro Suzuki. Not really, but you know what I mean. He's carried all the teams he's played for on his back. The Left tackle normally does the same in the passing game. Who's going to get around him? Plus he'd be an offensive lineman with a defensive lineman's mentality. Scary.

Left Guard - Big Show - 7'0" 485 lbs. Uhh, running lanes, big ones too. To quote Vince Lombardi, " I want a seal here! And a seal here! with Big Show, that's not two lineman that's his two arms with the DE and DT at his mercy.

Center - Adam Dunn - Dunn spent a season at Texas playing as a redshirt QB, but then ditched the gridiron for the diamond. He's 6'6" and 275 lbs. So he's a we bit big to be under center. Also, I'm not as impressed with this footing or fielding in the outfield, but he's perfectly athletic and big enough to run my offensive line.

Right Guard - Ryan Howard - He stands 6'4" and 256 pounds which is tiny for a offensive lineman, but hell, you try and find NFL sized lineman in other sports. I know Howard would get the job done, and that's why he's here.

Right Tackle - Glen Davis - Davis is going to wreck shop plain and simple. With Shaq on the blind side, Davis won't have too much pressure on him. Only thing he'll be asked to stop is run stopping DE's and blitzing linebackers, but that's something his nimble 6'9" 289 lbs body can handle.

KR - Dwayne Wade/Ichiro Suzuki - To run a kickoff back in the NFL it takes speed and balls. You have to be super fast and have the courage to go through the black hole also known as the wedge at full speed when you don't know what or who could be on the other side waiting. You seen the way D-Wade goes to the rack? Fearless. I know you see him slash through the lane as well. Ichiro has the speed and it wouldn't surprise me if the had he courage as well.

PR - Derrick Rose/Jimmy Rollins - Speed. Moves. Agility. Quickness. Ohh wee!

K - David Beckham - Strong leg? Check. Bend it through the uprights from the far hash? Check.

DEFENSE

Right Defensive End - Blake Griffin - Just as big as Lebron James. Maybe a hair or a half notch less athletic, but at DE he'd be a force to be recon with ala Julius Peppers.

Defensive Tackle - Jack Swagger - He is 6'6" 263 lbs. If you didn't know he actually played DT in college at OU, so you know is going to do his thing.

Nose Guard - Ben Wallace. His height might have him a bit out of place and susceptible to being cut, but he has the mean streak and will find a way to sack the quarterback and stuff the run.

Left Defensive End - The Rock - I mean he played DT for the U in the early 90's. What more do you want? He has left the wrestling arena thus having slimmed down, that's why we made him move to DE, but it should be a seamless transition.

Weakside Linebacker - Torii Hunter - He's bigger than you'd expect for as athletic of plays you see him make in the Summer. He's a deceptive 225 lbs in a 6'2" frame. Perfect for covering TEs, RBs, and FBs and blitzing Qbs.

Middle Linebacker - Ron Artest - Besides being 6'7" 260 lbs, he's freaking Ron Artest. Could you imagine anyone else? If you can, "reconsider, read some litta"

Strongside Linebacker - David Wright -Yes he's tiny for a MLB (6'0" 217lbs.) But with the right weight program you know he can add on some pounds, and he's one of the tougher smarter players in baseball today which would translate to MLB.

Left Cornerback - BJ Upton - At 6'3 185 have fun getting seperation or catching jumpballs on him.

Right Cornerback - Justin Upton - Can't have one brother at one corner and not have the other brother at the other side. He's bigger at 6'2 205 so have fun getting off the line on him. Also he's the more cockier of the two. If you run his way he's probably going to flip you and make you feel really stupid.

Free Safety - Derek Jeter - At 6'3" 200 lbs, Jeter has the perfect size for a safety. You seen his work in short and sometimes in the corner was well. Pick City!

Strong Safety - Jose Reyes - The NYC Metropolitan is 6'1" and 200 lbs even. He looks like he'd be great in the box, a fearless blitzer and a tight end's down comforter.

Nickel Back - Jozy Altidore - You see how much ground he covers on the soccer field. It's a wrap when the gets on the football field. Watch out for him on the blitz too.

Dime Back - Cristiano Ronaldo - Sure he is a skinny 165, but he's 6'1 and quick enough to cover any slot or #4 wideout and blitz from the edge as well.

Punter - Time Lincecum - He's small like a punter, but pitches like a wizard. I have no basis for this, but the way with which he places his pitches exactly where they need to be leads me to believe that his punts will be no different.

Special Team Specialist - Sean Avery - Most special teams studs are fan favorites, small sized, and scrappy. Avery at 5'10" 195 has all 3 bases covered.


That's all I got,


Ricky Writer

Michael Vick on 60 minutes

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Vickadelphia and the racial undertones

Vick is in Philly. Duh! We all know by know Mike Vick is back in the league. I am probably the happiest person in the world being that I am one of his biggest fans.

You can go to other sites to get the status of when Vick will play, how he will help, how he will hurt them etc.

I'm going to chop it up about the racial undertones that are really, really bothering me. Vick is not the Wildcat quarterback ambassador. Why is now that any athletic black quarterback is immediately the wildcat specialist. I love what Donovan McNabb said yesterday in response to a reporters question regarding the Vick and the Wildcat formation.

He said, and I paraphrase, "I think people look at the Wildcat as a cop out. He's not a utility guy, he's not a wide receiver, he is a quarterback. He was brought in to be a quarterback. Yes, the Wildcat formation works in college, and a few times adopted it last year in the NFL, but it won't last long in the NFL. Michael Vick is first and foremost a quarterback. People focus too much on numbers instead of his (Vick) wins and losses."

To hear this being said from the starting quarterback shows how confident the organization is in McNabb, and how confident McNabb is in himself. I was amazed by McNabb's confidence and even more amazed that he lobbied for Vick to be an Eagle.

Jamie Dukes of the NFL network said something that no one else seems to be saying. He said that Michael Vick despite his numbers was a very good quarterback in NFL. His completion percentage is not great but his win loss record is 38-28-1. Most importantly when he was quarterback, he lead the Falcons to a road playoff win against Brett Favre and the Packers, and also took the Falcons to the NFC Championship game. He made it known that Vick really didn't have people around him. Imagine if Roddy White played the way he does know with Matt Ryan. Not saying White sabotaged Vick in anyway, only that he was a young reciever. Vick never had that stellar goto wide reciever. One thing he did have was a lot of dropped balls. In fact at one point the Falcons were 8th in the league in terms of dropped passes in 2006.

I find it funny how people are not open to change. Before this wildcat craze no one said it would work. But now everyone is a proponent of it? If Vick was winning, although not a high rate, what is the big deal with his style of winning? I mean Kerry Collins did not exactly win pretty in Tennessee last year as many people want to say he did. Vick was not the greatest quarterback in terms of passing, but what he lacked passing he made up for running. Why isn't Vick allowed the same growth pattern that was allowed to Steve Young?

Either way, he is back. I've always been a Vick fan, and I'll be rooting for him and Eagles harder than ever before. Welcome to Philadelphia, home of the black quarterback, Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb and now Mike Vick.

It's funny how Dan Marino and Jim Kelly are regarded as two of the greatest QBs of our time even though they didn't win a Super Bowl. Terry Bradshaw won 4 Super Bowls, while having a 212/210 TD/Int ratio and a 70.9 QB rating(Vick's 75.5). For Vick to even be considered in the same breath he has to not only play with what the "masses" deam the appropriate way to play quarterback, he also has to win. To understand my frustrations, listen to the last video of this post by Chris Rock. Thanks.


That's all I got,


Ricky Writer

Vick introduced as the newest Philadelphia Eagle






Donovan Embraces Vick




Chris Rock on HBO Black List Vol. #1

Ed The Sports Fan drops some knowledge

Ed the Sports Fan does. And he does it well everyday on his website, Edthesportsfan.com. His site was the voted as the Best Black Sports blog in 2008. He's nominated again this year as well. Check him out at, http://vote.blackweblogawards.com/pick, he's number 24. Mr. Ed has blessed us with a very interesting article as well. Let me get out of his way and let the man do his thing.


The Five Greatest College QBs in the last 25 years.

by Ed the Sports Fan



This debate started on twitter, had some vile conversations with Cephas from WTFMoments.org, and had some Blackberry Messenger debates with Kenny.

So this list will be highly inconclusive, inspiring, inaccurate, mind-blowing, hateful, and truly awesome all at the same time. This "greatest" list will be qualified as the most dynamic, do-it-all, big-game winning QB in my generation. Please note that no professional success will be factored into this, so just like Christian Laettener was lame in the NBA, he was awesome in college. Same rules apply here.

With all that being said, here's the best of the rest. QB's that didn't make the top 5.

Eric Crouch, Nebraska - Probably was #6 on the list of QBs, was the dream-killer of Oklahoma in the early '00's. Crouch is the all-time record holder for total offense in the Big 12 with 7,915. He is the 13th player in NCAA Division 1-A history to run and throw for more than 1,000 yards in a season.

Josh Heupel, Oklahoma - QB of the 2000 National Champion Oklahoma Sooners. Made every big throw for the Sooners and got big time wins against Nebraska, Texas, and Florida State.

Tee Martin, Tennessee - Peyton Manning might've been the better overall QB, but Tee Martin made every big play to get Tennessee a national championship.

Carson Palmer, Southern California - Carson owns seven Pac-10 career records and such USC player records as: total offense (a Pac 10 record 11,621), plays (a Pac-10 record 1,824), passing yardage (a Pac-10 record 11, 818), passing touchdowns (72, third on the Pac-10 ladder), completions (a Pac-10 record 927), attempts (a Pac-10 record 1,569). Palmer finished his USC season with a win at the 2003 Orange Bowl where he was selected bowl MVP.

Troy Smith, Ohio State - During Smith's senior year campaign, he threw for a school-record thirty (30) touchdowns while securing a spot for his Buckeyes in the BCS National Championship Game. Following his senior season, he was also awarded the Walter Camp Award, Davey O'Brien Award, AP Player of the Year, Sporting News Player of the Year, and Big Ten Offensive Player of the year.

NOW FOR THE TOP 5...

#5. Matt Leinart, Southern California - Matt is just the third quarterback in more than thirty years to lead his team to back-to-back national championships. In the process he led USC to three championship appearances and made every big throw the Trojans needed. The prototypical pocket passer to come out of the '05 draft, he was loaded with stars (Mike Williams, Dewayne Jarrett, LenDale White, Reggie Bush) however he was the lynchpin. Will go down as maybe the greatest USC QB of all-time.

#4. Vince Young, Texas - VY10 put together maybe the single-greatest game performance in the history of college football. The 38-35 Texas victory over USC in the Rose Bowl was truly magical. After the game, former USC and NFL safety Ronnie Lott said "Vince Young is the greatest quarterback to ever play college football." That gets you in the pantheon by itself. In his career he finished with a 30-2 record, and finished #7 on UT's rushing list with 3,127 yards. In his final year Young finished the season with 3,036 yards passing and 1,050 yards rushing earning him the Davey O'Brien Award.

#3. Charlie Ward, Florida State - Ward won the 1993 Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award as a quarterback for FSU, and subsequently led the Seminoles to their first-ever National Championship when FSU defeated Nebraska 18–16 in the 1993 Orange Bowl. Charlie was a phenomenal athlete, and was the anchor on a phenomenal Seminole team that was loaded with stars like Warrick Dunn and Derrick Brooks. The simple fact that Ward never played pro football almost adds to his mystique, and his senior year he finished with a 70% completion percentage while throwing for over 3,000 yards with 27 TDs and just 4 interceptions.

#2. Tim Tebow, Florida - God's 2nd favorite quarterback (behind Kurt Warner) is truly a talent from the heavens. Heisman trophy winner, 2-time Maxwell Award Winner, 2-time All-American, and more importantly 2-time national champion winner. #15 is the first Quarterback I've seen who was much more fullback/linebacker than the tall, lean or stiff, QBs that you usually see. Trust me, there is a huge chance that if I ever do this list again, he will be #1. If he wins another title this year, or wins a 2nd Heisman...I gotta put him #1.

#1. Tommie Frazier, Nebraska - Tommie Frazier is widely regarded as the greatest option quarterback in college football history. Frazier led the Cornhuskers to the Sunshine State Triumvirate aka 3 consecutive national championship games ('93-'95) against Florida, Miami, and Florida State. Frazier quarterbacked the Big Red Machine to back-to-back national championship in '94-95, the last team to do such a feat. Frazier was maybe the best big-game QB of our generation as he is the only player ever to win MVP of three national championship games. He finished with a career 33-3 record, and maybe pulled off one of the most back-breaking plays of all-time against the Gators...


The man had blood clots in his legs, and never got to showcase what he could do in pro football, and as much as I hate to crown a Cornhusker...he's #1 on this list.

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My First Football Game in 5 Months

I couldn't believe what I saw. Was it true? Was it 200+ lb. men flying around and hurling their bodies into one another and break neck speeds(literally)? It couldn't be could it? Yes, Jesus and the Football gods have ended their dispute of whether or not to make football a year round sport. As usual, Jesus won the argument, but he has allowed the Football gods to continue doing what they do best, orchestrating football matches from early August to early February. Oh ya, that's REAL football they are orchestrating by the way, and I'll go in a back alley with any soccer fan to prove my point of American football, being THE real football.

The Hall of Fame game was played this past weekend. It wasn't the greatest game in the world, but the game of football was on and my eyes were glued to the TV. I realized a few things that I am going to share with you. Terrell Owens has to have some fountain of youth and is not letting anyone else have any. How can this man continue you to play with the consistency he does at his age. He did start his career with the 49ers as did Jerry Rice who played 19 years in the league. Sidenote: Yo, Michael Crabtree, you might want to sign that contract with the 49ers if you know what's good for you homie. I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Chris Johnson is fas(not a typo he just ran across the computer screen and stole the "t" off the screen and you just didn't see him.)
The biggest Vince Young highlight wasn't his TD pass, but he threw an INT and bounced back from it just to throw a TD pass later in the game.

The actual Hall of Fame presentation the previous day was cool also. As I get older, I recognize more of the players that are inducted into the Hall. I remeber Randy McDaniel always having a high rating on Madden so I'd always trade for him and have a dynasty that would win five straight Super Bowls until the computer cheated in the 6th Super Bowl. Didn't know much about Ralph Wilson to be honest other than he owned the Bills and was one of the AFL founders, did I need to know more? I knew Bruce Smith was the 2nd best DE to ever live. I knew Derrick Thomas was either 1a or 1b when it came to outside linebackers to ever play this game. I know Bob Hayes might not ever be duplicated again, unless Usain Bolt wants to play football at a Hall of Fame level, if he's even capable. I also knew that Rod Woodson was one of the greatest cornerbacks of all-time, and know that I am in denial when I say Deion Sanders was a better cornerback than Woodson was.

Ralph Wilson's speech was cool and it was good to see him accept his recognition being that he is 90 years old even though he doesn't act his age. There were two posthumous recognitions recognized at the Hall of Fame this year, being Bob Hayes and Derrick Thomas who were presented/accepted by Roger Staubauch and Carl Peterson respectively.

Randy McDaniel had a good speech as it also was the deepest voice speech as well.

Bruce Smith had the funniest acceptance speech of anyone with one single quote, saying that he was responsible for stealing, former Bills RB, Thurman Thomas' helmet in the Super Bowl.

Rod Woodson's speech was the most inspirational as he spoke about the struggles of bi-racial individuals in the US.

No one's speech was "memorable" ala Michael Irvin or Darrell Green of recent years but their in the Hall of Fame and I'm not so take that, take that 6Magazine.

My one issue with this past weekend's festivites is this, why do those elected into the Hall need to be presented? To be honest, I don't want a hear a childhood friend, former coach, wife, son, etc anyone present a player. Let the player be presented by his play. A great video highlight reel from high school to professional is more than enough, then skip the "presenter" and let the player get up and accept his enshrinment.

That's all I got,


Ricky Writer

"Untitled" - Forde: New world order

(the genius himself, ESPN.com's Pat Forde)










I have to name this post "Untitled" because it left me speechless when I read the article. It is quite possibly one of the most brilliant ideas I've ever heard of in my life! ESPN's Pat Forde and whoever else helped with the process have absolutely made my day. I will be starting a petition to get this proclamation in effect as soon as possible. Anyone and everyone is welcomed to sign, babies, kids, dogs, felons, immigrants, inanimate objects etc. Let it be known that anyone who stands in the way will be destroyed by the wrath of whatever high being that you choose to believe in, and if no higher being is believed in then, Big Worm from Friday will deal with you promptly.

Let me get out of the way. Read up on this article via ESPN.com's Pat Forde.

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To Baylor, Godspeed. To Indiana, fare thee well. To Duke, may the road rise to meet you. And to the entirety of the Sun Belt and Mid-American Conferences, safe travels.

Now get out.

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Pete Carroll shouldn't have to worry about USC being selected in Tuesday's mock draft.

What we are doing here is performing a hangeronectomy -- a ruthless downsizing of the cumbersomely named and gruesomely bloated Football Bowl Subdivision. Just as in corporate America, 2009 is the time to get lean in college football. It's time to separate the wheat from the chaff, the men from the boys, the Trojans of USC from the Trojans of Troy.

Let's end the charade. The most powerful and least powerful of the 120 teams in the current FBS have very little in common. Sure, you all put on your football pants one leg at a time -- but they're faster legs and bigger pants on one side of this great divide.

Despite the occasional peasant uprising (2008 featured Toledo over Michigan, Arkansas State over Texas A&M, UNLV over Arizona State) the outcomes of Have vs. Have Not are predictable and persuasive. These two groups do not belong together. So what the NCAA has brought together, ESPN.com will now tear asunder.

We're going to remake big-time football. From now on, clueless Top 25 voters and arcane computer formulas are out; on-field competition is in. And membership in an elite conference is subject to annual renewal as opposed to being a birthright.

It starts with a live draft Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET. When colleagues Ivan Maisel, Mark Schlabach and I are finished with our cut list, we'll be down to a fast and furious 40 power programs in the newly renamed Gordon Gekko Subdivision. (Motto: "Greed is good.")

We'll be drafting the most successful programs in the nation, based on whatever criteria each of us chooses to bring to the situation room. There is no set formula for this. Wins and losses matter most -- and what you've done in the 21st century is more important than what happened in the 1930s -- but fan following and overall prestige count, too.

You elites will be formed into four 10-team conferences of our choosing. You will play all nine league opponents every season, with the full round-robin scheduling alleviating the need for an annoying conference championship game. Of your three nonconference games, two must be played against fellow Gordon Gekko Subdivision opponents. Only one game can be played against an opponent from outside the top 40.

When the regular season is over, the four conference champions will enter a playoff -- yes, a playoff! -- to determine the national champion. (We expect approval from the First Playoff Advocate in the Oval Office at any time.)

After our 40-program draft, there will be a post-draft champagne-and-caviar reception on the penthouse level. From there you elites can look down and wave goodbye to the Little People we're in the process of evicting.

Those of you on the 80 teams that didn't make the cut can take your small stadiums and tight budgets and step-slow players to the Greyhound buses parked outside. They're waiting to relocate you to a middle-class home of your own. You're headed to the Tom Joad Subdivision (motto: "They fix 'em so you can't win nothing"), where you huddled masses can battle each other in relative obscurity while the upper class counts its money.

Research Guide

Need some help selecting the 40 teams you think belong in our new Division I-A? Check out the numbers from ESPN Research's Prestige Rankings. They should help you make your selections.

But wait. Before you rich and powerful teams get too comfortable, understand this: You can be kicked out of the club. Think Premier League soccer relegation, and apply it to the gridiron.

Every season, the bottom five teams in the Gordon Gekko Subdivision will be booted out and replaced by the top five teams in the Tom Joad Subdivision, which will feature eight 10-team conferences. The four teams that finish last in the Gekko conferences are automatically relegated, plus one underachiever will be chosen at large for demotion. They will be replaced by the four semifinalists from the playoff of Joad conference winners, plus a fifth team that must win an at-large game against another Joad conference winner.

Consider it a play-in game. And have it in Dayton, naturally.

So those are the rules of engagement. To the rich: Congratulations on getting richer. To the poor: Let them eat cake.

If you're a Joad team, it doesn't mean your brand of football is without value -- entertainment value and intrinsic value. It just means you should be playing your actual peers instead of having your brains beaten in by monolithic programs where the strength coach makes more than your head coach.

But not all the so-called little programs really are little, and not all the so-called big programs really are big. That's where we step in to redistrict the place.

We're not just sweeping out the lowest tier of the current BCS; we're also looking to whack the bottom feeders from the power conferences and most of the midlevel league members as well. We'll take down some academically oriented schools and a few basketball schools. And with the possible exception of fast learner South Florida, just about every school that jumped into what was formerly called Division I-A over the past 10 to 15 years now is on its way back out under our format.

Sorry about that, strivers. But in case you haven't heard, life is unfair.

Look, I'm ESPN.com's resident college populist and antiestablishment crank. There are few things I love more than seeing Boise State shock Oklahoma in football, or George Mason beat North Carolina, Michigan State and Connecticut in basketball.

But I'm also a realist. And no matter what the current NCAA divisional alignment tells us, it's unrealistic to believe that Louisiana-Monroe, with 2007-08 athletic revenues of less than $8 million, according to the Orlando Sentinel, is on equal terms with Texas, with more than $120 million in revenue.

The gulf is greater in football than it is in basketball. And it's now wider than Alabama's Terrence Cody.

Which is why it's time for a mass eviction. Don't let the marching band hit you on the way out, Have-Nots.

Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at ESPN4D@aol.com.

Spats and shoe freedom

The NFL uniforms compared to the college uniforms are ugly. Plain and simple, they just don't compare to how those college kids rock their jerseys. You would think that professional players would be granted a little more leeway in terms of dress code, but they aren't.

If your shirt tail hangs out, you're fined. Socks down around your ankles, fined. If you're not wearing the ugly socks, fined and the list goes on and on.

You know what NFL, you win. We understand that if you bend the rules on the NFL dress code, you'll have players sending messages through uniform modifications that may not reflect or convey the NFL properly. Cool, you don't want a player to write "Obama" on his wrist band, because that could turn off Republican or non-Obama supporters off the NFL. The players aren't the league, they are representatives of the league and they should be privileged to play in the NFL yadda yadda yadda, we know. I said you win didn't I?

I do make this request let us have the socks and shoes please. That's all we want is the socks and shoes! The godfather of 6Magazine, Deion Sanders, once said, "If you look good you feel good, If you feel good you play good, If you play good they pay good."

To the NFL player, their occupation is a great career, a very lucrative and enjoyable career, but still a career. There are tons of people who have careers that love/like/enjoy them. They enjoy them better when they have a cool CEO that allows the employees to be themselves a little bit and not be so buttoned up. Companies that allow casual work environments are great and often very successful. Employees are chipper, having fun, and this makes them want to work ten times harder for their CEO because they are giving them some room to be who they are.

Too often in the business world, an employee's main focus is blend in and represent the company. The NFL capitalizes of players all the time, I mean you know the real reason why although Chad Johnson's name was legally changed to Ocho Cinco, he still had to wear the Chad "Johnson" jersey last season right? Well if you don't, in short, the NFL did not have any printed "Ocho Cinco" jerseys and they would have lost money by not selling the "Chad Johnson" jerseys and by making new Ocho Cinco jerseys. Pure business move.

An even better business move, give the players more leeway with their socks and shoes. You could keep it uniformed and only allow players to wear socks and shoes of their team colors or designated shoe color. Let the players wear colored shoes, of their team colors of course. Allow the players to tape their shoes with tape of the same color. This would elimnate the ugliness that plagues NFL jerseys, those damn ugly ass socks. I admire players who find a way to make it look good, but the rule is stupid, there is no need for a white sock.

Why is this a better business move? The players will look good, they will feel good, they will play good, and if they play good, the NFL will get paid good. Fans will be into new look and feel of the NFL. High school and college kids will be more entranced by the game. Imagine a fresh tape job on a New Orleans Saints uniform or even the Miami Dolphins. Of course, the players will be playing at an all time high, feeling free to be who they truly are and look fresh at the same time. NFL records will be broken by the droves and the NFL will be caked up with more money that it ever imagined. Heck, the NFL could even brand the socks and the tape, much like the NBA does with their socks.

Mr. Goodell, you're a fine owner, leader, and a great business man. Make a fashion statment. Give the players their sock and shoe freedom back!

That's all I got,


Ricky Writer

One Year Anniversary

Yo, yo. We are one year old today. Lol, 6Magazine is a training camp baby. Thanks to everyone who has supported us and expect much more to come in the future. Football season is right around the corner. Get ready to go in. We're gonna celebrate tonight, so see you guys bright and early on Monday!

General Goodell reinstates Vick

Michael Vick has been conditionally reinstated to the NFL. Duh. You know that already. Let me just tell you my reaction when I got the news last evening.

When I first heard the news, I was much like everyone else. He's suspended 5 more games. WTF! Why, that's not fair. But I didn't hear all of the loop holes laced(forgive me I had to lol) in Vick's conditional reinstatement.

Goodell was quoted in a conference call saying, "This is not a suspension, this a plan for Michael Vick. We want him to succeed, not fail."

So with all that said, I can live with Goodell's decision. I know Vick has suffered enough, and initially I was livid with his conditional resinstatement. But we have to listen to details behind the decision and be optimistic. If you speak it into existence it will happen.

Goodell said he would make a ruling by Week 6. This does not mean Vick is out 5 games. The decision could come sooner than Week 6. Word on the street is that the decision will be made anywhere from Week 2 to Week 6. I've also heard that Vick will petition the commissioner for full reinstatement after the preseason so that he will be available to play Week 1.

Also, stop being negative. If everyone keeps on saying Goodell is being unfair by suspending Vick for x amount of games, then Vick will sit out a few games. Speak positivity into the air people. One thing about Roger Goodell is that you cannot peg him. Everyone that Brandon Marshall was going to be in more trouble than a felon with 3 strikes in Cali, but Marshall kind of got a hand slap. You can make the argument that he is innocent until proven guilty, but Pacman was never convicted of anything and suspended for a full season. People also thought since law was so light in the Donte Stallworth case that Goodell would follow their suit, nope wrong homie. Stallworth was like that lil boy who got spanked by his mama and she warned him, "wait til yo daddy get home, it ain't over", and your pops come home from work in the middle of the night to wake you up to a nightmare of a an ass whipping for the ages. Goodell is as misunderstood as Adam Jones, you're never going to guess his next move, so stop.

The good thing is that Vick was reinstated period, which is the most important thing. The plan of success set in place for Vick has his best interest at heart. More often than not when people leave the prison system they are on some type of probation or parole, which is conditional on the premis they don't screw up again. I agree to gradually ease Vick back into the NFL is the best way to do so, but it couldn't come at a worse time because teams are already taking a gamble with Vick and its even more of a gamble if they don't know when he will play. Also, Goodell could wait until Week 6, and say Vick will stay suspended for the entire year as he did with Pacman in Week 10 of the 2007 season, but that is highly unlikely. Teams looking to sign Mike Vick want some type of certainty on his availability, and they don't have that with Goodell's up in the air date of Vick's full reinstatement.

Let's focus on the good and control what we can. Vick is back support him as much as possible if you're a true fan.


That's all I got,


Ricky Writer

23 months down, The rest of your life ahead

Free at last, free at last. Michael Dwayne Vick is now free from prison. His 23 month sentence ends today. The man has paid his debt to society and there is nothing you nor I can do about it. So for those that feel his punishment was not long enough, I say to you what my mother told me as a young child, "tough titties".

I heard many people say they were going to move to another country once President Obama was elected, and I'm almost positive that 90 percent of those people are still here. Those who can't stand Michael Vick etc, blah blah blah, will still be football fans and still watch his games as well.

Moving on, with all that said. What is next for Mike Vick? He owes a lot of people money. He hasn't played the game he loves in over two years, that very game which brought him fame and millions of dollars. I'd be safe to assume he'd love to play some football again and pay back those debtors he owes. The NFL is his best bet, duh. There is one person standing in his way, Roger "Strict Ship" Goodell(gulp). Goodell is a fair man, for as tough as some of his penalties have been, looking back on it he has been correct every single time. Goodell will have a tremendous amount of pressure from those for and against Vick's reinstatement to the NFL. Goodell will make the right decision as he always does. If I had to put money on it, I'd say Vick is reinstated by the middle of next week.

The next hurdle for Vick is convincing a team to give him a workout and sign him to a contract. The team that decides to take that chance will face the PR pressure from those for and against Vick playing football again.

Once he is signed to a team which I have full confidence he will be, he has to prove to them that he can still play quarterback. People doubted Vick's quarterbacking skills while he was a starting quarterback in the NFL. Now that he has sat out two years and the Wildcat formation has come to fame it seems as if the only positions people think he can play is wildcat quarterback, running back, or wide receiver. I find it funny and typical of mainstream mostly white media to say Vick will not be a good quarterback anymore. I live for the day we see the next Doug Williams, but this is about Michael Vick and not what people think black quarterbacks can and cannot do.

The battle for Vick is uphill. Scratch it's more mountainesque, not so much Everest more like Rainer. Nevertheless, after dealing with different offensive coordinators, head coaches, and receivers allergic to the ball, Vick will succeed in the NFL. Will he be a pro bowl star, lead a team to Super bowl, or a 1st ballot Hall of Famer? I don't know.

I do know that Michael Vick is only 29 years old. He hasn't played football in two years which means, he is rusty, but once the rust is gone he will be fresher than any other quarterback right now. I also know that there will be 32 starting quarterbacks on opening day, and not all of those quarterbacks will be better than Michael Vick. And thanks to all those sentence filled detentions in high school, I know that patience is a virtue and the mountain of success that Michael Vick will eventually climb back too will take time.


That's all I got,



Ricky Writer


PS - for now, check out this great piece via NFL network

Brandon Banks: If you don't know, SMH.

Brandon Banks ring a bell? Well it should. He is the best player in college football that no one is talking about outside of the state of Kansas and the Big 12 conference. The 5'7" 142 pound senior wide receiver out of Kansas State will be a household name this year, watch.

Have you heard of Percy Harvin and Jeff Demps, the two wideouts that left dead grass streaks all of the SEC last year? I'm sure you have, Harvin was a first round draft pick last year, and Demp is one of Florida's top returning players. Banks is considerably smaller than both, although they all three have the same playing style, but Banks is better than both of the Florida standouts. Yes, I said it. He is just as quick, a better route runner, has better hands, and for as small as he is he goes over the middle fearlessly. If he Banks was 5'10 175 and not 5'7 142 he would have been a 5 star recruit coming out of Bakersfield Junior College.

Look at last year's number for the KSU wideout. He posted 67 grabs for 1049 yards and 9 tds, added one more with a 93 yard touchdown run against Mizzou, and a 98 yard kick off return against Nebraska. I can't wait to see what he does in 2009. Whatever it is, it will be monumental and this kid will play in the NFL. Once he gets there, he needs to buy Roscoe Parrish, Santana Moss, and Sinorice Moss all nice watches for bringing the extremely small wideouts back into style. I can go on forever about this kid, but I'll let his highlight tape do the talking.

That's all I got,

Ricky Writer