Friday Night Randomness...

Where do I begin? Well, hello to all of you. Here's to a great FFL season that can't start soon enough. (By great season, I mean that each of your teams contracts some sort of 5 month Swine Flu variant and I win the Big Prize in a walk)

Is anyone shocked that Manny being Manny = Manny being stupid? I wasn't. While on the baseball tangent, a little bit about Roger "Lie to Me" Clemens. This guy's worse than Mr. Female Fertility drugs. He actually said on Mike & Mike that he couldn't have taken steroids because they are dangerous to people who have heart problems. He then cited his brother and his FATHER-IN-LAW (?!) as examples. Take a moment and let that sink in...

As for basketball, another in-between football seasons diversion, I have little to add except that it seems somewhat inevitable that Lebron gets his ring. At least he's a much better SNL host than Kobe Bryant. Anyone else think that Kobe throws game 7 to avoid a week in Denver? Just saying, it wasn't "Kobe doin' work" that got him in trouble there.

As for football, it's a long time between now and any type of real football.

It's too early to tell anything much about any team, except that the Broncos somehow got worse on defense. I can assert that with clarity. Now granted, the Raiders will probably post between 4 and 7 wins this year and get made fun of on ESPN's Brett Farve NFL Live as much as anyone, but the bigger story will have to be the outstanding play of rookie RB Knowshon Moreno and the adjustment at some point of JJ Arrington and Correll Buckhalter to the linebacker position.

It's a dark time in Raiderland. This year's draft could have been different, but it wasn't. I keep checking... Anyway 7th overall pick DHB will probably play some on offense and 2nd Rd pick Mike Mitchell (from The Ohio University Bobcats - Intramural Flag Football honorable mention 2 yrs in a row) might see the field.

Enjoying the draft the most (probably) were the 49er faithful, all 7 of them, happy as can be that Michael Crabtree was given to them as a gift by the team on the other side of the bay.

Not as happy, the Iggles who in D. Jackson and J. Maclin boast two of the best special teamers ever to line up 1-2 at WR. Perhaps Andy Reid will contact Donte Hall about an opening at the slot position.

While I'm on the draft, I'm told the Cowboys stumbled in on day two and were able to get some solid people in place to sell popcorn at the new stadium.

The most exiting thing coming out of Bengals camp is that our long national nightmare is now over. Chad Whocarescinco will now officially have Ocho Cinco on the back of his jersey. It's going to be a long year in Cinci.

Finally, may I say that if I in any way might be able to financially support Mr. Urban Meyer's plane trip to South Bend, I am most willing and I can think of at least 11 SEC coaches who might join in this worthy cause. More of NCAA Fuseball next time.

Good night all.