I say …
The NFL season is just around the corner and my favorite rumor beforehand was that Chiefs owner Clark Hunt is banning Taylor Swift from attending games because she is a distraction.
Sure. She distracted KC – all the way to the Super Bowl win.
This is antisocial media. The idiots who believe this crap also insist that there was no Holocaust and that the Earth is flat.
Do you want to know what a distraction is?
An NFL distraction is when a team plays mostly away games, including home games. And that’s exactly what happens in Inglewood, so close to LAX, which also welcomes visitors.
Los Angeles is a destination, but it’s not a pro football city. And it’s where the NFL team that used to be here (you know, the Judases/LA Lodgers) plays its home games, games that are packed with fans of their opponents who put SoFi Stadium on their vacation list as soon as the schedules are released.
Owner Fredo Spanos is incapable of embarrassing himself and is happy to sell thousands of tickets to local visitors. And they make noise when the Judasses go on offense. Quarterback Justin Herbert constantly plays a silent count, and if you think that helps win and doesn’t help the opponent, then the last football game you saw never happened.
This afternoon, the Judas open their season in their second home game against the Las Vegas Raiders, who as everyone knows might as well be the LA/Oakland Raiders. Silver and Black fans are the best in sports to me.
Their team moves around like a military family, but their loyalty never fades.
It’s a home game for the visitors today. The hosts are under new management, with Jim Harbaugh making his debut as head coach, a position in which he has been successful everywhere he has been employed – USD, Stanford, San Francisco, where he reached a Super Bowl, and Michigan, where he won a national title last season.
He’ll have a new group of mostly inexperienced receivers and running backs from Baltimore (JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards are fine when healthy). The defense should be improved and the kicking game is solid.
This is important because quarterback Justin Herbert is 16-0 when the Judas allow fewer than 20 points.
But is that enough to overcome the obvious lack of interest on the ground?
Winning a Super Bowl is hard, and it’s even harder when you have a hostile crowd in your ears at every home game. The J’s probably won’t do it without a clear physical advantage, and they don’t have that against enough teams right now.
I have a lot of confidence in Harbaugh doing a good job. He did professional things at USD. His teams will be ready to play. It would be a surprise if he succeeds at a high level right away, but if he can keep his quarterback mobile — and the offensive line seems to have improved — Jim being unorthodox everywhere will win games.
But winning a championship when you can’t hear your own thoughts at home is something he’s never struggled with, at Michigan or anywhere else.
He made it from a big house to a cheap rental property. …
The NFL and college officials are off to a wonderful start. The last time I saw this many flags was when I got off the tour bus at the United Nations. …
Little Richard had a song about American football played on foreign football fields: “Slippin’ and Slidin’”. And the biggest advocate of player safety, Roger Goodellwants to triple the games abroad? …
No question, the Chiefs get preferential treatment (an assistant coach gets away with taking a timeout against the Ravens?), and they’re good, just good enough. But I can’t remember a luckier team in sports, and you can’t win a Super Bowl without luck. …
Baltimore was there because Lamar Jackson‘s legs, but lost the ball because of Lamar’s arm. MVP quarterbacks make those throws at the end. The Chiefs defenders were on their heels. …
If Baltimore plans to “grind” it with Derrick Henryit would be better to introduce another line of attack. ,,,
As of last week, WNBA defenders had committed 17 intentional fouls Caitlin Clark. But she is not singled out. …
And I don’t understand that. Before Clark, the WNBA was under the radar. It was under the sonar. It did nothing to deserve this treatment. Players should bring her bouquets of flowers every day. …
The best thing about basketball is passing, and Caitlin can do that. Selflessness doesn’t help her. …
Thanks to Todd Fuhrman. To watch all of this season’s NFL games, you’ll need: “CBS, ESPN/ABC, NBC, Fox, YouTube TV, Peacock, Netflix, and Amazon Prime.” The problem is, if you subscribe to all of them, you won’t be able to afford a TV. …
Texas has firepower. Michigan has Nerfs. …
USC’s double one-handed catch Kyron Hudson vs. LSU was perhaps the greatest of all time – the OBJ didn’t make it, of course. Little secret? Hudson’s was harder. …
Lincoln Riley‘s time management at the end of the half in this game tells me he’s looking for an NFL job. If you know what pathetic is, then look beyond that. …
How many college coaches who have time management issues will forget that there is now a two-minute warning? …
Reggie Bushthe greatest college football player who has ever lived among us will be inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2025. The same Reggie Bush who Peter Carroll had been on the sidelines during the decisive play in the famous national championship game in Pasadena against Texas (Reggie had three touches in the fourth quarter against a team that could not defend). …
There is no difference between letting a 2-year-old child drive you on an icy mountain road and walking someone to Fernando Tatis Jr. Fernando is in great danger. …
There may be a reason why the Padres are infinitely better in close games and extra-inning games than they were a year ago. Baseball. No one will ever find out, especially not the nerds. …
What the White Sox are is impossible. Baseball teams win by chance. …
REST IN PEACE, James Darren. I have no problem with any cast member of The Guns of Navarone. …
Has anyone except Matthew McConaughey were you in Texas? …
American tennis has been a major player since the Jerry Magee wrote one of my favorite posts about the lack of local players at our biggest tournament: “Something is missing from the US Open. The USA” …
I interviewed Taylor Fritz in his house in Rancho Santa Fe when he was a child. Nice to see that he is what he wanted to be as an adult. …
REST IN PEACE, Sergio Mendes. I love Brazilian music. …
I challenge all Ham & Eggers to drive down Florida Street and, after admiring the remarkably stupid and empty bike lanes, realize how dangerous they have made this street. …
I’ve read that bees sleep five to eight hours a day. None that I’ve ever met. …
My mom packed me a lunch, but no bulletproof vest. Homeschooling? Doesn’t work when parents give their kids AR-15s.
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