by Rickhouse on January 21 at 1:02PM
-Good thing gambling is illegal in this country, otherwise I suppose I would have lost all my money yesterday. I was angry that I was only 2-2 in the divisional round, so finishing championship week 0-2 is completely unacceptable. Though I still stand by my claim that the Chargers would make a great group of pirates. (Correction: I'm bad at math. The Pats actually didn't cover, meaning I was 1-1 yesterday, which makes me feel a little better.)
-This time last year, we were littered with countless articles about how Rex Grossman was the worst quarterback to ever start the Super Bowl. SI’s Don Banks was particularly harsh. It’ll be interesting to see how Eli Manning is treated over the next two weeks. Manning’s numbers this season are very comparable to what Grossman did in 2006, with both players throwing 23 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. I realize Eli has been pretty good so far in these playoffs (though he wasn’t anything special yesterday), but don’t forget that Rex was solid in playoff games against Seattle and specifically New Orleans, as well.
-Also interesting: Remember when the Bears played the Giants in Week 13, and all the talk was about which quarterback was better? It appears that answer is clear now, but I wouldn’t be set on Eli over Rex for the future just yet…
-As commenter RogersPark Kris over at the Sun-Times pointed out, Tom Coughlin looked a lot like Chief Wahoo yesterday.
-As someone in our newsroom pointed out, the Bulls would be somewhat competent if they only played the Pistons and Bobcats.
-Looking for encouraging Bulls news? Check out recent play of Thabo Sefolosha and Joakim Noah, both of whom have really stared to come into their own with more playing time recently. See, that’s the weird thing about the Bulls: they blow hard, but they still have too many players. Joe Smith might be the best guy on the team, and you can make a legit argument that he shouldn’t even be the rotation. Man, this season is screwed up.
-Shameless self promotion time: Here’s a top ten list of the biggest draft busts in recently Chicago sports history, run by a bunch of really cool guys who help manage the Sun-Times’ new prep sports site. I lobbied hard for Mark Prior as the biggest draft bust, but good ole’ Cade McNown took home the top honor. I’m sure he’s proud. Speaking of McNown…
Fun Cade McNown story: Growing up, my family used to take ‘vacations’ to Platteville, Wisconsin every year to watch Bears training camp. It was basically the O’Donnell family equivalent of going to Disney World, which I partially blame for why I’m so weird now. Anyways, the best part of these so-called vacations was seeking autographs from the likes of James Allen, Steve Stenstrom, Marcus Robinson and Marty Carter. Really, what more could a nine-year old kid ask for? Well when the Bears drafted McNown, he immediately became the must-have autograph for all the kids (not for me, I wanted them to take McNabb, naturally). One problem: Cade happened to be the surliest dude of all-time, literally doing whatever he could to avoid writing his name on a football card. McNown was so crafty that he used to take a golf cart to and from the practice field, and drive around the back of the campus to get there. He outsmarted seemingly everyone, well except for my little brother, who figured out Cade’s grand scheme and staked out where Cade used to park his ride, with Sharpie in hand. So Cade pulls up to practice the next day all by himself, and the only person in the parking lot is young Danny, probably all of seven years old at the time. But for whatever reason, McClown still wouldn’t sign the poor kid’s trading card, forever damaging him until our Dad took us to see Men in Black later that evening.
In conclusion, Cade McNown deserved every bit of success he experienced in pro football.
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BobbyStompy
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lol, Men In Black
And damn, it really is interesting to see how much has changed since that Bears-Giants game.
I think Coughlin looks like an animal but I don't know which one.
Don't worry about it Mike, I think we're ok. I made that one myself and it gets the job done.
Some more interesting stuff about McClown.....
-McNown was charged in September 1999 with the illegal possession of a handicapped parking pass while playing football at UCLA in 1996, to which he pled no contest.
-Other controversies stemmed from McNown's relationship with a number of Playboy Playmates. The first was Miss January 1998 and 1999 Playmate of the Year Heather Kozar, who was dating Cleveland Browns quarterback Tim Couch when McNown began pursuing her; McNown bought her a Porsche and the two dated for a while before Kozar returned to Couch.
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