I wanted the Saints to win SOOO badly. I just want someone to shut Mercury Morris the hell up.

Now I must root for the colts

 

That is a good reason Jason. But I needed teh win for my Boys more than I needed to shut up Mercury. I'll bet you $5 he's on a morning talk show the day after the Colts lose. If they lose. He might even be on the post game show after the game.

The celebrating with champagne whenever another team loses a chance at a perfect season seems really petty and old to me at this point. Records are made to be broken and to celebrate every year that someone has once again failed to break your record just seems petty to me. IMHO.

 

Thank you Gary! I knew I couldn't be the only one!

Have you seen his "rap" that he did on Sportscenter in '07? It's downright shameful

 

I did. I'm just thankful it wasn't Larry Cszonka.

We both must watch way too much Sportscenter.

 

True, WAY too much sports center lol

 

He was even more petty the day he was arrested for dealing drugs. All the local TV networks caught that moment in time when he came out of his house escorted by the police, handcuffed, and holding a Bible.



That's right! He instantly found God!

 

I hate people that have no sportsmanship, and that guy sounds like the exact reason I try not to watch Sports Center.

 

Hey Kevin you can check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te6Dg...om=PL&index=47

its pretty bad

 

It is pretty bad. I get riled up really easy when I see poor sportsmanship like that; I was raised to believe that when you play a sport, yes, you play as hard as you can to win. But after the game, regardless of whether you won or lost, you have the honor to go up to the guy your were playing against, shake his hand, and say, "Hey man, great game out there. Look forward to the next time." (That was the reason I was so proud of both Alabama and Texas Thursday night, despite being a Longhorn fan -- both Alabama and Texas were class acts, and set a standard that other teams should aspire for.) Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but Mercury Morris is an *******.

Don't get me wrong, I was still angry when Tom Brady and Bill Belichick walked off the field and couldn't even shake hands with Eli Manning, but Mercury Morris and his little rap there irritate me a whole lot more.

Thanks for linking me, though -- now I'll be cheering for any team who can break Morris' record, just to see him shut up!

 

I thought it was cool Thursday night when both Bama and Texas players would pick each other up after knocking each other down. And pat each other on the helmet during the game as to say good job. Not everyone did it. But the leaders of each team seemed like they did it.

And the game was not chippy either. I respect Brown and Saban both for that. So many times youngsters get themselves over hyped and become chippy in College games. Miami comes to mind. These teams seemed to respect each other in both victory and defeat. It was nice. Though its the way it should always be.

 

I couldn't have said it better myself, Gary. You're absolutely right, and it's a shame more college football teams don't have the class that the Crimson Tide and the Longhorns showed on Thursday night. The sportsmanship that Alabama showed made me so proud of them too, that I didn't care that my team lost.

 

I am crossed on these actions (I suppose I would rather see it than not) as to the level of "sportsmanship" to which teams carry themselves. In college sports (and younger athletics) it is more "acceptable," but I would rather not see opposing players pick each other up after a play. That is what your teammates are for. You can be a great team that respects your opponents without picking each other up after every play (generalization) and show class after the game is over, i.e. hockey.

In the Pros it is a much different story, as it should be. I can't imagine a Chicago Bears player even accepting the hand of a Packer to help him up after a play or vice versa (though I have seen it happen!!) Or a Pittsburgh Penguin helping Ovechkin up after he drilled him into the boards.

However, as mentioned above, it is better to see it than not.