A little of this, and a lot of that — gridiron edition:
- I don’t have a vote — and if there were any justice at all in the college football world, neither would anyone else — but it says here that the best one-loss team in America plays at Stanford Stadium.
It won’t mean much when Oregon and Auburn line up to play for the mythical “title,” but if a national playoff tournament was in place, I’d like the Cardinal’s chances better than any of the one-loss “State” teams — Ohio, Michigan or Boise — and as much as Wisconsin’s, too.
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Since the first prisons were built, convicted felons have exited their doors proclaiming themselves as “changed men.” It’s understandable. A few years of striped sunlight can give a man pause; enough time to reflect on the mistakes of his past, with an eye toward correcting them in the future.
But how does two years in a federal penitentiary help a man become a “changed quarterback”?
I have no idea, but that appears to be exactly what happened to Michael Vick.
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- Did the Raiders really total a whole 179 yards Sunday at Candlestick Park? Did Jason Campbell actually go 8 of 21 passing for a 10.7 QB rating against a winless team? Was JaMarcus Russell laughing so hard in the fourth quarter that he fell off the mattress of money he was laying on? Did he land right on the dessert table he keeps beside it? Ummm ... yes, yes, yes and probably.
- Paging Doc Halladay. Paging “Doc-tober” Halladay. Your postseason, once in “perfect” health, may be dying on the table.
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In the time since the Giants last enjoyed the sweet taste of champagne success, United States Senate terms have begun and ended, newborn infants have walked into first-grade classrooms and Buster Posey went from Georgia high school Player of the Year to linchpin of the lineup of the new NL West champions.
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I don’t blame Jose Bautista one bit for being tired of the questions. Tired of the whispering. Tired of the suspicions. Tired of the back-handed compliments. I’d be tired of them, too.
Especially if I was innocent.
Yes, with writers, broadcasters and fans around the country all asking about it, I’d be good and sick of it, that’s for sure.
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How much football is too much football? There are no easy answers to the question of whether or not the NFL should expand its regular season from 16 to 18 games, thereby eliminating two of the standard four preseason games, but an answer must be found nonetheless.
With the NFL’s preseason underway, the annual moaning and complaining about meaningless games is in full force. Fans don’t like preseason games because they get to watch star players and starters for only a fraction of the contests, yet they are forced to pay full regular-season prices for tickets.
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n Is it humanly possible to find sympathy in one’s heart for a man who truly disgusts him? I didn’t think so either, until I watched Tiger Woods play at the Bridgestone Invitational this weekend. Woods, who had won at Firestone seven of the 11 times he had entered the event, posted scores of 74-72-75-77 from Thursday to Sunday, and it was literally painful to watch.
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On Saturday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame will complete itself by welcoming into its hallowed halls the greatest professional football player in the history of the game.
Yes, such a bold declaration is certain to draw howls of protest from those who believe players at different positions, and from different eras, can’t be accurately measured against one another. Despite every protest, however, I will stand firmly behind Jerry Rice as the best player to ever lace a cleat.
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Reggie Bush can go to hell. And not for being the overrated, under-achieving, position-less fraud of a running back that he has been since being drafted No. 2 overall by the New Orleans Saints in 2006, either.
Bush can go to hell for his central role in the Southern Cal scandal that has cost the Trojans four years of probation, two years of bowl ineligibility, numerous scholarships and the jobs of many USC administrators, while receiving no tangible punishment of his own.
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- David Stern should be ashamed of himself. For days, the NBA commissioner stood by silently as his league took center stage of the sports world — in its offseason — thanks to LeBron James’ self-glorification ceremony on ESPN. Then, two days after the special, he declares it to be “ill-conceived” and in poor taste?
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Sports fans in cities around the nation have rightly joined the jilted fans of Cleveland, Ohio, in excoriating two-time MVP LeBron James for the indescribable manner in which he stabbed the only professional franchise he had ever known, and every one of his fans, in the back on national television. James has been called heartless, callous, a traitor, a coward, a punk and a narcissist.
There may come a time, in the near or distant future, to add another word to that list: felon.
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Soccer lovers, have your keyboards ready. The e-mail address for your forthcoming hate mail is listed below.
Don’t tell me, let me guess: The USA soccer team’s advancement to the World Cup Sweet 16 — highlighted by a spine-tingling 1-0 win over somebody to get out of “group play” — is a watershed moment that will finally elevate the sport into America’s mainstream, where it will take its rightful place alongside the NFL, NBA and MLB. Right?
Sure it will. Just like it has so many times before.
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Facebook status-updating my way through the sports world:
Bob Frantz ...
... is proud that the United States still doesn’t seem to be very good at soccer. Let the socialized European and Third World nations around the world have their bicycle kicks and their headers. When NFL training camps open late next month, we’ll call them all and ask how they’re doing with their little yellow and red cards — and we’ll laugh ourselves silly.
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Wow! I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure if I can handle this anymore! I don’t know if my heart can take it! If I were to be granted just one wish, I’d wish for them to slow things down a bit in South Africa so I can catch my breath!
I mean, there’s nothing quite like a worldwide tournament of International Keep-Away to quicken the pulse and lift the spirit, but there’s only so much excitement we can handle!
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I may be the only baseball fan in America to feel this way, but I’m glad Jim Joyce blew that call.
So sorry to interrupt all the high-level discussions of expanded instant replay and the calls for historical re-writes from the commissioner, but I’ll say it again: I’m glad he blew the call.
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