2:22 PM EST Sunday, December 21 2008
In this year's NFL season, kickers are 1024 out of 1029, 99.5% on extra points. I bet if you looked at those 5 misses, they are the cause of a botched snap/hold or blocked. The fact that is that extra points are a mere formality, a foregone conclusion.
Imagine if in the NBA, each team had a designated free throw shooter. Every time your team had to shoot free throws, you bring in the free throw specialist. Every NBA team would have some guy like Ted St. Martin, who once, at the age of 60, made 5,221 free throws in a row. This player, at the age of 60, is obviously completely incapable of playing on the team for a normal play, because we lacks the athleticism to compete against other players, which is why the rules of basketball don't allow for a designated free throw shooter. The player who gets fouled must shoot the free throw. If instead you have a designated free throw shooter, who is a 99.5% free throw shooter, shoot all free throws, there is no drama, it's just a boring foregone conclusion.
So instead of having allowing the place kicker to kick all extra points in the NFL, imagine if the player who scored the touchdown had to kick the extra point. If the player who scored is injured or completely incapable of making an extra point, then you have to go for two. Each team would still have a kicker for field goals, because 40 and 50 yard field goals are much harder. The fact is that kicking an extra point is not that hard, so having all players have to kick extra points would add to the drama, as well as the comedy. Imagine an a defensive tackle who scoops up a fumble and runs it in for a touchdown trying to kick an extra point.
If you love this idea, link to this article on facebook, delicious, your blog, whatever, let's wee if we can get this into the mainstream media and who knows, maybe the NFL would even consider it. At least it will be fun to argue about.
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10:06 AM EDT Saturday, September 15 2007
XM and Sirius are trying to merge, but running into anticompetitive claims. Personally, I don't drive that much, and when I do I listen to music on an iPod or MP3 CD. I rarely listen to the radio, unless I'm trying to pick up local coverage of a baseball or football game while on a long trip. If I could get satellite radio for $10 a month that would give me every NFL, every MLB game, and Jam On, I would be sold. Until then, I will stick to their competitors, the iPod and FM radio.
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3:26 PM EST Sunday, February 4 2007
I haven't be putting my picks online for a few weeks. I haven't been all that interested in the games since the Ravens got knocked out. But we're almost 3 hours from kickoff of the SuperBowl, and I've got to put a pick in. I'm going with the Bears, and in fact, I'm not even taking the points. I'll take the money line, which is close to 2-1 right now. My Dad was at the NFC Championship game and told me what he thought the score would be and it sounded good to me:
Bears 27, Colts 20
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9:25 AM EST Saturday, January 13 2007
Last week on Sunday, I went with New York, New York. So I split those games and ended up 1-3 on the weekend. I'm feeling more confident about my picks for this weekend:
BALTIMORE -3.5 over Indianapolis
Much as been made about the old Baltimore Colts returning to face the new Balitmore Ravens. The Ravens have had a week off to get ready, and I think their defense wins this game.
NEW ORLEANS -5 over Philadelphia
The Jeff Garcia magical mystery tour ends this week.
CHICAGO -9 over Seattle
The monster of the midway will shut down Seattle, so it doesn't matter what Rex does.
New England +5 over SAN DIEGO
You just can't take Marty Schottenheimer over Bill Belichick in the playoffs.
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6:12 PM EST Saturday, January 6 2007
I've never liked Cris Collinsworth. As I'm listening to him announce the Cheifs-Colts game, with 12:30 left in the 3rd, he seems baffled as to why the Cheifs don't pull Trent Green. By my count, he is 2-7, with 4 drops by KC receivers. Also, LJ has only 19 yards on 8 carries. How is this Trent Green's fault? I've always thought he is a moron, so I thought I would point this out as an example of why.
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