For a guy that loves football, thank god for the NFL Network. With no CFL this weekend, I checked out a few of the NFL pre-season games yesterday. Rider neg list quarterback Chase Daniel looked very good as his Washington Redskins defeated Pittsburgh. I wonder if Daniel doesn't stick with the Redskins, if the Riders would want to bring him north. With Graham Harrell here, I don't know if Daniel is needed. What a tough problem to have?
I also managed to see the Seahawks beat Denver 27-10 and I texted good friend and Broncos fan Rob Vanstone to make sure he was aware of what was happening. Good god, the Broncos are terrible with Kyle Orton at quarterback. I asked Rob if the presence of Orton meant the arrival of Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford next year meaning Denver would have the number one pick. He texted back that he would rather have Nealon Greene calling the signals. OUCH!!!
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Former Rider coach Kent Austin is getting some love south of the border. While listening to ESPN Radio on my XM satellite radio yesterday, I heard someone who was previewing the SEC talking about the Ole Miss Rebels and how they could be one of the few teams in the conference to give the Florida Gators a run for their money. The Gators are the preseason number one pick and are looking this year to make it three national titles in the last four years. Whoever it was (I think it might have been an ESPN writer named Chris Low)that was being spoken to said the Rebels offence has really taken off in the last couple of years and that the credit should go to Austin. He then went on to say that a BCS berth by the Runnin Rebels this year and NFL teams may be knocking on Austin's door to go from college co-ordinator to pro co-ordinator or at worst quarterbacks coach. That is how Austin got to Ole Miss as their former offensive co-ordinator David Lee went to Miami to become quarterbacks coach.
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There's a lot of buzz around the city for Monday's AC/DC concert. Alas, I will not be there. Here's hoping no band members fall off the stage tonight and that they get here in one piece. Here's hoping the weather co-operates. Rain is not needed tomorrow night in the Queen City. Speaking of the weather, the kids go back to school on Thursday and temperatures both Thursday and Friday are to be in the high 20's, low 30's. That's just not fair to the kids ---or the grownups is it?
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What are the armchair quarterbacks going to do without a football team to coach this week? I'm sure they will find a way to keep dissecting the performance of the green and white.
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The WWE holds one of its big pay per views today as its Summerslam. Back in the day when Wrestlemania, Summerslam, the Royal Rumble and the Survivor Series were the only four PPV's that Vince had, Summerslam was maybe the 2nd biggest event behind Wrestlemania. No more. This one is just like any other. In fact, I think the Rumble might be the 2nd best PPV they have now behind Wrestlemania. I'm taking a pass on it unless I get a late invite somewhere.
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It looks like its going to be a nice Sunday so maybe its time to start enjoying it.
2 comments:
Do the Riders still have the University of Kansas quarterback on their neg list. Isn't he supposed to be a lights-out QB as well. With Harrell being here, it doesn't spell good news for Durant if he plays good or bad as Harrell will need his time perhaps as early as next year.
Hey Mitch as a Seahawks fan I thought you would have known that the worse Denver is the better it is for the Hawks as they hold Denver's 1st pick in the upcoming 2010 Draft.
Seattle traded their 2nd round pick last year for Denver's 1st pick in 2010 in which the Broncos chose the now injured Alphonso Smith.
So Vanstone won't be getting Bradford unless they trade back into the 1st. Hopefully Seattle will use the pick to draft some o-line help or bring home Safety Taylor Mays of USC
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